[Teen Wolf : A Chimera Rising—Chapter 69]

Markus entered the first cell and watched as the man chained up with runes chains whimpered on his gag.

‘ Pitiful...’ He thought with a shake of his head as he felt excitement bubble up inside him.

He walked up infront of the man, keeping vigilance even as he raised up his hand and stared at it in excitement.

*Schhliick*

He watched as pure white claws grew out from his nails, morphing along the way to take on a sleek sharp metallic hue.

Markus studied the transformation in awe before staring at the werewolf who's fear hit his aura field like a tide.

Shaking off that feeling he decided to get this over with.

So he quickly activated [Origin Of Power] and connected it with [Chimeric Absorption].

Immediately he understood his ability, finding aspects of the ability that wasn't even shown by his system, like the aspect of [Chimeric Absorption] that would allow him to absorb from even normal humans, stealing whatever made them special and even their lifeforce.

He could even then imbue anything he takes to others and take it back at any time.

Though he had to admit that to use these applications would need a lot of control and use over the ability, something that he could train and be masterful enough to use in a fraction of the time it would normally take a normal person.

The [Origin Of Power] also allowed him more control over his [Chimeric Absorption], meaning that he would now be able to absorb more out of living creatures than he would have been able to without the indepth perspective on his ability.

So as he loomed over the pitiful wimpering werewolf he grinned, his eyes unbeknownst to him shifting to a glowing white that caused the werewolf to stiffen.

Markus didn't care for that though as his clawed hand found itself around the persons neck, claws digging deep enough into the durable skin to draw out.

“*Pained Groans*”

“ You know, you're more pitiful than I thought your kind should have been.” Markus muttered, appraising the man with a bitter chuckle at the fact that he had been fearful of these creatures.

“ But don't worry, you'll now pave way to becoming a part of a bigger whole!” Markus told the stiffened Werewolf as he activated [Chimeric Absorption]

He shuddered as he felt lifeforce trickling into his body from the connection to the werewolf.

He watched his hand as white veins littered his it, pulsing with each drain of the creatures entire whole.

Immediately though the lifeforce trickled into nothing and something else started getting absorbed.

It wasn't the Werewolf powers, it was instead the stats of the werewolf in its untransformed state.

[—Ding! +23 Str, +19 Dex, +25 Sta, +12 Per, +7 Mana, +4 Char, +2 Mind]

Immediately seeing that Markus grinned, feeling as strength slowly coursed through his body.

“ This...this I can get addicted to.” He muttered, riding the wave of his increasing power before his absorbtion finally started absorbing what he was looking for.

He felt as the primal werewolf inside the human slowly got stripped out of the weak human who could do nothing but look ahead blankly, their mind having been absorbed just moments before.

As soon as he absorbed the werewolf power inside the human he felt something click in the back of his mind, a deep howl resonating with the new addition to himself.

[—Boundless Chimera Assimilation has assimilated the Race - Enhanced Werewolf!]

[—Due to the users Race ~ True Royal Alpha Chimera the users Assimilated Race - Enhanced Werewolf has been enhanced with the property ‘Evolution’]

[—Ding! Enhanced Werewolf race has evolved into Ascended Werewolf!]

[—Chimera Shifter has unlocked the following forms!

—Ascended Werewolf Half-Shift ~ The Ascended Werewolves Half-Shift while spotting many similarities with most werewolves Half-Shift state also has its unique factors. One being that their hair turns white, eyes turning into a heavy blood red with slight facial shifts.

~Stat Increase - +75 All Physical Stats | +50 Perception.

~Unique Abilities - Pack Empowered[A]

—Ascended Werewolf Full-Shift ~ Appearing as a huge white manned werewolf with blood red eyes with a tint of ichor gold, showcasing it's connection with the divine lineage of which it came from.

~Stat Increase - +150 All Physical Stats |+100 Perception.

~Unique Abilities - Ghostly Ascension[S]-]

[—Note - Were-creatures total power increase with time and age.]

The changes came quick and with start as Markus almost buckled, his body taking to shifting on its own at the arrival of its new form.

He felt his strength quickly rising through the roof, his sense of perception soaring to the point where he suddenly encompassed all of Beacon Hills.

Immediately he cut the connection to his senses off, not having been prepared of the enormous strain to his mind that act alone put in him even if it were only 5 seconds.

He breathed out strained as his body snapped into place, his claws turning a black tint, his hairs a ghostly white before his mouth was nothing but razor sharp maws.

He let the transformation finish before taking his claws off the now dead human, his body having nothing of use to him.

Then he slowly appraised himself, staring back at his clones who were recording, scribbling on their tablets notes and overall observing him.

He grinned seeing that, a primal part in him almost wanting to jump straight into them and ripping their faces off just for fun.

That part of him was immediately squashed to the ground, silenced and repressed for when it would be needed.

For now though he decided to test himself.

So he walked out of the cell, getting a feel for his body and capabilities.

He looked at the other side of the room, to the furthest side and took to a slight stride.

Said slight stride causing him to take off like a bullet, his face almost meeting the far wall before his instincts kicked in and he stopped right at the nick of time, just a hairs breath away from breaking something, probably himself due to how durable the walls were in his base.

“ This, this I can get used to...” Markus muttered, his eyes going to the other prisoners that he had to absorb.

There were other prisoners though who hadn't been changed, saved for later for when they had the DNA material.

All of them wimpered at the corner of their cells, daring not to even look at him.

“ Hahahahah puny little things...” He muttered, now noticing how deep his voice as it seemed to be superimposed with that of a predator.

“ Open the next cell!” His voice boomed up, as he strided effortlessly towards the second sacrifice.

As he did he couldn't help but think of all the power he'd hold once this was all done, that simple stat increases alone put him above the rest of the creatures in Beacon.

Plus since were-creatures grew in power with time as his system stated then he'd only grow stronger from here.

Staring back at the notification showcasing his new forms he couldn't help but want to immediately try to unique abilities that came with them but stopped himself.

‘ Once I'm done, then I'll have fun...’ Was the only promise that kept him going instead of playing around with time he didn't have.