709 Gannala’s Empyrean Boar Farm
Nature Weapon—Empyrean Boar Transformation!
At the Zahara Kingdom, Gannala had kidnapped a newborn Wean Clansman and turned him into a Nature Weapon. From time to time, she used Dance of Recovery to revert the newborn into human form and nurture him.
Once she returned to the Mammoth Clan, the first thing she did was to approach Maroppa and take advantage of the latter's Prime Skill of Nature Weapon Assimilation. Gannala had the perfect item for this already, having obtained it from Ruvva, which was the condition for her release.
Nature Weapon—Astral Weaponiser!
Once Ruvva succeeded in turning a Free Human into a Mystic Human, Gannala used Weaponisation to transform the Mystic Human into a Nature Weapon. And before the year's time was up, she had returned to the Mammoth Clan.
Using the Prime Skill of Nature Weapon Assimilation, Maroppa fused Astral Weaponiser into Empyrean Boar Transformation. The resultant was a Nature Weapon containing the Nature of Empyrean Boar Transformation.
There was no change in its name, as its function remained the same. The only difference after Astral Weaponiser had been used on it was the fact that upon activating it, the entity equipped with the Nature Weapon would transform into an Empyrean Boar but wouldn't obtain the Secondary Nature of Voracious Nature that Wean Clansmen got.
Instead, Astral Weaponiser reinforced the transformation aspect, allowing Gannala to change the target into an Empyrean Boar without affecting them in any other way whatsoever.
And as long as she equips it onto a Free Human and activates it, the Free Human would transform into an Empyrean Boar. They'll be stuck in that state once she removes the Nature Weapon.
They'll have all the properties of an Empyrean Boar's body, from the physical capabilities of its physique, to its mental faculties as a Gold Grade Pranic Beast, and Gold Grade Prana. However, this could only be used on Free Humans that don't have a Nature.
Therefore, Spirit Stage Free Humans were her target. Upon transforming them into Empyrean Boars, Gannala will allow them to graze freely until they are fattened up to the limit and their bodies reach maturity.
Following that, she'd consume them to rapidly grow in strength. As the Supreme Tusk's successor, Gannala inherited a decent portion of Brangara's characteristics in being able to accelerate maturity by consuming Gold Grade Pranic Beasts, especially Empyrean Tusks.
And with her history, she could attain a similar result by consuming Empyrean Boars, as that was how her predecessor was created in the first place—by making Brangara consume the hearts of his brethren.
Moreover, the biggest reason Gannala used Astral Weaponiser was to erase the influence of Voracious Nature from Empyrean Boar Transformation. This way, she could transform her Mammoth Clansmen at the Spirit Stage into Empyrean Boars, and make them infiltrate the Varahan Empire.
'When Empyrean Boars slaughter the citizens, it'll shatter the relationship between the Free Humans and Wean Clansmen in the Varahan Empire. A civil war would erupt in their midst.' She thought while observing the Nature Weapon, having left the Cooter Clan territory upon completing her work there.
Both her and Harrala's biomes were filled to the brim with medicines, so they planned to capitalise on that first and return to the Cooter Clan once they had used them all up.
"Don't worry about it," Gannala noticed a concerned stare from Harrala and pocketed the Nature Weapon of Empyrean Boar Transformation, "I won't risk my life."
"Let's head somewhere safe first," Harrala said as the two women flickered alongside the banks of the Red-Draft River and stopped at a grassland where the strongest groups were only Iron Grade Pranic Beasts.
"Please promise me that you won't infiltrate the Varahan Empire." Harrala said, her gaze hardening in response, "You had a close call with Brangara already. He'll be prepared to capture you the next time."
Being a Mystic Path Inheritor didn't improve her standing much, at most making her as competent as an average Empyrean Tusk. Worst of all, the Yellow Mystic Path had the lowest potential among all Mystic Paths.
So even if it gets filled, Harrala had no guarantee of evolving to the Mystic Grade. As a result, she had been depressed throughout her life, similar to her father. And even now, she felt responsible for Yahard Tusk's delay.
'Only after he succeeds can I contribute something to our situation.' She thought in disappointment, shaking her head when Gannala patted her in an effort to console her.
"Let him take his time." Gannala said, "We're not in a hurry. As long as he succeeds, he'll have the power of the Mystic Empyrean Tentacle. Moreover, he'll reach the 8-Life Stage with that power, and that'll easily place him at the top of Sumatra, on par or even surpassing the current Celestial Boar."
"I can only hope he succeeds soon enough that our advantage against Brangara doesn't reduce further," Harrala nodded as the duo walked through the grasslands until they eventually stumbled upon a weak Free Human Kingdom that was almost in ruins.
There were only forty Iron Grade Free Humans at the body stage, with one Life Stage Free Human leading the group. He too only had Iron Grade strength, so the Kingdom was extremely weak. However, their surroundings were equally weak too, so they continued to survive without facing ruin yet.
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"Don't look if it gets hard to bear for you," Gannala said, equipped herself onto the Nature slot of a middle-aged woman—the human form of a Millinger—and entered the Free Human Kingdom. Within an hour, she trapped everyone in bone cages.
The power of Inhibition Dome prevented the Free Humans from resisting her control as she steadily wiped their memories clean, transforming them into a blank slate. Following that, she equipped the Nature Weapon of Empyrean Boar Transformation on the closest target and activated it.
The Spirit Stage Free Human didn't have enough Prana for the transformation, so she had to supply her own, watching the transformation take effect soon after, turning the Free Human into an Empyrean Boar.
The Empyrean Boar had a blank gaze, looking no different from an Empyrean Boar that was three days old. Gannala inspected it and didn't detect any problems. Following that, she placed them all in a large container of bone that Harrala carried as her Spirit Weapon.
With her Secondary Nature of Kinesis Lantern Deity, the weight she could carry using her Spirit Weapon far surpassed Gannala. Hence, she was in charge of transportation.
"Come, eat this." Gannala captured a group of Iron Grade Pranic Beasts and dragged them to the Empyrean Boar, smiling upon seeing the latter gorge on them instinctively. 'Even with a blank mind, it can still feel hunger. As expected of a pig!'
There was anger and disdain in her expression as she fed the Empyrean Boar, observing its body growing bigger at speeds visible to the naked eye, 'An Empyrean Boar only needs two years to reach maturity.'
Through Astral Weaponiser, Gannala had maximised the physical properties of the Empyrean Boar Transformation, ensuring it closely mimicked the original Pranic Beast and not its Wean Clansman counterpart.
The duo began to rear the rest of the Empyrean Boars, maintaining a farm of fifteen hundred. Gannala intended to replenish their numbers by four daily, which was how much she planned to consume daily.
After two years, she'll have a steady line of mature Empyrean Boars while turning the captured Free Humans into Empyrean Boars, adding four piglets to the farm while consuming four mature ones daily.
'By taking advantage of this farm, even if the growth percentage I attain from the consumption of a single Empyrean Boar is limited, I'll be able to accelerate my growth rapidly.' Gannala thought. An Empyrean Tusk required a century to attain maturity.
She was currently 38 years old and close to hitting the halfway point of her maturity. Based on her calculation, she'll reach the peak of the Body Stage after six years and require around a decade to reach maturity for each successive body.
'In the best-case scenario, I'll be at the 4-Life Stage during the Third Major Disaster.' Gannala thought, letting out a smile in relief, 'At least in terms of growth speed, I'm not lagging too much when compared to Brangara.'