Chapter 227: Unexpected Visit
Though the Rank 2 Veilgrasp Slime was aggressive by nature and attacked anyone who entered its territory, the Rank 3 Augmeslime’s Peacebind skill suppressed that aggression and turned it into cooperation. Thanks to this ability, the two Sparks had been able to live side by side as a team within the same area.
On top of that, when Veilgrasp’s manipulation ability combined with Augmeslime’s augmentation traits, they had gained enough strength to control an enhanced first-generation mutant army—strong enough to destroy an entire Shelter City.
Of course, the mutant army had already been eliminated, and with it, the threat was gone. Now, the two slimes stood completely defenseless before Adyr and his team.
"You stay back," Adyr said to the others as he began walking forward.
Even though the two Sparks were no longer capable of direct offense, they still shared one dangerous trait: manipulation. Against someone without strong [Resistance], that alone could still be a threat. That was why Adyr warned his team to stay back, choosing to deal with them himself.
As he approached, there were no shifting grounds under his feet, no rocks falling from the walls. It was clear that Veilgrasp, recognizing the overwhelming gap in power, had ceased all resistance, just as one would expect from a creature with strategic intelligence.
Without encountering any struggle, Adyr reached out and touched the gray slime, releasing a wave of translucent energy that sealed the Spark’s abilities.
Unfortunately, his Spark slots were already full, so he couldn’t subdue it or send it to his Twilight Land. Not that he needed to.
While the abilities of both Sparks were certainly impressive, they didn’t suit his current skill set. Especially manipulation—at his level, his enemies were too powerful for such abilities to have any practical effect.
He turned to his team and asked casually, "Do any of you want these?"
Just because he didn’t want them didn’t mean the others would feel the same. But clearly, Selina and the rest found the Sparks just as useless for their own builds, as they all refused to subdue them.
"Then we’ll sell them to the researchers at Player Headquarters."