Kirin said "creature" so it's either an animal or a shinheuh, I consider it a shinneuh because there's no indication that it's an animal (we've never seen powerful animals just shinheuh nor any with special abilities, it could be an animal but I don't see why I'd think it would be when S. I.) and there are no parasite type shinheuh yet so I have no reason to believe it has a host. I.U. always knows how to focus on shinheuh) and there are no parasitic shinheuh at the moment so I have no reason to believe he has a host.
And yet, the Ancient Powers (earth bull and fire elephant - also Rak) are... beasts. Associated with shinheuh (that's how the wiki classifies them FWIW - ancient shinheuh that can control the elements). They are animals/creatures, but they are set apart as they are more ancient, more powerful, and have elemental powers which standard shinheuh do not have these traits. Edit: they are also likely immortal (or at least the 5 main ones) in that they probably reincarnate if not sealed away. More on that later though.
Acrinak was getting completely stomped on
annnnndddddddd again, that's a function of the host being weak, NOT Acrinak. What is supposed to be the takeaway with this comment?
and would have died for real if he hadn't faked it.
Complete assumption, and you don't know that at all -
what is your source? It was pierced through. We don't know if it can be killed at all. Talk about assumptions over fact!
Do you remember why the ancient monster had to be sealed inside the '7 sacred swords'?? Because it could not be killed and that (sealing it) was the only way to keep it from respawning.
Unnamed Ancient Monster (name unknown) is a man-eating monster who used to terrorize the village where Hong Danhwa and Hong Chunhwa were from. The soul of the monster is now sealed within a series of swords known as "The Seven Sacred Swords."[1] The ancient monster appears as an enormous, stout...
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"Long ago, the
monster used to terrorize the homeland of Hong Danhwa and Hong Chunwa by feeding on the villagers. However, the monster was later on defeated by seven talented swordsmen of the village at that time and its
soul was sealed within their seven swords
to prevent it from reincarnating. The swords were then passed into the next generations and are known as "The Seven Sacred Swords.""
At the very least we have precedent that ancient monsters/shinheuh can/do in fact reincarnate if they are not sealed. This very likely extends to other ancient powers as well, such as what we see play out with Acrinak - bested (lethally in appearance) but able to dissolve and come back later.
I'd argue that this is also relevant to what we see happening with the red thryssa as well, as it mimics the idea a bit. After all, admin are basically giant, ancient creatures thought to be immortal in the tower.
We don't know who organized this hunt, we just know that it happened.
I mean, that's kind of my point. *we don't know*
In Pokemon to capture a pokemon normally you have to restrain yourself to avoid knocking the pokemon out (avoid overpowered attacks) if it beats you it's because you allowed it to do so by being too lenient.
LOL. Now I know you're not discussing this in good faith. Yes, you can be beaten by being too lenient but you can ALSO be beaten because you aren't strong enough or qualified enough to do enough damage no matter how hard you try. And sometimes if you are close in power it is merely a matter of chance that will sometimes go your way, sometimes not in your favor. You're arguing from the perspective that the only way you can lose is by pulling your punches and either not trying hard enough or trying too hard, but say nothing of what if you're not capable enough in the first place.
"If it beats you that's because you allowed it to" (tell that to someone just starting the game and going after one that's fully-evolved, GTFOOH). That's a bit dishonest (well, more than a bit). I think we're devolving into the arguing just to argue territory at this point, so no thanks.
this argument goes nowhere, if we don't know it's useless to make assumptions about it.
-> I'm saying we don't know, but I *think* X is true and here's my evidence.
-> You're saying we don't know, but Y *HAS* to be true unless it's proven otherwise.
You're literally substituting one assumption for another, then lecturing me about assumptions. You ASSUME your assumption is the default position, and don't even realize that's what you're doing. (all the while admitting my speculations are possible)
Don't talk about Kall vs Jin all this fuck started because there is a contradiction between what is said and what is shown.
Dunno what you mean here (terrible grammar). Are you arguing that sometimes fights aren't down to pure luck and that 2 people can fight 10 times with 10 different results? SIU seems to acknowledge that's possible when the two are close in power (why I referenced his notes on Jinsung v Kallavan - the results are not always clear he says), why can't you say that's a possibility as well?
Are you suggesting I've contradicted something somewhere? You haven't made that point clearly. Just a list of counter-assumptions really, which you admit are assumptions later below.
Well yes according to him, who else?
Well, apparently you aren't familiar with the concept that sometimes a characters words and actions don't always match up, and sometimes egomaniacs might say things to save face. Read on, and I'll give you a good example of what he says not being reliable at all, and rather counter to the truth.
And so Rei is too naive to even know when his opponent isn't really dead? The one he wanted so badly that he moved huge armies against?
for Traum he killed her and he didn't have a thought for her. Acrinak was just a trifle like the others, I don't know why you're fixated on him
Acrinak is such a little trifle it took 2 GF multi-force with several HR's to take it on (and they still would have lost if it didn't get interested in WW), and Zahard personally wants to oversee the operation? Not likely.
Why don't you understand he's using that term to shame and humiliate (and because like Gustang he's a supremacist), as he can't fathom not being in control all the time (in spite of examples of him not being able to control)? Just because he CALLS something a trifle doesn't mean he can/could control it, case in point whatever's sealed in the Nest. And likely Acrinak as well.
something you can't control doesn't mean it's worthless. no contradiction with what it claims (sticking to the analogy you started, if I find a rough diamond that I can't make money from, I'm certainly not going to throw it away)
I think you should reread 528.
Kirin asks Rei if he's back from the Nest, and the state of the creature.
Rei: "it still does not understand my will...
I assume it will be like that from NOW on... now that I've ABANDONED it it's fine"
*grips jacket at the thought he couldn't control a trifle*
Rei pointedly thinks nothing will change, and has abandoned the creature into the seal. Literally the opposite of your claim that he's saving it for later. There is no thought of future gain, or future control, and the voice makes it clear here that it hasn't been visited exactly. Rei doesn't appear to have any intent of ever letting it out or interacting with it again.
The best thing it can do for his mental stability and control-freak mentality (he literally grips his jacket at the thought of not winning out) is to stay sealed (dead would be better). It has LOST IT'S VALUE to him, and per his other statement this means he should have killed it by now. If he could. Implying he can't. He says in 529 "death is a gift to those that have lost their value to even be dominated." And yet he readily admits he will not be able to dominate this creature, therefor its value is null - per Rei himself! By his own words he should kill it instead. Oh, wait.... he didn't. Well, there goes that idea. I thought his words were gospel?
not an assumption, a fact, it's not an assumption to say that Traum doesn't kill things that are valuable to him. he says it himself, you can deny the legitimacy of his statement but it's still valid.
Rei makes a point to say in 529: "death is easier to perform than domination" so controlling should be harder, and he cannot control at least one creature (the one in the Nest), probably the Acrinak as well, so he has to resort to 'death' (or what he thinks is death for it apparently). He's literally saying it's harder to control things in front of something he's 'opting' to kill instead of control - implying he cannot control it by default.
Rei also says "there's not a single trifle I cannot control in this tower" (a clear lie) - and yet just one previous chapter ago we see that's not the case (the animal he can't control in the Nest).
What Rei SAYS isn't always factual. He has motivation to save face like any other maniacal monarch, and we see right here he's NOT a reliable source at all.
and what the heck with Acrinak, he got slapped, the only compliment I can give him is that he's smart enough to play dead (and knowing that it wasn't even his idea but NN's is a compliment he doesn't even deserve)
At BEST Rei thought he had killed Acrinak and couldn't even perceive that he hadn't succeeded. This doesn't mean he could control it. It doesn't mean he can even kill it. It just means he was fooled into believing he had. That was the best move for something (the Acrinak) that couldn't fight due to a weak host. But we just witnessed what Rei thought of - what SHOULD have been - a lethal blow (according to you Rei certainly thought so), and yet... no death! Curious, isn't it?
of course I'm making assumptions (it's not the principle of discussion) but I'm basing them on what
the series to make them.
(implying that I'm not)
Is this where I say how I'm rubber and you're glue?
So am I. I've given you chapters, quotes, referenced the wiki (discussion of what shinheuh are and aren't), analogous incidents (the other ancient that could resurrect and had to be sealed). You're just insisting your assumptions HAVE to be right (unless proven otherwise of course lol); that's all. I haven't made the first claim that contradicts the story to my knowledge, just your opinion of what is to come.