BXBX NOVEL Chapter 296 - Another Mystery & Postponing
"It isn\'t working?!" the sprout human screamed as he came closer to the place that the dark spots were gathered on, which were supposedly the hatchlings… which didn\'t even bother moving an inch…
\'Was he trying to trick me or…\'
Seeing that the dark spots were still all standing in the position where the orb made out of my mental energy was situated at and continuing to feel the slight drainage, I could easily tell that something had gone wrong…
"Do you care to explain why this is happening…?" not knowing for sure if he knew much about the current situation seeing how surprised and confused he was, I still asked the sprout human for an explanation…
"I\'m not sure… this bag is supposedly bestowed with the ability to appear as the greatest source of mental energy when processed in the bug\'s sensory system, which is why they should be really attracted to it since they are so close… but somehow… wait what?"
Just as the sprout human was in the process of awkwardly explaining how he didn\'t know I why was this happening… a dark spot that was still sucking on mental energy a second ago started falling as its light vanished before it hit the ground…
"They are dying…? This early?! This shouldn\'t be possible!" the sprout human denied what he just explained…
\'Eh…?\'
It wasn\'t that hard to deduce that the bug seemed like they are dying judging from the dark spots reaction, but it also didn\'t make sense to me…
"These are new hatchlings… their growth cycle is still far from ending and they shouldn\'t have any problem with overeating, so how did you do it…?" the sprout human stared at me as if he was seeing some sort of a monster with a questioning look on his face… which was actually quite the funny situation considering that he was a demon less than a week ago…
"I\'m not sure…"
I really wasn\'t sure, after all, not only did the first bug not even give me any sense of thing, unlike these new ones who died after I felt the slight drainage…
Considering both my early experience and the current experience, there seemed to be no plausible explanation other than that…
\'Is my mental energy special or something…?\'
Several possibilities emerged in my mind as I thought about it carefully… Was it due to my high Wisdom stat...? Was it due to my unknown Intelligence stat…? Or was it due to me obtaining \'Telekinesis\' as a stat limit break ability which changed the nature of my mental energy?
\'Another mystery with no answer for now…\'
This base venture was really a huge pain in the brain, everything simply had too many possibilities to consider, not to mention the non-understandable stuff…
"It doesn\'t matter, it\'s better that they are dying anyway."
I simply decided to ignore it since the target was achieved anyway, I was pretty sure that it wasn\'t due to overeating as the consumption of my mental energy was minimal, it seemed like my energy was either toxic to these bugs or just too high in quality.
Seeing the dark spots falling and dying out as if to disappear into nothingness, I withdrew back my mental energy as I could finally relax and forget about the possible problems that would sprout with the trio\'s death…
Checking the trio\'s breathing and condition to find it was still normal, I put them in a better position just like I did the first time as I already knew that the sprout human didn\'t lie to me on this part, all that was left was to wake them up once I\'m done with the base…
\'Now then…\'
With one possible problem finally down off my shoulders, I could deal with the next one on the list…
My business within the base could be said to be almost over, with me removing the possible danger off the trio, finishing an almost complete massacre of the demons in the whole base, the only thing left was to…
\'What should I do with him…?\'
I had to decide how should I deal with the retarded Overseer…
"Hey." I called out to the sprout human who seemed to be still in shock about how I easily dealt with the \'Ancient Bewitching Mark\' hatchlings…
"Yes…?" the sprout human finally snapped out of it as he replies…
"If that retard was killed… Would his supposed famous demon general father be able to sense it…?"
Considering the fact that this father of his went as far as to give him a bloodline core that saved him from the worst case scenario when the \'Demonic Sovereign Sacrifice\' is used, it wouldn\'t be weird to find that he also gave him a survivability device which would notify the father if his son was in danger or if he died or so…
Besides, in the demon community, it seemed that they divided everything depending on bloodline and its purity that it appeared like it was the core of the community, so it wouldn\'t be far fetched if related demons could feel the death of a relative through their blood connection or something like that…
"I believe so…" the sprout human answered without any hesitation, strengthening my suspicion even further…
\'You get to continue living then…\'
I decided to leave him aside, after all, he was half dead anyway, and despite him being the Overseer his actual level wasn\'t that high as his body was barely on the level of normal demon guards, if one disregarded his dark elemental ability, so it wasn\'t worth it to just kill him for the EP…
Simply leaving him in the base to die once his time came, thus his father who seemed like he would be a potential danger seemed like the most plausible solution to me.
\'Let\'s move on to the satisfying part…\'
With everything planned so far, there was only one thing left to deal with to regain my freedom… It was finally time to destroy the \'Corruption Core\' and harvest my due rewards!