With regards to those two Fire Elental Cores, I decided to put it aside for now after so deliberation. As for the reason why I did soin part it had to do with my mistrust of No.3 and Big 4. However, the biggest reason had to be that I felt no sense of security at all.
Because of my once-trusted subordinates, I was forced into a foreign environnt where a single mistake might just be my last.
Right now, the only person I could completely trust was Mo Na and no one else, not even No.3 and Big 4.
In my mind, I knew very well that giving them the two cores would make our journey a lot safer but my heart simply wouldnt settle down. I was afraid that once they evolved into Five-stars, the Four-stars Mo Na and I wouldI was afraid of betrayal, thats all.
The evolution of a Four-stars into five wasnt just a simple raise in level. For the devils, it represented a turning point, a jump from one tier to another. The majority of the lower ranked devils found themselves stuck at the level of Four-stars for the rest of their lives. Those who managed to evolve however, were blessed with an original sin and a clan na. Compared to the imps they were before, such devils might as well have been a completely different lifeform.
If one wanted to see how huge the power gap between having a sin and not having one was, Mo Na and I would probably the best examples available.
Compared to an ordinary imp, we completely outclassed them in terms of raw strength. For example, when I evolved for the first ti and gained the ability to use magic, none of the imps at my level were a match for . When I advanced into a Three-stars, I was able to even challenge those of a higher level than thanks to my original sin blessing countering so of my opponents completely; like One-eye or Dawson.
As for Mo Na, she was able to destroy Nine-finger in an instant with her magic despite being born not too long ago. While that might not have sounded all that impressive for Mo Na who was a Four-stars, one had to know that it was basically impossible for Fla Demon Childes to learn magic and yet Mo Na knew it from birth.
The impact an original sin made on ones power simply couldnt be overstated when seen in that light.
Mo Na was a Four-stars Primal Lust Demon. Just from appearances alone, she seed to be of the martial branch; I wouldnt be surprised if she was able to take on No.3 and Big 4 alone even though they were of the sa star level.
Naturally, if both of them evolved into Five-stars, she wouldnt stand a chance at allif those two were to harbor any rebellious thoughts thenit would be the end for us. Moreover, whether or not they would still be loyal to after gaining an original sin, was in still in question.
That was why I didnt give them the elental cores. Originally, I wanted to have Mo Na consu the cores instead but unfortunately for , she couldnt use them. Fire Elental Cores were able to aid a devils evolution, that much was proven. However, that only applied to Fla Demon Childes and Mo Na was already a Lust Demon. Her elental nature was one of darkness, fire and death. A pure fire crystal like that wasnt enough to force an evolution for her. Not only that, it might end up harming her instead.
By using such a pure elental core of the fire elent, her body might just get purged of every other elent but fire. In other words, by using the elental core, these three scenarios might happen:
One, nothing.
Two, the fire elent in her might get strengthened.
Three, after having her fire elent strengthened, her other elents might get purged completely.
In a sense, the Fire Elental Core was like a rare cleaning tool, one attuned to fire, to be exact.
Because Arca pointed out a general direction for us, our general goal was set for now. We simply had to follow the route and to be honest, it wasnt really all that hard as it sounded since Purgatorys terrain was rather simple.
Basically, you couldnt get lost unless you tried. Neither would you encounter many problems as long as you kept your head down and went on your rry way. Naturally, we did just that. Other than catching the odd Demon Fire Worm and foraging for Red Lotuses, we mostly steered away from everything else. Even when encountering the lone fish or two, we would ignore them entirely.
After three days of journeying eastward, we ca upon a huge school of fishes. From the looks of things, they were headed to Flas End. Thanks to the fact that they could only move about in the lava lake however, we were basically safe where we were.
Even so, I had to admit that I almost had a heart attack when I saw them swim by us for the first ti.
With their countless numbers, these fishes were actually able to fill up the entire lava lake as they swam in unison towards Flas End. If soone with Trypophobia were to look at them right now, they would probably faint from all the swimming black dots. What was even more frightening was that the fish leading the school was actually the size of a shark, a Great White Shark to be specific. By my estimation, it had to be at least 6 tres long.
Initially, I didnt even notice that there was a gigantic shark-sized Fla Devouring Fish swimming underneath lava. After all, that endless sea of black fishes behind it was enough of a shock already. The mont its humongous head broke through the surface, revealing a glossy coat of obsidian black scales that almost seed like armor in the process, it turned its bloodshot eyes towards . It was then that I knew what it felt like to have a reaper stare you right in the eyes. I could have sworn that my soul was being sucked into the bloody abyss that was its eyes. Yet amidst all that, I stood there paralyzed, unable to do a thing before the embrace of death.
Ti slowed down and my thoughts seed to freeze up there and then. Then, it all went black. I knew nothing of what happened afterwards and by the ti I woke up, the school of fishes was already long gone.
Should I celebrate the fact that the fishes werent able to walk on land? Or perhaps I should thank the heavens that they werent interested in land creatures
Mama that monsterwas so scary She dove into my embrace and tightly wrapped her arms around , body shaking and lovely eyes crying. Seeing her like that, my heart couldnt help but ache.
Even my little sweetie is shaking right nowI guess it cant be helpedshes a newborn after all and that had to be her first brush with death.
Naturally, we werent the only two affected by that sharklike fishs stare; No.3 and Big 4 were scared stiff as well. In fact, they literally stood there frozen, not daring to move a muscle, let alone cry or tremble.
Its alright Sweetie, Papas I gently rubbed her head and tried to comfort her. However, just as I was about to say Papas here to protect you, I abruptly stopped.
What If that happened againwhat if a creature of that level were to take an interest in us or perhaps we stumbled on it while it was hungry I dared not ponder that question any further. In a vast world like this, there existed too many unknowns for the current to handle. Exactly, what kind of fate would await us if I wasnt strong enough? That was sothing I didnt dare to think about but most likely it wouldnt be good.
For now, I should at least celebrate my decision not to accept Arcas request otherwise we might just end up eting that fish in battle
With that in mind, I suddenly had the urge to consu those two cores right away. However, I abandoned that impractical idea in the end. Putting aside the question of whether or not my body was even suited to that, so what if I consud them? The majority of the energy would most likely be absorbed by Fertinier, leaving nothing but scraps for .
Who was this Fertinier, one might ask. Well, she used to be an existence who almost beca a Devil God. At the very least, she was a demigod. While I might not know how powerful that actually was, it didnt stop from guessing.
Demigod huhkinda reminds of Hercules and his trialsoopsalmost went off course again
Demigods were at a level beyond , and Fertinier was the elite of elites even amongst such beings. Looking at that from another perspective, there was no way the energy needed to awaken her would be small. For now at least, evolving would be harder than climbing the heavens themselves.
In that case, the only option would be to raise Mo Nas level. Thus began our frantic search for Red Lotuses and souls. Anything that moved was killed and its soul harvested for Mo Na. By doing so, I hoped to raise her level to Five-stars in a short period of ti. Only when she evolved would I have the confidence to give No.3 and Big 4 those two elental cores.
Perhaps it had sothing to do with her absorbing the Grimoire of the Dead, but ever since then, Ive never heard her say that she was full. Naturally, that didnt an she starved all the ti either.
Just like that, our journey proceeded uneventfully for over a month. Along the way, we harvested whatever we could and hunted whover we found.
By now, I was beginning to wonder if Arca was ssing with with that so-called hint of his, but just as I did so, I found, to my great surprise, a lifeform that could be classified as a devil.
at long last
It was a hellhound with fur as black as the night. Not only that, it was a hellhound with three heads a Cerberus.
According to my inherited mories, Cerberuses had to at least be at the level of a Four-stars. That ant the hellhound spitting fire at a platform right in front of was at least at the level of No.3 and Big 4. Even though we werent that far off from it, there was sothing obscuring our vision so I couldnt discern what it was spitting at.
The mont I spotted it however, the Cerberus stopped spitting fire and turned all six of its eyeballs towards us. It opened its jaws and growled at us in a low voice. Naturally, I didnt understand a word it said but having been with Violet Snow for so long, I could roughly figure out that it was warning us not to approach.
However, there was no way I would listen to that warning. After all, this was the first sighting of sothing devil-like in over a month! Theres no way I would leave without saying hello at least.
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