Chapter 12 No Peace
In the dim tunnel, the evil light reflects an inhuman face, and then the oppressive and illusory voice describes the unknowable horror.
"The high concentration of energy will cause the creature to lose consciousness in an instant, and the body will be dominated by the Void Transformation;"
"There are some weird 'lakes' in the underworld, but there are no fish in them. Those lakes are doorways to another dimension, and if you stand by for a moment, you can see new monsters crawling up to the shore and rushing towards you; ”
"The touch of a void creature may dissolve organic matter and then reform it into the form it needs. You may not understand it, but the vivid point is to melt people like chocolate and then reshape them into monsters. ”
"At present, I only know that there are these three ways of proliferation, and I will add to other teachers."
In such a terrifying atmosphere, you think Kane will tell some ghost stories, but in fact he is talking about something!
At first, Keisha was not very obedient, and it wasn't until Kane proposed to play that she took on the role. It's just that the two play not mom and dad, but teachers and students.
"Teacher Kane......" I heard that I was going to be spanked if I interrupted a speech without permission, and Keisha stopped talking.
"Keisha-san, what questions do you have?" Kane combed Kesha's hair in a loose knot, and the roots of it had begun to turn purple.
"What is chocolate?" She asked.
"Chocolate is a candy that should be available in Piltover."
"Candy? That must be delicious, right? Dad once brought me some candy from outside, but the desert heat melted it all into syrup...... It's still sweet, it's the sweetest I've ever tasted. ”
Keisha remembered the good old days, but when they left her, she could only hold her arms and shrink her body.
"I want you to ask meaningful questions, and when you understand the Void better, you'll be able to get out of the underground sooner. When the time comes, I'll take you to the city to eat candy, and you can eat as much as you want. ”
Keisha was young when she fell underground, and there were many, many things she hadn't seen before, and Kane was interested in the world of magic.
Eventually, they will leave the underground, see the light of day, and see the world well.
Children are the best to coax, and only a simple commitment is needed to motivate her.
"I wonder how the Skinarmor is combined with us?"
"Good question!"
"When the carapace touches the skin, the place where the two come into contact first dissolves into soft, pale fibers, which then mix and reconstitute the flesh that connects the two."
"This nefarious process needs to be driven by energy, so the first time I tried, it was eroded because I didn't have an ethereal heart, and it was a false demonstration."
"It turns out that the heart still has this effect." Keisha feels more and more that the Ethereal Heart is a good thing, and she must find a way to get a bunch of them tomorrow!
“……”
"Let's talk about the reason for the formation of the dark condensation armor."
"But I'm sleepy."
"Then go to sleep."
The unchanging darkness can make people lose their sense of time, and Kane's science doesn't know how long it lasts until sleepiness sweeps in.
Kane voluntarily chose to keep vigil, and the young Keisha obviously did not have this sense of crisis. He didn't explain what he was doing, he just kept stroking her hair to make her go to bed quickly
In order to make Keisha sleep peacefully on the first night after the symbiosis, he used his left eye to "warn" her restless armarmor so that she could fall asleep without pain.
In addition to the unchanging darkness underground, there is also eternal cold.
This is a test that must be endured, no plants will grow in this underground, and no firewood will be found to make a fire.
Fire can dispel wild beasts, but if you don't have any wild beasts to drive them away, you will attract hungry monsters.
It's very stupid not to find a way to blend yourself into the darkness and instead expose yourself to the light.
A long sigh came from the darkness.
Symbiosis also comes at a cost, for example, the second skin on Kane's hand began to shrink, and the feeling of pins and needles kept coming, and the insatiable hunger swept in waves.
It's hungry.
Even Keisha in front of her wanted to devour.
It wants to dominate Kane's body with a terrifying hunger pang, and stretch out a poisonous hand to Keisha.
Licentious!
Kane immediately suppressed the desire to kill on the surface of his body, and took a deep breath trembling, his fists clenched so tightly that even the air around him was distorted.
He didn't know if he was the only one who had such strong feelings, maybe because his brain was changed, his perception was greatly enhanced, and he had a fairly intuitive feeling for the desire of living skin armor.
It's almost empathetic, as if hungry enough to eat an adult dragon lizard.
Keisha could only tell how hungry she was by the tightness and looseness of her skin, and the amount of pain she inflicted on her body.
The difference between him and Keisha may be the reason why he can manipulate them - he perceives the void from the perspective of a void creature, not a human.
Eventually, Kane couldn't resist this terrifying hunger pang and forcibly used his left eye to quiet his left hand.
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Without a goal, the Ethereals would not have done anything at all. They seem to be able to stay in one place forever, staying where they are even after all the vicissitudes of life.
But in reality, these things do not have noble qualities, they only possess very primitive cognitive abilities, and only the breath of living things can make them move.
They were scattered around the cavern, their torsos shaking, supported by four inverted triangular blade feet, unnaturally shaking, as if they were suffering from some kind of mental illness.
Because of the shaking, the light spots in the three eyes swayed on the cave wall, like dandelions blown by the breeze.
But with a little common sense, you know that there can be no wind underground, and the air here speaks of a place full of terror and hostility all the time.
Keisha crouched at the entrance to the cave, the presence of her skin armor diluting the smell of life on her body. Because there is no wind underground, they don't have to go to great lengths to find the downwind.
Kane used his perception to find the group of ethereal spirits, but before starting the hunt, he asked Keisha to observe the ethereal spirits first, in order to review the knowledge points learned last night, and deepen the impression with pictures and texts.
What a good teacher who is dutiful~
Keisha saw the triadity of the void in the body of the ethereal spirits, saw their faint pulsating hearts, and saw that their existence was not tolerated by this world.
She understands that they are designed to eliminate these threats more efficiently and prevent the tragedy that happened to her to repeat itself in others.
Kane stood in the shadows cast by the rock wall, closing his eyes to perceive the swarm.
He raised his hand, his thumb and forefinger twisted lightly, as if he were crumpling a piece of salt crystal.
A grain of salt detached from the whole salt crystal, corresponding to an ethereal spirit at the edge of the swarm, which he used to control the approach.
And Kaisha retreated into the darkness in two steps, spear raised, ready to bring down the verdict of justice.