NOVEL NEXT Chapter 265: Trust
While this happened, Alex was grasping the rock in his hand. His muscles tensed, and the veins throbbed as he exerted a lot of strength, trying to crush it.
CRACK!
A glow came out from the grasp.
His lips then curled into a grin, and with one motion, he ate the rocks.
The moment they reached his tongue, the contents of the rock melted. The taste was beyond his wildest thoughts.
It was soft, silky, and very sweet. If anyone told him this was ambrosia, he would believe it without a second question.
He then felt an incredible amount of energy surging through his body.
Energy exploded outward, followed by excruciating pain. Alex could feel all the veins in his body boiling.
"Arghh!!!" he screamed in pain, but it only lasted for a moment before it was replaced by a grin.
He spit out the leftover rock from his mouth as a notification appeared in his eyes.
[Progenitor Transformation + 0.1%]
Seeing this, MingYue also followed suit, but she didn't chomp the rock like Alex.
She slashed the stone into two and then slurped the contents. As MingYue began her transformation,
A message appeared in front of Alex.
[King, you must find a way to eject Gluttony from the other Vesa's body, or at least purify him. Otherwise, we will lose a lot.]
'Where have you been, Vesa? Don't tell me you just woke up.'
[Actually, I woke up after entering the castle. Then I felt the other Vesa trying to connect with me.
Feeling Gluttony's presence, I decided to hide. The only reason I can talk now is thanks to Master's Essence.]
Alex was still suspicious of many things, but he knew this was not the time to be suspicious. Despite Vesa hiding many things from them, Vesa always came out when they really needed help.
Like when MingYue took over the inheritance realm or Alex to rescue his sister.
'Can you be more clear? What will we lose if this Vesa is killed?'
[Knowledge, my King. Information about many runes, the world, the old progenitor, and, more importantly, a part of myself.]
Alex ruminated on his choices. Knowledge is important; who knows what they would miss with this empty spot? But he felt more curious about what Vesa meant by an important part.
Was it more than memory? Like a soul or even some abilities?
'Fine, how can we do it?'
[Took all the Alucard essence from him, then smashed him to meatpaste. I can do the rest. The other essence is inside the mark on his head, which is why you cannot feel it, King.]
'A meat paste, huh…' Alex thought while seeing Thalia fight with the other Vesa.
Their movement speed and the ability they used. Despite his new enhanced strength, it was still out of his league.
After the other Vesa focused all his attention on the fight, the fight turned into a standstill. Thalia no longer dominated the clash.
She was now engaging in close melee, clashing her spear against the other Vesa's hand, which seemed to grow larger. Twice the normal size.
CLASH!!!
Each hit created a shockwave as they moved like blurs in the sky. Looking from Alex's angle, it was like seeing fireworks.
Darting his eyes to the other rock, Alex could see MingYue relishing her new strength.
'MingYue, there are thirteen other rocks. In total, they probably have 1.3% of Alucard essence.
Since we already consumed 0.2%, that means the other Vesa has almost 2%.' Alex then proceeded to tell her what Vesa told him.
Vesa also started communicating with MingYue.
Compared to Alex, MingYue cut Vesa off and started asking Vesa questions first.
'Before you ask anything from me, tell me first where the rest of Alucard's essence we consumed is. Let us use it all and infuse all the necessary Knowledge for us.' MingYue ordered.
As Vesa could infuse Knowledge directly into their brains, this should be possible. She never understood why Vesa didn't do it, except that she didn't really trust them.
At first, MingYue felt it was weird since they were bonded in soul, but after hearing what happened in Alex's journey, followed by Thalia's Knowledge, MingYue realized the reason was that they were human.
A human betrayed the old progenitor. Vesa was trying its best to accept them but still had some reluctance in fully committing.
In Vesa's eyes, humans were portrayed as untrustworthy, greedy, and clever.
There is a possibility they find a way to get out of the chain, or maybe the human progenitor Adam already had a method for it.
When that time comes, what if Alex and MingYue choose the human side? All the old progenitor's plans will be wasted.
If this is what happened, then MingYue found it reasonable. But this doesn't mean she accepted it. Vesa's insecurity could cost them their lives.
[Queen… I admit I did hold back on the essence, but for the Knowledge, I really don't know much. ]
[Even what both King and Queen learned from Thalia is something I don't have now. I could open all the essence, but…]
'But what!? You still cannot trust us even after all this?'
[You may not believe me, but there is another reason. One that I fear will make both of you turn against me. For you, Queen, I could unlock all of it without repercussion, but the part that the King absorbed is different.]
'Explain.'
[His part contains part of the old progenitor's soul. With how the King thinks, I am sure if he knows, he will think this is all a trap so the old progenitor can be reborn.]
'How are you sure that is not the case?'
[With my current memories, I really don't know.]
'So you lie to us about your Knowledge and then hold back on something that is important from Alex?
Vesa, how could we trust you now? Don't you realize all three of us are in this together?'
Seeing MingYue not respond and just stand in a daze, Alex called, "MingYue, what are you doing? Go consume the rest of the essence.
As I said before, you need to get your percentage to the same rate as mine."