BIOLOGICAL SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEM

1146  Powers Unlocked (2)

Erik got a lot of experience from her, so she was bound to have had a lot of them.

<1848, she was 52 points away from having an X-ranked brain crystal power.>

"WHAT?!"

<Yeah, she was also almost as powerful as you in terms of physical strength, as she had two brain crystal powers at 54 neural links.>

Erik couldn't believe that.

<How did she do that?>

<Well, consider she had not to join missions, and with your technique, after a year and a half, it is possible to reach such levels. You didn't simply because your training time is low, and for the other blackguards, it was the same. But I guess she had nothing to do.>

<So, if I fought on the ground, I would have lost.>

<Yeah,> it was clear. <She would have been swift enough to resist you, not always, mind you, and for sure she would not be strong enough to free herself if you caught her like you did on the black wyvern. Although she would still face a disadvantage, the wyvern's presence would have leveled the odds. Fighting in the sky not only reduced her own risk of death, but also made it more difficult for her to murder you. I guess her life was more important than killing you.>

<She trusted the black wyvern too much,> Erik said. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

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The Galewing touched the ground. Broken walls and shattered columns surrounded them. The building's interior was exposed to the sky, and glass shards turned, walking into a dangerous affair.

Papers and debris were scattered across the floor, carried by hot winds still flowing from the lingering fires.

But there were pieces of weapons, armor, and various electronics. Erik dismounted, and the Chimaeric Demon turned human. "Search the area," he said. "Look for any surviving data storage, anything that might tell us more about their operations on Mur and what they know about the biological supercomputer."

The clone nodded.

"But I think they might have destroyed everything already, master. Defeat was possible, even in their opinion. I don't think they would have kept anything worthy here."

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"Maybe," Erik said. "But that's from an organization's point of view. You are not considering people's ones. Someone might have kept something."

As his clone moved to relay the orders, Erik thought. The ability to share powers changed everything, especially because he could give something to Mira, Amber, and Emily. Unfortunately, June, Noah, and the other clones would not be able to join in the fun since they didn't have brain crystal, but his lovers might turn more powerful. <This is really a god-sent gift.> For many nights Erik wondered how he could ensure the three's safety, yet nothing came aside from them breaching the 54 neural links limit. But that wasn't going to be fast. Like him, they didn't train as much as they should've. Yes, they made a lot of neural links when they were on the sea, but that was not going to be enough on Mur. However, if making neural links worked as for the blackguards, which he had to check, they could become as powerful as him with just two brain crystal powers.

<There is something the blackguards do not know now, though, but were lucky enough not to chance upon it for now.>

That was not a matter to discard. <The system said that too many DNA changes at once might lead to mutation. That was why it tuned down my ability to get attribute points from neural links. With all my powers granting me 9 of them at each neural link, I would have turned into a monster long ago. That is most likely why the system has infinite levels. It is a way to get back all those attribute points I missed.>

At least in theory. It was a shame, though, that the system didn't have other abilities to unlock.

<Anyway, with this knowledge, I might even give Amber, Mira, and Emily more than two powers. If they do things carefully, they might be able to get stronger than me even faster.>

But then a darker thought spread. <I might do something similar to the others... I wonder what Becker would do once he learns about this. People would flock to me just to get better powers.> That might be a way for him to keep other people in check. In truth, what the Silver Line Corporation had in mind wasn't actually a bad idea.

It meant he could keep the other countries under control.

<No… No… No tyrant thoughts here, Erik... You are not like them. Unlike the Silverline Corporation, I'm not going to do this for control.>

He sighed.

<Anyway, System. How many powers can I share with a single individual?>

[There is no theoretical limit, but practical constraints exist. Each transfer requires DNA points to be spent. They are not much, but that would force you to constantly hunt to keep them up or wait for me to accumulate them. I might even establish a quest system again.]

<No, thanks. Those daily quests were infernally annoying.>

Erik looked around at the destroyed building. There were broken walls and pieces of debris everywhere. Even though this place might have useful information about his enemies, Erik was thinking about something more valuable. <The best thing I got today isn't in the ruins.>

Erik's new ability to share his powers was a big deal. He could strengthen his friends too, not only Amber, Mira, and Emily. He could change how his team worked together, employing specific tactics he couldn't use earlier but that he would have available now, thanks to this power.

He could do the same with the Chimaeric Demons, but since he already got a way to give them power, and given how slow it was to make neural links for them since their brain crystal was made of pure mana, he wouldn't be able to do it in the same way.

He would need to wait. Sure, they were physically strong, but that had limits, and those limits were getting closer and closer since his enemies were turning as powerful as him in that aspect.

Erik looked at the rubble again.

<Damn, the amount of things to do keeps increasing.>