Chapter 741 Solution and evasion
"They're not real demi-humans? Then what exactly are they?!" Theo furrowed his eyebrows slightly
"Well, there are not many options before us. According to my experience, there are two options without a third for any intelligent living being. The first is to be from one of the branches of humanity. As I discovered previously, humans are a basic version from which many races branch: some of them have variable particles within their blood, which gives them additional characteristics, such as having a larger body, like Nihari Giants, or being better at soul matters like the Astrals, or even not having noses and a high tolerance for the cold, like the snowmen in the north of the day. There are also some branches that are a mixture between humans and beasts, and these are what we call demi-humans, and of course, there are Pure humans like us." Then Robin continued, "The second option is for them to be a completely different race, like the Treant and the Demons."
"But these aren't a different race, they have human marrow, right?" Theo asked hesitantly
"Exactly! This leaves us with the first option. They are humans, but they are not mutant humans like the Nihari giants, nor are they true demi-humans. This leaves us with only one explanation; they were once pure humans like you and me who did not like their humanity, so they found a way to change their bodies, and this is the result." Robin stood and took a few steps towards the soldiers, looking at them with disgust...
"Is this even possible?!" Theo wondered, "How did they do it? Did they drink a lot of beast blood, for example, or inject themselves with it?"
"We all eat beasts. When have you ever heard of a person who was transformed because he ate beasts? If that were possible, I would have grown a beak from the amount of Blood Peacocks I ate while I was in that damned cave. As for injecting themselves with blood is not possible either. This would cause circulatory failure and perhaps death." Robin shook his head, "...The way human blood merges with the beast's blood inside them is not natural. The connection is close enough to change their characteristics but at the same time, it's loose enough to allow it to be burned when needed... This is a technology or device of some kind, an innovation that transforms humans into freaks."
"Why would they do something like that?" Theo furrowed his eyebrows and looked at the soldiers again. He really didn't understand. He had followed all their battles and saw no benefit from this transformation except the cloud of purple poison, and in return, they gave up their humanity!
"Why? Hahaha," Robin laughed loudly and patted Theo on the shoulder, "It seems that you lot are getting everything so easily that you have forgotten what my hands are doing."
Before Theo responded apologetically, Robin continued, "Have you forgotten that pure humans like us have a lower percentage of talent than human mutants and demi-humans due to a lower natural affinity for laws? Among every thousand humans, you may find one who has an affinity for fire, for example, but in a tribe like The Red Flame Dragon everyone has an affinity towards fire!"
Theo nodded, raising his eyebrows. This alone was reason enough in his view, but he heard his adoptive father continue:
"What about the fact that our bodies and senses are the weakest of all mutants and demi-humans? Or have you forgotten that we do not have variable particles, and this makes using the fourth stage of the heavenly laws naturally impossible?"
At this point, Robin bit his nail with a mad laugh, "After spending years thinking about solving all these dilemmas, I always wondered how others solved these complex problems, but it seems that these scoundrels did not solve them, but rather ran away from them. Instead of confrontation, they chose to completely change their race hahaha!"
Theo opened his eyes and looked at the soldiers and then at his hands... Was it possible for his adoptive father to come up with the same solution and turn them into lizards?! ...Then he looked at Robin again. This man is barely 200 years old, but he found solutions to all these problems, even if they were temporary solutions. Solutions that a planetary empire with the full support of a person at the same level as the All-Seeing God could not reach over thousands of years!
"..." Theo sighed, never in his life did he think he would be able to respect this man more, but today that proved impossible.
"So... Is there a solution to stop this purple posin cloud?" Theo pointed at the soldiers
"Hehe no." Robin continued laughing
"...?"
"What? I told you it was a Law of the Destruction Path, what would deter something like this? Anything I think of will be destroyed!" Robin stopped laughing when he saw his adopted son's serious look, "Just fight them from afar or something until I figure something out."
"....."
Then he continued, "Ah, also tell our guys that the source of the beast blood inside the invaders' bodies is not a herd of ordinary beasts, for example. If there were a handful of beasts using the path of destruction, the planet they came from would have ceased to exist by now. That thing is definitely a legendary beast, something like the wyvern Crixus the Great, for the planet Nihari... What is meant here is that they have a very limited amount of blood in relation to the number of soldiers."
"Argh.."
Robin stepped forward and grabbed one of the soldiers by the neck. The soldier was pale but looked human in every other aspect, "Look at this poor bastard. The amount of beast blood in his body is equal to a drop in the ocean. No matter what he does, he will never be able to use the Minor Law of Corrosion. In fact, most of the soldiers I checked have the problem, they have enough blood to raise their talent and cultivation speed so that they can use the rune weapons better, but the number of people who can actually use this law is very small, mostly only emperors can use it multiple times without dying. Just tell Our men in the army should be careful not to get too close, and there is no need to be afraid of them. As for our Martial Emperors, tell them to wear their armor well and they will be fine~ Uracilium metal has a high resistance to corrosion."
"...I will spread the news." Theo nods
"Good!" Robin patted him on the shoulder and focused on the soldier in his hand for a moment, before returning to look into Theo's eyes, "That's right, what brings you here."
"I came to tell you that we spotted a ship leaving the planet after the battle ended. It seems they went to call for backup as you wanted."
Robin nodded and returned to focusing on the soldier, "Good. Is there something else you want to tell me?"
"...No, there were some complications, but we dealt with them. The number of casualties was also higher than expected... But in general, the scenario of the Battle of the South ended as we had hoped."