Chapter 994 - Greem's Ambitions
Chapter 994 Greem’s Ambitions
In all honesty, the core of mechanical adepts–the mechanical heart–was very similar to an animated metal lifeform with its own consciousness.
Not only could it integrate all the surrounding mechanical parts, but it could also wholly assimilate itself into the energy circulation system of the human body, which used flesh and nerves as the foundations of its construction. From this aspect, the mechanical heart appeared to be much more like a parasitic existence, very much the same as the puppet insects that adepts used when creating flesh puppets.
The only difference was that puppet insects parasitized experiment subjects, while mechanical hearts found their homes within the bodies of adepts.
Mechanical hearts were capable of growing, as well.
However, the nutrition they required for growth was entirely different from what the human body needed. It demanded a large number of rare adept resources and magical materials. Moreover, the conflict between the mechanical adept system and the adept’s original body could only be delayed but never eliminated.
A human’s bloodline and nerves were still far too frail compared to machinery. Any impurities introduced into the body could break the delicate balance that had originally existed.
If human bodies were that frail, why was it that mechanical adepts were willing to repeatedly modify themselves upon those weak foundations instead of constructing an actual mechanical body for themselves?
There was a small stone platform outside the cave. A thick layer of scattered bones lay atop the platform. It was obvious that this was where a powerful magical creature once enjoyed its meals. If one were to stand upon the platform and look into the distance, they would find that this place was located in a vast and endless sea of ancient trees.
Only a stretch of green could be seen no matter where you looked.
Unfortunately, ever since this place became the home of the plague army, the sounds of singing birds and insects could no longer be heard. There was only silence apart from the whistling of the wind through the trees.
However, Greem didn’t seem to care about this. He stood at the edge of the platform and closed his eyes to listen for that strange, vague sound in the distance.
He wasn’t listening for the winds or the rustling of the leaves, but the faint message transmitted back from thousands of kilometers away by his fire runes.
“Remi.”
“Here!”
As Greem called his name, Spirit of Pestilence Remi silently appeared beside him.
“Take your plague army and go east!” Greem gazed at the distant horizon with brooding eyes, “Keep heading east and destroy all cities and villages along the way.”
“What is the target of my attack?” Remi asked out of curiosity.
“Jymeria City!”
“Jymeria? That’s the capital of the Zambez Empire!”
“Yes, the capital. Make as much of a commotion as you can, but be careful. Remember, you are allowed to abandon the mission and flee when you run into a Fourth Grade Holy Knight. Until them, your mission is to expand the plague army as best as you can and draw the attention of the enemy.”
Remi’s ghostly green eyes rolled about. He basically understood Greem’s intentions fully now.
He giggled at Greem and summoned his giant plague beast. He leaped on top of the creature along with the old poison witch and charged down the cliff.
The trees surrounding the cliff started to tremble, and the leaves began to sway. A horde of plague creatures silently started sprinting through the woods, instantly forming a horrifying tide of plague beasts around Greem.
Once the plague creatures had left, Greem pulled his robe up to hide his face before turning and striding southeast.
Supposedly, an adventure and exploration of Henvic Plane should have lost all meaning after Greem obtained the corpse of the starbeast. He should have returned to the clan as soon as possible. However, considering the nourishment that the strange holy lights provided his Spirit, Greem felt like it wasn’t too late to make a big haul before leaving.
It was important to note that Greem would need at least two to three hundred years of work to increase his 37 points of Spirit to 39 points after he returned to the World of Adepts. On the other hand, he only needed to slaughter some harmless holy knights here to be able to accomplish the same thing. Why wouldn’t he do that instead!?
The reason he had sent out Remi and the plague army was to distract and draw away the two damned Fourth Grade Holy Knights. He would take this chance to slaughter the low and intermediate-grade holy knights to collect sufficient holy light for his advancement to Fourth Grade.