Chapter 335 - Evolving Humans
The group started to gather the crystals of the beasts that had just been killed. After all, it was a waste to just leave them on the ground for some others to come by and take them. It was their hard work. After finishing the gathering of crystals, they saw the man who was helping the horses ride the carriages was visibly shaking.
Although he wasn't frightened of the beast that had just appeared, he was actually frightened of Martha. She had just turned into a winged creature in front of his very eyes and couldn't understand what was happening.
"Please don't kill me!" The man screamed as Lenny got close.
"Well, what should we do? It looks like he's useless right now." Lenny said.
"I shall deal with this," Bliss said as she walked over and waved her staff over his head. A set of sprinkles appeared just underneath the staff, and then the man suddenly stopped shaking.
"What did you do?" Van asked.
"I just replaced his memory with something else."
"Won't that be damaging?" Lenny asked. "I have dabbled in memory magic, but it seemed to have severe side effects on those it was used against, so even I decided to stop learning it."
"It's okay to be used on a human once in a while, but you are correct. If you alter too many memories, the mind will get confused. It will even find it hard to distinguish what is real and what is not. However, something as small as this is completely fine for someone like him."
Lenny was starting to notice something about the Divine being, and it was similar to how Ray treated people from time to time. It was as if humans were below them, and as long as it wasn't any of the ones they cared about getting hurt; it was okay for them to do what they wished.
After collecting all the crystals and the man's memory altered, the group continued on their journey, and it was time for Martha to answer the question that Ray had asked.
"Actually I wanted to talk to you about this Ray, since I think it has something to do with you."
Suddenly Ray was even more interested.
Martha then explained to Ray what happened. How Lenny was performing an experiment, he had even performed on himself. Only this time, she also added the detail of the system. Each time a crystal was infused into her body, she would get a number of points.
Lenny was the one most amazed by this, and couldn't understand just what magic was being used to allow this. It also confirmed a lot of theories he had about the beast crystals.
'That's just like me' Ray thought, at that moment he turned his head and looked at Bliss.
"It was never meant to be used this way." She said. "Did you get a failure message in the middle of it?"
Martha was stunned by what she heard.
"Actually yes, but how did you know?"
"Humans, they were never meant to be able to absorb beast crystals. There are some rare cases where the body can handle or even go into so much detail to suppress the pain as Lenny did. I'm surprised at how far the magic the humans used have come. Perhaps one day it might even rival my own. But I'm telling you this now; do not try this on everyone, you were lucky to have the wolf boy by your side supplementing you with more energy. If it wasn't for him, you would have died that day. But I must also congratulate you, for you must have had an incredibly strong mind to be able to go through such a thing."
"Is it possible for her to evolve again?" Ray asked. "If she was to use intermediate crystals."
Bliss paused for a moment there before answering.
"It's not impossible, but I'm sure that you are aware of this fact, Ray. The more you evolve, the more pain you will experience. A normal human doesn't have the will to go through something like that and would kill themselves before even finishing the transformation. If you thought the Basic tier transformation was bad, then you have no idea how the ones up the ladder would feel."
"I think if there are people still willing to do the process, we should let them try," Martha said. "As long as tell them the risks, then we can let them decide."
Ray thought about it for a while. Bliss hadn't put a success chance on it, which meant it most likely the results would vary from person to person. The stronger they were actually suggested they had more Ki. This would also mean their body would more likely be able to handle a transformation.
"We will bring this up with Slyvia once we arrive," said Ray.
The group continued to travel for a couple of days. They encountered more beasts on the way, but this time there were no fancy transformations. The group didn't want Bliss to use her magic on the poor man again for fear he might have gone crazy.
They took their turns in getting rid of the beast, and after a few days, they nearly arrived at their destination. But just before entering the land from which Avrion started on, they could see what appeared to be a checkpoint on the path ahead.
There was a queue of merchants lined up on the pathway and even just some wanting to enter.
The group got off the carriage and started to ask the people in front,?what was going on.
"Me and my friends were wishing to get into the new kingdom of Redwings, is there a problem up ahead?" Lenny asked.
The man in front quickly placed his finger in front of his mouth, indicating for Lenny to lower his voice. "Quite down, haven't you heard. Apparently, many want to go to the Kingdom of the Redwings. Especially since they helped out all the surrounding towns and cities like ours. But the people up ahead are in strict control. There are even more checks at the borderline. If anyone expresses the intent of heading to the Redwings' kingdom, then they are taken away.
Right now, they weren't quite at the border, and there were still a few more towns to go before they reached the land that had been claimed by the Redwings. But it was amazing to think that they had already decided to be so strict.
"Did the Alure kingdom make this order?" Van asked.
"No, that's the sad part about this whole thing. It's been controlled by a guild that are far stronger than the Alure guards placed out here. It seems like there's nothing they can do, and there are even rumours that they been hired by the Empire."
As Ray looked up ahead, he could see the flags of the Guild waving in the wind.
"I guess we can make one stop off before heading back to Avrion," Ray said.
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