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I'll Surpass The MC – Chapter 39: Cthulhu’s Excitement

Chapter 39: Cthulhu’s Excitement

“I understand your plan better now.” Grehha nodded.

“I told you pretty much everything,” Inala pointed at Grehha, “It’s time you reveal your plans too. There’s a reason you’ve chosen the Mud Vipers, right?”

“Fine,” After a moment of thought, Grehha stared at Inala, “But, do you understand the implications if I were to show you my plan?”

“By revealing our plans to each other, we’re placing our weakness in each other’s hands,” Grehha said.

“I know that,” Inala stared at him calmly, “Isn’t that why I told you my plan already? Stop wasting my time and out with it.”

‘I understand.’ Grehha was able to glean better into Inala’s nature, ‘He has probed enough that he’s aware he could gain tremendously from me through this transaction. That’s why he has revealed his plans without hesitation.’

‘Wait!’ He shuddered upon thinking of their first interaction. It was Inala that shouted to get Grehha’s help in closing the entrance to the academy’s shelter during the First Minor Crisis.

It was from there that their partnership began. ‘He already had a grasp of my character to bet on me. And in the name of a transaction, he refined Mud Viper Tonic for free for a month.’

That transaction was due to Grehha giving Inala a Mud Viper. But after the transfer, Grehha had no way to ask Inala to uphold his end of the deal. They hadn’t notarised the deal after all. Moreover, Inala gained nothing from refining Mud Viper Tonic for him daily.

Instead, he expended his Prana to do so. There was no benefit in keeping up his end of the deal, since if he holed himself in his room, it would be a blow to Grehha.

Without the Mud Viper Tonic, Grehha wouldn’t have been able to raise the Mud Viper eggs, train, or do anything worthwhile. That one move would have crippled all his plans. But despite everything, Inala refined Mud Viper Tonic for him daily, without shirking away from his responsibility even once.

He always complained but never acted against him.

Leading to the current event, Grehha was terrified of this individual named Inala, ‘Did he show his goodwill just to lay the groundwork for today?’

The groundwork began the moment Inala called out for Grehha’s help. And by showing his favour during the past month, Inala indeed built a positive image of himself in Grehha’s mind. If not for that, Grehha wouldn’t have been willing to disclose his secrets.

“…Since when?” Grehha stared at Inala and asked, “How did you know that I would come to possess a valuable secret and would be willing to share it with you?”

“I’ll tell you after you reveal your secret.” Inala smiled.

“Alright,” Grehha brought out the Ovum and spoke, “This was my target from the start. When I touched it, the Empyrean Tusk was able to converse with me. She called me her son, despite knowing everything about me.”

Tertiary Nature—Empyrean Incubator!

“To the Empyrean Tusk, we Mammoth Clansmen are like a Bone Slip. All information about us is available for the Empyrean Tusk to access. So, she already knows of us hailing from Earth and whatever we set out to do.” Grehha said, “But what was puzzling was that she used her powers to fuse this Ovum to me and made it my Tertiary Nature.”

“Tertiary Nature,” Inala nodded, “That’s terrifying. Even Resha only gained it at the endgame.”

Grehha then explained about his Tertiary Nature, “I plan to use the Empyrean Incubator to infuse the Empyrean Tusk’s essence into a Mud Viper egg and create a mutant egg. Once it mutates, the egg would at least be at the Silver Grade.”

Mud Vipers might be Iron Grade Pranic Beast. But when they fuse with the powers of a Gold Grade Pranic Beast, the result would at least be a Silver Grade Pranic Beast.

“I plan to refine as many successful eggs as possible. By collating the data, I’ll do my best to increase the result as high as possible in the Silver Grade.” Grehha said, “And if time permits, I hope to refine the Gold Grade Mud Viper egg. But I’m not sure if that’s possible before the First Major Disaster starts.”

“Even otherwise, using the Empyrean Incubator, I can refine myself.” He continued, “It might take significantly longer than if I succeeded in these eleven months, but I have confidence in improving my Pranic Beast Grade to Gold eventually.”

“But, why a Mud Viper?” Inala asked, “That’s what I’m wondering about. Other than that, your plans are more or less similar to mine.”

“Individual strength doesn’t work against the Boar King.” Grehha sighed, “If even Resha failed, I won’t be foolish enough to claim I could be better. This past month, I could clearly feel how gifted he is towards combat. Therefore, I chose the only other method.”

“Swarm tactics.” He concluded. “It’s the easiest to raise the number of Mud Vipers. They have the fastest maturity rate. And with my Ovum, I can make them vastly more terrifying than a common Mud Viper.”

“That’s rather straightforward.” Inala could guess Grehha’s thoughts. The 44th Empyrean Tusk was a Gold Grade Pranic Beast, one whose individual strength lay at the top of Sumatra. But even it was overwhelmed by a Mud Viper nest.

Had it stumbled upon two Mud Viper nests, it would have been surely killed. For a young Empyrean Tusk at its prime, at most four Mud Viper nests would be necessary to kill it.

Therefore, as long as Grehha had enough of a swarm under his control, he could kill even the Boar King. That was his plan.

“That’s why I revealed my secrets to you, Grehha.” Inala smirked, “I too am proceeding in the same route. That’s why I’ll become a Zinger Queen.”

“Now, tell me.” Grehha asked, “How did you trust that I’ll come to possess such secrets?” 𝓞𝑽𝗅xt.𝒸𝚘𝔪

“It’s simple,” Inala grinned, “Remember when that Cthulhu gathered us?”

“I do,” Grehha nodded.

“Back then, weren’t you the most confident among us all in claiming to be better than Resha?” Inala grinned, “You’re green.”

“Yes, I was confident.” Grehha nodded, “But it could have just been a boast…”

“You see,” Inala coughed awkwardly, “In the negative review I left, I bashed his mom. So, when we met, the Cthulhu beat me to a pulp. That made me realise he’s as emotional as a teenager. Therefore, I was observing him all along.”

“When he gathered us all, his heads multiplied from one to six. And each head faced one of us respectively.” Inala said, “For every statement we said, the respective head facing us reacted, even if all the heads spoke in unison. Since it could read our minds, that mild facial reaction indicated whether or not it believed our claims.”

He stared at Grehha and grinned, “I clearly remember its expression at your boast. Even though it was subtle, it was an emotion of…”

“Excitement.”

Chapter end

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Catalogue
Chapter 1: Challenge Accepted
Chapter 2: Sumatra Continent
Chapter 3: The Main Character Expresses Animosity
Chapter 4: First Love Interest
Chapter 5: A Bold, Daring Move
Chapter 6: Surviving The First Minor Crisis
Chapter 7: Extorting The Regressor
Chapter 8: Elixir Condensation
Chapter 9: Live as a Cultivator
Chapter 10: Spirit Container
Chapter 11: Puppetry
Chapter 12: Inala’s Comedy Troupe
Chapter 13: The Simp Breaks Free
Chapter 14: Meeting Granny Oyo
Chapter 15: Spirit Reinforcement Skill
Chapter 16: Domination and Being Dominated
Chapter 17: Storage Lantern
Chapter 18: Ennoudu Plains
Chapter 19: Sneak Attack in the Clouds
Chapter 20: Resha Kills Inala
Chapter 21: Resha Vs Virala
Chapter 22: Resha Suffers a Major Loss
Chapter 23: The Regressor Despairs
Chapter 24: Mammoth Fair
Chapter 25: Inala’s Portraits
Chapter 26: Self-Advertisements
Chapter 27: Yennda Succeeds
Chapter 28: Mud Viper Egg Seller
Chapter 29: My Son, Grehha
Chapter 30: Empyrean Incubator
Chapter 31: Resha Infiltrates
Chapter 32: The Empyrean Tusk’s Heart
Chapter 33: Portrait Popularity
Chapter 34: Virala’s Grand Scheme
Chapter 35: Imagination Art
Chapter 36: Worthy of Living
Chapter 37: Inala\/Grehha
Chapter 38: Planning for the Endgame
Chapter 39: Cthulhu’s Excitement
Chapter 40: Constructive and Destructive Greed
Chapter 41: Entering the Dieng Canyon
Chapter 42: Temporary Instructor
Chapter 43: Official Entry
Chapter 44: Catch!
Chapter 45: Puppetry and Shape Memory
Chapter 46: Mandu’s Lifelong Regret
Chapter 47: Inala Cries
Chapter 48: Lady Mother 43rd
Chapter 49: Imagination Art—Defeat
Chapter 50: Striking a Deal
Chapter 51: Granny Oyo Chides Ruvva
Chapter 52: Primary Extortion Skill
Chapter 53: Ruvva Takes Charge
Chapter 54: Blola’s Path
Chapter 55: Imprint Acceptance Skill
Chapter 56: Mystic Skill Creator
Chapter 57: Asaeya’s Death Sentence
Chapter 58: Grim Knell
Chapter 59: First Disciple
Chapter 60: Deriving the Bone Slip Skill
Chapter 61 A Leap of Desperation
Chapter 62 Inala Faints, Mandu Rages
Chapter 63 Mandu Kills a Master
Chapter 64 Unhinged
Chapter 65 Spirit Moss Cultivator
Chapter 66 Parute Seed
Chapter 67 Duvara’s Mistake
Chapter 68 Prime Skills
Chapter 69 Shock Rail
Chapter 70 The Madman, Blola
Chapter 71 Blola Becomes an Empyrean Tusk
Chapter 72 A Dying Gannala
Chapter 73 Two Reasons for an Accelerated Death
Chapter 74 First Major Disaster Starts
Chapter 75 Zinger Queen Egg
Chapter 76 43rd Settlement’s Trump Card
Chapter 77 Becoming the Grim Knell
Chapter 78 Background of the Major Disaster
Chapter 79 Talking to Gannala
Chapter 80 Kill the Baby
Chapter 81 The Queen’s Arrival
Chapter 82 Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Natures
Chapter 83 War Against the Zingers
Chapter 84 Newborn Deity
Chapter 85 Gannala Falls
Chapter 86 Grehha Sabotages Yennda
Chapter 87 Sneaky as Always
Chapter 88 Ruvva Activates Primary Extortion
Chapter 89 Secondary Nature of Weaponisation
Chapter 90 The Boar King arrives!
Chapter 91 Empyrean Tusks Vs Boar King (Part 1)
Chapter 92 Empyrean Tusks Vs Boar King (Part 2)
Chapter 93 Grehha Reveals the Truth
Chapter 94 Resha Vs Boar King
Chapter 95 Swarming the Boar King
Chapter 96 Sacrifice\/Murder
Chapter 97 Varahan Enclave
Chapter 98 Empyrean Boar’s Curse
Chapter 99 Tertiary Nature—Cultivator!
Chapter 100 Brangara Gets Captured
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