".... Have any of you made any progress in determining the origins or the Attribute of this creature?".
The various Elders sitting around the room straightened their backs and glanced at each other, completely silent. Their lack of an answer spoke louder than any words they could've hoped to try and tell the Clan Leader.
The Rank 4 Fae Master sat slightly hunched over, his elbows resting on the table in from of him. His hands entwined with one another as his frosty expression swept over all the other Elders before him.
Elder Vova just shook his head.
"The corpse of this.... whatever it is, goes against everything we currently know about spirit beasts or how Attributes work in general. Spirit beasts, like Humans and spirit plants can only possess a maximum of three Attributes, or three Laws if ever fully developed. However, this creature possesses at least a dozen different Attributes. The fact that.... Arthur had been found with wounds created from Wood-Shadow-Fire-Ice and even Lightning Attributes prove that he had been fighting something that.... isn't normal".
"We checked for the possibility of it using Fae as well, but it seems as though only a think spiritual essence was released from its corpse. All traces of that unknown Attribute that had been found around the Village has completely disappeared too. We are currently trying to take apart the carcase, however all Rank 2 Fae Masters and below cannot get too close without having a splitting headache. The sheer amount of spiritual essence is just too much for anyone below Rank 3.... except of course, for Arthur".
Niklos let out a loud breath, an indication of both his mood and opinion.
As Elder Vova had stated, only Rank 3 Fae Masters and above could even get close to this beast. Even some of the weaker Elders felt themselves been pressured with the sheer amount of spiritual essence. Niklos had only ever felt that much spiritual essence in one place before, near the origins of the Falling Snow River....
A place extremely close to several Immortal Clans....
He wondered if this creature was some sort of mutated divine beast, but even they couldn't manage to release this much spiritual essence after their death.
Niklos had never seen a divine beast before, but if that was the the standard for Fae Immortals, the distance between him and Rank 6 was even wider than he originally thought....
Niklos ignored those thoughts and turned towards Elder Bruge, both his father in law, and the Head Elder of the Medicine Hall.
"How are the injured faring?".
Elder Bruge nodded slightly.
"All of the Fae Masters who were engulfed by the strange mucus and blood were killed instantly. Using some sort of Transformation Attribute ability, they transformed into those small mutant babies whose speed and strength rivalled a peak Rank 1 Fae Master. When they exploded, they released a similar thick, mucus, only this one possessed extraordinary Corruption and Poison Attributes....
"Even though who had just a single drop fall on them needed immediate medical attention. About three dozen needed amputations, however more than two thirds of them could be healed once their limb had been purified.
"The most injured was undoubtably Arthur. We still don't know what happened to him while inside the beast, however we can assume that the Space inside the creature was much larger than its shape or form. The wound to his upper shoulder was in fact the least serious injury. I believe that they were aiming for his heart, but missed. There was an extraordinarily large amount of Wood type and Shadow type spiritual essence within him, however the wood type spiritual essence has completely disappeared on its own, and the shadow type spiritual essence isn't causing any damage. I don't know why either of these things have happened....
"Arthur was exposed to quite a bit of mucus as well, however not in significant amounts. The damage to his right arm however, seems to be.... well, its completely beyond my current understanding and knowledge of Healing. His fingers and hand had to have been exposed to an intense cold, perhaps some sort of ice or snow, and the burns from his bicep down appear to have been self-inflicted, as he tried to fight off the cold. I'm not sure what will happen when he wakes up, but the physiology of his right hand has changed.... beyond what I am capable of knowing. There isn't anything else I can do for him....".
Elder Bruge let out a loud sigh before shaking his head.
Other than Niklos, his Father, he was the most saddened by this in the room.
Arthur was his grandchild after all.
Elder Sagan glanced at Elder Zarek and Elder Velika before nodding and turning towards Niklos at the head of the table.
"I understand that there has been immense losses to the Kovacs Clan in terms of the Fae Master population. However, the amount of Fae materials that has been created just within the last twenty-four hours was even more than an entire months worth of waiting after the beast tides. There have been so many, and in such variety that we don't fully know what all of them are. There have even been some Fae materials we've found that don't belong to the Azure Envy Continent!".
The eyes of all the Elders, including Niklos raised slightly as they heard Elder Sagan's words.
The grandfather of Borik nodded continuing.
"We've found Cloud Rain Mist found in the Violet Lust Continent! Sound River Grass native to the Viridian Greed Continent! Steel Flame Lava and Purple Iron found in the Crimson Wrath Continent! Even the Rank 3 Fae materials, Sun-setting Flower and Moon-gathering Orchid from the Amber Pride Continent! Whatever this creature was, it doesn't abide by any heavenly law!".
"And these are only the ones recorded in the Clan annals! We've found at least an additional fifty different Fae materials that we haven't recognized, and its only been a single day! Who knows just what Fae we'll find in the coming days!".
Niklos nodded, letting out a loud sigh before stretching his back and leaning into his seat.
"I see. For the time being, only Rank 3 Fae Masters and above can get close, so everyone present are the only ones who can collect and retrieve the Fae materials. I won't ask you to hand all of them over into the Clan Reserves, however at the very least you must inform Elder Anatol of the Attributes, qualities and temporary name given to the Fae material. Is that understood?".
All of the Elders present nodded.
"Any Fae found near the beast corpse will have to be registered with Elder Anatol. Considering that.... there is a chance that more heavenly laws will be ignored, the possibility of Longevity Fae, and perhaps even origin essence sea related Fae will form. These Fae will not have to be registered. And are completely fair game depending on who finds it first. However....
Niklos' gaze became stern.
"If you have a problem with one of the other Elders, do not involve any of their descendents or family. If I find that someone has gone around them and tried to influence the younger generation, I will destroy your cultivation".
"Is that understood?".
All of the Elders nodded once more.
On another side of the Clan, in the Medicine Hall, a hand, coloured crystalline, with ice-stained bones, muscles, veins, flesh and skin, twitched slightly.