Chapter 365: Black Giant Priest
"Priest?"
Benjamin's first reaction upon hearing the Black Giant Chieftain's report was surprise.
The Black Giants were biological weapons he had personally designed and modified. Their core requirements were stability and controllability.
Although he had endowed them with extremely high intelligence, combat power, and growth potential, everything should have remained within the framework he had established.
The spontaneous emergence of a mutation like a "priest," a role clearly inclined toward society and culture, should theoretically never have occurred.
But that bewilderment lasted only a brief instant before Benjamin's gaze instinctively shifted beyond the laboratory window—though he could not see it, his perception clearly captured the Incense Divinity Path network that covered the entire Purgatory Sulfur Plane, operating slowly yet steadfastly.
"That's it—the Incense Divinity Path." He murmured, a flash of realization passing through his eyes.
The core of the Incense Divinity Path was guiding faith, gathering the power of civilization, and transforming the mundane into the divine.
It affected not merely energy, but also subtly influenced the intelligent beings within it.
As the only current inhabitants of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane—and the "core residents" recognized by the Incense Divinity Path—the Black Giant race inevitably received feedback from and was shaped by this force even as they provided faith and Mortal Aura.
The birth of a priest was precisely a qualitative leap brought about when this feedback accumulated to a certain degree—they were beginning to evolve from pure combat weapons into a complete civilized race capable of building social structures and producing culture and faith.
"Let's go take a look." Benjamin suppressed the turbulence in his heart and spoke to the Black Giant Chieftain.
Benjamin had become interested in this matter. He needed to witness this historic moment with his own eyes.
Following the chieftain, Benjamin