With their plan set, The beasts went to find some lodgings. They found a nearby inn for cultivators. to wait out the night. None of them actually needed to sleep for a good long while, especially not Cynthia.
The menagerie decided on cultivating. Cynthia removed the Xingxing lords beast pearl along with three medium sized beast pearls for the two spiders and the old spider.
"Before we start cultivating, I've finally thought of a name for you old man." said Cynthia "In light of your vast wealth of knowledge"
"your inability to know when to shut up."
"your somehow ever present need to find a reason to be punished"
"I've decided on the name Babel. It is the name of the tower that was said to have been built by man to reach heaven, prompting god to punish them by by confounding their language."
"It is also the name of a mythological library said to contain every combination of words, letters, sentences, and grammar. A library with the knowledge of everything if you can find it."
"It's also shockingly similar to the word babble and you are a babbling moron!"
"Thank you my lady!" said the ape relieved that his name didn't end up being hopeful babysitter.
"Don't get too excited I might just rename you if you start that nonsense again." said Cynthia reading the babbling moron's mind.
With the naming done Babel, Yue, Sebas, and Cynthia started their level up.
Cynthia waiting until the other 3 finished to make sure there was no interference.
All three started writhing in pain. the pearls were on the same levels as themselves after all.
Cynthia realized that she may have given them too much too early, but she tabled that idea when she saw that Sebas had already stabilized and Yue was close as well.
Babel was lagging behind a bit but he was still holding his own through his vast wealth of experience.
After a couple hours they had completely absorbed the energy and consolidated it. The next moment something shocking happened.
Sebas began to shine violently. a torrent of light and wind erupted from his shifting form.
"What is happening?!" shouted Yue with concern evident in her voice.
"He is evolving!" said Cynthia with a psychotic grin.
"He's a true genius!" said Babel with awe.
"Are evolutions supposed to be like this?" asked Yue still quite concerned.
"Leaps in power for legendary bloodlines tends to have collateral damage." said Babel "We should try to mitigate the damage, so as to not disturb other guests."
Cynthia then used her stigma to form a shell around Sebas. After a few moments Cynthia was shocked and slightly horrified as the shell started to crack.
Without delay the little tiger reinforced the shell with more stigma and compressed the walls to the absolute maximum.
Even with all of that it was an up hill battle. after several minutes Sebas transformed into his true humanoid form and ripped open the cocoon of light.
"System open Sebas' status!" said Cynthia with high expectations as Sebas' status window shown with blue light before her eyes.
Name: Sebas Rank: Adult
Kin: 1/10
Adolescent: 1
Undead: 30/unlimited
Chupacabras: 13
Aluxes: 6
Xingxings: 11
Stats:
Strength: 364
Dexterity: 387
Endurance: 358
energy: 136
Skills:
Active:
Spider's Bite: The bite of a fully grown human face spider is a deadly thing. Capable of great utility in incapacitating a target as well as killing them, or even silently taking their strength over time. Many exceptional specimens also have Unique venoms that rank above any non-unique Heroic venoms. Current venoms: Greater Human Face Spider's Paralytic Venom, Human Face Spider's Neurotoxin Venom, Human Face Spider's numbing venom, Human Face Spider's Draining Venom, Human Face Spider's Necromantic Venom (Unique!).
Poison Scythe: Expand for more information see chapter 11
Berserker mode: Expand for more information see chapter 11
Human Transformation: As a legendary bloodline Human Faced Spiders gain the ability to transform into a human form upon reaching adulthood.
Arts:
Leg Scythe: Expand for more information see chapter 11
Passive Skills:
Poison Duel: The poisons created in your body can fend off other poisons, making your poison resistance scale with the rarity and potency of your poisons.
Kin subjugation: Expand for more information. See chapter 5.
Auxiliary:
Genius Fighter: Expand for more information. See chapter 11
Death Machine: You sow death where you walk. Death is your domain as you revel in the slaughter of the innocent and guilty alike. You are neither good or evil, merely the equal and merciless inevitability of mortality.
"Jesus fucking Christ!" exclaimed Cynthia "Take a look at this! This can't be normal right?"
Cynthia transfer Sebas' status window to Babel.
"Sweet merciful Siddhartha!" said Babel in shock "That most certainly is NOT normal!"
"Genuinely what the fuck was in the sperm of the spider that sired those eggs???" said Cynthia.
"Those were the last brood of the chief and the queen…" said Babel still in shock.
"Your chief wasn't even a lord though, how is this possible? especially when Yue and Hera are also so abnormal" said Cynthia as she finally noticed she couldn't sense Yue despite her being right in front of the tiger.
"System bring up Yue's stats…" Cynthia thought suspiciously as the panel opened.
Name: Yue Rank: Adolescent
Stats:
Strength: 54
Dexterity: 89
Endurance: 60
energy: 104
Skills:
Active:
Spider's Bite: An adolescent Human Face Spider has access to one of the most formidable venoms in the realm of beasts, but still lacks the wide range of poisons of an adult Human Face Spider. Current venoms: Greater Human Face Spider's Paralytic Venom, Human Face Spider's Neurotoxin Venom.
Shadow Strike: Strike from the shadows unleashing both Shadow Qi and poison.
Arts:
Passive Skills:
Stealth: Your actions are naturally hidden from all forms of detection at or below your level and an excellent resistance to detection from higher levels as well.
Auxiliary:
Born Assassin: You were born in the darkness. In the darkness you are at home. Whether in the shadows or outside any stealth ability is massively amplified, and if in darkness you are virtually undetectable even to the likes of an earl. Any attack made from complete stealth will almost always be a fatal wound.
Cynthia sat there in stunned silence as the three other beasts watched her in anticipation.
"I don't even know anymore…" Cynthia mumbled as she forwarded the information to her companions.
"I don't know know what to feel right now…" said Babel "On one hand if we had such talent before we were wiped out, we all could've survived."
"On the other, our legacy can live on through them" the Xingxing pondered.
The two spiders didn't really understand the reaction from their two elders. They didn't really have a baseline understanding for how absurd their abilities were.
"My lady, how are we any different from Hera?" said Yue.
"What do you mean?" asked Cynthia, already subconsciously knowing "Wait no. Don't answer that. Not right now. That's a matter for another time."