Chapter 1180: Stupid Immortality

’That means the Ghouls must have some sort of intelligence. I’ll have to watch out for any sort of trap.’

Jason looked to his left as he felt a signal from one of his subordinates. There was a village of Revila in that part of the forest, and Jason immediately activated [King’s Substitute] and vanished from the forest. Jason reappeared in the middle of a large colony just outside the edge of the forest that was filled with houses made from wood and leaves, as well as slow, pale creatures moving around sluggishly. The entire colony looked like something straight out of the Stone Age, and even the people moving around only wore strips of leather around their waist and chest to hide their modesty. It was obvious that there was no significant development in this world at all.

The moment Jason appeared in the colony, all of the Revila around immediately turned in his direction, and they wasted no time as they charged at him. Jason lifted his hand and activated [Golden Flames]. A wave of pure golden fire erupted around Jason and consumed all of the Revila running towards him! A shrill scream of pain echoed through the colony as the Revila burned! The creatures wrapped their hands around themselves and ran away from Jason to try to escape the fire, but none of them were able to get away, and they all fell to the ground with burnt, charred skin.

Jason drew his mana back, and the golden flames immediately vanished from the region, and Jason waited and watched calmly for the system to bring up the notification for the deaths. But Jason was surprised when nothing came up. Jason raised a brow and looked around at all the dead Revila, and Jason realised something shocking in that moment: none of them were dead!

Although the Revila were burned and charred in a way that would kill any other creature, these things were still alive, and Jason walked over to a large stone at the side and took a seat while watching the Revila closely to see what would happen next. For almost an hour, nothing happened at all, but then, right before Jason’s eyes, the bodies began to move. The skins slowly turned back to their pale white, and their injuries closed back up. The Revila got to their feet slowly, and Jason saw all of them turn in his direction and begin to run towards him again!

’They’re immortal and stupid. The ideal combination for the perfect food source.’

Jason waved his hand towards the Revila and unleashed another wave of golden fire that blew everyone away from him, and Jason watched calmly as the Revila simply began to heal again after a few minutes had passed. Jason spread his senses out to try and gauge the average power level of the Revila, and Jason saw that the strongest creature there was barely a TITAN Rank II while the weakest was around SS Rank. How in the world were they able to come back after being consumed by PRIMORDIAL level flames?

[Mana Sense] has been activated!

Jason’s eyes bled to blue again as he tried to see what the mana inside the body of the Revila was like, but Jason was surprised when he didn’t see anything special about their mana. In fact, their mana was completely normal, and there was no way they should be able to withstand Jason’s power from what Jason was seeing! By every reasonable metric, these creatures shouldn’t be coming back to life!

’There has to be something else. These people are just cattle for the Ghouls, so there has to be something special about them that makes the Ghouls keep so many of them around. Wait... life force...’

Jason suddenly remembered that the system mentioned life force during its earlier explanation, and Jason hummed as he changed the active eye skill.

[Qi Sense] has been activated!

Jason’s eyes glowed with a brighter blue light as he looked around curiously, and Jason flinched in shock when he saw the unbelievable amount of Qi that was flowing through this region.

’Holy shit, that’s a lot!’

The Qi was so immense that it nearly blinded Jason’s vision, and it took a few seconds before Jason got used to the sensation. Jason watched as the Qi flowed from the ground towards the Revila, and the more Qi they absorbed, the faster they healed and came back to life.

’They’re capable of storing both Mana and Qi in their body. That means they’re basically one step away from achieving Resonance. If they were a little smarter, they might’ve become one of the most dangerous races in the Primordial Expanse!’

Jason couldn’t believe how much talent these stupid creatures had. The Revila were capable of storing an unbelievable amount of Qi in their body, and they had the talent to use every single drop of the Qi to bring themselves back to life. That was a power that Jason had never seen before!

’But how are they able to make themselves immortal? Is it something tied to their genetics? Or maybe they developed it as time passed? It’s almost like they’ve shared their life-force with the world, and in turn, the world keeps them alive no matter what. I guess I should be grateful that they’re so stupid. I can’t imagine what it would be like fighting against an immortal race that’s also intelligent.’

’Heh, you really don’t have any right to complain. Just imagine what other people go through whenever they face your legion.’

Esdath spoke up from inside Jason’s Alternate Dimension, and Jason told the old man to shut up. Jason turned to the side, and he asked his subordinates if they had found any sign of the ghouls that live in this world. The subordinates said there was nothing. Although there were a few animals, there hadn’t been anything that looked more dangerous than an SSS Rank, so none of them could be the dominant ghouls. Jason hummed, and he began to wonder how he would get the ghouls to come out here.

’The ghouls are like humans, and the Revila are like cattle. If their relationship is really that one-sided, then the ghouls might show up if I cause enough damage to the Revila. Just like farmers show up when their cattle are being destroyed.’

It was a long shot, but Jason decided that he would give it a try. Jason slowly floated up into the air with his hands behind his back, and the Revila on the ground all gathered in the region beneath him as they tried to snatch him out of the sky. But Jason just smiled as he put his hand out and summoned his PRIMORDIAL Rank skill once again.

[Golden Flames]!

PHWOOM!

The colony burned!

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[The Monarch]

[Outside the World of Edgar]

While Jason was spending time hunting ghouls on Edgar, the rest of the crew were still on the ship waiting for him. Valeria had been named as the ship’s temporary captain until Jason came back, and she was spending time looking through some of the information gathered by various spies around the Primordial Expanse. Since there was no ’news outlet’ in this part of the Primordial Expanse, most mercenaries relied on dedicated spy networks in order to stay updated on what was going on around them.

These spy networks recorded things like wars, massive battles, significant laws passed by important rulers, and even the death of important people all around the Primordial Expanse. In order to enter this network, you need to have a mercenary identification rune that would allow you to tap into the magical signature of the spy network, and that was how Valeria was able to log in from the ship.