Sariel: 「..... I have awoken!!!」
Takumi: 「....」
Sariel: 「..... You did not hear a thing.」
Takumi: 「Sariel-sama does not scream first thing after waking up: Got it!」
Sariel: 「Just… leave…」
Takumi: 「... Sorry... 」
And that's how I started my day.
How uncool...
I got up from the bed I laid on some years ago, feeling very refreshed.
Perhaps it is the result of the evolution?
I'd like to think of it as that. I could tell that some time had passed–
「Approximately three years, one month, four days, fifteen hours, thirty-two minutes, seven seconds, four–」
AYAYAYAYA!!! STOP-STOOOOOOP!!!
What the heck did I do!?
「Nothing.」
...… I see...
I'll play it off as your way of warming me up.
Kalisha: 「Uuum, how are you feeling?」
As a matter of fact, I feel great! What have you two been up to.
「Nothing.」
Hmm, I see… So unsuspicious.
「....」
Fine then, keep your secrets!!
「....」
I don't know why, but it seems like Kalisha is now the one warming up to me.
And I have Reina-san giving me the cold shoulder.
So far, I don't think I've done anything to deserve her wrath now, have I?
Let's skip that matter.
As expected, these guys had gone beyond to complete the rebuild.
The structures were as steady as they were before, with some improvements.
The entire… urrrm... temple was rebuilt.
It seemed even more beautiful than before. These guys really need to know when to cool down.
As I thought of that, it seems like Takumi had gone out of his way to alert his fellow generals of my current state.
They knelt down before me in unison.
Arion: 「My lord, it pleases me to see that you have awoken from your long slumber.」
Sariel: 「Uhh, sure. How are you all doing?」
Yuria: 「We are well, Sariel-sama.」
Sariel: 「Good. I'm gonna head back to the central world. I don't wanna make up some long random speech of the sort. Do you mind helping me out?」
Yuuka: 「Of course! We'll simply announce your departure.」
Tarou: 「If you put it like that, it means you are going to leave in secrecy.」
Sariel: 「Yes. I know I haven't spent much time with you all, but worry not. We'll meet again. Trust me.」
Ramiel: 「Hehe. You don't need to worry about us, Sariel-sama. We were more than satisfied to see your figure alone. I was extremely pleased that you entrusted us with your life.」
Well, I also left that job to Reina-san, but it's not like they'll ever know about it.
Sariel: 「Hm. So, I'll leave now. I have already inspected the whole space. I must say that I'm highly pleased with the result. Keep it up.」
Reika: 「But Sariel-sama. You seem stronger than before. And your aura... it almost seems divine. Did you evolve again?」
Hm? Divine? What's that? I just evolved into a nastier demon, and they say my aura is somewhat divine? The hell is wrong with their senses.
「It must be a result of your divinity.」
Divinity, eh? Hey you, what do you mean divinity? I've never heard of it.
「Divinity is the state achieved when a spiritual life-form possessing a material body undergoes awakening and becomes immortal as a result. They are godlike figures in their own leagues of power.」
Eh? This is another thing I never knew. The old man ever let up on these types of things.
What's that about Reina-san?
「The requirements aren't exactly clear, but any spiritual life-form that has reached a certain threshold of power would achieve divinity.」
Hmm, that's beyond rude. I wasn't given anything important. I don't even know what I gain from being a divine being.
「You can freely convert between your spiritual and physical body.」
Oh? That must be part of the thing I heard during my evolution.
「But with your existence becoming divine, you can not have children.」
Sariel: 「Gweh?」
I muffled incoherently with this one.
I can not have children? I will never be able to have kids?
I will for life remain fatherless?
I… see.
Fuck divinity. I might as well never get the chance to rid myself of the status of being a virgin.
「This is because your material body is almost always being converted into a mass of pure energy and lack properly functioning genetics as a result.」
Wait. Of the reason is because I lack properly functioning genetics, you have a skill that could alter my existence, right?!
「Yes.」
Great, excellent!! We still have a chance!!
「I will never allow some random brat to take the master away from me.」
Eh!?! Nonsense! I can do this! Imagine the endless possibilities!!
There's no way I'll remain untouched.
Once I'm done with my goal, I'm gonna go on a devouring spree. Hehehe.
「As if I'll allow that. I am the one who could make that dream become a reality. I will do no such thing.」
Come on, Reina-san. Don't be an ass now! I thought you said you'd do anything for me.
Aren't I your beloved master after all? Hm? Hmmmm——?
「I will do whatever you ask for. But as for… that, it's a no-no wish.」
Fuck off!! You're so impossible!!
I was never really interested in such things at the time, but given that I've lived since the beginning of creation, it must be a heavy shame to still have the "virgin status" randomly popping up above my head.
「Your fellow primordials are all virgins. It would rather be a shame to do so before any of them.」
Shame—my ass!! Don't fuck with me bastard!!
You know exactly what I mean!
Please, I'll do anything. Just give me the chance.
Come on! I'll allow you free access to my skills whatsoever!!
「A tempting offer, but I happily decline.」
Whaaaat!!! I thought that was the ultimate bait!!
What the hell is more important than her having free access to my skills!?!
Why is she even being so possessive!?!
Hey, have you fallen for me or what!?!
「....」
Hm? Am I right? Is that a sign?
You know, I could start with you.
「Don't get ahead of yourself.」
You say that, but you're being so clingy. Damn it! We'll talk about this on a later date!
「Hmph!」
Now I wish I had a male Manas. Only cool dudes like us would understand me… So much for having two ladies as soul partners...
「As a divine being, you also possess a special energy called "divine ki" that could elevate your attack and defense to be equivalent to the mythic grade.」
I never asked for shit—thank you very much!
「Your appreciation has been rejected.」
Sariel: 「I actually evolved past the demon peer stage. I'm now what they call a Demon God. I guess my title is "Devil Lord."」
Ramiel: 「Wow. Sariel-sama is soo cool! He even looks more beautiful than ever!」
W-Wah!?! I look more beautiful!?
「Heh. With your beautiful looks, you will definitely get laid.」
Kalisha: 「I think you mean "clapped."」
S-Shut up!!
Sariel: 「.... I've heard enough from you guys! See ya!!」
Stating that, I teleported out of that wretched dimension.
I will definitely have some time away from those freaks. Me? Beautiful? Damn those bastards!!
Kalisha: 「It looks like you're back to the forest.」
When I turned to look at my surroundings, I was indeed back to the forest.
I was done collecting important info as an administrator, so now, it was time to act.
I did hear that Chloe had gone out of her way to seal Veldora.
It's probably her working towards the future or something. She hadn't warned me about releasing Veldora, so I'm gonna do it either way.
A new cave was formed after many years of being under the influence of ecosystemic change.
That was kinda where he was sealed.
I'm not really sure of the details, so I might not be correct.
I just thank Veldanava that the Eastern Empire hadn't made a move.
Perhaps it's about time that I built a nation of my own.
Rose refused to do so, but I guess I better do just that.
I mean, I do have thousands of demons in hell doing nothing but glazing me senseless.
They could use a little warm-up, right?
Thinking to myself, I made a little journey to the mysterious cave I knew nothing of.
There was a door or gate I had to get past, but such a thing was not a problem for me.
The inside was kinda like those dungeons you'd see in an MMORPG.
There were some special materials I had never dealt with before.
According to analysis, they were called magic ore. Some had even become magisteel.
Well, I was now capable of producing high-end mythic grade weapons, but they were only made up of a large mass of my energy with some metals.
I could use a bit of the magic metals.
My subordinates wouldn't be capable of straight-up using mythical grade weapons, so it would be good to start off with unique and perhaps legendary grade weapons.
I had some of these materials stored in my 『Stomach』.
I would normally store it up in my soul dimension, but I didn't need to have them under my will.
When I felt like I had gathered enough, I left off to the deepest part of the cave.
It was surprising to see various new races of monsters I had never seen before.
There was this big badass snake that escaped quicker than I had the chance to look at it.
Then there was this big bat that I would probably never see again. The poor dude seemed horrified for their life.
There was also this black scorpion that looked like it would die the moment we made eye contact.
It was almost as if they were afraid of… oh? They were afraid of me…
Well, they might've heard of the great tales of the primordial silver. Hehehe.
Kalisha: 「What's up with you today?」
I don't know. Perhaps I feel very good after my evolution?
Not that it matters. I just feel great.
I noticed that the further I went, the more magic I felt emanating from the dragon.
It had been long since we last met. I would make sure that we'd spend quite the time bonding with each other.
As I kept on moving, I suddenly began to sense a powerful soul wavelength.
One quite powerful for a normal event.
I usually don't even pick up on these types of things, but it seemed this one managed to trigger my soul instincts.
I could tell that another soul was within this cave.
In these parts, there were no monsters roaming up and down.
It was most likely because they couldn't handle Veldora's presence.
I mean, a monster below a certain threshold would die by simply standing before him.
Their existence alone could end some high-ranking monsters.
These were why they were the absolutes of the world.
「You could probably do the same.」
I don't exchange words with traitorous bastards.
「..... Sorry.」
Playing cute won't change jackshit.
「..... Tch.」
Good. Ignoring the interrupter, I began moving towards the target by reading the wavelength using my advanced soul perception ability.
With my evolution, it seems like I was able to read souls more clearly.
Normally, there would be the magicules and spiritrons interfering with my perception.
But now, I could simply ignore them to locate my target. How wonderful.
It seems like I have reached my target.
Sariel: 「Eh? I could've sworn that I sensed someone, or at least a living life-form around. There's no one here.」
I spoke out loud due to the situation. I was absolutely confident in my readings.
There was definitely something around, but what?
Lost deep in thought, I didn't notice a certain something move past me.
Kalisha: 「Would you look at that. A slime casually moving under Veldora's heavy presence. That's something new.」
Sariel: 「Hm? What's she–」
Before I could complete my sentence, I saw a slime devour a whole magic ore.
—Ooookay, I'm gonna pretend as if that is an everyday occurrence.
Yes, that way, I wouldn't need to question my sanity.
Umu. I'm such a genius. Yes. That's how it's done.
Kalisha: 「I have never been this enlightened by your thoughts.」
I like the way I think—thank you very much!
Instead of getting annoyed, I ignore her comment like any cool guy would do.
Kalisha: 「I've never said it before, but your level of narcissism is deeply troubling.」
I went up to look at the slime.
Before I could look it up properly, it began to move, devouring the grass below it.
「That's probably a special grass.」
I would come back to look it up. Right now, I'm all too curious about this slime.
I have never encountered a slime ever since I came to this world.
I never even knew that slimes would exist in this world.
It was almost as if Veldanava stole some ideas from my homeland.
It's not like it matters in the end, but it would be cool to see more species from our fantasy games exist here.
I was once again deep in thought to realize the slime casually hopping onto a nearby lake of the sort.
The wavelength began to change. It seemed as if it didn't plan for that.
Kalisha: 「I don't think it did.」
Well, I would've ignored it if not for the powerful will it had.
Slimes should not have this much of an ego, at least I think so.
—And this one also seemed to display emotional change earlier on.
I have actually not seen other slimes before, so this could be considered a normal thing for all slimes for all I know.
Besides, back in my world, there was nothing like a true dragon or a primordial.
But I would like to see this as a rare occurrence.
By the time I realized, the slime had been taken far by the water current.
Well, it's time to make a move.
I moved over to the lake, spreading my wings, ready to take off.
After this evolution, my demonic features were now easily accessible.
I didn't need to use 『Material Creation』 to recreate those things anymore.
As I flew towards the slime, I had every intention of grabbing it when it just shot out water from its mouth. Or is that the ears? The butt? Meh, whatever.
A huge blast of water escaped its body, propelling it faster than the water current.
Sariel: 「Is this little guy trying to make life harder for me?」
All the time, I intended to get closer to it, but it would just do one crazy shit and escape my grasp.
The slime seemed to enjoy the little surfing experience, but life had other plans.
It was shot out from the lake with a *Whoosh*—and then,*BAM*!!
It slammed its body hard against a certain wall.
I wonder if this slime has sentience.
It was able to use such a high-speed technique to propell itself to the end of this waterfall.
It even went ahead to devour its damaged part and fixed the damage.
It definitely had some type of sentience.
It began to move again, but I wasn't about to let it go free.
But wait, what if it's an otherworlder?
I stopped in my tracks and began to think once again.
I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if he reincarnated into the body of a slime.
I mean, I underwent the same thing.
I casually thought of becoming the ruler of hell, but my blabbering were interpreted differently by the Voice of The World.
It may have thought of something related to slimes.
Let's say—like how slimes cannot see or hear, how they don't have blood and how they constantly devour things.
Perhaps I'm onto something here.
I began to walk towards were I last sensed the slime to find and grab it for investigation, but I was stopped by a loud voice.
???: 「Sariel!?」
I shifted my head to the owner of this loud voice, and it was none other than my best buddy, Veldora.
Sariel: 「Veldora?」
I responded with a question of mine.
I hadn't expected to encounter Veldora here.
He seemed to be communicating with the slime.
The slime seemed to have gained sight. I mean, as soon as I spoke, it turned to look at me.
Or was it hearing me?
But it wasn't able to see or hear anything a moment ago.
Is this Veldora's doing?
Sariel: 「What's up, Veldora? What are you doing with the slime?」
Veldora: 「Kuhahaha!! I kinda knew you were back from wherever you went to, but I certainly didn't expect myself to see a slime. A sentient one for that matter. Gahahaha!!」
Sariel: 「Hmm, yeah? I didn't see this coming, too. I mean, look at that wavelength. It's so powerful.」
Veldora: 「Yeah? Guess what? The slime's first words were, "Shut it, baldie!!"」
Sariel: 「Wah!? No way!! So bold.」
As we spoke, the slime seemed to shake in.... uhh, I dunno, anger?
Sariel: 「Hey Veldora. Do you mind establishing a communication link between the three of us? I'm kinda curious about the slime, too.」
Veldora: 「Gahahaha!! Sure thing!」
Why does he always laugh out loudly before speaking?
After a few seconds, I received a mental link.
「He's reaching out to you, Sariel-sama. Should I establish the link?」
Hm? Yeah.
With that, I felt our minds connected, making a simple thought known to the ones bearing the connection.
Then, an argument was heard.
「—Come on! I told you that I couldn't even see!! I just did it for—umm, testing purposes! Yes!」
Veldora: 「Yes. You told me already. What's the point?」
「Then why did you tell the new guy!?! I'd just look like an idiot—damn it!! Understand me!!」
Sariel: 「I don't really see you as an idiot. I've seen people way more stupid than you think the word "stupid" can extend to.」
「Waaaaagh!! Who the hell are you!?!?」
*Sigh* What a messed up convo…
Sariel: 「Calm down, alright? I'm just the dude from earlier on.」
「A-Ah, I see. But who are you?」
Sariel: 「Right. They call me Sariel around these lands. That's all I can give that you'd actually understand.」
「Okay then. But I have the big question of the day.」
Sariel: 「Sure. What's the drop?」
「Can you enlighten me on your gender?」
Sariel: 「...I-I'm a male.」
「SHIIIIIIT!!! You could've at least looked more masculine!! Go get a mirror, you trap!!」
Veldora: 「Kuhahahaha!! I know, right!? You look like the phrase, "Ladies and gentlemen."」
Sariel: 「Hey, hey, hey!! Don't laugh at my misfortune, asshole! Do you know how hard it is to cope with this appearance!?!
I have to wear the shame since birth!!
And you!! You go around calling someone a baldie! Have you seen your head!?!
Do you even have one!?!——Hmm?!? Answer me!!」
「O-Ouch.... I do have a head... I think?」
Good. The tables have turned. At times like these, it's good to change the topic to remain victorious.
Sariel: 「Hold up now. Did you reincarnate? I mean, I don't see a random slime gaining sentience and surfing like some inexperienced pro swimmer.」
「W-Wait, you saw that!?! Damn it. I totally ruined my personal image in front of a beautiful chick.」
Sariel: 「I'm a male—thank you very much! And if you even think of laughing one more time—I swear I'm gonna release you from this seal for the sole purpose of meeting and having a reunion with your "very kind and caring" sisters. Deal?」
Veldora: 「Ayaa!! Deal—it's a deal!!!」
Sariel: 「Good—Good. Now we can continue from where we left of, right?」
「Y-You're scary...」
Sariel: 「Women are scarier. Trust me, dude.」
「Fine. As I was saying, I was walking with my juniors when suddenly—*Aaaargh* and *BAM*—I was stabbed in the back, saving my juniors from some crazy random dude with a knife, thirsty for some action and blood.」
Sariel: 「Wow. That's one explanation.」
「Does the details really matter?」
Sariel: 「Not much. So, in short, you're an otherworlder with a lame-ass backstory. How nice.」
As I spoke up, a literal question mark sign popped up on his head. How does he do that?
「Who's an otherworlder?」
—And that is why it's good to have tons of experience and information with you in life.
Veldora: 「It is a term that refers to humans that come to the Central World from other worlds.」
Since the big guy wanted to do all the explanations, I figured it would be best to sit it out.
He did have good information about the world, so it would be best to leave it to him.
Sariel: 「Hey, you mind accompanying our little friend here? I'm just gonna go check something out real quick.」
Veldora: 「Kahahaha!! Sure thing! This is already turning out to be interesting!」
Well, it looks like someone's enjoying the conversation.
I left them alone for some time, with me having plans of mine.
I intended to get familiar with a few of my abilities.
So, Reina-san. Can you show me a detailed layout of my abilities.
「Mmm. It's been a long time since you asked for one.」
Yeah, over time, I had already gotten a full grasp of my abilities. So it wasn't really necessary.
「Understood.」
Name: Sariel
Race: Demon God — (Primordial Demon) — 「Devil Lord」
Blessings: Sariel's Compassion
Title: Divine Protector:「Universal Guardian」
Magic: Aspectual Magic, Physics Magic, True Soul Magic, Holy Magic, Dark Magic, Illusion Magic, Spirit Magic, Summoning Magic, True Dragon Magic, Chaos Magic, Primitive Magic
Skill:
Intrinsic Skills: Soul Resonance, Universal Perception, Existence Concealment, Soul Lord's Haki, Material Creation, Infinite Regeneration, Magic Nullification, Attribute Neutralization, Existence Erasure
Resistance: Pain Nullification, Physical Attack Nullification, Natural Effect Nullification, Abnormal Condition Nullification, Spiritual Attack Nullification, Holy-Demonic Attack Nullification
Ultimate Skill: 『Heavenly Wisdom Lord: Raziel』
Unique Skills
1.『Soul Lord』
[Subskills]
1. Soul Harvest: Souls of those weaker than the user are instantly harvested. Only individuals with spiritual attack resistance or ultimate-level skills are considered safe from this ability. Skills belonging to the harvested soul can also be acquired.
2. Soul Barrier: A barrier that constantly absorbs the soul energy of targets at a frightening rate.
3. Soul World: An evolved version of 『Soul Storage』. All harvested souls are stored in this subskill and can be converted to magical energy for the user and viceversa. Souls in this dimension are not affected by time. The storage capacity of this skill has been increased, making its storage size vastly greater than that of 『Soul Storage』.
4. Life Predation: All types of energy and life can be devoured by this ability. Once devoured, the target is taken into the 『Soul World』for analysis. The target of effect includes but is not limited to organic and inorganic objects. It also extends to skills and magic.
5. Ultra-Speed Soul Regeneration: An enhanced version of 『Soul Regeneration』. Allows for the recovery of damages affecting the soul at a quicker rate compared to Soul Regeneration.
6. Soul Manipulation: Allows for the manipulation of souls to a certain extent. The user can control souls easily and convert them into energy or perform resurrection or revival and many more depending on their level of proficiency.
7. Soul Blade Summoning/Soul Blade:『Ares』: A mythical grade weapon that ignores the material body and directly affects the soul of a target upon contact. The greater the amount of magicules infused into the blade, the higher the damage the soul takes. Using spiritrons as its energy source makes the amount of damage greater than when used with magicules. Also, if an energy source greater than spiritrons is used, the effect is far greater than when used with spiritrons.
8. Soul Appraisal: Allows the user to run analysis on a targets soul, allowing them to access information like the skills they possesses and the functions of that skill. When used on targets weaker than the user, it can also be used to read the memories of the appraised targets.
9. True Body Release: This skill is only activated once the user dies. Once that happens, the user can decide to transfer their soul to their body that is stored in the『Soul World』. The body can then be released from the『Soul World』if the user wishes to do so.
3.『Gluttony』
[Subskills]
1. Predation: Takes the target into the user's body. But in case the target is conscious, the chances of success decrease significantly. The target of effect includes but is not limited to organic and inorganic objects. It also extends to skills and magic.
2. Stomach: Stores the predated target. It is also possible to store materials created via analysis. Targets stored in this subskill are not affected by time.
3. Mimicry: Replicate the captured targets' appearance. Its abilities are also possible to use. However, it is limited to targets whose information is successfully analysed.
4. Isolation: Stores harmful objects that can not be analysed, neutralising them, then breaking them down into magicules.
5. Corrosion: Corrodes the target, decomposing it if it is organic. There is a chance of acquiring an ability after partially consuming the targets body.
6. Receive: The ability to obtain skills from the individuals under the user's influence.
7. Provide: Grants part of the user's abilities to those under the user's influence or to use individuals that have a soul link/bond.
5.『Ultimate Authority』
[Subskills]
1. Ultimate Level: Any type of attack can be elevated to the ultimate level whilst simultaneously raising the user's defense against attacks to the ultimate level.
2. Essence Fusion: Fuses a pair of different essences or targets into a single object. Can be used to merge skills together, evolving them into new skills. More than one skill can be acquired from merging depending on the combination used.
3. Essence Separation: Separates the properties or essence inherent to the target into different objects. (In case the separate target has no physical form, it may dissappear.)
4. Essence Creation: The necessary essence needed for the formation of skills and other factors can be produced with this ability.
5. Ultimate Imprisonment: An ability that seals a target in a countless isolated complex dimensions, preventing any sort of interaction between the two spaces (the space within the seal and the outside space) with the help of multiple Multidimensional Barriers. The target's magic circuits, along with their abilities and energy, are sealed, and the only way to escape this skill is to avoid being sealed in the first place.
6.『Space-Time Administrator』
[Subskills]
1. Dimension Leap: Allows the user to freely locate and travel to a location, even if it is in different dimensions or worlds, as long as there's a guide or connection to it.
2. All Creation Severance: Allows the user to break and sever anything imaginable. The sundering ability of this skill depends on the user's power.
3. Space-Time Manipulation: It allows the user to manipulate and utilize the elements of space and time, allowing them to perform Spacetime Connection or even Instant Motion depending on their proficiency.
4. Temporal Chronostasis: A temporal illusion that make targets see objects as though they have stopped moving, making opponents react slower than they are supposed to.
6. Future Memory: This ability allows the user to access information from the future to make use of it in the present time.
Well, the only things that have changed are the intrinsic.
At least somebody is being less perverted than usual.
「Ku-ku-ku. How naive...」
Hm? Did you say something?
「No. It's just an auditory illusion.」
Right? *Sigh*
As of now, I have a lot of intrinsics.
It seems like it's now my innate skills that are being messed up with.
「It wasn't due to desire.」
Spare me from the excuses.
「No matter what I did to your skills (unique skills), I couldn't make you become an ultimate life-form. Hence, I resorted to altering your existence. By doing this, I just made you an ultimate existence.」
Eh? Wait, am I an ultimate life-form now?
「Precisely.」
W-Wow. I guess you don't take my wellbeing lightly, huh?
「Yes. Sariel-sama's well-being is of utmost importance. I'll risk anything to keep you safe.」
Hehehe. I never imagined that there would be a day where you'd be flirting with me. I'm flustered.
Kalisha: 「No you're not.」
Yeah? Whatever.
But looking at my abilities, I can deduce their specifics.
I mean, 『Attribute Neutralization』 reaks of lucidity.
With this ability, I would be impervious to any concept of the elements.
Spell it out; water, wind, earth, and space. Then we have light, darkness, and the supreme element, time.
It grants me absolutely immunity to their concepts and laws, making any attack with that attribute against me meaningless.
I know I have Natural Effect Nullification, but that grants me immunity towards the natural elements.
Meaning, physics magic would be rendered useless against me as I'm immune to natural energy.
Natural energy neutralizes magicules, whilst holy energy purifies magicules.
Hence, an attack meant to neutralize my magicules is dealt with by that resistance skill, whilst an attack bearing the law and concept of any element is dealt with by that intrinsic skill of mine.
That's the difference.
Then we have 『Soul Resonance』.
This skill is easily overpowering as it performs a very big role.
This intrinsic skill amplifies my will, possessing the passive ability of purifying souls, cleansing them of any impurities; be it negative energy, curses, spirit poisoning, etc.
With this ability, all types of magic performed by me are heavily influenced by my will, increasing its magical effect immensely.
A very powerful skill indeed. It can even serve as a subskill for a high-level ultimate skill.
Then, we have that supreme ability 『Existence Erasure』.
I'm honestly scared of myself at this point.
This ability literally possesses the ability to destroy anything in existence possessing life (a soul and spirit).
It seems like an upgraded version of that Ashura's ability 『All Things Destruction』.
「Note: At some point in time, I reread the tensura light novel volume 21 and realized that it's not 『All Creation Destruction』, but the way I put it above.」
With this, I could destroy a material life-form's astral body.
If it's a material or semi-spiritual life-form, they would die upon the destruction of their astral bodies, so all I needed to do was to destroy their life source.
When used on a spiritual life-form, I am granted access to directly destroy the heart core and soul.
It would only work after I've made direct contact with the target using anything I've imbued this power upon.
Only select spiritual life forms with ultimate skills are unaffected by this skill.
The erasure of existence is done by doing away with the infons that carry their basic information and life source on the soul or heart core.
It's not about destroying infons as I can not do that directly, but it's just about detaching them from the heart core, ripping off the essence of their existence.
That's the function. With this level of power, I can confidently say that I am stronger than Guy or Feldway.
But I don't think I have enough information on Guy's or Feldway's abilities to say so without second thoughts.
Either way, I'll find out everything about their abilities before confronting them directly.
Then, we come down to the last of them, 『Soul Lord's Haki』. (Soul Ruler's Haki).
It's just an evolved version of my 『Demon Lord's Haki』.
It kinda does the same thing, but with a little extra side effect.
It exerts pressure on a target's soul directly. This skill is capable of killing even spiritual life-forms who are way below my power level.
The side effects are the aftermath of being directly assaulted with this skill.
It could permanently scar one's soul by chipping away at the heart core when exposed to the intense pressure.
It reduces one's self-esteem, making them feel the inferiority of their existence.
This way, it would be easier to subdue the target even if they were a spiritual life-form.
My former haki skill wasn't capable of chipping away at the soul, so it's a bonus.
But I'd need to keep a tight leash on this skill as it can be activated automatically by emotional fluctuations quite easily.
It's just like its predecessor with no major differences, I guess.
I tested the credibility of the newly received intrinsic skills, and the results were surprising.
My『Existence Erasure』did not work on a random rock that I flicked because my skill took away the life source of a life-form.
If you think of it, rocks don't even live. They're non-living things.
But that didn't stop me from tracking down a random monster and testing it out.
It worked like magic (I know it's magic).
Hence, I knew that I would be wasting some more time in this cave.
I went around, testing my skills and magic, making up random theories that could probably work with magic supporting me.
There was something new I discovered after making up a hypothesis.
Primtive magic could extend beyond affecting souls.
I could use this magic to do some insane stuff like eliminating gravity and changing fate.
Well, I don't know about changing fate, but I guess eliminating the concept of gravity temporarily is possible.
I could alter magnitude and the likes, warping one's idea of a given concept in terms of spirituality.
I could affect a target's soul by warping the way the view distance and space, making them believe that an object realistically two meters away from them is nine meters away with this magic.
Crazy, right? I could also deceive one's existence, making them believe that they're more powerful than they actually are.
This way, catching an enemy off guard would be in the realm of simplicity.
This magic training was exceedingly fruitful.
I'm really content with the outcome of this lesson. Now, I can make my way hack to those two.
With me thinking so, I began to retrace my way back to Veldora's seal.
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「Note: Well, we've finally reached the canonical timeline. I'm glad about that. I know I didn't make some time periods clear, so sorry. I'll be honest, I wasn't aware of all the time information needed when writing this scrap.
I only knew of the era of myths and the timeline for the first and second tenma war. It may have been a bit messy, but I trust that ya'll will put up with my errors.
I've come to realize some mistakes I made in some previous chapters, so I may or may not alter some information in those chapters.
If you need to know the specifics, just reach out to me in the comment section. If you enjoyed today's sequel, please support me by clicking that infamous and notorious vote button for me. Without further delay, I end this chapter. See ya!!」
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