Chapter 654 Monster Merger Function
"Master, I do not think this is a suitable time for the leftover cultivators to be in the castle," Drex said as he saw the two Avatars transforming to become the Shaitans they contracted with.
"Agreed, System perform emergency transportation of all cultivators to the Halloween Castle instance and throw the Giant Valg we captured to occupy their time. When you are done, replicate the Salamander's castle for me to work on it. We will create the raid instance like how we did for the Goblin Raids." Jin said as he opened up his dungeon creation consoles up while requesting Drex to oversee the remaining portion of Operation Mass Migration.
All Drex had to deal with was the proper allocation of the Animal People Tribes and have his people or Jin's minions to give out Qiu Yue's standard contracts for them to sign. (Else, they would be stuck in limbo as the System restricted movement for those not under its command.)
"System had partially replicated the castle based on User's previous operation plan, but as your grade is not sufficient to fully control Maeve, she had also been locked away similar to how System locked Diabolos. It is for the User's safety." The System stated that it was better to keep those monsters away since Jin did not have sufficient ability to deal with them. (Although Jin suspected that the System did not have adequate processing ability to hold reign on them as well as the other minions.)
"It's fine, we will use the Giant Valg as the sub Boss as usual and place the Salamander Queen and her guards in the throne room. I mean, the raid instance is the 'Battle in Salamander's Lord Keep'. If we do not have any Salamanders, that will be kind of weird. Also System, do you Reregot's data against that Salamander turned Valg Dorian right?" Jin said as he previewed the Halloween and Salamander castles' data on his console and picked his stylus up.
"Affirmative, while the monster regrettably turned into energy to powered up the Dark Elves' Fairy Stone, System can recreate the Valg Dorian replica by sacrificing twelve of high grade Valg monsters. Does User give such permission?" The System asked as this was the first time he would be using the monster merger function.
"Via the Monster Merger Function? Hmm. Usually, I'm not particularly eager to do this. It takes potential monster resources away, and I will lose the opportunity for them to grow independently. Besides, all of the monsters have their own lives regardless of the circumstances they were brought into our control. We should continue to respect that." Jin had always refused to use this particular function when he found out about it from reading the System's manual on his phone.
Upon seeing growth on each and every monster time after time, it further reinforced the fact that these monsters were like him. They have the ability to grow stronger without the need to merge them.
What if Jin had previously merged the three goblins together? Does that mean the families of the other two goblins would have lost their sons forever? Would the last remaining goblin be haunted by the fact that he grew stronger using the blood, body and soul of his friends?
Sometimes, a bit of compassion goes a long way.
Such a feature might be present, but that did not mean that Jin would have to use it. Furthermore, from the data collected, those Valg Demons were sentient as well. Jin figured that they had to be born from something and not because they exist due to a snap from a few fingers.
"Understood, System shall not perform any monster merging but will remind the User such an option still exists." The System replied before remaining silent for Jin to work on his magic to create the proper dungeon raid instance for his cultivators.
To the cultivators that were in the Giant World, all they felt was a temporary lag in their body before resuming the fight. It was a relatively common technical problem in most dungeon supplier stores, and most cultivators who were in the fight did not really notice it as much as those who were cautiously exploring the area.
Even though some felt it, the temporary instance-to-instance lag in Jin's store was shrugged away as a one off thing. The Halloween Castle instance which the System had transferred the remaining cultivators into, was redesigned with data it had received based on Peppers' Scan spell.
Jin had previously asked the System to merge the blueprint of the Halloween Castle Instance with the interior design of the Salamander's Castle in background processing while the System concentrated a majority of its resources into the rescue operation which Jin was commanding.
For once, the System felt strained due to its limited processing powers, but somehow it managed to cope by simultaneously purchasing upgrades for itself when the System deemed appropriate. It was costly, but this was the only way to make sure that normalcy continued to maintain. (As well as the superior outlook it portrays.)
Thank goodness the rescue operation was swift enough that the System did not see red in its own ledger nor the System had the need to dip on its emergency funds. The constant money from regular black market trading and profit from Dungeon Cave as well as Jin's Tree Mall (the Dungeon Store included) was what kept the System account barely above red for now.
A competent accountant would have sworn Jin would go red in the near future if he did not keep track of his finances properly. But Jin persisted in his ideology of spending money to earn more money.
Aside from the System's processing issues, Jin's main concern was the proper transition of the 'fake' Hallow Castle dungeon instance and the Battle Salamander Lord Keep Castle Raid Instance rather than the current situation in the Giant World.
He knew that there were still some monsters who were still fighting in the Giant World like Flame Ripper and Frost Echo to keep Queen Mab distract, but he understood that these monsters, unlike Mr Derpy, had logical reasons for continuing their fight instead of retreating.
Even if he put too much attention to it, Jin ensured that the System would dip its hand into the matter and pull them out when necessary to reduce wastage of resources. If the System had not pulled them out of the Giant World, Jin trusted his System knew what's the risk it was taking with his monsters.
So, with the System taking care of his back, Jin concentrated entirely on the Salamander Keep Raid instance before more and more people arrive to try the raid out. Yun, in place of the System, had already placed a stopgap measure to assure Jin no further incoming cultivators until he finished a major portion of the raid instance.
Till then, Yun used the excuse of having too many people participating in the community Raid and used the Pandamonium App to have a queue number set up for the raid. (In hindsight, it inadvertently created a lot of hype for the new raid instance as well!)
In the meantime, when Drex was wrapping the previous operation, he could not help but peek at the other console as he saw the glorious transformation of the two Shaitan Avatars.
Flame Ripper had physically grown to a human shaped size with two horns curving to the back of his head. In addition, he had developed a fiery coloured mane around him, and it became apparent that he became a separate entity.
Tribal Tattoos in the shapes of raging fire were imprinted on his entire body, and it pulsed with orange light every alternating second, making the tattoos looked like they were alive. Not to mention, all he wore was a loincloth. (So hot!)
On the other hand, Frost Echo…that grumpy intelligent looking orc? He never expected that he would turn into a delicate pale skinned female human.
The length of her (or his) hair reached to the ground, and it turned crystal blue in colour. Shiva was also spotted with similar kind of tattoos but in the shapes of tidal waves. (And they were glittering like ice under the sun!)
The Dark Elf Leader did hear of those dumb Orcs worshipping these Shaitans as Gods, but this was the first time for him to see an Avatar transforming in the image of their gods. It was indeed a sight to behold.