"Fourth Stage is kind of a large ask for a lot of us.", Nimin pointed out.
"Only a handful of us will reach this point. A handful of members had just entered Third Stage before we took on the Lord of the Sea. Asking them to hurry up to Fourth Stage is unreasonable.", Akiol agreed.
Akiol had spent a few hours apologizing for the inconvenience he had caused with the meteor to the various other expedition camps. Through this he also gained a personal glance at these 'mutations' the players had been taking on. It did look unsightly. Admittedly Akiol thought it was Heresy at first with how similar the appearance could be.
The difference in appearance becomes more obvious the more you looked into it. Heresy had a tendency to mutate a being with its flesh-like appearance. While mutations simply exaggerated a feature, or added one. Even when Akiol was dragged along by a mutation Guild and given a thorough report on the benefits, he found that it simply wasn't worth it.
