Minor Treasure-Gracious Inheritor!
Brangara initially had two, but after using one on Inala, this was all he was left with. "I'll be dying soon."
"What?" Gracious Inheritor shouted in shock, "My Lord! Y-You're kidding, right?"
"I still don't feel like I'll be dying from this, but every single arrangement points otherwise." Brangara shook his head, "So it seems I'm, not making it out alive from this fight."
"Then, My Lord!" Gracious Inheritor almost uttered the words, 'Let's flee!'
"Hold that thought inside," Brangara's eyes narrowed as he revealed a minor smile, one concealing absolute anger, "Never, ever utter it, alright?"
Pride! Confidence! Strongest!
The Celestial Boar was, is, and will always be an unmatched existence. The only reason he was in the current state in the first place was due to being ill-prepared enough. "Irrespective of what it is, I'll always face a challenge."
'Running away is not an option. I would rather die than flee.' He thought and eyed the Minor Treasures before him, "Therefore, listen attentively. I'll give you guys a mission. You'll spend the rest of your infinite lives trying to execute it."
"Yes," Though he couldn't comprehend the Celestial Boar's death, but as a devoted subordinate, he kneeled on the ground and listened with all his might.
"First," Brangara stared at Gracious Inheritor, "Release all the Tangible Natures in your reserve, Gatin."
"Yes," His eyes widened and welled up with tears as Gracious Inheritor was surprised to be addressed by his human name, 'So, His Majesty remembers my name. It's my fortune to be alive till this day!'
Brangara didn't simply consume Gatin just like that. No, he was picked by Yarsha Zahara and briefed about their fate. Gatin and the others accepted it with happiness, for it was their honour to serve their Emperor.
Among them, two gained the highest honour of becoming Minor Treasures. Gatin felt blessed to be attached importance by Brangara. And now, with bated breath, he released all the Tangible Natures and watched Brangara touch his head. 'Ah!'
"This is going to hurt you," Brangara uttered as he activated the Major Treasure of Subtle Terrain Domination, entering his absolute state.
State of Unity-Unlimited Predator!
His body melted and turned into crystalline drops that punctured Gatin's body, causing the latter to spasm for a few seconds before letting out horrid screams. A Tangible Nature of Empyrean Snapper appeared in human form nearby and covered the area with Subtle Terrain Domination, preventing the screams from echoing out.
It also camouflaged the place and shielded the energy waves emanating from Gatin as he was being terraformed by Brangara.
Expert Mystic Grade Pranic Beast-Celestial Boar!
Brangara assumed Celestial Boar form and pulled out a horn growing out of his elbow. Through Subtle Terrain Domination, he turned it into Vara.
"Koff!" He poked a hole in his chest and yanked out the piece of Sumatra Gold that had finished forming. Through his absolute domain, he mixed his Vara with the Sumatra Gold and caused the mixture to pierce Gatin's body.
With his absolute domain, he was slowly replacing the Vara that formed Gatin's human Avatar -which was sourced from an Empyrean Boar with his Vara. The piece of Sumatra Gold existed to keep Gatin's form stable until the swap ended.
Primary Nature-Voracious Cultivator!
Secondary Nature-Astral World!
Tertiary Nature-Major Treasure!
The Celestial Boar activated each of its three Natures individually, caused the Prana flowing in his body to carry its effect, and then poured that essence condensed in his melting body into Gatin's mouth, "Swallow it all!"
State of Unity—Unlimited Predator!
The power spread across his body as the influence of Astral World pervaded his being. He was
a part of the Astral World, and hence as Brangara willed it, Gatin was immune to Unlimited Predator. Brangara's essence was rapidly digested in his stomach as a formless change erupted across his being.
He was unable to understand what was happening to him and simply hollered in pain. Fundamentally, he was being reverted to a state where he was at the 10-Life Stage.
A Minor Treasure was formed when the cultivator's body, mind, and soul were fused into one. Gatin's body and Human Avatar had been seamlessly turned into one. His power came from his Human Avatar, which formed the majority of the Minor Treasure of Gracious Inheritor.
Subtle Terrain Domination was perfect against minerals. And in his absolute domain, Brangara could control everything, including a Bolt of Transcendence. However, a Bolt of Transcendence was too fast for him to gain control of. So, he hadn't succeeded until now.
But when Blola caused them to rain on the Kalahatra Desert, Brangara gave his everything to survive. He managed to control the Bolts slightly then, through repeated experience. Of course, the most of could do was slightly swerve them to the side, thereby reducing the damage he sustained.
If not for this, he would have lost three Astral Worlds and not two.
A cultivator became a Minor or Major Treasure thanks to a Bolt of Transcendence-in case they failed to become a Transcendence and weren't vaporised.
Through Astral Cultivator, Brangara could naturally elevate a Tangible Nature into a Treasure. But now, he intended to reverse the process, however little was possible.
It wasn't originally possible, but witnessing the Infinite Divine Soldier and Inala's Transcendent body inspired Brangara. He knew by experience what a bolt of Transcendence did. Gatin's body was a mineral body, unlike other Tangible Natures, since he was a Free
Human.
Therefore, by using a Sumatra Gold to stabilise Gatin's body, Brangara intended to selectively swap out the Vara there with his. This had to be executed seamlessly, to make it seem as if Gatin originally had a Human Avatar made out of the Celestial Boar's Vara, was cultivated to the 10-Life Stage as a Tangible Nature, and then turned into a Minor Treasure.
Of course, the Celestial Boar's Vara was a Gold Grade mineral. So, the final result would be a Major Treasure. But that wasn't all that Brangara wished to achieve. If it was to simply swap the Vara, the current him could do it easily.
But he wanted something more, something that would truly hurt his enemies even after his death and constantly make every race shiver at the mention of the Celestial Boar's name and fear its return.
'Inala claimed the future generations of Royal Zingers would be stronger. Currently, turnip is under the Royal Zinger's control, and in Root's memories, I didn't see anyone near Turnip. Though it has been changed, in essence, it's still me.' Brangara thought while continuing to change Gatin's body.
'I am not sure how long it'll take turnip to revert to Astral World. And even if it does, it'll simply be at the peak of the Body Stage. If a Royal Zinger were to revive before that, it could revert the process and ensure Turnip remains as is. Or even if Turnip becomes the Astral World, it could be shattered by a prepared Royal Zinger.' His eyes focused as Brangara grunted, for a moment changing Gatin's status from a Minor Treasure to a 10-Life Stage
Tangible Nature.
Primary Nature-Gracious Inheritance!
That used to be Gatin's Primary Nature. But now that his Vara had been changed to the
Celestial Boar's, the result was as follows:
Primary Nature-Blessed Inheritance!
This was the Primary Nature possessed by the Varahan Empire's Royal Guards. And right as
the change erupted, Brangara poured in the power of Unlimited Predator relentlessly, causing Gatin's body to digest tonnes of the Celestial Boar's body, one rich with the essence of its three Natures activated individually.
The sheer richness of the Celestial Boar's Prana and flesh, when consumed voraciously created
the necessary conditions, causing Gatin's Spirit Container to evolve and birth two more
Natures.
Secondary Nature-Voracious Nature!
Tertiary Nature-Vara Accum!
This was the build created by Narkahamy. Brangara didn't know who created it, but since he
knew Vara Human Avatars, having created them in the Varahan Empire, the Bolts of Transcendence filled up this knowledge.
It allowed him to understand Narkahamy's build and also the Blessed Influence that was the
prideful creation of Narkahamy. 'The fact that something like this exists tells me everything I need to know about the state of the Varahan Empire.'
He let out a long breath and grunted, watching Gatin beginning to stabilise, following which
he would attain his status as a Treasure once again. 'But before that, there's one more thing
left to do!'
Minor Treasure-Satellite!
Brangara extended his hand, picked it up and stored it in Gatin's Human Avatar. He then took out a Tangible Nature of Empyrean Snapper and placed it too in Gatin's Human Avatar. As it was a Gold Grade Human Avatar now, it could store gold Grade Natures.
Through the Astral World's influence, Brangara commanded the Tangible Nature of Empyrean Snapper while assisting it through his absolute domain. He took out a grey sphere,
a Satellite created from the Sandy-Grey Void after controlling a portion through his absolute
domain.
He turned it into a stream and used it to pierce into Gatin's Spirit Container, accurately
targeting the Tertiary Nature, 'This is how she used it!'
Nature Weapon Assimilation!
It was what Maroppa used to fuse Nature Weapons of Brimgan Royals into the Empyrean
Tusks to grant them the Secondary Nature of Kinesis Lantern Deity.
Grey sand itself was capable of assimilating everything within itself. Most of the ability's
power was used to control and limit this assimilation function as Maroppa didn't have enough strength to control it fully.
But it was dfferent for Brangara. He not only had the Major Treasure of Subtle Terrain Domination, using which he could control even the Sandy-Grey Void, but he also had a bunch of Tangible Nature of Subtle Terrain Domination to reinforce the Major Treasure's power.
And the grey sand he used wasn't created by Maroppa or the one available outside the Sandy-
Grey Void. It was something stronger, the strongest and most destructive of its kind, created
by the Royal Zinger.
State of Unity-Four Steps To Nullity!
Step Three-Sand!
Brangara had quite a few of them as Satellites among his stockpile. He was just using one and
targeted Gatin's Tertiary Nature. Immediately after, he raised Gatin's body to the sky and made the latter will to enter the Transcendence Stage.
A Bolt of Transcendence struck Gatin, as he was currently at the 10-Life Stage. Right as it hit
him, Brangara let go of his control, watching Gatin smoothly transition into a Major Treasure. The Bolt of Transcendence simply fused everything together perfectly and further reinforced Gatin's information bank.
"How do you feel?" Brangara asked as he stared at the birth of a new Major Treasure.
"Powerful!" Gatin bowed solemnly, "What should I do now, your Majesty?"
"Everything I did here has been used by our enemies at one point in time or the other." Brangara expressed solemnly, "So, never be arrogant. Only I can afford to be arrogant, despite the numerous times I've made mistakes."
"Yes!" Gatin nodded slowly, disliking the fact that Brangara referred to himself as committing mistakes. Gatin felt otherwise, 'His Majesty is the perfect existence, faultless to
the zenith!'
"Let's move locations first," Brangara said and relocated elsewhere, watching a group of Quip
Clansmen arrive at their prior location to inspect the cause that had summoned a Bolt of Transcendence.
Brangara had already created faulty traces to show as if an Iron Grade Free Human had attempted to Transcend from there and had failed in the process. That was enough to fool the
Quip Zingers. The traces had been created through his absolute domain.
Only Wally, after entering the Mystic Grade, could see through it.
Landing at a new, vacant spot, Brangara stared at all the Treasures after emptying his Astral
World, focusing on his latest creation, second in greatness only to Yamahara.
Major Treasure-Blessed Influencer!
"Kekekeke!" Brangara cackled as he patted his chest, "Go on, do your thing!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Gatin nodded as a pillar of light emanated out of him. But instead of
heading to the skies, it condensed into a spear. He grabbed hold of it, stabbed Brangara with
It, and retracted the spear a second later.
Satellite-Voracious Cultivator!
In essence, this was useless in Satellite form, as it was a power activated internally. It couldn't
be used even by Gatin. However, that wasn't its intended purpose. Setting it aside, Gatin
created a second spear and stabbed Brangara with it.
Satellite-Astral World!
He repeated it a third time and retracted the spear, causing it to absorb another Nature that
Brangara had activated.
Satellite-Major Treasure!
"Good, it worked just as I had expected." Brangara nodded and grabbed the three spears. He
grunted and unleashed his absolute domain, "Heuk!"
The three spears were fused into a singular whole, turning into an Unlimited Predator Spear.
"It's done!"
"Now, try to store it." Brangara threw it to Gatin, smiling upon seeing the latter successfully
store it in him. "Perfect!"
The Major Treasure of Blessed Influencer was capable of turning its pillar of light into a Satellite. When this Satellite comes into contact with the effect of a Nature, it stores the effect
within itself. It was only effective against singular Natures as its core power was Voracious Nature and Blessed Inheritance.
Therefore, absorbing a State of Harmony or State of Unity was impossible. However, that
didn't matter here as Gatin only had to make Satellites out of Brangara's three Natures
individually.
Brangara could then unify them into Unlimited Predator. Since they were Gatin's Satellites, he
could store them inside him.
"Stab Turnip with this spear and it'll revert into Astral World." Saying so, Brangara grabbed
Gatin's head and using Astral World's influence, poured in every piece of information he knew, "I've given you everything. Use it to locate Turnip and free me."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Gatin bowed, vowing solemnly, "I will never grow arrogant and will
spend my every moment plotting for your return."
"Good! Then from here onwards, I'll rename you, Gatin Vara." Brangara then stared at the Major Treasures of Internal Inertial Gravity and Subtle Terrain Domination, addressing them respectively, "Lattala and Tanpral, the both of you will protect Gatin Vara."
"Yes!" The two Major Treasures bowed in response.
Brangara helped Gatin Vara amass a large number of Unlimited Predator Spears, Shields, and
Armours.
Following that, Gatin Vara gathered Satellites with the power of Voracious Cultivator. If the Treasures assume their Pranic Beast form, they'll need to consume this to revert to human
forms. "You only have a limited number of it, so don't use your Pranic Beast forms unless necessary."
'Now, the preparations are completed. Lastly,' Brangara stared at the Minor Treasure of
Zinger and asked after pouring Astral World's influence into it, "I've given you memories of
the Quip Clan's preparations. And now, you've seen my backup plans."
"Whose side do you think will emerge victorious a century from now? Is it my side?" Brangara
asked, his eyes narrowing with a loss of lustre upon seeing the Minor Treasure of Zinger shake
its head...
Sideways!