Chapter 471 ’Normal’ Eyes
Twisting the Daggers he had rammed into the thick hide of his opponent, he let out a groan as a fountain of blood splashed onto Dilan's face.
He was already drenched in sweat and blood so it didn't matter if he was bathed in blood over and over again.
A bright smile appeared on his face as the rhinoceros collapsed on the ground, the last traces of Life force wiped out of its eyes.
He removed the Chaos Monsters' Essence crystal that shone in a faint grey color.
The power of Chaos resided in the Essence crystals and Dilan was actually not sure if they would harm him upon absorbing them.
Rory, the Red Dragon, was certain that the Chaos Essence Crystal could be used for something good, but she had no idea of their exact use.
"They're not harmful, but what is their use? Vampires and Werewolves have unique Essence crystals but no other race seems to have them…" Dilan wondered while inspecting the Essence crystal intently.
He looked over to Rory while his crimson eyes that gleamed in interest reverted back to their usual blue color.
[I have no idea what you're talking about. I have never seen different types of Essence crystals. Those only exist in legends! Don't play with me!] Rory was getting cheeky and Dilan could only sigh.
By now the Red Dragon had grown comfortable with Dilan. She had finally realized that their life was bound together in certain ways.
It was impossible for him to kill her and force her to do things that would end up in her death, while Rory couldn't betray, injure or disobey him.
The Soul Space would probably strengthen Dilan with Dragonic powers but until that happened quite some time would have to pass.
Dilan was quite calm right now. The Hordes of Chaos and Destruction were a lot weaker than he had expected, even more so now that he had Rory by his side.
Nonetheless, the number of Chaos Monsters had increased to an extent where even unimaginable strength was not enough to take care of everything.
They could defeat whoever they wanted and whenever they wanted, but things became trickier the moment the Hordes of Chaos and Destruction split up.
By now, Dilan and Rory had defeated several smaller fractions of the Armies that had formed as a result of the split of the Hordes and it was now time to face the bigger parties.
These bigger parties had a tight formation and stayed close to each other and they worked hard to create and alter numerous Gates.
Dilan and Rory had entered a few Chaos Gates to take a look at them, and what they found was pretty interesting.
The plants and monsters within the altered Gates were evolving. Their strength increased by leaps and bounds and it was only a matter of time before they would emerge on Milarn to cause death and destruction.
Dilan was quite interested in that because he hoped for more Tier-3 monsters to emerge on Milarn.
However, even if there wouldn't be many Tier-3 monsters it would be fine.
Dilan could just step through a Gate within a Gate to wreak havoc in other worlds.
Doing so would turn him into someone comparable to a Demon King known in novels, Mangas, and animated shows, but that was not what he was after.
He needed the strength to make sure that he could survive and attain the goals he had in mind and if that was only possible by conquering, or eradicating other planets they would have to succumb to his selfish desires. That was just how high his determination was.
"Let's finish off the remaining ones and return tomorrow to eradicate the rest!" Dilan suggested and Rory roared out in response.
Her head lunged out and her row of razor-sharp blade-like teeth sunk into the Rhinoceros corpse that was ripped apart.
Dilan simply watched Rory gobbling down the unempowered Swirl of Chaos without saying a single word.
[Are you not curious why I eat the Swirls of Chaos?] Rory asked when she sensed her silence. There was no malice in her voice anymore and it was quite obvious that she had accepted Dilan as her partner in crime.
Dilan might have forced her to accept his Soul Imprint but it was true that Dilan was strong enough to make a premature Dragon accept him despite being only at the second Tier.
"You want to get stronger by eating them. Isn't that kind of obvious?" Dilan shrugged his shoulders before he got onto Rory's huge claw.
She flapped her wings and they ascended into the air to annihilate the remaining Chaos Monsters.
In the next half a day, death was close on their heels as the duo destroyed everything around them, reaping the souls of the Chaos Monsters that were supposed to kill everyone, expand their powers and attain many more goals.
The sun had gone down and it rose again.
A heavy and steady stream of rain poured down on the duo who were shrouded in blazing flames.
There was a fist-sized Intermediate Fire Spirit around Dilan, engulfing his skin naturally.
His eyes were shining in a bright red color as he circulated mana through them.
"There is nothing, not even our people," Dilan mumbled, trying hard to see something in the rain.
Due to his Blood Vyrm bloodline, his eyesight was extremely sharp, and it improved further especially when his bloodlust increased.
Thus, Dilan could see everything in a range of more than two kilometers because it had only been a short time since he had killed thousands of monsters.
Rory was not interested in the Chaos Essence crystals. Her focus was fully directed on the deactivated Swirls of Chaos rather than the Essences.
She wouldn't gain anything from devouring the Essence crystals, either way. Her Tier was too high in comparison to theirs.
That was also why Dilan made all the gains when he finished advancing to the third Tier.
He would make huge gains the moment he finished advancing, which was why he was very satisfied with himself.
[I can sense them in the fog. But the fog is weird and is weakening my senses. It's probably the result of a Chaos Monster's powers!] Rory commented but Dilan didn't really get it.
"But there is no fog…" He mumbled to himself, only for Rory to laugh lightly.
[You shouldn't use your normal eyes.] She said after a while once she had calmed down a bit.
"What do you mean with 'normal eyes'?" Dilan asked.
Rory had spoken a few times about similar things such as "Mana Vision", "Spiritual Perception" and so on but until now Dilan hadn't really given it much thought.
He had been sure that they were something he would get in the future as well and that it was just because his Tier was too low.
However, that didn't seem to be the entire truth because Rory showed him clearly what exactly was going on.
[Wait, I will show you what I mean!] She said before her Draconic Mana erupted, shooting towards Dilan's eyes that began the itch and burn at the same time.
[Here, take a look at what's hidden from the eyes of mortals!]