"This is a..... serpent, it seemed to have mutated. Careful of its poison!" Logan shouted
Hissing, the serpent seemly disappeared as it quickly blended with the surrounding while waiting patiently for its prey to show an opening
Zephyr casually commented while shrugging "Don't bother too much, it wouldn't let its prey go seeing as it decided to attack first."
Hearing this, Logan whom was very wary asked, "What makes you so sure?" he was curious as to how Zephyr was able to
To which he answered flatly, "You cannot completely hide the origin energy signature of an special weapon or creature without at least some understanding of the relationship between it and reality. The snake for example has an ability to take on the properties of the environment around them, practically making them invisible unless one is very sensitive to the surrounding and can differentiate any little changes around them."
On top of one of the surrounding fallen leaves, as if there was something in its way.
Zephyr pointed out, "There!", and in the next moment Logan who already tensed, slashed with all his strength towards the direction
A vicious wind spread from beneath him and caused the air around him to completely blow away.
His gaze was set on the a specific spot as the air seemly moved around, which he grabbed onto with his outstretched hand. "Got you!"
In what was a swift movement, Logan landed back on the ground with immense force before lifting his hand, which for moment looked like it had nothing until suddenly smoke began to emanate from it as he felt a strong burning sensation
"Dammit!" He instinctively opened his hand to throw the thing but a vast mental pressure assaulted his mind leaving him dazed
Suddenly Zephyr moved his own at even more startling speed and held the unknown thing.
The same thing occurred and a burning sensation could be felt by him accompanied by an even massive mental attack, however, it didn't faze him in the least and he just shifted his hand a little before a hissing noise was heard
*hisss!*
The serpent hissed aggressively and moved its body violently in an attempt to escape zephyr's hold, he however endured it's attempt at resisting and forcefully clasped its mouth with his barehands
In a bland tone Zephyr casually uttered while gripping tightly on the serpent " Seeing as your life is under my command, I'll like to know if you'd surrender and become my servant less I destroy what semblance of intelligence you have"
The creatures eyes displayed anger and ferocity despite it's cornered state as it simply kept on hissing
"Oh still stubborn" in an instant blood gushed from the serpent's head and mouth as it's body collapsed onto the now bloody grassy field, it's lower body still shaking violently despite it's eyes now looking almost lifeless.
"What about now, do it or I'll end you" Zephyr mocked as the serpent's intelligent eyes showed fear and despite it's unwillingness,it reluctantly obeyed as it simply turned to motes of light and entered zephyr's body
In that moment, zephyr felt as if something alive was worming its way through his pores and into his body.
However, after a few moments, a wave of heat gradually coursed through his skin, and in thag instant his skin started to shudder and turn beet red.
In his consciousness, a stood a very large snake like creature with a pair of curved horns emitting immense energy waves from it.
It had a long thick body with even thicker and harder spiky scales that covered much of its length, on its back were long red lines stretching from the head to its tail, Under the curved horns was a pair of triangular shaped pupils. Its crimson red eyes looked like a raging volcano
While that happened, a layer of a bluish-black halo of light appeared and floated on his body, enveloping his whole body, along with the flickering of the halo, much of a yellowish-black pus was expunged from his pores, releasing a very acute stench.
Logan sensing the stench scowled and couldn't hold his curiosity "what's that stench"
"Well it's infected fluids" Zephyr casually uttered, not intent on explaining more
With Logan's brilliant mind, it wasn't difficult to place things together
A zombie bite, drastic but efficient measures halt the spread, though fast, it was inevitable some few bacteria might have invaded his body in that seemly instant and now it's simply being released as waste
At this moment his body was drenched in sweat and pus, bringing about an acidic stench, as if he had just been scooped out from the sewers.
His eyes were sunk in as if having been bedridden with an illness for many months.
"Scan the stats of the Serpent in me!"Zephyr instructed.
STATUS
Name : Zephyr Tempest
Magic Level: Tenth Level Swordsman Apprentice <1500/1000>
Legacy: None
Race : Tier 0 Human
Physical Strength: 30
Mental Strength: 80
Soul Strength: 60
Physical Defense: 50
Reflex :34
Magic affinity: Rank-B > Rank A
Mana: 1000/1000
Status Points:
State: Peak state.
[Soul Spirit status: Strength: 10(??), Reflex: 20(??), Physical defense (vitality): 20(??), Spiritual force: 80(??).
[Stage - Infant]
[Ability 1- Scales Defence: The Horned Hekkeret has dense scales with a defensive force field encircling it at all times.
[Ability 2- Negation: Immune to certain physical and magical attacks of lower levels
[Ability 3- Camouflage: As a creature blessed by Origin energy, it's capable of entering into a stealth state anytime, withdrawing all signs of energy waves]
[Ability 4- Grey blaze: Emits a destructive flame from the horn]
[ Status: Extremely weak!]
"Stats like this..."
Zephyr's brow rose slightly, "It has long since surpassed the boundaries of an tiered creature and is most likely above the first Tier?"
'Seems like bonding with it increased my attributes, more specifically those concerning the soul, with this done then it's worth it since I'm back to full power' zephyr thought while clenching his newly grown right arm
"Let's continue, there's something suspicious about this place, it stinks conspiracy" zephyr uttered with a eerie smile
Though curious as to how his boss regrew back his hand, Logan opted to refrain from asking as he felt the way zephyr smiled was a little bit.... frigid.