Chapter 290: Warlord’s Legend (1/2)
”Unlike the Wisdom Parasites that are manufactured by us, all Frenzy Parasites are produced by a single individual, Rhachis Ancestor Parasite. Therefore, they possess a trait of devouring fellow Frenzy Parasites and recovering their body until completion.”
”But, there are three restrictions for this to occur,” Madam Rizenne pointed three fingers, ”One, they all should be part of the same Frenzy Beast race. Two, the body of the calling Frenzy Parasite should be lower evolved than the Frenzy Parasites it calls forth. Finally, its host must experience enough emotional fluctuations that it is on the verge of losing control.”
”Even if all three criteria are satisfied, it is still not guaranteed a success. The compatibility of their bodies, the similarity of their Skills, the external factors at play, and the aura induced in them, all decide the outcome. And based on how well they come into play, the resultant increase in Sync Rate varies.” She sighed once, ”What you had witnessed is rare even among the rarest of cases. A 33 percent increase in Sync Rate shows its potential.”
She then glared at Jyorta a little, ”It is fine since such a case happened here. But, if you witness something similar in the Wilds…” Her eyes glimmered with killing intent, ”Make sure you kill it, no matter what.”
”If left alone, such a being will definitely end up as powerhouse to reckon upon.” After a moment of thought, she added, ”Rhachis Ancestor Warlord was a similar case. At Tier 2, it had become a dud with a Sync Rate of 50 percent, obtaining zero Nurturing effect. Without means to increase its Sync Rate, its future ended at that point, at the bottom of Tier 2.”
”But, without getting Nurtured, it wouldn't be able to attempt a breakthrough. So how…” Jyorta was cut off once again.
Madam Rizenne said without giving him much time to speak, ”With a Tier 1 constitution, it attempted a breakthrough to Tier 3. But, before that, it had made ample preparations, spanning decades. It was born with an intellect far surpassing its peers, so it made ample use of that.”
She tapped on the table, once for each line, ”It spent 20 years at Tier 1, barely surviving each day, waiting for its opportunity. It purposefully drove itself to the brink of losing control by coming into contact with the aura of powerful Floating Spiders. It refined its body using all the auras it came across, tethering on the border of madness and insanity. It scavenged the bodies of Tier 2, Tier 3, and beyond meat, consuming them while harming itself.”
”The Essence of Frenzy present in their bodies ate away at its body, causing it more harm than good. There were times when it couldn't even move for months at a stretch, turning pale and weak. But every time, it survived, slowly but steadily evolving its Essence of Frenzy. Eventually, it was able to kill Tier 2 Frenzy Beasts using just the potency of its Essence of Frenzy.”
”Any high Tiered flesh it chanced upon, it consumed them. If it obtained a Heart/Brain Crystal, it swallowed them. Consuming them always proved more harm than good but it continued to do so without rest. Despite its Frenzy Parasite unable to Nurture its body due to the 50 percent Sync Rate, it soaked up in the aura and Essence of Frenzy.”
”It always roamed the Wilds in search of opportunities. One day, it got its opportunity. A human Transformer had died in the Wilds. But, he dragged all his foes to death with him. It watched the earth-shattering fight between them, hidden afar within a small crevice, suffering numerous life-threatening injuries from the shockwaves.”
”The moment the opportunity presented itself, it ran towards the battlefield, resisting all the blasting aura while ignoring its worsening injuries, tethering on the border of life and death. It gobbled the human Transformer's spine and Heart Crystal, also doing the same for his foes.”
”It then dragged its body and hid within the crevice and attempted a breakthrough.” Madam Rizenne raised a finger, ”The concept I told you before was already privy in the Frenzy Beast society. The young Warlord too knew it. But, among all the beings that had died at that time, not one was a Floating Spider. So do you know what it did?”
Before Jyorta could shake his head, she continued, ”When it swallowed all Frenzy Parasites and had even swallowed a Wisdom Parasite, all the Frenzy Parasites banded against the Wisdom Parasite. Moreover, the Wisdom Parasite was the strongest among them all. But the young Warlord knew that the moment they fought, its body would be ripped apart from inside. So, it initiated its breakthrough before that.”
”On noticing the situation, all the Frenzy Beasts gobbled each other up, fusing without an ounce of resistance. Their combined form was a notch stronger than the Wisdom Parasite that they swallowed in their body. When the Wisdom Parasite fought back, the fused Frenzy Parasite resisted its attacks with its body. In the meantime, the young Warlord's Frenzy Parasite called it forth, beginning to eat it. The fused Frenzy Parasite constricted the Wisdom Parasite's movements as much as it could, watching the young Warlord's Frenzy Parasite consume them both.”
”Its aura gushed into the fused Frenzy Parasite, empowering it while weakening the Wisdom Parasite. Its Essence of Frenzy began to damage the Wisdom Parasite's body, making it easier for the Frenzy Parasite to suppress it. The fused Frenzy Parasite also consumed all the Heart/Brain Crystals the young Warlord had gobbled up to aid its efforts.”