Law of the Swarm

Chapter 120 The Difficult Third Pupation
There are all kinds of energies in this world, but under normal circumstances, these free energies are in a silent state, unable to be sensed by ordinary things or magical beings with inconsistent attributes.

Only when these energies are excited to form energy fluctuations can they be perceived by mortals or other magical beings.

Just like System, there are three kinds of energies that can feel free in the air now, one is the white energy used by [Teleportation] and [Perception], one is the frost energy of [Frost Breath], and the other is It is the natural energy or life energy that can be felt after the inheritance of the golden acorn.

As for the [Numerical Code] that he had since he came to this world, System still hasn't fully understood the principle.

Even after more than half a year, System still felt as if he was in the digital sea, and then he had to withdraw from the digital sea because of mental pain.

His talent [numerical code] seems to be different from other talents, it can be activated by any energy, even the vitality obtained from digesting food can activate various derivative abilities of [numerical code].

And when casting [Numerical Code], it will consume some of his energy more or less.

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Different from [Numerical Code], the plague and curse spells of the evil god Rafael are also ordinary powers. You must feel this silent energy in order to absorb these energies and complete the first step of casting these spells.

As for the effects of the plague spell and the curse spell, on the one hand, it depends on the individual's training and understanding of this ability, and on the other hand, it depends on the sacrifice to the evil god Rafal.

Just like the rat man fanatic who was encouraged to commit suicide by System, even though he sacrificed himself many times, he still didn't have any decent power because the rat man fanatic didn't practice her spells .

System thought quietly while watching the "Thirteen Chapters of Curses and Spells" left by the Ratman Wizard.

The book has fifteen pages in total, and each page of the book has a curse, a total of thirteen ways to use the curse, and the remaining two pages record some tips for practicing the curse, as well as some precautions.

For example, it is easier to feel the energy of curses and plagues in rotting corpses and dirty and smelly environments; the power of curses is very dangerous, so practice in moderation so as not to hurt yourself; if the target of the curse is too strong, it will backfire...

[Sluggishness], [Unable to concentrate], [Drowsiness], [Mania], [Depression]...

The thirteen curse spells are all extremely basic spells, and their effects are not very powerful, and they have an obvious time limit, and they will disappear after a while.

However, although System could not understand the principles of these curses, and there was no sign of [Severing Curse] among these thirteen curses, System still found a way to remove the curse.

This method of solving the curse does not need to communicate with Rafal, the god of plague and curse, but requires a ratman wizard who knows the art of curse.

As long as the Ratman Wizard is strong enough, he can eradicate the [Spell of Severance]. Of course, some wizards with low strength can also get rid of the [Spell of Severance] by sacrificing themselves.

However, after thinking about it for a while, System knew that it was really impossible to find a powerful rat-human wizard who was willing to help him.

Maybe System himself will be killed by the powerful Ratman wizard, or caught by him.

It is even more unthinkable to capture the less powerful ratman wizard and let the other party sacrifice himself to help him lift the curse.

To be killed is also death, and to sacrifice is also death.

If System made the request for the other party to sacrifice himself, the other party would undoubtedly make another self-sacrifice and give him another sinister curse.

From a certain point of view, finding the Ratman Wizard to lift the curse for him is not as good as System taking the risk to communicate with the evil god Rafal to make a sacrifice.

However, System, who was cautious by nature, thought for a while, and gave up the idea of ​​communicating with the evil god. That would be too dangerous.

Losing the ability to mate, System felt awkward at first, but after a while, System also got used to it.

Today's System is more concerned about the lifespan consumption brought about by [Spell of Severance].

Consuming one extra day of life every three days may not seem like much, but if things go on like this, the life consumed is definitely not a small amount, especially after he advances to the magic life, his life will be shortened by this curse all the time.

It's a pity that even after obtaining the Ratman's text, System still couldn't find a way to transfer the curse with [Mind Teleportation].

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Putting down the books of these ratmen, System slowly calmed down.

Although he did not make any substantial progress in learning the language and characters of the Ratman with great effort, he at least learned that [Spell of Severance] has the possibility of being lifted.

And what he has to do right now is to further improve his life level and advance to the magical life.

After nearly a month of strengthening, the talent [Body Transformation] has been strengthened by System to level 11, entering a new level.

However, the ability of [Body-Gel Transformation] that System imagined did not appear, only the abilities of [Foot-Tentacle Transformation], [Form Camouflage], and [Several Limb Aggregation] were improved, and his body's Shapeshifting abilities become more natural and effortless.

System feels that [Body-Gel Transformation] still needs to be activated by his [Insect Ability Activation] before it will appear.

But System failed to find the key point after several attempts to activate it, and it would be difficult to research this ability without a year or so.

System finally decided that instead of wasting a year and a half, it would be better to carry out his third chrysalis, break the level lock, and become a magical life.

His talent [chrysalis] level was strengthened to level 16 when he obtained the inheritance of the golden acorn.

Due to the frequent consumption of slime jelly which can significantly promote the talent of [chrysalis], and the occasional strengthening of System, the level of talent of [chrysalis] has reached about 16% of level 50.

As long as System wants to, he can consume the experience points in his body, and within a dozen days, the talent [Pupation] will reach level 17, reaching the conditions for the third pupation.

But the third pupation is undoubtedly a very long thing.

Although [Pupation] is far more powerful in transforming the body than [Molting Growth], it is different from the one-step process of molting, which only takes at most two to three days. System feels that his third pupation requires at least half a year.

And half a year is really too long, and System can't rest assured about many things.

The ant queen Linda may break out of the chrysalis in another three or four months. At that time, he will need to strengthen and adjust the ant people produced by the queen ant in a timely manner; the excavator will also need to expand the underground nest. His constant guidance.

And even if the ant queen and the ant people are excluded, there are still two things that he can't feel at ease.

Will one of the druids from the forest come to him again?
It would be a disaster to come to him while he was pupating.

The second is the reason why the rat man warrior in leather armor came here to investigate.

Because he knew more Ratman language, System found many inconsistencies in that Ratman's words through video recording.

The skaven warrior must have tricked him more or less.

And through the video data of the Rat Man Warrior when he was first captured, System discovered the word that the Rat Man Warrior said many times—the source of the plague.

It seems that the reason why the ratman warrior came here to investigate was to find the source of the plague. Many rats and ratmen in the vicinity disappeared inexplicably, so the ratman warrior was sent from the ratman gathering place to find out the reason.

(End of this chapter)