I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 191: Previous version was diluted

It actually hadn't been that long since he broke through.

Eryndor's memory was hazy as a lot of events had taken place, but as far as he knew, it should be less than a week.

Going from breaking through to initial stage seven to breaking through to mid stage seven in under a week.

Eryndor knew it was fast by the standards of the world, but it felt like he could've gone faster if he had been more diligent.

The question now was if he should switch to second form.

Concluding from my experiments, no one other than the ones in vicinity would be able to sense my second form, I can absolutely go in the woods with the excuse of peeing or something and check it out there since the tents are close by here.

There was a reason why he felt like it was safe to switch to his second form now.

Team Yetoren had left.

He hadn't forgotten how they were specifically here for a strong anomaly.

They would of course have treasures or Mystical Artifacts capable of detecting him if he switched to second form, which was in essence closer to an eldritch to a human.

Eldritch were still classified under anomalies.

Wait, that shouldn't be true if what Daoisto said is true.

He remembered Daoisto saying that Eldritch was a title given to those standing at the peak of the ninth realm.

He never said it was specifically for anomalies, or for the people who climbed to the ninth realm through the eight power systems.

Wait, now I also know that all power systems and anomalies go up till the ninth realm. Hopefully that is.

If the Eldritch are the strongest beings and they stand at the peak of the ninth realm, it should be the last realm.

Well, Eryndor already had an inkling there would be nine or ten realms, because that's how it went in the novels he read.

Wait, I am going astray once again.

He redirected his thought process.

According to Daoisto, the title 'Eldritch' can be given to anyone who stands at the peak of the ninth realm regardless of their power system.

That aside, he was also thinking of the points as to why it was safe for him to switch to his second form now.

Team Yetoren have left, and all that plot regarding Daoisto and Co-founder Morris has also been dealt with.

He took a look around his tent with his extended vision and took a deep breath.

Might as well do it.

Exiting his tent, he gestured to Valentina that he was heading out to pee, and ran a short distance away.

He didn't really need to go far away since the effect range of the second form was quite small, no one would've sensed him, but he had just let Valentina know that he was going out to pee.

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Wouldn't stopping in the range of her surveillance skill send the wrong message?

I mean, she won't really peak if I really decide to pee, but no, let's not take the risk.

It wasn't that Eryndor was ashamed, but he didn't want to send the wrong signal.

Finally, he stopped when he was sure that he was no longer in Valentina's range.

He covered some distance more considering Valentina's true realm, and some more after assuming that she might not have exposed her entire realm.

Phew, this much should do.

Immediately, he thought of himself as an Eldritch, which switched him to his second form in no time.

No sooner than he switched to his second form did he see a drastic difference from last time.

Yes, all the black smoke might've really enhanced my second form.

Eryndor could distinctly feel how muted his emotions had become.

This is bad in a way.

His Eldritch form's previous state was bad enough. One of the reasons he had never constantly used this form was because of such suppression of his emotions.

It was almost like it conditioned him to not use his emotions.

But now? It was even worse.

Not to mention that his emotions were suppressed to the rock bottom, with barely any fluctuation, he also felt a few foreign thoughts creeping in.

They weren't powerful enough to the point of dominating his mind, but he feared that if his will wasn't enough he would one day be influenced by those thoughts.

All of them were along the following lines:

Principles are shackles forged by those afraid to act.

A clear mind is one unclouded by morality.

Precision achieves results. Empathy hinders precision.

Eryndor cancelled his second form, gasping deeply, as if suddenly incredibly grateful to be a human once again.

Was that all the Eldritch form had to offer?

No, Eryndor also felt a drastic increase in his senses and reaction speed.

It was as if his Eldritch form was made for battle. For cold hard effectiveness over everything.

To employ absolute rationality and win the war through a battle of wits.

Eryndor could only say that the previous version of the Eldritch form was a diluted version of the current one.

In the previous one, he could at least keep his thoughts intact.

Here? It was possible, but difficult.

Not to mention withstanding the constant brainwashing, every moment in that form made him think how inefficient his human form had been.

It made him reconsider everything and always employ absolute efficiency in everything, even if he were to walk.

Sure, he felt like he could override those instincts to walk however he wanted, but would he truly be able to keep resisting it?

The constant brainwashing through external thoughts.

The constant need to be efficient in every action.

A complete suppression of emotions.

An overwhelming need to consider and view each and every aspect through the lens of absolute rationality.

It was just too much.

Would I even be able to switch back to my human form if I stayed in my Eldritch form for too long?

Unfortunately, Eryndor realized almost fearfully that he couldn't answer the question.