Chapter 982 Sacrifices
While the situation at the base beca more and more chaotic as the hordes of Abyss creatures appeared and wreaked havoc, in one particular three-story building, a beautiful girl was intently watching a white cocoon-like object, ignoring the commotion happening outside altogether.
"Ery, if you can hear my voice… I know what happened to you has sothing to with the Primordial Wisp… But… we will be leaving soon… So–" Her words were choked by a faint sob. "Just tell them to let you go already.. Please…"
Unbeknownst to her, the words she spoke with all her heart were actually heard by the consciousness that was currently encased in the cocoon-like object.
Ery could clearly hear his beloved's words, but he couldn't respond at all with his current state.
At this mont, he felt as if his consciousness had left his body and floated around it. He still has a sense of connection with his body, thus the reason he could hear Klea's words. However, the connection wasn't strong enough to allow him to do anything else.
In fact, since he was wrapped in the cocoon, he had been listening only, especially to the spirit being who was currently engulfing the spirit cores within his body with what seed to be primordial energy.
It had been almost an hour since Ery cast the massive instant teleportation spell. Since then, he had been only feeling the overwhelming energy within him gradually receding.
[1900…]
[1850…]
[1750…]
[1600…]
[1401…]
As ti passed, the astonishing number of Ery's spirit force caused by the spirit being's blessing regressed slowly but surely, returning to their initial number, whereupon the turbulence wreaking havoc in his body finally subsided.
Ery's consciousness, however, did not return to his body. Instead, he had been hearing the spirit being talking among themselves as they hovered over his spirit cores.
There were a total 13 glowing spirits – the sa as the number of spirit butterflies, and what surprised Ery the most was the fact that he could hear their previously jumbled words very clearly in his current state.
"This body is not gonna cut it."
"It doesn't have the sa proficiency as us."
"Chaos… darkness.."
"Then.. where does the familiarity co from?"
"The blood, it ca from the blood."
"It's not enough."
"Should we do nothing?"
Then, while Ery was contemplating about what the words the spirit being ant, suddenly there were changes that attracted his attention within them.
"Sothing is happening with mother."
"Yes.. That thing consuming her."
"No, we cannot let that happen."
"We must try."
Ery then witnessed the spirit being attached itself to his spirit cores. Imdiately after, through the faint connection he still had with his body, he could feel an overwhelming sense of power once again coursing through his body.
[Your spirit force has increased]
[1410…]
[1420…]
[1435…]
[1450…]
Ery watched as the number continued rising, but then it stopped abruptly. He could see how the spirit being still trying, but it seed that – at the rate they were going – their actions might break his spirit cores instead.
"We cannot go further."
"This is hopeless."
"Wait…There is another way."
"Yes, but who is willing?"
"I will do it… Let do it."
Ery was puzzled hearing the spirit being's words, as he didn't really understand what they were talking about. However, his confusion was soon answered when he saw one of the 13 glowing spirits separated itself from the rest.
Even though they all basically looked the sa, Ery could sort of recognize that the one separated from the pack was the first butterfly that he found. The spirit went back to its butterfly form and shone brightly, but then it slowly dissipated, breaking into pieces and entering his core.
"W-what… what is happening?" Ery asked himself as he watched the butterfly disappear, visibly anxious.
Before long, he sensed a powerful tremor shake his core. In an instant, he felt a pulling sensation and his consciousness was sucked into his body. Once again, Ery could feel his body and his spirit cores.
However, even though Ery had regained his body, the tremor in his spirit cores still hadn't stopped. Excruciating pain began to invade all over his body, and instinctively he responded. But then, just as Ery was trying to subdue the changes that were taking place, the spirit being spoke to him.
"One of us sacrifices itself for you."
"If you want our help, do not resist."
After hearing that, Ery stopped whatever he was doing and endured the agonizing sensation silently. Eventually, the pain gradually subsided and was replaced by a powerful energy that he had never felt before.
It was certainly a type of energy that derived from the light elent. But what surprised Ery the most was the fact that it seed to evolve the entire foundation of his nature core.
Ery watched in astonishnt as his nature core beca brighter, its color turning lighter. This phenonon was swiftly followed by an ergence of a bright, flare-like light on the nature foundation. A powerful energy that seemingly brought life to the entire nature core.
[Ninth pillar was ford - Light Elent]
[Spirit force increase exponentially]
Light elental pillar!
Ery had ford a light elent pillar for one of the nine pillars that could only be ford in the acolyte realm. This was a shocking developnt that he had not expected at all, as he had never had any proficiency in the light elent before.
Even so, Ery could not celebrate yet, as he knew what would co next.
Now that Ery's nature core had undergone an unexpected huge boost, the state of equilibrium it had with the dark core was on the verge of collapse. Therefore, Ery quickly concentrated on his Dao Divine Technique and quickly yet carefully directed the flow of spirit energy into his dark core, in order to fulfill the energy needed to form the subsequent darkness pillar.
Fortunately, his previous action of constantly forcing himself to cast space magic helped smooth this process and soon after another tendril-like energy erged from the dark core.
[Tenth pilar was ford - Darkness Elent]
[Spirit force has increased exponentially]
[Spirit force: 1450 (1488)]
[Acolyte Rank 9 - Mid Stage - 10 pillars ford]
[Earth Spirit - 2 pilar]
[Plant Spirit - 1 pillar]
[Water Spirit - 1 pillar]
[Light Spirit - 1 pillar]
[Darkness spirit - 4 pillars]
[Undefined - 1 pillar]
Much to Ery's shock, the unforeseen ergence of the Light Pillar had brought trendous effects on both of his cores, bringing great opportunities to the overall state of his spirit core.
This was also the first ti that Ery could feel the relation between light and darkness, which were much more compatible positive and negative energy compared to nature.
Ery dove into his body and focused his attention on the two foundations that were touching each other side by side. The perfect relation of the opposite energy had beco the key to the next level of his [Dao Divine Technique - stage 7].
The previous, perfect one-to-one ratio balance that Ery had painstakingly achieved on the technique's stage 6 had now been improved. Instead of the previous balance and state of coexistence between darkness and light, the two opposing energies now synergized with one another making the opposite energy actually turning each other stronger.
It was an invigorating feeling.
With this monuntal change, Ery felt a major improvent in how he channeled the spirit energy in both cores, and afterward a new notification brought him much surprise.
[You have managed to synergize your dual core]
[Spirit aptitude upgrade: S]
At the sa ti as the notification appeared, the cocoon that wrapped around Ery's body finally broke apart. Ery opened his eyes with a ssage from the spirit being echoing in his head.
"You are now a proper host for us, keep your promise"
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