Chapter 637 - Juicy Meat (1/2)
While the gift provided with Wakanda turned out to be a precious one, a costume developed by the state of the art manufacturing of Vibranium fabric, something only worn by the King himself, alongside a rather large note on Vibranium, its uses and its price, the gift only served as a research material to be stowed away and pulled out on a later occasion. It wasn't long when Mary hurriedly went to type her findings on her laptop as Nik, too, receded into Dream Core after a long time, much to Ann's cries of protest.
Stepping into one of the safest havens he knew, something that even a rank 9 monster such as Supreme Seraphim failed to destroy back in the day, Nik made his way towards the section he craved out for the symbiotes where two puddles of silver and black stretched in unequal circ.u.mference. ”It's Vibranium,” Lola's voice whispered beside Nik as she continued, ”The black-colored symbiote is melded with Vibranium. The properties of your new costume and the unknown material within the symbiote is similar, so is the process.” With Nik allowing Lola to investigate anything and everything she saw fit, it was easy for her to conclude the fact once she grew interested in the snow-white Vibranium suit.
Nodding, Nik continued to walk slowly, enjoying the sight of the world Sky built. In fact, he hadn't even explored all the materials within the Dream Core and while Sky continuously stated there were many natural treasures within the Dream Core that could augment various abilities, Nik still felt that he needed more knowledge to understand their properties since Sky was only willing to coach him on Spatial Manipulation. Sometimes, Nik did feel annoyed that he wasn't given straight answers but then when he recalled how a game loses its entertainment factor after a cheat, he would become calm once again.
Turning a curious gaze towards the ranch filled with sleeping spiritual beasts, his mouth-watering unconsciously as he recalled their tastes, Nik sighed and then turned to the adjacent area. His plan was simple. The symbiotes had shown a certain consciousness to themselves but while Nik was dubious if the symbiotes held a soul, too, he was certain that he didn't want more conscious symbiotes.
It was his first time trying to pull a consciousness out of a being and destroying it in its entirety but with how much he had explored in the matters of the mind, Nik held certain confidence that failure wouldn't hold him for long.
Taking a deep breath, Nik eyed the silver symbiote. Unlike the mild-mannered black symbiote, a part of what was called the Venom with the part under Nik's Dream Core slowly forming its own consciousness, the silver symbiote was far more aggressive. A liability Nik didn't have the time to handle nor the amus.e.m.e.nt. Gazing over the viscous, silver puddle, Nik stretched his right arm forward and began drawing runes. The world of Dream Core was infused with Spatial Element and a form of energy known as Aether, something Sky proclaimed to discover at her early ages. Aside from that, the world was painted with other forms of elemental energy and life sources that allowed the existence of life all except for even a hint of time. So, this was one of the rare places where Nik could never practice temporal manipulation for he didn't have the affinity with it to transform his energy and this place was devoid of it in the first place.
The runes, on the other hand, radiated with spiritual energy as they glowed warm blue with hints of violet. The strange runes were then combined into a chart of runic patterns that symbolized a complicated command and under Nik's urge, the flashing chart moved and slowly embedded itself into Riot's form. Nik's mind instantly came into contact with Riot's unconscious mindscape as it couldn't even rebel against the act and allowed Nik to finally visualize the planet of symbiotes again, this time, with greater clarity. The two symbiotes that formed Pickle might have had the same visuals but Nik hadn't thought of checking their memories then and Pickle had a whole different mind with a blank slate so she didn't know anything.
However, the planet of these parasites was horrendous with the planet itself breathing. Tendrils of eldritch forces stretch out as the prison of a planet suppresses the creator of them all. The moment Nik delved slightly deeper, his mind was struck with a horrifying wail of anger and greed as... the only way to put it was that his mind was on the verge of being controlled by the hive-like structure of the planet itself and it was then the formation manned by Asmodeus requiring four spirits glowed, making the atrocious force screech in pain and turn everything blank.
”All right,” Nik whispered with a grunt while rubbing his head, ”I'm gonna cut this bastard's mind to pieces.” He hissed as the name Klyntar now registered in one of the threats of the universe. Groaning, Nik slowly created the runic chart of grinding off the consciousness once again but this time he decided to lay off on robbing the memories of the symbiote well-connected with a hive-planet of a sort.
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”Where's Nik?” Natasha opened the door to the apartment, making Mary question if letting the two sleep together was really a good idea or not. After all, Natasha didn't live here.
”You're back!” Anna shouted happily as she inquired, ”How was your job,” the brunette niece's gaze lingered on Natasha's curvaceous frame garbed in a secretary's outfit with unconcealed envy of the Aunt's beauty. Smiling at Ann, Natasha chimed, ”The usual. More paperwork. Let me tell you the first thing about being a spy, the fewer fights you get into, the better.”
”Mum said the same about school,” Anna pointed out as Mary rolled her eyes and closed the laptop, ”Don't teach her strange stuff,” she hissed, ”And you owe me a bed!”
Pursing her lips, Natasha placed her purse on the desk next to the doors and chuckled, ”Then let us destroy it properly. Once again, where's Nik? Oh, and how did your trip go? I haven't contacted the Director so I don't know anything.”