Rex gained his 2nd mystic treasure with a living consciousness.
According to the red blob living consciousness that Berserker already started referring to as Baby Vamp, the Vampiric Armor was the personal armor that was previously used by the esteemed Sword Saint before his death.
In the great battle that led to his death, the armor suffered a lot of damage, leading to it dividing into 2 parts which became scattered in different locations with time.
Lord Asuka was only able to bury one before he buried his master.
As for the other main part of the armor, Lord Asuka gave up on it and left it as an inheritance for the potential candidate for the main inheritance.
Through his incredible powers as a Super mystic warrior, he was able to configure the armor in a way where its future wielder would automatically be connected to the main inheritance.
By becoming the new owner of the Vampiric Armor after centuries of it being ownerless showed Rex's fate and affinity with the Sword Saint.
It was after he got the Vampiric Armor that all the coincidences started happening which eventually culminated into him getting the main inheritance.
One important fact in all these was that at its peak, the Vampiric Armor that was used by Sword Saint Minato Musashi had a living consciousness.
The advantages of having a mystic weapon with a living consciousness were numerous. Like with a sword, as swordsmen were required to develop a closer affinity with their sword to make full use of it, a living consciousness helped.
It was only through a living consciousness that the greatest mystic warriors could make full use of their mystic weapons and now, Rex had 2 of these.
Over the past year, as he interacted more with Berserker, though the sword could be annoying at times, but they also grew to understand each other more.
His understanding with Berserker served as a great catalyst that pushed him into unlocking the mystic sword domain as easily as he did. Though Lord Asuka's teachings were essential, his affinity with Berserker also played a huge role in it.
By now, Rex already recovered from the shock of meeting the armor's living consciousness. He coughed and gestured at it. "Umm…, can you go in now?"
"Bum!" The red blob made a weird echoing sound before nodding cutely at its master, then the next moment it streaked towards the armor.
Rex felt his heart leaping into his throat as the red blob passed through him before finally disappearing back into the armor. Noticing this, Ben fought hard to hold back his laughter even as Berserker tsked in disdain.
Having observed more than enough, Berserker also returned to the sword. By now, it already recognized that its presence was no longer needed.
Rex still had some imminent things that he needed to attend to.
"So, what are you going to do now?" Ben finally asked after Rex calmed down. "Will you be returning to the Gundam Shelter?"
"I will, but not now, I have some things to take care of in the desert". Rex finally stood up as he looked at the massive forge that was before him.
At this moment, the greatest priority that lingered in his mind since returning from Planet Tioron was still rescuing the Blood Spartan Tribe from their bondage.
He had so many things to gain and nothing to lose if he succeeded in achieving this. With the Blood Spartan Tribe at his grasp, he would finally get the manpower that he needed to further a lot of his ambitions.
With the caliber of his enemies, he could not afford to slow down his progress. He was constantly under pressure to improve and get stronger.
Despite his burning desire to set the Blood Spartan Tribe free from their bondage immediately, Rex still had to bow down to circumstances and admit that he didn't have the means yet.
Rescuing the Blood Spartan Tribe was a huge endeavor.
Despite observing and checking around the full tomb already, he was unable to find a single clue that pointed to how he was supposed to rescue them.
After searching to no avail, he finally came to a conclusion. This was the last mission that Lord Asuka gave to him after his death, the mission of finding a way to bring the lost vampires back from Planet Tioron to Planet Earth.
Without even needing to think about it, Rex was pretty sure that his only chances of fulfilling this mission were hidden in the Great Shelters.
Compared to the Small Shelters where he grew up and where he still pried his trade as a mystic warrior, the Great Shelters were so much more technologically equipped and developed.
Currently, he had 2 great chances of having access to 2 of 7 Great Shelters that defended humanity from the mystic beasts in Ben and the 2 descendants of the Elden family that were currently working in the Berserk Gang.
Before even thinking of embarking on any of these expeditions though, Rex needed to be fully equipped, prepared, and stacked.
At this moment, he was nowhere prepared enough to embark on such an expedition. That was why he brought his attention to the present, his beasts.
Rex turned to face Ben. "When I came to the Great Desert, I was exposed to a great deal of danger far above my estimations".
"Alone, my chances of making it to the inheritance ground would have been literally zero, I survived only because of the assistance and sacrifice of my transformed beasts and transformed humanoid warrior".
"I lost 2 of them in the way, the last followed me close to the location of the tomb before I also lost it, in the end I came here alone".
"After going through so much together, I don't want to leave them behind".
"I want to rescue them before leaving the Great Desert".
Ben was quiet till Rex finished, then he finally asked. "Staying longer in the Great Desert is a great risk, what are the chances of them still being alive?"
Rex took a deep breath. "To be sincere, the chances are not high but I still want to try it, I want to at least look for them".
"I'll only give up when I'm 100% sure that something happened to them".
"Fine". Ben ruffled his hair like a ruffian. "If we are to do it, let's do it now, let's go".
As the 2 friends walked back up through the winding staircase that led into the tomb, Rex was no longer to keep his curiosity as he finally asked.
"Ben, what really happened to you? How did you change so much?"
"Your mode of speech and a lot of things contrasts the old Ben so much, at times, I find it hard to believe that this is you, I probably wouldn't have believed if I didn't know you so much".
"Hehe". Ben chuckled. "I guess having no choice to struggle pushes a mentality change in you. Besides, living over a year in an entirely new region filled with competition has a great tendency of changing the way you think".
"Don't look down on me Rex, I am no longer the same warrior that you know".
"I know". Rex laughed as they finally left the tomb.
Once they left the tomb, they threw all caution to the wind and went into the dangerous terrains of the desert in search of Rex's 3 companions.
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Deep inside the Great Desert, the Desert Queen's kingdom…
The massive Naga Queen rose up from her throne after a few days sleep as she was interrupted by something. After more than 2 months of inactivity, through one of her stranger mystic abilities, she finally detected a change in Ambition.
For 2 months, the Naga Queen kept Ambition alive as her subordinate as she used him to keep tabs over her love.
She did not assign any difficult tasks to the transformed humanoid warrior; Ambition's only purpose was to stay alive and stay within her observation range.
Since Ambition was not dead yet, it meant that Rex was still alive. This was her daily motivation that kept her going and to keep on waiting for the day when she could finally get her hands on him and get all the dose of love that she wanted.
Today though, she finally detected something different and was what woke her up, she felt a special bond form inside the transformed humanoid warrior.
This special bond was in the form of a bond link. Through her special ability, she was able to see the threads of fate that connected Ambition to a greater existence that was somewhere hidden in the desert.
On seeing this, the Naga Queen finally smiled. "My love!"
"You finally came out".
"Slaves, go out, bring my love to me!"
She did not waste any time before barking out new orders to her subordinates as hundreds of powerful mystic beasts left her kingdom to go hunt Rex again, she was already impatient to get him.
Her orders were not just to those in her kingdom, through her special abilities, other beasts that were weaker than her in the desert instinctively received the order as they also joined the quest of finding the lost love.
The Great Desert became busy again.
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For 2 months, a lone wolf and survivor strived in the Great Desert.
Against all the odds, Grey survived and escaped death, defeated it and overcame it, Grey's vitality proved powerful enough to prevail over death.
Grey's story over the past 2 months was one filled with suffering and tenacity; it was the story of a Dark Mist Spider that simply refused to give up.
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