Utopian System

The artromus's collective mind vibrated with tension as they discussed at supernatural speed.

The decision to use a massive magical explosion had been unanimous, these parasites needed to be eliminated once and for all.

'Though it will hurt you all a bit, the explosion will finish them all,' Zentros's mental voice had resonated with certainty.

'Even those with more resistance will fall alone afterward,' another had confirmed.

But when the new warrior descended like a meteor, something in their form made Zentros freeze.

The characteristic glow, the changes in structure... it was unmistakable.

'The blasphemous potion,' Zentros's mental voice trembled with fury and horror. 'The abomination the Queen warned me about. Zantem and Zynthor failed? Impossible!'

The other artromus instantly caught his concern through the mental link.

The form-usurping warrior moved with unnatural grace, her speed even surpassing theirs.

But it was when she threw the second potion and the sword to the stubborn boy that Zentros understood the true magnitude of the danger.

'The emblems!' The urgency in his mental voice shook everyone. 'The temporary emblems combined with the transformation...'

He didn't need to finish the thought. The boy's power would multiply exponentially.

A single strike from that sword could pierce the defenses of anyone not transformed.

'TRANSFORM!' Zentros's mental cry resonated with absolute authority.

Everyone's reluctance was expected.

True Metamorphosis was their last resort, an irreversible change that would leave them trapped in a form closer to the beasts they hunted.

Two of them couldn't even consider transformation at that moment, their dismembered bodies still trying to reunite, crawling across the ground in a desperate attempt to rejoin.

But the glow emanating from the boy was already beginning to change his form. There was no time for doubt, no time for debate.

'It's transform or die,' Zentros's conclusion marked the beginning of the massacre.

♢♢♢♢

Power flowed through Elio's body like an unstoppable tide.

The emblems had already shown him what it was like to have double power, but this was something completely different, a transformation that altered the very essence of his being.

Elio Von Elian's Monster Statistics (5:00 min)

Skills:

{5 Basic ones}

{5 Heaven's ones}

Familiars:

Fire Salamander(Merged - 1)

Wind Swift(Merged - 1)

1st Fusion (+100)

Emblems:

Wind, Fire, Water and Earth Stay connected with empire

Level 10

Mana: 400/500

Resistance: 2387/4400

Stamina: 33/50

Attack: 40 (440)

Magic Damage: 480 AA

Strength: 20 AA+

Defense: 80

Magic Defense: 90

Speed: 20 (30) +10 speed buff (4:47 min)

Perception / Agility: 4 AA+

Unique (4)Elemental Sword / Attack 400 (110/480) x2 weapon buff (4:47 min)

Superior Elemental Resistance Cloak / Magic Defense 5

System's Morphed Armor 10 (20) + M Potion / ((Defense 40) (Magic Defense 40) (Magic Damage 40) (Resistance(2000/4000))

Portable oral oxygen stone

Balance:

100 mana points

1,001,111,100 cores

Four hundred mana points flooded his magical veins, an amount that made his previous limits seem insignificant.

The extra stamina revitalized every fiber of his being, erasing exhaustion and pain as if they had never existed.

But it was perception that truly changed everything.

The world slowed almost to a stop. Every movement, every particle of dust suspended in the air became crystalline in clarity. The artromus, who before moved like blurs, now seemed to move through thick water.

The blade's metal renewed under his control, stronger, more adapted to his new form.

Unique (4)Elemental Sword / Attack 400 (960/960) x2 weapon buff (4:47 min)

His salamander grew alongside him, its transformation reflecting the power now flowing through his veins.

In that instant extended by his superhuman perception, Elio observed the monsters that had devastated his unit. His eyes caught every detail of the creatures that had taken so many lives.

Enid, with her unshakeable loyalty. Arnaud, always ready to step forward though he thought it wasn't his own initiative. Today, so many young soldiers full of hope and determination, were reduced to broken bodies on the ground.

This wasn't a battle for victory or glory. This was true war.

His body tensed, every enhanced muscle preparing for movement. The sword in his hand sang with thirst for vengeance.

Like contained lightning waiting to be released, Elio started the attack.

The time for payment had come.

♢♢♢♢

Zentros launched himself at Elio like an arrow, but Selene appeared between them in a flash of movement.

Her attacks, empowered by the transformation, removed only 40 resistance points with each impact. Though the damage was modest against a transformed artromus, her true advantage lay in her absolute mastery of wind.

Air currents responded to her will with surgical precision. Each impulse, each gust was perfectly calculated to counter Zentros's movements. Her specialization in gases and aerial control made her the perfect opponent to keep the artromus leader occupied in a high-speed dance.

"TRANSFORM, YOU FOOLS!" Zentros's roar shook the artromus.

Elio didn't waste the opportunity.

His first victim was the artromus that had threatened Zara and Lila.

The creature, still not transformed, barely registered the movement, a blur of speed that ended in a perfect horizontal arc at neck height.

The monster's head hadn't finished separating from its shoulders when Elio's sword was already tracing its next trajectory.

The descending vertical cut found the exact center of the artromus's chest, destroying the hidden cores within.

The sword's power, amplified by transformation and emblems, pierced the divine armor as if it were paper.

One down...

The remaining artromus began to glow with transformative energy.

But Elio was already moving again.

His enhanced muscles, working in perfect synchrony with his transformed salamander's magic, catapulted him at a speed that defied comprehension.

The blue glow of his eyes left trails in the air as he passed by the decapitated artromus that Mei and Kai had been facing.

His sword made a vertical cut through its torso in an instant.

Two down...

Without losing momentum, he continued his trajectory.

Elio's landing positioned him perfectly above the artromus desperately trying to unite the two halves of its body. The creature looked up just in time to see Elio's sword rise above his head.

A cry of pure fury escaped Elio's throat as his magic exploded through the blade.

Magic Damage: 720 AA+

Unique (4)Elemental Sword / Attack 400 (1440/1440) x2 weapon buff (4:46 min)

The power flowed in a new way, the transformation had unlocked a completely new level of active magical capability.

The sword descended like a comet, its edge charged with devastating power. There was no need for prior decapitation, the blow cleanly split the artromus in half, from crown to base.

Three artromus eliminated in what to a normal eye would have been barely a flash of movement.

Elio stood tall, his sword dripping black blood.

Only 5 abominations remained to eliminate.