BIOLOGICAL SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEM-Chapter 1234 : The Clearing of Beasts (3)
The surge of power hit Erik like a tidal wave breaking through a glass wall. His body trembled as raw energy coursed through his veins, not like the usual warm flow of mana, but like liquid lightning seeking new channels to flood.
The sheer amount of attribute points Erik got was huge, after all.
It felt exhilarating, like diving into a pool of water that rejuvenated every cell in his body. Every time he breathed, he felt stronger, and his mind turned clearer by the second.
Slowly, the feeling calmed down. The energy that had felt overwhelming now flowed easily through his body, finding its natural path.
His breathing became steady, his heartbeat normal.
<Jeez. I didn't expect this…> Getting the attribute points, Erik finally broke through the threshold between an A-ranked creature and an X-ranked one. That was why the feelings he had were different from what he usually felt when he got new attributes. Of course, Erik had already broken through ranks many times, but nothing was like what he felt that day.
Erik sighed, his breath carrying a hint of the immense power now flowing through him. The sensation was still overwhelming, even if manageable.
<System, what is my current energy level?> Erik asked.
[You have reached 2257 energy points,] the biological supercomputer said. [Going from an A-ranked brain crystal to an X-ranked one made some qualitative changes to your brain crystal, which now has a significantly altered interaction capability with mana.]
Erik stared ahead in puzzlement.
<What do you mean? What did change?>
The system paused.
[The upgrade has changed how your brain crystal works,] the biological supercomputer said. [Brain crystals are like filtration tanks that mana flows through, getting purified and refined before reaching your body through the neural links. ]
Erik had a pensive look as he heard the system explain.
[This time, however, not only has the cup transformed into a large pot, but its ability to convert surrounding mana into your own has increased manifold. The mana now resonates with your brain crystal, enhancing the conversion rate from ambient to personal mana. This means your mana regeneration is much faster.]
Erik tested the changes to his brain crystal power. It was true, Erik could feel mana flowing much more easily than it did five minutes earlier, as if a lid had been taken off a pot, and now vapor could be released much faster, instead of just from a small slit above.
<Good then. With this, I shouldn't have a problem with the Kraevyx. Do you have any suggestions for dealing with them?> Erik looked at the grazing herd.
[With your current mana reserves, Elemental Lord should be enough. In truth, it was enough already even before using the attribute points, but you would be left without that much mana, and something like that… In a forest on Mur… Let's just say it wouldn't have been very smart.]
Erik nodded. [Just be careful not to miss. These things are still strong enough to resist powerful attacks given how much mana they have, and you can't risk emptying your reserves. There's no need for you to start a physical fight. Even with your higher attributes, facing so many strength-buffed creatures would be impossible.]
Erik nodded again and then turned to look at the thaids. The Kraevyx continued their grazing, oblivious to the attack that was going to be unleashed.
Erik studied the massive creatures before him. The Kraevyx were armored beasts with overlapping scales, powerful bodies close to the ground, and necks that bobbed as they grazed. Sharp teeth and arm-length horns marked them as predators, yet they moved with surprising grace.
Despite his newfound strength, Erik remained wary of these creatures. They had evolved into perfect killing machines, perfectly adapted to Mur's harsh environment. Though his power had grown, Erik understood that on this lethal continent, he was still the intruder.
About fifty creatures stood scattered across the clearing. As they grazed on the grass, they moved their long necks up and down. Now and then, they would look around for danger with their three eyes.
<I will get both a ton of meat and of experience from this.>
Erik couldn't bring a lot of meat with him. There were just two of them at the base, meaning that too much would just spoil. Besides, all that meat would attract predators, and that was the main thing Erik wanted to avoid. But for sure needed some meat to stash it away in case something bad happened.
Besides, he hadn't eaten meat for a while and started craving it.
<I bet the clone feels the same…>
Erik also wanted to use some of the creatures to fertilize the ground where his crops were growing so that whatever grew would get the nutrients needed to grow well without Erik having to inject mana.
The wind swirled at his command, gathering into visible streams of air that twisted and condensed. The mana infused the currents, transforming them from gentle breezes into deadly weapons.
Each stream sharpened into a more and more visible and tangible blade, ready to slice through anything in its path.
Dozens of these wind blades now floated around Erik, their edges as sharp as the finest steel.
But he needed more, at least one per creature, so that he could end the fight quickly and collect the brain crystals and blood from the creature.
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Erik was going to keep two, so that he could get the creature's powers for both him and the Chimaeric Demons.
[Be careful, Erik. If those things spot you, and you fail your attack, you will have a lot of problems.]
"I'm trying," he said as he created more wind blades. The amount he could now generate, while maintaining such high power, was incredible.
<These creatures have to be eliminated,> Erik thought. <If Amber and the others are trying to reach my base using the giant tree as a signal, encountering a herd of these creatures would mean certain death.>
The Chimaeric Demons could handle these creatures if their numbers were sufficient, but Erik was unsure how many had survived—or if any had survived at all.
Of course, all of Erik's preparations might be pointless if he and his clone were the only ones who had made it to Mur.
Yet he didn't want to think about it.
[Yeah, it would just make it harder for you to focus on the battle.]
That was, of course, without thinking about the psychological implications of having sent his three lovers to die.
Erik began planning his attack, thanks to the Hydra's head. <So, they have low dexterity, low intelligence, but high strength, and two nasty brain crystal powers.>
The Kraevyx's poor dexterity rating gave him a mobility advantage. Their low intelligence suggested they'd be susceptible to tactical manipulation, but their strength made them fast and lethal.
<It's manageable…>
Of course, all of this was just relative. Low dexterity was compared to Erik's; otherwise, it wasn't low at all.
The creature kept grazing the ground while Erik prepared more wind blades. The creatures walked around in a loose group, but they weren't working together.
After all, they were eating. Yet they often glanced around, looking at the edge of the forest, probably searching for better food or watching out for enemies that might enter their area.
They weren't wrong, since Erik was there to kill them. It was just that he had too many powers and was too smart for them to notice.
[Remember to burn any unused bodies, as the scent of death will attract creatures from the area—something we absolutely want to avoid.]
Erik nodded. Yet that made him think about something.
<Do you think the Luminara serpentis will work here on Mur?>
[I don't honestly know,] the system said. [It worked even on wyverns, but only to make them aggressive and bloodthirsty. Did you forget how that wyvern almost roasted you?]
<How could I? I've never been closer to death than that time.>
Just the thought of that time made Erik shiver. Not as much as when he faced the Leviathan Serpent, but a lot nonetheless.
[Good. You're strong enough to survive that now, but if the Luminara Serpentis gets the thaids riled up, it could backfire. You might not only get a bunch of thaids but also some powerful ones into the fray, all at the same time.]
<This means I should test it before placing it around the base, right?>
[Yes, and even in that case nothing will tell us there are no thaids that will react badly to their smell, or whatever it is that irritates them so much.]
The largest Kraevyx suddenly raised its horned head, nostrils flaring. Erik remained still, despite being invisible.
The beast's eyes swept across his position without pausing, but its spined tail lashed with increased agitation.
The creature didn't feel the surge of mana in Erik's body since it resulted from the biological supercomputer's power, but now that Erik was channeling it, the creature felt it.
<If those things spot me, I will be in for huge trouble.>
Erik did his best to stay hidden despite him being invisible.
