SWNOVELXO Chapter 427: Human traits
Clara let out a sigh of regret, "As I expected, that kind of recovery ability is impossible for a human."
"It's still possible, I believe; honestly, I am still wondering if my essence changes or not since, as we discussed before, a human's essence is their soul.
It can be said the same for any other sentient species. Now, if a human soul were put into, for example, a monster's body.
What will it become, then? A human or a monster?"
"Interesting take; in that case, that depends on who is stronger. A stronger soul will affect the body's physical form, transforming it slowly from the inside.
A weaker one will instead be forced to meld with the body adapting to it. It can be said corrupted as their essence was changing."
"A change of essence equals corruption. You are right." Alex said while deep in tought.
"A change of essence equals corruption. You are right," Alex replied while thinking about his own situation.
They then continued their walk in silence as each was busy with their own thoughts. Clara started considering his idea, thinking how she could put it into practice.
If she thought about it from Alex's perspective, this meant she needed to try a different method, one more extreme but could probably produce more results.
She needed to understand how human adaptive qualities really worked, what triggered it, and how to force it to happen without killing the person in the process.
How could she calculate the required amount and many other factors?
'Seems I need another batch of criminals to experiment with,' she thought to herself.
Meanwhile, Alex was thinking now. 'If becoming a progenitor means my essence is getting corrupted?
Alucard bets on the human adaptive capability to break through the progenitor wall. Is he hoping for human essence to go beyond the progenitor and become stronger above them?'
Alex felt this made sense. Alucard made the process a gradual change. He even forced the candidates to be a pair.
Other than their adaptive quality, the most unique trait of humans, in Alex's opinion, was how emotional they could be. They could throw all logic out the window if their emotions were triggered.
Anger, pain, happiness, sadness—each was an intense emotion that could impact people's actions. And what is the most intense emotion people have?
It's love. Love doesn't necessarily need to be for other people; it can be for oneself or even for material items.
'Love, huh,' Alex mumbled in his mind.
If Alex still had his emotions, he would have already begun thinking just how cringe the situation was. He often commented on those stupid anime or novels.
Power of love, power of friendship—it's all so absurd that he often thought it was just because the author was stuck and created those as plot armor.
But now he didn't have any prejudice at all, only a purely logical mind thinking it from the data he had. And based on it all, love is really the most intense emotion people can have.
A person could commit suicide to be with their lover. Someone could throw away everything to fulfill their loving emotion. There were so many examples throughout history that if he listed them one by one, he could easily create a novel with 3000 chapters.
'Another question without any solution. It's not like it's possible to subdue a progenitor's soul. But maybe I can try it next time.'
Alex wanted to try using his will to subdue the vampire gene in his body, but he doubted it would do anything, since right now his essence was already one of the vampire progenitor.
The origin of all races, just how could one subdue it?
They walked through a beautiful courtyard adorned with many white plants. The crystal itself felt like it was made of ice, but strangely enough, Alex didn't feel any cold at all.
They kept moving until they reached a huge door. In front of them, a man with a white beard was looking at Alex with an intense gaze.
"Are you the other immortal? How can I help you?"
"No need to ask this stupid geezer. He will just want to have a fight with you. The man is so bored that he wants to pick on juniors."
"Shut up, you old hag, you know yourself how strong he was. What is age? What is realm?
None of them matter in front of real strength."
"That I agree with. After all, it was created for us to estimate someone's level of strength," Alex replied.
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The man nodded with an approving look. "Well, that is good, now in you go. Edward wants to talk something with you."
Hearing the name Edward, Alex's crimson pupils shook for a moment, but it quickly returned to its emotionless state.
Creak! The door opened, showing a familiar figure seated at the desk. His face was now more haggard, while his hand was busy writing on paper.
"Thanks, Stell, will you be kind and close the door for me? I want to talk in private."
"Tsk, so many secrets. I don't get what is running in your head recently, Edward. You even cleaned up all the elders and put the patriarch in prison."
Edward smiled. "Don't you and Clara agree to help me with that? This just means what I say is right."
Stell just laughed, then closed the door. It's not like they killed them. They just put the patriarch and elders into a secret realm and locked them inside.
They agreed because, lately, the sect was split into two: one opposing Edward's idea, while the other supported it. His idea was quite radical and risky, but for Clara and Stell, it provided them with the most opportunity to get stronger.
So they made their choice. Of course, this didn't come easily. They made their own demands.
Clara asked for there to be no casualties, while Stell wanted to fight against Edward instead. He was always curious how strong Edward was, as they never fought seriously at all.