Monster Integration

Chapter 4469: Trace

It’s a combination of energies, but that’s not what caught my attention.

My attention was caught by the faint amount of Prime energies in there. I could see eight distinct types of energies in there.

One of them is a familiar.

It is coming from quite far; some combination of energies pushed it this far. If I were to travel toward it, I would need the whole night.

I should avoid it, seeing the number of Primes in there, but I found myself flying toward it.

As I had said, I am not in a hurry to reach my destination; it is just a means to say to people. My main purpose is to explore and advance.

It must be something interesting, for such a number of Prime’s to gather.

I increased my speed, but not enough, so that I wouldn’t be able to react to rapid changes in this place if they came. This speed will also let me move in relative stealth.

Two and a half hours passed by, and I am now travelling through lightning.

The violet bolts of lightning are striking across my body. They are powerful enough to kill common Prime instantly, but here my armour is simply absorbing them.

I am taking a shortcut through this lightning area.

It will save me at least an hour of travel, which might not seem a lot, but it is a lot of time in places where I would have needed to travel through several.

I had said this place is dangerous, not because of the lightning, but the sheer intensity of it.

There is a life lock. Once they lock onto you, all the lightning in this place moves to the target. It is happening to me; it is striking me.

Or rather, the energy avatar behind that is getting destroyed and remade every moment.

What I am getting hit by are only the stray lightning bolts. If it had concentrated on me like it is on avatar; it wouldn’t have killed me, it would have definitely slowed me down.

It took me nine minutes, and I got out of it, though not before taking some giant chunks of lightning crystals.

More like boulders.

The ground is filled with them. Many primes came simply for it; I had found the traces of them, including those who had died in there.

There is an extremely faint trace of the law of lightning in it.

Many people would risk their lives for it. It might seem easy after the realm, but over 80% of Primes didn’t have laws.

It’s extremely hard to comprehend them.

Its why things with law power are so desired. Even in the realm, they were extremely rare. I was only able to get my hands on a few.

Most of them were gifts from friends like Avana. Who had been in the realm for a long time.

Soon, it was afternoon, and I had slowed down my speed a little. The monsters are getting powerful, and so are places. I wouldn’t want to be caught in it.

As I fly, I look around while my soul senses and soul waves spread around me.

I could see and sense everything. It is why, now and then, I would slow down and even stop when I found something interesting or something I desired.

Hun!

Another hour passed before I finally discovered the people—primes, actually, two of them.

’They are pretty brave,’ I thought, looking at two Initial Primes. They seemed to be looking for something very carefully.

I looked at them for a second before sighing.

The next moment, the energy blade formed and went toward them.

They sensed an alarm flash on their faces, but the very next moment. A large lizard appeared close to them, looking at things; it was following them.

Seeing it, a horror appeared on their faces. I would feel the same if I found someone following behind me very closely without me knowing.

Puch!

The blade struck right into the head of the lizard, killing it. Seeing relief appear in their eyes, they turned toward me, the place from where I had launched the blade.

They couldn’t see me through the stealth, even when I am moving so fast.

Like always, my stealth is getting better every hour, but not at the speed it usually does in an unfamiliar environment. This is not a single item, but a collection of hundreds.

Some environments cover only a few meters while others cover thousands of kilometers.

They are also changing. It is very important to have a map that is at least a century old. A decade-old is much preferred; it lessens the mishaps by a lot.

As I travelled through the place, a map formed in my core.

I might not share with people, but I like to keep clear records of things.

Soon, it is night, and the place becomes more beautiful. There are colours all around me that I just want to stop, but I am not going to stop.

Yesterday, I said I would stop in the evening, but the priorities changed.𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

I need to reach the Primes as soon as possible. I am very curious what is happening there.

I had only sensed the energy once; it didn’t come again.

I didn’t need to; one time is more than enough for me to trace them to their location, but I would have liked to come across it more than once.

It is ten at night and I am not stopping for dinner.

I hadnt stopped for lunch and was not stopping for dinner. I am feeling hungry, but I suppressed the feelings.

It was past midnight when I rapidly slowed down. I have finally come across a threat that could challenge me. I wanted to fight it badly, but I pushed that feeling away and continued.

I have come across a few more of such monsters by the time the sun begins to come out of the sky.

I have had a good time. I am now only an hour away from my destination. It made me curious, excited, and a little nervous about the things I would find.