Chapter 179: Splitting the Loo (1/2)

Because only the elites of elites took part in this battle against the titan skeletons, there weren’t any mishaps on our side except for No.3’s unexpected run-in with my Nether Flames. Having tallied up our losses, we actually came out without any deaths though there were a few severely injured members. Thankfully, none of them were injured to extent of No.3.

Now that the battle was over, it was time to split the spoils. The biggest reward we gained from that fight were the soul flames of those titan skeletons which were, unfortunately, useless to the lizardmen, the medusas and the demonic werewolves because they weren’t able to feed on souls.

In light of that, custody of those soul flames pretty much went entirely to me. As compensation however, I planned to use the bones of those titans to craft more weapons for them. Because their bones were particularly sturdy, that crafting job might just end up costing more mana than expected. However, the end result of my labors should end up proportionally stronger as well.

“Well then, Mo En, will you be able to evolve into a five-star if you consume this soul flame?” I pointed at the nearly one meter wide soul flame as I said so. While there was only a single star of difference between the two levels, the difference in power, however, wasn’t just a simple as one plus one.

It was worth mentioning that letting him have the most precious loot wasn’t just to simply raise his combat strength, there was another reason as well. Mo En only submitted to me because of Julia. To me, his entire family were irreplaceable allies in this dangerous prison break. Yet before this, I had no way to express my gratitude. While it was true that I gave Julia the art of dark alchemy, that wasn’t enough, not by a long shot. Thus, I came to the decision to give him that soul flame.

Eyes curved into crescent moons, he smiled a silly smile as he gazed at that soul flame. Clearly, he wasn’t going to reject it either way. “Sure sure, I can feel my evolution coming already, I just need to eat that soul flame…”

However, just as I was about to hand him the soul flame…

“You’d better come clean here!” Julia suddenly walked out of his shadow and slapped this deceitful husband of hers on the back of his head. Only after giving a thorough thrashing did she finally stop: “You’d better come clean, if I see you lying to his Highness again, this wife of yours will break your leg!”

Slightly confused: “Lie? What are you talking about?”

“It’s like this…” Julia glared at Mo En who was shuffling his feet about as we spoke before turning around to explain the situation to me. A short while later, I roughly got the gist of what she was saying. Truth be told, I had some rough theories regarding this matter but didn’t pay much attention to it before.

Why were there no life forms above the level of four-stars in the Prison of the Dead? Because of the restriction placed by the prison itself, that’s why! Initially, I thought that once a creature reached five-stars, they either left of their own accord or were forcibly teleported out of the prison. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that the truth could be so far from my expectations.

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In actuality, the prison wasn’t just a chain on our freedom, it limited our levels as well. Simply put, every creature was only allowed to evolve up to four-stars. Even if you were already a five or six-star, your level would automatically be suppressed down to peak four-stars upon entering the prison.

That was why Habona was able to match up so easily against what was supposed to be a six-star black iron titan skeleton. Those titans were strong, for sure, but their levels had all been suppressed to that of four-stars. Being at the same level as Habona, their lack of intelligence clearly put them at a disadvantage especially given the epic-grade Shadowfang.

However, while their levels had been suppressed, those titans were still stronger than the average four-star devil. After all, while the prison was able to suppress one’s level, it couldn’t suppress the innate strength of a six-star’s body. Given the fact that the titans were a race who specialized in defense to begin with, it wasn’t at all strange that Shadowfang couldn’t slice through that six-star’s neck in one go.

‘Speaking of which, if Mo En already knew that he would never be able to evolve even after eating that soul flame…then…wasn’t he just digging a pit for me to jump into?’

Turning around, I found a rueful looking Mo En staring right back at me…thus, I relented.

‘Forget it, in the first place, he’s kinda pitiful himself. Because of his wife, he ended up having to serve me for no rhyme or reason. Besides, that soul flame was meant to be a compensation of sorts for him. However, since it can’t raise his level, I’ll just give it to someone else.’

“Mimiya, here you go, you can have this soul flame instead.”

‘Before you ask, this wasn’t me trying to kidnap a loli with candy, it was just that her father couldn’t benefit from it so I decided to have her eat it instead. As for why it wasn’t Mo Xixidi…that’s because it was Mo Xixidi…I did say I was a part of the Judging a Book By its Cover Society!’

“Mimiya can eat it?” Eyes sparkling while they stared at this sudden boon from the heavens, she practically leapt into my embrace as she yelled. Arms and feet wrapped around my upper half, she proceeded to viciously smooch my…face, of course.

As she did so, my eyes nearly glazed over from that unique fragrance of a loli: “…”

“Scram, you shameless woman!”

“Let go of this harpy’s hubby!”

“Elena is going to hit you.”