The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 269 : Into Ice Crown

”I made it.”

Shock appeared in the eyes of Shura and the Blood Champions when they heard that. Cain had already demonstrated a superb talent in Astral Rebirth Path of Power along with a divine Wave Talent. And now they learned he was also a Genetic Coder capable of creating 3-Star Wave Viruses!?

”That is impossible!” One of the Blood Champions could not help but shout after hearing Cainʼs words. He was a tall young man with short blue hair, green eyes, and a small scar on the side of his neck.

The name of the Blood Champion was Radin. He was nineteen years old and was also a Genetic Coder, but unlike Cainʼs, his abilities only granted him the title of 1-Star Grand Genetic Coder.

It was very impressive for someone so young as Radin to be a Grand Genetic Coder, and it was an achievement that took all his effort and energy, so he could not believe that someone like Cain was already a 3-Star Grand Genetic Coder.

Cain glanced at Radin but did not offer any explanation to the man and simply focused on Shura. The intent in his eyes was clear; if the woman did not want the capsule, she could return it.

Shura stared at Cain for a moment before deactivating her Wave Artifact and injecting the capsule into her neck.

”My Lady!”

Surin was surprised by Shuraʼs actions, and he was unable to stop her. He only could wait with worry as her body trembled for a moment before a shining glow emerged on her skin, and her breath became sparkling.

Shura felt that the Ice Crownʼs freezing air was no longer a problem since her body could endure the cold, and her lungs did a much better job keeping the oxygen in while releasing the carbon dioxide.

”My Lady, do you trust that man so much?”

Surin asked Shura, trying to understand the motive behind her actions, and that was a question that aroused the interest of all the Blood Champions.

Cain was also slightly surprised by her decisiveness, so he wanted to hear what she said.

Shura stared at Cain before softly shaking her head.

”I do not trust him, but I trust the Blood Dukeʼs judgment. He would not have put someone in my team that would purposely harm me.”

The Blood Champion seemed to relax when they heard that as if they were happy that it was not Cain who she was getting closer to.

Cain stared at Shura and was indeed impressed by the young womanʼs perspicuity.

”Do you have more?”

Surin and the rest of the Blood Champions regained their focus when they heard Shura asking Cain about more of those Wave Viruses. Although their relationship with Cain was awkward, the White Heat Breath Wave Virus would greatly help them in this place, so they really wanted it.

Cain waved his hand, revealing nine more of the golden capsules to Shura, which excited the Blood Champion since that meant everyone could get one.

”How much?”

The moment Shura said that, the smiles in the Blood Champions froze. Cain was not their friend, but they were working together, so they expected this one to think of the team first and profits later, but it seemed that would not be the case.

”The market price of White Heat Breath is 45.000 military credits, and when sold in a location, that price increases by a factor of 1.5. Considering our groupʼs special circumstances, I will sell you the nine for 450.000.”

Surin and the rest of the Blood Champion could not help but frown when they heard that. They understood that generating Wave Viruses was expensive and did not wish Cain to hand it for free, but they did not expect this one to seek profits from this.

It would not have been a great problem for Cain to simply hand over the Wave Viruses since the amount of wealth this deal gave him would not really make a difference, but he wanted to create a distance between him and the Blood Champions. He could not afford Shura to be weak since that would make his job much more complicated, but if the rest of the people refused the Wave Virus, it would be fine.

The reason Cain wanted distance between himself and the Blood Champions had to do with his plan to take care of the assassins going after Shura.

Shura did not hesitate before taking a wave crystal and red orb from his space ring and sending it to Cain.

”The combined price of those two should be more than enough to pay for the Wave Viruses.”

Cain caught the wave crystal and red orb and saw they were a mid-quality wave crystal and a Blood Orb similar to the one Bloodless #1 gave him on their journey. He smiled before throwing the capsules to the Blood Champions.

None of the Blood Champions said any word of thanks toward Cain as they felt no gratitude toward him due to his attitude. They stop sending Astral Wave into the Wave Artifact, deactivating their armors before injecting the capsules into their necks.

Once that was over, the Blood Champions looked at each other and nodded before adopting a battle formation around Shura. The one at the lead was Surin, whose eyes glowed with golden light before he released his Ego Wave.

Surin was a Late Wave Champion, and due to his talent, it made sense he had managed to enter Mind over Body already. The golden force field he unleashed was able to extend for over five hundred meters, making it clear his willpower already reached the Peak Wave Champion and was making strides into the Wave King Rank.

After Surin, the eyes of four other Late Wave Champions glowed as they unleashed their own Ego Waves. Their names were Sebastian, Roric, and Martin, and while their force field could only cover four hundred meters, they were still impressive.

Surin, Sebastian, Roric, and Martin did not simply superimpose their force field one over the other. Instead, they displayed superb teamwork by spreading their Ego Waves in different directions.

The force field spread in the four cardinal directions, generating a domain that could detect any threat in a radius of 850 meters around Shura.

After Surin, Sebastian, Roric, and Martin finished with the force field, the other five Blood Champions positioned themselves as an outer layer of protection.

Anyone that saw the movements of the nine Blood Champions would understand that it was a battle formation they trained for a long time and had mastered with great effort.

The only one that was outside of the battle formation was Cain. He had joined them by order of the Blood Duke in the last month and never met before leaving Blood Sea, and they could not simply add him to the formation.

Just as Surin was about to command Cain, he saw the eyes of the young man glow with red light before a force field resembling a blood tsunami emerged from the brain of this one.

Cain unleashed his Ego Wave, generating a red force field that extended four thousand meters forward, spreading in all directions. It encompassed the combined force fields of Surin and the others, extending for a much larger area.

That massive red force field did not remain for long since the next second, it became invisible, and its aura vanished, making it extremely hard for any Wave Beast to detect it.

Surin and the rest of the Blood Champions were shocked by the massive force field that emerged from Cainʼs mind, and it was clear that the Ego Wave of the young man was greater than any of them.

”Inborn Ego Eternal Matrix.”

Surin was able to figure out the key behind that Ego Wave immediately since the mightiest genius of the Purist Path was also someone born with it.

Enlightenment appeared in the Blood Champions, and they could not help but frown as they saw all Cainʼs gifts. It would not be a problem if the young manʼs attitude werenʼt so aggravating.

And if the Blood Champions did not like him already, their feelings grew even worse when they heard him speak.

”I will take the scout role, trying to carve out less conflict toward the geysers and warn you about the dangers. However, I will not fight.”

Some of the Blood Champions grew furious when they heard Cainʼs words. They could not believe he was so shameless as to declare he would not participate in the fighting. Yet, before they could say a word, Surin stopped them.

Surin stared at Cain and nodded before deactivating his force field and indicating Sebastian, Roric, and Martin to do the same. There was no point in keeping their Free Ego active if Cainʼs could cover a much greater terrain than theirs. He then signaled the group to move forward, keeping their defensive formation around Shura.

Cain calmly walked behind the group, but a flash of coldness appeared in his eyes for a second as he had detected assassins just as they entered the Ice Crown.