Chapter 83: Chapter 83
The orc’s head was obliterated by Poldi’s whip. After the orc died, a large hole opened up on the ground and Zixin crawled out before transforming into his human form.
"You’re getting better and better in Earth Manipulation." praised Zixin as he picked up the wooden case from the ground and opened it. Inside, the nymph grasshopper slept in a curled up position. Zixin held the nymph grasshopper with one hand and inspected it. Information about this nymph popped up in his mind and when he read the information, a tremor ran through Zixin’s body. This nymph wasn’t ordinary but something beyond extraordinary.
Its name was the Chaos Grasshopper Nymph from the Chaos Domain. A Fantastic Rank/Gold Grade insect. This Chaos Grasshopper Nymph is a killing machine but currently not a threat. Whatever this nymph eats after its birth, it will evolve and grow to become a natural predator of that thing. The orc had planned to feed it a Mage corpse, meaning that after it ate the Mage Corpse, it would evolve into the natural predator of Mages, wiping them off the face of the earth in due time.
"Hahaha! Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic! Zbethr, I wonder how you’re gonna deal with this one when the time comes, hahaha!" hysterically laughed Zixin as he put the nymph in his Heart Space, his heart then began feeding the nymph the red energy that it was absorbing from Zixin’s body. It only swallowed a tiniest wisp of this red energy then underwent a transformation.
Its pitch black body changed colour into two parts, half green and half white. It also grew larger, about a meter long but remained in its curled up state. It would molt into its first form in about a year, the second molt would take ten years, the third molt would take a hundred years and so on and so forth.
After thirty minutes, the entire orc’s body was liquefied by Poldi’s venom and she was now drinking her food with her fangs. The tattoo patterns of the orc slowly faded away. By the time the orc corpse was nothing but empty skin, the tattoo patterns had completely disappeared. Zixin tore the upper body of the skin and turned it into a skirt to cover his private parts.
Back in the Goblin Village, a group of gold armoured knights had arrived. Their armour came with capes with singular words written on the capes. All the capes except for one had the ’Serve’ while the leading knight had the word ’Protect’ on his cape.
The knights exuded a fearsome some while the leading knight exuded an oppressive aura that was holy and noble.
The leading knight stood exactly where the sacrificial ritual had been performed, took out a sac filled with golden sand and sprinkled it in this tiny area. The sand didn’t fall on the ground but came together to create three figures, each holding something.
"A Goblin Shaman, a Vigor Orc and an Apprentice Dark Mage. The Goblin Shaman has a seed, the Orc has a nymph and the Apprentice has the drop of blood. Our priority is to find the Goblin Shaman and the Apprentice Dark Mage, the Vigor Orc will come to us on its own. Disperse!"
"SERVE!!!" shouted the knights before separating into two groups that went in different directions. Only the leading knight remained behind.
"Chaos Blood and Chaos Seed, I wonder which one is more dangerous." said the knight before he too disappeared.
The next morning, Zixin and Baby Poldi left the cave and randomly chose a path. Zixin wasn’t in a hurry to visit a human settlement but was more focussed on increasing his strength via Gu so he was now looking for a few more Gu to contract and increase his survival chances.
While travelling in the forest, a ripple was released from Zixin’s heart and spread through his entire body, paralyzing him from head to toe. Before he could understand what was going on, Zixin lost consciousness, his body quivering every now and then.
The mysterious energy that his heart had been constantly releasing to spread across his whole body from the day he had it had finally completed its first cycle. And with the cycle complete, the fruits of its labour also ripened and Zixin was now reaping the rewards.
Insect totems appeared all over Zixin’s skeleton, the process was extremely painful which was why Zixin’s body had involuntarily shut down as this amount of pain would kill him. After the bones had been successfully imprinted with totems, Zixin’s body started to release a smell unique to insects, not just that but antennae grew on his forehead.
When Zixin woke up, it was already nighttime but he could still see. He could now see at night and also see a spectrum of colours. Also, as his eyes became clearer, Zixin felt dizzy and would have puked if he’d eaten. Updates are released by 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵
"What happened to my eyes?!" exclaimed Zixin because his vision was now mosaic, very clear but still mosaic. Unable to handle the dizziness, Zixin closed his eyes, only then did he feel better. The crickets and other small critters made sounds that Zixin could actually understand. He tried mimicking the cricket sound and actually succeeded.
’What happened to me?! What heaven defying chances did I undergo?!’ he asked himself. For nearly an hour, Zixin sat in confusion, both hungry and thirsty.
"Baby Poldi, get me something to eat." commanded Zixin and Poldi left him to look for something to eat. While waiting, a mosquito landed on his shoulder and made buzzing noises.
"No I’m not your king and you can’t have my bloo...Wait a minute, I can understand what you’re saying! Am I going crazy or is this world becoming crazy!" exclaimed Zixin in madness. Never in his two lives did he think he’d one day understand insect speech without contracting with them as his Gu.
’Wait a minute, mosquitoes love water...so it should know of a water source and take me there.’
"I’m thirsty, lead me to a water source!" commanded Zixin and the mosquito flew away and Zixin followed it. When Baby Poldi came back with a bat, Zixin was nowhere to be seen but fortunately, the two of them shared a bond that they could use to locate each other and Poldi followed this bond.