In the dream, he was a little silver moon deer. Within a few hours after he was born, he followed the herd of deer in the wilderness, staggering around to avoid wild wolves;
In the dream, he was a little feathered snake. Before he was born, he had been observing the world through the eggshell and listening to the sounds of nature;
In the dream, he gradually grew up and became a strong stag, becoming the king of the Silver Moon Deer Herd, leading and protecting the entire herd, charging forward, and being invincible to the wolves, leopards, and black bears in the wilderness;
In the dream, he was eating eggshells with relish, and a flexible tongue lovingly licked away the mucus on his body;
In the dream, he fell into the hands of a group of despicable natives, was caught by them, stuffed into a cage, and transported to a very, very far away place, where he met his current owner, a young man with a very good smell;
In the dream, his wings gradually changed from wet to dry, from weak to strong, and finally spread their wings and flew into the sky with a huge feathered snake;
In the dream, he followed his current owner through thousands of mountains and rivers, traveling, healing, purifying, and fighting;
In the dream, he soared in the forest, soared over the grassland, and glided along the air current in the valley;
In the dream, different voices called him: "Apa, take me to the medical center!" "Apa, it's time to eat!" "Apa, let's go! I beg you, run!"
In the dream, the mountains were calling his name, and birds, beasts, snakes and insects, indigenous people, and all kinds of creatures offered him awe and worship:
"Kuraka! Kulaka! Young son of the God of Life! Bless us! Bless us!"
who is he?
Who is he himself?
Appa didn't know. He only knew that a huge danger was coming, an unprecedented terror was coming——
"boom!"
Two strong beasts collided together. The muscles were trembling, electricity was flying, sharp pain pierced the chest, and exploded crazily in the body. Collision, explosion, tearing everything apart!
"boom!"
Thunder descended from the sky. Scorching balls of light, blazing flames, and invisible yet extremely powerful fluctuations tore apart everything.
He saw the mountains falling, the trees rolling down, the feathers covering the sky on the feathered serpent tearing apart, and blood pouring down like a torrential rain...
He saw the beasts charging towards the valley, and he saw the trees and moss moving quickly, but he rushed into endless fire and thunder...
He saw someone walking towards him. They were creatures that looked similar to the natives who worshiped him, but looked a little different. Their bodies contained a power that made him tremble...
That is, human beings...
Before the great pain came and his consciousness fell into darkness, his last thought was: Humans are so strong... I also want to become a human...
I also want to be a human being. Apa thought silently in the chaotic conflict of consciousness. I can still be a Silver Moon Deer, and I am still willing to carry my master and run, but I also want to be a human being...
At a certain moment in life, you become a human... Only by becoming a human can you become as strong as those people and can you guide the power of moonlight and lightning...
Grete sat next to the Silver Moon Deer, stroking its neck with a look of panic. Appa's four legs were bent under his body, and his slender neck was bent so low that it was almost inserted into the soil.
The back, chest, thighs, every muscle is beating, and even the bones are rattling!
It was as if a pair of invisible giant hands were wrapped around its body, kneading it into a ball, roughly taking it apart, and then reassembling it at will. Pulling the bones, kneading the muscles, tearing the fascia...
What happened to it?
What's happening?
Gretel tried to put his mental power into Silver Moon Deer's body. Different from when he was treated before, this time, his mental power felt a more chaotic and explosive change:
In Apa's body, the original fragmented magic power revolves around the core of the beast crystal, constantly rotating, merging, and emitting thin explosions.
Together with its body, bones, muscles, and internal organs, they are all pulled by these magic powers, constantly trembling and changing.
As soon as Gretel's mental power got closer and he wanted to explore it carefully, he was either swallowed up or rejected by these powers. If he wanted to figure out what happened, neither his mental power nor his experience could do anything about it.
Do it.
"Elder! Elder Fahim!" Grete guarded Appa and did not dare to move, so he could only shout loudly. Bernard ran out to find someone, and just two steps away, there was a huge earthquake that was close to a sonic boom outside.
The earth trembles and the mountains shake——
Serila rushed out directly!
"It's coming, it's coming! Don't delay! Ouch!" In a moment, the silver dragon girl dragged or almost carried Elder Fahim and ran over with a rumble.
He ran closer and closer, but his steps were as light as one step at a time, for fear of disturbing Appa. He just stretched out one arm, supported Elder Fahim, and moved forward quickly.
Elder Fahim was panting, his legs were swaying rapidly, and his beard was all messed up:
"Wait! Wait! Ouch... let me see, let me see how the little guy is doing..."
The "little guy" was running around in a hurry. In just a minute or two, his mental energy was almost gone:
Around Apa, an invisible whirlwind of elements blew up, and it was like a hard shell made of elements appeared, resisting all exploration from the outside world.
Inside the shell, Appa curled up into a ball, twitching slightly from time to time. His skin cracked and bleeds, but the bleeding quickly stopped and healed. This side had just healed, but there were a few more wounds there...
"Elder——"
When Grete saw Elder Fahim, it was as if he had seen a savior. His eyes lit up and he was about to pounce on him. When his toes stepped on the ground, his whole body leaned forward, and then he leaned back with all his strength, struggling to stop:
"Elder, look at Appa quickly! What's wrong with Appa!"
Before the treatment started, he read all the information given by the elders, discussed it with the elders, and simulated all possible accidents.
Whether it was that the scattered forces failed to be fully redirected, or that these forces conflicted with the new core, or that Apa suddenly started to advance again... he was mentally prepared and had a treatment plan.
But now, Apa's situation does not fit any of the conditions. He has never seen him like this before!
"Well... don't be anxious, don't be anxious."
Elder Fahim first pressed his palms in the direction of Grete.
A soft and quiet wave of power swept through, and Gretel couldn't help but fall back to his original position. From body to mind, he felt a lot quieter, not as panicked and anxious as before. It's okay, he thought, the elder has already arrived, it should be
It's fine……
The method of casting this soothing spell is really calm and peaceful, without any anger at all!
After comforting Gretel, Elder Fahim stroked his white beard and looked at Appa. At the first glance, his face was slightly solemn; at the second glance, his eyes were focused; at the third glance, he lowered his eyes slightly, and his mental power quickly covered it...
"Ah, that's it." After observing carefully for a long time, and even circling Appa three times in a row, Elder Fahim finally relaxed his frown. He patted Gretel on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, it's a good thing. - This is a rare opportunity for Appa. He is really lucky."
Gretel looked at the elder longingly. Lucky? Being so painful and looking so dangerous, do you call it lucky?
"Apa is about to transform." The elder smiled and looked at the Silver Moon Deer, whose muscles and bones were constantly twitching and deforming in the elemental shell:
"Among all the monsters, only a very small part can transform into a form with a higher level of life and closer to the original form. As long as the transformation is completed, Apa can not only quickly advance to level 12 or 13
, the passage to the Half-Step Legend is thus opened.”
"But...what will it look like?"
Gretel was at a loss. The transformation of magical beasts was really beyond the scope of his knowledge. What could the magical beasts of this world transform into?
Snake turns into dragon?
Tigers and leopards become flying tigers?
As for the deer, what can the Silver Moon Deer turn into? A unicorn? A unicorn?
——No matter which route, the body proportions remain the same. Why are Apa's four legs, shoulders, and neck twitching so badly?
Elder Fahim also fell silent. He observed Appa carefully for a while and then said hesitantly:
"Generally speaking, silver moon deer develop in the direction of unicorns or moon god deer. But depending on Appa's situation, his transformation may be a rarer situation——"
What?
Grete leaned forward, clenched his fists, and pressed them firmly on his knees. Bernard was breathing heavily, and even Cerela subconsciously pricked up her ears. The ground beside her long pointed ears "brushed"
A pair of membranes unfolded:
"What has it become?"
"...maybe, turning into human form..."
"Huh!"
"ah!"
"Is Apa going to turn into a human form? What kind of human form? A child? A teenager? An adult? It can't be wrong, it can become a girl, right?"
Cerela's eyes widened, and a series of questions burst out, asking Elder Fahim dumbfounded. He looked at Grete, who was still staring at the Silver Moon Deer in deep thought with a worried face, and then turned to the Silver Dragon Girl:
"It is unlikely that he will become a girl... After all, Apa is also a stag, so he will naturally be guided and will not distort his gender inexplicably. As for whether he is an adult or a child..."
He pondered some:
"Apa is already an adult. Generally speaking, the result of transformation will be an adult. However, if the strength is not enough..."
Cerira glanced at Gretel quickly. It was obvious that Cerera would never forget the scene when Gretel practiced transformation for the first time and turned into a baby silver dragon...
"...Or, the beast crystal it transplanted came from a young monster, or it could turn into a child or teenager out of his own will."
"Would it be dangerous to turn into human form?"
Grete's brows tightened even more. After getting the answer, he looked at Appa with a new look, and sure enough he found that its muscles and bones were changing regularly:
The limbs lengthened and shortened; the neck shortened; the skull changed from long to rounded, and the upper and lower jaws retracted; the shoulder blades, clavicle, pelvis, limb joints, every part was changing in the direction he was familiar with.
Change once, then change back; change once more, then change back again...
"How can I help him?"
Elder Fahim wanted to say, "You can't do anything to help him." After thinking about it and looking at Grete's anxious face, he retracted his words before he spoke. He considered it and said slowly:
"Don't worry, Appa is a good boy and will naturally protect him. If you are worried about him, you can gather more natural power to support his transformation this time..."
Although the energy of the beast crystal is already quite huge, if it cannot hold it, no matter how much natural power you gather, it may not be useful. This suggestion is more of a comfort to yourself than it is to help Appa.
more.
Elder Fahim thought this, but when he saw that Grete had already drawn out the oak staff and poked it on the ground without hesitation, he stopped saying the next words. After thinking about it, he added:
"If you can, you can try to establish a mental connection with it to help it stay sane - or, at least, don't let it suffer so much that it spirals into madness and confusion. Feeling the process of its changes will also have benefits for yourself.
benefit……"
"Thank you!"
Gretel nodded heavily and immediately stepped forward. He half-knelt on the ground, holding the oak staff tightly with both hands, and tentatively extended his mental power forward to touch Appa's consciousness:
"Appa! Appa!"
"Where are you? How are you doing now?"
"Don't worry...don't be afraid...I'm here..."
His spiritual power, which he thought was very condensed, still seemed extremely thin and fragile in the face of the violent whirlwind of elements, like a small boat churning on the angry sea.
Fortunately, the peaceful and peaceful power of nature has been summoned in large numbers, seeping into the elemental shell around Appa, smoothing its waves bit by bit, and protecting Gretel bit by bit as he moves forward:
Finally, in the long darkness, a faint light flashed. Gretel's consciousness was linked to a very, very far away place, a weak, already somewhat confused consciousness:
"It hurts so much... It hurts so much... It hurts so much..."
"Am I going to die..."
"who I am……"
"Appa! Appa, hold on!"
Gretel worked hard to pour his spirit into it. The moment the spirit power was connected, the overwhelming pain made him twitch involuntarily. The hand holding the oak staff almost peeled off a layer of bark on the staff.
"ah!"
Cerela shouted worriedly from behind, and as soon as her body moved, she was about to rush over and drag Gretel away. A figure flashed in front of her, and Elder Fahim had stopped in front of her, grabbed her wrist, and his old palm was firm
Like steel:
"Don't disturb him! You can't disturb him now, otherwise, there will be problems for both of you!"
Cerira stopped urgently. After thinking about it, she walked up to Gretel's back in small steps, knelt down half-kneeling, spread her arms to hug him, and put her face on Gretel's shoulder.
Gretel felt nothing about this gentle and warm hug at this time. His forehead was sweating profusely, and the muscles on his body were beating wildly. He just instinctively concentrated all his energy and shouted to Appa over and over again:
"Apa! Don't worry! Hold on, hold on, leave everything to nature! Nature will protect you!"
The power of nature is surging.
The connection of spiritual power is like a thin thread that never goes out in the roaring waves, or like a lighthouse that never goes out in the storm.
Gretel struggled to support himself. He felt the compression and stretching of every bone and the twitching of every muscle in Apa's body; the power of elements and the changes in the force of nature seemed to penetrate directly through every cell of his body.
It hurts so much, so hard... How many levels does this pain have... Level ten? Level eleven?
For a long time, a "pop" sound suddenly sounded in his ears, as if the whole person was squeezed out of the dark tunnel. Gretel's whole body felt light, and when he opened his eyes, he heard Serela's joyous cry:
"Apa! You have successfully transformed!"
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So Apa’s new form is a human-like upper body and a deer-like lower body with four legs?
Or a complete human form?
Is it a child, a teenager, or an adult?
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