Master Of None

Chapter 2841: 2841. Chimera Core Species

”If the chimera cores have been living like this for years, then why havenʼt they become a larger problem?” Su looked at Walker expecting a bit more of an answer then a shrug from him.

”I didnʼt come here intending to kill them, mostly to see if they would be a major danger. They could have been sealed somewhere like those ants, or they could have been dormant because of the lack of mana. I need to get several appraisals of them to see if they are even the same monsters as they used to be in ancient times.”

Su understood what Walker was getting at. If this chimera core monster had evolved to survive and changed to fit the environment better, then they might not be as dangerous in the same ways.

If the chimera cores devolved and could not take on more traits from multiple monsters only copying one, then they would basically just infiltrate and become part of that monster species until they died and left behind their offspring. From there the cycle would start over causing there to be a constant cycle of the same species being partly made up of chimera core monsters instead of the species they hid in.

A herd could be half and half until the chimera core offspring eventually took over the whole herd causing them to need to move to another herd or generally die out in that area. Odds were it might just go dormant. That was to be determined though.

”Get an appraisal!” Midnight hopped around excitedly since she wanted to know if they were going to try and fight a new monster. She also found the steam bulls to be very interesting.

To her, it looked like several of the dark crimson furred bulls were breathing steam like a dragon would breathe fire. It felt like just being around them would be dangerous so fighting them might be interesting if she was in her dragonkin form and wanted to train more in that form.

ʼSteam bull

This is a descendant of the raging gold bull, an ancient monster known for using its internal fire mana to break down stones filled with gold. The gold would then be spit on its body to create a fur that was tougher and better to conduct its internal heat. However, as its affinities changed and the species grew, it became more natural to use water to cool its body internally and also as a deterrent for some predators.

Its fur is deep crimson because of the high amount of blood flow to keep itself cool, meaning that even cutting its hair will cause a small amount of blood to bleed out. However, its four horns are the truly dangerous parts of its body.

It can release potent steam from the tips of its horn due to the unique ways that it grows. Because of this, when fighting it will charge at something while spewing steam from its mouth and its horns. This makes it much harder to see the weak points of its body around its neck and leg joints.

Its meat is extremely tough but surprisingly will become softer once cooled. It is one of the only monsters that will be consumed by predators after sitting and cooling off for a few hours. Meaning that it is often surrounded by multitype when hunted causing a small fight later amongst predators.

While it mostly only eats burnable materials like grasses and small twigs, it will also consume stones that can burn like coal and sulfur. However, when it does it often needs to consume much more water to properly cool its organs and bones…ʼ

The information was very important for the tamers who would wish to tame monsters like this. Especially when it came to the fact that it was about the steam bullʼs diet and habits. But more so because it gave information about their weak points that would need to be kept in mind when fighting them or teaching them to work with a tamer or another tamed monster.

”Thereʼs one with six eyes on its head and two on its neck.” Su spotted the odd looking steam bull, the crimson fur was even a brighter color than the deeper and more rustic color of the others without multiple eyes on its body.

ʼChimera core

This monster has survived many years to exist in todayʼs age. While different from the ancient chimera cores, they function mostly the same.

Over generations it has developed tentacles around its rounded body to better move around and get itself in to different monster nests. Because of this it can consume eggs of other monsters or the young of other monsters and take on a base from copying them to survive.

Unlike the ancient chimera core monster species that would hunt multiple forms of monster to build better bodies, this species of chimera core struggled with the new instincts from the monsters it consumes. Due to this, it often loses its natural instincts to consume and build a stronger body. There are many instances of it living out its life pretending to be the first monster it consumes.

This is not saying that others do not consume multiple species of monster to create a horrific hybrid body. When that occurs the materials from the body are often extremely valuable or unique in their form. Meaning that they have uses that no one else could find or achieve unless specifically raised in a specific way, which is considered impossible as of today.

Compared to the ancient forms of the chimera core, the current day and age chimera core can take on traits from up to fifteen monsters, however, they are often not intelligent enough to manage a body consisting of potentially clashing body parts and traits. Due to this, those that attempt to keep growing often cause themselves to perish after loading on too much physical and mental stress.

It is possible for a chimera core to integrate an intelligent species, in these extremely rare cases, it is possible for the chimera core to display intelligence and emotions that it does not in other situations. Due to this, many ancient people believed that the chimera core was a failed experiment by gods or even more ancient beings to create a race that served them…ʼ

The sheer amount of information was enough to make Walkerʼs head ache for a brief moment. He wondered if it was simply too much history in this long lived monster or the fact that it has so much versatility in its potential. Walker could tell that there was a lot of potential.

”They are both very dangerous and not at all depending on each one individually then. I believe we will need to have scouts and trackers pay attention to them as they go on.” Su let out a long sigh as she realized that there would be cases of chimera core monsters being nothing more than exactly the first monster they integrated in to becoming their body. However, the exact opposite where it could be an extreme threat might also appear.

”I feel more at ease knowing that if they consume a member of an intelligent race that they will struggle to grow any longer because they will become more intelligent and be afflicted by emotions. That means they are severely separated from monster to an intelligent race.” Since Su knew this, it meant that the events of them becoming more intelligent was lower and lower of a risk.

” I think we should take in to account that they are also a way for us to understand the difference in monster and intelligent races. There are emotions and understanding them. If these chimera cores consume an intelligent race then struggle with the developed emotions leading to their death or the halting of them growing, then it means that emotions are the key. Other monsters that develop them eventually become intelligent races. Itʼs a theory for the growth of a species.”

Both Midnight and Su were looking at Walker and understood that this one species of monster from ancient times, however potentially dangerous, could be the best monster to study. Could be the best monster to look at and decide how an intelligent race might have been born.

It could also be a way for unique materials beyond what others understood to be created. However, there was the clear fact that people could not breed them right now. It was beyond what people were capable of at the moment.

Not that this would be the fact for the future. Some people would have to change that as they become smarter and more specified in their classes. Time would tell.

”We should keep watch for a while. I also want to see the predators hunting these steam bulls and if those predators will catch one of the three chimera cores in that herd of fifty.”

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