"Why did you leave Mrs Winter behind?!"
The fleeing researchers and knights all stopped up after exiting the zone of destruction.
Now standing in an area where the jungle still held some of its previous terrain. However, non were happy to have escaped the certan death, and they all seemed to madly argue with each other.
"Mr Wilsen! Why did you not go and save her? Is she not your college?!"
Although there were many arguments the most noticeable one would definitely be the one between the female knight and Wilsen.
"You and your guards were supposed to keep us safe!! I...I didn't even hear her..."
The broken man was currently held around his neck by the bewildering thoughts of guilt. Eching into his emotions like heated needles which were pushed down by the resonating voice of the female knight.
"NO! YOU WERE THE ONE CLOSEST, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT!"
She was, however, no better than himself. Feeling a deep loathing for her lack of chivalry and courage. Wanting to run away from the responsibility carried alongside the faint whispers of Winter's cry for help.
But Wilsen did not have any of these shallow arguments. For each time he felt her judging voice seep into his mind, was the moment the veins beneath his skin began to pulsate. Further engulfing him in regret, and finally making him lash out at the incompetent guardian he was given.
"DAMMIT WOMAN!! YOU WERE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE!!"
The two kept going at each others throats like a couple of hungry wolfs. However, their feud was suddenly interrupted by the shaking voice of bander.
"E...Ehm...Wh..What is that..?"
Mabye it was the terror excluding alongside the heavy breathing, but the two both turned their gazes towards the direction he looked at.
Some sort of large blue meteorite tangled in what looked like a black was falling towards the location they previously feld from. A sharp needle of air was covering it, as if the atmosphere was being pushed aside by an unknown force.
"Is it a bird?"
"No, Mr Wilsen. It looks like a stone... No, wait...HOLY SH** ITS A BIRD!! EVERYONE RUN!!!"
Not managing to properly figure out what the object was reignited the dreadful sensation of panic throughout their bodies. And so they franticly scattered again.
However, as the group once again fled, the large figure falling form the heavens violently slammed into the ground behind them. Sending a tremor unlike any of the previous ones through the jungle, further leveling parts of its remains. Splintering the trees close enough into shardsx and turning the soil into a muddy tsunami.
....
In the messy stone crater created by the two falling beasts laid exactly two things.
The first was the centipede. Now having its body ruined into pieces, severd in three parts consisting of the head, stomach and back-end.
The exoskeleton had several cracking marks running all over, and out from each part flowed a steady amount of green blood. Staining the crumbled stone and dirt with a rotten stench.
However, despite having been literally ruined beyond recognition, the centipede was not dead. As seen by the remaining antenna still attatched to the head piece. Slightly twitching from time to time.
But even with such looks, it could be seen as much better off than the competition.
Michael had definitely seen better days. Half his body had turned into a red and blue mush made of of feathers and muscle, all the remaining limbs and bones on his torso had part of their skin peeled of, and all the bones were snapped in different directions.
However, even with such vile injuries, his body suprisingly seemed to repair itself. Snapping the bones back togheter, and rebuilding the damaged tissue at a visible speed.
One minute after landing was enough for Michael's upper body to repair itself. However, his lower parts seemed to need more time, as those petty things were beyond hammered at this point.
Michael was still in his tainted form bird form, and that most definitely was what helped him him receive the impact, alongside the 20% damage negation and his already unreal physique.
He had lost consciousness durring the impact, but it had to be know, that primates, or rather, the cave monkey he had fused with had a skull size proportional to their brain. Removin any unnecessary risk of it slamming too much into the wall.
But not too long after landing, he woke up agin. etting out a mildly chuckle from his beak shaped mouth.
"Hehe... My body seems to have an amazing resistance towards regular damage done by blunt and sharp objects."
His hollow eyes wandered over to the seperated corpse after finishing. Once more finding himself concersing with the air as he saw the remaining antenna twitch.
"Meanwhile, that insect was rather proficient in warding of all my magic attacks...was it perhaps geared more in that direction?"
Slowly but surely, his legs also return, allowing him to stand up from the small crater he found himself in.
"Looks like you reached your end. But worry not, for your sacrifice will help me greatly."
Immediately after healing, he went over to the broken worm. Biting of chunks of meat from it while using his [Devil's Enzyme] enhancement and [Extendable Body] to finish it as quickly as possible. Placing the remaining insect shell into his storage ring. It supeisingly still survived all this damage. However, one must remember that it fused togheter with his bone whenever he transformed.
After grotesquely chomping down the flesh of the beast and storing its remains, he finally received what he had waited for. Only...
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[Unkown Bloodline absorbed!]
[Unkown Genetic Code absorbed!]
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[Inheritance Incomplete]
[Incomplete Inheritance requires time(unspecified) for absorbtion.]
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Michael looked at the notification and felt that he wanted to puke blood.
"WHAT?! WHAT KIND OF JOKE IS THIS?!!"
"Well, whatever.. I think I can level up, and lets get that orb..."
Not wishing to dwell more than necessary on this, he stretched out his bestial senses. Locating the lost treassure hidden inside this vast land of ruin.
'There!'
He pointed both his eyes in the distance and elegently jumped away. Landing not too far from where their battle had begun.
The underground lake was still there, while next to it, inside a pile of crushed stone laid a shiny white orb. Drawing him towards it as if he was some sort of moth.
"I can't really understand what energy it gives off, I feel this crazy desire to eat it..."
With one swift move, Michael picked it up with his scissor shaped fingers and threw it in his mouth. Swallowing the pearl of chaos like some fancy delicacy.
A cool energy invaded his body after some time. However, other than this, he didn't find anything amiss.
"Hmmm...Mabye chaos had another meani.."
But just then, a large amount of steam erupted out from within his sharp fangs. Interrupting him with a ragung pillar of vapor which rouse ten meters into the air.
"AAAHHH!!!"
The cool energy flowing inside him turned into a searing hot one. Deep frying every cell inside his body, and turning his skin and fur into a glowing pink one.
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[Unkown Inheritance is mutating]
[Host has been inflicted with [chaos force]
[Host will lose consciousness while body stabilizes]
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"What do you mean I..."
The world shown by his ryes started to spin around. Drifting his mind into a world of red and pink.
"D..Dammit.."
And with a heavy thud, the brute fell down to the bloody battle ground. Sinking into the stone and earth like a large boulder thrown into a river
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After a while...
"W..WHERE AM I?!!"
Not too long after passing out, Michael woke up. Still in the same location.
"Uff, my head.."
He slowly placed his empty hand onto his head and caressed it backwards. Trying to push the newly emerged headache out of his brain.
However as he lifted his hand up, Michael noticed something.
"Wait...is it smaller?"
No, that was not the only thing which had changed. It seemed he had reverted back into his beastlord form.
"When did this happen? No! That is not what I should ask!"
"WHY IS MY FUR RED?!"
Michael eyed down his body with a strong element of suprise coursing through his body. Both his hide and fingernails were still black, but now had a darker red tint to them. It looked like a very thin aura had started flowing over the outer layer.
"System! You better expl.."
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[Host's Incomplete Inheritance mutated with foreign object known as [Pearl of Chaos] And several augmentations have been made to host's cellular and energy structure.]
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[Bone marrow has been purified by primal force.]
[Soul has been baptized by the law of chaos.]
[Blood and cells have been greatly enhanced by primal force.]
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[Pearl of Chaos has fused with Nucleus due to interference by [Genetic Combo].
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What was this? Although he had a strong urge to devour the pearl, this outcome was not really what he expected.
"Show me."
[Displaying augmentations]
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[Power Layer]
[Layer(new): High King]
[Chaos Nucleus(new): rank 4]
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[Physique] (-)
[Advanced Physique(new): Physical strength increase, Attack Speed Increase.]
(gained from kabyr tyrant)
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[Bones of Havoc(new): All attacks will be boosted by the forces of chaos.]
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[Body of Chaos(new): 20% of all external damage will be redirected into chaotic space.]
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[Title]
[Soul of Distortion: User's Soul will draw upon chaotic events naturally.]
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[Beacon of disorder: Your aura reeks of chaos and ruin. -20% likeability from others.]
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He looked over the new enhancements with a gleeful yet weary expression. Tightening his smile after finishing the last part.
"Oh, wow. Everything looks good. However, that soul of Distortion thing gives me a bad vibe. Except this, are there any other changes?"
[Host has been influenced by the power of chaos]
"Yeah, I get it. However I don't understand what you are implying specifically."
[Displaying augmentations]
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[Elemental Essence displayed]
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[Essence: blood:40% Chaos:0%]
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"....."
"....Where are the other elements?"
[Other elements are being processed by Unkown [Primordial force] most likely [Chaos]
"You would't mind telling me exactly what that means? And while you are at it, please tell me if I will get them back?"
[??????]
"Whatever.."
Michael let the information synchronize with his current state of main as he calmed himself. Carefully watching the more red fur while trying to remember something.
"Oh, yeah. My level."
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[Level: 20/20] max!
[Evolution available]
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"Sweet! Let's check it out'"
However, as he was about to view his evolutions for this bloodline and the others, an unkown sense of danger birthed itself inside his body.
"Who is there!"
He sendt out his newly enhanced bestial senses into the area. Covering all surrounding organic and inorganic objects.
As the flow travelled away, he suddenly opened his now red slit eyes slightly. Puzzled by the find.
"There's a human burried under the rubble?"
Michael's beastly eyes vinced strongly as he further sharpened all power toeards the direction. Getting a more detailed view of it and an unexpected surprise.
"And the person is still breathing?"