Chapter 19: A Lab Rat

*hick* "Waaah! Big Brother!" Little Lu wailed as he thought of how lonely it would be for Arthur. He wouldn't be able to play outside and would be alone in this place for a long time. "I-I promise I will become strong very fast, Big Brother!" 

Arthur could hear and feel what Little Lu was thinking. He smiled fully for once and patted Little Lu's head and said, "Don't worry Lucian, I can always borrow this body and go outside for a while." Arthur said as he tapped Little Lu on the chest.

Like a switch had been flipped, Little Lu stopped crying and exclaimed. "What? Really? That's great! You can tell Mama and Papa everything and then they will be able hug you and give you kisses and teach you how to write and how to plant and how to…" Little Lu energetically expressed his thoughts but Arthur only smiled for he knew how hard it would be for Calir and Chris to accept him as he is. An ancient powerful being is their son, what a concept. His main concern is, would they treat him as a son like how they treat Lucian or would they treat him as a God, an old monster, or even a being to be feared? 

He saw how they cared and loved Little Lu and he was scared of the smallest possibility that they would treat him as something else. He wouldn't take that chance. Arthur knew every secret would be exposed sooner or later but at the same time he also knew an opportunity to spill everything out would present itself. He was not in a hurry to roam outside; after all he could already do it if only for a little while. For an ancient being, patience was his closest ally.

"I'm afraid I can't tell them who I am yet." Said Arthur as he looked at Lu's innocent eyes whose shine faded at that statement. "But why?" Lu asked.

"Because they already have you. I can see how happy they are at the moment. I don't want to ruin their peace. But don't worry, soon they'll know and the four of us will become a complete family." 

"But-But that's not fai-" 

"It's alright Lucian, Mother and Father are not ready yet, just believe in me. Alright?" Arthur said as he cut off Little Lu. He then thought inwardly, 'Having only one body will make things harder. And this weak body would break if my will broke down.' He was afraid he might not be able to hold himself back if he got what he always longed for. The warmth of a family. 

For that he was willing to bid his time and suffer solitude… no, he was no longer alone. The only suffering he would have is excitement, excitement for the unknown future that this little brother of his will create.

"Alright Big Brother! I understand. I will become strong very very soon so hang in there okay?" Said Little confidently with a beaming smile.

Arthur smiled but then he suddenly frowned. He closed his eyes for a while before opening them up again.  

In the time he closed his eyes, on the outside world Little Lu opened his eyes. No, more precisely, Arthur opened his eyes. The short hair on the boy's head grew longer and its amber eyes turned pitch black.

The ancient being that once destroyed and created everything. The being once known as the Destruction and Carnage graced the mortal realm once more. Time stopped and everything went to a stand still. It was like a movie was paused and all the characters were frozen. Chris and Calir were flying, suspended in mid air. Lionell was leaping from tree to tree like a black blur and all the other Villagers were all running toward a certain location.

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And at that location, Gin was upside down hanged by a scorpion tail that wrapped around his torn and broken body. Leah and Mary were lying on the ground. And a Monstrous Beast that looked like a Griffin Manticore was towering over them. It was in the middle of devouring Gin but a silhouette of a little boy was in the middle of them. It was Arthur, Little Lu's body grew a little and his hair got longer as Arthur took over. His amber eyes also turned pitch black.

Earlier when Arthur woke up from his slumber, information already went inside his head. They were memories of Little Lu, it's like a file worth of five years of memories were downloaded in his brain, or in this case his Primordial Spark. Because that's what he is, a remnant of his previous self. He saw how Little Lu's day went on and how it ended. It's like a movie was playing in his mind. His mind would have processed the information in seconds but he took his time to analyse everything. He had some hidden agenda for Little Lu after all. He already knew that Leah and the other's were returning a barrel to where Leah had found it and he knew the last thing Little Lu saw before he went dark.

Arthur was multitasking, in the outside world minutes only passed since Little Lu lost consciousness but inside the Primordial Spark five years had past. Each passing day, Arthur was reliving the memories of Little Lu as they toured around the Primordial Spark. It's a whole other realm after all. Of course it would take a lot of time to tour around it. But at the same time it's also a mystical place, Arthur had the power to make Little Lu perceive time in a different way. That way even though five years had past inside, it would feel like minutes for Little Lu. 

As the memories came to an end, Arthur projected his consciousness outside just in time to stop what was about to happen. He was still inside the Spark talking to Little Lu but a portion of his consciousness was outside looking at the scene of a Beast and some children.

Arthur floated upward as he closed his eyes, relishing the feeling of being alive but only for a moment. As he was enjoying breathing fresh air he looked back. There was no one there but he could feel a gaze, a gaze from the past, the exchange happened only for a moment. 'A young seer with so much potential and talent' he thought as he recognized who it was. Arthur then had his attention on the Beast as he controlled its body without lifting a finger. His red hair floated behind him and with a regal and aloof look, he surveyed the battle field. The scorpion tail gently laid Gin next to Leah and Mary while he went closer towards the Beast. He looked at the Beast's emerald eyes, no, he looked into its soul to read its memories… 

The Beast was actually a lab rat from some Dark Association performing some kind of experiments on Beasts. And this particular Beast was a hybrid made from a Four Winged Great Eagle, Three Tailed Scorpius and a Kodiak Bat. The most interesting part was that this Beast was a failure. It wasn't able to reach the height of the scientist's expectations. It died on its first day and was supposed to be discarded but a man cloaked in black bought the body. 'Necromancer.' Arthur thought. The Necromancer took the body to a hidden tower and performed a ritual, transferring a soul from a Poisonous Crocodilla into the Beast's body. And that's not all, he also tried to incorporate the Mana Core of the Crocodilla into it. But in the end it was also a failure. The Beast became an undead, a normal undead without any unique characteristics, it can't even fly even if it had wings. 

The necromancer didn't do any more modification to it and just let it loose on the Deathless Mountains. In the memory Arthur heard the last command the Necromancer gave before it sent the Beast away. "Kill! Kill everything that moves." It was then followed by a hoarse laugh that could send shivers to anyone.

But Arthur just watched everything blankly. The adventure of the Beast then began as it killed everything it saw, be it luck or just the natural scheme of the universe, the Beast ended up in Smog Mountain and was able to pass through a small opening in the corrosive and poisonous fog that coated the mountain. The rich and pure Mana that was now abundant in the Mountain activated the core of the Crocodilla. It awakened a slumbering instinct that could be found on the voracious predator. It went on a killing spree and developed a taste for blood. It killed and devoured, repeating the process and eventually the core was upgraded. It then found a bandit's caravan. A caravan of thieves that were in the middle of traveling. It killed everyone and managed to eat some high quality beast cores that were carried by the thieves. After that a miracle happened, a once in a million chance happened as the Beast underwent evolution. Its core became pure and untainted then the Crocodilla managed to incorporate itself into the body, but the body was still a mixture of different Beasts so the merging of the soul and body was incomplete. The core instinctively tried to expel the unwanted gene and modified the body and it was successful in doing so.

It underwent another stage, the Stasis stage. This Phenomena is normal for Beasts that are in the process of awakening or ascending into a higher realm. They would hibernate inside a chrysalis of their own making as their body transformed to better suit their new gained power. But the Beast was an anomaly from the beginning so instead of going into full hibernation it underwent an incomplete one. Only its soul went into hibernation while its body once again became that of an undead, unfeeling and unaware but the command the Necromancer gave it was already nulled, so it just loitered around until Gin and the other's stumbled upon it. 

If an experienced Fighter watched Leah and Gin's fight with the Beast they would immediately know that something doesn't add up. The Beast was fighting but not fighting at the same time. It wasn't able to utilize everything at its disposal and its movements were sloppy if compared to a Beast fighting to kill or survive. It simply lacked motivation. There were times though when it used its power, it was when it felt threatened and its instinct took over. Like the Demon's awakening.

And speaking of the Demon, Arthur looked at Gin. He didn't probe or do anything to him, he just looked at him and thought that the boy's existence was interesting. Gin was also extremely loyal based on the things Arthur saw in the Beast's memory which earned him a nod of approval from the most powerful being in this realm. Arthur then looked at Leah and Mary. He thought for a moment and then smiled. 'These are some peculiar friends you have, Little Brother.'

Arthur once again looked at the Beast and in the next moment the Beast's body was dismantled! It wasn't a messy and gory scene, it was mesmerising. Different body parts flew all about before it regenerated and formed three different Beasts. There was a Four Winged Great Eagle that was as big as a tank. It had smaller wings under it's gigantic wings. Then there was a white Scorpion with three tails and a Bat with a huge upper body like that of a bear. It had fleshy wings that were attached to its arms like a normal Bat. Unfortunately these bodies were empty… but not for long.

"Be it destiny or just the machination of fate that intertwined Lucian to these kids and you to them, you three have played a major part in waking me from my sleep." Arthur proclaimed as three magic circles appeared below the Beasts. *Swoosh! The stagnant Mana in the surrounding raged in joy as they were used by Arthur. He wouldn't use the power inside his Primordial Spark for something as trivial as this. The abundant Mana in the surounding was enough.

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