Karl took out his bow and immediately felt his power destabilize.
No matter what skill he tried to activate, his power quality was fluctuating wildly, and his body was surging with power, but not in anything resembling a smooth transition, the way he had every other time he hit a Rank change.
Tian woke up as the power levels in his space became unstable, and looked around for the cause. It appeared that the Karl was advancing, but he didn't actually know anything about that, as he had been born at this Rank, and his mother hadn't gotten a chance to explain all the little things to him.
Butterfly worked to build a mana barrier around her space, stabilizing the fluctuations that were making her seasick as she floated on the mana currents. But the others were all out for combat, and willing to wait until Karl got his act together.
{Just focus on yourself, we've got this.} Remi insisted.
"Thanks. I don't think that I could use a skill right now anyhow.
