Bro, I'm not an Undead!

1390  Distant Magnets

Boron finally had a lavish new vessel.

As of a few seconds ago, he now inhabited the body of a Cavern with midnight-blue skin, four striking pairs of glowing, white eyes, a stack of three mouths, and six, hideous arms.

But his bellowing Amras quickly shattered this ugly appearance, and imposed one of Boron's liking. His skin turned white, rough and scaly. He shed four of his hideous, monstrous arms and retained two with human-like contours of muscle – firm and thick. He rid his torso of the bulbous potbelly his vessel had spotted, and replaced it with an attractive, fit one; there was no flab, only perfection.

His face was like carved marble. He spotted a stiff great beard, small dark eyes issuing streams of ominous power, and curled hair that looked as though it was hewn from stone. Boron looked a lot like his previous vessel after he had transformed, only, he was smaller.

He stood at fifteen meters tall, but his presence was no less striking.

He had healed the wound carved onto his Broader Existence by Broodweiler, and had made a full recovery.

It had taken a little while, but it was finally done.

Boron had chosen one of his Divine Cavern to inhabit as a vessel. Because this particular Cavern was a major downgrade in quality from the last - his Herald - it had taken longer to fully impress his essence into it.

Boron had been concerned about how much longer it was going to take for his new body to be ready when a Fated Reef had suddenly sprang forth from the distance, threatening to conquer Aigas in a desperate rush. He had only been two-thirds of the way to completely taking over his new vessel when it had happened.

The Doom Knight he had sensed before was battling a team of anomalies and predictably, it was pressed to the point of attempting to unleash a Fated Reef on Aigas, claiming it as its territory. If that happened, Boron would have been in trouble without his vessel complete, but thankfully, the Doom Knight was weaker than he was, and after he pushed back its Fated Reef, it hadn't attempted to fight back.

Boron had accelerated the completion of his vessel as best as he could then, and now…

<Ah… Perfection.> Boron said as he looked up into the sky.

The majority of his Cavern children had left to attack every inch of Aigas. They flew over the lands and seas, killing human and beast alike.

They had slaughtered indeed, having fun as they poured chaos everywhere, recklessly going in on powerful and weaker opponents with a complete disgregard for their lives.

But the Cavern had also been on the receiving end of terrible blows.

Millions died in Maqi.

Millions died in Pelian.

The dark creatures suffered terrifying losses.

…But that was the point.

Boron sat back down after his body transformed to a variant he was pleased with. His previous vessel was lying some distance away, looking eerily like his current one, only dead, with giant cut across its chest.

The few Cavern to remain around Boron drew close after he completed his transformation.

They were six giant, Divine Cavern with an assortment of hideous looks and features. Their appearances went beyond just variations in racial properties. Some of these Cavern looked as though they were moulded by crooked, uninspired hands.

They were Boron's six Generals, the only Cavern he truly cared for. Well, there was one other who had earned consideration from the Deity, but he was far off.

"We congratulate you on the completion of your vessel, lord," one of the Generals said, bowing. He spoke for the rest. Boron did not like it when too many of them told him the same thing.

The Deity nodded. His dark gaze lanced into the distance and his thoughts were also elsewhere.

<I think it's about time some of our enemies realised what is going on with the Distant Magnets. I did not think it would be a mortal who would catch on first though. Aigas truly has an interesting collection of things.>

Another one of the Generals raised his head to speak right then.

"Lord, concerning the Magnets…" he began, Boron had read his mind.

<Don't worry. They are already beyond interference. Even if our enemies stop killing your fellow Cavern now, it will make no difference. The Distant Magnets have already reached the threshold. I have my many brave children to thank for giving themselves so willingly to the cause.>

And it had been so indeed.

From the beginning, the death of the millions of Cavern had been part of the plan. To be sure, the Cavern weren't a match for some of the experts on Aigas, but they had been fighting with the thought they were supposed to be die. They were supposed to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the fifty-nine Distant Magnets that Boron had set up all over Aigas - large purple crystals guarded by some of the stronger mortal Cavern.

They had a sinister purpose, but admittedly, as they were, it was impossible for them to achieve this purpose. They weren't Treasures, after all.

Thus, Boron had established a Fundamental Barter to boost their abilities.

Their purpose was limited to only one target and they could only be used once before breaking to pieces. These conditions had of course secured the five points of exponential increase in the powers of the Magnets, but Boron went further with his Fundamental Barter. It was possible to enhance the qualities of a non-Andori and non-Treasure beyond the basic exponential augment by adding further restrictions. Of course, this could only be done once, before a non-Andori, and non-Treasure couldn't be enhanced using Fundamental Barter again.

Thus, Boron made it so the Distant Magnets could only be used after at least half of his Cavern were killed; and suicide didn't count.

This further condition gave an additional exponential increase to the Magnets; an exponential of ten!

Their durability was enhanced.

Their powers were augmented.

Their range was furthered.

It was perfect.

Boron wished for something else other than the destruction of Aigas, which had been established right over his head. He had been its foundation for so long, and he wanted nothing more than to see it go up in a merciless conflagration.

But before that…

<It will be done soon.> he said to nobody in particular. He looked up at Suzamete's body. Oh, his former beloved who betrayed him so. <You will rue the day your soul stopped yearning for mine, Kaella. Struggle however much you like. You will rue along with the rest of them.>

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