A storm of mana raged on. Black and ashen tals danced as they flowed and remade the body before them.
Two Snow Wolf Alphas were at the center of the chaos, standing guard. With them knelt a ghost, her body wracked with pain. Her features twisted in agony, departed souls circling all around her.
Her eyes stayed locked on the ten-ter corpse—remade second by second. Elian’s heart clenched at the sound of her screams. But he knew Bianca was not weak—and neither was the one they labored to resurrect.
Fluffy. Bianca and I need you. Co back.
His arms trembled. Strength left his body as the tals did their own assignnts. Like a maestro, he conducted them—each gram sculpting Fluffy’s body with ticulous care.
Ashen Dominator variants recreated the blood vessels and nervous system. While the black Living tal consud bone, tissue and sinew and remade them. Fluffy’s core already placed in the heart flinched and trembled with every second that passed.
"System, how far off are we?" Elian asked through gritted teeth.
[The process is close to 90% completed. Should no issues arise, the binding will succeed.]
Elian’s eyes moved to Bianca. Her face, although flushed from exertion, wore a wide smile
"You hear that, you flea-infested lecher? I am so going to fluff you when this is over!"
But then the ground trembled, and a loud echo ca from afar. Elian turned and saw a massive pillar of smoke rising in a distance. Bastion and Silent quickly got up and declared as they moved.
"Humans! It must be the church! Elian, Bianca! Focus on finishing the ritual! We will ensure none of them can pass!"
"My daughters, you must be safe by the ti we return! You hear ! Son-in-law, I leave them both to you."
"Wait! Mom! Dad! Keurk!"
Bianca’s soul body vomited blood. Elian grimaced but did as his in-laws instructed. Abandoning Fluffy and Bianca to keep the humans away was putting the cart before the horse.
Co on, co on, co on!
AWOOOOO!!!!!
A powerful howl ca from behind them. Given the tone and voice that was Bastion. As everyone was weak compared to him, Elian had trouble assessing if he should be worried.
It would be great if they are as weak as Charlie and Sera’s party. But if it’s a group comprised of multiple Dusk tier breakers it would be dangerous.
Elian turned to Bianca and saw her face covered in terror. She had teary eyes but continued to glare at Fluffy’s body.
She must feel so powerless. The next ti we do this; it needs to be faster.
"System. I want to automate this reconstruction process in the future. Once I complete it please create a skill."
[Understood. What should the skill’s na be?]
Elian thought for a bit then picked a word he’d heard his father use. It ant to change sothing completely in order to improve it. Which was exactly what he and Bianca did to Fluffy.
"Overhaul."
[Accepted. Skill creation in progress.]
Boom! Loud explosions reverberated in the air, the sounds of trees falling and screams followed. Bianca covered her mouth with her hand as she continued to expel blood.
Annoyed that the process was still not yet done, Elian shouted. "FLUFFY! HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO BE LAZY! GET UP ALREADY!"
At that mont, the tals Elian controlled all encountered resistance. Both the Dominator variant and Liquid tal were rapidly being pushed out of Fluffy’s new body.
[Overhaul completed. Skill created.]
"Ahh!"Bianca’s cry caused Elian to look up.
The once-lifeless body of Whisper of Hope finally rose to its feet.
Her tal fra groaned with each step, the ground buckling beneath its weight. But it opened its eyes and scanned the surroundings. Before Elian and Bianca could even do anything, she blurred—then vanished with a thunderclap.
FAST!
A loud sonic boom followed seconds as she passed. Leaving both Elian and Bianca shocked. The Ashen golem quickly jogged up to Bianca. Taking care not to scare her, Elian picked her soul body into his arms in a bridal carry.
Thankfully the blood splatters were gone. Bianca’s HP held steady—only a three-point loss. All that ti grinding Snow Wolf cores had paid off.
"Elian don’t worry about go after my parents!" as Bianca wiped her mouth on her sleeve.
Elian chuckled at Bianca’s words.
"You didn’t scan her yet, did you?"
"What? What does that have to do with..."
Elian then sent a status screen to Bianca. The witch froze as she read its contents.
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Na: Fluffy (F)
Talent: Untad (B) | Daughter of tal and Soul (S)
World: Fralha | Earth
Species: Unidentified (Na Pending)
Class: Vassal
Level: 1 | (Low Dawn)
HP: 100,000 / 100,000 | MP: 10 / 10
Strength: B | Intelligence: B | Agility: B
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"Is this real? She is a B with 100,000 HP at Level 1?"
"Yep."
"And it says her species is unidentified? What does that even an? Wait! We have to help Mom and Dad!"
"Relax. I can see everything Fluffy does. We created one hell of a monster. Bianca. Our very first child."
Bianca flushed all the way to her ears and turned away, "Don’t get ahead of yourself, Elian. It’s just a label."
Elian’s smile grew wider when Bianca didn’t deny it, "Rest for now. Let’s head there, Fluffy is in the middle of finishing up."
[Alert: Tyrant candidate has completed one of the prerequisites. Establish a faction.]
"Huh?"
The systems ssage caught both Elian and Bianca off guard. But then further explanations followed.
[You have created a new species of beings. Please grant a na for proper recording of Crucible records.]
"Ho? Na both the Species and my faction as follows. Weapons of Valestra."
[Understood. Faction Weapons of Valestra has been added to the records and guild lists.]
"Ha? Wait! Elian! That’s too dangerous!"
Elian then kissed Bianca’s forehead "Don’t worry. I’ll handle it."
Bianca covered the spot that received Elian’s affection in embarrassnt. But she was smiling. With Fluffy’s soul safe at last, the weight slipped from their shoulders. For the first ti in days, they could breathe.
"Hmph. You’ve been getting bolder, Elian..."
"Please let off just this once, Bianca. I just help you bring back a 10-ter fur ball from the dead and gave her a body stronger than even tanks."
Bianca smiled beautifully in bliss, "Fine, I will forgive you. For today at least."
***
As Elian and Bianca trudged through the snow-covered grounds outside the inner sanctum they saw an army of over sixty breakers. They all had the sa uniform, more than fifty lay dead or in pieces. Calling what happened a battle was technically a lie.
It was more of a massacre.
The few still alive, all trembled and were bleeding. Silent and Bastion were off to the side licking each other’s wounds. They only had light injuries.
"Elian! Quick use a potion to heal my parents."
Moving to fulfill her wish, Elian jogged toward them.
Fluffy seems to have everything under control.
Of the nine still alive, four of them had large shields and were clustered together. They wheezed and barely could remain standing. The five behind them were chanting what looked like an offensive skill.
Below their feet were glyphs that shone in different colors. Yet Fluffy stood in front of them unmoving.
What is she waiting for? She thrashed them all like a hurricane earlier.
As Elian wondered, one of the mages shouted, "It’s done! Say your prayers you monster! This is one of the church’s strongest offensive great magics!"
The five mages then raised their hands and roared in one voice!
"TRUTHSONG SWORD—DIE!"
A blinding transparent sword made of golden mana appeared. It then raced forward toward Fluffy. The flying blade caused the air to ripple as it passed. Even from where Elian stood, he could feel the imnse mana in the thing.
Yet the target, Fluffy. Charged at the great magic!
In a display of overbearing strength, Fluffy opened her mouth and tore the flying sword apart with her sharp black teeth. The blade shattered like glass, unable to endure the wolf’s brutality.
"W-What the hell are you?"
With their trump card destroyed the n all fell on their behinds and pissed themselves.
"It ate a Dusk tiered great magic... it ate it..."
"Sigh, I was going to get married next week. Sorry, Linzy."
"We need to tell the Pope! I will go; you all must protect !"
But when the man tried to stand up, his head suddenly separated from the rest of his body. As his head rolled on the ground the rest of the n began to shout hysterically. So tried to run away in different directions, yet the sa fate happened.
It was only then Fluffy spoke aloud for the first ti. Her voice lacked any warmth—cold and robotic, as if the one who returned wasn’t the sa.
"For what you did to my sister... I’ll erase every last one of you," she declared.
"No...please spare us."
Fluffy gave no warnings, no words, no chance. She hunted them down—no hesitation, no rcy—until the last scream fell silent.
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