I instantly uses 1 and a half cores worth of essence and nukes a large chunk of awakened monsters. He also instantly feels fragments enter his core, due to him destroying their entire beings instead of simply killing them. A large pool of pulverized flesh, shells, organs and soul shards. He feels an orgasmic amount of power, this type of evolution feels natural, serene and the true path of power. Though he concentrated, enough to realize his trump card is gone.
[Your memory is destroyed]
"fuuuck" a swarm of screaming, giant ants started sprinting to him.
"How much fragments.."
[730/2000]
He breathed in and out, and also summoned a spear and shield. They charged, for the first time in the longest while, his life will be in danger.
He unsummoned Silverworn, getting another intricacy of thought that can be used for cultivating essence. He replaced his light cloth tunic with the heavy plate armor and started the battle. His ability to wield a spear and shield was very high, but also, he lacked the numbers to be adept in this battle. Most of the time he was fighting back to back, weighing themselves down as to not stumble. They're only caveat was the fact that their essence won't deplete as quickly because they are using more muscle then essence but even if they're [Physically Gifted] His stamina will run out.
But the thing is… His Flaw never allows him to be content with anything! Even if he thinks he's gonna die he won't die happy in this moment! With all his rage, ego and pride he pushed through the strain on his arms, he even learnt a new way to boost essence production by circling the essence faster and faster inside the core like building another soul core. 3 lines of thought used constantly. 1 was focused on the physical needs of both bodies, drinking blood, eating ripped off flesh to stay alive, while the 2 other circle essence at a rate that would make even masters self-conscious.
Whenever he saw a shard open, he crushed it anyway he can, with his shield, foot and even teeth! Any trickle of power is and will be welcomed in this situation.
[820/2000]
And that's not even the ones I could've picked up! Each Fallen shard when absorbed by an awakened gives 2 fragments, so each fallen monster has 4 fragments given at death. And since he could only absorb a few easy to get shards. Their should be over 200 on the ground! Not to mention the fact that the queen ant tyrant might try eating those, maybe even the ants might evolve to demons, which would cause even more problems! he tries to salvage that issue little, as he summons Silverworn, wearing his silver leather. He starts to dash through the beasts, using the 2 ascended short swords to blitz through them with paralysis and poison, only meant to be used in severe situations.
The ability to find the soul shards of the living increase, as adaptability is much faster because of [physically gifted] they are killing with more efficiency but the strain on their bodies gets worse, what's even worse is the fact that the spear the main bodies using is in critical condition, forcing him to swap to an ascended longsword mid battle.
[1160/2000]
More than a quarter have been exterminated, now using the last resort memories like [Mad stance] a charm that enhances rage by a significant margin while boosting vitality, allowing you to survive at least an hour with your heart stabbed. Even though one of them has the charm equipped, the buff is felt throughout all, one of the perks of my cloning Aspect.
[your memory is destroyed]
"shit.." as I summon an awakened shield as a replacement, focussing more on offense. Right now Silverworn's ascended short swords are under immense strain. The sheer number of ants are still in the triple digits, so the tactic changes, Survival and power comes first and extermination comes at a later date! As soon as this has been set, Silverworn, swaps to a black silk hiding its being by, mimicking the intent of the beings around it while also having a veil of corruption, the downside is that the corruption can seep into me which damages my soul. But Fears be Damned!
Silverworn, thoroughly searches the ground to collect the remaining shards, while Red scales and main body focus on keeping Aggro. It works surprisingly well~ the black tunic was ascended in rank, and flaws help abilities shine more brightly, its flaw in corrupting the user enhances its cover making it comparable to transcendent~ while Red scales equips a charm that boosts aggression to the target, and intensifies it when poured essence, but I keep it only passive since all my clones feel the effect of Active enchantments of charms and armor.
It buys my main body a considerable amount of rest and Silver worn to collect a ton of fragments.
[1438/2000]
I keep a handful of shard in my storage memory, but it could only handle 60. before needing to be unsummoned. I decide the only option would be escaping so I de-equips the aggression charm and Silver worn activates the invisibility enchantment of the Tunic. With that they escape, but with the corruption seeping out 3 times as much a severe rest is needed…
I go to my place, and slump down. I unsummon my plate armor and crawl my way to bed. I fall asleep in my main body while I unsummon Redscales leaving only Silverworn, the clone which had the least amount of soreness...