Chapter 390: The True Brethren Bait (2/2)
He was expending a tremendous reserve of psychic energy. If not for the River Whale and Rigordile acting as his energy reserve, he wouldn't have even been able to activate the Relic the first time. Whenever two Lava Turtles were on the verge of death, he sent the mist flying their way, aggravating the situation.
The Lava Turtles then tore into each other, mostly resulting in mutual deaths. The Rigordile and the Bundle Flea would then drag their corpses towards layer 3. As some time had passed, Jyorta pocketed his Relic and commanded the River Whale to retreat.
The Rigordile and Bundle Flea followed suit. While retreating, he gazed at the mist still swirling about in the area, with a significant portion of it flying high up in the air, proceeding beyond the reach of the Lava Turtles, ”If this had been my Skill, I would have been able to manipulate the mist into targeting the Lava Turtles. Now, a significant portion of it has been wasted.”
Jyorta sighed, such was the flaw in using Relics. Relics were objects, the Skills in which couldn't be controlled by the user. So, it wasn't possible to display the same expertise as a Warrior possessing the Skill could do.
”Still, this is a good outcome indeed. As long as the mist hasn't disappeared, I can use it.” Jyorta thought of a way as he retreated, watching the fight between the Lava Turtles slowly come to a halt. Most of them had been significantly injured, so it would be easier for him in the second round.
Jyorta returned to layer 3, watching steam rise from the carcass of the Lava Turtles as their blood mixed into the water. Their bodies were maintained at very high temperatures, just the touch of which generated steam in the water.
As steam rose from all over, the temperature of the Lava Turtle carcasses steadily dropped. The shallow waters turned warm, becoming slightly hotter as time passed. Eventually, it no longer increased further, achieving an equilibrium of sorts.
”Eat and recover.” Jyorta motioned at the three Frenzy Beasts, pointing at the pile of carcasses. The Bundle Flea had already fished out all their Heart Crystals and had handed them over to Jyorta. The Hunter Clams were a race that couldn't produce any Espers while Espers were incredibly rare among the Lava Turtles. So, Jyorta only obtained Heart Crystals from this batch.
Just when the three Frenzy Beast were about to pounce on the carcasses, a Frenzy Parasite drilled out, wriggling weakly.
”Hmm,” Jyorta frowned, thinking for a couple of seconds as he unleashed his aura personification of hallucination on it, controlling its actions. The Frenzy Parasite moved its dying body and burrowed into the nearby Lava Turtle, pulling out the Frenzy Parasite within.
The two fought each other, biting and tearing apart until one of them remained. The victor swallowed the defeated party, swiftly healing its injuries before facing another Frenzy Parasite that had drilled out. Jyorta observed the changes in their auras, collecting the data as he tried to perceive their functionality.
He wished to understand the Frenzy Parasites more. After all, he was brought into this world to face the being that created the Frenzy Parasites. The Frenzy Parasites slithered out the carcasses one after another and fought against the Frenzy Parasite under Jyorta's control.
Every time it killed and devoured one of its own, its injuries healed while its strength faintly increased. But, Jyorta could see its vanning presence. It was just prolonging its life through the battle. And, the duration it bought using it was less than a couple of minutes.
But, Jyorta was curious as to why it did something like that. As it kept fighting, Jyorta created the embryonic form of a tattoo on his back, focusing his Aura Induction on the Frenzy Parasite. The moment the Frenzy Parasite devoured the last of its kind in the area, it slumped on the floor, no longer having the strength to move.
Its presence began to fall at an alarming pace when the effect of Aura Induction enveloped it. The Frenzy Parasite's presence was linked with Jyorta's, pulled into his hallucination, and stored within the embryonic tattoo he had created.
The hallucination wasn't much, the Frenzy Parasite found itself within a blank space. At this time, its body died, allowing Jyorta to extract all its presence into the tattoo he made. This was the prime usage of Aura Induction; he could induce the presence of a foreign being into his tattoo. And when the body of the owner died, the presence had nowhere to return to.
But, if he took the presence out of the tattoo, it would instantly dissipate. Jyorta thought, 'I think I got some idea as to the direction I should progress towards.'
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