Chapter 90: The blood of your enemies shall water your Heart
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Chapter 90: The blood of your enemies shall water your Heart
Promesse landed in his hand, and Priam turned to the male mantis.
[Identification]
[Blade Legion Locust - Tribulation touched] - A Tribulation-touched Blade Legion Locust. The fusion of a multitude of Blade hydra locusts. Extremely fast and merciless, its sole aim is to kill you.
[Tribulation Hunter - Unique - Epic] - A locust possessing a concept fragment - Vengeance.
The final phase of vengeance has begun. Its power grows as its destruction approaches. To be eliminated as soon as possible.
Warning: His desire for vengeance transcends death.
Weakness: only vengeance keeps him alive.
Time remaining: 0h 29 min 48 seconds.
It wont split anymore. Without missing a beat, Priam focused on [Spear Strike]. Splitting the air, the spear penetrated the frozen insect's head. As the female mantis rapidly approached, Priam frowned. [Kinetic Control] was still absorbing kinetic energy, proof that the mantis was still trying to move. Destroying its brain wasnt quelling its desire for vengeance.
I have to attack the concept or destroy its entire body...
His skill set did not allow Priam to destroy the mantis. All that remained was to target the concept. To do this, Priam had two options: use another concept or a Supremacy. Gathering his Domain, Priam mentally detected a burning flame inside the monster. The image of the vengeance concept.
Gathering his will, Priam dominated the flame with his sphere of authority. Once the fire had subsided, he materialized his own concept inside the monster. His mist surrounded the frozen flame and began to suffocate it.
"SCREEEEEEEE!"
A high-pitched noise arose, a sign of the second mantis' anger. Pressed by time, Priam enveloped the flame in his mist and pulled. The blaze didn't move a muscle. A Tribulation concept couldn't be stolen.
An explosion resounded in the dome. The real boss had just hit the ground. Howling with anger, it dashed toward Priam. He kept his eyes closed. It was time to end it all. The System had long tested his patience, but it was over.
"I'm going to win," he declared. His willpower contracted once more, and two skills were awakened.
Lvl up: [Tribulation Hunter - Unique] lvl 2
META (Chance) +9
Lvl up: [Consequence Resistance] lvl 9
CHAR +3
META (Chance) +6
The flame trembled, secured by a chain of mist, and began to move. Unknowingly, Priam had achieved the impossible. Gradually leaving the mantis' body, the fire metaphorically approached Priam. [Mirror of the Soul] opened, ready to accept the offering.
It was the moment the second boss chose to arrive. The mist informed Priam of the boss's position, speed and characteristics. Fifty tons of angry mantis were rushing to meet Priam. The clash promised to be as violent as an accident between two trucks at full speed on the freeway.
Priam didn't deign to turn around. His kinetic energy reserves were filled almost to the brim, having absorbed the kinetic energy of the ice spear, freezing it in the process. Wanting to confront me with brute force? Dumb idea.
[Focus]. Dividing his attention, Priam positioned Promesse behind him, then let go. [Kinetic Control]. The spear remained frozen in the air. His bound weapon was connected to his kinetic reserves. Trying to make it move was tantamount to depleting his resources. In other words, transferring one joule of energy to the hoplite spear would not make it move, but would cause Priam's reserves to lose one joule of kinetic energy.
With part of his mind still drawing the fragment of vengeance to him, Priam waited for the mantis to attack. The latter didn't delay.
One of the creature's raptorial legs slammed into his spear with cataclysmic force. Priam gritted his teeth as he felt Promesse twitch slightly and his meridians protest. [Kinetic Control] had failed to absorb the full blow. Reforged and tempered by the flames of a Phoenix, his weapon had nevertheless managed to block the rest of the impact without breaking.
Angered, Priam turned around and touched the second mantis with his free hand. Instantly, he realized it would not be possible to absorb the kinetic energy of both monsters simultaneously. His meridians would melt first, and [Kinetic Control] wasn't high level enough. For the time being.
Deciding to avenge his spear, Priam wasted no time.
With a deliberately disdainful hand movement, Priam slapped the mantis's leg. [Kinetic Control]. A third of his kinetic energy was sacrificed. The next instant, the world shook.
Guandi was watching the fight from a window in the Colosseum. The Lord of New Earth was currently immobilizing a Viscount-level monster.
Behind him, the equivalent of a high-level Viscount was rushing towards its prey. A fifty-ton insect - hard to imagine a worse abomination - shook the square with every step. Preternaturally fast, the mantis reached Priam Azura and brought down one of its front legs. Guandi braced himself for the shock that never came.
"Impossible," murmured Alban.
Impossible or not, the mantis' assault had been nullified with disconcerting ease. Guandi noted in his mind that physical attacks seemed powerless against the Lord.
Suddenly, Guandi felt his instincts tremble. The Earl was angry. He turned and struck the boss. There was a flash, and the supersonic bang nearly deafened Guandi.
Looking back at the square, he found himself dumbfounded. The mantis had disappeared. Or rather, fifty tons of the monster had just been hurled through the air with ease. Like a cannonball, the insect traveled seven hundred meters before crashing violently, destroying a neighborhood and shaking the entire dome.
"No casualties, this is one of the evacuated areas," Alban informed.
Guandi nodded absently. My King, am I still supposed to fight this monster?
Priam was vomiting blood.
Lvl Up: [Erosion Resistance] lvl 23,24
META (END) +6
What he'd done had been stupid, and he knew it. Without [He Who Eludes Death], it was the kind of mistake that could cripple someone for life. His meridians, on the verge of rupture, burned as he continued to freeze the first mantis.
Fortunately, the flame was on the verge of touching [Mirror of the Soul]. On contact, the concept's reticence vanished, and the fragment disappeared into Priam's mental space. Releasing his skill, the boss collapsed.
"Only one more..." said Priam, turning around.
The second mantis was struggling to get up. Priam understood why when his eyes detected numerous cracks in her exoskeleton. The mantis's violent acceleration and uncontrolled fall seemed to have seriously injured it. It was to be expected, as the greater the mass of a living being, the more dangerous the drop. An ant could fall from a skyscraper without danger, whereas an elephant couldn't jump without breaking its knees.
The giant ice spear shook as Priam picked up Promesse, determined to finish the mantis. Dismayed, the Earl watched cracks appear in the frozen weapon. The wyvern was ruining his splendid creation!The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñøv€l-B1n.
"You..."
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
The mantis seemed to be getting angry, and Priam winced. He'd thrown it into an empty neighborhood, but the monster was too powerful. Any attack on its part risked causing collateral damage. The death toll was heavy enough as it was. I'll check on the wyvern later.
Spear in hand, Priam began to run. Behind him, a piece of the iceberg - his spear - broke away, collapsing before the Colosseum. The ground shook beneath his feet as Priam concentrated on the mantis boss.
Leaping onto the roof of a building, Priam used his movement skills to slalom between the chimneys. Five seconds later, he took off. Three strides brought him to the edge of a building and he didnt stop. The void beneath his feet was soon replaced by the mantis body.
Promesse severed one of the creature's raptorial legs, and Priam landed on its head. Taking advantage of the monster's wounds and difficulties, Priam quickly looked for a weak point in its exoskeleton. There! He raised his spear high and brought it down. Penetrating the fissure with ease, the weapon turned the insect's brain to mush. Instantly, his mist seeped into the creature, invoked at Promesse's tip.
Priam closed his eyes, spotting the flame of vengeance. Or rather, the blazing inferno. The Tribulation seemed to hate him with an intensity that made him physically recoil. His instincts kicked in, and Priam swallowed. He remembered his skill's warning.
The world lit up.
Briefly, all the dome's inhabitants closed their eyes. Only the most powerful human weapons were capable of unleashing an attack of such luminous intensity. The wyvern's breath was a light attack more terrifying than a megajoule laser.
A second later, the light shook, flickered, and then went out.
Priam, straddling the beast's skull, stared at his right arm in amazement. Using Vengeance and Micro freely, he had delivered a titanic punch to the boss. Micro had ripped through his muscles, from his shoulders to his forearms. Worse, the bones of his hand had embedded themselves in the wyvern's head.
Lvl Up: [Star Iron Body] lvl 13
CONST +3
His phalanges were now implanted in the wyvern, and his hand was unrecognizable. Priam burst out laughing. If his death meant his opponent's, then his vengeance would be complete!
Stunned half to death, the wyvern was wobbling. Leaping to the ground, Priam used the ulna and radius - two forearm bones - to dig into the wyvern's flesh. His instinct was to reach the beast's heart. Smiling, Priam continued his butcher's work, feasting on his pain. He could have silenced it with Micro, but the pain increased his vengeful desire.
Finally, after digging into the wyvern, he reached its heart. Palpitating, the giant organ seemed to be calling to him.
[Identification]
[Wyvern Heart - Tribulation touched] - A heart with a titanic amount of aether and vitality.
[Tribulation Hunter - Unique - Epic]
Detection of concept fragments:
Sun (Bronze)Shadow (Bronze)Pride (Bronze)
Detection of bloodlines:
Phoenix Draconic
Priam smiled as he brought his face closer. Opening his mouth wide, he took a bite. Naturally, his empty heart awoke.
[Double Heart - Silver] detects an affinity.
Choose an affinity.
[Sun]
[Shadow]
[Pride]
[Phoenix]
[Draconic]
EVERYTHING!
Request denied. Insufficient potential to absorb several affinities.
Choose an affinity.
Priam howled in rage.
Status: (Average value for a Homo sapiens male before integration: PHY 10 / MEN 10 / META 0)
PHYSICAL:
Strength 173
Constitution 347 (+4)
Agility 228
Vitality 339
Perception 426 (+4)
MENTAL:
Vivacity 201 (+3)
Dexterity 289 (+3)
Memory 50
Willpower 380
Charisma 219 (+3)
META:
Meta-affinity 216
Meta-focus 155
Meta-endurance 119 (+9)
Meta-perception 71
Meta-chance 165 (+15)
Potential: 1004 (-232)
Tier 0
[He Who Eludes Death] charge: PRIMED.
[Tribulation]: Tribulations are coming.
Time: ???
Delayed.
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Chapter 90: The blood of your enemies shall water your Heart
Promesse landed in his hand, and Priam turned to the male mantis.
[Identification]
[Blade Legion Locust - Tribulation touched] - A Tribulation-touched Blade Legion Locust. The fusion of a multitude of Blade hydra locusts. Extremely fast and merciless, its sole aim is to kill you.
[Tribulation Hunter - Unique - Epic] - A locust possessing a concept fragment - Vengeance.
The final phase of vengeance has begun. Its power grows as its destruction approaches. To be eliminated as soon as possible.
Warning: His desire for vengeance transcends death.
Weakness: only vengeance keeps him alive.
Time remaining: 0h 29 min 48 seconds.
It wont split anymore. Without missing a beat, Priam focused on [Spear Strike]. Splitting the air, the spear penetrated the frozen insect's head. As the female mantis rapidly approached, Priam frowned. [Kinetic Control] was still absorbing kinetic energy, proof that the mantis was still trying to move. Destroying its brain wasnt quelling its desire for vengeance.
I have to attack the concept or destroy its entire body...
His skill set did not allow Priam to destroy the mantis. All that remained was to target the concept. To do this, Priam had two options: use another concept or a Supremacy. Gathering his Domain, Priam mentally detected a burning flame inside the monster. The image of the vengeance concept.
Gathering his will, Priam dominated the flame with his sphere of authority. Once the fire had subsided, he materialized his own concept inside the monster. His mist surrounded the frozen flame and began to suffocate it.
"SCREEEEEEEE!"
A high-pitched noise arose, a sign of the second mantis' anger. Pressed by time, Priam enveloped the flame in his mist and pulled. The blaze didn't move a muscle. A Tribulation concept couldn't be stolen.
An explosion resounded in the dome. The real boss had just hit the ground. Howling with anger, it dashed toward Priam. He kept his eyes closed. It was time to end it all. The System had long tested his patience, but it was over.
"I'm going to win," he declared. His willpower contracted once more, and two skills were awakened.
Lvl up: [Tribulation Hunter - Unique] lvl 2
META (Chance) +9
Lvl up: [Consequence Resistance] lvl 9
CHAR +3
META (Chance) +6
The flame trembled, secured by a chain of mist, and began to move. Unknowingly, Priam had achieved the impossible. Gradually leaving the mantis' body, the fire metaphorically approached Priam. [Mirror of the Soul] opened, ready to accept the offering.
It was the moment the second boss chose to arrive. The mist informed Priam of the boss's position, speed and characteristics. Fifty tons of angry mantis were rushing to meet Priam. The clash promised to be as violent as an accident between two trucks at full speed on the freeway.
Priam didn't deign to turn around. His kinetic energy reserves were filled almost to the brim, having absorbed the kinetic energy of the ice spear, freezing it in the process. Wanting to confront me with brute force? Dumb idea.
[Focus]. Dividing his attention, Priam positioned Promesse behind him, then let go. [Kinetic Control]. The spear remained frozen in the air. His bound weapon was connected to his kinetic reserves. Trying to make it move was tantamount to depleting his resources. In other words, transferring one joule of energy to the hoplite spear would not make it move, but would cause Priam's reserves to lose one joule of kinetic energy.
With part of his mind still drawing the fragment of vengeance to him, Priam waited for the mantis to attack. The latter didn't delay.
One of the creature's raptorial legs slammed into his spear with cataclysmic force. Priam gritted his teeth as he felt Promesse twitch slightly and his meridians protest. [Kinetic Control] had failed to absorb the full blow. Reforged and tempered by the flames of a Phoenix, his weapon had nevertheless managed to block the rest of the impact without breaking.
Angered, Priam turned around and touched the second mantis with his free hand. Instantly, he realized it would not be possible to absorb the kinetic energy of both monsters simultaneously. His meridians would melt first, and [Kinetic Control] wasn't high level enough. For the time being.
Deciding to avenge his spear, Priam wasted no time.
With a deliberately disdainful hand movement, Priam slapped the mantis's leg. [Kinetic Control]. A third of his kinetic energy was sacrificed. The next instant, the world shook.
Guandi was watching the fight from a window in the Colosseum. The Lord of New Earth was currently immobilizing a Viscount-level monster.
Behind him, the equivalent of a high-level Viscount was rushing towards its prey. A fifty-ton insect - hard to imagine a worse abomination - shook the square with every step. Preternaturally fast, the mantis reached Priam Azura and brought down one of its front legs. Guandi braced himself for the shock that never came.
"Impossible," murmured Alban.
Impossible or not, the mantis' assault had been nullified with disconcerting ease. Guandi noted in his mind that physical attacks seemed powerless against the Lord.
Suddenly, Guandi felt his instincts tremble. The Earl was angry. He turned and struck the boss. There was a flash, and the supersonic bang nearly deafened Guandi.
Looking back at the square, he found himself dumbfounded. The mantis had disappeared. Or rather, fifty tons of the monster had just been hurled through the air with ease. Like a cannonball, the insect traveled seven hundred meters before crashing violently, destroying a neighborhood and shaking the entire dome.
"No casualties, this is one of the evacuated areas," Alban informed.
Guandi nodded absently. My King, am I still supposed to fight this monster?
Priam was vomiting blood.
Lvl Up: [Erosion Resistance] lvl 23,24
META (END) +6
What he'd done had been stupid, and he knew it. Without [He Who Eludes Death], it was the kind of mistake that could cripple someone for life. His meridians, on the verge of rupture, burned as he continued to freeze the first mantis.
Fortunately, the flame was on the verge of touching [Mirror of the Soul]. On contact, the concept's reticence vanished, and the fragment disappeared into Priam's mental space. Releasing his skill, the boss collapsed.
"Only one more..." said Priam, turning around.
The second mantis was struggling to get up. Priam understood why when his eyes detected numerous cracks in her exoskeleton. The mantis's violent acceleration and uncontrolled fall seemed to have seriously injured it. It was to be expected, as the greater the mass of a living being, the more dangerous the drop. An ant could fall from a skyscraper without danger, whereas an elephant couldn't jump without breaking its knees.
The giant ice spear shook as Priam picked up Promesse, determined to finish the mantis. Dismayed, the Earl watched cracks appear in the frozen weapon. The wyvern was ruining his splendid creation!The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñøv€l-B1n.
"You..."
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
The mantis seemed to be getting angry, and Priam winced. He'd thrown it into an empty neighborhood, but the monster was too powerful. Any attack on its part risked causing collateral damage. The death toll was heavy enough as it was. I'll check on the wyvern later.
Spear in hand, Priam began to run. Behind him, a piece of the iceberg - his spear - broke away, collapsing before the Colosseum. The ground shook beneath his feet as Priam concentrated on the mantis boss.
Leaping onto the roof of a building, Priam used his movement skills to slalom between the chimneys. Five seconds later, he took off. Three strides brought him to the edge of a building and he didnt stop. The void beneath his feet was soon replaced by the mantis body.
Promesse severed one of the creature's raptorial legs, and Priam landed on its head. Taking advantage of the monster's wounds and difficulties, Priam quickly looked for a weak point in its exoskeleton. There! He raised his spear high and brought it down. Penetrating the fissure with ease, the weapon turned the insect's brain to mush. Instantly, his mist seeped into the creature, invoked at Promesse's tip.
Priam closed his eyes, spotting the flame of vengeance. Or rather, the blazing inferno. The Tribulation seemed to hate him with an intensity that made him physically recoil. His instincts kicked in, and Priam swallowed. He remembered his skill's warning.
The world lit up.
Briefly, all the dome's inhabitants closed their eyes. Only the most powerful human weapons were capable of unleashing an attack of such luminous intensity. The wyvern's breath was a light attack more terrifying than a megajoule laser.
A second later, the light shook, flickered, and then went out.
Priam, straddling the beast's skull, stared at his right arm in amazement. Using Vengeance and Micro freely, he had delivered a titanic punch to the boss. Micro had ripped through his muscles, from his shoulders to his forearms. Worse, the bones of his hand had embedded themselves in the wyvern's head.
Lvl Up: [Star Iron Body] lvl 13
CONST +3
His phalanges were now implanted in the wyvern, and his hand was unrecognizable. Priam burst out laughing. If his death meant his opponent's, then his vengeance would be complete!
Stunned half to death, the wyvern was wobbling. Leaping to the ground, Priam used the ulna and radius - two forearm bones - to dig into the wyvern's flesh. His instinct was to reach the beast's heart. Smiling, Priam continued his butcher's work, feasting on his pain. He could have silenced it with Micro, but the pain increased his vengeful desire.
Finally, after digging into the wyvern, he reached its heart. Palpitating, the giant organ seemed to be calling to him.
[Identification]
[Wyvern Heart - Tribulation touched] - A heart with a titanic amount of aether and vitality.
[Tribulation Hunter - Unique - Epic]
Detection of concept fragments:
Sun (Bronze)Shadow (Bronze)Pride (Bronze)
Detection of bloodlines:
Phoenix Draconic
Priam smiled as he brought his face closer. Opening his mouth wide, he took a bite. Naturally, his empty heart awoke.
[Double Heart - Silver] detects an affinity.
Choose an affinity.
[Sun]
[Shadow]
[Pride]
[Phoenix]
[Draconic]
EVERYTHING!
Request denied. Insufficient potential to absorb several affinities.
Choose an affinity.
Priam howled in rage.
Status: (Average value for a Homo sapiens male before integration: PHY 10 / MEN 10 / META 0)
PHYSICAL:
Strength 173
Constitution 347 (+4)
Agility 228
Vitality 339
Perception 426 (+4)
MENTAL:
Vivacity 201 (+3)
Dexterity 289 (+3)
Memory 50
Willpower 380
Charisma 219 (+3)
META:
Meta-affinity 216
Meta-focus 155
Meta-endurance 119 (+9)
Meta-perception 71
Meta-chance 165 (+15)
Potential: 1004 (-232)
Tier 0
[He Who Eludes Death] charge: PRIMED.
[Tribulation]: Tribulations are coming.
Time: ???
Delayed.
Chapter 90: The blood of your enemies shall water your HeartPromesse landed in his hand, and Priam turned to the male mantis. IdentificationBlade Legion Locust - Tribulation touched - A Tribulation-touched Blade Legion Locust. The fusion of a multitude of Blade hydra locusts. Extremely fast and merciless, its sole aim is to kill you.Tribulation Hunter - Unique - Epic - A locust possessing a concept fragment - Vengeance.The final phase of vengeance has begun. Its power grows as its destruction approaches. To be eliminated as soon as possible. Warning: His desire for vengeance transcends death.Weakness: only vengeance keeps him alive. Time remaining: 0h 29 min 48 seconds.It wont split anymore. Without missing a beat, Priam focused on Spear Strike. Splitting the air, the spear penetrated the frozen insect's head. As the female mantis rapidly approached, Priam frowned. Kinetic Control was still absorbing kinetic energy, proof that the mantis was still trying to move. Destroying its brain wasnt quelling its desire for vengeance.I have to attack the concept or destroy its entire body... His skill set did not allow Priam to destroy the mantis. All that remained was to target the concept. To do this, Priam had two options: use another concept or a Supremacy. Gathering his Domain, Priam mentally detected a burning flame inside the monster. The image of the vengeance concept. Gathering his will, Priam dominated the flame with his sphere of authority. Once the fire had subsided, he materialized his own concept inside the monster. His mist surrounded the frozen flame and began to suffocate it. "SCREEEEEEEE!"A high-pitched noise arose, a sign of the second mantis' anger. Pressed by time, Priam enveloped the flame in his mist and pulled. The blaze didn't move a muscle. A Tribulation concept couldn't be stolen.An explosion resounded in the dome. The real boss had just hit the ground. Howling with anger, it dashed toward Priam. He kept his eyes closed. It was time to end it all. The System had long tested his patience, but it was over."I'm going to win," he declared. His willpower contracted once more, and two skills were awakened. Lvl up: Tribulation Hunter - Unique lvl 2META Chance +9Lvl up: Consequence Resistance lvl 9CHAR +3META Chance +6The flame trembled, secured by a chain of mist, and began to move. Unknowingly, Priam had achieved the impossible. Gradually leaving the mantis' body, the fire metaphorically approached Priam. Mirror of the Soul opened, ready to accept the offering. It was the moment the second boss chose to arrive. The mist informed Priam of the boss's position, speed and characteristics. Fifty tons of angry mantis were rushing to meet Priam. The clash promised to be as violent as an accident between two trucks at full speed on the freeway. Priam didn't deign to turn around. His kinetic energy reserves were filled almost to the brim, having absorbed the kinetic energy of the ice spear, freezing it in the process. Wanting to confront me with brute force? Dumb idea.Focus. Dividing his attention, Priam positioned Promesse behind him, then let go. Kinetic Control. The spear remained frozen in the air. His bound weapon was connected to his kinetic reserves. Trying to make it move was tantamount to depleting his resources. In other words, transferring one joule of energy to the hoplite spear would not make it move, but would cause Priam's reserves to lose one joule of kinetic energy. With part of his mind still drawing the fragment of vengeance to him, Priam waited for the mantis to attack. The latter didn't delay.One of the creature's raptorial legs slammed into his spear with cataclysmic force. Priam gritted his teeth as he felt Promesse twitch slightly and his meridians protest. Kinetic Control had failed to absorb the full blow. Reforged and tempered by the flames of a Phoenix, his weapon had nevertheless managed to block the rest of the impact without breaking.Angered, Priam turned around and touched the second mantis with his free hand. Instantly, he realized it would not be possible to absorb the kinetic energy of both monsters simultaneously. His meridians would melt first, and Kinetic Control wasn't high level enough. For the time being. Deciding to avenge his spear, Priam wasted no time.With a deliberately disdainful hand movement, Priam slapped the mantis's leg. Kinetic Control. A third of his kinetic energy was sacrificed. The next instant, the world shook.Guandi was watching the fight from a window in the Colosseum. The Lord of New Earth was currently immobilizing a Viscount-level monster.Behind him, the equivalent of a high-level Viscount was rushing towards its prey. A fifty-ton insect - hard to imagine a worse abomination - shook the square with every step. Preternaturally fast, the mantis reached Priam Azura and brought down one of its front legs. Guandi braced himself for the shock that never came. "Impossible," murmured Alban. Impossible or not, the mantis' assault had been nullified with disconcerting ease. Guandi noted in his mind that physical attacks seemed powerless against the Lord. Suddenly, Guandi felt his instincts tremble. The Earl was angry. He turned and struck the boss. There was a flash, and the supersonic bang nearly deafened Guandi. Looking back at the square, he found himself dumbfounded. The mantis had disappeared. Or rather, fifty tons of the monster had just been hurled through the air with ease. Like a cannonball, the insect traveled seven hundred meters before crashing violently, destroying a neighborhood and shaking the entire dome. "No casualties, this is one of the evacuated areas," Alban informed. Guandi nodded absently. My King, am I still supposed to fight this monster? Priam was vomiting blood. Lvl Up: Erosion Resistance lvl 23,24META END +6What he'd done had been stupid, and he knew it. Without He Who Eludes Death, it was the kind of mistake that could cripple someone for life. His meridians, on the verge of rupture, burned as he continued to freeze the first mantis. Fortunately, the flame was on the verge of touching Mirror of the Soul. On contact, the concept's reticence vanished, and the fragment disappeared into Priam's mental space. Releasing his skill, the boss collapsed. "Only one more..." said Priam, turning around.The second mantis was struggling to get up. Priam understood why when his eyes detected numerous cracks in her exoskeleton. The mantis's violent acceleration and uncontrolled fall seemed to have seriously injured it. It was to be expected, as the greater the mass of a living being, the more dangerous the drop. An ant could fall from a skyscraper without danger, whereas an elephant couldn't jump without breaking its knees. The giant ice spear shook as Priam picked up Promesse, determined to finish the mantis. Dismayed, the Earl watched cracks appear in the frozen weapon. The wyvern was ruining his splendid creation!The debut release of this chapter happened at Nvl-B1n."You..." "SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The mantis seemed to be getting angry, and Priam winced. He'd thrown it into an empty neighborhood, but the monster was too powerful. Any attack on its part risked causing collateral damage. The death toll was heavy enough as it was. I'll check on the wyvern later.Spear in hand, Priam began to run. Behind him, a piece of the iceberg - his spear - broke away, collapsing before the Colosseum. The ground shook beneath his feet as Priam concentrated on the mantis boss. Leaping onto the roof of a building, Priam used his movement skills to slalom between the chimneys. Five seconds later, he took off. Three strides brought him to the edge of a building and he didnt stop. The void beneath his feet was soon replaced by the mantis body. Promesse severed one of the creature's raptorial legs, and Priam landed on its head. Taking advantage of the monster's wounds and difficulties, Priam quickly looked for a weak point in its exoskeleton. There! He raised his spear high and brought it down. Penetrating the fissure with ease, the weapon turned the insect's brain to mush. Instantly, his mist seeped into the creature, invoked at Promesse's tip. Priam closed his eyes, spotting the flame of vengeance. Or rather, the blazing inferno. The Tribulation seemed to hate him with an intensity that made him physically recoil. His instincts kicked in, and Priam swallowed. He remembered his skill's warning.The world lit up.Briefly, all the dome's inhabitants closed their eyes. Only the most powerful human weapons were capable of unleashing an attack of such luminous intensity. The wyvern's breath was a light attack more terrifying than a megajoule laser. A second later, the light shook, flickered, and then went out. Priam, straddling the beast's skull, stared at his right arm in amazement. Using Vengeance and Micro freely, he had delivered a titanic punch to the boss. Micro had ripped through his muscles, from his shoulders to his forearms. Worse, the bones of his hand had embedded themselves in the wyvern's head. Lvl Up: Star Iron Body lvl 13CONST +3His phalanges were now implanted in the wyvern, and his hand was unrecognizable. Priam burst out laughing. If his death meant his opponent's, then his vengeance would be complete!Stunned half to death, the wyvern was wobbling. Leaping to the ground, Priam used the ulna and radius - two forearm bones - to dig into the wyvern's flesh. His instinct was to reach the beast's heart. Smiling, Priam continued his butcher's work, feasting on his pain. He could have silenced it with Micro, but the pain increased his vengeful desire.Finally, after digging into the wyvern, he reached its heart. Palpitating, the giant organ seemed to be calling to him. IdentificationWyvern Heart - Tribulation touched - A heart with a titanic amount of aether and vitality. Tribulation Hunter - Unique - EpicDetection of concept fragments:Sun BronzeShadow BronzePride BronzeDetection of bloodlines:Phoenix Draconic Priam smiled as he brought his face closer. Opening his mouth wide, he took a bite. Naturally, his empty heart awoke.Double Heart - Silver detects an affinity. Choose an affinity.SunShadowPridePhoenixDraconicEVERYTHING!Request denied. Insufficient potential to absorb several affinities.Choose an affinity. Priam howled in rage.Status: Average value for a Homo sapiens male before integration: PHY 10 / MEN 10 / META 0PHYSICAL:Strength 173 Constitution 347 +4Agility 228 Vitality 339 Perception 426 +4 MENTAL:Vivacity 201 +3 Dexterity 289 +3Memory 50 Willpower 380 Charisma 219 +3META:Meta-affinity 216 Meta-focus 155Meta-endurance 119 +9Meta-perception 71Meta-chance 165 +15Potential: 1004 -232Tier 0He Who Eludes Death charge: PRIMED.Tribulation: Tribulations are coming.Time: ???Delayed.
