"The Comb-Bone Demon Conch is not a creature of this world."
When the strange conch inside the Ghost-Screaming Fish King finally erupted, Dago obtained some fragmented scraps of information and learned that the Comb-Bone Demon Conch was a creature from another world.
This creature fed on the souls of the dead and could unleash terrifying sound waves.
In the fragmented memory images Dago received, these demon conch creatures had once ruled an entire world. Any being capable of ruling a whole world could not possibly be simple.
The strange conches now living in the Verdant Glow Abyss were far from true Comb-Bone Demon Conches. At most, they were defective products with a trace of Comb-Bone Demon Conch bloodline.
That was why they could only survive by Parasitism within Ghost-Screaming Fish. The true Comb-Bone Demon Conch's talent for converting ghostly power into terrifying sound waves had also degenerated into drawing upon the host's vitality. Though it could likewise unleash terrifying sonic attacks, after a single burst, it would be unable to withstand the recoil and die.
The Conch King Dago had seen at the end possessed a fairly decent bloodline concentration. Its shell even bore the wronged souls of the ancient sea race, and remnants of its ancestors' memories still remained within its body.
That was also why Dago had been able to obtain the rune pattern before him from it.
Perhaps it had not originally been like this, but to a wizard, runes were the best language for interpreting all things.
"A bloodline-impure Comb-Bone Demon Conch's talent changed from drawing ghostly power for a burst to drawing vitality for a burst. Yet for me, it could not be more suitable."
The Comb-Bone Demon Conch's method of drawing life force for explosive power was incomparably more sophisticated than the technique Dago