Chapter 275: Primal Way (1/2)

Feeling a collection of essences gather inside his body, and seep into his very being, his soul, Aiden once again, after so long, felt the addictive sensation of growing stronger in the most natural way to his race, the Primal's know-how.

Strangely, absorbing the very essences of the orc didn't feel wrong to him at all. On the contrary, it felt good, as if this was the natural way in life. He felt the energy rapidly increase in his body, he felt his muscles contort as they gained even more density. His eyes that were shimmering with a bright, golden luster didn't seem to cease.

He saw a multitude of notifications appearing silently in the system, but for the time being, he chose to ignore them. He checked on the progress in the Dark Essence analysis.

[Note: Dark Essence found! Progress...  85% … Gathering Complete!... Analyzing…]

The required amount of essence has been collected. System Analyzation is underway.

Estimated time before completion: ???]

His lips curved into an expression of satisfaction, he was satisfied with the results. Just as he hoped, absorbing the creature soaked and empowered with it provided a significant boost to the comprehension process.

One thing that puzzled him was that he didn't get an estimation on when the system would finish the process, and was just greeted with question marks instead. Regardless, he gained what he could, the only thing that remained was to put a stop to this mess and finish what he came here to do.

Calming his senses, he lowered his gaze and looked at the walking pile of abhorrent mutant, that was currently being surrounded by his three standing minions. Despite that he was still keeping its glowering, scarlet-colored bloody eyes on him, ignoring the insignificant ants that kept surrounding him.

He didn't know the specifics, but Aiden could feel an increase in his own attributes. He felt stronger and even more agile than before. He wanted to check the slew of messages that cluttered at the corner of his vision, but he knew that he can't waste the time on it right now.

Despite using so much of his own energies, he felt rejuvenated, as if his reserves were restored to their peak state. He wanted to test his own strength, his new 'normal' limits, without the boost of his powerful abilities and inmates. Cracking his joints his eyes locked on the target, the creature that failed to complete his evolution and became this abomination.

Pushing more power onto his legs, he planted them stably on the floor. He bent his knees as he lowered his posture, focusing on the creature swaying his meaty arms wildly at Glohn and Gob whilst Galina stood a step behind the two and kept spamming her nature spells supporting the two.

Aiden was similar to a predator, eyeing his unsuspecting prey from the distance. He was focused, he waited for the optimal moment to unleash himself and lunge at this fiend.

He did not activate his Draconic skillset, he didn't enhance his body with the energies of the [Mystic Martial Arts]. He wanted to see what the limits of his own body his true strength could output.

As the small ants that the monster did not consider any threat kept pestering him, its annoyance slowly grew, reaching ever higher, culminating to the point where its rage was slowly started shifting from its original target.

Even though he was consumed by an eternal madness, with no possibility of turning back, and he lost his sanity to the point it can no longer be considered a humanoid conscious creature and should be referred to him as 'it', it still realized the problem that if it wanted to reach the creature standing far in the back it first had to crush this current obstacle, these annoying ants.

With a bellowing roar, the creature raised its massive arms in the air ready to strike down and squash the bugs in front of him. As he raised his air and continued to gather his strength, even the air around him turned colder, thicker. Gob and Glohn's senses warned them of the impending doom that was cast on them, but as they were about to move, they felt their master's presence from their back. Through the connection they all shared, they knew of his plan and decided to hold up this horrible existence for as long as they can, so the young master could get ready. Now, that they felt that he was ready, they suddenly jumped to the left and right, opening a path in the middle, in front of the creature.