Moses could only watch as the dark halo disappear completely.
This also means that the Post-Mortem Nen has completely left his body.
The entire process took about three minutes.
And then, whether by coincidence or something else...
As the Post-Mortem Nen was completely gone, the voice from Perception suddenly rang out in Moses's consciousness.
[You performed brilliantly in the Chimera Ant extermination battle. Perception was very pleased with your performance. Your Chimera Gene +1.]
[Your overwhelming display left others in awe. Your Aura Intimidation +1.]
[You have crushed the Chimera Ant threat with unrivaled might. Your Star of Mankind's Shine's Mental Resilience +100%.]
[Your Transmutation-Type Limit +20%...]
Moses calmly received the reward prompt from Perception, then closed his eyes. He went deep into his consciousness, and began to look through the specific information of these rewards.
There is no need to say much about the Mental Resilience of Star of Mankind's Shine, but the fact that it jumped a full 100% in one go clearly reflected just how dangerous the King had been.
Although the Chimera Ants were only rated as B-tier threats in the biological danger classification system in the original work…
But in Moses's opinion, the Chimera Ant Species, with the King and the Royal Guards, has the potential to destroy the human world.
Based solely on Moses's opinion, he believes that the Chimera Ants, which have evolved significantly by devouring human genes, deserve an A+ rating no matter from which angle one looks at it.
The only thing keeping the Chimera Ants from crossing that gap between B and A+ was a single, critical catalyst-
That is, a deeper understanding of 'humanity'.
Chimera Ants already possessed individual strength on par with humans, intelligence on par with humans, and the explosive reproductive potential to rival humanity's rapid expansion.
Therefore, as long as the Chimera Ants had simply been given more time to study humans and make the right decisions, they could have posed an existential threat to the world.
The real reason for the Chimera Ants' downfall is that from the very beginning, they only viewed humans as a group of food that could be kept in captivity.
It was this shallow perception that ultimately led to their destruction.
But even then, the threat the Chimera Ants posed was very real, and it may be because of this that Moses can get a 100% increase in mental resilience.
As a result, his current mental resilience had reached a staggering 286%...
As for the Transmutation-Type Limit +20% reward, there was also no need to examine it too closely.
However, this is the first time that Moses has received a reward for the Transmutation Category, which can be regarded as a supplement in the right direction.
The remaining two rewards were what really caught his attention.
Aura Intimidation +1.
To understand it literally, it was an increase in the intimidation level of his Aura.
In a Nen Combat, this kind of enhancement wouldn't do much, and its effect would be marginal at best.
But if it is placed against ordinary people who can't use Nen...
People with strong wills might still have a chance to resist, but ordinary people would probably be scared to death by Moses's fully unleashed Aura.
It can be said that Moses, who possesses this Aura buff, is equivalent to a potential walking nuclear weapon.
As long as he wants to-
By strolling through a densely populated city with his Aura fully unleashed, he could silently harvest countless lives.
Of course, Moses was a rational person, and he'd never do something like that.
Compared to the Aura Intimidation, what intrigued Moses more was the Chimera Gene.
Based on the description, this reward allowed Moses to select the genes of a non-human creature, so as to obtain the genetic power of that creature.
In simple terms, aside from human-related genes, Moses can use this reward to absorb genes from other organisms.
This reward is equivalent to replicating the core biological trait of the Chimera Ant.
From this point of view, it was a fitting reward for defeating the King and his Royal Guards.
'Chimera Gene, huh…'
Moses exited the space of consciousness and instinctively looked toward the King's corpse.
'Judging from the ability of this Chimera Gene, if it can be used on the Chimera Ant King, he'd likely be able to obtain that signature 'grow stronger by consuming' trait.
But unfortunately...
As a sub-human species, the King fell under the category of targets that this reward couldn't affect.
Moses withdrew his gaze and instead thought of the eyeball that Mammon had given him years ago.
He still didn't know whether Mammon's origin species was even remotely related to humans.
If it wasn't, he can consider using the Chimera Gene on Mammon's eyeballs.
However, with the Dark Continent as a potential destination, there were so many terrifyingly powerful candidates for gene assimilation. Because of that, Moses wasn't in any rush to use this Chimera Gene.
Besides, he has no need in this regard for the time being.
Reining in his thoughts, Moses raised his head and looked forward. He could feel the collision and fluctuations of Aura transmitted through the air.
Most likely, Morel and the others were fighting Leol and the remaining Chimera Ants.
Moses had no intention of helping, and just sat on the broken support pillar and patiently waited for the outcome of the battle.
'After returning, I still have to deal with that bounty Chrollo left behind...'
'Oh, right.'
'If the monkey's actions are related to Pariston, then I'll need to handle that too.'
'I have zero interest in playing games with him. If I can kill him, then I will. No need to drag it out.'
Moses's eyes showed a thoughtful look as he thought silently in his heart.
Regarding the bounty and the incident where the Monkey Zodiac, Saiyu, come to cause trouble...
Moses himself doesn't really care.
But if any of it threatened Hawk's safety… that was another story entirely.
So whether it is the bounty or Pariston, who has something to do with Saiyu, Moses intended to cut the problem off at the root.
He wouldn't leave any loose ends.
Tap, tap, tap-
Just as Moses was thinking, sound of footsteps were coming from the front.
Moses looked in the direction of the voice and saw Kurapika was approaching.
"What brings you here? Being able to fight those ants is a rare chance to gain real combat experience."
"Yeah, but I don't really need that kind of opportunity..."
Kurapika walked closer, paused for a moment, and quickly glanced at Moses's subtly trembling body. He then asked in a deep voice: "Master, is your body alright?"
"I'm fine. Don't worry."
Moses waved his hand and suddenly said, "Kurapika."
"Mm?"
"Let me help you… recover the eyes."
"…Alright."
Kurapika's eyelids slowly lifted, and he replied in a low voice.
Moses didn't say anything more, and just nodded at Kurapika.
There was still a lot to take care of.
Though…
He couldn't shake the feeling that he was forgetting something.