NOVEL NEXT Chapter 315: Easiest reap
Ninth and the rest of the team were gobsmacked. They couldn't close their jaws from the shock of seeing the Dragon Canzer eat the Frog's head whole and chomp it to bits.
It was surreal. It felt like they were seeing something impossible, something taboo. Those two monsters may be completely different kinds of creatures, but they were still Canzerse nonetheless.
It was like seeing a human bite another human's hand whole.
"What…"
"Did that dragon just cannibalize its own kind?"
Ninth didn't even know what to do. She didn't know if she should interfere or let nature take its course.
This would have been the perfect opportunity for them to attack the dragon. Now that it was alone and busy digesting the head of the Frog, Ninth and the team had the chance to attack her at her most vulnerable position.
On the other hand, they could just let the Dragon do what it was going to do. Since it never showed any hostility over them in the first place, there was a huge chance that the Dragon would simply leave after killing the Frog Canzer.
"Carmine, have you ever heard something like this happening before?" Ninth asked the camera in the battle suit.
"...this is highly unusual. From what our sources indicate, the Enchanted Queen is a royal leader of the Enchanted kingdom. Meanwhile, the Frog Prince is a general of a rival kingdom.
From our estimation, this shouldn't have happened. The Enchanted Queen shouldn't have been in this place at all!
The fact that she killed a general from a rival kingdom means that she is waging war against them, breaking the thousand-year peace treaty between the two kingdoms. This is highly unusual and game-changing! I believe that what we witnessed right now will have huge repercussions in the Canzer community."
Carmine and the rest of the Specialist Operators knew more about the circumstances surrounding the Canzer society. That's why it came as such a shock that they saw a pivotal moment in their history.
The Dragon could cause an all-out war between the Canzers!
Although it may sound good for humans to see that the Canzers were going to have a war, they knew that it would also have bad consequences.
The rates of Canzer appearances would increase substantially. A war needed a lot of resources, and Canzers could only get those resources by infiltrating the Remediums and stealing from the God.
The missions were bad now, but with the advent of the war, it would only become much worse.
The Dragon roared to the skies after swallowing the Frog Prince's head. She let out all the frustrations she had about the traitors of her kingdom and finally let them go.
She had stayed far too passive this whole time. Now was the opportunity to finally get what she wanted.
'I hope you get stronger with this, human. We will see each other again very soon. Now that I've got a taste of those traitors, I'm craving for more.'
She spread her wings wide and took off into the black skies of the swampy bayou. In just a matter of seconds, she disappeared into the horizon, leaving the humans utterly confused and speechless.
Soon after, the swampy bayou started to melt, as if it had only been an illusion this whole time.
The large trees submerged in the water turned into large skyscrapers. The slow-moving river that carried the raft turned solid and became the asphalt road of Genesis City.
A few seconds later, they were finally back into the streets leading towards the Church.
The fact that the swampy bayou disappeared meant that the fight was truly over.
But though a minute had passed, the whole team was still silent and reeling from what they just witnessed. They couldn't believe it.
Atlan was surprised too, not because of confusion, but because of joy.
[You have assisted in the death of a complex creature: The Frog Prince]
[Due to your Trait, your rewards have been multiplied by 10]
[You have gained the (B-class) Assassin LifeSkill: Devour Assimilation]
[You have gained 90x F class fragments]
—Army Chef: (B) Devour Assimilation
——— 1st stage Pre-Intern realm
———— 90x F class fragment
———— This LifeSkill allows the user to temporarily assimilate a creature's physical and magical powers by devouring part of their body. The bigger the body part consumed, the stronger the power given to the user.
[You have gained 50x (5-star) genus: Frog Prince]
[You have gained the (5-star) mutation: Slimy Skin]
— (5-star) Slimy Skin
—— Upon activation, the user's skin will produce a slime that will decrease the SoulTime incurred by the injury by 50%.
Atlan looked at his new set of powers and couldn't help but break out a smile. He obtained a new Pre-Intern LifeSkill and a 5-star mutation without even doing anything—literally.
The Queen stuck by her words and killed the Canzers for him. He was slightly worried that the Queen would go back on their promise, but it turned out that even Canzers like her could be more honorable than some humans.
His new LifeSkill was incredibly interesting too. Although it necessitated him eating a part of a Canzer's body, the fact that he could consume their flesh and assimilate their powers was a huge boon in strength.
After all, he didn't have to do it himself. He could simply give it out to a puppet, creating another powerful ally by his side.
He was also surprised that the system considered him to have assisted in the Frog Prince's death, which led to him getting more rewards.
Is it because the Frog Prince wouldn't have died if I hadn't asked the Queen to kill him?
Although it was weird, Atlan didn't complain. After all, he got more rewards that way.
Continue your saga on empire
While Atlan was inwardly celebrating his rewards, the rest of the team were incredibly confused as to what they were going to do next.
"...This is strange…"
"I agree. But let's look at it from the bright side. We can go forward and get a little bit closer to the Church," Ninth said to her team.
No matter how strange the situation was, they shouldn't forget their true goal.
They were just a couple more hundred meters away from the Church.