Reaper of the Martial World

Book 9: Chapter 1: 110 (1)

“Do you know who?” Luna looked toward Dyon with an expectant gaze.

“Well, I didn’t know before, I only had some guesses. But now…” Dyon looked toward the Heaven’s Children writhing in pain. “Aslan. Maura. And…” Dyon’s gaze stopped on the final individual. “Caspian.”

Luna closed her eyes and sighed. She knew how Dyon’s [Devour] worked after seeing it in action and didn’t need any further explanation to know that he was correct. Even if she didn’t, she would trust Dyon’s words regardless.

These three individuals, they were a match made in heaven. Together, conspiring against even the most powerful individuals in existence became easy. Dyon almost felt it was too bad he would never be able to make use of them. With their abilities, there’s no way he would be able to trust them around his people, this was especially so for Aslan and Maura.

The former was able to have absolute control over his own and the senses of others. The latter could manipulate the emotions of people based on her will.

On top of this, with the help of Caspian’s absolute spatial control, communicating and scheming was easy beyond belief. If they worked together… It was no wonder Luna had been tricked in this way.

Still, there were six remaining Heaven’s Children that were completely loyal to Luna. The only reason Dyon hadn’t released his [Devour] on them yet was because he didn’t want them to act rashly without fully understanding the situation. Though they were screaming, Dyon knew that the Heavens dampened the pain they should feel considerably. historical

Rudy – One with the Earth. He had the ability to manipulate the earth to his whim. It was a lack luster ability compared to the three traitors, but it was quite useful if applied correctly. For example, mining with his help would become far easier. There were many ores and metals that were difficult to extract simply by virtue of their sturdiness or maybe their volatility in some instances, but Rudy could bring them out with ease. Dyon thought of many more applications than this as well – aiding soil fertility, building underground fortresses… The list was endless if one had the ability to freely manipulate the earth.

Monet – Beast Whisperer. She had the ability to calm beasts. As long as they didn’t follow the human path, there was no beast she couldn’t bring under her control. That included transcendent and supreme grade beasts  . She made Dyon’s Beast Compendium look like a joke. Monet’s ability would be devastating against the Five Clan Beast Alliance of Dyon’s home quadrant.

Though… Dyon couldn’t help but wonder why a beast tamer didn’t have any beasts with her.

Fox – Duplication. He had the ability to duplicate anything inanimate. As long as he was given time to gather energy, even duplicating a supreme grade treasure wasn’t impossible. There were very few limitations to this. As long as the target didn’t have a spirit – for example a weapon like the Dragon King’s – and as long as it wasn’t a Legendary object or an object with Legendary level capabilities, it could be duplicated given enough time and energy. Dyon could only imagine what this ability could do if paired with the seventh floor of the Sage Tower which could accumulate power from stars.

Unfortunately, pills weren’t within Fox’s capabilities because they were created from living herbs. This meant that anything that had an organic component could not be duplicated. That said, this wasn’t a major loss considering the fourth floor of the Sage Tower could duplicate pills.

Ariel – One with Water. This ability looked simple on the surface, but its applications made Dyon feel a chill. Water wasn’t limited to bodies of ocean or lake, water could be found within the human body. Ariel’s control over such a thing made her abilities far less auxiliary than Rudy’s and far more deadly. Though, Rudy could definitely use his abilities to cause destruction as well.

Her only limit was in dealing with targets with strong wills.

Bryzo – Absolute Deconstruction. Bryzo’s abilities intrigued Dyon. She was able to deconstruct matter to its barest building blocks. This alone was a devastating ability, but it was the auxiliary ability that caught Dyon’s attention. After deconstructing her target, she was able to understand it to its most minor of details. There was only limitation to this ability: her target couldn’t have a will of its own.

Essentially, Bryzo’s abilities were useless against living humans, but was great when applied defensively, reason being that her limitation didn’t extend to things that gained will from outside influence. For example, a cultivator could technically apply their will to an attack, but Bryzo could still deconstruct said attack.

The only way for Bryzo’s abilities to be thwarted is if her opponent’s will is on the level of a martial intent, thus resulting in their will being perfectly fused into their actions, or, if her opponent was like Dyon who had their Presence fused into ever fiber of his being.

Still, what Dyon found Bryzo useful for wasn’t battle, but rather the potential help she could provide the researchers. If she was given corpses to deconstruct, she could perfectly explain what it was that made certain races special and aid Researcher Curie and Kline in their DNA research. If she was given an Ore or metal, she could help Research Obrien in his atom research.

Almost as if fated, the final Heaven’s Child would be a great help to Chancellor Lind in her pursuit of helping the untalented.