Chapter 651 Time To Target Brangara
Minor Treasure—Mystic Human Stamp!
This had been Virala's goal to collaborate with the Mammoth Clan, especially after seeing the Golden Giant and later witnessing Boul Brimgan in action.
He had Brandal Brimgan's memories, through which he knew that Boul Brimgan had been sent to infiltrate Influenced Regions of Major Treasures for a variety of reasons, one of which was to elevate Gold Kinesis Art into Mystic Kinesis Art.
Considering the Brimgan Empire's geographical location, the closest Influenced Regions were the Armoury and Sanctuary. It was apparent where Boul Brimgan had gained benefits from thanks to his golden feline.
When a Brimgan Royal uses Gold Kinesis Art to refine a piece of Rutham into a Spirit Weapon, their Prana constantly seeps into it and becomes a part of it, strengthening it over time. Eventually, when refined to the extreme, a special characteristic is given to it, depending on the Prana—body, mind, and soul aspects.
Boul Brimgan had infiltrated the Sanctuary and used the influence of the Major Treasure of Pet on his Prana to refine his Spirit Weapon, which resulted in it turning into the golden feline when the Spirit Weapon gained a second characteristic.
The first characteristic of a Spirit Weapon made out of Rutham was its range. The second characteristic was gained when it became a Minor Treasure.
In Harla Brimgan's case, there was no external stimulus. Hence, her Minor Treasure was just a Spirit Weapon capable of having a source—for psychokinesis—other than her. This source was a thumb-sized sphere capable of moving across all sorts of terrain while rotating rapidly.
Aware of the intricacies with which the second characteristic was developed, Virala targeted the best option—the Transcendent Eater.
He consumed it daily and relied upon the Transcendent Eater's characteristics—present in its flesh and blood—to refine his Spirit Weapon. Eventually, the Tool growing at the tail end of his Mystic Ewworm form was influenced by the Transcendent Eater once it turned into a Minor Treasure.
Composed of the most potent minerals that made up the Influenced Region of Golden Deity and stabilised by a piece of Sumatra Gold, Virala's Spirit Weapon was capable of handling and manifesting the Transcendent Eater's characteristics to a greater extent.
The Minor Treasure of Mystic Human Stamp had a total of six functions, split into the various parts of a tree—the Transcendent Eater in this case.
First function was Root, which allowed Virala to sprout the Minor Treasure from the ground anywhere across his line of sight. It sprouted in the same process that the Transcendent Eater could sprout a Parute Tree anywhere across the Sumatra Continent.
Unlike a genuine Transcendent Eater, Blola's was a watered-down version, which only allowed him to sprout his body as a Parute Tree in his line of sight. Virala's Minor Treasure followed the same rule.
Second function was Seed, which pretty much served as another Mystic Human Heart—of Virala's. It manifested the Transcendent Eater's strongest characteristic—revival.
The Seed function allowed the Minor Treasure to maintain intelligence and a reserve of Prana, the same as the heart of a Mystic Human. The intelligence was on the same level, allowing the Minor Treasure to think for itself when it sprouts from the ground beyond Virala's Spirit Weapon range.
It used the Stem function to extract all the data from the Mystic Eater, turning it useless and then employed the Branch function to influence the target, making them move according to Virala's wishes.
Of course, once their purpose was achieved, Virala returned the data to the Mystic Eaters and only wiped the data related to his actions. He would then sprout the stamp from the ground near him to regain possession of it.
Just by relying on this one tactic, Yarsha Zahara's strongest detection means had been neutralised. This was the reason Gannala managed to form a tunnel through the palace walls when Grehha contacted her. She obtained the fertilised ovum from Grehha and retreated, all while Yarsha Zahara was unaware of the entire process.
In the same manner, the Mystic Human Stamp found itself making contact with the nanny of Penma. As Penma was ranked 74th in the order, it took almost two months after the Wean Selection for Brana to mate with her.
Penma's nanny was targeted as she was one of the few wives pregnant with a pair of twins. As long as this information was hidden, it was possible to safely steal the other twin without alerting Brangara.
Gannala intended to be absolutely sneaky to ensure her plans weren't revealed. As long as they weren't revealed, Yarsha Zahara wouldn't be able to plan a countermeasure.
As long as her side held the initiative and the edge in terms of information, she'd always emerge victorious, even if she were to face plenty of hiccups along the way.
Thanks to Orakha dying and reviving every day, Gannala was able to coordinate with the rest to proceed with a plan of action even while being apart. Heck, even Raaha was kept in the loop, despite staying underground the Enrino habitat.
Currently, Raaha was building a special terrain deep underground where they could rear a group of Empyrean Boars to satisfy Gannala's consumption needs. The entirety of the Mammoth Clan was working towards that goal while anxiously praying for her success.
Days passed in such a fashion as Gannala and her group waited patiently, all while Brangara chased after traces left by the group purposefully across the entire region. And waiting for him were Free Humans transformed to resemble Virala through the Prime Skill of Virala.
Virala had used it on the Boar King after the Fifth Minor Crisis. The same Prime Skill had been employed to keep the Boar King busy. To protect his home, he was constantly forced to chase after all traces while doubling down on defensive measures for his family in his absence, wasting precious Tangible Natures each time.
And finally, four years after the arrival of the Royal Zinger, Penma went into labour, signalling Gannala to take action.
"Are you sure you wish to face him head one?" Blola asked in nervousness, "Isn't this too premature?"
"I'm revealing my strength prematurely, but it's a necessity." Virala said slowly, tallying his preparations patiently, "Currently, Brangara considers Inala as a serious threat to himself. The rest of us are only a threat to his family. I simply intend to upgrade myself into someone he should become cautious against."
"If he has two threats to worry about, his attention will be split two ways, which will force him into making more mistakes. It's a solid scheme. But," Blola expressed his hesitation, "Are you capable of threatening him though?"
"Seems you forgot," Virala chuckled and transformed into Brangara, "I'm at the peak of the Body Stage."
"That means..." Blola's eyes lit up in excitement.
"Yup!" Virala winked, "I can finally reveal my true strength."