Serbia watched the video, a little surprised, he hadn't expected it to be resolved so quickly, but he was very pleased to be working with Black Spider again.
-A creature from the Nightmare Secondary Dimension, no wonder.- Serbia nodded, he was a mage too, so he knew exactly how rare this thing was. -Did Black Spider mention the price of the materials?
-We asked.- The advisor said with a wry smile. -But he said that the mage Bradd has already ordered the materials.
Serbia froze for a moment, then sighed. It was sad, but he knew he couldn't ask for much. Bradd and Black Spider were from the same faction, Black Spider showing favoritism to him was normal, and Serbia wasn't too upset about it.
-And what about the planet's population?- Serbia continued, leaving the creature's body aside.
-21.78% of people died, the mortality rate for children aged 4 to 12 was the highest, at 29.33%, probably due to excessive creativity, while the lowest was for children under 3 years old, at only 1.12%, probably due to a lack of fears. - The advisor explained.
Serbia sighed. In the end, he did what he could. He wasn't really that worried about it, after all, it wasn't a Godorian planet. If it weren't for the media scrutinizing them, he might have even turned a blind eye to it all.
In the end, he regretted more that the Worm had attacked one of his planets, but if he had known what it was, he wouldn't have let Black Spider intervene, it was excellent material for armor and potions, it was truly a loss.
//-//
In the Floating Dragon, in a closed room, Ringo was staring at the sleeping figure on a metal table in front of him.
Aiz had changed completely.
His skin was a blackish hue speckled with tiny, bright purple dots scattered all over his body, he looked like a physical projection of the night sky.
His hair turned purple, but remained long, as did his beard, his fingers grew longer and sharper, and a clear vertical fissure was etched into his forehead.
One of the few physical races of the nightmare, a Three-Eyed Nightmare Shapeshifter.
These guys can not only change their appearance, but they can even mimic the bioelectric field and spiritual wavelength of their target.
His three eyes can see in different aspects, the left eye sees the physical world, the right eye sees the energetic world, and the middle eye sees the spiritual world.
These guys are natural assassins and spies, if it weren't for the fact that they're useless to Ringo himself, since he could do everything they could do, he would have evolved into that race sooner.
Having chosen Aiz's race, the rest was a mental process, the clone was still working on his mind. Ringo even managed to acquire several psychic souls with equivalent memories to help him adapt to his growing power and to fill in lost memories.
Ringo was like a mentor to him, in his mind, Ringo had saved him and taught him the Super system, and he had followed Ringo ever since.
When Aiz was finally 'ready', the nightmare clone left, though it left a mark, and Aiz opened his eyes.
Three eyes with black sclera, but the left eye had a green iris, the right one blue, and the middle one red.
Aiz's eyes turned to Ringo as soon as he opened them, what he saw was different in each eye, but his brain processed everything at once.
What he saw was Ringo's figure bathed in an extremely powerful energy, whether physical or spiritual. Ringo looked like a star in front of him. Then Aiz closed his right and middle eyes, leaving only his left eye open. Finally, Ringo looked like a normal person.
With a fluid movement, transitioning between the nightmare form and physical form for a moment, Aiz appeared, kneeling with one knee in front of Ringo. - Master.
He was still wearing those prison clothes, so Ringo just nodded and tossed him a new set of Floating Dragon clothes.
-Get dressed.- Ringo requested.
-Yes. - Aiz nodded, Ringo left the room and waited for him, soon Aiz appeared, still with only his left eye open.
Ringo thought for a moment, deciding this wasn't very useful, placing his hand on Aiz's shoulder, he closed his eyes while his evolutionary energy worked.
Aiz didn't back down, he trusted Ringo completely. He felt a slight itch in his eyes, causing him to close all three of them.
Soon he heard Ringo's voice as the itching subsided. -Open them all.
Aiz did as he was asked, he opened his eyes. The colors hadn't changed, but now all he saw was the physical plane.
Surprised, he wasn't upset, just a little confused as to why Ringo had done that.
-You can concentrate to consciously activate them, the right and middle eyes still function normally, but now they are controllable.- Ringo explained.
Aiz seemed a little surprised, concentrating slightly, he realized that there really seemed to be something more that he hadn't noticed, concentrating, the change was direct, the same wave of energy became visible in front of him again, he nodded and tried to regress it.
Soon Aiz had adapted to this change.
-Thank you, master.- He nodded, grateful.
Ringo didn't make him a complete devotee, it would be really annoying if Aiz threw himself on the floor every time he spoke. Instead, he made him more like an apprentice, someone who respected Ringo but wasn't 100% subservient.
Ringo gave him memories of being a nightmare, he also gave him memories of choosing not to treat everyone as food, it seemed like he had made the choice on his own, but no, the whole life he remembered was a lie, if it weren't for Ringo's nightmare Parasite power, doing this would have been extremely complicated.
Putting that aside, Ringo took Aiz to meet Ames, he couldn't let that guy wander around without meeting the owner of the house.
When Ames saw Ringo bringing another guy, she rolled her eyes, her face a mixture of irritation and exasperation.
-Do you think my house is an animal shelter?- Ames asked angrily.
Ringo gave her a completely clueless look, the kind that says: I don't know what you're talking about.
Obviously, he knew, but he pretended not to know, in any case, this time he wasn't a new subordinate for her.
-This is Aiz. I didn't bring him for you, he's my subordinate. I just brought him to meet you.- Ringo explained.
Ames finally let out a sigh of inner relief, she felt like a cat owner whose cat kept bringing her dead birds and mice and putting them on her bed.
The feeling is good the first time, the kind that says: I'm important to him.
However, it soon passes, and what's left is an annoying cat that keeps bringing dead animals home!
Ames endured it twice! However, if Ringo continued to do that, she would throw him off the floating Dragon to wander through space for a while, either way, he wasn't going to die.
Of course, since this guy can teleport, it wouldn't be useful, it would only make Ames' point clear, which is: Enough with bringing in random guys!
Ames wasn't really angry, whether it was Bradd or Hadavy, Ames found he liked both of them. Neither of them was there to use her influence or to gain anything.
Bradd treated the place like a retirement home, and Hadavy just wanted to be beaten up.
She had to admit, Ringo knew exactly what kind of subordinate suited her, so she could only look away and focus on Aiz.
Seeing his interesting appearance, she didn't even blink. In galactic terms, Aiz was still very normal, although she had never seen his species before, she also wasn't the type to ask about it.
-Okay, just tell Jenny to register him.- Ames shook her head before floating away. She was thinking of taking a walk, should she go "talk" to Psyker? It had been a while since she fought Austin, she felt her fists itching again.