Chapter 33 Destroy X Decision X Prevent
In the mountain forest, Moses and Hawk maneuvered through it.
Although they are still some distance away from the battlefield, they can already sense the Nen fluctuations coming from the front.
"Amazing."
Moses suddenly expressed his admiration.
Hearing that admiration, Hawk immediately looks at Moses with a gaze mixed with a probing meaning.
Since the moment he left the temple, he vaguely sensed it.
His own son may have developed Nen ability, and it's highly likely to be a 'scouting-type' Nen ability in the Emitter or Manipulator category.
Only this explanation can justify why Moses can understand the situation outside while in the temple.
However, from awakening his Nen to developing his Nen ability, it's just less than half a month. It can be said that this kind of thing is too incredible.
Moses suddenly stops at this moment.
Not because he noticed Hawk's gaze, but because through 'shared vision', he discovered some clues.
"Hawk, can't you bring Rat Jewel along?"
Moses stopped and asked Hawk.
Hawk also stopped when he heard this, shook his head and said: "No, in order to prevent the possibility of the Libra breaking away from the 'Nen space', Rat Jewel must stay in the temple. "
"I see…"
Moses glanced in a certain direction, and calmly said: "Hawk, you should go support Cheadle first. She urgently needs assistance."
"What about you?"
Hawk is worried that Moses might act recklessly.
Moses stared in a certain direction, and said: "There are some things that I need to destroy..."
"Hmm?"
Hawk's expression tensed slightly.
He wanted to ask, but given the urgency of the situation and his trust towards Moses, he ultimately doesn't ask anything and continued forward according to Moses's arrangements.
After Hawk left, Moses comes to a large tree.
Beside the tree trunk, a fully armed corpse lay quietly.
At this moment, the corpse was wrapped with dense branches and green sprouts, and some Aura emanated from the green sprouts.
"This should be the Nen ability of that long-haired man."
Moses's gaze swept over the corpse, and he could see that the Aura emanating from the green sprouts is gradually getting stronger. And both the branches and the green sprouts showed faint signs of continue growing.
Such changes are particularly conspicuous in the current dimly lit environments.
"Using the corpse as nourishment..."
From the growth signs of the sprouts, Moses makes a basic judgment.
"Is it for Manipulation or feedback effect? Or does it have other functions?"
After saying this, Moses picked up a dry twig from the ground next to him.
If it is a Manipulation-type ability, it would involve implanting a 'seed' or similar presence while the target is still alive. And after the target's death, the Nen would then utilize the rooted and sprouting plants as the medium to control it.
This kind of thinking is simply a manifestation of 'rebellion' for the always straightforward Manipulator, and the entire process of achieving the conditions indeed is too cumbersome.
Of course, the possibility of setting up a cumbersome process for the purpose of amplifying Nen abilities cannot be ruled out.
However, judging from the performance of the plant's growth, Moses personally leans towards the possibility of some form of feedback ability effects.
"And that man who conjures the slot machine. "
While muttering to himself in a low voice, Moses used the end of the dry twig to poke the newly budding green sprouts on the corpse a few times.
There's no response.
And due to the protection of Nen, Moses's rough behavior did not cause any harm to the green sprouts.
"It didn't respond to my attack. Is the threat level not high enough, or…"
Moses threw away the dry twig, then raised his palm. Immediately, his Aura emanates from his fingers, emitting a gentle glow.
Faced with an ability that clearly exhibits brewing or growth nature, the appropriate action is to stop or destroy it.
At the next moment, Moses swings his palm, striking the corpse covered with branches and green sprouts.
This attack, which is powered by Nen, immediately triggered a violent reaction from the plant on the corpse.
The branches that were originally tightly wrapped around the corpse suddenly arched like snakes, blocking Moses's palm covered with Nen.
Hiss—
The two sides collided, but it did not produce much noise.
At the point of contact, it seemed as if a small fire had burned out, emitting a faint green smoke.
At the same time.
The Aura on the corpse and plants, which was not very strong in the first place, became even weaker after this strike.
"I see."
Moses retracted his palm, and the arched plant also shrinks back.
"The slot machine that gives out prizes, and the plants that continue to grow using corpse as nutrients… Judging from the type and performance alone, those two's Nen ability seem to lean towards preparatory-type. Moreover... there are two Nen users that launched fierce attack towards Cheadle."
Moses pondered carefully, then thought to himself: 'It's probably a preparatory-type Nen ability that focuses on cooperative assistance, that's why it needs to be paired with at least one attack-type Nen user. The strength of such a combination lies in the moment when their preparation is completed.'
'It seems that this so-called Seirin Group can't be underestimated.'
Thinking of this, Moses surveys the surroundings.
'If I didn't miss anything, there are a total of twenty armed personnels killed by Cheadle.'
In other words—
In this quiet forest, there are twenty pieces of corpses that continuously providing nutrients for these plants that seem to exhibit a feedback effect.
"To increase efficiency, I can only recall my shadow."
Moses once again struck the corpse with his palm, but this time, he controlled his strength.
And once again, the plant entwined on the corpse responds, arching up to block Moses's palm strike.
Hiss-
Green smoke rises again.
The intensity of the Nen on the corpse and plant weakened again.
Probably, with just one more gentle strike, the plant on the corpse would be completely destroyed.
But Moses deliberately weakened his second palm strike.
This is because…
"No reaction, good."
Moses smiled slightly.
In the real-time footage transmitted back through Shared Vision, Moses did not see the slightest reaction from the long-haired man even after he attacked the plants.
This is enough to show that even if he attacks the plants on the corpse, the long-haired man won't receive any information.
That's why Moses deliberately controlled the power of his second palm strike, in order to avoid accidentally destroying the plants on the corpse.
After all, being attacked and destroyed are different...
Simply weakening the Nen on the plants will not attract the attention of the long-haired man.
But if he directly destroys the plants on the corpse, the long-haired man will probably notice it right away.
With the crucial information provided by Shared Vision, Moses changed his original intention of destroying it.
He recalled the shadow and launched a preventive action aimed at weakening the plants on the corpses in the forest.
On the other side.
Sivir, who was blown away by Cheadle, quickly got up from the collapsed tree trunk, shook his head and spat out a mouthful of blood, then glares at Ken.
"Ken, you bastard, didn't you say she 'can't attack'?!"
"…"
Ken was speechless when he heard this.
'I never said she couldn't attack.'
Sighing softly in his heart, he chose to ignore Sivir's targeted verbal attack.
"Genbu, haven't you hit the jackpot yet?!"
Seeing that Ken didn't respond, Sivir turned irritation to Genbu.
Although she seemed to be fine after being hit by Cheadle, she became very irritable emotionally.
"…"
Facing Sivir's question, Genbu's face twitched.
Although the appearance of the slot machine can easily reveal the corresponding information about his ability, the enemy figuring it out and his companion taking the initiative to tell it, is completely different matter.
So Genbu, like Ken, ignored Sivir's question.
In fact, the emergence of irritated emotion is not entirely a bad thing for Sivir.