The Invincible Full-Moon System

Rex wiped the traces of blood in the bathroom, cleaned it well, and tidied his clothes before he went to the sink, and wetted his face, with a couple of splashes. He rubbed his face with water and looked at his reflection in the mirror.

He caught a discolor peeking from his unbuttoned royal white tunic.

Pulling down his collar, his frown deepened and decided to open the tunic entirely.

As he did that, a couple of bruises could be seen across his body—three bruises to be exact.

Each one was spherical, the artwork of something sharp.

"Huh, those wounds didn't heal properly—leaving behind scars," He muttered lightly.

Naturally, these three spherical scars were caused by the three lances Yulthar threw at him.

It seemed even his exceptional regeneration wasn't able to heal them to normal.

Rex wore back his tunic and headed out, Evelyn was waiting for him outside.

Upon stepping outside, his eyes widened when he saw Evelyn sprawled on the ground.

She was unconscious!

"Evelyn!" Rex rushed over in concern, supporting her head with his big hand. He checked her condition—and found that she didn't seem to be in pain or anything, it was as if she was only sleeping. "System, what's wrong with her?"

<Notice: The second phase of the Pack Blessing is in motion>

<All inner pack members are put to sleep to develop, their innate abilities. Once they're done, the phase will continue—to the outer pack members. Please standby—they will be conscious again once their innate abilities are established>

Reading this, Rex sighed in relief, the System gave him no warning.

Since she would be out for a while, he brought her back to her bed chamber.

He laid her there on the bed alongside Adhara and Gistella before he went to meet Prof. K.

Of course, he didn't forget to inform Valthor about this.

"Nobody could enter the bed chamber except for me, make sure of it"

"Y- Yes, Your Majesty. I will guard the door with my life"

"Your one measly life is not enough, call the others. Where's the head family? How come you are the Empress' direct servant?"

"She's appointed as Naela's exclusive servant, and the Empress herself kept me around"

Upon hearing this, Rex turned and walked away without saying anything more.

A moment later, he arrived at the meeting room, a modest chamber with a sofa chair at the center. Rex saw Prof. K who was accompanied by Giana already in the room—both of them were bowing on either side of the sofa chair.

Sitting on the sofa chair, Rex rested his arms dominantly on the armrests and stared at them.

"Give me a recap of what happened while I was away"

Despite expecting there would be Evelyn present in the meeting, Prof. K didn't ask and began to give him the recap. Prof. K started off with the banquet Evelyn held—during the exact time of the pack duel challenge.

It was a distraction to bedazzle the people from the fight that was about to happen.

Also, to avoid them seeing the moon crumbling and darken the night.

Rex wasn't expecting this but he didn't disagree with the banquet Evelyn held.

She was planning it without Rex knowing.

Then again, she knew this field better than Rex did—she dwelled in politics in the past.

But the atmosphere changed when Prof. K reported about the infiltrator.

Inside the castle—Rex was not afraid of Evelyn being hurt as the castle's very last line—of defense was the caste itself. Evelyn or the other pack members would gain a considerable boost within the shelter of the castle.

What ticked Rex the wrong way was because of the young girl who was involved, Nadia.

Even though Rex was not in battle mode, Giana could feel the air becoming thicker.

It was harder to breathe because of that.

Prof. K also realized this change and couldn't help but believe that Rex had gotten stronger.

"So, what happened after that?"

"Fortunately, the guards managed to suppress the infiltrator—the innocent body was freed"

Just like the Werewolves' domination ability, the Angel has a kind of ability too.

It was used by this unknown Angel to infiltrate the castle.

Considering that it was searching for someone, it must be a friend of Radiel and Catherine.

Focusing back on Prof. K, Rex intertwined his fingers in a relaxed manner.

"It seemed the Angel knew that I wasn't around and came to visit"

"Captain Linthia had said the same thing, she already interrogated the two Angels and was able to extract information, from them. Catherine said that it was the Angel's unique ability, he was able to see through matters"

"Oh...? Linthia did that?"

Rex was pleasantly surprised that Linthia was able to come to the same conclusion as him.

But then again, she needed to up her game.

As far as Rex was concerned, if Linthia wasn't able to perform, he would've replaced her.

Liliya was in the city, and he knew that she was capable.

"Is there anything else?" Rex asked again, observing the two's expressions.

Upon hearing this, Giana could be seen nudging Prof. K lightly from behind, urging him to say something. It was only then did Prof. K continued, "It's about the Chaos Spawn—I think I now developed a theory over them"

"Tell me everything, even if you're still unsure. I want to hear it," Rex replied.

He needs to know how the Fourthborn would be reborn.

All he knew right now was a place to start looking, he probably could inform President Sebrof about the location of the Carabidis Temple and tell him to look around if there were any clues that would lead him to the Fourthborn.

Rex's only guess right now was the Fourthborn, like the Fifthborn, was sealed somewhere.

It was the First Human Emperor's doings.

He had set up the Executors to come to Humanity's rescue in dire times by sealing them.

Speaking of the First Human Emperor... System, can I turn the Passue Matriarch?

<Notice: Negative, the user can't turn the Passue Matriarch into a Werewolf>

Huh... that's surprising. Can I ask why?

<Does the user want to purchase the answer for 1 million gold?>

Just tell me the answer.

<1 million gold has been successfully deducted!>

<The Passue Matriarch is the thirteenth member of the previous owner of the System, thus it is pure, it couldn't be turned into a member of the user's pack until the user reached the level of power equivalent to the previous owner of the System>

And what would that level of power be?

<Does the user want to purchase the answer for 10 billion gold?>

Just say it if you don't want me to know, you had to ask me for something that I don't have.

Prof. K now explained what he had found regarding the Chaos Spawn.

And Rex listened to him attentively.

From what he could grasp, Prof. K was talking about the nature of the pure chaos energy.

Chaos Phantoms would gradually disappear—patched by the world's energy but the chaos energy that managed to enter the world wouldn't be detected. It happened because of the fact that the energy was too minuscule for the world's energy to detect.

Because of that, it remained in the vicinity and could corrupt the closest being to it.

Just like the Orc and the other corrupted citizens.

However, the chaos energy wouldn't last forever too and slowly disappear, leaving no trace behind. Yet that wasn't always the case, there was a case where the chaos energy got into strong hosts and was able to persevere.

On top of that, this strong host would allow the nearby chaos energy to persevere longer.

It was able to spread its influence and connect with other strands of chaos energy nearby.

Prof. K has already proven this through a simple test.

He brought a couple of corrupted patients away from the city.

Exactly as he anticipated, the chaos energy began to fade and the patient was healed.

Of course, it wasn't exactly like that—there were patients who could not sustain the energy's power and died when it disappeared. Even then, that didn't dissuade his theory that the host was the shield for the persevering chaos energy.

Bringing anything that is corrupted by chaos energy away from the host would kill it.

"But what is it aiming for? Chaos Phantoms appearing, and the Chaos Spawns, that came out of it, what is the end goal?" Rex threw a series of questions that popped into his mind. "Not a single incident like this has ever happened before"

Rex knew that Chaos was trying to awaken the Fourthborn, but how would it do that?

He has some guesses but he needed the real answer.

From the System's notifications, and description of the sudden quest back in the desert, Rex could say—that the Chaos Spawns were trying to thin the world's dimension. But that wasn't a strong answer as the world is robust with its awakening.

In order for Chaos to do that, they need an unbelievable amount of energy.

Something that Rex doubted would be gathered in the near future.

"Unfortunately, I don't know," Prof. K replied. "If it was really to awaken the Fourthborn, then I reckoned I could narrow my experiment. But to do that, I need full access—to the hosts, Your Majesty needs to give me that right"

"Who are these hosts you are talking about?" Rex asked.

He was still oblivious to who they were.

Prof. K answered with certainty, "Catherine and Radiel, both of them were the hosts"

"So be it, you have my permission," Rex nodded, he was confident in Prof. K's ability to crack this puzzle. "Linthia and her guards shall accompany you—lest those Angels try something. I gave you my permission, but don't go overboard on them"

"Both of them weren't our enemies," He added to make what he was saying clear.

Upon hearing this, Prof. K nodded and bowed, "I'll keep that in mind,"

"Your Majesty, I also have one more request"

"Say it."

"Giana... have you found it in your heart to forgive her for her grievous and painful sin?"

"It's not as simple as that. But let's see how she thought about this, let her talk on her own"

Having the attention pulled towards her, Giana stepped forward.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Your Majesty, I shall endure this for as long as you want. I will not waiver from this promise"

"What if I lifted the rune I engraved you and set you free right now?"

"E- Eh...? I would- erm... I would be happy?"

"Stop talking nonsense, your lie is as blatant as the moon in the night. Giana—you are one of humanity's pillars, your battle against me didn't change that. Remember who you are, do not, act like a troubled teen"

Giana clenched both of her fists.

She knew Prof. K was trying to help her as he had seen her in pain and stress multiple times.

But frankly speaking, she didn't need his help.

"I would feel awful if Your Majesty forgave me that quickly, I deserve it"

Rex smirked when he heard this, turning over to Prof. K who was shocked to his core.

"See, Prof. K? It's true that I branded the rune to torture her mind for what she did—but that turned out to be a path to help Giana, heal. The blood of millions of innocent lives, is pooled on her hands. I may be the one who killed them, but she was the root cause of it. She is still burdened by it"

Upon hearing this, Prof. K turned to Giana slowly, "G- Giana... is that true?"

In response, Giana only kept her gaze unwavering ahead.

"My negligence caused that tragedy, I should've suffered worse" She answered firmly.

Nodding his head firmly, Prof. K turned—to look at Rex once again with determination, "If that is the case, I'll shoulder that burden with her," He said, shocking Giana. "From the very start, I know Your Majesty was a Werewolf. I should've stationed some Black Hands but I didn't"

"Partly, it's also my mistake" Prof. K added.

Rex paused for a second, his expression stoic, but Mrs. Greene's face flashed in his mind.

"Okay, if that's the case I'll leave the Angel problem to both of you," He eventually nodded, it was not right to let his emotions guide him any longer. "Prof. K—I expected results from your experiment and Giana, I will talk with you later about your punishment but for now, see if you can find the infiltrator Angel"

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"Yes, Your Majesty!" Both of them answered in a union.