The Invincible Full-Moon System

Chapter 562: Alpha Shapeshifter and Scent Problem

ʼOh yeah, thatʼs right. Flunra should know about the Lunirich, I still havenʼt thought of an answer for the Countess...ʼ, Rex thought remembering that he still has a question that he has yet to answer.

But knowing that the Countess is a complex entity, he doesnʼt need to rush it.

Just like she said time doesnʼt bind her the way Rex and the others were bounded, so even if it takes a couple of years for Rex to get the answer to her question it shouldnʼt be that long for her. Because of that Rex is not in a hurry for an answer.

Rex also remembered that during the fight before, Flunra did something to the Countess.

What he did infuriates the Countess so it makes sense that the black dimension that they need to get through doesnʼt quite fit Flunra, the Countess definitely doesnʼt like him at all.

Cough! Cough!

Flunra coughs a couple of times feeling his entire body getting squashed by the pressure.

Upon waiting for Flunra to recover from the pressure given by the Countess, Rex looks around before he frowns finding many auras already surrounding him. Itʼs not that they know heʼs here but the place is just crowded with Supernaturals.

ʼAbout three hundred of them, most of them are Vampires...ʼ

Rex tilted his head to the side hearing approaching footsteps through the bushes, the Supernaturals approaching consisted of sixth rank Vampires and a couple of lower-rank Supernaturals.

Despite knowing that he can take them out instantly, itʼs best that he try and stay low.

Since the Werewolf race was said by Gistella to be the second hardest race to infiltrate due to their natural sensitive senses, it should be hard enough to infiltrate them when they were not expecting Rexʼs arrival.

But it would be horrendously hard if the Werewolf is already expecting Rexʼs arrival.

Grabbing Flunra by the nape, Rex looks around the place searching for a clear path before he dashes away vanishing from the spot like a ghost. Even the Supernaturals that appeared not long after didnʼt sense anything.

A moment later,

Rex managed to get far enough from the Supernatural Tower that watches over the Great Barricade.

Even though heʼs still inside the forest there are no Supernaturals in the surroundings, he lets go of Flunra that is still recovering before he sat by a rock on the side with his arms crossed in front of him.

”What takes you so long to recover from that?”

”Lucky you, Royal Black Prince. I donʼt have your bloodline, recovering from a Lunirich suppression is not an easy task. If anything, other Werewolf thatʼs put into my situation right now wouldʼve died instantly”

With that, Rex can only snort waiting for Flunra to recover enough before moving on.

~

Meanwhile, somewhere inside Ratmawati City.

The girls arrived inside a forest which instantly makes Gistella frowns, the location given by Liliya is somewhere around here inside Whispering Penegulay Forest. It got its name because this forest contains Supernaturals.

One might think that how can a Supernatural survive in human territory, but theyʼre docile.

Since the Supernatural is docile and neutral in nature humanity didnʼt put much thought into them, they are a race of spirits called Whisps. An occasional feeble hallowing voice can be heard that came from these Whisps.

Itʼs more like an astral whisper hence thereʼs the word Whispering in the name of the forest.

Upon seeing the place they got teleported in, the illusion looked around with his sharp eyes. While the girls waited for the illusion to make a move, Adhara suddenly saw the troubled expression on Gistellaʼs face.

”Gistella, whatʼs wrong?”

Evelyn glances at Gistella too and saw the same troubled look on her face.

Biting her lower lips while putting her senses to the max, Gistella then replied while still watching her surroundings carefully, ”Forest is the worst place for us to fight an Alpha Shapeshifter, itʼs going to be a very hard venture...”

”I know itʼs hard to find a Shapeshifter, but isnʼt it hard for us to fight in the crowd?”, Evelyn replied.

With the forest that is filled with nothing but trees, rocks, and dirt, it shouldnʼt be that hard to find a Shapeshifter in this kind of place. On the contrary, finding a Shapeshifter in a crowd of people would definitely be hard.

So Evelyn was puzzled as to why Gistella said that a forest is the worst place to fight a Shapeshifter.

”Although your thoughts are not wrong, it lacks a piece of crucial information to consider. Due to its ancient nature, the Shapeshifter has one problem in this new era. Shapeshifters canʼt shapeshift into your technology. Phones that many humans used, cars, and other gadgets, only King Oddity is able to shapeshift into that. Even Alpha Shapeshifter canʼt shapeshift into that”

After saying that, Gistella looks at the surrounding environment with concern.

”But in a forest, an Alpha Shapeshifter can literally be anything. The mass of the target doesnʼt hinder them, and because of that, it can shapeshift into literally anything here. Starting from a pile of dirt on the ground, leaves, rocks, animals, everything...”

Upon hearing this Adhara and Evelyn canʼt help but sucked in a cold breath.

Turns out Shapeshifters has a weakness in this current era, and this area doesnʼt have that kind of weakness. With no weakness in the forest, they canʼt filter the things they need to be wary of.

For all theyʼre concerned, the Alpha Shapeshifter might just be beside them.

In addition to that they already got the necessary information from Flunra before, he said that Shapeshifter is the natural counter to a Werewolfʼs senses. Alpha Shapeshifter to be exact. Itʼs mainly due to the fact that they can copy the aura, shape, and scent of the target.

But since the Radical Era all of the races are fighting against each other, Flunra has a method.

Flunra told them that back then every race has a way to filter the Alpha Shapeshifter through a rune, even Gistella doesnʼt know this kind of rune existed. On the palm of the girlʼs hands, Flunra already created that said rune.

Itʼs shaped like a warhorn, and it canʼt be activated through their will.

Upon being activated the ancient rune will glow and create an ultrasonic sound that is barely audible for a Werewolf and inaudible for a human, but this sound can disrupt the Shapeshifterʼs form.

”Now we know why Flunra knows something like this”, Adhara mutters with a shake of her head.

Evelyn also nodded her head in agreement, ”Shapeshifters mightʼve caused devastating casualties on the Werewolves back then and they were forced to research this method, I donʼt know how many lives were lost before the Werewolves are able to create this rune...”

With that out of the way, the illusion suddenly gazes in the direction before dashing away.

~

After recovering from the suppression of the Countess, Rex and Flunra moved again trying to get out of the Vampire Territory into the Werewolf Territory. Itʼs shouldnʼt take that long but the Supernaturals are very active.

Itʼs without a doubt due to the fact that the Vampire Stronghold has fallen.

Estimation of the both of them reaching the Werewolf Territory without any hindrance would be half an hour, but with the Supernaturals active they managed to reach the Werewolf Territory in a little more than three hours.

Rex wasnʼt that annoyed by the delay as his mind if too focused on his objective.

Although the travel takes longer than expected as long as their venture didnʼt get threatened to fail then heʼs not going to be angry, ʼFeral Phantomclaw Pack and Teinar Family... Iʼll get to you no matter whatʼ, Rex thought boring malicious intent for them.

But as he just thought of that, Flunra suddenly signaled to stop.

Both of them reach a very wide river that is flowing with sparkling clear water.

The loud gushing sound of water can be heard from afar way before Rex is even near the river, so he already expected a river somewhere at their front. From the size of the river, it becomes clear why the sound of gushing water can be heard from afar.

On the other side of the river is another forest, but the trees there is charcoal black.

Not that it has been charred or anything but it naturally has black cores and twigs, they should be mutated plants that developed in this area but it should be different than the ones Rex has seen before.

”Why are we stopping?”, Rex asks impatiently, however, he knew Flunra knows this place more.

Despite he had already traveled inside the Supernatural territory many times now, heʼs more familiar with the Vampire Territory, and even then he has little knowledge of it except for the places he has gone through.

Flunra points to the side right at a wooden pole stabbed into the ground.

Ornaments such as bone necklaces, drawings, and crystals decorate the wooden pole giving a savage vibe, Rex looks at this and realized that itʼs somekind of territory markings or something of that sort.

”Itʼs the totem pole made by the Shaman, the mark of Werewolf Territory”, Flunra said.

Upon hearing this Rex finds that his expectation is right on the mark, itʼs true that this wooden totem pole is a territory mark, the edge of the Werewolf Territory which is bordering with the Vampire territory.

Rex inspected the totem pole and finds energy cloaking it, and somehow it feels warm for him.

But he shakes his head before glancing back at Flunra, ”You still havenʼt answered my question, why are we stopping when the Werewolf territory is just across this river? I donʼt have much time to idle around, Flunra”

”Donʼt be hasty, if you want to succeed without King Baralt finding you then follow my lead”

After seeing the confirmation nod from Rex as he realized that itʼs probably unwise for him to meet with King Baralt, Flunra then continued, ”The wooden totem pole is linked with the Shaman who created it, but since weʼre Werewolves we wonʼt be detected by it. However, if we want to advance further unnoticed we need to get rid of not just our aura and sound but also our scents”

Upon hearing this, Rex in reflex asks the system.

ʼIs there any item that can get rid of our scents?ʼ

ʼOkay, which one is cheaper?ʼ, Rex asks since he now has little gold left, he had already exhausted most of his gold forging the Amuerus Katana into a ninth-rank weapon and also weapons for the others.

ʼ100,000 Gold?! Why is it so expensive?!ʼ

ʼMake sense...ʼ, Rex thought with a sigh.

Although the power he got from becoming the Royal Black Prince and also King Mark, his item standard surely raises alongside them. It has never dawned on him before, but he really needs to step up his gold income at this rate.

Shaking his head, he then focuses back on Flunra, ”How can we get rid of our scents?”

Glancing over to the other side, Flunra then replied, ”Thereʼs a fruit somewhere around here that can do exactly that, we just need to search for it and eat it. Itʼs quite eye-catching so it shouldnʼt be hard”

”Canʼt it hide my scent as a Royal Black Prince?”, Rex asks since the system has stated that.

Hearing this Flunra rubs his chin before he nodded his head, ”Itʼs quite potent so it should be able to hide your royal scent, thereʼs no need to worry about that. We just need to find the fruit”

Upon hearing this, Rex canʼt help but frown.

ʼIf we need to get rid of our scents, why didnʼt we just cover our body using the blood of mutated animals? Iʼve sensed many of them around here and it should be fasterʼ, Rex thought in realization.

But as if Flunra can read Rexʼs mind, he glances back at Rex.

”Covering ourselves with mutated animalʼs scent will make us be picked up by the wooden totem pole, many have tried that before and got caught by the wooden totem. Itʼs going to expose us so the fruit is the only option”, Flunra explained.

Without any other choice, both of them search for the fruit Flunra is talking about.

The fruit is called Unscented Violet Bilimbi which as the name implies has an eye-catching violet color, in this forest that is mainly covered by the bleak color of brown, green, and grey it shouldnʼt be that hard to find the fruit.

Splitting from each other, Rex and Flunra searches for the fruit that should be perching on a tree.

From what Flunra knows the fruit lived its entire life as a parasite of another mutated plant, because of that Rex mainly searches for the fruit on the surrounding trees. In just a few minutes, he finally finds one.

Rex canʼt hide his excited face as he plucks one out before scanning it with the system.

A parasitic seventh-rank mutated plant that has the effect of erasing the scent of the eater, it also has a taste similar to the blood which provides great pleasantries for the Vampire Royals as the substitute for Human blood.

Upon reading this, Rex canʼt help but looks at the fruit in a different light.

ʼSubstitute for human blood? Does it taste like human blood too? Iʼm not liking this...ʼ, Rex thought with a frown, the thought of drinking human blood is something that makes him put the fruit further away from him.

But knowing that he needed the fruit, he had no choice but to eat it, ʼHere goes nothing...ʼ

Crunch!

Unlike what he had expected, the Unscented Violet Bilimbi has crunchy skin before the violet juices inside of it pour into Rexʼs mouth. It made his eyebrows crease together feeling the iron taste in his mouth.

It definitely tastes like human blood, Rex has no doubt about it. But he forces everything in.

After gulping the violet juice he threw away the skin before conditioning his mind, he bought water from the system shop before gulping it down in one go trying to erase the taste of iron in his mouth.

Rex pants heavily after drinking the water, he decided to ignore the taste and check his body.

Sniffing his arm, Rex canʼt help but frown in realization, ʼHow can I smell my own scent? Is that even possible?ʼ, he thought in confusion, but then a notification from the system appeared.

Upon reading this Rexʼs shoulders slouches as turns out he still needs to eat a couple more Unscented Violet Bilimbi, but he didnʼt sit idly and started searching for more. But as he was jumping to a tree to pluck the fruit, he suddenly looks to the side.

”Hmm... there is a group of Supernaturals near Flunra”, Rex thought.

Without wasting more time he immediately leaps from tree to tree heading to the group of Supernaturals, and when the group of Supernatural finally emerges Rex canʼt help but grin.

”Oh... Werewolves!”