426 The True Value of Corruption Crystals (2/2)
According to the various books that I read in the Imperial Library, unlike the artificially created beastmen whose main strength was elemental practice, true beastmen's strength originated from their corporeal physiques while elemental practice held secondary value. After all, not only were they born with a complete pseudo-elemental generator but they also didn't need elemental arts as it was part of their instincts just like beasts, putting them all on an almost the same starting ground when it came to elemental prowess.
As such, other than some who had special lineage related to special elements, almost all beastmen relied on methods of advanced body refinement which used their bloodline as the basis, only using elemental attacks as supporting methods. In fact, even the two 'guides' that were part of the 'noble' Dragon Clan also seemed to conform with this path as well.
”As for what makes them 'special', not only are this special type of Elemental Crystal capable of enhancing their elemental prowess, but it's also capable of enhancing their physiques. Furthermore, it can even combine both paths into one path. In a more specific way of describing its effect, it changes one's elemental affinity into a 'special' element that allows all these effects to take place.”
The nature of the Corrupted Elemental Crystals was nothing simple as I thought it was to be back when I first discovered it, just the fact that it produced 'Pseudo-Omni Elemental Crystals' after purification made its origin unordinary...
At first, I thought that the one being amazing was the system's ability to purify it into that form, but it didn't turn out to be that simple. Back at the Light Domain, I had the chance to observe Corrupted up close and compare their achievements before and after corrupted and I also made sure to investigate the Corrupted Elemental Crystals as I purified them with the system's help which quickly lead me to the discovery of its true ability to some extent.
Unlike what I first thought, its value as an 'affordable elemental crystal' was nothing but its value as a bait, its ability to use the unique elements of 'Corruption' to supplement whatever path one's strength belonged to once the corrupting process is complete was its actual value to the demons as a tool for creating an endless powerful army while wiping out other races in the process.
”Let me finish that by stating the following fact to reassure you of my experience, the reason for my peculiar form of appearance on the domain was none other than that I came from another domain, one where I had come into contact with these special Elemental Crystals and witnessed their effects, and they happen to exactly fit both what I had observed and what you described. Whether you believe that or not is up to you.”
Although I usually tried to hide the fact that I traveled within domains and did things while laying-low, I couldn't afford to do so when the demon's plans had advanced that far, if using this fact made me more believable as a co-operator and gave me a useful background then there was no harm in revealing it sooner than later.
While shock was still partially apparent on the Clan Leader's face, he looked towards the Great Elder who simply nodded back, causing a frown to form on the former's face.
”Indeed, while it does seem to be a fantasy-like explanation, it's true that it fits the 'plague' that fell upon our domain and it would be a waste of time to question the unimportant details, so let me immediately ask the following question since you have already experienced a similar situation to ours…”
”What exactly could the source of such 'unlogical' Elemental Crystals be?”