Chapter 246 Northward Once More (1/2)

The insides of the Demonic Fire Igneous Giants could only be described as vast and also hollow, as if their body was actually just a rocky container for the lava that used to flow within. As for how much energy I actually absorbed, I had no way of knowing, but the fact that Ferti’nier was even able to wake up as a result of that, made it a rather profitable trade. At the end of the day, this former Devil King knew a lot more than me and as we Chinese liked to say, ‘having an elder in your home was like having a treasure.’

Experience and wisdom was something you had to accumulate with time…ahem, that was basically all I had to say.

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Having climbed out, the first thing I saw was Sinmosa and the Hellhound family standing not too far in the distance. Beside them were two lanky devils whom I had never seen before.

To be exact, I had never seen such a form before. Both of them had a head that resembled a bull’s with a pair of goat horns that curved towards the back. Their bodies were lean, muscular, beautiful even, if one were to discount the bull head on their shoulders and the goat hooves below. Their tail was slender like a bull’s as well.

Even though this was the first time I had seen such a form, the words Infant Flame Demon instantly came to mind.

“No.3, Big 4?” Although I had basically guessed the identity of these devils by now, I still couldn’t believe my eyes and had to confirm it once more. “You guys, evolved?”

“Master, we’ve evolved!” Upon seeing me climb out of the giant’s chest, the first thing the two of them did was to wave furiously at me while excitedly calling out to me as I walked towards them. Once I reached them, they suddenly fell to their knees and said with utter reverence: “Many thanks to Master…had it not been for Master, we would have died…”

“There’s no need for that, your loyalty is something I’m fully aware of. No matter what, the blood you shed won’t be in vain.” Seeing them in their new evolved forms, an indescribable sense of elation filled me. ‘This was the result I achieved after risking life and limb —not a bad result at all, if I had to say.’

Honestly, I wouldn’t have been half as excited about them evolving had it not been for Ferti’nier awakening. After all, I was still a Three-stars at the end of the day…having them outlevel me so much was disconcerting… Naturally, I knew that the two of them probably wouldn’t betray me, but the same could be said for One-eye as well…

To me, Sinmosa and Sasani were mostly trustworthy since we were complete strangers back when we met; I doubt they thought about betraying or using me then. Even if Sasani was thinking about betraying me, that sister of his would fix him right up. In fact, it would be more accurate to say I trusted Sinmosa, rather than Sasani.

Truly, trust was a scary thing…even now, I couldn’t believe that One-eye would play me out like that…well, that was all in the past now, what mattered was the future.

“The energy in that giant is gone but Mo Na and you…I can’t see any changes in the both of you at all…” Having chatted a while with No.3 and Big 4, it was then that Sinmosa trotted up to me and gasped with a look of disbelief in all six of her eyes. After giving me another look, she half-stated as such, in a voice dripping with curiosity: “You aren’t an ordinary devil are you?”

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“…”

‘What should I say now..I still can’t bring up the matter of Ferti’nier, but the fact that an entire Five-stars giant was consumed and nothing had happened in Mo Na and I was also strange.’

“Forget it, everyone has their own secrets, I was just a little curious, that’s all. I didn’t intend to pry too deeply…you can always tell me when you’re ready.” Seeing that torn expression on my face, she chose not to ask any further, instead casually glossing over this subject with another. “Cinderel has restored quite a bit of her energy already. Because she’s still young, she didn’t evolve yet. Sasani and I, on the other hand, received quite a few benefits. It won’t be long before we can evolve into Six-stars.”

“That quick?!” For the two of them to evolve now was clearly good news for me given our current situation. Thus I said: “Well then, I’ll have to congratulate you two in advance. Oh right, when exactly will you two evolve?”

Sinmosa paused for a second and then gave me an answer that I didn’t know whether to laugh about or cry about. “Roughly five years.”

“…well that’s…pretty quick…”

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“I know, it was supposed to be 20 years too.” She didn’t detect that slight bit of awkwardness in my voice and instead followed up with my comment as if everything was right in the world: “After all, Sasani and I are…well…you get it…”

‘I get it, totally. It’s that, isn’t it? German Orthopaedics, Yos*ga no Sora, and if Kyosuke actually did it with Kirino, I can add in Oreimo to the list as well…honestly, I had really had to hand it to that dog…’

(TL: German Orthopaedics: Some story in China where it was reported that a brother and sister did it each other and were found out by their father. The father broke the legs of the brother after which the brother flew off to Germany to get it fixed. The rest are all anime references.)

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