465 Gone Berserk (1/2)
Leon paused for a moment before he broke the necks of two Wingrats, killing them in the process.
Afterward, he took out an empty glass bottle and locked his divine sense onto the Demonic Energy in the rat carcasses before extracting them with Divine Will, filling up the bottle.
”There's some sort of powerful law behind it,” Leon explained.
Shortly after he sealed the bottle, three pairs of eyes gazed at the clear glass bottle in his hand in wonder.
”This is the Demonic Energy you speak of, Prince Leon?” Princess Thessalia asked while gazing at the red mist within the sealed glass bottle.
”Yes, that is correct. This is Demonic Energy.” Leon nodded before he said, ”Be careful. This overbearing Demonic Energy can also cause you to lose your mind and go berserk too.”
Once this was said, Princess Faelyn quickly pulled her third eldest sister back with trepidation.
”It's true. There were many berserk humans back at the Great Wall!” Princess Faelyn said to her third eldest sister.
Meanwhile, Leon had a hard time connecting the dots between the Demonic Energy sealed with the bottle and the past Cataclysms.
Most of the rats' physique changes came from the unstable Artificial Spirit Energy, including their evolution of intelligence.
This coincided with what he knew of the last Cataclysm.
”What are you thinking about?” Aria tightly hugged Leon's arm in question. ”I want to hear your thoughts.”
Leon smiled wryly.
He caressed her soft cheeks gently and said, ”I was thinking that maybe the great solar flare that occurred during the last Cataclysm 512 years ago wasn't the root cause of the beasts' evolution.”
”That's true.”
Aria agreed while holding Leon's hand on her cheeks, continuing to enjoy his caress before inputting her opinion, ”It doesn't make much sense for a strong burst of Solar Energy to cause drastic changes to the world. After all, we are exposed to Solar Energy every day.”
”That's right. However, it's a different story if the remnant Artificial Spirit Energy-producing ancient relics in the world received that burst of Solar Energy to mass-produce more Artificial Spirit Energy.”
”Hold on.”
Princess Faelyn interrupted, ”Doesn't that mean the Demonic Energy has nothing to do with the Cataclysm?”
”According to the tribe's history records, the beasts were very aggressive during the last Cataclysm—but not to the point of going crazy berserk like this.” Third Princess Thessalia inputted in realization.
There was a huge discrepancy between the current rats' behavior and the previous cataclysmic event.
Leon nodded.
”The beasts might have been exposed to small amounts of the Demonic Energy during the last Cataclysm.” He said.
”Doesn't that mean the rats have been exposed to a much higher amount of Demonic Energy compared to the beasts during the last Cataclysm? What's going to happen once the Great Solar Flare occurs again?” She asked.
”Perhaps all life will be exposed to Demonic Energy and go berserk. However, if we can locate the source of the Demonic Energy and destroy it before the Great Solar Flare occurs, perhaps we can avoid the worse from happening.” Leon said objectively with solemness.
Princess Thessalia and Princess Faelyn creased their brows with a heavy feeling.
It came to their attention that the upcoming Cataclysm will be far, far more fearsome than the last Cataclysm.
The Demonic Energy robs their reason and intelligence, rather than increasing it!
”Another thing to point out is the frequency of the Cataclysms. Until this point, we've only known about Cataclysm that occurred 512 years ago and the one 10-thousand years ago. Except for these two Cataclysms, there has been no mention or records of any other Cataclysms occurring during this past 10-thousand year period—”