Chapter 173 - Parallel Evolution

As the Occult Domain implantation process had undergone a steady pace, an atypical dweller had been interrogated and tortured for an information.

"So is that all?"

"Yes! That's all of it!"

Within one of the natural caves formed somewhere within Domeniul Ceresc, was a kappa being hanged with a rope bondage in a professional pattern where a bystander could severely misunderstand the context if anybody were to see them.

The kappa was also severely scarred mentally from all of the torture and abuse that it had gone through. Some of his scales were charred from the constant lightning being thrown by the angry greater wisp.

"So you're actually a refugee that came from an illusionary hidden world called the Fumeikyo? The fact that you didn't mention it in your first time infiltrating this holy land is questionable in the eyes of the Almighty." Ain tightened the rope connected to the formation circuit that he had casted, if he were ought to have a face, he would be grinning.

Ain was by no means liking this kind of thing—maybe he was.

"I want to repent myself!" The kappa shouted, his face was full of conflict and his eyes were disoriented. Although, the self thought within his mind said otherwise, 'Hehehe, I'm almost at my ninety nine percent upon acquiring my Parallel Evolution! Just you wait! You prideful lump of spark!'

"Domeniul Ceresc won't tolerate any kind of fabricator for its citizens," said the professional fabricator. "A Youkai like thee has proven to be rather knowledgeable about building a shrine.

"To repent, I want you to create the grandiose version of it. You hid your own real capability and although the Supreme One accepted any kind of offering, especially if it came in the form of determination and droplets of tears and sweats, the Benevolent One would wash your sin if your faith was heightened into a new enlightenment."

At first, the sentence from the greater wisp seemed normal until the kappa realized that Ain knew he had been hiding his real skill in constructing the shrine that he made in a willy-nilly manner, just because of the fear of getting kicked out.

The kappa did feel grateful after seeing the owner of this land was giving him a stack of cucumbers.

With a nervous beak, the kappa asked, "How did you know that I hid my capability…?"

"You purposely made the carving look terrible instead of doing your best. I saw you managed to carve a perfect shape before destroying the symmetry with an extra unnecessary touch, rendering the whole shrine looks entrant."

"Umueh…"

As Ain spectated the scared kappa, he noticed that there was a disturbance somewhere at the east where some of the Forest Dwellers managed to get themselves into conflict. His nature had him enticing him to solve every problem within the Domeniul Ceresc as much as he could. So knowing that the kappa wouldn't go anywhere, he immediately departed to the location without saying a single word.

The kappa smiled, as he knew that in only a few seconds in the future, he would be free and his body and soul would permanently change due to the constant overstream of mana and radiance within Domeniul Ceresc.

'It might not be a fraction of power from the spiritual power I have in Fumeikyo, but it will certainly be enough to whoop this lump of light's ass!'

His moment of minor ascension! There was a reason why many mythical or supernatural entities within the folklore had some similarities with others from different regions or continents.

Kappa are often mistaken to be related to the Chinese river youkai or possibly a deity that was known as a Kahaku. that while they may have similar names and presumably similar in many other ways to the point of being identical, they are two completely different creatures.

Some scientist who dug deep into the world of scientific supernatural phenomenon had also stated that 'just because there's a youkai with a similar name in a country in the outside world, to think that they are the same creature is unreasonable.' Some of those scientists were youkai themselves and so those youkai explained to the scientist of Neamh.

This is known in their science as Parallel Evolution. This may also be the case of why Oni and Vampires share portions of their name and have identical weaknesses, while they are clearly two different races or species of spiritual being. Because youkai science is fairly new within Neamh, similar supernatural creatures may easily be grouped up as the same thing.

While the subjects used to explain this are far from modern science, this subject was only understood recently after the discovery of genetics.

The variable that affected these Parallel Evolution was still a mystery—but spectating the kappa, it was clear that the exposed energy and environment was the prime suspect of this phenomenon.

It might be an interesting topic to delve through but there won't be enough time to explain because the kappa was on the verge of getting out of this strange bdsm session!

The spiritual energy he had cultivated was surging into his inner core, fully spreading and morphing his whole body in blinding light.

His scales, although not all, conjoined with each other on a flat surface and shifted their hue into grey, having almost the same texture and appearance like a human. The disk on his head condensed into a pearl, it then flawlessly floated and attached itself onto the forehead.

His shoulder-length deep blue hair fell like a curtain.

His green turtle shell became crystal-like, and his beak fell off, revealing a humanoid mouth.

The annoying bondage was broken. The former kappa that would probably have became another new species by now grinned, revealing her cute fangs and teeth?

"Muahahah! A new Parallel Evolution! Just you wait! I shall conquer this so-called Domeniul Ceresc and establish myself as a deity once again!"

She, however, overestimated herself and got beaten by a random mandragora's shriek right after getting out of the cave.. In the end, she got tied in bondage within the same place once again by Ain.