62 Organic Equipment

Non-player characters like Darien didn't have an interface so he didn't know the full extent of the forger talent [Organic Cohesion]. He needed to discover all the information for the talent on his own. All he knew was that the organic armor he created would be able to fuse and adapt to Kyren whenever he used any of the Gene Transformation abilities. What he didn't know was that creating equipment with some living properties had many more heaven-defying benefits that could break the balance in battle.

The active ability that Kyren noticed was godlike and he suspected that his luck had been a major factor in its appearance. It was called [Organic Upgrade Potential] and it greatly depended on the average growth potential of all the creatures it was created out of. If the armor was given compatible materials that were stronger or the same as the originals then they could be used to upgrade or repair the armor. Since the armor was more than nine-tenths Void Dragon with overwhelming growth potential, the limit to the armors maximum power level was... scary.

Currently, Kyren's Elder Dragonoid figure was in a completely white cubed room in the Spatial Palace that he specially created for "harvesting" dragon parts. The process was vastly different compared to last time in both speed and efficiency. His recovery rate was ludicrous and his attack speed paired with pain tolerance made everything go along fluidly and quickly. He didn't only grab enough to upgrade the armor, but a whole lot extra just in case. The hardly changing stats made it so he could keep going without stop, only taking the occasional breather from the minor pangs of pain.

.....

Only about forty-five minutes later and he already had a mound of materials sizably larger than the first time he did this. His pain tolerance didn't upgrade this time because the pain wasn't much so the multiplier stayed at eight percent per proficiency level. He used [Advanced Hydrokinesis] to gather the purple blood all over the floor and walls from the amputations and changed back into his human form.

He looked down at his left and right arm as they regrew and healed at unnatural speeds. His right was already forming fingers while the left was beginning to regenerate his forearm. "I'll never get used to this..."

His mana sped up the process and his limbs burst outwards to normal. He manipulated his grip to check if everything was alright and he used [Auto Equip].

A [Gate] appeared before him and he walked through into the forging room. Rayna was inside her armor and she was moving around, trying to get a feel for the gear. Darien managed to approach the semi-organic armor and he was using special tools to erase some runes and break the curses.

Darien noticed his presence and he took off some protective goggles as he sized Kyren up, pushing his senses to the extreme but finding nothing but a F~grade, "I'll be with you in a sec.. Just finishing up."

Kyren approached Rayna and assessed her combat power. She's originally had peak A~grade power, but with the armor and items, she had "S-" power with "S++" defense. Such a massive change was worthy of such quality gear.

She noticed his gaze and she voiced in a giddy tone, "Isn't this stuff wonderful?! Wanna see something cool?"

The armor started morphing as a faint glow emanated off of it. It changed into Wolven Peacemonger form and the gear visibly thickened, now covering everything. Her figure was no longer apparent under all that gear and her size and height increased slightly. The originally "l" shaped visor turned into a "+" and the fur thickened.

He softly applauded as it perfectly fit her style and he was impressed by how fast she was adapting to it. She wanted to test out her new weapons and shields badly, but A~grades were walking calamities so Darien forbidden it. She also wanted to show him her scaremonger form, but apparently it wasn't an "indoors toy" according to Darien... All she could do now was wait and get acquainted with it.

After a while, Darien finished up and Kyren once again approached the armor, unimpeded this time. He followed Leo's brief instruction and took out a large purple spike. It was encased in a thick layer of mana so that the still fresh draconic presence wouldn't alert the entire region, as it was very capable of doing so.

The tip of the spike connected with the spherical crystal on the chest and it shuddered as it began to process its compatibility with the material. It was made up of a high quality null mana crystal, the third state of solid mana.

Once it confirmed compatibility, the spike sank into the crystal and a single spike on its shoulder changed and strengthened to that of the one that disapeared. This process was repeated countless times until the armor could take no more.

Kyren's soul mana has long since suppressed the ego within the armor so it didn't use Draconic Prestige at an elder level. He wouldn't have been able to tame it otherwise.

'Let's try.'

He placed his palm on the crystal, where the soul was pinpointed, and felt a violent energy pass through his hand and forcefully invade the armor. It ravaged the insides and left nothing behind as it tyrannically took over, making the armor shudder and twitch. Leo was ruthlessly mutilating the infant soul inside and cutting off any escape routes as he corrupted it to his liking.

'Damn, you're really not holding back...'

<Hehe, I see no need to show mercy.>

As soon as the bloodthirsty Leo finished his joyride and the soul was now an extension of himself, the armor settled down.

Darien walked up to him with a bewildered look, "What did you do-" His sentence was cut short as he did a double take on the armor. He nearly choked when he failed to appraise the armor.

Elder Void Calamity Dragonoid parts were close to the pinnacle of five-stars. Four-stars was only at the Mortal Realm so the suit was now worthy of a transcendent. Due to the extreme uniqueness of the dragonoid mutation race and the fact that the armor was semi-organic (among other things) the rarity of the equipment rose to unimaginable heights. After legendary or the peak of the Mortal Grade, there was exotic, but it reached mythical which was right above it. The quality stayed the same, but that was an amazing thing! To get extreme quality on equipment of this magnitude gave it the right to be called a treasure among treasures that even transcendent forgers could only pray to be lucky enough to make one.

Darien couldn't appraise it even with his amazing capabilities as a forger. Even with Kyren suppressing the aura, he could tell that it was now unimaginably stronger unlike before.

Kyren stored the armor in his [Dimensional Storage] and used [Auto Equip] to save him some hassle. It felt quite comfortable as it began to adjust to his size and figure. His vision was black but he could see the system interface along with some other details and status of the armor, like an overhauled version of Iron man's suit interface but without looking futuristic and more magically themed.

Different areas of the armor began to warp. A menacing tail protruded out of the rear and the hands/feet also changed into dragon-like claws. The blank metal face quickly gained a snout and two eyes with the mouth having lethally sharp teeth. His height increased as his legs became beast-like.

Everyone watched this transformation and they all, especially Darien, were put in awe, "I'm beginning to think that I named it wrong..... I'm liking 'Draconic Animate' a bit more, don't you think?"

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Archbishop Odella circled a frail figure on his knees in a vast garden meant for strolling, scrutinizing every detail of the strange man in front of her. She was disturbed during one of her rare outings from her office but she didn't mind. It was really good news's that found her.

Paladin guards stood off to the side if anything were to go wrong, not that they needed to with Odella's strength.

The frail figure looked malnourished and thin with commoner Alvestine Empire clothing. He was a slightly below-average height man with a blonde military-style flat top crew cut and a determined light in his eyes.

"So he's met the requirements?"

A paladin stepped forward and answered, "Above and beyond your eminence!"

"And you found this disgusting beast man in the slave trade?"

It wasn't apparent because of his race's similarity to humans, but this frail person was a monkey related beast man.

"Yes your eminence!"

She looked down at him with a suspicious face, "And you say you wish to join the church?"

"Only if all of you can grant me power, no matter the consequences, like you've all been saying."

His voice was husky and unnaturally deep for his small figure and it threw everyone who heard it off.

"The process will be painful-"

"I don't care."

"Your soul might get erased-"

"I don't care."

"You'll never be the same-"

"I don't care. All I want is strength and I'll do anything or go to anyone to obtain it!"

His demeanor and tone were military-like, making his regular voice seem loud and booming but firm and unchanging. He was a headstrong individual that would do anything to get what he wants and the church could give it to him. He didn't care about their bad reputation, all he wanted was strength.

Odella's glare penetrated his very soul but he was unwavering, 'I can tell his desire for power is overwhelming even for me... If I didn't know better, I'd think he was a power hungry demon.' She evilly grinned when this thought crossed her mind. Although he wasn't human and that revolted her, he looked like one so she let it pass.

Due to his incredible uniqueness, his disrespectful tone was overlooked. Even if she wanted to behead him for those comment, he was impossible to kill so it was a waste of energy.

"Your authority will be changed to that of a bishop and you'll receive the baptism of an archangel to maximize results of this mega soldier project. If you faithfully follow us, more power than you can ever imagine will be all yours and I can't wait to see your results... What was it again?"

"I'm the Immortal Soul, Legion..."

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