author's note: this chapter is a bit longer than usual
POV: Leon Bunhrant
"Fuck! What is the coldness inside of me and why is there no pain?" I thought, already quite accustomed to the emerging pain, opening my eyes wide from the realization that it was not there and several things shocked me.
This is where I am, or rather, on some kind of platform and next to it is a strange box that glows a little in the center and is not much higher than my navel. The second thing that surprised me was the old man standing with some tall man with blue hair.
Then I shifted my gaze to the ceiling and saw a large cloud of blue "mana!" immediately dawned on me. I felt it, I don't know how to describe these feelings to you.
"I WANT HER!" it was as if a hungry beast woke up in me, which had not eaten for months or even years. And as if by my thought, she began to approach me, but approaching at a distance of my hand, she stopped, and then began to turn into something, namely snowflakes, and after that they flew down me in the abdomen. But the voice of the most hated person, if it can be called such, brought me out of my thoughts.
- It's even better than I imagined! This is a huge breakthrough in chimera research! the old man said loudly, which gave me a headache.
"Dr. Keely, please control yourself," the blue-haired boy said, still not looking up from me.
"I'm sorry, Dr. Reggie, it's just that for me it's half a life of research without results, and here is the perfect result, almost impossible," he said aloud to the one who is Dr. Reggie. To which he simply nodded without taking his eyes off me "strange guy" I thought and began to continue to watch the cloud that turns into a snow tornado.
- A few hours later -
"I'm already tired of standing and looking at the whirlpool of mana. Oh, it's finally over," I thought, and it seems that I'm not the only one who noticed its end. "They called him? But why?".
"Hahaha, he's still alive and fully awakened!" - exclaimed the old man in his same raspy voice and even his tentacles in ecstasy, well, judging by the way they twitch.
- Congratulations to Dr. Keely on a successful and working project, but can we finally continue what we started? he asked the old man. To which he enthusiastically nodded his head.
- Subject 003, move away from the platform and extend your severed arm! he ordered in an authoritative manner and my body moved off the platform and stretched out his left hand in front of him and stopped "just don't say that he will test my strength" I prayed inwardly.
"Dr. Reggie, please do it again," he said to Reggie, and he was abruptly in front of me. Then he gracefully swung the dagger at my gaze, which in a second glowed red hot and then the unexpected happened.
*crack*
The dagger with which they hit me cracked and broke into pieces, but I did not remain unscathed either. I have a small cut on my shoulder and around this wound the skin is slightly burned. But the old man's voice made me concentrate on him
- He became stronger, and used the ability of beasts, fortify with mana! - at this conclusion, he laughed in a crazy manner. To which Dr. Reggie frowned and took out another sword, it was a red bastard sword with a decorated dragon-shaped hilt and right in front of the mouth was some kind of ruby, which sometimes glowed and was surrounded by a dangerous red aura. "Danger!" my mind screamed, but I couldn't do anything because I can't move my body.
*whoop*
He waved it in the same graceful manner and lightly cut off my arm. He put the sword back and looked at the old man, who frowned in response. "Where did he even get such a long sword?" I asked myself in my mind, but soon I was attracted to their conversation.
- Dr. Reggie, what are you doing. Use your personal weapons, you understand that I can remove you from the study for several years, and even the nobles will not cancel this punishment - the old man said threateningly, but when he heard the answer, he frowned even more.
"Dr. Keely, didn't you also break the rules?" You are constantly laughing in a crazy manner and if I send a report on your behavior, I'm afraid
you yourself may be removed from this study - Dr. Reggie replied sharply, to which the old man snorted and smiled a little.
"Okay, now object take your hand and put it back on," ordered the old man. My body began to move in order to raise my lost hand "faster!" I adjusted my body in order to lose less blood. Raising my hand, I fixed it back and suddenly felt that some kind of energy began to flow through my body, heading towards the place where my hand was cut off. Having reached the wound, she began to regenerate, and then "fasten" My arm and shoulder between her.
It took about a minute or two, but I was now able to move my left hand, but then I heard an order that stunned me.
- Great, regeneration doubled! Object 003 attack Dr. Reggie - he ordered in a cheerful tone, as if it did not concern him at all. My body moved unnaturally fast which made me stunned "Have I always been this fast?" I asked myself dumbfounded. But Dr. Reggie asked me to stop so he could give me something. "I don't know what they can give me. Hm, maybe that dagger, but no it looks like garbage, maybe" I thought until I saw some strange scroll in front of me.
"Try to learn it, object 003," Dr. Reggie said in an emotionless tone. My body obeyed him and took the scroll. I began to study what it is "first-level spell, spear - create a spear from your attribute mana and manifest its properties, depending on the attribute of your core, the properties will be different" I read the definition of this spell. Five minutes later, I was able to memorize it and the body itself gave the scroll to the doctor "hey, hey, aren't you too sure that I won't crap with my first spell," I internally cursed at the body, but it apparently ignored me. Dr. Reggie's voice brought me out of my thoughts
- Did you learn the spell? he asked to which the body nodded yes and he then ordered the spell to be activated. "How can I apply it?" I asked myself and it seems he caught my confused look. Reggie sighed and said: - There are two options, either you read in your mind or by ear, and now do it! - in an imperious manner said the last phrase.
"So I need to read it in my mind" analyzed his words and then spoke out loud with her voice. And no, I didn't want to listen to my own voice.
- A spear! - I shouted and some strange diagram of gray color appeared in my mind. She didn't do anything and just floated in my thoughts for a few seconds, but then my mana from the core started flowing towards the diagram. Soon when the mana got to the diagram, it began to pour into it, but after the diagram absorbed my mana, it began to glow, causing my mana to flow in a certain order to the hand. After 10 or so seconds, a spear appeared in my hand. It was not smooth or clean, there were some particles in it that I could not recognize, but in general it was something like a spear and I am happy that I cast my first spell.
"Ohohoho, he can actually learn spells too!" the old man said excitedly and even Reggie seemed flustered.
"Now object 003, attack me," Reggie ordered, and my body obeyed.
In the next second, I struck with my spear right on the head, as it seemed to me that this was the weakest point.
*whoop*
But that would be the weakest spot on Earth, but not there Reggie just grabbed my spear halfway through and smashed it to smithereens. This offended me a little "I know that I am weaker than him, but for my first spell to be broken so quickly, never! Spear!" I growled in my mind, I don't know why, but my instincts helped me.
And for the next couple of minutes, it was a one-sided battle, and you can't even call it a battle. I almost used up all the mana from my core, and he wasn't even out of breath. "Damn Reggie, he's too strong!" I grumbled inside myself and a little sadistic thought came to me, "well, you can at least try. Spear." And again the spear formed quite quickly and then I tried to
to go and that he let me. I smiled internally at this concession "you will pay dearly for this" my internal smile became even bigger.
I quickly formed another spear that was more unstable and threw it at his face, whereupon he released a small flame in front of him and it engulfed the spear. but before the spear melted it exploded releasing a small mist covering his head and I couldn't waste precious time. I pulled the best out of my core and empowered myself, then ran up to his anus and landed the fastest punch I could.
But he was a little confused and released a large wave of flame in my direction, but a little late, the spear stuck into his anus. Then a male scream was heard with a mixture of anger and humiliation, to which I internally dissipated and then prepared for a large wave of flame that was waiting for me, but it did not have time to absorb it as some kind of thin hand pulled me out. "Don't tell me he pulled me out with those things," I prayed inwardly, but my prayers were ignored by the old man's insane laughter.
- Ahahaha, Dr. Reggie stabbed you "there"? the old man asked, to which Reggie yelled at the old man.
"Dr. Kili, why didn't he attack as usual, maybe you ordered him to do it!?" Reggie screamed in anger while still rubbing his ass.
- No, of course, Dr. Reggie, how could I do this if it was you who let the object up to your ass on purpose? - the old man said logically and it really seemed logical if it were not for the cheerful tone of the old man. To which Reggie looked at me and my body shook from the pressure.
"Dr. Reggie, stop pouring pressure on my project," the old man said threateningly, to which Reggie snorted loudly and looked away from me.
- Let's better check one more feature of the animals and finish our tests with this - said the old man Reggie and he went to the table on which the suitcase lies. Taking some balls from there, he handed them to me and said.
- Eat them - ordered the old man and I obeyed my body. It grabbed both balls and put them in its mouth and then there was some change. The balls dissolved and turned into mana, and my core greedily devoured it.
"Excellent he mastered both cores without any deviation, excellent!" said the old man and Reggie simply nodded. Then the old man went to the control panel and pressed a couple of buttons and then a voice came from the lab.
- Attention! Dr. Keely's experiment was successful, please take object 003 back to the containment chamber - an emotionless voice sounded and then I heard the old man's voice.
"Object 003, enter the containment chamber," the old man ordered, and my body hurriedly entered the room in which the soul transformation ritual was performed on me. I lay down on the table and a familiar pain met me. Soon a few runes lit up my room and something strange happened, I don't know what, but it was like I was being moved somewhere, possibly teleportation. And then I was lowered into the already familiar liquid.
"I have to get out of here" with these thoughts I "fell asleep".