Thankfully, the day that the students' re-ranking tournament ended on a Thursday so that the students had the weekend to rest.
However, Kain didn't get to relax after entering the Enchanted Spring. He was summoned to a meeting with Professor Gregory Lume, one of the newer Assistant Professors at Dark Moon College, in his office. Although he wasn't responsible for any planner courses that Kain would be taking this term.
However, despite not having any classes with him, Kain was called upon because he happened to be assigned the duty of acting as an authenticator for Kain's Lumifin evolution patent by the NEPA—the National Evolutionary Planners' Association. The governing body for all official planners in the Empire.
They are responsible for managing patents, enforcing patent rights, investigating instances of Evolutionary Planner misconduct, and more.
As Kain walked through the empty halls of the college, he couldn't help but feel a wave of anxiety wash over him as he approached Professor Lume's office. Authenticators usually just test the evolutionary plan for themselves and visit the researcher in their place of work to look at their own experimental results in person. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
They don't usually request for the researcher being evaluated to meet with them beyond these instances in different locations.
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He knocked lightly on the door, and a voice called out, "Come in!"
Kain opened the door to find a tidy office filled with bookshelves crammed with volumes on evolutionary theory and spiritual creature studies. The room was well-lit, with sunlight filtering through the window, casting a warm glow over the polished wooden desk where Professor Lume sat. He was a man who appeared to be in his early thirties.
He had a stern and rigid appearance, but it was softened by the slight smile at the corner of his mouth.
"Ah, Kain! I'm glad you could make it," Professor Lume said, motioning for Kain to take a seat. "I know you've been quite busy lately—the first re-ranking for you first years was recently finished, wasn't it? I appreciate you taking the time to meet with me."
Professor Lume cleared his throat, shuffling some papers before focusing his attention on Kain. "First, I'd like to congratulate you on your Lumifin evolution patent. Your findings are quite remarkable, and they've garnered significant interest from those within NEPA.
Those within the more organization that like to take a more mathematic approach to their evolutionary plans were especially thrilled by your paper. To think that the sequence of numbers you identified can be seen within nature in so many ways. Just how does your mind work?"
"Although technically the process of your authentication is still supposed to be ongoing, but between you and me I can assure you that it's already been accepted. Your results have been independently verified several times, not to mention it has tremendous research value in that it opened the minds of several researchers to exploring what unusual factors may be impacting evolution."
"By the end of this week, it should be made official and there will be a public announcement detailing some of the details of the newly discovered evolutionary form to stimulate interest. Of course, though, the specific details and skill information will only be available with the purchase of your plan." Experience more tales at freewebnovel
'Sweet! The beer business is a constant money pit, I could use a new influx of cash.'
Once the patent is approved, Kain would be entitled to 70% of the income produced from that pattern, while the remaining 30% went to the NEPA.
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Considering that Kain did all of the work on his own, one would think that he should be entitled to even more than 70% of the income. However, the 30% NEPA uses is to fund their activities as the ones responsible for enforcing the patent such as cracking down on people attempting to re-sell the plan for a profit and charging them huge penalties.
Kain felt a burst of pride at the notification that he'd succeeded, and his previous nervousness began to disappear "Thank you, if you don't mind my asking, why was I called here then?"
Professor Lume cleared his throat and leaned forward. "In light of your achievements and the unique gift you possess for identifying unique conditions for evolutionary forms, the school has decided to reward you with your own personal laboratory."
Kain couldn't help but flinch at the mention of his "gift." Apparently the college had noticed the large influx of people attempting to contact him for his services as a planner specializing in unusual cases. But once, he fully processed what was said, Kain's eyes widened in disbelief. "A lab? For me?"
"Yes," Professor Lume confirmed, a proud look on his face. "The school would like to invest in your clear potential as a planner. You will receive a set amount of research funds, equipment, and staff support to aid you in your studies. The funding can increase based on your research outcomes. This level of support has never been granted to a first-year student before."
Kain's heart raced as the implications of the offer sank in. "But… what if I don't meet expectations?"
"Every researcher faces challenges," Professor Lume said kindly. "But you've already shown extraordinary talent. The last student that could be considered a genius close to your level raised by our planning department, now Professor Virell, discovered a new evolutionary form in his third year and was awarded his own lab after completing his third year.
He then went on to find another form in his fourth year and made several more contributions to the field since. You, however, have shown remarkable results in your first year, which is why we believe you deserve this opportunity."
The weight of the professor's words settled on Kain, but it was a welcome pressure. "Thank you," he finally said, feeling a rush of gratitude. "This means a lot to me."
'Especially since future experiments outside of the System won't need to occur in a makeshift pond or rickety old shack.'
"Good," Professor Lume said, a satisfied smile on his face. "I'll arrange for the necessary paperwork and details about the lab to be sent to you shortly. If you have any questions or need guidance, don't hesitate to reach out."
As the meeting concluded, Kain felt a whirlwind of emotions—some pressure, but mostly excitement.
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The next day, Kain was called upon again by Professor Lume, but this time to give him a tour of his new lab provided by the school, which the school didn't know is actually his second lab.
He brought him to a metal sliding door with a scanner and key pad next to it. He instructed Kain to scan his student ID, and then coached him through the process of setting up a pin that only he'd know.
"Once this is all set up, you can add access to your lab for others as well so that they can enter using their IDs and the pin. I know it's a bit of a hassle, but this two-step security measure is necessary to protect the research results of those affiliated with the college—I'm sure you understand. What if a rival tries to steal your results?
In fact, some of the more secret labs at the college require to clear several security checks before being granted entry."
Once Kain set up the code, the thick metal door slid to the side to allow them entry.
Although smaller than the space in the System's Laboratory, it was a decent size—around 1000 square feet. Interestingly, a third of the room was isolated by a thick glass that only allowed one point of entry. It also had several pieces of machinery—although nothing even close to being as advanced as what was provided by the System.
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"Every researcher's lab will be slightly different depending on their individual needs," Professor Lume said. "Equipment you can apply for is in the package I had delivered to your dorm room this morning. However, for not the most basic equipment has been provided."
Kain followed him over to a corner of the room, and he gestured to several machines lined up in a row.
"These machines are basic must have for any planner. They will give you a precise reading of the levels of spiritual power and elemental energy in a certain material. Similarly, this one is used to read the spiritual power of a creature."
"And I'm sure you noticed the observation area set up. Typically, it is used to house spiritual creatures you are currently working with, which is why the wall separating you from it is completely glass—so that you can observe. The glass is a new and improved product capable of withstanding the blows of spiritual creatures at and below green grade.
Not to mention that the observation area is tightly sealed. Nothing will be able to escape once it enters. In fact, the observation area even operates on its own air filtration system so that spiritual creatures that produce poisonous gases won't be able to affect the entire lab.
"Currently, your authorization level only allows you a lab of this size, but after a few more achievements you should be able to apply for a much larger one. Professor Virell has an entire building on the outskirts of the campus built as his personal laboratory."
Kain's mind began to wander with fantasies of his own high-tech research building with his name stamped on the front.
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"Ha ha ha! Of course, you are an extremely long way from being anywhere close to that level," Lume quickly put Kain's fantasies to a grinding halt. "But it's a good goal to look forward to."
After the brief tour, Kain then returned back to his dorm. There was something he had been putting off due to how time-consuming it may be and with having to continuously complete evolutionary planner requests to fund his new business, and prepare for the re-ranking, he hadn't yet had time to complete—breaking through to 3-stars.
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It took a couple of days for him to break through to being a 2-star beast-tamer. Becoming a 3-star beast-tamer can take anywhere from a single day, to a week. Therefore, although it was still early on a Saturday, Kain still requested for a leave of absence for the next week of classes as well.
The timing couldn't work out better because, since many students with gifts often need to miss classes the first couple of days of classes after entering the Enchanted Spring to get their abilities under control, no crucial topics were lectured on and notes for those lectures were made available to students.
However, this period of leniency was only granted during this time, and afterwards attendance, unless approved by the professor, is mandatory.
Kain returned to his dorm room to begin the process of forming his third star.
Due to the much more powerful spiritual power compared to when forming his second star, Kain could already tell that it'd be an extremely arduous process.
However, it was a step that all beast-tamers needed to go through unless content with remaining at their current level. Or unless they were to scared to attempt continuing to advance—after all the price of failing to breakthrough at each level increases exponentially.
While breaking through to the third level is very low risk for Kain due to him having the feedback of two talents spiritual creatures who were already a level above him, if he were to fail the prices would most likely be severe, but temporary, damage to his soul and mental strength.
However, should he fail when forming the fourth star, it'd likely result in permanent damage to mental strength and the soul—a consequence of which is a reduced lifespan. The amount of lifespan lost when failing also continues to increase from the fourth to sixth stars.
However, when attempting to become a high-level beast-tamer with seven or more stars, the only result for failure would be an immediate painful death due to severe damage at a soul level.
As time went on, Kain's previously nonchalant attitude became increasingly more solemn.
Kain was expecting it to be harder to control the spiritual power and form a stable star, however the spiritual was much more difficult to control than he'd anticipated. Not to mention there was an unfamiliar resistance when he tried to move the spiritual power as it seemed to be sucked somewhere else.
'Something is very wrong…'
Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!Kain could tell that some of his spiritual power that was supposed to be used to form the third star was being sucked to a fourth location. Therefore, the already great resistance he felt while forming the star was now double what it should be.
However, gathering all of the spiritual power, now a reddish-orange leaning more heavily towards orange, to form a stable star was necessary to advance.
Kain tried to form the star closer toward the opposing force, but it seemed as though it was persistent in maintaining an equal distance from all of Kain's current and future stars.
Therefore, Kain could only continue through the extremely stressful situation.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity, Kain managed to loosely gather all of his spiritual power to one location that he could then begin trying to form into his third star.
However, within the expanse of the area of the space now devoid of spiritual power, Kain saw a faint flicker.
'What is that? Am I just so tired from all of this stress that I'm seeing things?'
He decided to ignore it for now and focus on the more important task at hand.
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Time continued to go on and on for what felt like an eternity. However, what was even more burdensome than controlling the spiritual power against an opposing force, was the mental anguish at not knowing how much time had passed or how much longer it'd take before this dreadful process was over.
To avoid going mad with boredom, Kain would also divert some of his attention when he took a break to the flicker of light in the distance, which was continuously increasing and decreasing in size.
He eventually figured out that when he was on the correct path of forming a stable star, and there was less escaping spiritual power from the region he collected it into, the light would grow larger. However, he wasn't able to get it just right.
Finally, after what felt like an eternity, Kain was able to get a form he thought was stable. However, when the light in the distance reached its greatest size yet, the gravitation pull destabilized all of his hard work, and the extremely compressed spiritual power started to fluctuate as though a severe explosion was imminent.
It took all of his concentration to get it under control and prevent a disastrous outcome.
However, he was still left with the upsetting realization that once he was close to accomplishing his task an external force would interfere in the star's formation.
'What the hell is going on?!'
Kain felt a wave of frustration wash over him, but he quickly pushed it aside. He couldn't afford to let anger or despair cloud his judgment now. He needed clarity.
He was exhausted and stopped trying to condense the star into a stable form. Instead, he just kept all of the spiritual power loosely gathered into a certain area. However, despite no longer trying to condense the star, Kain noticed that the flickering lights, while much dimmer than when condensing the star, were still in existence.
Kain decided to change his plan. The third star wasn't meant to be forced into existence amidst this chaos; it needed to wait until after the completion of whatever that light was first. The creation of the star could come afterward, once there was no longer such a strong interfering force present.
Kain focused on maintaining the absence of spiritual power from where the light was instead of on condensing it. It took slightly less energy, and being able to focus on the single task ensured that less spiritual power accidentally escaped from where he'd collected it.
Finally, the light began to grow and stabilize into a coherent circular shape. He could feel the tension easing and the gravitational pull no longer felt hostile. Rather, Kain felt a warm connection to whatever was about to emerge.
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Once the light completely faded, Kain could see the identity of whatever was forming. It looked like a beautiful small mostly blue marble full of green and white swirls.
'Earth?'
Kain examined it even more closely and couldn't disregard the striking resemblance it had with his original Earth. However, rather than the many separate continents he was familiar with, it more closely resembled the Ancient Earth with only one Pangea supercontinent.
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'Perhaps…is this related to my gift? Is that what the name Traveller's Souvenir meant? Is this like a souvenir from Earth? Like a little souvenir model of Earth instead of a model of the Eiffel Tower?' Kain had been puzzling over what the name given to his gift by the System could possibly mean, but he hadn't expected for the elusive gift to make an appearance at this point in time.
However, now wasn't the time to examine it further, he was in the middle of a breakthrough.
Fortunately, perhaps the previous resistance had a tempering effect, but Kain found it extremely easy to form his third star.
Now, his space had 3 stars with orange-grade spiritual power, and an object that resembles Earth, that absolutely no spiritual power could be sensed from.
Exhausted, but still curious about the strange new addition, Kain didn't immediately exit the star space, and instead examined the strange planet. However, no matter how much he tried, he could not figure what its purpose was. Or if it'd be a good or bad thing for him.
Unable to obtain any more information, Kain's consciousness returned to his bedroom and he immediately collapsed on the bed in exhaustion.
He had no idea how long he'd been in the space, but judging by how starved he felt, and the smell of his body, he was willing to guess that several days had passed.
Beast-tamers can go progressively longer without food and water with each star they condense. So for him to be so starved, it must have been several days. The date on the phone next to his bed also confirmed that 4 days had passed.
He quickly just grabbed a filling but tasteless ration from his space ring, and fell asleep without even bothering to shower.
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Kain woke up after another 2 days straight of sleeping. Therefore, he had fully missed an entire week of events that he needed to catch up on, from the school to the business to his work as an Evolutionary Planner.
Groggily, Kain went for a shower and then cleaned up the now filthy sheets. He could see hundreds of unread messages on his phone. However, he wasn't yet awake enough to go through the overwhelming number of messages. Hopefully, there was nothing too important…
Kain went down to the first floor of the top 5 residence, and thankfully breakfast was still being served.
He filled up 3 large plates packed with hills of food and then proceeded to stuff his face with food.
Kain could occasionally see some of the catering staff refilling the food pointing at him and whispering. Even a couple of the upper-year students were staring at him in curiosity.
'What?! Has nobody ever seen someone be hungry after a breakthrough before?'
Finally, Kairos came down from upstairs and, after filling up a plate of food, sat across from Kain.
However, Kain couldn't ignore the fact that like the others, Kairos had his gaze fixated on Kain and wasn't even eating the food he'd brought.
"What?! Why are you all staring?" Kain said while taking a large bite of a sausage. Maybe his table manners weren't currently at their best, but it's not like the school cafeterias are some uppity high-end restaurant. Several of his seniors often come down to eat still in their pajamas. He was fed up with all of the stares. Can't he eat in peace?
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"Ahem! Sorry…I think we're all just surprised by seeing the so-called Evolutionary Planner genius being constantly talked about online and on tv in person."
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Kain couldn't help dropping his constantly moving fork in surprise.
"I'm sorry, what?"
"You know… everything that their saying would make anyone can't help but stare at you…" Kairos pulled out his phone and began to read out loud, "'The youngest person to ever develop a new evolutionary form!' 'A genius of the empire!' 'A first-year given a lab at a top 5 college.
Will he reach Assistant Professor status before he graduates?' Those are titles filling pretty much every site since yesterday. You really didn't know?"
'Ah! Looks like they announced the new evolution for the Lumifin!'
"No…I was breaking through to 3-stars and just woke up. I had no idea that they made the announcement already." Kain shrugged nonchalantly before going back to eating. Now with his curiosity satiated he was a lot less bothered by the stares.
Kairos still hadn't put his phone down and was continuing to scroll through his new feed. "'The secret behind the empire's latest genius'…Hey! Is this true? Did you already have a gift before the re-ranking that allows you to find new evolutionary forms?"
'Huh, no? Why the heck is that in the news?'
Likely seeing the confusion on Kain's face, Kairos continued. "According to this article, apparently you already had a reputation for helping to solve difficult evolutions. Several of your previous clients have even given interviews. Such as the Ashenclaw family, the Darkstar family, the Blueblood family…Hey! Do you only help nobles or something? How much do you charge?
Oh wait, nevermind! 'How much does the first-year newly talked about genius Kain Newman charge per consultation.'" Kairos continued to read out loud.
"What the hell?! Is there no privacy?" Kain yelled out loud.
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He pulled out his own phone and began to scroll through what other articles were saying.
His school, his status as a double-major, his supposed gift, his known contracts, and even the orphanage had all been aired out for everyone one in the empire to see.
'What the hell is this… it's only been one to two days, hasn't it? How do they even have all of this information? Why isn't the college doing anything? They shouldn't want the details of my contracts exposed either before the National Competition.'
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Kain finally pulled out his phone to go through all of the messages he'd been putting aside.
He started with the messages from Barret and Collin about the business. Thankfully, everything was coming along smoothly.
In fact, they were even asking if they could use Kain's newfound fame to advertise the beer. Kain put off answering for now. He didn't originally plan to have his name and image tied with the company and would have preferred to be a silent investor. That way his personal image and that of the company would be independent from one another.
Now that he was in the public eye, if public opinion of him flips one day it could affect the business. He needed to think long and hard about it…
Then Kain saw the messages from a sudden influx of new clients wanting to connect with Kain as an evolutionary planner. Clearly whatever price was being quoted in those articles hadn't scared them away.
Then there were the messages from old and current classmates and acquaintances wanting to reconnect or asking questions. Strangely, it was the messages from Bridge and the others he was actually close with that were much less prying and pushy.
'Is this what overnight fame is like? I don't even remember the names of half of these people…did I go to elementary school with a Jared? How the heck did he even get my number…'
However, it was the messages from the orphanage that worried Kain the most. They congratulated Kain on his accomplishments, but Kain could read between the lines in the messages sent from the director and the older children that the newfound attention to the orphanage was stressful.
'This can't go on much longer…' Kain quickly sent a message to Professor Lume, the only one he had the direct contact information for within the faculty that may be able to help him. Maybe with some prompting, Kain could get the school to get everything under control.
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Sorry. Can't help you." Professor Lume said.
"Huh? Why not? The college should have enough power and influence to remove all of these articles."
"It does…but it won't. You do realize that there hasn't been a young planner as anticipated as you. There are new beast-tamer geniuses every year that appear at the national competition. However, you and your gift are one of a kind. The more publicity there is about you, the better the school looks. I've heard the last couple days the Chancellor has been holding gatherings to play Warlords."
Warlords is an ancient strategy game comparable to Go and chess back on Earth. It's not that popular among the younger generation, but it is a common pastime for elderly nobles.
"From what I heard he's even invited the Chancellors of the other four major colleges, likely to rub it in that he has something that they do not—or someone. Of course, none of them have come. However, everyone among the higher-level staff from what I've heard has been able to tell that his mood has been great lately…"
'Seriously?! That's why the school hasn't taken down all of these articles?!'
"Sigh…well I'm afraid that he'll have to be disappointed then." Kain began while feigning a sad expression.
"What?"
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"Well, all of this attention to me and my family has made me very uncomfortable…I'm not sure I'm in the correct frame of mind to continue with research. I am a really shy person you know, so all of this attention has made me so uneasy for my and my family's safety that I'm thinking about just retiring from research altogether."
Kain exited Professor Lume's office while trying to conceal his smug smile after he'd received his confirmation that the college would more closely moderate the types of articles that could be published.
And the college truly did work quickly. Within a couple hours, all reports about the orphanage and Kain's contract were pulled. However, it didn't seem like the college could pull all of the articles related to Kain—or maybe they just didn't want to.
There were still many annoying gossipy articles about his work as a planner, his discovery of the evolutionary form, his school-life, and even his supposed dating-life (?).
'Who the heck is she? Since when do I have a single ex, much less 5?!' Kain thought while staring at a tabloid article with the pictures of 5 attractive women that he'd never seen before in his life but had supposedly been romantically linked to him in the past.
However, it was much better than the uncontrolled media attention of before.
Just to make sure, Kain called the director and Milo to further confirm that any reporters sniffing around their home were now gone.
On the Brightside though, Kain had been notified of the amount of copies of the evolutionary plan that had been purchased so far, and the value of the first settlement of money he could expect to receive in a few days. The amount was several times the amount of money Collin had quoted him for starting the business.
Therefore, Kain could now take a break from crazily completing clients and instead focus on some of his more personal pursuits.
However, his desire to cut back on the amount of clients he took seemed to have only increased people's desire to work with him, and suddenly Kain was reading a new news article with an interview from a noble in the southern region who quoted a ridiculous price in order to convince Kain take their case.
'Ahem…maybe I can take on a couple more cases before school starts on Monday. What is the name of this person? Let's see if they've sent me a message…'
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Thankfully, within a few days, most people had moved onto gossiping about another topic and interest in Kain was no longer so high.
Kain visited the newly built factory that, with the help of spiritual creatures did not take nearly as long to build as it would have on Earth.
With the help of Eve, the crops needed were also fully matured and the first batch of beer to be shipped out went into production.
With Kain's increased income from the patent, he also agreed to Collins idea of hiring a big-name marketing firm for the company. Once the first batch launches, complimentary samples have already been arranged to be delivered to celebrities and individuals with influence.
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Although the knowledge about microorganisms in this world is clearly not widespread, it doesn't mean that someone won't try to mix the beer that they produce into their own batch to produce their own spiritual beverages.
Since the Aetherbrew Yeast doesn't have any special growth conditions and only needs a beverage with spiritual power, a small sample of the yeast can continue to divide and produce descendants that aren't controlled by Kain, but by a competitor.
To combat this, Kain was reminded of one of the frowned-upon business practices of biotechnology companies back on Earth—Terminator genes.
While usually used in plants to prevent people from regrowing their patented seeds, Kain didn't see why such genes couldn't be used on the yeast Aby as well?
The very universe seemed to be pushing him in this direction too, since one of the latest pieces of lab equipment given to him by the System allowed him to extract the genes of one spiritual creature and put it into another. Therefore, all Kain needed to do was find a spiritual creature with the trait that met his needs.
In addition to his hectic schedule while preparing for the re-ranking, Kain had also been using his free time to do research on such a creature, and he finally found it.
The Spirit Moth is a spiritual creature that upon hatching imprints on the first item that it consumes, typically a spiritual plant since it is an herbivore.
When it reaches adulthood and it's time to reproduce, it must once again consume the same item before an egg can be laid. It is believed that it is due to the first item being consumed being associated with a feeling of safety, a feeling that they need before reproducing.
With this gene, Kain could completely control not only the Aetherbrew Yeast's future descendants, but also control what material would be used to unlock the ability to reproduce.
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The moment Kain had first received the piece of laboratory equipment, he'd had this idea.
After reading about the Spirit Moth, he had issued his own mission on the school mission board and offered credits for its capture as a Silver Mission.
Although it was very rare and difficult to locate due to the preferred food source changing from generation to generation from imprinting, It was only an orange-grade spiritual creature and not particularly powerful, therefore with enough time and financial incentive, a student finally completed the task.
The live captured moth was just in the Mission Hall, waiting for Kain to receive it.
He approached the single-use capture container, a sleek cylinder about the size of a soda can, shimmering with faint sigils that pulsed gently in the dim light. Inside, the Spirit Moth flitted gracefully, its delicate wings shimmering with iridescent colours that danced like sunlight on water.
The containers are similar to space rings and allow for the transportation of large spiritual creatures in a relatively small container.
However, additional materials needed for the spiritual creature to survive need to be added to the container, which is why the containers are not as compact as space rings, and also why after being used once they will become useless trash without spending a lot of time and money to restore the sigils and materials within.
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Considering the better soundproofing and the difficulty of breaking through the door compared to his dorm room, Kain had taken to doing any more secretive work, like interacting with System, within his private lab on campus.
To bring a spiritual creature into the laboratory, Kain needed to make physical contact with the moth. He went into the observation area of the laboratory to prevent the moth from escaping. He opened the container and as it was released, it suddenly expanded to its true size of half Kain's height.
In order to bring a spiritual creature into the System, it must not be hostile to him and must be equal to or lower than Kain's own spiritual power.
In order to decrease its hostility to him, Kain took out some of his spiritual honey. The student that captured it had reported that it'd found it within a meadow with many Cloud Flowers, therefore Kain assumed that that was either its preferred source of food, or the item it had imprinted on.
Thankfully, Kain had some spiritual honey made specifically from the Cloud Flowers, a red-grade flower that happened to be among those Kain had growing in his own personal field.
Once Kain took out the honey, the Spirit Moth hesitantly flew towards Kain him and after its guard was lowered while eating the honey, Kain touched it on its head.
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Kain felt a rush of excitement. The machinery hummed softly after he inserted the moth into the necessary compartment, its intricate dials and glowing sigils waiting for his command. He had been wanting to test out the machine for weeks, but wanted to wait until he needed it in case the cost for each use is high and he ends up using up his one free attempt pointlessly as he did with the Simulator.
Kain activated the control screen, its interface lighting up with a series of prompts. He selected the option to extract genetic material, and as the machine whirred to life, he could feel the anticipation build.
The screen flashed, and Kain's heart raced as he saw a list of extractable traits, including the one he wanted. He removed the moth and allowed it to return to the observation room outside of the System—he still had plans for it, which is why he did not just kill it for its genes.
He then added a vial of the Aetherbrew Yeast, before selecting his desired gene extracted form the moth from the list on the panel and clicking the option to add genetic material.
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As the machine calibrated, the adjustable mechanical arms extended, ready to begin the intricate procedure. The tubes of the machine pulsated with energy as it prepared to intertwine the moth's genetic essence with the yeast.
As the machinery hummed and the chamber filled with light, Kain waited for the results. Finally, after several minutes the machine stopped working and the profile of Aby appeared on the screen.
Because it was essentially more similar to adding a mutation and not evolution, there was no change to its skills.
However, there was an additional note within the profile about the genetic modification.
"'The Aetherbrew Yeast will be prevented from dividing in the absence of the spiritual material it first consumes after the genetic modification'…Excellent!" Kain had already thought long and hard about exactly what material he wanted to use to control Aby—Queen's royal jelly produced by the Essence of Life.
All the other ingredients within the beer recipe would be readily available to competitors. And even if Kian were to use a spiritual plant that can fulfill the role, traces of the plant could still be detected and found by competitors.
Obtaining a plant rare enough to not be found by competitors also has the added issue of not being large enough in quantity since Kian would likely only be able to find one of them. Additionally, there's the issue of how any additions will affect the flavor…
However, the Essence of Life is something that only Kain has access to, and even a 9-star beast-tamer or top Evolutionary Planner wouldn't be able to recreate it.
Secondly, Kain has a replenishable as the Vespirae continue to make more and not much is needed for Queen's evolution anyways. Therefore, Kain has quite a large stock he'd just been keeping in the case of emergencies.
The final benefit is that while not a lot of jelly needs to be added to each batch, even after being diluted and likely not being able to heal serious injuries, the jelly should enhance the beneficial properties of the beer by quite a bit.
Now all that was left was to assess the exact benefits it'd have to the beer and how the jelly might affect the taste…
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With the Aetherbrew Yeast now genetically modified, Kain decided to split the vial of modified yeast he had into 2. Half was put into container of royal jelly and given to Barret to test the effect on the beer. After a week of waiting, they finally tested the finished product, and confirmed that not only did the royal jelly improve the taste but also the amount of spiritual power in the beer.
It even had an added bonus of slightly restoring mental strength.
"Make sure to mention all of the benefits to the marketing firm!" Kain instructed Collin before leaving the factory filled with workers transporting boxes full of beer bottles for their first shipment.
He spent most of his time not cultivating or running the business, within the laboratory on campus to begin some of the preparatory work for the other experiments that he had planned for the future
The moth had already been moved to his spiritual plant fields off campus. Spirit Moths, true to their name can increase the spiritual power slightly of spiritual plants they land near. This results in a slightly faster maturation time and better plant quality than average.
Therefore, the observation area was currently empty and ready to welcome new spiritual creatures.
However, before he could start working on his new research direction, he first had to complete some of his backed-up Evolutionary Planner requests. All of these requests were actually quite far from Dark Moon which was why they'd been delayed until now, but they all were also offering to pay him a ton of GP to make the trip more than worth his while.
Darkstar City was a city in Eastern region located pretty far from Dark Moon, closer to the border of the Southern region and would take about a day by train to arrive.
It was a fairly large city within the Eastern region and due to its proximity to the Southern region had architectural elements of both regions.
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The client Kain was helping this time was an intriguing case similar to Yara the Glimmering Salamander, Kain's first client as a planner.
It was another case of a spiritual creature having a mutation preventing it from evolving normally. This time the client had an Aurora Silkworm, a spiritual creature with many evolutionary forms depending on what it is fed over a prolonged period of time, that was still not showing any indication of being ready to evolve after over a year of eating the required materials.
Certain species must be primed for a long period of time using a certain diet in order to successfully evolve. When they are ready to evolve, a certain change will be observable.
For example, when the silkworm was fully saturated with a certain element, it will begin to form a silkworm cocoon around itself and the required evolutionary materials.
Using the System, Kain managed to determine that the silkworm's current evolutionary path based on the materials it was fed was not suitable for it. The mutation dictated that the resulting evolutionary form must be of the wind-attribute.
Therefore, the fire-attribute materials its contractor was feeding it to result in the desired fire-attribute evolution, would never result in an evolution and were actually slowly harming its health.
Thankfully, the client wasn't difficult, and after the issue was clarified they didn't require Kain to remain in the city to oversee every aspect of the silkworm's diet and future evolution.
"That was a lot easier than I expected…" Kain muttered happily while looking at the large deposit just added to his bank account.
He was currently sitting down and eating lunch at a restaurant within Darkstar City since he'd managed to finish the mission before lunchtime was even over.
Kain dug into his steaming bowl of noodles, the background noise due to hushed conversations conversation and the clinking of cutlery created a cozy atmosphere.
Suddenly, a gentle tremor coursed through the restuarant, barely even detectable if Kain's senses weren't heightened as a beast-tamer. Kain paused mid-bite, his focus momentarily drawn to the ice in his glass. The cubes bobbed lightly, swaying as if caught in a slow dance.
Some of the other beast-tamer patrons also stopped mid-conversation or while eating to look around curiously for the source of the tremor while the ordinary patrons asked what was wrong.
The gentle shaking slightly nudged a cup off of a patron's table and it crashed to the floor at almost the same time the tremors stopped.
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If Kain couldn't see the curious looks in the other patrons' eyes or the shattered cup, he'd almost think the shaking was in his head.
Ding
Ding
Ding
Suddenly the sound of phone notifications began to ring out constantly in the restaurant. Nobody could focus on their meals any longer as they pulled out their phones to investigate—Kain included.
"Crap!" Apparently the faint tremor they felt was only due to the tremendous distance. The impact at the earthquake's core was tremendous. And unfortunately, the core happened to be not far from Dark Moon City.
Thankfully, Kain received confirmation from Barret and Collin that while there was a lot of damage due to the shaking within the city, their factory remained in tact.
However, the major source of news was not due to the damage caused by the earthquake, but rather what had caused the earthquake to occur in the first place.
Kain looked at the image uploaded online of a giant black box covered in intricate sigils that suddenly appeared in the wilderness not far from Dark Moon City.
It was difficult to judge the scale of the "box" based on the image alone, but considering the size of some of the enormous spiritual creatures in the photos next to the relic that were dwarfed by its size, Kain could determine that it was massive, far greater in height than even the tallest of building in both this world and on Earth.
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It appears that Dark Moon College now had another relic in its vicinity and it only allowed entrants at or below yellow-grade spiritual power. Therefore, the majority of the first explorers will be made up of Dark Moon College students.
And unfortunately, Kain was now too far away to be within the first batch of entrants…
Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!Catching a train back to the college, Kain was constantly bombarded by gloating texts from Bridge, Finn, Leonara Addison, and Aiden about being within the first batch of students to enter the relic.
It seems like only volunteers among the top 20 first and second years were being initially accepted.
Therefore, by the time Kain arrived back on campus he could only twiddle his thumbs in his lab.
"Sigh…I wonder what it's like in there. Hopefully all of the good stuff aren't already taken by the time I get to enter. Why couldn't this relic appear before I left to meet the client…" Kain grumbled while sadly looking at his phone for any news about the first batch of entrants.
Considering that only those with spiritual power at or below yellow-grade were able to enter, everyone thought that the level of danger within the relic should also not exceed that level. Experience the best from freewebnovel
Since they'd also be travelling with the second years, many of whom are at that level, Kain wasn't worried about his friends' safety.
Instead, he tried to preoccupy himself for the next few days with planning out future experiments and overseeing how the business was coming along.
The first shipment of beer had been sent out and the marketing firm's plan was going flawlessly. Kain was already seeing a lot of buzz online about the spiritual beer.
In fact, Collin had already arranged to buy more neighbouring land in order to expand their production. Without the income from the Lumifin evolution, Kain would have been completely unable to keep up with the financial demands of the company.
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Once production increases, with the current increasing demand, Kain anticipates that the income from the spiritual beer should exceed that of the evolution plan in no time. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
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"Hmm?" Kain was brought out of his thoughts by the sudden heavy knocks at his door.
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"Open the door!"
'Who'd want to open the door when asked like that?' Kain grumbled as he moved towards the door. Despite what he said, he still opened the door since he recognized the voice. Although he wasn't sure why she'd be coming to his lab. Wasn't she supposed to be in the relic at this time?
Kain opened the door and was quickly shoved out of the way as Serena Storm entered the room carrying an unconscious Bridge.
'She is much stronger than she looks.' Kain though while looking at the slender figure maybe half of Bridge's size carrying him over her shoulder into the room.
However, Kain soon snapped out of his distracted thoughts one he realized that there was something wrong with his brother.
Thankfully, the lab was equipped with a large gurney-like bed that Kain usually used to take naps on. Serena placed him onto the bed and then stepped back so that Kain could finally get a good look at his brother.
Despite his large figure, Bridge's body appeared frail and gaunt. His skin was pale, almost ashen, with a thin layer of sweat giving it an unsettling glimmer.
Dark circles surrounded his eyes. His hair was disheveled, matted against his forehead, and the strands clung to his skin.
His breaths came in shallow, uneven gasps, and he shivered slightly despite the warm temperature of the lab. His clothes were tattered and stained, showing that he'd likely been rescued from a dangerous situation.
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There was a faint tremor in his hands, and his lips were cracked, and a dull shade of purple. Compared to his normally bright and energetic brother, Bridge now more closely resembled that of someone teetering on the edge of death.
Kain tried to keep his calm but he could feel his heart start to race once he took in the full extent of his brother's condition.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Something is obviously wrong with him, why would you bring him here instead of to a healer?" He turned angrily to Serena.
"They won't be able to do anything. Currently, the medical staff are completely helpless and in the dark about what's wrong with your brother and the other students like him who suddenly collapsed in the relic."
"The relic…? Explain what happened, how you even ended up with him, and why you'd bring him here instead of to a professional healer."
"I was one of the team captains for the relic exploration, and he was assigned to join my team. Once we'd entered, there were several different directions to travel, we and a group of second-years were assigned to travel within the same direction."
"Honestly, within the relic there didn't appear to be any danger. After travelling for hours there were no attacks or any visible threats. Many students unconsciously relaxed their guards and took in the scenery. The inside of the relic was strange but beautiful. It felt as though we'd been transported to an alien planet, and there were many plants we'd never seen or heard of before."
"It's my fault. I should have watched the students assigned to my group more closely." She said while bowing her head in apology. "Somebody within the group tried to pick an unfamiliar flower and a black mist was suddenly released. To be safe, we all evacuated from the area and we thought it was no big deal.
That is until a few minutes later one of the second years suddenly dropped to the floor unconscious. Soon after nearly half of the students were on the ground and unresponsive…including Bridge."
"We immediately signalled that there was an issue within our group and moved back to the meetup area to regroup with the others. However, on the way there we were suddenly attacked by these grotesque black-looking creatures that smelled like decayed flesh.
"When we finally escaped the relic, I realized that the professors couldn't help us and brought Bridge here."
"Yeah I know that part," Kain interjected, "but why?"
"I'm not sure… I just know that his condition isn't due to a physical injury, and even the most powerful antidotes for poisons that the teachers have tried have been ineffective. Whatever is killing him is something that seems to resemble poison, but is alive…similar to your contract and how you killed Aric Nightsbane."
'Huh?!'
Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!Kain's heart began to beat furiously and all the surrounding sounds seemed to fade as he immediately became immersed in a feeling of panic.
'What did she just say?'
'How could she possibly know about that? Or is she bluffing?'
Kain used all of his energy to restrain his facial muscles and not give anything away.
"I wasn't completely sure before, but based on your reaction now I can be. Aric was hardly famous. If you had nothing to do with his death wouldn't the natural thing be to look confused and ask about who I'm talking about?" Serena continued while looking at the Kain's left brow that was unconsciously twitching furiously.
'Damnit!' Kain could now confirm that he had absolutely zero talent as an actor.
"Anyways I'm not going to tell anyone…I only brought it up because I suspect that whatever is affecting Bridge and the other students is similar to whatever you are contracted to."
Concerned at this revelation, Kain turned toward his brother. Maybe Eve will have an effect since she increased the resistance of the Vespirae to Bea?
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Kain immediately summoned Queen, and after sensing his intentions, a green light of Light-attribute energy from her abdomen shot out and straight into Bridge. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cm
His condition did improve momentarily, but quickly worsened again. Unlike Queen who is a host for Eve, and the guards who were modified by Eve before they were even born, there is only so much that Eve can do for an unrelated individual. Also Eve doesn't seem capable of taking a human as a host.
Even if she were to leave Queen, another suitable host would likely be the queen of a similar insect-type species.
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Bea can readily take Bridge on as a host, but doesn't have the abilities to fight off an infection. She's more of a destroyer than a healer.
"Is it contagious?" Kain asked Serena, concerned about the possibility of an epidemic starting in the college.
"I'm not sure… I managed to bring him here without getting sick myself, but others in our group gradually began to fall ill as we made our way out of the relic. It's hard to know if they caught whatever this is from another person or if they breathed in any of that gas the initial flower sprayed out." Kain nodded before rolling Bridge into the observation area just to be safe.
It's set up to prevent the spread of even poisonous gases from escaping so it should be effective at preventing Bridge from infecting others.
However, Kain knew that although someone may not have any symptoms they could still be a carrier and looked at Serena suspiciously. 'Should I lock her in there too?'
Likely sensing the intent behind Kain's gaze, her eyes staring back at him grew even colder.
"I said that I am not infected. This family heirloom should have protected me." She said while pulling out an ancient looking enchanted necklace from underneath the collar of her shirt. It had dozens of sigils carved into the surprisingly delicate and thin chain. There were also several stones carved with sigils dangling from necklace like charms.
One of the stones, a mix of green and yellow was slightly glowing.
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The appearance of the necklace on Serena reconfirmed Kain's belief that long ago there must have been the presence of spiritual creatures that were microorganisms. Otherwise, why would a family as old and powerful as the Storm family have bothered to add protective sigils against them unless they knew that they existed.
Kain couldn't help but stare concernedly at Bridge.
When Bridge was next to him, he'd attempted to insert his spiritual power to see if there was anything he could contract with. Although there was a faint pull, he knew that there was nothing contractable. Similar to the dead egg that had initially drawn him to the eastern region. Could whatever have infected that egg also have escaped from this relic earlier?
He suspected that whatever was infecting Bridge and had infected that egg were just splits, similar to Bea's splits. Which was why, although Kain could feel a faint pull, he was unable to form a contract.
Likely Kain would need to enter the relic for himself and control the original body behind this infection in order to heal Bridge and the others.
Kain shared his theory with Serena.
"Hmmm… since the danger in the relic is clearly higher than predicted, they won't let students re-enter the relic easily. However, they can't risk having whatever is causing the sickness escaping. Not to mention that this relic re-appearing is likely what had been draining the life from the surrounding vegetation in the wilderness.
For whatever reason, the sigils concealing the relic seem to be weakening and so to refuel it was probably sucking energy from wherever it could. Therefore, whether it is to reduce the things from within from escaping or causing further harm to the wilderness, the college will probably send an expedition in to control the relic…
"Although many of the professors may not know what's within it, the college has a long history and access to a wealth of information. By now those at the level of the Dean and above have probably already gotten artifacts from the warehouse that can prevent infection to equip the next batch of entrants.
They'll probably be more strict with who they let enter now, but they are limited in who they can send since most professors are too powerful to enter. If you can prove that you're immune they may let you join the second expedition despite being a first-year.
"For now, all we can do is wait for the next notification that they are recruiting entrants to help control the relic."
Kain nodded in understanding while continuing to stare at Bridge through the glass wall in concern. He had never felt so helpless in this lifetime. Despite having an affinity that should be able to help Bridge, none of them were specialized in healing infections.
Considering most microorganisms outside of the relic aren't even dangerous, Kain had never even tried to find a contract with such a purpose.
'Don't worry brother. I swear that I'll make sure that you get better…'
Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!Serena gazed calmly at Kain as he stared at his brother.
"You two look nothing alike." She said to break the silence.
"We're not related," Kain said without looking away from Bridge, "we were taken in by the same orphanage. However, despite no blood relation, we're just as much a family that loves each other."
"Care for one another is what's most important in a family. Blood ties aren't everything," Serena said while looking a little sad.
"Especially when those blood relatives try to kill you…" she muttered under her breath.
"Huh? I didn't here you clearly." Kain turned to her in confusion.
"Nothing…how did he get the name Bridge? It's quite unique, especially when compared to your name." She discreetly tried to change the subject.
"Ahhh…haha…Our orphanage director's naming sense…I'm very glad that I already had a name when I was brought to the orphanage."
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"Bridge, Cherry, Key, Parker, Sunny, and Melody were all named by the orphanage director. And he always uncreatively names them after the first thing to pop into his mind after finding them.
"Bridge was found on a bridge as a baby, and so was named Bridge. Cherry was found beneath a cherry tree. Parker in the public park in the middle of the city. Sunny and Melody's name origins are at least a little better.
Sunny is called that because of how bright and happy she was even as a baby, also on the day she came to the orphanage the sun seemed to create a halo around her head…she was truly the most adorable baby…" Kain though wistfully.
"Meanwhile Melody would not stop crying as a baby no matter what. However, when we found out playing music could get her to finally be quiet and fall asleep, we started calling her Melody. Before that, the director just kept calling her Scream, we had to beg him to change her name."
"Scream…that sounds more appropriate for the name of a horror story not a baby girl." Serena interjected while chuckling.
"Indeed…but it's still not nearly as bad as the name that he tried to give Key at first. Key's origins are probably the most confusing. He was found in a cabin deep within the wilderness. It was smack dab within a dangerous area filled with yellow-grade and higher spiritual creatures. Imagine how surprised the mercenaries were when they heard a baby crying inside of an abandoned cabin."
"I'm surprised he wasn't eaten by the time the mercenaries got to him…many species prefer to eat humans over spiritual creatures." Serena thought in disbelief.
"That's the thing, there were no spiritual creature for miles around that cabin. The cabin had been sprayed by a green-grade spiritual creature—Reekling." Serena winced slightly at the name of the skunk-like spiritual creature who was known to emit an odour so foul that even blue-grade and higher spiritual creatures would give them a wide berth.
"The smell from the Reekling still clung to Key for months after he was brought back from the wilderness. Which was why the director had initially named him Stinky. Once the smell faded, we were thankfully able to convince him to change the name to Key and drop the Stink…" Kain told the story while chuckling in remembrance.
Serena looked at his nostalgic smile with a hint of envy. "You're all so close. I always wished to have a sibling or relative my age that I could be close with. How many of you are there in total?"
"Well we didn't have our birth families, we didn't have much money either, we only had each other. Of course we'll become close. In order of age, there are eleven of us in total. Bridge and I are the same age and don't know our real birthdays, but everyone usually considers me to be the oldest and then Bridge.
Then there is Milo, the twins Jasper and Jasmine, Cherry, Key, Parker, Sunny, Charlie, and Melody. There was another member of the orphanage a couple of years older than Bridge and I who went missing when I was around 10 as well.
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However, we try not to mention her since her disappearance was so painful for the director… She was his biological niece, and pretty much the inspiration for why he opened an orphanage in the first place." Kain smiled sadly.
"Ahem…a-anyways…" Kain tried to choke back tears to prevent the atmosphere from becoming awkward and tried to think about a suitable subject change.
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Thankfully a new notification on his phone saved him from a potentially awkward situation.
It was the notice for the next recruitment of entrants into the relic. However, this time they limited the entrants to those in the second-year.
"Damnit…" Kain muttered while reading the notice.
"As I said before. They'll probably let you and I enter once we can prove that we are not at risk of getting sick." Serena stated as a matter of fact.
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"YOU and I. Why would you be re-entering it again?"
"Of course I'm re-entering. I was the team leader for Bridge and the other first-years that got sick. I need to take responsibility until the end and find a way to cure them. Let's go." She said coolly before getting up to leave.
Kain nodded in agreement and left to follow her out. However, he still left behind a single Vespirae guard to care for Bridge while he was gone. Although not at the level of human intelligence, as orange-grade spiritual creatures the guards' intelligence has developed enough to know how to guard, feed, and care for Bridge.
Kain also left behind a packet of medicine to help with the fever and instructions on how to use them. Although the Vespirae won't be a great help to him, it can prevent him from dying of an overheated brain or starving to death in Kain's absence.
'Wait…She never did say how she planned for me to prove that I have resistance against whatever is making them sick. Am I even resistant?' Suddenly Kain was struck by another worry.
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It was surprisingly easy for Kain to be granted entry into the relic.
He had thought that they would intentionally infect him with something in order to see if he truly was resistant to whatever was in the relic. However, there were no tests or even any verification about what his contract was.
In fact, as soon as he signed up his name, after some back and forth with someone through the phone, Kain was approved and even given an ancient looking bracelet that supposedly would help prevent infection. A lower grade version of Serena's enchanted necklace.
Kain suspected that certain members of the faculty had an idea about what he'd contracted. After all, when he was taking up the Black Mission, he had to kill that test mouse using Bea.
From that moment on, Bea was probably on their radar.
Kain followed the others through the wilderness towards the relic. It was located over an hour walk from the campus. As they got closer and closer, Kain could see the gradual decline in vegetation.
About 40 minutes out from the relic, the leaves of plants were mottled with yellow and brown spots. 30 minutes from the relic and most of the vegetation appeared like brown dried husks. 20 minutes from the relic it was a complete wasteland that more closely resembled the desert.
However, with no plants or trees to block the way, Kain was able to see an outline of the relic even from far away.
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Although Kain had seen images of the relic online, as he got closer and closer he was struck by its size.
Also he was better able to see many of the details of the relic that weren't able to be captured by the photos.
The large black box's surface was a smooth obsidian-like stone and radiated an otherworldly sheen that seemed to shift subtly with the light. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
Hundreds of thousands, or possibly even millions, of intricate sigils were meticulously carved into every side. The sigils glowed faintly, pulsating with a soft, golden light that varied in intensity, creating an almost hypnotic effect.
The air around the box feels charged with energy, and a subtle hum resonates, as though the relic is alive with magic and ancient power.
Kain didn't see anything resembling a door into the relic so turned to Serena in confusion. However, rather than address him directly, she simply placed both of her hands on the wall of the relic along with the other members of their party.
In the blink of an eye Kain was left alone outside of the relic and quickly stretched his hands out as well so as not to be left behind.
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Kain was transferred to a clearing of a forest that looked like nothing that would be only found on an alien planet.
Towering trees stretched high into the sky, their trunks were a glistening luminescent turquoise, that resembled two thick ropes twisting around eachother as they reached towards the sky. The leaves of many of the trees were deep purples and electric blues, and emitted a gentle glow, creating a celestial atmosphere that bathed the forest floor in an otherworldly light.
Vines hung down from the branches, and were adorned with bioluminescent flowers that pulse softly, like the heartbeat of the forest. The flowers emitted a sweet, intoxicating scent, reminiscent of exotic fruits, mingling with the earthy aroma of damp moss and fertile soil coming from the rest of the forest.
The ground was a collection of vibrant red, green and gold ferns and moss that also emitted a dim glow, softly illuminating the forest floor. Despite their being no source of light like a sun above in the relic, the amount of light being emitted from the vegetation completely negated any need for Kain and the other students to use a flashlight or torch to light the way.
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From what Kain could see there weren't many animals within the forest. However, a nearby body of water had continuous streaks of light flitting beneath its surface, likely due to some glowing fish.
However, rather than the otherworldly appearance of the forest within the relic, Kain was struck by something else—the pull from his affinity.
More specifically, multiple pulls from his affinity all around him. Unlike when outside of the relic where most microorganisms were ordinary creatures with no spiritual power, Kain could sense that pretty much everything within this relic was either composed of or the host of some kind of microorganism, whether that be bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses or more.
'Is this where most of the microorganisms with spiritual power are being kept? But why?'
"So where do we go?" Kain said turning to Serena. They came in here to find the core of the relic so that it could be controlled by the college. But as this was Kain's first time within the relic he was relying on her to lead the way.
"We did not travel very far before some of the students started to fall sick, however we were assuming that the core of the relic was most likely within the center of this forest, as that was the direction that we'd headed.
We are currently on the outskirts of the forest where there isn't much danger, as we move towards the center the amount of threats drastically increases, so stay on guard." Serena said, before taking the lead in one direction. Kain followed closely behind her.
Since the priority of this expedition was to find the core as quickly as possible, despite the evident danger present, it was agreed upon before entering the relic that the students would be travelling in smaller groups to scour the forest.
Which is why only a small group of elite students chosen by the faculty was allowed to re-enter equipped with the limited amount of enchanted items that could prevent infection that the school had.
Kain and Serena chose to form a group with only themselves. They of course did want to find the core of the relic, but they had the added task of trying to find the original body of whatever was infecting Bridge and destroying or controlling it.
The whole journey Kain couldn't help but revel in the intoxicating feeling of so many contractable spiritual creatures. In contrast to his barren options outside of the relic, Kain was confident that he should be able to find a suitable third contract.
While the relic was dangerous to others, but he felt incredibly at home here.
However, as they got closer to the center of the relic, Kain began to understand precisely why these creatures had been locked away and their existence seemingly intentionally scrubbed off the face of the earth.
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