“The conditions needed to create the Clandestine Ethereal Physique as theorized by Lachlan were...” “One: a strong control over energy or the ability to tame wild energy for one's use. It doesn’t matter if the body is compatible with a certain kind of energy and can be absorbed, but as long as the control over energy reached a certain level, you are qualified. Naturally, among all the energy control talents, the bloodline of the Von Stratenoff royal family was one of the best.” “Second: a body that has not been tainted by any type of energy, in order words, a pure body. To fulfill this requirement, newborn babies are the better choice as they had yet to come into contact with energy yet. But even they are not the best because they would have absorbed a little of their mother's own energy in the womb. There is another better choice that would meet this requirement perfectly. That is a...” “A fetus!” Arran suddenly interrupted. “A fetus is the best option, am I right?” “That’s right
At the end of the day, the royal council adjourned, with a lot more questions to figure out than the answers they received.Arran was dismissed and told to return to the academy. They did not later talk about Arran’s parents and the clue they left behind in Fort Crawford. The only thing the council members said to Arran was that they would call him back to discuss it later, when things had settled.Eris and Charmy followed behind Arran as they left the royal council building. Both of them were silent. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to say anything, but that right now, Arran had a serious look on his face as he contemplated the things he’d learned just now.The girls felt like they should disturb him, so they left him to think.What Arran was thinking about was naturally about everything he’d learned from the old immortal about his ancestor, Lachlan Nimbus Von Stratenoff, and the experiment he’d conducted in him when he was still a fetus.Obviously, Arran felt strange when he learned
The earth was scorched... filled with barren crevices that emit a pungent smell of rot and decay. Black flames erupted from the earth's crust as hot lava flowed on the surface.With the sky hanging so low, the atmosphere, which was only a few kilometers from the surface, seemed to only be a thin barrier separating the planet's surface from the rest of the universe.The diameter of the planet's horizon was really short. Over the horizon, for as far as the eye could see, one could make out everything in startling detail. But no matter what you looked at, the only thing that entered the eye was a desolate world filled with the universe's sheer abandonment.This was an abandoned world located in a place that is considered the hinterlands of the universe. In this stretch of space, the universe seemed to have withdrawn her light, as there was not a single star in place to provide bright illumination for weary travelers. Only this planet sat alone in the dark, receiving neither light nor war
On a planet that was supposed to be devoid of any living organism, life still managed to thrive. And it was not a simple life like single cellular organisms. But complex creatures with inherent abilities that evolved to adapt perfectly to their environment.In the face of seemingly impossible odds, miracles still seem to find a way to happen.The dark creatures that inhabited the barren world slowly explored the area of the explosion until they reached the center where a large hole had formed.Hanging on the edge of the hole with half of it still inside was a motionless body. The body was completely blackened with clumps of dried lava clinging to its surface, with open wounds that festered and bled red and black blood.Under the dark glow of the lava-strewn ground, the dark creatures noticed this anomalous body that didn’t belong with the rest of the scenery.Seeing the body, none of the dark creatures moved. They cautiously stayed a distance away from the body and watched it for any
The body of the dark creature hung limply on Kasack’s arm. He watched as its fearful expression gradually became dull as life escaped from it and flowed into his body.Due to some mysterious power, the originally full, if not severely injured, body of the dark creature shriveled up as its life force was devoured and flowed into Kasack’s body.Kasack frowned as he devoured the life force of the dark creature. Kasack did this to quickly replenish the energy he had lost so he could immediately heal the injuries he had sustained. But the life force of a first-order creature was really weak and could barely provide him with enough power to lift his body up.It was only by inducing all these creatures to fight and kill themselves that Kasack had been able to absorb enough life force from their spilled blood that he’d been able to recover to his current state.But it was far from enough. Kasack could still feel his body groaning in pain from all the wounds he had suffered from the Shade lord
After a long time, Kasack had managed to recover from his grievous wounds and he was no longer close to death's door. But he was still weak and not fully recovered.Worst of all, because of his wanton slaughter and plunder of the dark creature's life force, Kasack could already feel the soul corruption slowly building up inside him. He could feel himself becoming more irritated and quick to anger. This was because it was all the souls of the dark creatures mixed in with their life force that Kasack absorbed.Once, when Kasack had planned to stop after healing himself sufficiently, he had been planning to slowly recover his strength and heal his wounds when he had been ambushed by a pack of dark creatures. Due to his irritation and the contamination of the souls, Kasack had gone on a rampage. He had lost control and killed all the dark creatures. At the same time, he had made his injuries worse and almost gotten himself killed. So Kasack had to continue absorbing more life force, slowl
“Wow, Arran hints have ready heated up. I almost lost my life in the beginning. These guys have really learned how to be sneaky.”Arran stayed in the corner somewhere and silently observed the battlefield. Everywhere he looked, he could see people fighting to the death without regard for their lives at all.No matter how many times Arran saw it, he could not stop being amazed. In real life, it was impossible to see such fanatical determination when it comes to dying. Not even the most ruthless person could resolve themselves to death in a battle, as they would always look for ways to win and survive.But not these guys. These guys were the real deal. In the first place, there were here to die, so they didn’t care for anything else except to take as many people with them as possible.Everywhere Arran laid his sight on the battlefield, he could see limbs severed and crushed heads, all of which were strewn across the floor like some piece of garbage.The battlefield was a chaotic mess of
The place Arran revived was relatively quiet. There were only dead bodies lying around him, with nobody fighting. Compared to the other places on the battlefield, Arran’s spot looked like a paradise.But it won’t be like this for long. The only reason this place was like this was that the axe man that Arran had split in half previously had killed everybody else in the area before being killed by Arran. But as long as Arran continued to stay here, many more people would flock to this place like a flood, just like the last assailant that killed Arran had.Unlike Arran, none of the others that died in this place had revived. It was because they couldn’t.Arran was the only one that could revive after dying here. It was because this was his reality dungeon that had appeared shortly after opening his reality gate.The reality dungeon was a perpetual battlefield where the only thing that existed was battle and slaughter. It was created for Arran to train his combat abilities in order to dea