Chapter 683: The Awakened's power [2/2]
Only due to her huge body it was fucking terrifying. After much effort Juno eventually managed to expel a something from her body.
Due to her massive body, it looked tiny. The object it fell in front of me. It was about four feet. Unfortunately, It was covered in all kinds of disgusting crap. Juno's greenish white puke and vomit drenched the object.
I grew surprised that the thing didn't break considering it fell from more than forty feet in the air. And while two of her Lizardkin caught it, they too were showered in the smelly fluids. The stench was horrible. Like a rat died and no one knew about it for a year.
Still, as Leo remained stoic, I couldn't complain. Otherwise, I would just seem like a fucking pussy. As I forced my body to not breath, I tried to talk to Juno to get my mind off the smell. But as the nasty looking fluids dripped off the object, I saw the glint of a soul crystal.
The malice began to radiate from the large gem. It was the same discomforting feeling I felt from my first night. My body practically screamed to get away from it. But before I could say anything, the smoke suddenly began to leave the crystal.
As if it was being sucked by a vacuum cleaner the black smoke, spun in the air and flew upward. I tried to see where it was headed only to find Juno's massive jaws open. Funnily enough only the smoke was being pulled upward. Otherwise even Leo and I would be in danger.
The malice harmlessly entered Juno's maw. Bit by bit the soul crystal cleared. Until eventually it turned white. When it did, the oppressive feeling around the area disappeared.
"Fuck. This is the Awakened's power. The ability to consume malice."
The realization sent chills up my spine. While my people and I planned to use Sacreds and Benevols to keep the malice at bay it was a band-aid solution. But having someone like Juno eat the malice off the crystal was a win for both sides. it was truly a game changer.
We would be able to ensure our reapers do not go crazy, and Juno would continue to grow stronger. Why has no one ever found out about this? If they have, wouldn't someone come up with the genius idea of keeping a few monsters on hand to eat the malice?
As my mind raced across the possibilities I cycled through my other avatars. And sure enough, all of them saw the same thing. My party grew surprised as the soul crystals were cleansed. It wasn't just me who saw the implications of the Awakened.
With them by our side, we could control as much land as possible and not have to worry about Malice. The links of my girls all grew hot from excitement as they similarly came to same conclusion.
'Beloved. This is amazing. Just knowing this truth makes reclaiming my homeland all the more possible!'
'HUSBAND! If we can assign a single Awakened per crystal, we would be able to ensure none of the zones would ever fall! This information would be able to turn the tide of the entire war!'
'Did you aim for this from the start, Dearest? I remember Bella theorizing it. But at the time I believed such a simple answer couldn't be real. To think that monsters were the key to keeping malice at bay. If they can do the same for reapers, we would have no need for even benevols!'
True enough, among us, the first one to foresee this situation was Bella. Even as far back as our first encounter with Roach she probably already theorized that it was possible.
"Why? What does that black smoke do?"
{I eat. I grow. I evolve.}
'Honey, I am sure you noticed that fundamentally, barring its appearance, the Alpha functions like a reaper.'
'Yeah, I did notice that. But then so what?'
'Think about it Honey. What happens to the malice that are absorbed by the soul crystals?'
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'They are sent to the Revenant who controls them.'
'Correct. But we already know that this is actually harmful to the Revenants. But what If rather than send it to the Revenant we have the Alpha eat it instead?'
I actually forgot about all that crap. I truly wanted Juno simply as a meat shield. And here I was with an unintended side benefit. While my mind continued to think about what to do next, I then sense a carpet of malice fouling up the air.
Looking up, I saw a black sphere in front of Juno's face. The black orb was whirling at an insane speed. I didn't know where the object came from but just from the surroundings, I knew that it was a large collection of malice.
Suddenly multiple long tubes emerged from the cluster of malice. The vine like tendrils descended and began stabbing the Lizardkin seemingly at random. As if getting blood transfusions, malice was pumped into the Rank D's.
'What the fuck is going on? Was this how the monsters evolved?'
The lizardkin who gained the malice suddenly began to emit dark smoke that began to coil around their bodies like a cocoon. Seemingly evolving, the Lizardkin all kneeled to the ground and closed their eyes.
Soon the dark colored cocoons completely closed and hardened. This process continued on for a few more minutes till the ball of malice in front of Juno completely melted. About forty of the Lizardkin were now in cocoons.
"Uhh, Juno?"
[Please remain silent Limitless. This is a critical time.]
Hearing the seriousness on her words I remained quiet and sent a transmission to Leo.
[Leo, you have any idea what is going on?]
[No.]
As always taking to this bastard was of no help. He was chatty only when his wife was around. I then cycled through the rest of my avatars. Only two teams performed the malice ritual. Mine and Pixie's.
The Lizardkin of the other five groups all began moving to a different zone. All without asking for my opinion. As I was with each group, I didn't make a fuss and escorted them along with my party.
I had the avatar with Pixie look around.
[Pixie, how many cocoons are forming?]
[Uhm… I count thirty, my lord. One of them is rapidly growing in size. It is almost as a big as a bus now. See over there?]
I commandeered one of the switchblades and had it observed the one Pixie was pointing towards from above. It was massive. It was growing like a balloon being filled with water. However, from the material it didn't seem like it was going to burst any time soon.
Suddenly I heard the cries of soft roars fill my ears. Cycling through the avatars I returned to Sunday who was the one with Leo. I looked around and saw some of the black cocoons began exploding.
"Rrrrroooaaar!" "Rrrrroooaaar!" "Rrrrroooaaar!"
Each one that exploded revealed half a dozen of mini Lizardkin. And much like babies they all began to rapidly grow after they left their broken cocoons. Of the forty that were created all of them hatched into mini Lizardkin.
Just like that, our army suddenly now was reinforced by 240 new Awakened. I was about to congratulate Juno when I heard her mournful voice.
{Once again, all we have are still births.}
"Huh? Still births? But there are 240 of them alive?"
{Limitless, we do not consider the Lizardkin as our kin. They are more like dogs. The orb earlier was the last of the seed Roach had given me. I tried to create life from it. If it had succeeded an egg that held my child would have been created.}
I see. No wonder Roach and Juno had no affection for the normal Lizardkin. They were reminders of their inability to create new life. This must be what Exa translated as by beings born from Roach's masturbation.
"I see. I am sorry for your loss. But I see one of the cocoons increasing in size. It is from the group with Pixie."
{Really! That is great! Limitless. Would it be alright to try and gather more of the black smoke? This is the first time my brood can cover such a large space without casualties to the vampires. Having you with us really helps.}
"I do not see the harm in doing so. Please do, my party and I will assist you."