Chapter 652 - 597: Petrification (1/2)
”Mhmm very handsome!”
Zaarae let out a m.o.a.n while licking her lips and gazing at Arthur. Midolf and Radolf heard her words and both instinctively shivered, finding her behavior quite disturbing and bone-chilling.
Arthur spared no time as he possessed the defenseless Carpentine. His body transformed into a black whirlpool which entered the victim's body. The possession process only took a few seconds, in which Arthur gained the chief guard's stats and abilities before swiftly leaving the host.
A flood of notifications covered his view but he discarded them for now and held Carpentine by his throat. He seemed to be contemplating what to do with the enemy, who gave up any kind of resistance and lifelessly let himself be held by the parasite.
The chief guard's eyes were dim, blood leaked out of his half-opened lips, and the hole inflicted by Arthur while slowly killing him. Dark Magic made him powerless and the vibration of Natural Lightning ruptured his organs and shattered almost the entirety of his bones.
Arthur glanced at angered Habs then at Zaarae, wanting to see her opinion about this matter. The Empress shrugged her shoulders and casually said,
”His life was forfeit the moment he appeared here.”
Arthur smiled and exerted a bit of force, snapping Carpentine's neck and ending his life on the spot. This brutal action made Habs enraged as he breathed heavily, his eyes glaring at Arthur like a starving beast.
No matter how angered he was, he could not break free from the blood cage put up by Zaarae.
”Arthur MoonStar, your actions will not be without consequences.”
Surprisingly, he spoke with a chilling and strangely calm tone as he sheathed his short sword and regulated his breathing.
…
”His name is Arthur MoonStar?”
The most shocked of all was Shen Shen, who, previously, thought she misheard but now Habs spoke Arthur's name again, she was utterly dumbstruck. She was barely able to control herself as she turned to look at the silent Vyncent, who nodded his head.
With an inaudible voice which no one could hear, the blue-haired little girl mumbled,
”That… that means he's my daddy?”
Her eyes focused on Arthur's figure while her mind was in a tempestuous state. She heard many things about her parents, their feats, and their names, obviously. Timos praised her parents but didn't tell her their appearances, which is why she didn't recognize Arthur when they first met. But, undoubtedly, that man was her biological father.
He was very powerful like the Black Devil said, he was a parasite and was named Arthur MoonStar. All of these were enough for the young but intelligent Shen Shen to conclude his real identity. However, she didn't cry happily or spill the truth and, instead, she maintained absolute silence while her gaze lingered on his silhouette.
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Arthur was delighted to gain a unique ability which will be very useful in the future. To actually be able to entrap enemies in that mysterious world, it automatically became one of his ultimate trump cards. If he's surrounded, he can always isolate one of the stronger targets and defeat him so to make it easier to deal with the rest. It can also help him escape powerful foes by buying a bit of time for himself, and that is without including the countless special snakes living in there.
His stats only increased by several hundred million points but he gained an absolute immunity against all kinds of fatal points and has a new enigma ability. It was called Petrification and it allows him to turn targets in stone, like the infamous Medusa. At first, he was confused because Carpentine didn't use it on him but that shouldn't be right, the only explanation is the passive ability he gained from the White Tiger, which allowed him to negate debuffs. Moreover, his eye also had a chance to block petrification, illusions, and visual deception.