[Authors note]
Life is a disgusting game of dodgeball, one must constantly weave through all the sh*t being thrown at you.
I apologize for the absence. Due to some personal matters that I shall not disclose because I'm 99% sure none of you care,(🤔 I know I wouldn't) I wasn't able to update. Honestly, knowing me, if I delay any longer ie. without updating, I'll most likely drop. And god I don't want to do that, so sigh… here I am with another chapter.
I missed 22 days so starting tomorrow Eastern time I'll try to publish 2 possibly 3 chaps a day until I cover the 22 chaps I missed. Sigh… what a pain.
Anyway enjoy
Sword out.
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Click, Click, Click
On an experimental table, a jackal demon is being operated on.
Occasionally the demon would let out periodic spasms, its very soul twitching in agony.
Cuniculus, the source of the demon's pain, remains indifferent to the jackal demon's plight. His only emotional fluctuations are a thoughtful look during a unique discovery, or a quick frown after an error is discovered.
As the demon continues to writhe about, cuniculus, hands dyed yellow with blood, proceeds to dissect the experimental subject in a methodical manner.
With over eleven thousand failed experiments, Cuniculus decides to change his method of operation. Instead of inserting the seed and blindly reacting to whatever situation occurs, it would be more efficient to force the demon's body to act in the desired manner.
After several calculations, although the subject will most likely die after the experiment, there will still be a glimmer of life for a brief period, lasting barely over ten seconds.
That ten seconds is more than enough for Cuniculus to get a vague understanding of what needs to be modified so there can no longer be any adverse reaction.
And as the process continues the time will only extend, giving more time for further analysis.
In the end, this will create a cycle of improvement until no further modifications are necessary.
But first, before blindly controlling the demon's body, Cuniculus needs to understand how it operates, thus, we have this ongoing scenario.
Slshhhh
Gently, yet firmly sliding a scalpel underneath a vein, and tracing it to one of the demon's fingers. Cuniculus lets out a frown as he fails to understand why a seemingly unimportant vein when snapped…
Swish, splurt…
Pffft… gurgle… gurgle
…would cause the heart to suddenly rupture inevitably killing the subject.
"Is this something unique to jackal demons, perhaps it was foolish of me to think experimenting on one race is enough for me to even come close to perfecting the seed. Well, no worries I'll simply…"
Badum
The sound of a heartbeat, followed by a small tremor reverberates throughout the abyss, interrupting Cuniculus from his monologue.
Shifting his gaze towards the slightly trembling equipment, cuniculus's eyes become Unfocused as if lost in a trance. He then gently traces his finger along the body of the corpse lying before him while muttering in an almost inaudible voice. "Perhaps I should take some time to invest in some Anti-quake alloys?"
Three hours later, Cuniculus snaps out of his trance. His aura suddenly grows chaotic as a strange yet completely feasible idea emerges.
Still trailing his finger along the corpse that has now become cold, cuniculus's breath quickens as he feels a mixture of delight mixed with a bit of annoyance at how obvious the solution was.
Instead of all the complicated bullsh*t, the best way to solve the current issue is to treat the soul's rampage the same way demons treat the vibration from the heart of the abyss.
A buffer…
Although it would be idiotic to attempt to surround a demon's soul with Anti-quake alloy, or any tangible material for that matter, Cuniculus can always synthesize a material that can nullify the actions of the soul without separating it from the demon's body.
One simple way to accomplish this is to create a material with similar properties to psychic energy, incorporate it into the seed, and connect it to a mechanism that will trigger once the seed is in place causing it to wrap around the soul.
With that thought in mind, cuniculus lets out a soft chuckle, but then unable to hold it in, the chuckle turns into manic laughter. His delight echoed throughout the room.
Finally reigning in his laughter, cuniculus impatiently yet unhurriedly leaves the room in preparation for another round of experimentation.
-time skip-
Eight hours later, Cuniculus stares with anticipation at his outstretched hand.
In the eyes of an outsider, there would appear to be nothing in his hand, a simple palm, bare for all to see.
However, if someone blessed with telepathy were to scan Cuniculus's palm they would witness a squirming substance seemingly alive, morphing into countless shapes.
With a deep breath cuniculus moves the object towards the center of his brows causing it to vanish and reappear within his consciousness.
Then, with a ghostly clicking sound, the seed, Previously stationary, suddenly transforms into a blackhole-like substance, swallowing the synthesized material.
Moving towards a demon newly strapped to the experimental table, cuniculus snaps his fingers, causing a copy of the seed to appear in front of him.
Manipulating the seed, cuniculus wills it to move towards the glabella of the demon.
Just as the seed was about to touch the demon's glabella…
Badump
A heartbeats suddenly reverberate throughout the abyss.
A look of confusion appears on Cuniculous's face.
"Has so much time already passed?"
Badump
The look of confusion grows even deeper as he struggles to understand what's going on.
Badump
Then, a memory from when he was just a kit resurfaces,
-flashback-
Badump
Inside a vast tribe composed of rabbit-looking creatures, each creature is of different shapes and sizes. Their only shared traits are their long ears and Protruding front teeth Identifying them as demons of the rabbit tribe.
The rabbit demons, previously going about their lives suddenly stop what their doing. A rare few, yet to catch on to the situation looks around at the frozen demons in confusion.
Badump
With the sound of another beat, those demons' eyes widen, as they finally understand what's going on.
Badump
Following the third beat, a loud Cacophony of cheers engulfs the tribe as they revel in the demon's victory over another world. Allowing the abyss to grow ever so stronger.
Cuniculus, standing at a height of half a foot tall, looks around in confusion at the celebrating adults.
Suddenly, a random demon spots him and throws him in the air then proceeds to catch him while shouting in joy,
"ANOTHER LAYER"
"WE'VE GAINED ANOTHER LAYER"
-flashback end-
"So…"
Badump
rubbing his chin in amusement, cuniculus mutters to himself.
"It seems that the demon kings are quite active."
Badump
"No matter… Demon kings eh"
Badump
Refocusing on the seed, cuniculus gently places it on the glabella of the demon causing the seed to seep through.
Badump
The laying jackal demon trembled at first, then as if no longer fazed by anything, the trembling stopped.
Badump
Within Cuniculus's consciousness, a separate connection could suddenly be felt.
Badump
Through the connection a small amount of power begins to seep through, strengthening both Cuniculus's body and soul.
Badump
Although the power is almost nonexistent compared to cuniculus's power…
Badump
This almost dismissive change can only mean one thing…
Badump
"Demon kings…"
Badump
"Soon, I'll be standing amongst your ranks"
Badump…