"Are those...?" Fruity raised an eyebrow, looking at the monster cores in her hands.
"Yes, these belong to the Seven Forbidden Monsters you needed to kill to awaken the four other elements," Yuying answered with a smug smile.
"I was bored in between your training, so I hunted them down and killed them. This will also make things faster for you," she added.
Fruity could only smile. "How strong were they, and what makes them forbidden?" he asked.
"Tier 9, and the reason they are forbidden is because they possess a type of ice the heavens don't approve of. You see, although this kind of ice isn't made by the heavens, it doesn't mean others can't awaken it. As long as it exists, it will eventually awaken in someone else," Yuying replied.
Fruity nodded. He already knew as much. The reason the Lightning Valley came after him was because they feared the kind of person he would become.
He was sure that, aside from them, other powerhouses would have made their move eventually; it was just that the Lightning Valley beat them to it.
But now that he had a sure way to awaken the elements, he knew for a fact he wouldn't be returning to the human world the same way he came.
This time, he planned to make sure that once he was finally done, nobody would ever raise a weapon against anyone who awakened a forbidden element. After all, he was the progenitor of all forbidden elementals.
"I'll reward you later, Yuying. For now, let me awaken the last four elements to make it a complete set," Fruity said, forming a series of hand seals.
A short while later, a circular, complex diagram appeared on the ground. He sat down and placed the seven cores in the circle. He had already awakened Annihilation, Chaos, and Devouring Ice, but that didn't mean he couldn't make them stronger.
He formed another set of hand seals, and the circle began to absorb the cores, transferring their energies into his body.
The Annihilation Ice is known for its deadly nature. As its name suggests, anything it touches—unless it's exceptionally powerful—will be destroyed. This means that as Fruity's control over it strengthens, his killing power will become several times more lethal.
Then there's the Chaotic Ice. This one deals more with the mind than with physical damage. Its main property is creating chaos, and what better way to create chaos than by messing with the brain? Fruity had seen firsthand what that was like.
Lastly, there was the Devouring Ice, which Fruity had realized had more properties than just devouring. After his battles, the ice had grown much stronger by absorbing the essence of everything he killed.
Finally, there's Soul Eater Ice. Among all your ice elements, this is the most dangerous. I won't say much, as everything about it is highly sensitive, but imagine a battlefield filled with smoky ice that does two things: it eats away at the souls of your enemies and feeds their soul strength directly to you."
"Now, that is what I call forbidden," Fruity said with a smile. He could only imagine the evil he could do with it.
'Inner peace,' he sighed, realizing he was becoming what Yuying had always described him as. He was a monk, yet in his mind, there was nothing peaceful. He remembered everything that happened when he, his mom, and Haniva fled from his kingdom.
The pain and all the heartbreaking feelings were eating away at his resolve every second. The current him was more than ready to go berserk when he could no longer hold on.
Almost half of the monks had died during their battle with the Lightning Valley. These monks were his uncles, so if anyone assumed he was too peaceful as a monk to seek revenge, they were mistaken.
The only thing more dangerous than a bloodthirsty maniac is a peaceful monk who is grieving. Inner peace or not, Fruity was in pain, but for now, he was barely keeping it down.
"So, what next, Master? Now that you've awakened the elements, what's next?" Yuying asked, excited for what was to come.
"What can you tell me about the Tormented Trial?" Fruity asked, and Yuying's smile died down.
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