Novel Full Chapter 126: Seed Of Tragedy (Part 2)
Chapter 126: Seed Of Tragedy (Part 2)
The second day of the graduation test!
“Hah!” Raurau chuckled in glee upon succeeding in his refinement. He consumed a portion of medicine and grew confident, ’Based on my calculation, 50 millilitre of this can easily grant 190 units of Prana.’
“I will easily place first and become the Settlement Leader…” He paused at that point, deep in thought, ’A Settlement Leader?’
’That is only someone with Silver Grade strength.’ He gazed at his hands and clenched them into a fist, ’I have the Buoyant Disease. Based on what I heard, I’ll lose all my strength the moment I mate with a girl having the Buoyant Disease. And if my essence feels lacking, the success of birthing a Deity will plummet.’
“No, I’ve yet to hit my limit!” He snorted and punched the trunk shielding him once, “I can grow stronger, way stronger than what the Cooter Clan could grant me.”
“I can reach the peak of the Gold Grade,” He uttered with assurance, “Yes, I must aim to become the Chief! And then, I’ll be the first in history to have more than one Deity as my children.”
“Then…” He eyed the medicine before him with a heated gaze, “A medicine alone isn’t enough. I should refine it further.”
“An elixir!” He nodded and got to work immediately, “As long as I manage to refine an Elixir, I’m guaranteed to become the next Chief!”
“The principal said that without the usage of Parute Fruits, it is impossible to refine an Elixir.” He uttered, “In less than half a day, can I succeed in theorising a method and apply it in action?”
“No, I can.” He uttered in confidence, “An Elixir is something that can naturally build the Spirit Container without conscious input.”
“Then, based on my experience in building my Spirit Container…” A Cooter Clansman had a relatively easier time building their Spirit Container as compared to Raurau, who had the Buoyant Disease.
His Spirit Container was prone to shattering even in cases of exposure to fluids, such as when he’s taking a bath or drinking water. Therefore, he had become habituated to repeatedly rebuilding his shattered Spirit Containers again and again.
At the same level, he was significantly more experienced than his peers. Otherwise, it was impossible for him to accumulate strength when even the mere act of drinking water could screw up his growth and even kill him.
’I need to refine a medicine that can stimulate the same conditions as in my body when I’m building my Spirit Container. The blood flow, the reaction from the digestive juices, the intermixing of various fluids during the digestion and other bodily processes…’ He fell deep into thought, ’Yes, as long as I emulate all the conditions, and create a medium that can maintain these conditions, I will succeed.’
Crack!
In a mere two hours since he harnessed the thought, Raurau was beaming with a wide smile, watching the slightly radiant droplet swirling before him, “It…It’s a success!”
It was a Lowest Grade Elixir, capable of building the Spirit Container by one unit’s worth of Prana upon consumption. Even though it only granted one unit, the fact that he succeeded in creating an Elixir was significantly monumental.
Just by using Pelting Monkey eggs, an abundantly available, inexhaustible resource, the fact that an Elixir could be created was enough to boost the Cooter Clan’s might by several levels.
“Now, I’m guaranteed to become the Chief!” Raurau stored the Elixir carefully in a vial, pocketed it, grabbed his stock of refined medicines, and rushed out. He evaded the Pelting Monkeys, consumed medicine from time to time when a Pelting Monkey crashed into him, and sped towards the shore.
It was night time as he exited the forest, having a small leeway to the deadline. Upon seeing the adults waiting at the shore, he hollered in excitement, “Principal!”
“Hmm?” The principal in question blinked in confusion upon seeing the item that Raurau had presented, in confusion, taking one, two, five seconds in total before his face grew ashen, “T-T-This is an Elixir?”
“Did you find a Parute Tree inside the forest? Where?” He asked in a hurry, for every Parute Tree had strategic value.
“No,” Raurau shook his head with a chuckle and explained, “I refined it using Pelting Monkey eggs.”
“How?” The principal found it hard to believe, “Refining Elixirs without Parute Fruits is impossible.”
“You see,” Raurau described his thought process, “Since the Pelting Monkeys can treat their brethren as Spirit Weapons, it means their psychokinesis is all recognised as a unified form from the perspective of their bodies, which serves as a Spirit Weapon for others of their kind.”
“That means, all the eggs could resonate with each other as a Spirit Weapon under a single wave of psychokinesis.” Raurau continued, “This means, I can technically consider their Spirit Containers similar to our Spirit Containers in the Spirit Stage.”
“Meaning, I can stack one hundred of them to reach the peak of the Spirit Stage, and then combine them into a unified whole to enter the Body Stage.” Raurau concluded with pride, “I succeeded in doing that, at which point, that unified Spirit Container was very similar to a Parute Tree, only containing a lot of pollutants.”
“As I continued to purify and refine it alongside the medicine, I managed to create an Elixir.”
At the end of his explanation, which Principals from both Settlements listened with rapt attention, he handed out an Information Slip, “I’ve recorded the refinement process here.”
“T-This is…” The two Principals consumed the Information Slips and gasped in shock, “It works!”
They made eye contact with each other, in extreme excitement, ’We have a genius with the potential to become the Chief!’
Their faces grew deep red in excitement as the Principals turned to face the teachers that had accompanied them, “Quick! Inform the Settlement Leader…”
Words got stuck in their throats, for they noticed strands of muscles had wrapped around Raurau. And before they could react, Raurau was lifted to the sky and pulled into the forest.
“NO!” The principals shouted and gave chase, blasting through the trees as they gave chase, gasping in horror to see the muscle strands vanish as Raurau fell into the hands of a 120-metre-tall humanoid.
“T-that is…!” One of the Principals uttered with a twisted face, “Bhirully!”
Mutated Intermediate Gold Grade Pranic Beast–Bhirully!
[This is my prey!]
The Bhirully uttered as it held Raurau using two fingers and punched in the direction of the two principals to unleash a cloud of smoke.
[Scram!]
A vortex formed as the two Principals defended against the attack. As the dust cleared, one of the Principals shouted, “Once a Bhirully starts running, it will never stop for years or even decades.”
“I’ll give chase and leave behind clues to chase after.” He roared as a stream gushed forth through the forest path and he rode the stream on a wave, “Go and summon our Settlement Leaders!”
“We must rescue our future Chief!” Without hesitation, the two Principals split up.
As for Raurau, he found himself shivering in fear as the Bhirully, while continuing to sprint at full speed, lifted him close to his face and revealed a maniacal grin.
[You’re the success recipe that I’ve been searching for all along!]