Chapter 197: Legendary Wolf Emperor (2/2)
He hastily looked up and to his shock, what he was standing in front of was a giant candy cane that ended in branches with static leaves on them. His eye twitched and he looked around more. There were hundreds more of these canes and amidst them, he spotted gleaming rocks, a waterfall with brown-colored 'water', and animals of all colors that resembled living wax statues.
But their actual nature was revealed to him through his nose.
”Holy crap… is this actually what I think it is?” Allan was the first to speak, out of his stupor. He crouched and picked up a few strands of grass. He broke them into pieces and tasted them. ”This is solid mint…”
Rakna also looked at the ground and noticed something else. He moved the grass away and picked up a handful of the 'soil'. It was a mix of brown and white grains. He dug his finger in them and the moment it touched his tongue, he felt like laughing.
”And this is brown and white sugar,” he said amusingly and the others made their own discoveries about the surroundings. The fruits, the flowers, the animals, the water… and when they looked up, they saw that the clouds were pink and oddly close to the ground.
”How much do you guys wanna bet that those are cotton candy?” Allan jested.
”No need to. I can smell it from here,” Rakna uttered and the blond laughed.
”{Aaah! I'm already getting hungry!}”
'So, that's why you love this place…'
”{I wish I had a way of tasti-}” The lioness abruptly stopped.
'Hm? What's wrong?'
”{I had forgotten! My corpse! Get it out. Now!}”
Rakna's eyes widened. 'Will that work? I did eat your heart, after all.'
”{It's actually worse. You don't know how voracious your Nirvana Skill is. When you eat hearts to assimilate them, you use it as a catalyst to absorb the power out of the body until there is nothing left. At this point, my carcass is an empty husk. But it doesn't matter. If you make the undead now and put me in, I should be able to semi-resurrect at level 1. However, you will still have to use the same amount of mana as my level when I died. And you can do it now with Andante.}”
'How high was it?'
”{1256.}”
Rakna visibly flinched and the others stopped exploring the surroundings when they noticed.
”Is something wrong?” Evelyn asked and he shook his head with a sigh.
”Is it just me or does that sound absurdly high?” He said out loud and the rest of the conversation was shared with the rest of the party.
”{I was a Dusk Lioness at the end of the day,}” Higure said. ”{I was born at a high level and I died at an even higher one. It's only natural for some Wilden to be stronger than Hosts because we are supposed to be challenges for you. In System terms, I was classified as a Wild Raid Boss.}”
”I see… I guess Verias truly lucked out when he found you weakened,” Rakna said and gestured at everyone to move away. He then waved his hand and his spatial ring flashed. The body of Higure appeared with the faint traces he had left from when he extracted the heart.
He walked toward it and placed his hand on its head. He closed his eyes and the mana contained inside his gloves burst out and cloaked his body. ”753 MP in total,” he muttered and opened his glowing eyes. ”[Raise Undead,]” he muttered and the mana entered the carcass.
It was rapidly converted into death energy under the eyes of the spectators and Rakna pulled out Higure's soul from his mindscape simultaneously. Her body shone red and black and black tendrils of energy enclosed it. They gradually compressed it entirely until it shrunk to about half the size.
The cocoon-like formation pulsated until it broke apart with a strong force backing it up. Rakna reflexively deployed one of his wings to protect himself while he erected a buffer barrier around so that it wouldn't affect his group.
The death energy that resulted from that very concentrated explosion blanketed the area before being siphoned right back to the epicenter. Rakna hissed quietly and lifted his shoulder, shifting and retracting his wing.
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Raise Undead has reached Exceled Level!
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You have raised a Legendary Rank Creature!
You have raised a Raid Wild Boss!
You have raised a creature originally more than 13 times your level!
You have been awarded 5 Instant Levels.
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You fit the requirements for the title; Ruler of Legends!
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Ruler of Legends resonates with Wolf King!
Ruler of Legends has fused with Wolf King!
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You have gained a new title; Legendary Wolf Emperor!
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Before Rakna could even react to the prompt or even lay his eyes on Higure's form, another system window popped up. But this was one was vastly different.
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|| This is a System Missive! We repeat! This is a System Missive! ||
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|| The Host, Rakna Xiorra, has awakened as the Legendary Wolf Emperor. ||
|| We repeat! ||
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|| The Host, Rakna Xiorra, has awakened as the Legendary Wolf Emperor. He will be offered a seat in the Myth Council as soon as he reaches the 100th Plateau! All affiliated organizations are required to pay their respects. ||
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|| Survive well, Hosts. ||
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