Chapter 439: Make a Move (1/2)
Great One Onimbus's Pathway involved him assimilating System-type properties. This method that he made was born from that.
But there's a more direct comparison I could think of to how this worked.
It was similar to the method the Orc Shaman used back in the Ancient Ruins. That Skill from their book. The Transference of Life Force of the Ruin Dwellers to forcefully induce growth for the young Orcs.
However, here, this method that Onimbus created was using the other natives' Life Force as a fuel to increase one's stats. They weren't squeezed in one use like that Totem-enhanced Skill of the Orc Shaman.
On how many times they could be used to raise someone's UPL, it depends on the natives' strength. If it's a Rank 5 Mortal then around 5 times before one was squeezed to death. Moreover, they needed three bodies to squeeze Life Force from for the method to work.
Naturally, the natives they're using as fuel for the religious order's members were captives from the opposing Magical Kingdom.
It's like they're becoming Nutrition Packs for these zealots.
What I couldn't seem to understand was that it was expiring in one week or just the fact that the stats they transferred was expiring…
This method wasn't like my Support Bonus. Support Bonus was somewhat permanent after all. The Supported Individual would only be removed from it if he or she betrayed me.
On the other hand, the up to 50% Support Bonus that a listed Ally could get from me wouldn't allow them to call for their Door of Transcendence even if the bonus stats let them reach the 100 UPL threshold.
It was understood that the Ally System wasn't a permanent stat boost.
And now, what they did here was giving them a temporary boost that's suspiciously allowing them to call for their Door of Transcendence.
That sounded illogical if I consider how one could become a Transcendent.
Temporary boosts like that shouldn't be able to allow someone to call for the Door of Transcendence.
There should be a catch with that method.
Will my Adaptability give me a clue about? If it's like any other item, I only needed to touch it to understand it.
Either way, confirming it has to wait.
”You guys have it easy here. You don't need to move yourself. The denizens themselves kill each other for you.”
”Y-yes. We got lucky at that point. As soon as the first batch got in contact with them, they all piously served them and provided them with everything. They only needed to show their Source Energy and they would all go down on their knees.”
”But why haven't you conquered this world yet? The other Kingdom was already destroyed, what are you waiting for?”
”The Helper is still around. None of us can defeat him. If we manage to entrap and surround him, he has his own method to swiftly run away. That's why…”
I see. Hiroda's doing good. However, he's still outnumbered. Well, now that we're here, his job will lighten.
”So you're afraid to go out in fear of being picked off by him? Talk about incompetent Is he a Rank 2 Transcendent?”
”… No.”
At this point, I sighed in disappointment and turned around from the opened door to continue walking.
With those comments of mine, it didn't escape my notice how they all gritted their teeth and clasped their fist to real in their anger from being called incompetent.
There's time to check that method Onimbus created later. Even if it costs Life Force to use, we could just catch our enemies to become its fuel… Just like what they're doing here.
But before going back here to take this, I had to clean this world of these Dark World Transcendent first and close that Portal.
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After taking a tour inside their underground dwelling and intimidating them with my comments and show of force which they all reluctantly swallowed, I had the eight Transcendents guide us to the Portal Location.
They tried to leave one or two Transcendents here but I forced all of them to come with us.