Summoners War: Only I Summoned Divine Beasts - Chapter 1630: Absorbing the Alpha Class Cores

Chapter 1630: Absorbing the Alpha Class Cores

Nathan sat on his bed with his eyes closed.

Garuda was resting on the couch while maintaining a close look at Nathan’s condition.

Xolotl, on the other hand, began his explanation. “To swallow an alpha class core, you first need a rule.

“The core has rules itself, so if you don’t have any rules, you will be influenced by these rules. This also means that your body will be tainted, and you won’t be able to get any rules that you want and instead get the rules in the core.

“If you do such an irresponsible thing, your body will reject the second core, and you will have a hard time fully establishing the rules that you’ve absorbed.

“But since you have established your rules, there is no need to worry about that unless you absorb them carelessly.

“When you absorb the energy from the core, you will find that the rule is attached to the energy. You have to form a kind of barrier with your own rules to stop the alien’s rules from entering your body.

“If you fail to stop them, you will end up absorbing the rules, which might clash with your own rules. In the worst-case scenario, it might lead to your death.

“That’s why if you want to absorb the cores, you need a perfectly safe place without any distractions. If you lose your focus even for a moment, you will definitely regret it.

“I have discussed this with Evelyn and Luna. Nyx and Gaia have also agreed to help them in absorbing their alpha class cores. If necessary, they can absorb their cores later under my supervision.

“And because I want to do this safely, there are two things that you need to do. First, we will create the outer barrier. This barrier will give us some room to react in case you fail to completely repel the rule.

“Garuda and I will be monitoring you closely and tell you to erect the next line of barrier if you fail, and there should be enough room to create the third and final barrier.

“However, you don’t have to worry much. While the process is tedious, it’s not necessarily hard.

“Just make sure to maintain your concentration. Fenrir and Anubis are waiting outside, making sure that no one enters this room for the next couple of days.

“From everything I’ve seen from you, I suspect that you’re able to refine an alpha core in three to five days.

“Any questions?”

Nathan nodded. “I have two questions. What about the rules? Are they going to affect my barrier? And does having more rules mean having more energy?”

“I’m not entirely sure about the aliens, but I believe their systems are the same as ours. First, the rules won’t affect you. In the end, the rules are no longer bound to a living being, so they won’t aggressively eat you away. For example, the nullification power won’t suddenly flare up and negate your barrier.

“As for the energy, there should be no difference. First of all, you can actually become a divine beast just by having 10 million ena, as long as you possess a rule, form your divine body, and create your godhood.

“You will be a weak god, but you will still be a god. That must be the same for the aliens, so you should probably expect the amount of energy from a single core to be around 7 to 15 million ena. With your current absorption rate, you should get 14 million, I believe.”

Nathan nodded. “I guess I need a bit more to make sure you three reach the next threshold.”

“We have plenty of cores, so it will be fine. Selena and the others have summoned their familiars, so they are much more focused on upgrading their abilities and forming their divine rules. So, it’s not like there is a high demand for cores in our group.”

“Fair enough.”

“For now, I want you to completely focus on absorbing the energy and think of nothing else. Just believe that we will handle the rest. Besides, Mae will be taking care of all your matters for the time being.”

Nathan nodded.

“All right. Are you ready?”

“Yeah.” Nathan took out the first core.

“Good. Unlike the usual way, you won’t swallow the cores physically. You just have to put them in your hand and envelop it with your body. Your control over energy should be enough to forcefully extract the energy from within the cores at this point.

“The first barrier will be on your hand. Create a barrier that will isolate the cores before extracting the energy.

“The second barrier will be on your shoulder. The third barrier will be around your heart. You have to focus on the first barrier. No need to erect the second or third barrier unless something passes the first barrier. Understood?”

“Yeah. Still, it might chip away at my rules, right?”

“Indeed. However, it’s easy to patch the hole as long as you’re concentrated enough. Just don’t sleep midway.”

“Ahaha.” Nathan chuckled. “I will be fine. Thank you for watching me.”

“It’s fine.” Xolotl nodded. “Anyway, we should begin.”

“Understood.” Nathan nodded and lifted up the core. A spherical barrier soon formed to isolate the core.

Nathan then poured his energy into the barrier, trying to forcefully suck the energy from the core.

Once it was sucked, the energy would flow continuously. It was like a hose looping over a tub. The water wouldn’t flow naturally because it had to go up first before going down, but once the other side of the hose was sucked until the water flowed out, the water would continue to flow until the height between the two sides was the same.

Nathan could feel the alien’s rule trying to overwhelm his own barrier, but Nathan had reinforced his barrier with his own divine rule, which would become water and oil.

As a result, the alien’s rule would flow away after getting deflected from Nathan’s barrier.

Xolotl was right. The process was easy enough. He didn’t have any problem in maintaining the barrier. However, he really had to pay attention all the time to make sure no rule managed to sneak in.

And he had to do it for the other two alpha class cores. It would be a two-week marathon for him.