Mage Mode

Astaroth summoned White Death and quickly melded with Luna, making sure he didn't stay idle for too long. Even if he was powerful on his own, the monsters were many, and they were mostly higher level than him.

As small antlers grew from the side of his head, wrapping around it like a crown, his stats burst up again, this time higher. Luna's level at birth had been set at fifty, so her total stat points were already much higher than White's.

That, combined with her higher grade, made her a much more dangerous entity altogether. So being melded with her made him an utter monster of a player.

The rest of his party saw his health shoot up rapidly, and they gasped. Phoenix had been on the receiving end of this form, and now that she saw the stats in her interface, she understood why she lost.

But something bugged her. The stats seemed much higher than they should have been, and Astaroth's current power didn't match the tournament.