Chapter 1732 A New Divine System Law
1732 A New Divine System Law
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Something else inside of him?
I didn't feel any such thing when I fought him.
But I guess Andromeda is much more capable when it comes to analyzing things.
"What do you think is inside of him?" I asked. "A Demon?"
"No… This is much deeper than anything we've ever fought before," she said. "If anything, it felt oddly similar to the presence that Benladann and Miranda had."
"What?!" the two responded almost in the same way.
"Weird." Yuki said. "So he has some secret entity inside of him made of chaos? Oh my god, what else does that dude has?!"
"Calm down for now," said Tisha. "Drake, we should first focus on preparing for the Trial. Speculating about these things might not get us anywhere else."
"Not wrong," nodded Pekora. "We should focus on what's in front of us, yes."
"Drake, we should meet with Surtr's group while we got the time," said Ruby. "So we can plan things out too."
"Right, very well," I nodded. "Emerald, come with us too, don't stay behind."
"A-Ah! Yes!" Emerald had only grown more nervous after learning all of these news, but he still seemed willing to help. "Hahh…" though, he kept sighing all the time.
"Emerald, calm down, we're all together as a team here," said Amehia, patting his shoulders. "It'll be okay, alright?"
"Amehia…" Emerald was quickly comforted by his new wife, who kept calming him down. "Thank you for being with me…"
"You're such a crybaby sometimes! Come on now," Amehia giggled, kissing him. "Let's make a plan to win this trial too!"
"Yeah!" Emerald nodded. "I'm somehow pumped up now!"
Most likely because she kissed him…
As we made our way towards Surtr's group, we noticed a huge barrier around the entire wild lands we would have to explore.
Only twelve hours to get twenty treasures and survive the onslaught of thieves, it'll sure be annoying.
However with my senses alone, I can already feel the presences of hundreds of thousands of divine monsters.
If I can hunt them all and get a lot of Experience Points, I'll be able to Level Up my new Class and quickly gain more power.
"Surtr! Did you rest well?"
I called for Surtr, who seemed busy talking with his group.
"Master Drake! Yes, I did… I heard what happened, are you alright?! You survived a battle against pandemonium on your own?!" he was shocked.
"Yeah, but it wasn't really fair…" I sighed. "Someone else would have already died, only I, that can regenerate endlessly, can survive against him. Most of his blows can kill you instantly, honestly…"
"I-Is that so…" he sighed. "So he's that powerful…" he gritted his teeth. "What are we going to do? Will he attack us instantly once we start?"
"Most likely… not," I said. "He seems bound by some kind of Oath, it forces him to participate and win the trials, and he'll prioritize getting 20 treasures first. After that, however, I don't know what he'll try to do."
"Could it be possible to screw him over and make him be disqualified?" wondered Mina by the side of Surtr.
"Oh yeah, that would be really great!" Nadia agreed. "Can we, Uncle Drake?"
"U-Uncle?" I felt slightly old after hearing that. "Listen, I'm not that old to be called uncle… Just call me Drake."
"Nah~" Nadia shrugged.
"Ugh, well, whatever the case…" I muttered. "We have to prepare. Surtr, if you haven't noticed yet… I've become a Venerable."
"Ah! You… Ohhh?!"
He gasped as I released my Venerable Aura, overflowing our surroundings with silver and azure colored Ascendancy Law Energies everywhere.
FLASH!
"You've truly ascended, is that the power of a Venerable?! It feels… Ugh, like I can barely move! Hahah!" he laughed.
"Amazing, Uncle! You did it!" celebrated Jamar, stepping in.
"Well done Uncle Drake!" said Mina.
"That's amazing, Uncle!" said Nadia.
They still keep calling me Uncle, eh…
"That's right," I said. "We have little time to explain things to you, but I'll give you the powers of the System too. It should upgrade your own pseudo system, Surtr, while also giving everyone else a status and levels."
FLASH!
With a mere thought, my powers flowed into their bodies, granting them the power of the System. The Law of the System was still young and developing, so I couldn't do this automatically or world-wide for the moment.
However, the Law was indeed spreading across the world at an early stage, slowly beginning to affect it. Though, I would rather have the System work as something I can control rather than a natural law, because it would mean even my foes could wield this power.
As long as I remain as the wielder of the System Law, nobody can control it as I can, so I can choose who gets blessed and benefitted by it and who doesn't.
But if I happen to actually just die, the Law might just affect everything no matter what…
"A-Amazing, I felt slightly stronger!" Surtr said. "A new way to grow stronger… Class Levels?!"
"Woah, what's this?!" Jamar said. "I got a Skill?"
"Hmm, very interesting!" Nadia nodded.
"Huh, so that's how this is, hm?" Mina looked around the status.
The rest of their party also received the benefits, and everyone else too. With that done, mostly everyone had been powered up.
"The plan is simple, we have to secure our treasures first," I said. "Robbing those two will be tricky without the whole territory thing limiting them. My senses, however, can already detect something, a lot of glistening, golden essences everywhere. I think those are the Treasures we'll look for… Every Dungeon has 25 each, if you receive my guidance, you'll be able to find yours quickly."
"Interesting…" Surtr nodded. "It is a bit shameless of me to receive your help once more, Master Drake… If not slightly frustrating that I can't do much myself in this situation."
"You sure can, get stronger by defeating any monster you can find," I said. "I'll need your help once we finally fight Pandemonium, Surtr. You're crucial, in fact."
"M-Me? I'm crucial?" Surtr felt slightly surprised.
"Emerald too," I said.
"Me too?! Eeeehhh?!" Emerald began panicking.
In fact, the only chance of winning against Pandemonium I can think about is… by combining their strength and powers with mine.
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