The Primordial Record novel Chapter 78

Chapter 78 Battle Without End (3)

The commotion from the short battle had reached the people standing outside, and the destruction of the walls had allowed them to see the final part of what transpired. They may not have understood what happened, but seeing the insect like creature inside the priest and the ravings of the captain was enough to frighten them.

He looked at the shaken people, a hint of pity in his eyes, but battle was upon them, and he could not risk their lives in what was coming.

The army charging towards them was a testament to the ridiculous number of people who had been killed in whatever horrifying experiment was happening here.

Rowan was glad that out of everyone inside the manor, only three people had been corrupted by those insects - like creatures, who Rowan feared were not Abominations themselves, but something else.

He now had several clues he could pursue, the first was that there was apparently a giant facility underground that was responsible for processing Abominations en masse.

Rowan knew the attacks of the Abomination were not natural, everything pointed against it, for it would be impossible for an infestation of this size to grow to this level without outside interference.

The second most important clue was a term–The Nexus. This name was not strange to him. In fact, every Alchemist worth his salt would know this term.

A Nexus, was a self-contained bio-containment unit, used to grow and experiment on diverse specimens isolated. The poisons Rowan used for his first sojourn into that world with the Red Moon, were cultured in a Nexus.

But, operating a Nexus was a ridiculously expensive affair, and he had never heard of any unit being greater than the size of a small house, but this was Calcutta—An entire town! Although its population was small, it did not mean it was a small town in terms of size.

Apparently he was one of the specimens under sturdy here, the Abomination core was still one of their subjects, and those insectlike supervisors were controlling its spawn using this fog. _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}

In a manner, Rowan could understand why the Abomination Core was placed here inside the Nexus with him. They ranked as one of the most dangerous creatures on the planet, because of their capacity for endless evolutions.

Given enough material, an Abomination could evolve to reach the peak of existence in any given biodome they found themselves in; that meant given enough time and resources, in a world like Trion, an Abomination could spawn gods!? It was a scary notion, and it was the reason they were ruthlessly crushed in their infancy, for their growth meant the decimation of all life around them.

He also had the capacity for endless evolution and growth, and unlike the Abomination he fed on something more ephemeral, which was souls.

Unlike the Abomination Core who had been hopelessly controlled, he felt the noose around his neck was looser because they had no idea how he was getting stronger, and so, a mistake was made on his rate of growth.

Else there would be no way, they would respond to his apparent new abilities by sending an Army of Abominations to stop him, they were just fueling his growth. Not that it would matter if he could not escape the Nexus.

The highest State of Change, Rowan knew of, was the Incarnation state. No doubt there were many more states of change above that, and he had no doubt that his father would be in a far higher State than himself, and although he was an Empyrean, it did not mean he could not be crushed like a bug.

But he did not need to challenge him for now, for that would certainly be very foolish, what he needed to do was escape.