Chapter 70: Forced Primal Evolution (1/2)

No longer fighting against it, but instead becoming one with it, the world's trembling and destruction soon stopped along with it. The light show, the energy that was continuously released started to swirl around Aiden. The air around him vibrated, and the light distorted giving the whole event a fuzzy, unreal appearance.

Still controlled by the directives he received, the old hermit did not move or attack, he simply stood still and looked at the strange turn of events. He did not bother with the fragile-looking girl, he only attacked her to get a reaction out of the boy.

Lily looked at the cocoon Aiden shrouded himself with an excited expression. The power Aiden released was so incredibly strong it shook the entire Pocket World! How could she be not excited now?!

Inside the protective cover of the swirling energy, Aiden was experiencing tremendous changes. He could not see, could not hear, speak, or feel anything at all. He was not just simply overloaded, he felt that the energy was changing, evolving him. As he already decided to not fight it, he allowed the energy to coarse through him, and do as it pleased.

Several long seconds had passed before the energy started to calm down and slowly the silhouette was visible. It was slightly over 6 feet in height (A/N.: you could say 185 cm, so technically 6'1, but you can't be that exact from a single glance), while the structure of the body remained similar than what was before. As the light continued to fade, a sporty, lean but still toned creole body of Aiden was in front of them.

Apart from gaining some height and maybe a bit of muscle mass, the other thing that was different than before was that his hair seemed to have become even longer. He already had silky black hair, but now it reached below his shoulders touching his back. Both his eyes and his entire body had golden colored sparks sizzle around it.

While visually the changes weren't that drastic, his power level has experienced a drastic change. Sadly, he felt that this change wasn't permanent, he could already feel a toll on his reserves.

Still, looking at the notification, Aiden couldn't help but smile.

[New Primal Evolution Achieved!

Primal Slime (Tier 0) has evolved and has now become Primal (-).

Primal Slime (Tier 0) form is no longer available.

Blessing of Ioris (-) ability has been upgraded and is now available to be used while in Primal (-) state.

Note: As the Primal (-) is a special form, details are not available in the system until further analysis can be completed.]

There were also a few more notifications in the system that was relevant. Aiden quickly skimmed through them.

[Warning! Special State: Primal (-) energy requirement is too high to maintain. Time until energy exhaustion and forced change: 00 hours 09 minutes 50 seconds]

[Note: Due to the Special State: Primal (-) being active, all primary attributes have received a temporary boost. Details are as follows:

Might: +30 (Current Value: 60)

Agility: +30 (Current Value: 60)]

While the duration of the state wasn't that long, it should hopefully be enough. Still, the power he felt inside him was incredible, almost intoxicating.

Although there were many questions that were bugging him, Aiden knew that now was not the time. He had a very limited time to enjoy these gains and make the most out of it. Roughly 10 minutes to be exact.

Still, Enya already knew what he was thinking about and promptly provided some answers.

[We can't be sure Aiden, but I think that basically your main body, your Primal state has gone through a qualitative evolution ahead of time. That caused this special form, a sort of semi-state to be created. It provides you with some part of the benefits you would receive as if you would have naturally matured. Unfortunately, because a Primal's adult form is of a much higher-tiered existence than what you could currently handle, the energy consumption is too much for the system.]

Listening to his words, another question came to his mind, which, again, was promptly answered as if Enya was already expecting it.

[I know you have lots of questions, but they will have to wait. Currently, you are on borrowed time, and with the amount of energy this state saps from you, you have to be very careful. If you overdraft, it can damage your soul, and then the system will hibernate you to recover. Focus on the battle ahead. You have limited time and should not waste away this opportunity.]