Furthermore, it possessed the traits of "Life Solidification" and "Pet Beast Dissociation," two sides of the same ability system. Future researchers would name this Skill "Natural Return."
The essence of this Skill is a "forced morphological regression," reverse-engineering complex life forms back to a primitive, stagnant state of natural matter.
This was considered a degraded version or a precursor Skill to the core ability of the "Thousand-Beard Ancient Tree."
Future researchers confirmed that all Pet Beasts distributed by the "Friends of Nature," once tainted by the ritual's aura, were equivalent to being implanted with an extremely faint wisp of "Ancient Tree Breath."
This wisp of breath was like a dormant seed.
It was normally harmless and could even slightly promote a Pet Beast's growth.
But once the mother entity required it, or when the ultimate ritual, "Silent Assimilation," was activated...
