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Sure, that didn't happen in the game, but Evan wasn't going to trust his enemies to act exactly how they did in the game.
The Eighth Finger suddenly gaining a Pseudo Authority before his death was proof that things weren't 100%.
He nearly panicked when thinking about it, but he calmed down relatively quickly after recalling where 'that person' currently was.
'They're way too far to do anything on the Alpha continent for now, that's why it's only at the start of the 'Fall of the Desert Country' that they made a move.
A single move that spelt the end of Tarse in the game.'
As he was thinking that, he suddenly noticed the Dark Wolf who was talking to Milena move over to the side of a broken rock with droopy ears, before sitting down dejectedly.
"What's up with him…"
[Love troubles.]
"…Huh?"
Evan took a moment to understand the answer that the White Wolf gave to his inquiry as that was one thing he certainly didn't expect to be the reason for the Dark Wolf's sudden dejectedness.
[He asked Milena out.]
"Wait. What?!"
Kuro chipped in to augment the answer but his words only served to dumbfound Evan even more. Whether they knew this or not, the White Wolf and Kuro continued speaking.
[He said he fell in love at first sight.]
[And so, he decided to try his luck and asked her out.]
[[But she rejected him.]]
"…Ouch"
Evan actually felt sorry for the poor Wolf, but after a moment he felt it was good that he got rejected.
'This guy is shooting shots out of his age range. Milena's just 20! But he's over a hundred!'
On a side note, Milena was the oldest in the Anomalies' Spirit Half. Amy was just a year younger, and Kuro was still in his teens.
As for Kayla, his appraisal showed she was 15 too, but Evan doubted If that age was true.
"I guess even spirits have love troubles, huh?"
[Yep. We sure do.]
Evan nodded in response to Kuro's words and silence pervaded the area between them. It was then that Evan finally realised something odd about Kuro's statement.
"Wait… 'We'?!"
By the time he turned towards Kuro, the cat had already sprinted over to where Eliza was and jumped back into her shadow.
"Oh no you don't."
Evan blinked over and dug his hand inside her shadow, pulling Kuro's body back out and holding him by the back of his neck.
"Explain, Kuro."
[I fail to understand the context in which you speak of.]
"Who is she?"
[As I said, I fail to understand what you speak of.]
The cat-shaped spirit's actions of dodging Evan's question only served to confirm Evan's suspicions.
Now then, there was no way that Eliza would just stare at the two who were having an incomprehensible 'conversation' behind her without saying anything.
"What's up with both of you?"
In response to her question, Evan only glanced at her and answered.
"Spring has arrived for Kuro. I want to fin-"
[Twilight Veil]
Evan's vision suddenly turned dark as a veil of shadows covered his head, blocking both his vision and senses. He reflexively let go of Kuro who jumped back into Eliza's shadow and 'sealed' it, preventing Evan from being able to pull him out.
After escaping the twilight veil before it started generating illusions to mess with his mind, Evan noticed Kuro's actions and wanted to break the seal but was stopped by Eliza.
"Don't bother. Once he gets like that, he's not gonna answer you no matter how much you ask him."
Knowing Kuro's personality, Evan had to agree that he definitely would not get an answer at this time.
"This isn't over."
Leaving those words like a minor novel antagonist, Evan went on to pull out the changing booths and have him and Eliza change once more, to outfits of other colour schemes.
Seeing as the Colonel still hadn't returned, Evan decided to go through the archive to search for information on the 'Vessel' that Hydran had spoken of.
'I see, so Spirits are in their Spiritual Bodies on default, and they possess the ability to switch to their Material bodies-- their physical bodies, at will.'
When he was searching through this, the Colonel finally returned, along with other officials to escort Evan to the Governor's House in Shelde.
But before they left, they brought all those nearby and had them sign the magic contracts to prevent them from disclosing information about the true strength of the Wyvern Craitid.
They also had them correspond their stories with each other and though some were initially reluctant, a single glare from the White and Dark Wolves was enough to shut them up.
'You may both be Epic levels, but there's a difference between the inferior stage and the Superior stage.'
Such were the words Evan used to inform all those who didn't want to agree with him that fighting those wolves was a bad idea.
Some had plans to use other special means to break the contracts and report to their masters about the true details but Evan just laughed when Colonel Onas asked him about the possibility.
"I got those Magic Contracts from Chief Gavin and Vice Chief Joanna in Kasteblum. Do you really think they can be dealt with so easily?
Besides, it's only for a few months so why are you guys so reluctant?"
The first half of Evan's statement captured all their attention and those who had other intentions could only grit their teeth in indignation.
As for Evan, he was very confused at why they didn't want to sign the contracts, after all, he only said they should withhold the true details of all that happened here for a few months until he was done with the Lizard Lord Outbreak, then they could go sing it out to the world but he would not care.
However, his attention was quickly captured by the notifications that appeared in his field of vision.
|Analysis Completed. |
|Due to the nature of the circumstances, Adaptive Evolution has siphoned a great amount of stored 'Experience' to be converted into energy for the Evolutionary process. |
|Part of the Isolated energy would be used as 'Experience' for increasing Host's level, Enhancing & Transforming Host's Vessel and Expanding Host's Energy Core Capacity at a later date. |
|A Great Amount of Isolated energy would be used in Elevating Host's Existence level at a later date. |
|A Great Amount of the Isolated energy would be used in empowering Host's So!)*"$(^&%. |
|Interference Detected. Redirecting Energy back to 'Experience' storage. |
Seeing the way Adaptive Evolution was portioning the energy gotten from Killing Craitid, Evan began to wonder if there was going to be anything left for him to use and increase his level when it was done.
'It's taking out way too many 'Great Amounts' of energy!!'
However, when he saw the next set of notifications, he could finally understand why so much energy was needed.
|Adaptive Evolution Analysed Demonic-Fused Wyvern Craitid. |
|Due to Host's low Compatibility with detected Demon Factors, the racial factors were isolated. |
|Since Host already possesses Human Factors, the racial factors were isolated. |
|After further analysis, Adaptive Evolution has determined the Optimal Evolutionary path for the Host, based on currently possessed information and future simulations.
This path is one with the least amount of side effects and devolutionary risks. |
'Side effects? What kind of Side Effects?'
|Example of Potential Side Effects of improper Evolution: Host's Mental State Crumbling. |
'I doubt 'Side Effect' is enough to show how bad that is…'
Adaptive Evolution didn't say anything and continued displaying the analysis results
|Adaptive Evolution has determined Host needs at least a Class 3 High-Rank Evolutionary Catalyst. |
| Due to racial factors detected, Adaptive Evolution has discerned the exact catalyst necessary. |
Evan's eyes widened in light shock when he saw the name of the catalyst the skill had asked for.
At the same time, another notification popped up in his field of view.
[The 'Eternal of Time and Destruction' has his gaze fall on you]
"You and Artemisia planned this whole thing out, didn't you?"
Although Evan asked this, he was 100% sure that was the case. This whole scenario was something that both Artemisia and the ETOD had most likely foreseen.
Then again, it was expected for him to think that way after seeing the last two notifications that popped up.
The name of the Catalyst that Evan needed to Evolve.
|Adaptive Evolution has determined host has a high level of compatibility with Dragon Factors. |
|Adaptive Evolution requires High-Rank Evolutionary Catalyst: Dragon Heart. |
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