It took nearly thirty hours for Cain to devour Tazan's energy and life force to the point where his extremities were gone, and it was at this point that the Eye of Gluttony erged. Powerful willpower emanated from the organ that encapsulated the Concept of Gluttony, generating a clash of wills with Tazan.
Cain's willpower began to shake, and the entire room trembled due to the clash. Even if Tazan's willpower had been weakened by fear and horror, he was still a Titan whose Ego Wave reached the might of a Late Divine Ascension Master.
However, the red light in Cain's empty eye sockets only glowed with more power as it continued with the clash with a sense of absolute certainty and free of all doubt and hesitation.
Inquisitors Amalia, Kanon, and Ekatory were powerful enough to perceive the clash of willpower. The trio could not hide the awe and admiration in their eyes as they saw how the Scarlet King was clashing against a Titan and winning!
The clash carried on for nearly an hour until finally Tazan's eyes lost the last sign of power and will in them. Imdiately after that, Gluttony's Eye unleashed a monstrous devouring power and began to consu the soul force and ego of the Ocean Lord of Ocean Wrath.
Cain's focus reached its peak. He knew that devouring the intent and emotions of the Titan was not possible, but at least he wanted to obtain every single thread of knowledge he had amassed for the thousands of years of his existence.
The Scarlet Inquisitors remained silent as Cain finished consuming the mories of the Titan. It took another hour to completely assimilate the mories and hand them over to the [A.I. Chip Module].
After that, Cain carried on with the devouring process and finished consuming the last drop of energy and vitality of Tazan, leaving nothing but a trace of dust.
Inquisitors Amalia, Kanon, and Ekatory watched as Tazan's body vanished and then saw how the bubbles revolving around the golden skeleton began to glow with a bright light as if a quality change had occurred.
Cain could not smile since he did not have lips, but there was a sense of profound thrill in his heart as he saw that the millions of bubbles had saturated with energy and life, and he was ready to start the resurrection of his internal organs, flesh, muscles, tendons, and blood cells.
"It will take so ti to generate the target packages for Earth Fall, Cataclysm, Golden Titans, and Diamond Shore. I have another mission for you three in the anti."
As soon as Cain finished speaking, he gave Scarlet Inquisitor Amalia a space ring before files reached the computer rings of the trio along with a mission.
The eyes of the Scarlet Inquisitors widened as they saw the details of the mission and turned to Cain.
"Is there a problem?"
Cain's eye sockets glowed with a sharp light, and as soon as the Scarlet Inquisitors saw it, all hesitation and doubt vanished from their eyes instantly.
"We obey the Scarlet King!"
Inquisitors Amalia, Kanon, and Ekatory shouted those words as they bowed toward Cain, and the mont they rose, a monstrous fighting spirit erged on their faces as they were about to face an incredibly powerful adversary, yet they were not afraid. The trio turned around and went back to the teleportation formation, vanishing from the chamber and leaving Cain alone.
"You have done a very good job, Apex. For them to be so loyal and fierce, it is as if they saw as a divine entity."
Now that Cain was alone, he spoke with the true mastermind behind the Scarlet Inquisition Force, the one that called the shots and was able to figure out the identity of the upper echelon of Ocean Wrath and generate a flawless plan to take down the Tier 0 Dark Faction in one move.
"Despite their imnse power and aloof titles, the identity of these people is that of soldiers. They want soone they can follow, soone who can ease the burden on their shoulders and guide them. They are happy since they do not need to think, only act."
Apex's words were not derogatory, as he did not consider soldiers or those who followed orders as lesser.
Cain knew that and his eyes glowed with a flash of envy as he thought of Apex's words. He could not help but think how things would be much easier if he could simply follow a path that promised rewards beyond his wildest dreams. Unfortunately, that was not possible for him since he was actually creating a unique path that broke beyond the wildest dreams of every great general and emperor of Aether.
His unique Flesh Calamity was a perfect example of how he was deviating from the orthodox path and generating one of his own. Although he made it sound easy, the truth was that Cain was on the borderline between life and death during his Flesh Destruction.
Had Cain's mind not been strong enough to endure the pain, he would have blacked out and perished, and that was just the start.
The process demanded a simply overwhelming amount of vitality, and if not for having Auron Umbra, a True Titan, and hundreds of thousands of Wave Kings and Apotheosis Masters to consu, the Flesh Destruction might have failed, and he would have also perished or, in the best case, ended up with a broken body.
Luckily, Cain's destiny was high enough for him to be in the right situation and with the right resources to survive the process.
"Apex, I will begin my Flesh Reconstruction. Please, when the trio finishes their mission, just make them bring what I ask. I will not be able to continue with anyone as my sole focus will be on the rebirth of my organs."
"Don't worry, I have everything covered. Go ahead and focus on finishing the Flesh Calamity."
Cain nodded after hearing Apex and he let go of all his worries about the outside world as he rose to the air and the golden bubbles began to slowly amalgamate back into the golden skeleton.
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