The Primordial Record novel Chapter 185

Chapter 185 The Tales of Erohim (3)

It took two hours and the rest of the battle ended. All the beasts, including the two Incarnation spiders, were killed and except for the golden beast, who appeared a lackluster, as its healing capabilities were now fading.

The wounds on its body began to accumulate, and it shrieks were getting more desperate, yet the light of madness in its eyes was blooming brighter.

The two-Second Circle Dominators became more serious and encircled it in a barrage of green bolts, and the battle entered a heated phase.

It finally lost its Incarnation after another hour of battle, and it was easily finished off by the second circle Dominator who flew down and used a sharp blade to cut it into pieces while it let out weak screams that resembled a human.

The death of the golden beast signified the end of the battle, and a loud cheer rang out in the battlefield as a part of the army set upon the beasts and began harvesting body parts and burning the remnants of their dead.

The Incarnation Dominators set upon the corpse of the golden beast and began collecting its bones and organs into special jars while the two-second circle Dominators retreated to a floating tent a bit farther away from the battle site, with happiness in their features.

Rowan took his time to analyze the battle, and this led him to the inevitable truth about how Dominators battle.

The first thing he noticed was their minimalistic approach to battle, he suspected that the second circle Dominators was from a major family as they both appeared young and distinguished, and they surely had powerful weapons and abilities, but they used a single technique to strike and another to defend until the end of the battle.

Without piercing through their glamour, it would be impossible to know which family they came from, since they did not use any bloodline techniques, and the mercenaries below were not wearing a family crest.

After the battle, he saw another section of the army he failed to notice which were scouts. They had been patrolling outside the range of the fight, and were lookouts against any incoming enemy.

Everything he saw from this battle, from the Armor worn by the Legendary Dominators to their formations used to maximize their efficiency and reduce casualties. To, the delaying tactics used by both the Incarnation Dominators and Second Circle Dominators all spoke to him of one thing.

They all fought with efficiency because of their limited resources.

They had no access to Empyrean bloodlines, and their techniques were weak, no matter how well practiced they got at it.

They got tired, took injuries, and could not generate an endless amount of energy to offset whatever they lost in battle.

So they made battle a matter of profit and loss. Every action they were taking was to maximize the number of damage they could inflict while doing it with the least amount of resources as possible.

It did not take long for Rowan to understand that this path was not for him, and although there were valuable lessons to be learned from them. Imitating them would be adding a crutch to his own abilities, stifling his potential and causing his Empyrean blood to rebel.

The other thing he noticed was their application of Aether and the powers of their techniques. If not for how weak the effects were from their attacks he would have disregarded it, yet all the attacks from the Legendary Dominators were at the Refined Level.

Their movements were sharp and precise and their abilities spoke of an edge that no mortal technique could touch.