The body of the Shiik that resembled a large crab after it folded all its legs together was still like a rock, its massive female face was relaxed, and from its nose, a small body emerged and silently dropped down a hundred and twenty feet before landing on the ground without shaking a single dust.
Rowan now had the body of a ten-year-old, his green skin shone with an emerald glow and his red hair was like blood, there was a sort of Aura around him that made it quite difficult to focus on him.
He observed the sleeping form of the Shiik and touched a single strand of its red hair that was as large as a python, 'why do I always carry my children into war?'
He thought he knew the answer to that question, but sometimes when he thought about the weight of their sacrifices, it pained him.
'No more… I cannot promise much, but I will never fall so easily again. You all deserve a better father.'
The Shiik had destroyed most of the complex around and the explosion had wiped off the rest.
Rowan turned towards a direction and began to walk. His body was like a spirit being. Naked he glided over the destruction, his young face holding a focus and majesty that was undeniable, no one would look at him and think this was not a mortal.
Before long he found himself before the most elaborate building in this complex, made entirely from black metal and had a trapezoid shape, standing more than a hundred feet; this building had only a single doorway.
In his memories from the Explorer, he knew that this black building was usually glowing with a white light, making it appear like glass. The explosion had only managed to disrupt the process happening inside the building and had not left a single scratch on its surface.
Rowan reached the door. It was sealed and required identification from all three Explorers in order for it to open. Rowan's figure suddenly blurred as he expelled hundreds of thousands of parasitic worms from his body. These worms separated into three portions and began to shuffle themselves quite quickly, and before long, the three dead Explorers stood before Rowan, and even their Aura at the Heroic level was apparent.
The soul was the seat of consciousness and Rowan understood any mortal he had killed more than they understood even themselves, down to every single cell in their bodies. Recreating them was a simple thing for him.
The three naked Explorers stood before the door and placed their hands on the door, and for a while, it seemed that nothing was happening but a blue glow emerged from between their palms and the door and with a sound as if a massive gear had been shifted, the door rose up and vanished.
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