BXBX NOVEL Chapter 405 The Switchblade
POV Guardsman Tobby:
Bright rainbow light entered through a massive rooftop window on top of a tall cupola into the large chamber of various colorful stones.
Toby, in his ornamental armor decored with silver and furt with a sharp pointy helmet and short cape, split into two, stood under a tall pillar. Everywhere he could see, there were more guards standing like statues on their posts.
Two large groups of old men stood in the center of the room, split by only a few meters and treated like an unsurpassable wall.
Finally, a voice echoed through the hall, and at one, one from each party stepped forward.
"Welcome to the great Chrysanthemum Empire. It is an honor to welcome you here."
"It is our honor to be your guest here. It is in our common and mutual goal to establish relationships between our two parties."
He couldn\'t help but glance at the two diplomats basking under the rainbow light. He didn\'t know who was the country they were dealing with and where they came from, but he felt like something historical was going to happen.
\'I never seen these sly diplomats be so... extra slimy?\'
His eyes especially lingered on a few in ridiculous black outfits.
\'From what country they came? Why can\'t I recognize any of their heraldry? What is it? Some white circles, stains, and vines?\' He was an honor guard for a long time but had never seen such a flag. It was so far from the norm that it almost felt like some children\'s drawing.
\'Are they maybe from another continent? No, our great Chrysanthemum empire would never tread so carefully against those barbarians.\'
In the meantime, the two diplomats continued.
"I believe we might have the same problem."
"And what is that?"
"Immortals as you call them. They must be dealt with and our mutual cooperation is needed for it."
POV Vesuvius:
Ding!
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You have used Starry Sky (The Space Shrinking Gem) and 15000 META points to gain the ability: Space Condensed Draconic Body (LV 1)
Description: Shrinks the dimensions of space around your body. It consumes mana to operate. The consumed mana exponentially rises with the scale of the shrinking.
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\'To keep it as an item would be a weakness. It is already a stroke of luck that the angel didn\'t destroy it.\' Vesuvius wasn\'t planning to test his luck two times in a row.
He could already imagine the consequences of its destruction in mid-battle, \'Would I get injured by the turbulent space?\'
Finally, the dragon\'s eyes stopped at his tail. It bothered him for a long time as he seldom used it, making him feel like he was squandering his resources.
Dozens of ideas on how to change it formed in his mind until he summed them into three criteriums, \'I need to improve its ranged power while giving it power melee contact capabilities and finally, I need to make it automatic so I don\'t have to even care about it.\'
With few thoughts, the entire skeletal structure of his tail changed, with the bones becoming denser and smaller to allow for increased mobility. The thick and heavy metallic armor split into segmented plates like the armor of a scorpion.
Ding!
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You have used 1000 META points on segmented tail armor, empowered tail bones, and musculature.
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\'Flexibility of movement is important for all tree targets.\'
The next moment two long, crystal blades burning in the chaotic apocalyptic storm grew out from the tip of his tail like the tips of a bident. The arcs of electricity jumped between them, turning them into a railgun ready to propel and shoot anything that would get between them.
The muscle grew stronger, and even more sharp blades grew on two sides like the blades of scythes.
The poison and acid dripped down, falling into the black void.
Ding!
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You have used 1000 META points on the mana-conductive super-hard crystal blades.
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\'This should take care of the first point and part of the second one. Now, system, add more juice to the breath glands in it and add some kind of focusing organ that will direct and control the energy.\'
The golden glowing lines of magic drew shapes and lines across the crystal blades and the two spikes on the tip of his tail.
Energy burst from the crystal breath organ, and the glowing lines drew and controlled it, enveloping all the blades in the concentrated fire of solar flares and plasma. It was as if the end of his tail had turned into a terrifying energy cleaver.
Ding!
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You have used 2000 META points to upgrade the tail\'s energy blade into energy-focusing spell focuses.
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\'Now the last point.\'
Nerves connected to the newly created crystal blades, and a new tumor of neurons formed within his tail, all the nerves connecting to it like wires to a mainframe.
Ding!
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You have spent 2000 META points on the vibration-feeling crystal organs, the tail autonomous movement center, and the additional nerves to connect it.
Your ability Volcanic Tail Breath Glands (LV 11) were merged into a new ability: Switchblade Tail (LV 11)
Description: The tail acts on itself, using the senses of the dragon and the sensitive vibrations feeling crystals in combination with its own simplified neuron center and instincts from the genome of draconic battle lords to attack and defend autonomously.
The special crystal blades, harder than diamonds, are engraved with energy direction circuits allowing them to control the breath produced by the breath gland and envelop them in its destructive energy.
The crystal blades can be used like a railgun and turn the breath into destructive long-range attacks, or they can be used as casting mediums to easily cast breath lenses or other spells.
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\'Haha, I cannot wait for some fool getting killed not by me, but just by my tail. That will be such a pathetic death.\'
He was almost done, and his new form\'s final image was quickly approaching completion.
\'I still need to dump over forty thousand of meta points... the question is into what?\'