Chapter 27: Now this... Is Priapus
A Cryo Avatar. It was a technique Isaac developed while tinkering with his power.
In the past four years that he had been in this strange new world, seeing that he will soon run out of things to do, decided to tamper with things relating to his power.
This includes but is not limited to testing just how powerful he is.
Now, without a proper comparison, he truly can't compare his power with anything stronger than him.
Sure, if he were to meet another God, and they somehow fought, Isaac would gladly fight to test just how powerful his cryo control is.
In one instance, during the winter two years ago, he developed two great techniques.
The first one is the Cryo Avatar. While attempting to leave the mountain, an idea arose in Isaac's mind at that time.
'Puppets.'
He suddenly took inspiration from puppets. Puppets are widely known for being controlled by another person behind the scene of the stage.
So, Isaac invested lots of his time into trying to make the same effect.
And that is to form some sort of 'Puppet' or 'Avatar' for him to control without leaving the mountain.
And sure enough, after half a year, after many failures as well as improvements, it was finally done.
Isaac now has the ability to conjure up Cryo Avatars when he wants to leave the mountain.
All the things that the Cryo Avatar sees will be sent back to Isaac.
But of course, this comes with a few setbacks. Unfortunately, Isaac could not speak using it.
And a major one is that, like Isaac, the Avatar could only get so far.
After it leaves a certain parameter from Isaac, the Cryo Avatar would suddenly start fidgeting before dropping to the ground as if a puppet's strings had been cut.
And after a few moments, Isaac would completely lose control of the avatar and the latter would just simply melt away.
Now, the second technique he had developed with his power.
If the Cryo Avatar is more focused on scouting and leaving the mountain, then this one is more focused on... chaos.
Simply put, this technique was discovered on a whim.
While Isaac was fiddling around with his Cryo Control near the seaside located at the back of the mountain, he suddenly thought of something at that time that was quite ludicrous.
'Should I imitate a nuclear bomb?'
Although he thought of that at that time, he truly did not mean it. In the first place, he doesn't even know how a nuclear bomb works. He only knows the basic stuff like the nuclear fission and fusion which then causes a chain reaction that causes heat to rise up.
What he truly meant when he thought of that was the explosion itself. At that moment, Isaac wanted to imitate the same mushroom cloud-like explosion that the nuclear bombs did.
And so he did.
Spending a whole year working on it, he finally made the right cryo control to imitate the explosion.
Compressing high amounts of cryo energy as well as keeping it in a spherical shape for a while, Isaac would release it and it would detonate a few minutes after being released.
Of course, Isaac was not crazy enough to form giant explosions by the seaside. He only made small-scale explosions.
And sure enough, small-scale explosions happened.
A bluish mushroom cloud would rise from the sea after Isaac threw the compressed cryo ball into the ocean.
Needless to say, he was successful.
Now, Isaac has a technique that lets him form cryo bombs. As for how intense, that depends on how he wants it to be.
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"That is... you?" Moccus asked, looking at the Cryo Avatar standing still.
"Basically, yes." Isaac answered as he walked out of his chambers. Moccus soon followed.
Isaac walked down the spiral staircase, while Moccus took the elevator operated with a simple push-and-pull mechanism operated by the Snow Boars.
Arriving at the main hall, the two of them sat down on the two long couches that had a giant red carpet under them.
"It sure took the Conqueror of Demons a lot of time to take the bait..." Isaac sighed. "But when he finally did, he escaped."
"Why would you even deploy those whopperflowers in the first place then?" Moccus asked
Isaac shrugged. "For protection purposes. Who knows what might happen when facing against a thousand-year-old being such as the Conqueror of Demons."
Needless to say, this is partly due to Isaac's cautious nature. Even if the situation is in his favor, he would still not let his guard down.
Looking at Moccus, Isaac remembered something. "Oh yeah, I saw some Snow Boars going into the wilderness near the mountain and it looks like... They were making an area their new home?"
"Yes, it seems that my kind has finally decided to stop bearing the cold." Moccus said. "Although we Snow Boars are quite resistant towards the cold, it seems like some of us are getting tired of it."
"Is that so..." Isaac mumbled.
Sighing, Isaac stood up and walked towards the passage leading to the mountain's cavern.
Seeing him leave, Moccus got curious. "Where are you going now?"
"I'm gonna visit Priapus." Isaac answered.
"Priapus?" Moccus asked with confusion. "This is the first time I've heard of this, who are they?"
"Oh." Isaac stopped walking. "I guess I forgot to tell you... Sorry."
Getting a new idea, Isaac invited Moccus. "Well, since you still haven't met him, this is the best time to do so."
After saying this with a gesture, Isaac continued walking.
Moccus, who heard this, got curious and decided to follow him.
They walked through a narrow passageway. The floor, walls, and ceiling were well-polished and, of course, made of ice.
After a few minutes of walking, Moccus finally saw the end of the tunnel.
"This is the first time I've been here, how that I've thought about it." Moccus shared his thoughts
"Of course. This is, after all, a secret place for me and the Whopperflowers." Isaac replied
Moccus looked around and saw that some Cryo Whopperflowers were hanging around ice structures that were obviously made by Isaac.
The Whopperflowers saw Isaac and for some reason, they all felt happy and excited but did not dare to approach him.
Isaac and Moccus continued walking until the latter finally noticed something.
"Why are there a lot of vines on this part?" Moccus asked
Hearing him, Isaac looked at the blue vines that were scattered all over a wall. "Oh, that?"
Smiling, Isaac walked a bit more before turning around and opening his arms wide open. "This... Is Priapus."
Right after saying this, a giant whopperflower that was at least a dozen meters high started crawling from behind a rock formation that Isaac was standing in front of.
"This is..." Moccus was undeniably shocked at what he saw. "This is... That Whopperflower, isn't it?"
Obviously, Moccus was talking about the first Cryo Whopperflower he and Isac found.
"Yup, I moved him here so that he can turn to a Regisvine." Isaac proudly said. "His progress right now is still halfway. Though, it won't be too long for him to mature into one."
"What... Are your plans for him?" Moccus asked
Hearing this, Isaac smiled and shrugged. "Guess."
Of course, Moccus doesn't know what Isaac truly wanted to do with Priapus. But it all ultimately leads down to the safety of every living being that lives in and out of the mountain.
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