Chapter 567: Peafowl [Bonus]
The moment Sylas got the idea, he couldn't shake it off. He didn't need to find some beast that was extremely strong. He just needed to find a beast that could do what he needed it to do.
A beast that could fly, one that hopefully had at least a small bit of Serpentes blood or potential in it, and one that was weaker than FFF-.
With his requirements being so low, actually finding such a creature was far easier than Sylas could have ever expected, especially with the City Stele's ability by his side.
Sylas found what he was looking for and left the city without a word, rushing off with a shocking amount of speed now that his stats were no longer suppressed.
...
Four hours later, Sylas had arrived at his destination. The sun was high in the skies, beading down with a great amount of force.
Thankfully, there was also a decent amount of shade in the region as well, making things easier to deal with.
For Sylas, temperature was rarely a problem anymore. His Ice affinity made cold temperatures useless against him, and in the heat, his Aether itself kept him cool. Right now, his focus was the creatures ahead of him.
Peacocks.
They were gorgeous creatures, with necks of vibrant blue and tails of green and gold.
Most of them were of normal size, being barely a meter or so tall. However, there were others that had mutated a great deal, reaching upward of two meters tall.
[Blue-Green Peafowl (F+)]
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This was the strongest of them. A male that stood taller than even Sylas, but didn't have the impressive stats to back it up.
Large, sweeping changes began to take hold of the peacock as its aura skyrocketed.
Soon, its colors began to change. From a blue-green palette, it became an icy blue, its long, slender neck being painted in a silvery sky blue and its tail feather opening up to reflect a deep, crystalline light.
The beast was already beautiful, but at a moment like this one, it was truly one of a kind. Nature had its way of displaying its might in the most gorgeous of ways, and this case was
truly not much different.
However...
'It's going to die...'
Sylas realized the problem quite quickly.
Sometimes, not all things were meant to be circumvented. His Brand was exceptionally powerful, resulting in the peacock not even being able to resist, so that was good. Even with it growing so much more powerful, and at a quick pace at that, it was still tightly bound to
Sylas.
However, the energy was too much given the foundation of the peacock. If this continued, it would freeze to death.
The current state of the peacock was akin to Sylas back when he attempted to integrate stronger Ice-Poison Runes into his body when his affinity was too low.
In this case, however, the peacock was too far from a State of Wealth to accept this upswell of
energy.
'It seems that it's time...'
Sylas took out the Symbiote.