Neuvillette frowned slightly, looking at Yuto, who was pale and spoke with a weak voice, and asked with some concern:
"Are you... alright? Do you want to rest for a bit before continuing?"
Yuto gently waved his hand, signaling Neuvillette not to worry about him.
"This is the result of using a monster that has nothing but instinct as a test subject. Even confirming information... is a bit too exhausting."
Hearing this, Neuvillette nodded thoughtfully, then, as if suddenly remembering something, asked with some uncertainty:
"But if that's the case... how will you determine that the Hydro Eidolon I summon later is the same Oceanid as before?"
"As you said, they are just monsters; they don't speak, and you can't tell much from their skills and combat."
In response, Yuto simply smiled slightly, then said with confidence:
"Do you remember the Abyss power I used when we first arrived here?"
Neuvillette nodded, not speaking.
"Actually, drawing the magic circle didn't require that much Abyss power. I just wanted it to remember that sense of fear in its last moments of consciousness."
"Later, when you present that crab using the Hydro Eidolon's vessel, the rest... leave it to me."
Hearing this, Neuvillette stared blankly at the smiling Yuto in front of him, feeling for a moment that he was a bit... too terrifying.
What kind of person would silently make all arrangements, then secretly keep quiet, only selectively revealing some information after being asked?
Thinking of this, Neuvillette gently shook his head, casting aside the somewhat terrifying thought that had just arisen in his mind, and then said:
"If that's the case... then I'll start?"
Yuto nodded silently, then sat down on the grass as if giving up, quietly watching Neuvillette's actions.
Anyway, it was just the two of them in this place, so he didn't need to worry about his so-called 'Assistant Administrator's image.'
At this moment, Neuvillette slowly closed his eyes, and a light blue radiance naturally emerged in his hand, then enveloped the crystal block he held.
Whoosh—
Accompanied by the sound of surging waves in Yuto's ears, circles of watery light bands already intertwined around Neuvillette.
However, compared to the pure light blue from before... the light blue bands surrounding Neuvillette were somewhat tinged with purplish-black.
That was power from the Abyss.
However, based on Yuto's usual habits... the fundamental reason he dared to let Neuvillette come into contact with Abyss power was that he had enough backup plans.
Furthermore, these powers originated from him, so to Yuto, these powers, which seemed like deadly poison to others, were like docile kittens, posing no threat.
Looking at the sea-blue light bands tinged with purplish-black, Yuto gently sighed, then muttered in a low voice:
"I'll still do a check later, just in case of any other mishaps."
And just as Yuto was contemplating how to deal with the potentially troublesome Abyss power later, Neuvillette had already made new progress.
Unlike the last time he used water element resonance by the pond in Beryl Region to search for Yuto's whereabouts,
At this moment, Neuvillette possessed a completely different method of exploration.
His complete authority over water element allowed him to flexibly control 'water element,' and this included the Primordial Sea.
At this moment, he had fully immersed his consciousness into the Primordial Sea, using the 'colored crystal block' specially treated by Yuto to search for the crab's trace.
Driven by the characteristic mark, Neuvillette easily aggregated the marked consciousness fragments within the Primordial Sea, then withdrew his consciousness.
Almost at the same time, the colored crystal block in Neuvillette's hand, which had been tinged with some Abyss power, seemed to have been purified by something, instantly turning light blue
—it even lost its original blue-green color.
Neuvillette nodded slightly, looking at the changing colored crystal block in his hand.
Having fully mastered the authority over water element, he could naturally sense the faint vital essence emanating from this crystal.
"What should I do next?"
Neuvillette said as he handed the crystal to Yuto, seemingly wanting him to examine it and then assign the next task.
But Yuto did not directly take the crystal; instead, he carefully probed Neuvillette's body with the Abyss power within himself.
After he confirmed that there was no residual Abyss power in Neuvillette's body, he let out a long breath.
"Phew... good, just as I thought, the intensity of those powers wasn't enough to leave any residue in your body."
A smile appeared on Yuto's face, but against his somewhat sickly pale complexion... it truly looked a bit terrifying.
"...Are you alright? If not, you can rest for a bit first."
Neuvillette asked with some concern.
Yuto shook his head once more, then said:
"First, use your power to create a Hydro Eidolon's body, and then try using this core as the main source."
"After all, Abyss power is difficult for most people to control. We might need more experimental results to lead to a better outcome."
Hearing this, Neuvillette nodded slightly, then, as before, summoned a small amount of Seawater.
The water mass slowly condensed in the air, and Neuvillette gently placed the blue crystal block in his hand into the Seawater, waiting for a miracle to appear.
Almost the instant the crystal block was completely engulfed by the Seawater, the Seawater detached from Neuvillette's control and began to deform and rotate irregularly, finally forming the shape of a crab.
Looking at the Hydro Eidolon gradually landing, Yuto smiled faintly and then lightly snapped his fingers.
Snap—
With a crisp sound, a purplish-black light mass, neither particularly strong nor weak, appeared in Yuto's hand.
And the moment that light mass appeared, the Hydro Eidolon, which had its eyes tightly closed, instantly opened them and began to frantically move its legs
—as if it had seen something incredibly terrifying.
Indeed, in this crab's memory, it had only glimpsed that purplish-black light mass before its consciousness completely plunged into darkness.
This situation... was not much different from death.
However, before this experimental crab could take a few steps, its body began to grotesquely twist and deform, eventually... bursting into countless water splashes.
Looking at the falling water splashes, Yuto sighed softly and murmured in a low voice:
"It seems... I still have to rely on Abyss power..."
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