The Invincible Full-Moon System

Chapter 1914: Divine Source (2)

A sliver of energy returned to Rex, and alongside it was a surge of information.

His mind re-experienced what the clone felt and saw.

Knowing where the divine source was and how it manifested within the Cavity is going to be crucial if he wants to understand it. But more importantly, the clone managed to scan the divine source with the System, and the result appeared before him.

Several notifications, and Rex read them all.

Rex’s eyes narrowed.

It’s a simple explanation, far shorter than he was expecting, but it was packed with new information.

"Produce divine strands? So, this divine source is the root of the Baby-blue Periwinkles?"

For being inside the God Realm in a short time, Rex learned that divine strands are the currency used in this realm. And though the Baby-blue Periwinkles are filled with divine strands, they aren’t allowed to be plucked by anyone other than the Gardeners.

Just that alone made it clear that the Baby-blue Periwinkles belonged to the Overseer.

And that meant the entirety of the Cavity is the Overseer’s divine strand farmland.

Not the Primordial Meadow as a whole, as he had initially thought.

Considering how big the Cavity seemed, Rex couldn’t even imagine how strong the Overseer really is, as divine strands have a direct correlation to a God’s power. That much he already learned. It was made clear when he completed the Strength of a God achievement.

"And a realm is what gave it power," Rex’s eyes flickered with interest. "System, what’s the realm that the divine source is connected to?"

Rex reclined when he read the answer.

"It’s the Spirit Realm...?" His eyes widened in shock, but the shock didn’t last long. "I got into the God Realm from the Spirit Realm, so it made sense that the area I arrived in is powered by the Spirit Realm. So, doesn’t that mean the powerful force the System is saying belonged to Chaos?"

Davina was the one who told him about this, and she sounded quite sure.

Certain that the Black Rift was caused by Chaos.

And since this divine source was tied to the Spirit Realm, then Rex could assume the blockade was also there because of Chaos. "Just how far the reach of Chaos really is...?" He shifted on his seat, feeling a bit overwhelmed by the prospect. "And the Fourthborn is in there somewhere, aiming for me."

Rex wasn’t expecting that even the God Realm was affected by Chaos.

It was hard to fathom.

He thought Nivellen was one of the weaker Gods that were exposed to the harshest part of the Chaos Realm, which meant the Chaos Realm’s power is above the Spirit Realm and below the God Realm. But that’s not the case.

Now, he could be sure that the Chaos Realm is on equal footing with the God Realm.

"Either way, I made the right choice to investigate that barren land."

Learning that the Chaos Realm has its reach even within the God Realm was unnerving, but he had also learned the next step to accumulate more divine strands so that he could advance his divinity. A method that would no doubt cost him an arm and a leg if he wanted to purchase it from the System.

He would need to create a divine source.

Right now, Evelyn and Gistella were cultivating the Silverstar Genesis with the Realm Fertilizer.

It would most certainly take time before his realm would be operational.

And in the meantime, he should keep a lookout on how exactly he can create a divine source.

"I probably can’t use the Spirit Realm to power my own divine core—the Overseer already has a claim there. But the Mortal Realm..." Rex rubbed his chin, thoughts turning. Then frowned. "Each one of the Supernatural Race back there has a God backing them. So how does it work? Can a realm be connected to multiple divine sources?"

He let the question hang, then pushed it aside. "I’ll find out sooner or later."

Rex resumed inspecting the traits of the corpses before him.

Considering he was now representing High Lord Rashal, there are several things he needed to keep in mind while picking up skills to get from the sudden quest. But the most important factor was that he’ll need to pick skills that’ll help him fight, while he’s still vulnerable to the dominant colorless energy of the God Realm.

Out of Rex’s traits, there’s only one reason that would make High Lord Rashal pick him.

And that’s his combat prowess.

High Lord Rashal suspected Rex of killing the missing Pale Defenders—though he decided to let it go. In his eyes, that made Rex abnormally strong for a mere Awakened Demigod, and precisely the kind of anomaly worth investing in.

That was why he’d chosen Rex to represent him.

It also implies that he would be put in a situation where he would need to fight.

So, Rex filtered the skills to only those that’d help him with that, taking into consideration.

For over an hour, Rex weighed the pros and cons of each skill with careful deliberation. Once he settled on his choices, at least for the time being, he returned to training within the transcendent-rank meditation chamber.

And eventually, Zev returned.

Rex walked out of the citadel and approached a figure standing right outside the treeline.

Since he had killed a lot of people in that vault as a precaution, if Zev couldn’t deliver, he didn’t really need the other Pale Defenders to complete the sudden quest. He has enough bodies for that. But he did want more variation.

Pale Defenders must have more interesting abilities than the thugs he killed.

That’s the reason why he came to visit Zev again.

But he was hoping to get only one Pale Defender, as Zev isn’t that strong for a Pale Defender.

As a matter of fact, the Pale Defenders he killed are probably stronger than him.

And yet, Zev had dragged three corpses with him. His body was ruined, broken in multiple places, and marred with bleeding wounds. Scratches that refused to close, internal wounds so deep they discoloured the skin from within, and his frame was twisted by disfigurement.

Still, he had brought them. All three.

It was a surprising sight.

For Zev to kill three Pale Defenders in mere hours is beyond Rex’s expectations.

At least, Rex thought he’d die if he even attempted.

Looking down at the corpses, Rex realized that the cause of their deaths differed from one another.

One was brutalized, battered, and cut beyond recognition. The second bore a single, clean stab through the chest. And the third was laced with blackened veins, killed by poison. The variety alone showed clearly that Zev was capable.

Just that he’s not that strong in direct combat.

Out of the three corpses, he seemed to have only fought one of them, and it almost killed him.

But then again, he has the motivation to do this.

And motivation is a terrifying thing.

He’s much more capable than I thought. He would’ve been a problem had he not surrendered so easily.

"I’m impressed," Rex clapped his hands, praising Zev for what he had accomplished in a short amount of time. "I don’t really know the relationships between Pale Defenders, but to think you’d work really hard for me... I should reward you, no?"

"You killed more of my Gardeners," Zev said with a chilling tone.

Rex didn’t answer.

Didn’t need to.

He already told Zev what was going to happen the longer he took.

"You killed more of my Gardeners..." He repeated. His voice was colder this time.

"It seemed I needed to kill more of them," Rex looked down at the corpses, and then back to Zev. "You are a few Pale Defenders short. And even though you’re short on what you promised, you still have the gall to talk like this to me?"

"Pale Defenders have quotas to meet," Zev’s voice was strained, no longer cold as he couldn’t hold the pain back anymore. Even as he spoke, blood drizzled down from his nose. "If I lose my Gardeners, I won’t meet those quotas. And at that point... I’m as good as dead."

"Didn’t I tell you that you’re also going to benefit from helping me?"

"How...? Do you think killing the Pale Defenders around me automatically benefitted me? Gardeners are groomed. If their masters died, I couldn’t simply go to them and make them side with me. It’s more complicated than that!"

Of course, Rex had taken that into consideration.

And there’s a way to make the Gardeners from other Pale Defenders recognize Zev as their master.

He already asked the System.

Zev had sent assassins after him.

That alone should’ve sealed his fate, one that would lead him to death’s door.

But Rex had seen what Zev was capable of now, and it made him reconsider. Then there was the talk he’d overheard from the Pale Defenders he killed, whispers that Zev’s family had recently risen to power, which was something worth thinking over.

Rex didn’t know how high in status the Pale Defenders are.

However, since the news of the missing Pale Defenders had reached High Lord Rashal so quickly, he can assume that they have quite a high status. And it made perfect sense now since he finally understood that the Pale Defenders were the backbone of the Primordial Meadow.

The backbones of the Overseer.

Those who are tasked with harvesting divine strands produced by the divine source.

I don’t know what trouble High Lord Rashal would bring later on. Might as well gather more allies.

Just like him, High Lord Rashal is a predator.

From the way he sized people up, his composed demeanor with no regard for anyone around him, and the fact that he had recognized Rex’s worth almost immediately—it all pointed to the same truth. That they were of the same species.

Not werewolves, but predators.

Dangerous people who would do anything and everything at their disposal to grow stronger.

And against such a person, Rex would need more leverage.

After all, there’s still a chance High Lord Rashal wouldn’t give him the Permits ever after everything.

System, buy the information.

Rex read the method to make the other Gardeners acknowledge Zev as their master.

And then nodded as it was quite easy.

Just that Zev didn’t know the method to do it.

"I came here from the Spirit Realm and brought down several Pale Defenders the moment I arrived. In Larta, the hive city, I was immediately chosen to represent High Lord Rashal." Rex watched Zev’s eyes widen with each revelation; everything he said was new for Zev. "And even under the High Lord’s watch, I made it here without being followed.

"Do you think I don’t know the method to help you?" Rex raised a brow tauntingly.

"You... You knew how to make the lost Gardeners recognize me as their master?"

"I wouldn’t say what I said if I didn’t."

Of course, that was a lie.

But then again, there’s no way Zev could know that Rex was planning to kill him earlier.

Had he not brought back three Pale Defenders and made Rex reconsider, he would be dead by now.

"Then tell me!" Zev choked on blood and coughed. But his eyes were still fixed on Rex, still hopeful that he could learn the method. "If I know the method, then I can expand quickly before the families of the Pale Defenders you killed could move."

"I will tell you the method," Rex approached slowly and stopped before Zev, towering over him. "But I need you to do something for me."

Nothing is free in this world.

And Zev realized he had forgotten about that saying because of his greed.