After effortlessly restraining Charlotte, Daniel flickered through space and brought her to a desolate, barren dinsion.
The mont he released the restraints on her, Charlotte instinctively prepared to summon her creatures.
But before she could even react—
A dagger pierced directly into her chest.
Oddly enough, she felt no pain.
Instead, she watched in astonishnt as another body separated from her side.
In the blink of an eye, two Charlottes stood before Daniel.
"There’s no ti. I’ll explain later," Daniel said casually, as though none of this required any further elaboration.
Without giving Charlotte the chance to question him, Daniel summoned the Spirit of Skills and unleashed a barrage of devastating attacks on the duplicate Charlotte.
[Shared Life]: When receiving lethal damage, you may choose for one of your summoned creatures to take the hit in your place.
The duplicate Charlotte imdiately triggered this skill, sacrificing one of her summons to avoid death.
And this was only the beginning—she had over a hundred summoned creatures.
So long as her summons weren’t entirely wiped out, theoretically, she could never truly die.
But under the deluge of Daniel’s teoric onslaught, Charlotte endured a rapid and relentless series of fatal blows.
Each ti she would have died, a summoned creature stepped in to take the hit.
And just like that, in the span of re seconds...
Over a hundred of Charlotte’s summons were obliterated.
Which also ant that Charlotte had "died" over a hundred tis in the blink of an eye.
The real Charlotte, watching from the side, was utterly stunned.
Her thoughts were in total disarray as she watched her own duplicate annihilated so effortlessly.
What is going on?!
She had absolutely no clue what Daniel’s intentions were.
Just then, Daniel finally opened his mouth.
"It’s complicated to explain. You can just take it as the will of a god."
He didn’t bother fabricating an elaborate excuse.
He simply tossed out the na of "god" and let it serve as the reason.
The truth was, his motive was actually rather straightforward: he needed a divine-grade material.
One of the pages in the God Rank Skill Compendium, ranked 46th, required the following for synthesis:
[Ten-Thousandfold Summon]
Required material: Corpse of an SSS-tier summoner who is also a god devotee ×1
Truly, a bizarre and specific requirent.
And strangely enough, Charlotte happened to et the condition perfectly.
Which left Daniel with no choice.
Hearing Daniel’s explanation, Charlotte only grew more bewildered.
She couldn’t understand what he ant at all.
But perhaps so things didn’t need to be understood.
Sotis, it was enough simply to obey the will of a god.
After a brief mont of silence, Charlotte’s expression turned serious.
"Daniel, should I take this as... so kind of warning from you?"
From her perspective, having her own doppelgänger killed right in front of her could only be interpreted as a show of dominance—or worse, intimidation.
What shocked her even more was that the copy had almost identical strength to her.
This only confird that Daniel’s purpose had been to deliver a ssage.
Reflecting on her earlier attitude, Charlotte found it understandable.
Maybe the god himself didn’t care.
But as the god’s inheritor, Daniel would certainly be dissatisfied with her behavior.
Daniel, for his part, couldn’t be bothered to clarify.
"Think of it however you like," he replied indifferently.
Charlotte fell silent for a few seconds, then straightened her posture and spoke in a firm, almost ceremonial tone.
"You have nothing to worry about. I would never betray Lord God."
"This is a transaction. He grants strength. In return, I carry out his will."
"I understand your position as the god’s inheritor. If you have any commands, speak them, and I shall obey."
"You are strong now, but I believe it won’t be long before I surpass you."
Daniel stared at the serious girl before him. Her petite stature and adorable face made her words sound oddly out of place.
There was an unexplainable cuteness to it—this tiny girl, so solemnly declaring that she would surpass him.
And then, quite suddenly, a mischievous thought blood in Daniel’s mind.
He leaned down slightly, gazing at her with a playful half-smile.
"What if I told you... I won’t allow you to ever surpass ?"
"W-what?"
Charlotte froze, completely caught off guard by such a ridiculous statent.
She had never even considered such a scenario.
"I-I-I..." she stamred, repeating herself multiple tis without managing to form a full sentence.
She had made a vow to the god—a vow of equal exchange. She would beco a devotee in return for the power she so desperately craved.
But—but still...
The entire reason she’d agreed to serve was because she wanted to grow stronger.
Now this man—Daniel—was telling her that she’d never be allowed to surpass him?
Her cheeks turned bright red in frustration and anxiety. Her lips trembled, and tears began to well in her eyes.
She looked as though she might cry at any mont.
Finally, she mumbled softly:
"Lord Crossbridge said... he wouldn’t restrict a devotee’s growth..."
Daniel, on the other hand, waved his hand dismissively and said with shaless bravado:
"That’s what Lord Crossbridge said—not . I’m not him."
Charlotte stared at him in disbelief.
Are you for real?
Was he seriously trying to override the god’s decision?
Even the god himself had promised not to interfere with her progression!
What gave you, a re inheritor, the right to contradict him?!
This was outrageous—utterly outrageous!
Scoundrel! Bastard! Scum!
"I-I-I... Fine! I’ll listen to you, okay?!" she finally blurted out, her voice cracking.
"We, of the blood clan, value our promises above all. Once a promise is made, we will honor it."
"Say it. You bastard... What do you want to do?"
Her words were laced with tears, and wet trails already streaked her porcelain cheeks.
She had never imagined that soone like Daniel could exist—so shaless, so unreasonable.
Seeing the girl he had bullied into tears, Daniel found it even more amusing.
He lifted his hand and gently rubbed her head.
At the sa ti, he activated Eye of Insight to check her status:
[Charlotte]
Age: 16
Level: 100
Faith: Infinite Divine Temple
...
Charlotte’s early awakening could be attributed to a fundantal difference between the blood clan and humans.
For mbers of the blood clan, the Awakening Ceremony was completed from the mont they were born.
So technically, Charlotte had been an awakener for sixteen years already.
Even so, she was still just a child.
Which was why Daniel didn’t take her earlier words too seriously.
She was young. Naive.
And above all, she was the blood clan’s most exceptional genius.
To her, believing she could rival or even surpass a god wasn’t delusional—it was natural.
But she was just too innocent.
Clearly, she had grown up under the protection of her elders, sheltered from the brutal realities of the world.
To her, power was everything—strength solved all problems.
Fortunately, the first powerful being she encountered was him.
If it had been soone else, she might have suffered a far worse fate.
Daniel sighed lightly, and with a rare gentleness in his voice, said:
"Alright... alright. Don’t cry anymore. I was just teasing."
"You should keep getting stronger, okay?"
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