In the clear skies of the City of Neon.
Achilles held Rose in his arms as if he could see the fearsome gaze his eyes gave off, even he might not be able to recognize himself.
He stroked the flames on Rose's head as he voiced out lightly.
"There's something that I want to tell you, and I want to give you all my time and attention during it. Are you able to wait for me?"
A simple and heavy question at the same time as…
"Un." Rose nodded right away.
And he smiled while pulling Gravitational Field Manipulation III tightly around them, their figures shooting out at the fastest speed yet across the Colony City of Neon.
His becoming more familiar with his power made it even easier to use the many flaming seas within him as up next, he had to figure out the new capability of Combination…and being capable of doing a limited version of Assimilation on others apart from him.
He thought this as they crossed multiple Drones in the skies, nearing an Encampment of Lunaris Drones that were shooting out purple beams of destructive light constantly in a region that had a vibrant glow of power erupting out.
The color red…was heavily prevalent here, alongside the smell of Blood.
Achilles looked at this with a chilling light as he could see Advanced Humans with elongated canines and crimson eyes moving with great speed and power- to the extent that even a Peak Meridian Transformation Vampyric Human was fighting and matching against a Minor Ethereal Physiology Master!
Minions of the Empusa!
He did not even have to look far to be able to sense a billowing storm of blood that represented her deep in the Armored Fortress below that was surrounded and fortified by Vampyric Humans as if she were growing her very own domain.
Achilles floated into such a chaotic region calmly as he was also finally able to focus on the most recent Assimilation of the Leucochloridium Worms!
Organic Platyhelminthes Dracaris Echelon 3- Obtained Qualities of Parasitism III, Genetic Memory III, Madness Inducement III, Pestilence III, Draconian Force III, and Accelerated Thought Process III
This particular flaming sea was heavy and filled with a sense of vileness as Achilles knew that it was already made a part of him. And what he assimilated was his and his alone.
He had such thoughts as after he and Rose passed through the perimeter of the Drones, the shouts of dozens of powerful Advanced Humans echoed out.
Some remained on Lunarian Warship as they released vibrant attacks from a distance, while others who were either Meridian Transformation Advanced Humans with the ability factors that allowed them to fly or Ethereal Physiology Masters… such beings directly fought against the Vampyric Humans.
The humans that were essentially their previous comrades or colleagues, but were now turned into mindless Beasts.
'But unlike the infected humans of the Leucochloridium Worms…the virus of Empusa is somewhat reversible…'
His eyes were sharp as he observed the dozens of turned Humans.
Near them, a Lunarian Enforcer Warship came down as the figure of Luna floated out of it, her gaze that of pure fascination and wonder as she looked towards Achilles while speaking out in a low tone.
"King Primal, the Empusa has barricaded herself in the very center of the fortress as I am not sure how you wish to handle this one? We have Miniature Localized Nuclear Weapons we can deploy, but the range of effect and possible damage would make it hard to utilize…"
She spoke some terrifying words as the Lunaris Colony Overseers had many possible means they could utilize in situations .
They had many powerful Advanced Humans as those who had been mobilized to defend against the threats that woke up today were only part of their power.
Overseers like Luna, Dr. Shaw, and Jackson had moved with some of their forces, but there were still other core powerhouses of the Lunaris Colony Overseers alongside Transcendent Humans who were forced to remain on particularly difficult Catacomb Entrances where Major Ethereal Physiology Behemoth and even a single Catacomb Entrance that held…an Apex Ethereal Behemoth!
A single Transcendent was guarding this as for the last few years, he had not moved a step away from that entrance.
Towards the words of Luna, who was looking towards him with enthusiasm as if she wanted to see exactly what he would do next…he replied just as before.
And yet when his voice came out, Luna turned rigid.
"The curse of the Empusa is reversible…if they had not entirely been drained and killed before they became Vampyric Humans. I can neutralize the curse as whether they were killed or not before they turned means 50% might return to normal and be very much alive, while the others…"
He did not finish his sentence as he did not need to.
But he didn't notice how his voice seemed to have a magnetic allure of power that it did not carry before.
Rose was already entirely awestruck and fixated with him as for her, his voice was forever magnetic and of utmost importance as the effect was not too pronounced for her.
For others… it was like they were listening to a voice of undeniable authority that they could only nod their heads too.
Luna remained dazed as Achilles did not waste time, looking down at the battles below him as he spoke out calmly.
And yet it carried with it the pressure of Dragon's Haki as friends and foes alike on the battlefield below…were forced to a stop.
Without a possibility of denial!
Achilles then descended slowly as he called out lightly once more.
One of the newly gained qualities from the Organic Platyhelminthes Dracaris Assimilation- from the Leucochloridium Worms!
The moment he called out such a terrifying word, transparent flickers of multicolored light left his body as if there were seeds or spores and spread out silently toward the masses below!