Beauty Yrial's Great Transformation Skill

*If only this skill could fix your face as well.*

## Summary

Zac's Master, Yrial, created Beauty Yrial's Great Transformation Skill as a gift to Zac, beyond the rewards normally awarded for passing the F-Grade trial for the Lord of Cycle's Inheritance. The skill works with both his Human and Draugr forms. It provided a way to transform between Zac's two races that did not require him to die or lose all his miasma, but with the downside he would be weakened while the transformation took place. It originally took around ten seconds and hour had to pass before he changed back.

After his Duplicity Core was upgraded to E-Grade in the Tower of Eternity it only took only a second and he could transform twice before having to wait an hour. But once he upgraded his race, the process took three seconds. When he upgraded this skill to E-Grade it went back to just taking a second.

## Origin

* “Don’t be so serious,” Yrial said with a wave as he produced a crystal. “This is my second gift to you. I took the liberty of studying your core a bit more while you were walking in your master’s shoes. **Book 3, Page 520**
* He also taught himself both **[Cyclic Strike]** and his Transformation skill. **Book 3, Page 547**

## Skill Fractal Location

**Around Duplicity Core**

Yrial’s transformation skill formed a layer around the core like a converter between the core itself and his pathways, and Zac realized he would need to either infuse it with the Dao of Trees or Dao of Rot if he wanted to change his form. **Book 3, Page 547**

## Skill Window

[Beauty Yrial’s Great Transformation Skill (–): If only this skill could fix your face as well. **Book 4, Page 611**

## Proficiency

* This crystal contains a skill that you can learn as both an undead and as a human. It will start the transformation for you without having to die. There is still a limit, though. There is simply too little interconnectivity in your nodes; a proper cycle isn’t formed. So it will still take roughly ten to fifteen seconds, and you will be quite weakened during that time.” **Book 3, Page 520**
* Content that there was no one spying on him, he infused the fractal with the Dao of Rot, and he felt a decent amount of Cosmic Energy getting dragged into the fractal as well. The next moment small lines of energies connected with the core, and Zac immediately sensed the change. Miasma immediately started to flood his system, and he almost fell, even though he was already sitting. At the same time, his Cosmic Energy was quickly getting absorbed by the core, and it was as though a cycle had formed where the death-attuned energy was driving all normal energy out of his body and into the Duplicity Core. A wave of nausea hit Zac, but he held on and kept infusing the skill with the Dao of Rot. Luckily Yrial’s estimations had been correct, and the change only took around ten seconds. **Book 3, Page 548**
* He soon learned that the transformation skill refused to activate for almost an hour until he could change again. **Book 3, Page 550**

## Upgrade

* “No, wait,” Zac urgently interjected. “You can’t add any effect to the skill! It will expose me mid-battle.” **Chapter 885**
* “How could something like this stump your exalted master?” Yrial harrumphed. “But the patterns are growing quite complex, requiring an understanding of the Daos infused into your Spy Core. I can somewhat circumvent it for now, but I doubt I will be able to form a D-grade version of the skill. So after this, you’re on your own.” **Chapter 885**
* “Well, here we are,” Yrial eventually smiled as he handed over a crystal. “The skill isn’t naturally upgradeable, so you will have to refine the paths yourself.” **Chapter 885**
* The following couple of days Zac spent on **[Beauty Yrial's Great Transformation Skill]**. Reforging a skill manually was a bit of a chore, even if your body was unusually adaptable. The biggest issue was that any mistake in either planning or execution could damage the fractal, just like when you upgraded a skill the normal way. Thankfully, Yrial had set up an extremely simple plan for him, where the skill would reach E-grade after 18 sessions with a one-week rest in-between. Each session, he would add or alter a specific set of pathways, ensuring that the skill would be usable and stable throughout the process. **Chapter 857**
* Deathly waves of Miasma coursed through his body, and the transition was complete less than a second later, thanks to his upgraded transformation skill. **Chapter 912**

## Commentary

* The time needed to change class should drastically decrease when your core upgrades to the next rank,” Yrial said. “I believe the skill should still be usable as well. If not, I’ll just modify it when you come back.” **Book 3, Page 520**
* “What? Is something the matter?” he asked with innocent eyes. “No… It’s nothing.” Zac sighed as he looked at the name of his new skill. “It’s perfect.” **Book 3, Page 521**
* It was the first time he had the opportunity to properly observe the transformation, and it was pretty interesting. It wasn’t only the energies that changed, but something else was dragged out of his body and pushed into his core. In its stead, his organs were filled with something else. It was the change of this mysterious force that was the difference between vibrant red blood and the black sludge that now sat in his veins. He had no idea what it was since he couldn’t sense it properly. At least he felt it was something completely different compared to life force and Miasma. In the end, he could only chalk it up to be the essence of the respective races. **Book 3, Page 549**
* But with some timing and subterfuge, it should at least be possible to swap once during a battle, though it couldn’t be done if he was completely exhausted since it required a decent amount of mental energy. **Book 3, Page 550**
* **[Beauty Yrial’s Great Transformation Skill]** activated around his core, and his battered body was immediately flooded with Miasma. Zac’s vision blurred, and a sense of weakness immediately spread through his body. The effect was even worse as **[Hatchetman’s Rage]** was forcibly canceled before its time limit, and it looked like switching class was not a viable method to avoid the backlash from activating the buffing skill. **Book 3, Page 706**
* It was disappointing that it hadn’t provided any attributes when reaching E-grade, but the transformation only took a second now as long as he used Yrial’s Transformation skill. **Book 4, Page 241**
* Not only that, but he had also learned that he could now transform twice before he needed to wait for an hour again. **Book 4, Page 241**
* Zac was eventually forced to swap classes mid-battle, relying on the defensive charges of his robes and one of Rasuliel’s defensive treasures to not get skewered while transitioning. **Book 5, Page 53**
* The process activated as usual, but Zac frowned when he felt that it took almost three seconds to transform, which was a lot worse compared to before he evolved. **Book 5, Page 525**
* Activating Yrial’s transformation skill yielded no result [*after applying Leandra's masking array*], but Zac could somewhat sense that he would still be able to force the Race change if he pushed a lot harder. **Book 7, Page 639**
* Normally, losing all his Miasma would result in swapping over to his human side, but he wasn’t sure he’d survive the transformation in his harried form. **Book 8, Page 392**