A boy could be seen inside a place covered by a veil of shadows. He had the corpse of an Epic Stage Beast with him. It was a giant, three-meter-long spider-type Magic beast. It also had a Draconic Bloodline inside it. Due to this, it had some characteristics like scales on its brown body, and its legs also had a sharp tip at the end.
The main strength of this Beast was its ability to set traps with its web. It was not that strong when its trap was discovered. Rishi found it and decided to use it as a test subject. It was rare for his tests to fail. He started with the first step: covering the creature's whole body with Ice Energy.
There were many reasons for it. One was to give the shadow creature a proper structure. While the Second was to increase its magic defense; after doing it, he started the next step. He took out the silver-colored, sharp knife he had recovered from the priest.
When he used 'Inspect' on it, he discovered that this claw was much more than he had initially assumed.
[NAME: Claw of a Halfling
GRADE: Semi-Legendary
INFORMATION: The Claw of an Infant Halfling is very sharp and contains Dragon Presence. It can be used to inscribe Dragonic Runes.]
He carefully dipped the tip of the claw into the Ink he had created, mixing various materials and dragonblood. He Drew the Rune carefully. He was releasing his will while inscribing it; he was focused and thinking about what changes it should make. He had also mixed liquified Shadow Energy into it to make it suitable for Shadow Creatures.
It took him fifteen minutes, but he was able to do it. It looked like a strange black-colored circular tattoo on its head. After ensuring everything was right, he started moving on to the next step. He used the blood of the light-level Beasts and created a Giant Circle around it. He lit up the candles and chanted some incantations.
This ritual was called Blessing of the Dark. It helped increase the effect of the summoning Technique. This was why it was used often while summoning demons; Rishi had learned about it while summoning the Shadow Demon King. He was using it differently here; he was summoning a Shadow creature, so this blessing worked on it.
He took out multiple Daggers with a Rune engraving on their blades, which he then carefully nailed around the corpse, creating a circle. He then closed his eyes and used shadow Casting. His Shadow stood up, and soon it became more prominent. It then started moving its hands and started chanting.
Even with this, it took him some seconds before the corpse, and its Shadow shook. The corpse slowly absorbed the Shadow. The corpse then started shaking, and cracks appeared on the Ice Layer. This continued for some seconds before, Boom!, an explosion took place, and the pieces of ice scattered around.
The next moment, a strange creature appeared. It had most of its original body while also having Shadow Energy and Ice Energy flowing inside it. Rishi took out the two cores and inserted them inside. He then controlled both energies to create a channel for energy to flow.
The Beast suddenly opened its eyes; they had a light purple-colored Flame inside them. Its body was filled with energy. They created strange symmetric shades of Black, White, Glacial blue, and Purple on it. It roared, and Rishi noticed that it was releasing the presence of an Epic Stage Beast.
He took a step back, looking at it from a distance; his heart was racing, and his face was filled with joy. He approached it and circled around its creation. This was much more detailed. It looked like a real beast. This one was also behaving very tamely.
He then touched the Hybrid Rune on its forehead and activated it. The gusts appeared around it, and the symbol started shining purple. It started to absorb the Draconic Energy in the environment. Even with this, the Beast was strong enough to face even mid-epic stage beasts, but Rishi would not stop there.
After carefully checking its condition, he ejected the serum from it. He used the ' Rune Crystal ' to increase the success rate of the evolution. He used it in wand form and touched it on the Magic beast. It shone blue, and the light surrounded the Beast.
It continued for some time before the size of the Beast Started increasing. It roared and released a large amount of energy before it expanded and became larger. It was then that Rishi realized that it was precarious. He moved back, activating his defensive skills.
Boom!
A giant explosion took place, destroying everything around it. Rishi could escape without getting scratched, but he felt terrible when he looked at it. He took a deep breath. "It was not a complete failure; I learned much from it. The starting steps worked beyond my expectations. The result was not because there was something wrong with the process. It's because its body could not contain such an amount of power. I could overcome this if I added some Runes and used some elixirs to make its body stronger."
He started moving towards the shelter, where he met Kajal and other Shadow Creatures. Kajal looked at him suspiciously; she had heard the explosion just now and was confident Rishi was responsible for it. Rishi looked at her, staring at him. He looked around, not daring to make eye contact with her.
He started his preparations for the master plan he had set. He started using Shadow Energy to alter their looks. He then used 'Illusion Runes' in large numbers to achieve his desired effect. He also used other spells and Runes to conceal and alter their presence.
This much was not enough; to make it worse for the Beast, he would use Killing Intent on him to break him mentally. This was needed for him to focus on survival as his top priority. It will help him forget about his addiction to the 'Tree of Dreams.' Rishi was going to cut it.
In the meantime, Kajal succeeded in creating the 'Dream Potion' using its leaves as the main ingredient. He had also created good-quality Beast Food and taught Kajal everything about how to handle it. For it to succeed, he also created a large hideout where Kajal could bring that Beast.
After Beating the Beast, He was also going to inscribe his hybrid Rune on it. This Rune was something that worked very well if the user had Charm; Kajal had a Charm stat higher than it. While Rishi had to depend on Beasts to increase it, She was able to raise it due to her popularity. The charm statistic was a mystery. It could never be increased by using stat points like other stats.
He told Kajal about the plan one more time before they started to move towards the location of the Wyrm Beast. They concealed themselves before quietly approaching it.
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