Chapter 607 - Fusion

Chapter 607 - Fusion

Nick's Zephyx Synchronizer was attuning to the Maw.

Sadly, creating a hole in the Specter Core could prove disastrous for Nick.

Cracking the Specter Core with pressure created a fracture that went along one of the manipulation lines, which made it easily repairable.

However, breaking through the Specter Core via forceful implementation of a blade created a deep cut that didn't go along any manipulation lines.

This meant that fixing the manipulation lines after repairing the Specter Core wouldn't be as easy.

The problem was that trying to break the Specter Core in the same way the Maw had broken it was far too risky.

To be frank, the fact that Nick's Zephyx Synchronizer didn't break under the Maw's forceful grip was sheer luck.

It could have easily broken in two, which would have represented Nick's death.

On top of that, compressing the Specter Core in one's own hands was not easy. Attempting to do that would have been far too risky for Nick,

So, he had been forced to use his weapon.

Yet, that was still far better than being killed by the Maw because he couldn't attune to its ability.

As Nick was attuning to the Maw, he felt his Specter Core repairing.

Crk!

Nick put his blade back in to keep it from closing up.

Simultaneously, Nick consumed more and more of the Maw's Zephyx.

Suddenly, a white light shone out of Nick's neck through the hole that his blade had created.

He couldn't see it, but at this moment, white lines were forming on Nick's Zephyx Synchronizer.

At the same time, Nick felt his muscles shake and his blood boil.

WHOOM!

Then, the Specter Core around Nick's Zephyx Synchronizer started to shine.

BANG!

Nick's blade was violently pushed out as the Specter Core rapidly closed.

For a moment, Nick became panicked, but he quickly realized that the attunement had already been completed.

His Zephyx Synchronizer was attuned to the Maw.

However, Nick wasn't entirely sure what was happening to his Specter Core.

Nick focused on the Specter Core and felt manipulation lines forming on it.

'Of course!' Nick thought. "This is a Specter Core, not a blank slate! This means that it is technically an entire Specter!"

Just like how I am becoming a Specialist, the Specter Core is becoming a Fanatic!'

'But what does that mean for the manipulation lines I've created?' Nick thought with anxiety.

Would the mutation of the Specter Core erase all the hard work of the past years?

Nick felt the formation of new manipulation lines and the deletion of old ones.

Sure enough, all the old manipulation lines were vanishing.

This was bad!

The new lines that formed were far less numerous than the ones that had vanished, and Nick felt his Zephyx being thrown into chaos.

Nick's entire body shook, and the back of his neck started to shine even brighter.

"This is not just manipulation lines!' Nick realized.

His entire Specter Core was shining, and Nick felt like he was being encased by molten

iron.

Everything was hot!

It was like his heart was sinking into magma!

He even swore that he could hear the sound of sizzling flesh coming from his neck.

Pain.

Agony.

It was almost like a hot liquid was slowly becoming solid again.

Crk!

Burnt flesh fell from Nick's back and neck as new flesh regrew.

Nick remained lying on the ground.

'I'm still alive, he thought in relief.

After calming down, Nick slowly stood up.

Next, he closed his eyes and focused on his Specter Core.

Even without looking at it, he could already feel that something fundamental had

changed.

First of all, Nick felt very different on a base level.

Earlier, the foreign Zephyx from the Specter Core had felt like a constant pressure or

The Specter Core was empty or, from another point of view, solid.

The fact was that there was no Zephyx Synchronizer in the middle.

There was only a Specter Core.

At that moment, Nick took note of his surroundings, or more accurately, the things lying

around him.

Flesh.

Pieces of a human body.

His human body.

Nick could even see his own head and his own eyes lying on the ground.

The human body was not in one piece.

It looked more like the molt of an insect.

It looked like something had crawled out of the body's back and cast the old body off like

trash.

Nick felt a profound feeling of alienation.

This was not him.

He was not. Nick.

Who was he?

What was he?

Nick's mind panicked, and his emotions were going wild.

'Emotions?' Nick thought at that moment. 'Specters don't have emotions, right?'

Nick focused on his own emotions.

Were these emotions?

The more he focused on his emotions, the more distant and artificial they felt.

Was he actually feeling what he was thinking he was feeling?

How could he tell whether or not his emotions were real?

As Nick asked himself these questions, he calmed down.

It was like the storm in Nick's mind had moved to the back.

So, these were not emotions...

And yet, the storm of emotions was still there.

It was just in the back of Nick's mind.

It had not completely vanished.

They were just very dulled.

The storm of emotions in the background calmed down a little as Nick realized

something.

"This is not a complete transformation, he thought.

"This is not a complete takeover of my old Specter Core. My old Specter Core did not

completely consume and annex my Zephyx Synchronizer.'

Nick focused on his own emotions.

Were these emotions?

The more he focused on his emotions, the more distant and artificial they felt.

Was he actually feeling what he was thinking he was feeling?

How could he tell whether or not his emotions were real?

As Nick asked himself these questions, he calmed down.

It was like the storm in Nick's mind had moved to the back.

So, these were not emotions...

And yet, the storm of emotions was still there.

It was just in the back of Nick's mind.

It had not completely vanished.

They were just very dulled.

The storm of emotions in the background calmed down a little as Nick realized

something.

'This is not a complete transformation, he thought.

"This is not a complete takeover of my old Specter Core. My old Specter Core did not

completely consume and annex my Zephyx Synchronizer.'