Chapter 1002: The beginning of the defense task and the surprise.
Chapter 1002: The beginning of the defense task and the surprise.
The first seeds of the laws ripened in all four Anomalies almost simultaneously, with a small-time difference.
In the Ice Anomaly in the North, Lucinda easily fought off all those who tried to take the ring away from her.
When the huge Ice Tree cracked and the first seed of the law of ice matured, all the beasts and creatures from other worlds felt it.
The suppression of the Anomaly began to weaken.
The first brave souls, ignoring Lucinda, rushed to the Tree, or rather to its branch, where the first seed of the law ripened.
After receiving the Tree’s request for protection, Lucinda, having no System of her own, came to the same conclusion as Esma.
That with the maturation of the seeds of the law, the Tree would probably lose its protection.
This meant that now she needed to become the protector of the Tree and its seeds.
Lucinda rushed forward and blocked the path of the beasts. She understood that as soon as word spread that the Tree’s defenses had weakened, everyone would flock to it. Which means she needs to give it her all, without holding back.
“I hope it’s worth it and won’t take long,” with these words, Lucinda took on her Spirit of Light Form.
A bright flash shone at the bottom of the huge Ice Tree. When the light faded, the very embodiment of Light appeared in front of everyone.
In the Thunderstorm Anomaly, even before the seeds of the law had time to mature, Lina had already begun to act, inspiring fear with her strength and ruthlessness.
Her speed was incredible, enhanced by her own lightning element and the “unique system ability” {Ghost Stats}, which almost doubled her {Dexterity} stats.
She was relentless, fast, and deadly. Her sword showed no mercy and hacked at a distance like lightning.
By the time the first law seed matured, everyone was already afraid of this formidable Valkyrie.
However, there were brave souls who decided to get to these seeds. But Lina wasn’t going to let anyone touch them.
At stake was a reward from an amazing system that helped her realize herself. Acknowledge your ancestry. Thanks to this system, her “own” daughter, whom she considered dead, was able to be reborn and gain a new body. A system that helped establish a unique connection with him, with Nemo.
Lightning flashed, and a purple spark appeared in front of the next beasts. The beasts trembled in fear.
In the next instant, as a bright flash followed, they saw their severed bodies, blood splattered in the air, and purple lightning streaking into the distance.
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The Fire Anomaly
Ned, in the guise of Lumiar, did not waste time playing games. He was aware of the upcoming trial and mercilessly destroyed the creatures of darkness at the first opportunity.
With each new creature of Darkness that died, the survivors became enraged. Their minds screamed that they were not a match for this creature, but their very nature, their bloodline, seemed to push them towards Ned, trying to drown out his light.
It was good for Ned. He didn’t have to chase after them. They were walking towards him to meet their fate.
By the time the first seeds ripened, most of the creatures of Darkness had been destroyed.
“Flame Spirit Form” combined with the unique ability {Ghost Stat} Idan didn’t leave a single chance for the beasts to get the first seeds of the law.
The beasts were furious.
What they had been wanting and waiting for for so long was almost in their clutches, but suddenly this creature appeared, blocking their path. They hated Idan with all their being.
As for the other law seeds that hadn’t matured yet, they didn’t attract the attention of the beasts.
Their bestial nature suggested that only fully ripe seeds were useful to them, and immature seeds would not only be useless, but could also be dangerous due to their inferiority and instability.
Even a mature law seed posed a threat to them.
Eating such a seed was akin to playing the lottery.
But the desire to rise and become something incredible overshadowed all fears, and all the animals were ready to take the risk and face death in case of failure.
Screech, screech.
Idan, having blocked the path of another group of beasts, suddenly heard the familiar chirping of a bird behind him.
Turning around, he was surprised to find a familiar little charred figure furiously flapping its wings and leaving an ashen trail in its wake.
“So it’s been following me all this time?” thought Idan.
No one, not even he, noticed how the bird appeared behind him and was rapidly approaching the seed of law.
It was obvious that the bird was targeting the seed.
As it approached, its gray charred down began to smoke and burn, but the bird did not give up, ready to risk everything to reach its goal.
Idan raised his hand to stop the bird, but changed his mind at the last moment and lowered it.
He recalled the golden rank of the bird, its pitiful appearance, and how it managed to follow him to a place where not all-powerful beasts could go, and even dared to try to get what they couldn’t.
“The System’s assignment said that failure would be counted if one—third of the seeds were captured…” thought Idan with a smile.
He shook his head.
“Go ahead, take it…”
As if hearing the voice, the bird, which had almost lost hope, regained its strength and, having covered the remaining distance, found itself next to the seed.
Everyone watched it movement with bated breath.
Finally, the bird reached the target, opened its beak and, grabbing the seed, tore it out of the branch.
“Well done.”
Idan praised, and the beasts looked at him in disbelief.
There was bewilderment in their gazes.: “You’re bothering us, but why are you letting this bug get this?”
After receiving the seed, the bird lost its courage and, noticing the stares directed at it, among which there were predatory ones, it was scared to death.
In the midst of all this, it saw Idan and, without hesitation, rushed to him. The beasts, who were already ready to try to take the seed away from it, were at a loss as to why the bird was flying towards this man.
Upon reaching Idan, the bird dove under his uniform without asking and disappeared from sight.
Idan was confused.
Not only was he surprised by the bird’s behavior, but also by the fact that his own flame, which made up his body, did not harm it, but, on the contrary, healed it.
The bird, having settled comfortably in his stomach, began to absorb the seed of the law, at the same time flapping its big golden eyes and looking into Idan’s eyes.
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