Greyseal
Two days had passed since we’d run into the Leviathan and nearly met our demises.
“Drop the anchors!” Jerome shouted.
“Aye aye captain!”
“One of you is going to need to run over to the magistrate’s office. We’ve a serious political situation on our hands, one involving royalty,” Buphett noted as the crew began getting to work.
“Yes sir!” One of the sailors immediately responded and began running an errand as per his instructions.
The Algieba managed to safely reach Chrom. More specifically, it found itself currently docked in the port of a seaside city named Greyseal. Both the city and the port were about a whole size smaller than Barbra’s, but still of a respectable scale nonetheless.
All the adventurers had already gotten off the ship after receiving a hefty bonus. The total number of battles we engaged in was on the relatively low side, but they rewarded us handsomely nonetheless given the whole midgard wyrm incident. Fran in particular had been paid a whole hundred thousand golde.
With her duties completed and renumerations rewarded, she, like all the other adventurers, had gotten off the ship. She was currently standing in front of it, saying her goodbyes to her three apprentices.
“Thank you very much, Ms. Fran.”
“You taught us a whole lot.”
“We’ll do our best to make sure we keep training ourselves hard! We’ll get strong enough to impress you next time we see each other!”
Naria, Miguel and Liddick responded in their usual ways as they got ready to leave, to which Fran responded with a simple “Nn.”
“Good bye!”
“Later!”
“Farewell!”
Their training had only lasted a few days, but it seemed to have been impactful nonetheless, as the three all seemed to have taken her teachings quite seriously. Fran had tried her best to play the role of an instructor as well, albeit seemingly because she wanted to kill time. I couldn’t tell whether or not she really thought of them as her apprentices. She didn’t seem reluctant to part with them, and I wasn’t even really sure whether she ever ended up remembering their names.
“We should probably head out too.”
“Miguel, Naria, Liddick,” I had many doubts about her stance on the matter, but Fran struck them all down before I even so much as had a chance to voice them by calling out to her three apprentices in turn.
“Huh?” Miguel’s jaw dropped.
“Teach just called us by our names!? That has to be the first time she’s ever done that!”
“D-Does that mean she’s acknowledged us?” Likewise, Naria and Liddick also responded with their voices filled by surprise.
“See ya.”
“See ya, teach!”
All three immediately responded in loud, clear voices.
Satisfied, Fran turned around and began to move without so much as even showing any sign of turning back.
“So you actually did end up memorizing their names?”
“Nn. Because apprentices.”
Fran’s response made it clear that she’d taken from the experience and matured, even if only a bit. As her guardian, I was overjoyed, both because she’d grown up and because a part of me empathized with her disciples. She’d reciprocated their emotions; their efforts hadn’t been in vain.
The first place Fran decided to head towards was the guild so she could pick up the request’s standard reward. She didn’t know where it was though, so she had Mordred and his buddies show her over.
“It should be right over there,” Mordred gestured towards the guild as it came into sight.
“Huge.”
“That’d be because Greyseal is a pretty big city.”
Greyseal’s guild wasn’t too far away from its port. The building was quite large, as per Fran’s description. Apparently, it was relatively influential because it was frequented by adventurers that liked picking up ship-related escort tasks.
Upon entering, we found ourselves staring down a bar with a large number of adventurers hanging around it. Some seemed to gaze upon Fran in one of many unrespectful ways, but quickly averted their eyes once they saw Mordred enter right behind her.
Being a B ranker, Mordred was quite well known, even in Greyseal. There weren’t any adventurers dumb enough to mess with anyone accompanying him.
Fran was both a cute child and a Black Catkin, so I expected a few people to try messing with her, but fortunately, it didn’t look like we would need to bother this time around. Though no one tried to explicitly attack her, that didn’t actually mean we didn’t have to deal with any sort of annoyances. A bearded, lazy looking middle aged man that seemed a bit too thin to be an adventurer waded through the crowd and approached us.
My immediate thought was that we were going to have to deal with him and whatever idiocy he would pull, but I was well off the mark.
“That’s a cute girl you found there Mordred. Is she travelling with you?” The lanky looking man grinned as he spoke in a teasing tone.
“Oh, hey Leroy. You’re a bit off the mark this time. She and I just happened to be escorting the same ship. It was her first time in Greyseal, so I lended her a hand and showed her over to the guild.”
“Huh. Well, I guess I’d better introduce myself then. The name’s Leroy, I work as an adventurer around these parts.”
“He’s only a D ranker, but he’s got great memory, so he can come in handy. I’ve often asked him for help so I could work around these parts without needing a map,” Mordred nodded as he affirmed the other man’s usefulness.
The fact that even Mordred asked him for help made me understand that Leroy was a respectable adventurer in his own right even though he didn’t look the part.
“Nn. C ranker, Fran.” The catgirl named herself curtly.
“You’re a C ranker at that age!? I could tell that you were pretty strong, but god damn!” Leroy’s eyes opened wide in response to Fran’s introduction, a reaction that caused Mordred to put on a bit of a wry smile and look at Leroy with an almost pitying gaze. He’d only just called Fran out the other day for being way stronger than was justified for a C ranker.
“I think you might want to change the way you introduce yourself, Fran,” he suggested.
“Why? Not lying.”
“That’s true, but I think you should at least make sure you mention that you’re the Black Lightning Princess.”
“What? She’s the Black Lightning Princess everyone’s been talking about lately?”
“That she is, friend.”
“That would mean she’s way stronger than me… Man, and her rank made me think we weren’t all that different in terms of our combat ability too…” Leroy was completely taken aback by Fran’s identity.
It seemed that information about Fran had already made its way to Greyseal through the merchants given Leroy’s reaction and willingness to accept Fran’s identity. Mordred, once again, had voiced a really good point that proved his judgement solid. Fran would be able to stop people from looking down on her so long as she revealed a bit more about herself.
There was, however, a certain risk related to Mordred’s suggestion. Anyone that had yet to hear about Fran’s exploits would likely think her an idiot with a self proclaimed identity. I wouldn’t be able to stand for someone making fun of her as a result.
For that reason, we decided to stick with the C ranker thing for the time being.
“You serious!?”
“That’s the Black Lightning Princess?”
“Wait, the Black Lightning Princess is here!? Where!?”
“Damn!”
“Y-Yo, you serious?”
It seemed that all the adventurers present had heard of her, as they immediately began kicking up a huge fuss. Some stood up in order to get a better look at Fran, while others let their curiosity get so out of control that they approached despite the heavy aura Mordred was giving off.
The reaction we got out of making Fran’s identity public was even bigger than the one we’d gotten back in Barbra. Upon further observation, I realized that over 90% of the adventurers were beastkin, and that the beastkin were much more curious about Fran than I’d initially thought. Though their interests were far outside my expectations, I did at least understand them. Black Catkin weren’t supposed to be able to evolve, but Fran had done it nonetheless. But more importantly, she had defeated Goldalfa, a veritable hero that all of the country’s citizens knew.
“Did that little girl really manage to beat Goldalfa?”
“That’s what they say. It’s probably true too, seein’ as how the info came from a merchant sanctioned by the crown.”
“Must’ve been because he let her win though, right?”
“Huh, you’ve got a point. It might be one of those public appearence things.”
“Are you guys stupid? We’re talking about Goldalfa here, there’s no way he’d ever do that.”
“Yeah man, there’s no way Goldalfa would just fork over a win, especially not to a kid. That’d tarnish his reputation.”
“Exactly. You all know he’s not the type to pull his punches.”
“And you’ve gotta consider this. It wasn’t a spar either. I could see him holding back if it was a spar, but Ulmutt’s tournament lets its participants fight for real, so he must’ve been going all out.”
A fair number of the adventurers seemed to think that Goldalfa had allowed Fran to beat him. I couldn’t really refute their sentiments. It was quite hard to believe unless you were actually there.
People continued to stare at Fran even as she turned in her quest.
“And she’s really evolved too.”
“I know, right?”
“How the hell did she manage that?”
“I remember the merchants saying something about killing evil beings. I don’t remember the details though, ’cause I thought it was bullshit at the time.”
We’d long turned Evolution Concealment off so we could spread the idea that Black Catkin were indeed capable of evolution.
The merchants and nobles had already started to spread the method we told the Beast Lord. People would probably start believing it once we went around and showed off that Fran really had evolved.
Gazes continued to follow Fran all the way up to the moment she finally left.
“Alright, let’s find ourselves a place to spend the night and figure out how we’re supposed to get to the capital.”
“Nn.”
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Stats below. Note: skills in master’s memory excluded by author
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General Information
Name: Master
Wielder: Fran (Bound)
Species: Intelligent Weapon
Attack: 672
MP: 4800/4800
Durability: 4600/4600
Magical Conductivity: A+
Skills
Appraisal: MAX
Appraisal Blocking
Shape Shifting
High Speed Self Repair
Self Evolution (Rank 13 / Cores Absorbed: 8378/9100 / Memory: 124 // Points: 0 )
Transformation (Superiorized)
Telekinesis
Lesser Telekinetic Boost
Telepathy
Lesser Attack Boost
Space/Time Magic: MAX
Skill Sharing
Intermediate Wielder Status Boost
Lesser Wielder Recovery Boost
Eye of Empyrea
Unsealable
Lesser MP Boost
Knowledge of Monsters
Sorcerer
Intermediate Memory Boost
Unique Skills
Principle of Falsehood: Lv 5
Dimensional Magic: Lv 4
Superior Skills
Sword Arts SP
Skill Taker
Doppelganger Synthesis SP
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General Information
Name: Fran
Age: 12
Species: Beastkin (Black Cat/Black Heavenly Tiger)
Class: Magic Warrior
Status: Bound by Contract
Level: 45/99
HP: 551
MP: 432
STR: 306
VIT: 240
AGI: 295
INT: 212
MGC: 241
DEX: 210
Skills
Espionage: Lv 5
Wind Magic: Lv 2
Court Etiquette: Lv 4
Presence Detection: Lv 6
Sword Techniques: Lv 7
Sword Arts: Lv 8
Evil Resistance: Lv 1
Blink: Lv 6
Fire Magic: Lv 5
Lightning Magic: Lv 1
Cooking: Lv 2
Trap Disarmament: Lv 2
Trap Detection: Lv 2
Undead Killer
Evil Killer
Insect Killer
Vigour Manipulation
Goblin Killer
Sound of Mind
Demon Killer
Skilled Dismantler
Conviction
Sense of Direction
Magic Manpulation
Night Vision
Innate Skills
Awakening
Brilliant Lightning Rush
Magic Convergence
Special Skills
Black Cat’s Protection
Titles
Undead Killer
Match For a Thousand
Evil Killer
Insect Killer
Lord of Dismantling
Recovery Magic User
Sword Lord
Goblin Killer
One Who Massacres
Skill Collector
Skill Maniac
Dungeon Conquerer
Super Big Eater
Demon Killer
Fire Magic User
Wind Magic User
Lightning Magic User
King of Cooking
Thanks for the chapter!
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Vitamin fran!~ THANKYOU
ya damn beautiful translating tentacle you.
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Frans Super Big Eater title is soo awesome
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I almost misread that as someone cunning enough to wants to eat a cat name Fran, but maybe my linguistic skills are failing.
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Thanks for the chapter it felt it’s been a long time since we’ve seen their status pages
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Thank you for the chapter I don’t think the mention that her level cap seems to have gone up probably because she evolved
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Aaaaaaaah………
Bliss…
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Ditto.
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“We should probably heat out too.”
– change heat to head
I many doubts about her stance on the matter,
– add had after I
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Fran remember their names is means that three of them truly get acknowledged by Fran….
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im not sure about that, it more like fran think that apprentice should be treat properly because his relationship with master and how master care for fran ( fran think herself is apprentice too)
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…….
basically she acknowledged them as her apprentices….
lol….
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“You know who” is so used to creating poor quality visual novel translations that one is so used to using male pronouns for everything.
You will see many of such’s works in getting mistaken steps for in-laws. That’s the second most common mistake after gender matching pronouns.
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Reminder that Fran is cute.
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Kawaiiko Fran is Kawaii.
Mofumofu with Urushi every night.
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“We should probably heat out too.”
umm don’t think that’s right, should be head note heat.
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LOL… meant not instead i typed note.
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Fran is super popular, as she should be. Also, Master is starting to look like a super powerful sword.
Thanks for the chapter.
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thanks for the chapter.
oh fran’s level cap is 99 now
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Thanks for the chapter.
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Thanks for the chapter, stay healthy. But if you do get sick stay home and translate lol jk.
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Medical studies indicate that the best thing for preventing and/or curing a cold is lots of translating.
Just saying. It’s science. Do not question it.
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Thanks for the chapter!!
(I wanted to say something meaningful or do a joke but nah, not smot enough for that.)
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Huh, Fran without her sword is actually weaker than I thought. She’s like an average adventurer, sprinkled with a few OP skills, titles that don’t match her skill level, and an overabundance of adorable.
Also, I’ve forgotten what a lot of these skills do tbh, wish the author did some more skill update and explanation segments like Death Mage.
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to be fair she is merely a lv45 so she can’t really be that strong either compared to other high leveled adventurers.
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Levels don’t matter. You could be a level 50 and be weak as a f rank.
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High? Level 50 is mid-level!
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Weak as April Fools rank. Ftfy.
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There’s a giant appendix thing @ the start that explains it all. I’m def too lazy to translate it.
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there are some discussion in reddit why fran stat is weak in number, and most believe the main reason is because he never separate with master that make him hard to raise skill level (fran mostly use skill from master that come from skill sharing)
there also theory if he separate with master all his skill will raise and a skill he not have before will appear suddenly do to his knowledge so far (its like when you already know what to do to unlock certain achievement in game or pro player that use new account and easy raise rank, another word for this is FACKING SMURF that play in low MMR and ruin people game, curse them all)
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“Special Skills
Black Cat’s Protection”
??? did i miss something?
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It is from the armor set, something like instant death immunity and maybe some resistances.
Definitely instant death immunity, useful in flying undead infested labyrinth.
Check the early chapters(20-50 or so, after exploring the conquered dungeon with trap spiders) for more details.
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from her black cat equipment set
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The Gods have love so much….
Bless the holy kitten.
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Its the armour set skill.
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Leroooooooooooooooooooooy
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Leeroy Jenkins?
Clearly MMORPG stories should always mention this “roleplaying an idiot”.
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You Guys are too young to play MMO (MUDS) in the 90s?
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Meatbun Delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
Dimentional magic: Lv 4″ (remove “)
Beastkin A: “can i have your autograph!”
Beastkin B: “shake hands with me”
Beastkin C: “can i rub your tail?”
Beastkin D: “please teach me how to be strong like you”
Shishou: (who is it? Who asked something odd to fran?! I’m going to fry *cough* send divine punishment!)
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Beastkin C: “Can I grope your butt?” Fixed that for you?
Cat Tails are very fragile.
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I wonder, when will fran change her class?
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She needs to change to a class with “Princess” in its name.
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Thanks for the new chapter!
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thanks~
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Thanks
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Thanks for the chapter~!
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Thanks for the chapter! Loved seeing that Fran has the “Super Big Eater” title XD
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Thanks 4 the chapter!
Those apprentices has every right to be happy. Fran only remember a few people by name.
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I thought her level would reset when she evolved
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Her stats go up with every level so it sucks the levels didn’t reset so she could become super duper op quicker
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And early on, they say level resets only when you change class.
Evolution =/= Class Change.
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thank you for the chapter
kitty is flauting like your house tabby putting its butt end on your face.
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[Demon Killer] Title + Evolve Black Cat = the Theory is true?
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Oh my gawd finally an update.
Awaiting next release.
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Awaiting next “cat out of the bag”?
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Thanks for the chapter!
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Thanks for the chapter! Fran is known everywhere!
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Thanks again for the Chapter.
It’s nice to see their stats after all this while. At least now with the level cap is increased to 99, Fran can get more stats to better the chance to complete the requirement to break the curse so all Kuroneko-kin can evolve normally.
I was have expecting Shisou’s atk stats to reach 4 digits by now
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“I am Black Lightning Princess!!!”
“what is this chuuni saying…?”
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“what is this middle (school) age saying…?”
Know the Pun. Middle-age, get it?
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Too many Roll Players (especially among those that play video game versions), Not Enough Role Players.
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Thanks for the chapter.
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Who is Beastkin C???
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A not so smart Black Cat-Kin.
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Did something happen to you?
Supreme tentaclaus-sama???
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What’s happened to her skill [Sole sense]? Did it disappeared?
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Soles of her paws? Their senses are very great. It keeps her balance on all four when necessary.
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I’m serious, i’m talking about her skill sets.
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Chapter 178?
Sole Sense allows a user to sense anything that moves on the ground within X00 feet as long as one foot’s sole is on the ground.
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It seems that the translator forgot to add the skill [sole sense] on the list here
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Not my fault. It literally wasn’t there. I just double checked.
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also her swordlord skill or was it title that she recieved for being Master’s wielder when he leveled up the skill
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nevermind I just missed it somehow
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Oops! That loli can’t be found.
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Any news on 263?
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It’s going to be much later. The day before “expected”, Supreme Tentacles says it would be half a day late, but that was two days ago.
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Hmm, over and over in different chapters it was said that killing Evil Beings would allow a black cat to evolve. But no one seems to be saying anything about how hard they are to find or if the supply of killable Evil Beings can run out. It’s already common sense for everyone in an imaginary story or real life to realize that competition for a limited access supply creates a shortage. So if everyone other than black cats killed the Evil Beings, that could slow down the number of black cats evolving.
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