Lustia's eyes didn't just light up; they ignited with a hungry, predatory luminescence that made the amber void beyond the chamber seem dull by comparison. This was the moment she had been waiting for the moment the student stopped asking how to survive and started asking how to dominate.
"That depends on the shape of the monster you're preparing to kill, Rex," she purred, stepping closer until the heat from her body rivaled the ambient glow of the room. "Are you building for individual combat superiority, becoming a walking catastrophe that can tear through any single opponent?"
"Are you building for administrative omnipotence the ability to project your will across two territories simultaneously without your attention fracturing?"
"Or are you building for survival against the inevitable, preparing for the moment the framework sends a divine class entity to erase your very existence?"
Rex didn't blink. "All three... Ideally, I want all three."
