From the very start, Rex could feel the different air swirling around Caraptaros.
It belonged to the Red Demon path of the demon race—a lot of them, fall under Rex's claws, including the Rastrikan Demons themselves alongside their Demon Lords. Out of all of them, two had been turned into Werewolves, and Rex did it easily.
Rex didn't know where they were and what they were doing.
But he could feel his Minor Oustification was becoming stronger with each passing day.
If he had to guess, those two Demon Lords were spreading fear out there.
Not fear of the but fear of Rex Silverstar instead.
Despite his success in dealing with the likes of Demon Lords, there was an odd feeling about Caraptaros, he could feel that he was incapable of doing anything to it. Naturally—his feeling was proven to be right, Caraptaros is unbreakable.
Created by the Demon Origin himself, Caraptaros dutifully showcased its creator's might.
Not to mention its usefulness was impeccable.
Being able to substitute the Demonic Eye of the Demon race—and revive the killed Demons within it, a checkpoint per se, Caraptaros was easily one of if not the most important pieces one could have during a great war.
It was the reason Rex wanted to make Caraptaros one of his own.
System, was this feeling I had towards it show that I'm not at the Origin level?
<Yes, that's correct>
Upon reading the notification, Rex scoffed, expecting that to be the case.
Similar to those who were not a Prince or a Princess feeling pressured by his mythical aura— he was also feeling unnatural suppression, coming from Caraptaros. It represents the Demon Origin who has a higher bloodline than his.
Perhaps, the only way he overcame this feeling was when he evolved his bloodline again.
His bloodline would be on par with any Origin at that point.
Looking at the towering Caraptaros before him, motionless like an inanimate object, Rex was frowning, as it was left here unattended, "Elder Tilrith, what in the hell are you doing to leave this kind of Demon abandoned? Are there more Demons, like this? Even if there are others in the Demon Kingdom, there shouldn't be a lot"
Rex couldn't understand how could Elder Tilrith made no attempt to find Caraptaros.
Considering his busyness, she could try and retrieve Caraptaros.
Surely, the Dwarven Kingdom wouldn't be able to do anything to stop her from doing that.
However, Caraptaros was still here, no attempt to retrieve it until this moment.
"Or is she taking her time because she was confident in Caraptaros' resilience?" Rex uttered before a smirk crept to his face. "If that was the case then you're going to sorely regret that. I'm making this Demon mine"
In anticipation, Rex reached his hand and placed it on Caraptaros' cold and hard scale.
He brushed his hand against its shell and went to the other side.
A humming rune could then be seen on the other side of Caraptaros' body, it was shaped like a circle with a thin straight line crossing vertically, at the center, subtly pulsating with energy, the Paramount Resistance rune.
Back then it was extremely hard to engrave this rune to Caraptaros.
He even needed the help of both Adhara and Ryze.
Rex nodded at the sight of the engraved rune still persisting on Caraptaros' skin, he feared it to be deactivated or even dismissed out of Caraptaros' caution but it seemed it didn't. As he checked that, he circled the massive creature, stopping in front of its head.
Due to being left unattended here, its head was submerged completely in snow.
Brushing and patting the snow away, he revealed Caraptaros' turtle-like head, thick and big.
It seemed to be hibernating peacefully.
However, as soon as its head was exposed—Caraptaros' thick eyelids trembled, and its eyes opened, the gems from the pit of Hell itself, locking onto Rex's smiling face. Almost instantly, its pupils dilated at the sight of Rex.
Swoosh!
Boom!
Almost instantly, Caraptaros' entire body erupted in hellfire, vaporizing the snow around him.
In fact, its fire was so hot that snowflakes stopped falling from the sky.
Even Rex was pushed several steps back hard, the flames were potent enough to scorch his skin—causing his regenerative ability to work rigorously. Anticipating what was coming—the only onlooker, Calidora already took shelter behind Rex.
Perhaps because he intended to turn Caraptaros—the System hadn't issued a killing intent quest, which it usually did for far less. Planting his foot strongly in the soil, Rex gripped the Conduit of Aquaheart and struck Caraptaros' head with it with a roar.
Shingg!!
Instantly, it glowed with blinding radiant blue light.
Caraptaros unleashed an ear-splitting roar as pure water enveloped its body entirely.
Moreover, its hellfire was being suppressed, vanquishing the current of flames.
Rex could rest easy now as the current disappeared, however, despite the required item that the System recommended, another fiery blast erupted, cracking the Conduit of Aquaheart. It catches Rex off guard, but his eyes are still burning with manic determination.
He refused to fail a second time.
Kaboom!
In an inexplicable manner, a powerful manifestation of an entity appeared above Caraptaros.
A pair of eyes that seemed to contain the world's malevolence.
Upon seeing this manifestation, Caldiora gulped.
She was rarely nervous in the face of an entity of power, even Elder Nolacula wasn't able to make her nervous but in the face of this entity—she could feel her heart pounding. Calidora was able to feel the energy coming from this pair of eyes, and it was not normal energy.
Not the normal demonic energy, this energy was the Hell Void energy.
Peering from the darkness within Caraptaros was the Demon Origin's consciousness.
Rex realized the gravity of the situation clearly but not a tinge of fear gripped him.
Fear had no hold on him, even in the face of the Demon Origin.
Crash!
Just then, an immense pressure crashed down, weighing thousands of tons on his shoulders, cracking the ground beneath him, and sending ripples coursing through the ground similar to an earthquake and splitting the ground around him.
Even the shockwave reached the Dwarven Kingdom's walls, causing part of them to explode.
Debris flew in all directions like shrapnel.
Blood began to flow from every orifice of Rex's body and the pressure was incredible, forcing his legs to the brink of collapse. As all of this happened—Calidora, watched from behind, she was shielded by Rex's energy but worry gnawed at her.
Even with both of his King Marks, he struggled against the Demon Origin's consciousness.
However, her worry turned to shock when she saw Rex grinning manically.
At the sight of this expression, a smile crept across her face, 'Right, what am I thinking...'
Rex raised his head to meet the manifestation of the Demon Origin through bleeding eyes.
Instead of being fazed, he became frantic instead.
Despite the overwhelming pressure, Rex persevered, growing more frenzied from the pain.
Calidora's heart fluttered, she couldn't avert her gaze away from the sight of Rex fighting the odds once again. She was reminded why she had fallen harder—and harder, for this man. His fighting spirit and willpower enthralled her, burning vigorously no matter the situation.
From her eyes, he looked the best and the cutest at this moment.
Oblivious to her feelings, Rex laughed with blood splattering from his mouth as he roused his bloodline, the bloodline of a Royal Black Prince. His body burst with kingly energy, creating a projection of his bloodline, an astral projection of a Werewolf as colossal as the Demon Origin above him, resembling the elemental spirits of the Awakened.
ROAR!!
Unleashing a roar that echoed through the area, Rex's projection faced the Demon Origin.
An embodiment of raw power.
Rex knew that in order to shatter the Demon Origin's fragment, the System required him to at least have three King Marks. If he really wanted this to go smoothly—three King Marks, is the way but before that, he needed to try his best first.
He needs to use what was within his grasp first.
If not then where's the fun in that...?
"Let's do this, Demon!"
"Your will against mine... Let's see whose will is stronger! HAHAHAH!"