Eren didn't fail to notice a particular thing Alephee explained in passing.
'Demon Baron, huh? How much on the Sage-power scale are we talking about?'
Eren asked Alephee as he stared at Steve's back. Alephee chuckled a bit before trying to co up with an answer.
'Let's see... an archdemon is typically more powerful than an ordinary Sage. But not by much. The battle between them can turn either way depending upon the number of Trump cards and other external factors they have in their favor.'
Eren's eyes glowed when he heard about Archdemons being as strong as a Sage. He felt that Archdemon was the kind of existence he needed to see face-to-face before he even thought of existence on the level of Demon Princess.
The butcher wasn't sure if he could pull it off. But he couldn't help licking his lips in anticipation as he thought of devouring an archdemon's soul fragnt. The thought of digesting a Demon Baron's gains and all the demonic knowledge it possessed almost made his mouth watery.
Steve felt a shiver down his spine and turned around to see Eren smiling at him. The berserker cursed himself for getting jittery for no reason before resuming to look at the stage occupied by a Sage.
'Are you thinking of devouring Steve? I would advise against it.'
Alephee comnted casually. The butcher nodded before replying.
'Yeah. I can instinctively sense it using my bloodline powers. Because of his body-strengthening art, the guy has basically stopped being useful for gaining elental attainnt. I'll be able to boost my body stats to so degree, but that's it. There are no tangible benefits to losing a pawn I have invested so much in just for that.
What I'm interested in is devouring the guy's demon beast. By demon beast, I an the fragnt of a demon soul that resides within Wilber. How would that go?'
Eren could feel Alephee taphorically shaking her head in denial.
'Refining a demon soul fragnt? You cannot use your bloodline powers directly for sothing like that. But there are certainly other ways.
However, there are various factors involved in refining a soul fragnt. You'd need an awakened soul sense, which you already have. The most critical thing is that you'd need a soul sense strong enough to overpower the demon soul fragnt.'
Eren was excited after hearing Alephee's explanation. But Alephee reined him in right away.
'Don't get too excited, Eren. Soul-sense only allows you to stand at the starting line.
Demons are the masters of intent-based magic because their expertise lies in soul-related stuff. They scour various worlds using their soul fragnts based on that expertise. You are not their match yet when it cos to matters related to souls.
Forget about an archdemon or the demons that are beyond that rank. Even a Greater Demon's fragnt is not sothing you can overpower with your current level even though you have your awakened soul sense.
Let's just say that they are born with an awakened soul sense. How will you overpower their souls using your infantile soul sense?'
Eren scrunched his nose in annoyance when he heard Alephee's response. The latter sighed and softened her voice before continuing.
'Hmm. There's good news. It seems the kingdom has tweaked the continent-encompassing array in this region for the ti being to make that giant golden sphere work. It ans we have so freedom to discuss this thing.'
Eren looked up above him and saw the giant sphere floating motionlessly in the air when Alephee ntioned it. He didn't know what Alephee was talking about. But he was too focused on his previous question to care about anything else. So he let Alephee expound further on the sa topic.
'You have a soul sense that might take over a lesser demon's soul fragnt. That is if we are only talking about the soul fragnt. But the efforts aren't worth the risk.
As for your earlier question, you need to understand that I'm oversimplifying things here. And that the things I'll ntion can't be considered standards. But let's compare the ranking statuses of Anfang and the demon realm just for argunt's sake.
Lesser demons in the demon realm can be compared with Master rankers while the greater demons can be pitted against Grandmaster rankers. And just as I said before, the archdemons and Sages can be put on the sa pedestal. And forget about the Demon Princess for now. They are existences far above the archdemons.
Hence, I advise against refining the soul fragnt of an archdemon. That being said, you definitely need to pay attention to Wilber and Steve if you consider Steve to be an extrely valuable pawn.'
Eren raised his eyebrows when he heard Alephee's warning. He activated Sedated Perception for himself before engaging.
'What do you an?'
In the pendent abode, the homunculus was busy engraving a special array inside her grimoire. She replied while continuing her work.
'It doesn't matter what kind of demon they are, they don't act out of pure goodness. Wilber is making a contingency plan to take over Steve's body by giving him body-strengthening art.'
A visible shock spread across Eren's face.
'What? How? Didn't the demon soul fragnts get tad by the rankers using the blood ritual? How could they plan against their masters if that is the case?'
Alephee explained patiently.
'The demon soul fragnts can't backstab their masters after the blood ritual. But they don't have to.
The body-strengthening art Wilber had given to Steve is genuine. The demon hasn't rigged it at all. But he is the one regulating it.
In Steve's case, the art is making his body compatible with the demon realm. In short, the body is becoming more and more compatible with successful demonic possession.
Wilber will not harm Steve in any way. But everything changes when Steve dies due to external factors and Wilber is left alive. Wilber will be able to take over Steve's body using the link established by the blood ritual.'
Eren had a stoic expression as he listened to what Alephee was saying. He started worrying about his own safety as well. After all, he had tad two demon beasts. He wasn't sure about Reen but Argo's soul fragnt belonged to a Demon Prince. What Alephee said next made him even more concerned.
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