The Primordial Record novel Chapter 1033

1033 Preparation For Battle

The words from Rowan touched something deep inside the mind of the Shiik, granting it a focus and a goal that its young mind clung onto, yet its fear of light and the sun was still primal, embedded in the part of itself that its new intelligence could not yet control, and it was still returning to the crater but more slowly.

The Shiik fought against its instinct, but the tools for such a battle were yet unavailable to it, and although Rowan could override those instincts, he understood that some battle needed to be fought personally, but he had no time for the Shiik to acclimate, their presence had been detected by the powers in this land and before long, an intense battle was coming for them.

Rowan sighed and borrowed the sight of the Shiik and looked around, even in his weakened condition, he had instantly digested the souls of the three Explorers, and although he had no access to manipulating soul energy, he was able to gain the other peripheral benefit of this ability.

He sent the image of a large metallic building at the edge of the complex surrounding the crater.

The complex was largely automated with only the three Explorers handling the entire operation, this was to keep this resource point as hidden as possible to avoid outside interference.

The Calamities were not the only problem in this world, for as always, where there were benefits there would also be conflicts. There were other Ascendant powers wishing to take control of this Resource area, and the hidden battle to control all of these resource points was both gruesome and terrifying.

This conflict would act as an advantage for Rowan at the beginning, they would never understand the sort of creature he was and his capabilities, and before the true scale of the threat he represented was shown he would be unbeatable.

The building that Rowan placed in the mind of the Shiik contained a volatile mixture that when combusted would release a lot of heat and most importantly a thick green smoke that took an extremely long time to dissipate.

In small amounts, this smoke can cover several meters and make it quite hard to breathe, and in large amounts, it could cover miles.

The building contained enough of that mixture to cover tens of miles. Rowan judged that it should cover the sight of the sun for the creature, giving it time to adapt, and more importantly, draw prey towards them. Rowan did not relish remaining in this mortal form for long.

The Shiik finally seeing a way to block out the sun, pushed through its discomfort and charged at the building. No longer moving with its usual fluid grace, it barreled through the buildings in its way, crushing both concrete and metal with equal ease and reaching the large metallic building, tearing it apart, its glowing red claws slicing through six inches of metal without any hindrance.

The building was a large storage vat containing nearly a million gallons of the foul mixture that bubbled, emanating pale yellow fumes, they flooded past the legs of the Shiik after escaping out of the confines of the metal storage unit, and the Calamity watched with glee as the green fluid flows past it and spread for thousands of feet.

It brought two glowing red claws forward and touched them together, generating sparks that attracted the red lightning surrounding its body. This lightning snaked forward and touched the liquid and the area for miles flashed white before a large roar and a red mushroom cloud bloomed above the earth that could be heard and seen for hundreds of miles.

Rowan smiled, "good girl." _{ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom}