Malevolent – Chapter 33 – The Nourishment I Mentioned Isn’t That Kind of Nourishment

“Nourishment?”

“Yes indeed.”

Serveiling nodded with a smile:

“Little Divine-Graced Maidens require a lot of nourishment. Their physiques are quite different from ordinary people’s. Without sufficient nourishment, they would die.”

While speaking, Serveiling raised her hand to her chin and began to recall.

The vast majority of Divine-Graced Maidens only “awakened” their Augury Force after reaching adulthood.

However,

History was not without girls who possessed Augury Force from birth, such as that legendary Holy Maiden who could control the Sacred Stone.

The situation with Ailiya and her sisters was very similar to that legendary Holy Maiden.

According to Serveiling’s knowledge, girls who possessed Augury Force from a young age required abundant nourishment during their growth to develop properly. This nourishment, of course, did not refer to vitamins or minerals obtained from food, but genuine energy.

Concentrated sacred spiritual energy, or Augury Force of the same origin.

This was why girls born with Augury Force would achieve far greater accomplishments in the future than ordinary Divine-Graced Maidens—because they formed Primordial Crystals with Augury Force from a young age.

Crystals formed from Augury Force were incomparably stronger than ordinary crystals.

However, forming such Augury Force crystals required enormous amounts of power.

Therefore, if not carefully managed, the crystals could drain their host’s power, life force, and soul energy. For this reason, to ensure little Divine-Graced Maidens could grow up safely, supplementation from external power sources was crucial.

After organizing her thoughts,

Serveiling turned her head back toward Bai Lianyue, intending to explain this to her boss.

However,

“Huh??”

As she turned around, Serveiling awkwardly discovered that Bai Lianyue, who had been sitting beside her, had somehow vanished without a trace.

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“Big Sis?”

After a moment of confusion, Serveiling immediately looked around trying to find Bai Lianyue. Unfortunately, before finding her, some strange objects fell from the sky into Serveiling’s arms.

“Eh?”

Looking closely, Serveiling realized these were the makeshift brooms the boss had made earlier, along with some mops and brushes seemingly salvaged from the ruins.

Before Serveiling could react, Bai Lianyue’s voice was transmitted to her ears through cursed energy.

—”I’m going to buy some nutritious food for the little ones! I’ll leave this place to you. And help me clean up a bit, would you?~”—

With these words,

Bai Lianyue’s presence completely disappeared from Serveiling’s perception.

In the empty courtyard, only Serveiling remained, standing awkwardly in place.

“Uh?”

Sighing helplessly, Serveiling shook her head with complicated feelings:

“Sigh… you could at least have listened to me finish, Big Sis. ‘Nourishment’ doesn’t mean nutritious food.”

Oh well,

Such eagerness was understandable.

After all, subconsciously, the boss seemed to have already accepted those children as substitutes for Miss Xing Wu.

Besides,

Having finally obtained a human body, the boss was probably eager to see the outside world.

However,

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Holding the dilapidated cleaning tools, Serveiling turned her head with mixed feelings toward the direction where Bai Lianyue had disappeared.

“Going out now might not be very appropriate. It’s a bit chaotic out there…”

…

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Meanwhile,

Near the border checkpoint of the Twenty-Ninth Fortress, between the Veiled Domain and the Westivian Covenant.

“BOOM!”

“ROAAAARRR!!”

Accompanied by earth-shaking rumbles and the beast’s hysterical roars, the ground cracked and the air trembled as a gray-green humanoid mech about five meters tall was suddenly blasted high into the air by the shockwave.

And just as it hung suspended in midair,

A terrifying black figure suddenly burst out from the smoke—a fearsome level-four Corrupted Beast.

Its form appeared incredibly ferocious on the smoke-filled battlefield, its pitch-black body devouring light like an abyss, dark purple scales gleaming with an eerie cold light in the occasional flash of explosions. Its tiger-like head was fierce and savage, blood-red jaws revealing sharp fangs, each roar thunderous and ear-splitting, making the air itself seem to tremble. The humanoid torso was knotted with muscle, each seemingly containing enough power to destroy anything, scales rubbing lightly with movement, producing a low metallic sound. Its slender snake-like tail moved with the flexibility of a venomous serpent, the dark purple scales subtly emanating an aura of death, each swing leaving terrifying afterimages.

In a flash,

This frenzied Corrupted Beast charged toward the mech, smashing the steel body into scrap metal with a single punch.

The soldier piloting the mech was consequently reduced to a puddle of meat.

“Damn it!!”

Witnessing this scene, a young soldier who appeared to be the squad leader not far away revealed a terrified expression.

He hurriedly issued orders.

“Quick!! Blast it to death!! Don’t let it get close!”

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Following the panicked shout,

Three surrounding mechs immediately opened fire at full force, laser bullets whistling in from all directions, searing energy tearing through the air, continuously bombarding the Corrupted Beast’s limbs, leaving charred wounds and broken scales.

However, such damage seemed meaningless to it. The Beast’s shattered limbs regrew at visible speed, dark purple scales covering them again, even thicker and more solid than before. This eerie regenerative ability sent chills down the spines of the squad.

The frenzied bombardment not only failed to eliminate the Corrupted Beast but directly provoked its ferocity.

In the next instant,

“ROOOAAAARRR!!”

The Corrupted Beast let out a sky-shaking roar, suddenly leaping up and charging toward the nearest mech.

“No, don’t come near me!”

The soldier inside the mech cried out in terror, the weapons on both arms firing frantically at the Beast. However, the lasers and missiles weaving a web of death couldn’t stop the frenzied monster.

Though blasted to a bloody pulp, the Corrupted Beast still reached the mech.

The massive tiger claws swung down, grabbing the mech’s steel arm and crushing the solid metal with a squeeze.

The next second, the Beast’s terrible fist slammed down with world-destroying force, violently smashing the entire mech to pieces, sparks flying and metal fragments scattering.

From the smashed mech, blood dripped out drop by drop.

…

“Bill, my God…”

After witnessing this scene, the squad leader named Crocy felt his heart stop momentarily. After a brief moment of suffocation and stupor, the rage of having his brother killed erupted from his heart, immediately overwhelming his fear.

“You beast! You killed my brother! Die!!!”

Guided by fury, even though his mobile armor had exhausted its ammunition, Crocy still drove his mech toward the terrifying Corrupted Beast, the heavy cannons on the mechanical arms instantly switching to blades.

Without a doubt, Crocy intended to engage in a death match with the creature.

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In this moment, anger transformed into his strength, the spiritual energy contained within his body overflowing unceasingly under the guidance of his intense emotions. This spiritual energy converted into power, continuously feeding into the mech.

As spiritual energy continued to pour in, the aura emanating from the mech rose steadily.

Under the obsession of avenging his brother and the enhancement of his rage, Crocy’s power reached its ultimate explosion in this instant.

Then,

Unsurprisingly,

He and his mech were smashed to pieces by the Corrupted Beast with just two punches…

…

Meanwhile,

On a hillside not far away, a brown-haired youth, after lowering his binoculars, shook his head quite helplessly,

“These soldiers who fight against the Sky Vassals day in and day out are indeed not very skilled at dealing with Corrupted Beasts from the Terran Malevolence lineage. To be defeated so badly? Although Earth Vassals have stronger individual combat power. Besides, the new generation of light mechs are too fragile. It’s going to be hard to compete for government contracts like this…”

Seeing several more terrifying Corrupted Beasts crawling out of the miasma, with the remaining experimental mechs facing the risk of total annihilation, the brown-haired youth somewhat impatiently turned to look behind him,

“Lord Greemir, since you’re here, why not help save the situation?~”

At this moment,

Standing behind the youth was a handsome man with golden hair and green eyes, dressed in a white military coat, exuding elegance. On a battlefield full of fully armed soldiers and various combat mechs, the man’s attire seemed completely out of place.

However,

The nearby soldiers dared not underestimate this man. The reason was simple—this man named ‘Greemir’… constantly emitted terrifying energy waves from his body, which… symbolized the Divine Martial Realm.

However, facing the brown-haired youth’s words, Greemir made no response, but continued to scan the surroundings, his emerald eyes revealing a trace of sorrow and loss.

—”Not here either… ah… Lianna, my beloved Lianna, where have you hidden yourself…”—