Adyr looked down and checked the residents of his 2 lands. His focus moved from one territory to the other, calm and thodical, like he was taking inventory.
The Rank 4 Spark Citadelith was rooted in the land where darkness ruled. Its presence felt heavier than before, and it looked eerier and grander than it used to, perfectly adapted to the new environnt.
Its feeding pattern, where its al had once been the fear of its sentinel victims that it had to pull through its doors, had disappeared. It had reached a state where it could sustain itself by using the malice in the air as a food source. It drew that malice in naturally and settled into the ecosystem like it had always belonged there.
When Adyr looked to the other side, the most important place he had there was where his suicide bees lived. The section felt calr and more alive than before.
Now, under the glowing light that ward the land and softened everything with a calming effect, all the bees looked genuinely happy. Their movent was less frantic and more composed, more tad now.
They looked more socialized, too. Before, they barely interacted, only feeding from the flower garden, sleeping, or wandering around aimlessly. Now, they had started spending ti together. They clustered in small groups and circled each other instead of keeping their distance.
"Too bad they can't reproduce."
How Sparks ca to life was still a question for Adyr. The only thing he knew about them was that they did not reproduce through mating. If that were the case, he could farm many Sparks in this new place with the help of the White Domain. He could turn it into a controlled breeding ground instead of a fixed population.
Adyr's attention shifted to the humanoid figure in the middle of this peaceful environnt. Cannibal stood out like a stain that had learned to behave.
He was standing amid the lush greenery with his eyes closed, his face tilted toward the sky.
He seed to be in good spirits, bathing in the light like a civil servant on vacation with a limited salary, trying to squeeze value out of every second, afraid to waste even a mont of comfort.
Seeing him like this, a faint ripple ford across Adyr's otherwise expressionless energy body face. "Let's try the Tower of Worth's new feature."
With those words, the massive tower stretching into the dark sky gave a slight tremble, like it was responding to a command. Thick smoke began to rise from its tip in a steady surge.
The smoke quickly started moving toward its designated target. It tightened into a single stream instead of dispersing.
Like a shadow cutting across the sky, it crossed into the region, entered the White Domain, and rushed straight toward the mutant human who was still enjoying the mont with his eyes closed. He had no idea what had been aid at him.
Cannibal sensed sothing coming and snapped his eyes open. He stared at the incoming mass of smoke as the ease on his face vanished instantly. Instinctively, he turned to run, but he couldn't keep up. The smoke swallowed him at once, wrapping around him in a single, decisive sweep.
He slamd into the ground with the impact and clawed at the smoke wrapped around him. His arms and legs thrashed in raw panic, but nothing ca free. It clung to him with a grip that would not loosen.
He soon realized he wasn't feeling any pain or harm. If anything, as the black smoke wrapped around him and began to take shape like cloth, his body started to feel more comfortable. The tightness in his muscles began to ease.
When the smoke settled into its final form, Cannibal stood up wearing an all-black outfit that covered his entire body like thin fabric. It fit closely enough to show his silhouette. His feet and hands were sealed, leaving only his head
exposed.
The appearance was similar in concept to Adyr's Malice armor. The difference was that this one did not only provide defense. It also increased strength, turning the protection into sothing more aggressive.
Adyr watched his reaction patiently, without interfering.
Cannibal's breathing soon steadied as his stance grew more confident.
The fear and tension drained from his eyes first. Then he started testing his limbs. He lifted his arms, moved his legs, and jumped a few tis into the air. He checked balance and weight like he was learning a new body.
He dropped to the floor and started doing push-ups, then sit-ups. When he realized it was not enough, he walked to the side and picked up a tal-bodied shovel.
He began applying force to it and easily bent the tal handle, like it was soft wire.
"He accepted the power quite easily," Adyr chuckled, watching the big smile spread across Cannibal's deford face.
Once Cannibal understood what the new suit was giving him, his expression shifted.
The smile on his face turned sinister. He let the bent shovel slip from his hand and started walking in a direction, like sothing in his mind had clicked into
place.
"What is he up to?"
Cannibal walked slowly but confidently across the lush green land. He stopped in front of the gritstalk field, where the tall crops ford a rough border ahead
of him.
He looked around as if searching for sothing. Then his gaze locked onto a spot. He nodded to himself like he had just committed to a decision he had been weighing for a long ti.
He was looking at the location where the Rank 3 Spark, which possessed the size manipulation skill, resided.
The Ant, which was the size of a horse, had long been his biggest rival here.
Until now, Cannibal had always hidden and run away. But today with this newfound power, it seed he had decided to fight to determine the boss of the region. He seed to believe strength alone could rewrite the hierarchy. But even with his strength tripled, Cannibal was still not a worthy opponent for a Rank 3 Spark. The gap was the kind that did not shrink because he felt braver. The Ant realized the human was approaching with hostile intent, and its body started growing larger and larger, legs thickening, fra expanding, and mass climbing in heavy incrents.
In a very short ti, it went from horse-sized to elephant-sized. Cannibal's confidence hit its peak, then shattered on the spot when he saw the already giant Ant growing even larger. The sudden shift in power wiped the
fight out of him.
Without hesitation, he turned and ran without even looking back, abandoning
the idea the mont it beca real.
"This guy is still hopeless," Adyr laughed as he watched the scene.
After getting sudden power, he still rushed to provoke an enemy without thinking, exactly like before. It was clear he had learned nothing from his past. He had only gained a new way to repeat the sa mistake. Leaving Cannibal to his inevitable fate, Adyr pulled his consciousness back from his God Domain. Back in the resting room, he decided to try it on himself. He wanted to test it where he could asure the feeling directly.
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