“Then let’s leave it alone and take care of our business . ”
Yeon-woo looked at Brahm, Galliard, Phante, and Edora .
While everyone was nodding with serious faces, Yeon-woo pulled out several books from Intrenian . They were De Roy’s Records . It was what he got from the Kelat Auction House . That was the good thing about the auction house; you could easily finish quests .
[You have destroyed ‘De Roy’s Records (Third Part)’ . ]
[The hidden piece is being revealed!]
[The skill ‘Demon Studies’ has been raised by one level . ]
[You have destroyed ‘De Roy’s Records (Sixth Part) . ’]
[You have destroyed ‘De Roy’s Records (Fourth Part) . ’]
There were 10 parts in total for De Roy’s Records . Of those 10, Yeon-woo had 6 of them .
The rank of the Demon Studies skill was at BB+ now .
Yeon-woo activated Demon Studies and released his power .
The Black Bracelet trembled, emitting a black ray of light .
[The 3rd Soul – Hundred Nocturnal Ghosts]
Kiaaaa!
With a scream, souls poured out .
Phante and Edora flinched unintentionally upon seeing them . After taking his mask off, Yeon-woo was showing them the powers that he had hidden from them, one by one .
They got shivers because with just a glance, there seemed to be thousands of souls .
It was not a question of whether they were scary . Of course people would feel uncomfortable because the souls were floating around with foggy forms .
Yeon-woo looked at the beings circling around him with steady eyes .
[Number of collected souls: 3,511]
As his understanding of the dead increased, the amount of souls he could put into his collection with his power increased .
Even though there were already over 3,000 of them, there was still more space left .
But what was more shocking was that the souls, which were nothing more than a collection, were now able to be controlled with a flick of his finger .
He realized how amazing the influence of his new power was .
‘A power… . . can I make one of my own someday?’
Even his genius little brother hadn’t made a power . His Sky Wings were close to that, but in the end, even he couldn’t surpass that limit .
With those thoughts in mind, Yeon-woo gave orders to his souls .
“Scatter . ”
Thousands of souls scattered across the red sky .
They scoured around, aiming for the Demonic species .
Each soul entered the Demonic species’ bodies . As the souls poured inside the beings’ heads, the Demonic species realized that something was amiss and tried to run away, but they weren’t able to do so .
And when the soul took over the nerves and brains of the Demonic specimen, it stiffened, and its eyes turned black, the color of the souls .
‘It’s done . ’
Feeling the consciousness of the thousands of souls, Yeon-woo’s eyes flashed .
Demons and Monsters .
Yeon-woo continued practicing inputting the souls into monsters or Demonic species with the power .
He learned that the inputting process went a lot smoother the lower their intellect or health .
Fortunately, the Demonic species had a lower intellectual level than most monsters, so it was easier than he thought to control them .
“Move . ”
And with the new order, the souls that controlled the bodies of the Demonic species all jumped inside De Roy Lake .
The Demonic species began to tear each other apart under the lake .
As one ate up another, another entered to swallow it, and this repeated over and over again .
The lake turned into chaos .
Kiaaaaa!
“Horrible . ”
Brahm shook his head . But he didn’t turn away, his eyes shining with the amusement of a scholar .
The man who tried creating the Ceratopsian Dinosaurs with Demon Trees was greatly interested in Yeon-woo’s method .
Yeon-woo used the souls to incite fights between the monsters, then collected the dead souls of the controlled monsters .
Thanks to that, the number of souls in his collection continued to grow, and the predator under the lake got larger .
Crrrr!
The Ceratopsian Dinosaur lifted its head above the water . However, next to it, another Ceratopsian Dinosaur appeared and bit its neck . Several Ceratopsian Dinosaurs made their entrances .
The chaos was now like hell .
Flesh floated in the water . All the Demon Trees around the lake were crushed .
Galliard, who hated demons to the bone, looked satisfied, Edora wrinkled her pure face, and Phante clenched his fists with sparkling eyes .
“This is dope… . . !”
Just then, Brahm shouted .
“It’s starting . Get ready . ”
The party all braced themselves and pointed their weapons towards the lake .
The dance of Ceratopsian Dinosaurs and Demonic species was over .
When thousands of Demonic species were blended into its stomach, the last Ceratopsian Dinosaur suddenly stuck its head into its body and began to eat itself .
It was a monstrous sight . When only its head was left, the dinosaur’s skull cracked open like a butterfly crawling out from its cocoon, revealing a man .
It was a snow-white naked man with a pair of black wings .
He looked at Yeon-woo and the others with an overjoyed face .
“Ah! What a refreshing breeze . ”
[You have succeeded in growing a lower-level demon artificially!]
[Congratulations! You have found another way to control death . The range of your influence of darkness becomes wider . ]
[You have succeeded in recognizing the foundation of magic and demons . Your understanding increases dramatically . ]
[Your properties and control increase by 30 . ]
[You have learned a great amount of the Demon’s Blessing . ]
[You have learned a great amount of the Demon’s Blessing . ]
[Your understanding of souls becomes deeper . ]
[The storage capacity of your collection is growing . ]
[Your ability to control souls has become deeper . The proficiency of the power ‘The 3rd Spirit’ has increased dramatically . 21 . 5%]
[You have earned the trait ‘Dark Lord . ’]
[You have earned the title ‘Guide of Evil Spirits . ’]
[You have achieved an accomplishment that isn’t easily achieved . Additional Karma and rewards are being given . ]
[You have gained 15,000 Karma . ]
[You have gained an additional 30,000 Karma . ]
[The evolution of ‘Demonic Studies’ is being rewarded to you . A new skill is being searched for in consideration of your stats and traits . ]
[The influence of the trait ‘Dark Lord’ is received . ]
[The superior skill ‘Demonism’ has been created . ]
[Demonism]
Numbering 19
Proficiency: 0 . 0%
Summary: The form of Demon Studies has been promoted by several levels . Though it is a lower level demon that can’t even be considered a real demon, you still created a demon, and so you will be given great understanding and properties of demonic spirits .
With this, your black magic and other powers will surpass their current limits .
*Demonic Energy
The demonic energy needed to activate this skill will continually be produced through the Demon’s Blessing .
*Demon’s Curse
When the black magic learned through a skill book is expressed, its rank will increase . The increase of rank is incomparable to what the Demon’s Blessing can do .
*Devil King Poison
A more effective poison than Devil Poison will be created . Its quality depends on how much Demon’s Blessing you have .
Endless messages popped up . They were all about how he gained traits, titles, and skills . What he did was incredible even by the system’s standards .
Like when he bound Brahm to him, the reaction of the 98th floor was filled with confusion .
[Multiples gods and demons of the 98th floor sigh . ]
[Multiple godly societies are looking at you with strange gazes . ]
[Most godly societies are reserving their judgment of you . A few gods feel amused by you . ]
[Athena is looking at you proudly . ]
[Hermes nods his head with satisfaction . ]
[Poseidon is having a deep conversation with someone . Their judgment of you is reserved . ]
[Azrael expresses his greed for you . ]
[Multiple demonic societies are seething . ]
[A few demons are exchanging a serious conversation about you . ]
[Agares reveals his greed for you . ]
[Chaos licks his lips . ]
[A demon of ‘Jeolgyo,’ Tao Wu, expresses his interest in you . ]
However, it was slightly different than with Brahm .
Back then, the related godly societies were enraged, but now, they were looking at Yeon-woo with interest . There were even some who clearly showed their desire for Yeon-woo .
‘My inventory of powers has increased . ’
Yeon-woo saw the number of powers that were in the channel he left open .
With this, even those that had been unsure about Yeon-woo had jumped on the boat .
The more he stacked his achievements in the future, the greater his inventory would probably become .
Then that meant the strength that Yeon-woo had would increase in parallel with his achievements .
The lower-level demon curved his lips up, probably oblivious to the situation .
“I can’t express my gratitude for waking me up from a deep sleep . I’ll accept you as my faithful… . . !”
“Shut up . ”
“Kup!”
He suddenly gasped and kneeled . His shoulders were trembling like there was something heavy on them . Veins popped out from his pale skin .
“W, What did you do… . . !”
He was breathless from the curse of the thousands of souls in his body . The demon tried to circulate his demonic energy to get rid of the souls . But before that, Brahm activated the transmutation circle that was along the lake .
Chrk!
Divine Iron flew out to bind the demon, and new magic circles folded the space he was in .
It was a sealing circle that imitated the buildup of the Philosopher’s Stone . Of course, this newborn, lower-level demon wouldn’t be able to bear it .
“N, Nooooooo!”
“Yes . ”
Boom!
With Yeon-woo’s cold smile, space folded, and the demon was crushed like that . Something fell down to the lake with a pop . The souls picked it up and brought it to Yeon-woo .
“So this is it . ”
Brahm approached with trembling eyes . There was a pitch-black stone in Yeon-woo’s hand . It was the Devil Core of the demon .
Yeon-woo gave it to Brahm . It was now up to Brahm to take care of it .
Brahm’s hand shook as he accepted the Devil Core . WIth this, Sesha could be cured . He was happy that what he had been waiting for was finally here .
Looking at him, Yeon-woo activated his Cores .
On the outside, it looked simple, but binding a demon used up the magic power he had . His stamina was at a low . A demon was definitely a demon . It wasn’t something that could be done twice .
But thankfully, the Philosopher’s Stone moved furiously, and his magic power stock quickly filled up again .
Just then, he felt Phante looking at him strangely .
“Do you know that?”
“What?”
“There were just two things you said after seeing a demon . ”
“Shut up . Yes . That was it . ”
Yeon-woo turned away like he didn’t hear anything .
“Gosh, that personality of his… . . ”
He could hear Phante complaining behind his back, but he ignored him on purpose .
Right now, he didn’t have time to deal with him .
He could feel countless players crowding near him . It was expected since he had swept up all the Demonic species in the area .
Also, Yeon-woo was the culprit who messed up the 23rd floor . He received a lot of attention since he hadn’t shown himself for the past few months .
Of course all those people would gather to see the situation .
Edora and Phante also felt their presence and gripped their weapons . Galliard turned his head in its direction .
A group revealed themselves from amongst the large crowd .
It was a group with red armor . They looked organized like they were from the military of a certain country .
Yeon-woo was familiar with the person taking the lead, thanks to the diary .
The Blood Land . Of them, there was one of the swords that the Gluttony Emperor especially cherished .
‘Marquis Caliburn . ’
The marquis opened his mouth .
“Are you the Hoarder?”
The Summer Queen and Troy looked down at the three pieces of the tablet .
“This is the Philosopher’s Stone… . . ”
A bright light shone along the Summer Queen’s eyes . She tightly held onto the tablet .
The appearance of the pieces was sudden . It was like the heavens gave her a gift . Like it was given to her ‘intentionally . ’
It was her steadfast opinion that there was no such thing as coincidence in this world .
It was a teaching she had learned as the last dragon, throughout her life . Just like how a stone was created through all kinds of processes and turmoil, it seemed like someone had touched the appearance of this tablet .
So normally, she would’ve thrown the tablet away, or tried to look into the motive of whoever did it, but she didn’t have the freedom to do so right now .
Her Dragon Heart that was turning into stone was beginning to crack, and her body was just on the brink of ruin .
If this kept up, all the powers she was barely holding onto would vanish .
Thankfully, there wasn’t anything suspicious about the information about the tablet . She examined it with her Dragon’s Knowledge, but there was only information about complex alchemy .
There were even some things that her Dragon’s Knowledge didn’t know .
The Dragon Queen felt like her knowledge had become deeper .
There wasn’t anything wrong with what it said . There wasn’t even a trap .
‘Unless a god played a dirty trick . ’
But there was no way something like that would have happened, so she wasn’t concerned .
The Summer Queen moved her magic power based off of what the tablet said . While her subordinates made the Philosopher’s Stone, she was planning on sealing her Dragon Heart first .
Checheche—
As she did, the rate at which her Dragon Heart was cracking slowed down, and it was even fixed on some sides .
The Summer Queen’s body trembled ecstatically .
The binds that had trapped her like a curse were gone . She felt like she might even be able to return to her old form .
She wanted to smile . She wanted to laugh at Heaven Wing .
Watch her . Even though he destroyed her, he was dead, and she was alive . The Summer Queen didn’t die . Rather, she would be born again, to defeat Allforone and rise to the 98th floor . And Heaven Wing would be her sacrifice!
Just when she was laughing—
“Accck!”
The Summer Queen screamed .
Her renewed Dragon Heart suddenly broke .
Magic power flowed out, exploding . Her Magic Circuit was destroyed, and her Dragon’s Blessing was crushed .
Her flesh turned black, and the rate of destruction sped up . The poison that was mixed into her magic power ate up her body at a quick pace .
It was Devil Poison .
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