Sumatra's Greatest Fan - Chapter 127: Seed Of Tragedy (Part 3)
Chapter 127: Seed Of Tragedy (Part 3)
Beginner Gold Grade Pranic Beast–Brully!
With a Prana capacity of 4188 and a lifespan of 1100 years, the Brully was an 80-metre-tall Pranic Beast that had invaded Sumatra at one point in the past. With an extremely individualistic nature and a battle-obsessed trait, the Brully population steadily dwindled over the various eras that came after their invasion.
In the present era, they were extremely rare; they were merely considered as legends in Free Human Empires that had maintained a long history and an intact library for documentation.
As a race obsessed with battle, they let go of every other desire. But still, there were times when a Brully mated with its kind, though extremely rare. It happened when the Brully changed upon an opponent it was unable to kill no matter what.
In that situation, it let go of its obsession and sought to create its progeny, in hopes the progeny, armed with its knowledge and experience, could defeat the opponent it failed against.
Of course, this state of mind was temporary, as the Brully had a solid chance of rekindling its obsession for battle once again.
It would be a cause for wonder if a Brully father had stayed put in a place long enough for its kid to be born. Even the Brully mother would be chasing after some opponent or the other to fight.
And their system had evolved to the extent all biological necessities were completed in an instant. If they wanted to poop, they would compress all the body’s waste into a sphere and launch it out as a projectile, not even wasting a few seconds with the task.
Even a Brully’s birth was the same, as the baby would be ejected out in a similar fashion while the mother continues to run about in the region.
By the time the baby lands on the ground, its mother would have already entered another region.
Of course, even a baby Brully was significantly powerful, able to run around from the instant its feet touched the ground. As a Gold Grade Pranic Beast, unless it encountered a powerful Gold Grade Pranic Beast that would be a challenge for even its adult self, a baby Brully would grow without issues to reach maturity eventually.
And with a significantly lower chance, a Brully loses hope against an impossible enemy, but doesn’t stop at a place to birth a progeny, a change occurs in its being. Its obsession magnifies by the dozens, firing off a series of dangerous hormonal fluctuations in its body, until at the macroscopic level, it mutates.
Then, it becomes the Bhirully, a 120-metre-tall Intermediate Gold Grade Pranic Beast.
With a Prana capacity of 6000 and a lifespan of 1300 years, it moves ahead with the single-minded obsession of defeating the wall it had encountered before, one that fuelled its mutation.
Primary Nature–Cyclic Recovery!
Both the Brully and the Bhirully had three sets of internal organs, which it constantly switched through between an active state and a state of rest. This way, it never needed to stop at a place to rest and recover, for one set of organs was always resting after being in operation for a while.
Secondary Nature–Adrenaline Rush!
Upon mutation, it obtained a Secondary Nature. It was a simple Nature that overclocks the Bhirully’s physique and allows it to perform whatever it does usually, only at a much greater efficiency.
The Bhirully had a head resembling a rhinoceros, with a humanoid body. Its arms were shaped like weapons, which varied between its brethren.
Depending on the type of enemy it wanted to face, the Brully could change the shape of the weapon, ranging from swords to hammers. The process of changing the weapon shape was no different from melting a metal tool and reforging it into a new tool.
That wasn’t all. During the forging process, a Brully could even infuse a mineral into its hands and derive an effect extremely similar to a Free Human’s Human Avatar.
Many Free Human Empires emerged after the Brully Invasion exactly for this reason, as they figured out the means to forge powerful Human Avatars by using the Brully hands as blueprints.
The Bhirully holding Raurau had a golden left arm that was shaped like a bird’s claw. Its right arm seemed to be squirming with vine-like musculature.
’W-What sort of existence is this?’ Raurau condensed a mist to hide himself and slip out of the Bhirully’s grasp. However, his mist casually dispersed under a glare from the Bhirully.
Thud! Thud! Boom!
Thunderous sounds reverberated across the region, hurting Raurau’s ears as the Bhirully continued to fight nonstop. The vine-like musculature on its right hand seemed to have developed like a dense overgrowth to reach its back, resembling a tree foliage.
And hanging from it were Pelting Monkeys, numbering two hundred, bound by the vines. Also scattered amidst them were Pelting Monkey eggs, in large heaps each.
Scrunch!
The Bhirully grabbed a bundle of Pelting Monkeys and threw them into its mouth to crunch aloud. It chewed casually, not stopping for even a second. The sheer winds generated as a result of its sprint made it difficult for Raurau to even orient himself.
“Kid,” Came a voice from the Bhirully, stunning Raurau.
“You…you know our language?” Raurau had never experienced a Pranic Beast speaking the language of the Cooter Clansmen.
“I learnt it,” The Bhirully said as suddenly, a hole appeared in its chest. And flying out of it was its heart, which landed on the vines on its right arm, beside the bound figure of Raurau. Its wounds regenerated quickly as it continued, “In my heart lies a great mineral that can forge a Spirit Weapon out of any mineral.”
“I want you to refine it so that it contains two properties,” It addressed upon bringing its face closer to Raurau, watching the latter’s figure twitched like a leaf in a storm by the sheer might of its voice, “First is that it should be an Elixir. As long as you repeat what you achieved using the Pelting Monkeys, this should be achievable.”
“Second, it should be a Spirit Pool.” It grinned, “Turn that mineral into a substance with both these properties and I’ll set you free.”
“W-Why should I do that?” Raurau was deathly afraid. However, even though he didn’t know the full picture, he could instinctively feel that listening to the Bhirully’s words would end up grandly screwing up the Cooter Clan in the future. Hence, he refused, “Kill me!”
“Nah,” The Bhirully acted like it had expected his refusal. Instead, it coolly turned its head to stare at the huge wall of mist heading towards it like a tsunami, drowning everything in its path, “In that wall of mist are your people, desperately chasing to rescue you.”
“And they are my hostage.” As it spoke, its golden left arm detached and hovered before it, “For every minute you delay, I will kill one of your kind.”
“You…you cannot!” Raurau screamed as he stood up to stare at the wall of mist that was quickly approaching him. Even though he couldn’t break free from the vines that bound his feet, he was confident in being rescued. After all, “The Settlement Leaders have made their move.”
“You cannot succeed!”
“Then, a demonstration first.” The Bhirully chuckled as its golden claw disappeared with a flash, “The strongest among the chasing group must be your Settlement Leader, right?”
Exactly twenty seconds later, the golden claw returned, holding a man’s severed head, which the Bhirully dangled before Raurau, “Is this him?”
