Strongest Hammer God novel Chapter 996

Kyle told the other two about what he had seen.

"This is impossible!" Star Genesis shouted with surprise and shock.

Sebastian remained quiet as he fell into thought.

"Yeah, but I saw it myself," Kyle said. "I know what I saw."

"Are you sure?" Star Genesis asked. "What if the Beast Core simply transforms into more lightning later?"

"And what if it doesn't?" Sebastian asked, looking at his Elemental. "I did something similar."

Star Genesis instinctively wanted to protest, but she realized that she might be wrong. This was a problem when somebody knew a lot about a topic. If someone knew enough about a field of science that their predictions were 99% accurate, they would become confident in their knowledge.

However, Star Genesis had already been humbled by Sebastian before. Even though she couldn't imagine how something like this could work, she also admitted that she might simply not know enough.

"Is this similar to how you made your Elemental?" Star Genesis asked.

"Yes, but it's not exactly the same," Sebastian said. "In fact, what I've done is much harder. I had to rewrite my Spirit, which exists in a completely different plane of existence. Changing my Spirit took far more Energy, and the battle was much longer and more dangerous."

"A Demon's Spirit is inside its Beast Core. Changing it should be much easier. With enough talent and willpower, a Demon could technically change their Beast Core to work with a specific Element."

Sebastian took a deep breath. "I think I know what's going on here."

The other two looked at Sebastian, waiting for his explanation.

"An Elemental with a Beast Core technically has access to an object that accommodates consciousness. If it uses that object, the Elemental could technically develop its own consciousness, giving it a personality, desires, and control. The Beast Core would also increase its power by quite a bit, giving it an edge over other Elementals in battle."

"Technically?" Kyle asked with a raised brow.

"Exactly, technically," Sebastian answered. "The issue is that an Elemental already has a consciousness, albeit a very simple one. The consciousness of a normal beast can't compare to the consciousness of a normal human, but in the same way, the consciousness of a normal Elemental can't compare to the consciousness of a normal beast."

"You can view it as hardware and software. The three different levels of consciousness all have different levels of hardware and software. If you were to give a beast a human brain, would it start thinking like a human?"

"The answer is no. The beast's hardware has been upgraded, but it still runs its own software. It still follows its instincts because that's what most beasts do. You have to start thinking and questioning things to change your software, and that doesn't happen. Therefore, a beast with a human brain would not act any differently from a beast with a normal brain, except that it might become a bit more creative with its attacks."

"In the same way, the Elemental has received the hardware to run a beast consciousness, but Elementals are even simpler than beasts. It will keep acting like a normal Elemental. In fact, it might not even use the Energy inside its new Beast Core since it's simply not programmed to access it. In short, the addition of a Beast Core will most likely not make a difference."

"But then, why?" Star Genesis asked. "What's the point of all of this? Why consume the Comprehension Fruits if it doesn't make a difference?"

"I think it barely failed," Sebastian said. "We've seen total failures several times, while this one was just barely a failure. I believe the Demon almost succeeded."

"And a total success would be..." Kyle muttered as he realized something.

Star Genesis took a deep breath as she also realized what this meant.

"A Demon with an Elemental's body," Sebastian confirmed. "An Elemental with the consciousness of a Demon."

An Elemental with the consciousness of a Demon...

Several questions popped into Kyle's mind, but the most prominent one was only one word long.

"Why?" he asked. "What's the point? What's there to be gained? Could the Demon Elemental return to the Main Dimension?"

"No," Sebastian said. "It's impossible. If I were to turn into an Elemental, I could come back to the Main Dimension, but that's because of my Spirit. Beasts and Divine Beasts simply do not have the permission to change Dimensions. The Cosmos does not allow it. As an Elemental, I would still have a human Spirit, which grants me the permission to descend and ascend Dimensions as long as I'm not ascending higher than the Dimension I'm supposed to be in."

"I could swap between the Elemental and Main Dimension as much as I wanted since I would fit into both of them, but a beast can't do that."

"So, they can't attack humans, right?" Kyle asked.

"No, they can't," Sebastian said.

"Could their purpose be to clean up the Elemental Dimension?" Star Genesis asked. "Are they the reason why there's not a single Elemental in the western half of Ayuvar?"

"If that were the case, I would be dead," Sebastian said. "My Elemental has been here for 40,000 years. I would have seen one by now."

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