Chapter 987: Manny's Creation |
The group kept traveling towards the east, but they didn't teleport. They were no longer in safe territories. In fact, they were already sensing several weaker Demons.
"Just follow me," Sebastian transmitted to the others as he took the lead. As a Spear, Sebastian had already crossed the Divide a couple of times.
Star Genesis and Kyle followed him as he weaved up and down. His chosen direction seemed almost random to Kyle, but there was probably a reason for this route.
After traveling for a bit, Sebastian suddenly stopped. "My Elemental can't go further due to the Barrier. We need to do the swap now."
"Alright," Kyle transmitted. "Let's hope Manny's creation is working as intended."
Next, Kyle ordered the thing inside his Soul Space to leave. The thing followed Kyle's commands and appeared in front of them. Mortals, or even Seekers from other worlds, would be terrified by the appearance of this thing, but to the soldiers of Ayuvar, this was just another Demon.
A moment later, the surrounding waters exploded as Sebastian's Elemental entered the Main Dimension. Sebastian suppressed his Elemental as much as possible, but there wasn't much he could do. It was an Elemental. It was pure lightning. Any water that touched it would turn into steam, which caused tremendous storms. The best he could do was to compress it as much as possible.
The body of Manny's creation split, revealing an empty and isolated space inside of it. Since Manny had created it with a specific purpose in mind, the "Demon" had a body built for its purpose.
Sebastian's Elemental was compressed to the size of a small sphere, which he carried in his hands as he entered Manny's creation. Kyle and Star Genesis followed after him, and moments later, Manny's creation "closed the door".
As soon as they were surrounded by the creation, their Energy Senses were isolated. One needed a Spirit to block senses, and even though this thing didn't technically have a Spirit in the traditional sense, it had several things that mimicked the function of a Spirit. One of these was the blocking of perception.
Because of that, nothing from outside could sense them, but they also couldn't sense the outside.
However, Manny had also solved that problem.
The makeshift will of the thing went into hibernation. It still blocked all senses, but it was no longer sending or receiving commands.
Kyle's perception stretched into the thing's Core, and a moment later, Kyle received countless transmissions. These were not voice transmissions but concept transmissions. Both of these kinds of transmissions contained information, but the way the data was structured was very different.
Voice transmissions simply mimicked human speech but at a much faster speed.
Concept transmissions just transmitted pure logic and feelings.
Seekers very rarely used concept transmissions for security reasons. An enemy could use concept transmissions to send their understanding of certain things to someone else, which came with several dangers.
For example, since the logic of the transmission was immediately understood by the receiver, the receiver's allegiance and philosophies might change since they now perfectly understood where the other party came from. Concept transmissions could also just be memories, and if someone received too many memories from strangers, they would no longer be themselves. Another danger was that someone could send their understanding of Laws to them, which would disrupt the natural rhythm of understanding.
However, defending from concept transmissions was easy. Concept transmissions directly traveled to someone's mind, and that was a protected area. Every Seeker had the natural instinct to refuse these transmissions. The thought of accepting them woke feelings of unease in the recipient.
Kyle accepted the concept transmissions with a bit of unease. The concept transmissions simply contained the concepts pertaining to the creation's surroundings. In short, Kyle could sense the surroundings through the creation's senses.
Kyle could also feel the creation's body and powers. It was almost like he had another body. The thing was essentially forwarding all of its experiences to Kyle. One could even say it was using Kyle as its brain.
It took a bit for Kyle to get used to it, but after a while, he simply felt like the thing was a new limb he had just sprouted.
This was similar to what Overlord Sandpike had used, but it also wasn't the same.
Overlord Sandpike's human body had actually been part of his Demon body. It had just been detached.
Manny's creation was its own existence and wasn't truly part of his body. It simply acted like a part of his body. This changed a couple of important things.
First, Overlord Sandpike could send Energy to and from his different bodies. Kyle couldn't do that.
Second, Overlord Sandpike's human body couldn't refuse orders since it wasn't its own entity. Technically, Manny's creation could refuse orders.
Third, and most importantly, since Manny's creation was its own thing, it also had its own identity. This meant that it did not share Kyle's Karmic Lines.
Technically, Overlord Sandpike also hadn't had any Karmic Lines. He had been a Demon, and Demons were Divine Beasts. The Law of Karmic Causality only affected humans. Beasts couldn't condense Sin or Hero Auras. Of course, that fact had also been used to screen for Demon spies.
Yet, while looking at the powerful spies, one would still find Karmic Lines. The reason for that was simple.
The Karmic Lines were artificial. The spies rarely knew a lot about the Law of Karmic Causality, but they knew how Karmic Lines acted and looked. They had learned about Karmic Lines before they became spies, and all of these high-ranking spies knew how to fake them.
Since Demons didn't have Karmic Lines at all, if someone knowledgeable in the Law of Karmic Causality looked at them, they wouldn't see any, unless the Demon faked them, at which point they would only see the fake lines.
This was why the spies were so good at staying hidden.
Another important thing to note was that the Law of Karmic Causality operated on a different level when compared to the other Laws in Ayuvar. That was why it was still feasible that the Overseer could be seen as a human and a Divine Beast. The world might be fooled, but the Laws of Karmic Causality weren't.
Manny's creation also didn't have any Karmic Lines, just like a Demon. This made it perfect as a disguise.
'I can barely feel anything,' Kyle thought as he looked at the surroundings of Manny's creation. 'Its Energy Sense is not nearly as accurate as mine, and it can only see the surrounding 1,000 kilometers.'
'Yeah, well, not much I can do about that. It's like looking at a shitty camera.'
Kyle looked at the other two. "I can control this thing now. Are you ready to go?"
Sebastian carefully held his Lightning Elemental. "Don't accelerate too quickly. If I hit any of these walls, it's all over."
"I'll just pull you along," Kyle answered. "I can sense how fast it accelerates and when it will move. It's kind of like driving a car, if you still remember what that is."
"Man, it's been forever since I thought about a car," Sebastian answered, "but yeah, I get you."
"Should I make some Formation Arrays?" Star Genesis asked.
"Not necessary," Kyle answered. "We have limited materials, and I don't want to use them yet. You're our secret weapon. It would suck if we needed a Formation Array and lacked the necessary materials."
Star Genesis nodded. "Then, I'm also ready."
Kyle's Energy surrounded the bodies of his two friends as he moved his Demon Car.
'That's a good name, actually,' he thought. 'I think I'll just call it Demon Car from now on.'
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