Chapter 714 Trojan Horse
With a new path to power unexpectedly presented before him, Rowan began allocating a portion of his consciousness to plan for that outcome. At this time he had no access to his Consciousness Pillars, and he had to make do with a single consciousness. It delayed his progress, but he knew it was only a temporary setback.
His single consciousness was multiple times more powerful than a god's or Archmage's and in this reduced form and with the task he was planning, it would have to do.
Yet Rowan was not willing to spend too much time with trickery and underground tactics, he was wise enough to know his own strengths and weaknesses, and although he had abilities that could make him flourish in the darkness, this was not part of his character.
Rowan was just unwilling to jump into an obvious trap, and with Circe, he would reveal enough of his father's hidden arrangements, and when he determined that he had opened enough of the hidden board, he would wipe it all out.
A successful hunter was a patient one, Ohrox had taught him that he could not be too careful, and with the trickery of his father, killing him would be similar to cutting off the head of a hydra with two more growing in its place. The only way to stop this war from extending for millions of years is to identify all the heads of the snake and cut it all off at once.
The plan to upgrade Archimedes was shifted forward, with these new changes discovered inside of her, Rowan wanted to familiarize himself with the intricacies of Bloodline Sources before he finalized his decision on the Lightning Kirin.
Although he was not planning to leave her without any development for now, Rowan brought her into himself and placed her inside one of the Embryonic Fields of Bloodline Sources that was Aspected towards Lightning Energy.
There would be nothing but benefit for the Lightning kirin to dwell inside such a primal source of Lightning Energy, and he expected nothing but positive changes inside of her.
"The Gods of Trion are born from the flesh of my brothers and sisters, they have powerful god-killing weapons that can disrupt Will, also they can easily grow by consuming the Territories of fallen Dominators. Knowing all these I can easily create countermeasures against it. All of these are the obvious details that while hidden can be discovered with enough time, but where is the curveball? What have you hidden beneath all this, dear father?"
Rowan knew that the window of opportunity to learn the truth was very small, now that the gods of Trion were not aware of his presence here on the planet, this would be the best time to infiltrate their rank.
?
It took an entire month for the heart of Circe hanging in the air to beat for the first time, that meant, the change was nearly over, and Circe was about to be reborn.
Energy began to gather around the heart and soon transformed into flesh, blood, hair, and bones. Nerves and veins grew, connecting to tissues and joints, and a baby girl with bright blue hair was born.
Her eyes were closed as she slept deeply, hovering in the air and slowly rotating, the only sound emerging from her were dull cracks of her bones as her body grew fast from a six months old to a three year old in a matter of hours.
The silver tattoo of the eye of Rowan traveled from her left hand to her back where it expanded to cover all of it. Her growth began to slow down and the eyes of Rowan flashed as he began to pour Primordial Aether into her heart.
Her body began to rapidly vibrate as the change accelerated. With her new heart transforming her body, Circe was now capable of digesting Primordial Aether, an energy that was left for Archamages and the gods, but her present physique was now capable of accepting and utilizing this energy efficiently.
Before long her body reached the age of sixteen and her physical change began to slow down, but internally drastic modifications continued. Her brows were squeezed as if she was in pain, but she never woke up, all through the transformation.
®
Rowan watched these changes in satisfaction, it would take another week for it to be completed, and when it was done Circe would be an Earth god!
Unlike when his Reflection created Andar, Rowan was present here and he was easily millions of times more powerful than he was at that time, creating a peak Dominator like Circe was nothing to him, the trick to it all was making Circe have all the features of a Dominator yet still carry his presence inside of her.
When she awoke, the next step she would be taking was to become a goddess. An impossible feat for a Dominator, since the Divine Authority of the Boreas bloodline dwelled inside a still living god, but Rowan had made sure it would be possible with a slight twist to it.
Her bloodline was a carbon copy of Boreas, yet it was not truly linked with his own, but it was so exact that when Circe began to ascend, her Divine Kingdom would easily merge with that of Boreas because, for all intents and purposes, they were one and the same.
At the time Boreas would be puzzled at the sudden addition of such a large addition to his Divine Kingdom, and Rowan would strike. The god would undoubtedly be suspicious, but he would take a fraction to process this new addition to his kingdom, and that fraction was enough time for Rowan to dominate him.
The Gods of Trion may not be aware but war had arrived at their doorstep and Boreas would become the first fatality, Circe would be his Trojan Horse, and the challenge would be to silently replace Boreas with Circe.
®
A loud blast resounded outside and Rowan became curious, over the month, there had been seventeen of such loud blasts as the Caravan was carried on top of the Sand Line, thirty miles away from the ground and moving at spectacular speeds.
He soon found out that the blast was to signify anytime they passed over a special zone or a place of interest be it a large city or a temple for a god.