Novel Full Chapter 1651 Defective?
Chapter 1651 Defective?
Whisker raised his arm as his eyes glowed crimson.
“Open.”
The massive, ancient-looking gate behind him creaked, before snapping open with a violent jolt. From its depths, grotesque beasts, wild, twisted, and fearsome, spilled out in a relentless wave. They crashed into the army of Eldros with overwhelming force, sending shockwaves blasting out. The beasts tore through the army without hesitation. Fierce jaws clamped down on skulls, razor-sharp claws carved through bodies as though they were nothing more than soft bark.
Still, a faint frown formed on Whisker’s face a moment later. Though his beasts clearly had the upper hand, Eldros’ clones seemed endless. For every one he tore apart, several more took its place as though the forest itself was birthing them. His manifestation allowed him to summon only the corpses of beasts he had killed, which meant his numbers were finite.
Already, he could see some of his summons being swallowed by a surge of Eldros’ clones, dragged down and torn apart under sheer numbers.
At this pace, he would be overrun.
A low, mocking laughter echoed from every direction.
“Do you see it now? You really thought revenge was enough to stand before me? Nothing has changed, little brother. You’re still the same helpless fool.”
Whisker’s expression darkened as the army suddenly broke through his lines and surged toward him in a crushing tide.
He exhaled slowly.
“Transform.”
His fangs elongated, thickening into vicious points as his hair lengthened and fell behind him. Razor-sharp claws rippled out from his fingers, and his eyes burned with a deep, brutal crimson light that seemed to stain the air around him.
With a feral roar, Whisker vanished, flashing through the clones and appearing behind them. In the same breath, their bodies split apart, severed cleanly into pieces. He did not stop. Before the remains had even hit the ground, he was already moving again.
He became a blur tearing across the forest, carving through the army of Eldros with brutality. Heads flew, bodies were ripped apart mid-motion, and countless clones were reduced to nothing in an instant. The ground was painted in ruin.
Yet the swarm did not slow, nor did it thin.
If anything, it grew.
Whisker’s gaze grew colder.
…
Eldros was seated comfortably on a wooden chair, watching the scene of Whisker battling his clones with a calculating glint in his eyes.
‘I can still escape this.’
If he could finish this battle before Atticus and the High Judicator concluded theirs, he would still have enough time to disappear. However…
Eldros’ gaze slowly grew cold.
‘I just have to kill him.’
On the screen, Whisker blurred through his clones, tearing them apart. From the look in his eyes, Eldros could tell he was searching for him.
‘Ha… a waste of time.’
The reason he was feared, even among other nature spawn, was because of the flawless synchronization between his aspect and manifestation. His aspect allowed him to create perfect replicas of himself in both presence and appearance, copies that could not be discerned, as long as the observer’s will wasn’t stronger than his. Paired with a manifestation of an enchanted forest where he could become any tree within it, the combination was too great.
Right now, every tree in the forest was him.
And he was attacking from all sides.
No matter how much Whisker searched, he would never find the real one.
‘Soon.’
He was barely expending any energy maintaining this illusion. Unlike him, Whisker was burning through his reserves at a visible rate. Eldros had already noticed the beasts had stopped pouring from the gate.
Which meant the manifestation was reaching its limit.
Eldros exhaled softly.
‘Fool.’
A flicker of irritation surfaced. Ever since he had discovered Whisker in the Core, he had been planning how much amusement he would derive from breaking him. But to think Whisker would be the one to approach him first…
Eldros’ eyes hardened.
The boy needed to be reminded of his place.
He fixed his gaze on Whisker through the screen, his lips curling faintly.
“I can see you’ve awakened your aspect,” he said, his voice carrying lightly through the forest. “And yet… it suits you. Defective.”
His smile widened slightly as Whisker’s gaze sharpened.
“You turn into the beasts you’ve killed, don’t you?”
He had already noticed similarities between Whisker’s current appearance and those of his creatures.
“…How underwhelming.” Eldros muttered.
“But then again… I expected nothing more.”
On the screen, Whisker suddenly snapped his gaze toward a particular direction and vanished, tearing straight through a tree. His frown deepened as the severed remains of Eldros liquefied the next moment.
Eldros’ loud, amused laughter echoed through the forest.
Whisker’s gaze snapped to another direction, flashing before a tree. He tore through it, and his eyes sharpened as he saw the startled Eldros seated on a wooden chair.
Whisker vanished.
Before Eldros could react, a claw drove deep into his chin, piercing straight through his brain.
Whisker’s lips stretched into a savage grin.
“Found you.”
“Urk—!”
Greenish blood oozed from Eldros’ eyes and ears as he stared at Whisker with a trembling gaze. Then, slowly, Eldros lips stretched into a wide, sickening grin, his eyes glowing with a savage light.
“…Did you?”
Whisker’s eyes sharpened, but before he could react, Eldros detonated in a roaring explosion that hurled him away.
Squelch!
Within the choking haze that engulfed the area, a sickening sound echoed.
A moment later, the haze cleared, revealing Whisker, his chest pierced clean through by one of Eldros’ clones.
“Urk!”
Whisker fell to his knees, spitting out a mouth full of blood. The last clone had been bait… all of it, just to lure him into this trap.
A rumbling laughter echoed as Eldros appeared before the kneeling Whisker in a flash of light.
“Haa… look at you. All that hatred, all that anger… and you still end up like this, right where you belong, beneath me.”
He grinned, staring down at Whisker’s darkened expression with amusement.
“Tell me… if she could see you right now, what do you think she’d feel? Disappointment? Her only son… and this is all you could do?”
Whisker silently lowered his gaze, his fists tightening.
“Haa…”
Eldros’ eyes gleamed. The sight of Whisker breaking, the frustration, the anger, the silence, he savored every second of it.
He drew in a deep breath, then exhaled slowly.
“…Well. I’ve had my fun. When you see her, send my regards.”
He waved lazily.
“Kill him.”
The clone’s arm blurred, severing Whisker’s neck in a single, clean motion.
Eldros smiled as he saw the light fade from Whisker’s eyes.
“Bring it.”
The clone quickly grabbed the head and handed it to Eldros.
“Hmm… not bad. I think I’ll keep this.”
It would make the other nature spawn so jealous.
With a satisfied expression, Eldros nodded. The distant booming sounds reminded him that his time was limited.
“It’s time to lea—”
Squelch!
Eldros’ eyes widened as overwhelming pain wracked his body. He slowly lowered his gaze and found an arm piercing through his chest from behind.
His arm.
‘T-the clone…?’
The clone suddenly retracted its arm, but before Eldros could fall, a hand clamped tightly around his neck, lifting him into the air. His trembling gaze rose to meet his clone, staring at him with a feral grin.
“Y-you… what are you doing…?”
His clones obeyed his will. They should never betray him.
A low chuckle echoed from the clone, and Eldros froze.
That sound…
Whisker.
His eyes snapped to the severed head in his grasp. It was still Whisker’s face. His head.
So what the hell…?
“Haa… now look at you. You still don’t get it, do you? Even now, you still can’t see it.”
A faint light radiated from the clone, and the next instant, its form shifted and morphed into the figure of a handsome man with azure hair and scarlet eyes.
“H-how?”
“You were close. I can transform… just not into beasts.”
“…!”
Whisker’s eyes glowed faintly with a deep crimson light.
“My aspect is perfect replication. Anything I touch… I become.”
Eldros’ eyes widened.
“Haa…”
Now he finally understood. Somewhere during the battle, Whisker had already replaced one of his clones. The one he had killed… had only been a beast. Whisker had hidden himself, waiting, until Eldros revealed his position.
“So tell me, brother… how does it feel? To be brought down by something defective.”
Eldros swallowed.
“Whisker… wait—”
Whisker tightened his grip, crushing the words in his throat.
“Hm? What was that?” He said, tilting his head slightly. “I can’t hear you… you’ll have to speak louder.”
He chuckled as thick veins bulged across Eldros’ face. Eldros struggled to pry himself free, but the grip around his neck didn’t budge.
It was absolute.
Whisker suddenly pulled him closer, their faces inches apart, his crimson eyes burning with a dangerous light.
“When you see her… tell her the rest of you will be joining her soon.”
Eldros’ eyes widened in horror as Whisker’s grip snapped shut.
Darkness swallowed him.
…
A moment later, Whisker exhaled, staring at the limp and lifeless body in his hand. His will surged, swallowing Eldros whole and reducing him to nothingness.
Whisker suddenly staggered as an overwhelming rush flooded into him. It was the exhilarating sensation of millions of worlds being assimilated at once.
As it subsided, he let out a long breath.
He frowned.
‘Annoying.’
The battle had been harder than expected, and that irritated him. Compared to the older nature spawn, Eldros was nothing.
Whisker gradually raised his gaze to the sky, his expression cold.
‘This is only the beginning.’
More bodies would fall.
He would not stop… until he held the Nature King’s head in his grasp.
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