Crassus

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Crassus was entrusted to Viscount Augustus shortly after birth by his Cloud Thunder Tiger parent, whom Augustus had saved on a battlefield. Augustus gave Crassus to Logan, then two years old and the only direct third-generation descendant of the family 6.

When Catherine suggested that Crassus should belong to the family’s most outstanding heir, he prepared to attack her. He stood down only when Logan ordered him to stop 6.

Manticore Ridge and Mechanical Augmentation

During the hunt for Snake Gang members, Crassus fought at close range while Logan attacked from a distance. Over three days, the pair killed 33 Snake Gang Transcendents 131 132.

Crassus was nearly killed intercepting a shot meant for Logan. An emergency life-support system preserved a trace of vitality, but half his body and part of his head had been destroyed 135.

Logan saved him by transferring his consciousness to the Higher-Dimensional Information Space and rebuilding him as a semi-mechanical life-form. Logan also sacrificed a fragment of his own soul to repair Crassus’s brain and give him mechanical knowledge. The procedure took more than half a month 137.

Academy and Later Activities

Initially reluctant to teach at the Heavenly Eye Alchemy Military Academy, Crassus grew to enjoy it and became its honorary headmaster. He later reported on academy affairs and was tasked with separating its male and female students after relationships began affecting their studies 228 262 313.

Crassus passed the Martial Arts Tournament’s survival battle and won an arena match through relentless melee attacks 347. During the war around Leyn City, Logan entrusted him with placing spatial beacons for future passages 414. He later joined Logan’s expedition to Golden Star and wagered on Logan’s successful Alchemist Association core-member assessment 445 455 456.

Appearance

Before his augmentation, Crassus resembled a plump cat with cloud-white fur and indigo stripes. His compact appearance concealed a powerful magical beast capable of changing size 5 7.

• Original features: Long whiskers, a prominent primordial pouch and blue-green pupils 5 6.
• Augmented body: Approximately five meters long and two meters tall when first rebuilt, with the left side flesh and blood and the right side machinery 138.
• Mechanical features: A folded bladed wing, mechanical right paws and a segmented tail ending in a spiral awl 138.
• Eyes: One blue and one red when he awoke after the procedure 137.

Personality

Crassus is proud of being a Cloud Thunder Tiger and dislikes being called a cat. He can be arrogant, playful and easily provoked, particularly over food or teasing about his species. After augmentation, he delighted in his deeper voice and his new ability to roar 6 139.

He is fiercely loyal to Logan, whom he calls “boss,” and was willing to risk his life to protect him. Although Crassus became steadier after taking up a mechanical profession, he remained lively around Logan. Concern over Logan’s increasingly distant emotions strengthened his determination to become capable enough to support him 135 228 336 343.

Abilities & Skills

Cloud Thunder Tiger Talents

• Extreme Speed Gait: Flying Cloud — Activates cloud markings on his limbs to lessen gravity’s effects and increase speed. Its speed bonus fell from 70% to 40% after his injuries 7 138.
• Extreme Speed Gait: Thunderclap — Stimulates his spine to boost reactions, dynamic vision and speed, while electrifying his claws. Spinal damage weakened the ability but did not eliminate it 7 138.
• Size Multiplication — Enlarges his body for strength or shrinks it for agility. Mechanical implants initially prevented him from using it after augmentation 7 138.
• Tiger’s Might — Exerts mental pressure that can weaken opponents’ combat power or make those with weak wills give up resistance 131 138.
• Jungle Stealth and Keen Senses — Allow silent movement, concealment and heightened detection of danger. Jungle Stealth was slightly weakened by augmentation 131 138.
• Berserk — Raises combat power and suppresses most pain at the cost of some rationality; it also grants immunity to some mental control 138.
• Thunder Claw — Enhances claw-launched energy attacks with increased speed and cutting damage, as well as penetration and paralysis effects 138.

Gunner and Mechanical Skills

Logan’s soul fragment gave Crassus mechanical knowledge and enabled him to develop as a Gunner. His listed class skills included Gun and Cannon Mysteries, Energy Manipulation Mastery and Firearms Specialization 137 138.

• His Gunner abilities improve firearm performance, energy control and attacks against vital points 138.
• He builds and upgrades weapons; by the Golden Star expedition, he had crafted his first four-star piece of equipment 155 445.
• His augmented body retained formidable melee ability, which he used to win a tournament arena match 347.

Other Skills

• Combat Skills: His panel listed Combat Skills Lv11 before his Tier 4 breakthrough and Lv17 after augmentation 7 138.
• Languages: Proficient in multiple languages, including Astral Common and Ancient Magical Beast Language 138.
• Master Mouse Catcher: Reduces rodent monsters’ combat power and increases damage dealt to them by 50% 7.

Equipment and Augmentations

• Thunder Tiger Mecha — Combat armor with optical camouflage and high-frequency claw blades. Before his injury, Crassus used it to defeat an upper-level Tier 5 Black-Horned Savage Bull in under three minutes 129 131.
• Tianhong Small Reactor — The power engine installed in his chest during augmentation 138.
• Mechanical wing and tail — His wing bears acceleration runes and jet nozzles; his segmented tail ends in a piercing spiral tip 138.
• Tiger Roar Series Sonic Emitter — A mouth-mounted device capable of producing ultrasonic and infrasonic waves and changing pitch and timbre 138.
• Liquid-metal mechanical tentacles — Support tools that can form implements such as drills, wrenches and hands in response to his thoughts 155.
• Heaven-Shaking Cannon — A back-mounted weapon with which he took down two enemies during an ambush 356.

Relationships

• Logan — His childhood companion and knight partner. Crassus protected Logan at the cost of nearly losing his life; Logan in turn rebuilt him and sacrificed part of his soul to save him 6 135 137.
• Caesar — A fellow companion of Logan and a frequent rival in insults and competition. Despite their bickering, Crassus values his company and worried for him during his transformation 261 262 314.
• Viscount Augustus — Logan’s grandfather, who received Crassus from his parent and gave him to Logan 6.
• Catherine — Logan’s aunt. Her suggestion that Crassus should be given to another heir provoked him into threatening her 6.
• Doris — The attacker whose shot nearly killed Crassus. He reacted with growls when he later saw her again 135 251.