CHAPTER 376: RESTRICTIONS (1/2)
The new world possesses little in the way of humans who are strong physically. For the time being, there has been no way of determining if Fighter’s Aura exists in this world… The laws of this world are unusual. There is no mana, but there is a strange energy that we aren’t able to analyze for now… Only the skeletons are able to make it through the dimensional rift right now, but they are weak and the humans of this world possess a weapon capable of wiping out large quantities of skeletons… We’re currently trying to bring zombies through the rift… We beseech your Highness, please send more reinforcements while the rift is being widened for the zombies…
—Log from an invader of the new world
“That cat?” The moment I said that, I realised how unnecessary my question was. For a Cerberus at his level, the only cat he would ever refer to had to be the Overlord of those kitties.
The clan head gave me a bemused look. “If I’m not wrong, you should have just come from their territory. How was it? I hope that little cat didn’t cause you too many problems.”
“It’s alright, I still managed to get what I wanted in the end.” Speaking of my goals, I suddenly remembered what were my motives for coming here in the first place. His oppressive aura had caused me to lose the initiative but it was time for me to retake it.
Lifting my head, I stared right into the eyes of the clan head’s center head. I focused on him for a moment then finally spoke up. “To be honest, I made this trip in the hopes that I could get your clan’s assistance. I need a horn from a Nightmare Steed but I doubt they will hand it over easily. My golems are strong but their weakness is obvious…”
“So how do you want us to assist you?”
“My forces can handle the brunt of the fighting. What I need is for your clan to restrain them, preventing them from retreating and forcing them to fight me head-on.”
“You’re confident you can beat them head-on?”
“It’s not confidence, I know for a fact that they won’t be a problem…” Even though I wasn’t just boasting, I still couldn’t help but hesitate a little at that point as I gazed into his eyes. “Assuming their Overlord doesn’t come out to cause trouble.”
“I doubt their Overlord would dare.” To my slight surprise, he was the one to broach this topic first. “An exalted personage made his presence known to us recently. His holiness forbade me from interfering, though he never told me why. Having seen you now, the reason has become clear to me.”
“That’s right, I did in fact receive the care of that exalted person. He gave me the mission of conquering Sable Radiance, and even said that the other Overlords won’t interfere while I did so…”
“I remember Sidarth mentioning not long ago that he bumped into a rather interesting fellow. According to him, you were a Lust Demon back then. To think you’ve actually changed into a Fallen Angel… In all my long years, I’ve never seen another Devil evolve into a Fallen Angel, not even in the records of my clan. Normally, most Devils would only evolve into one of the five Original Sins: Wrath, Lust, Envy, Gluttony and Greed. Normally, most Devils would also only possess one of the Five Original Sins. As for you… I feel the presence of three Sins within you. Truly remarkable.”
My first instinct was to deny my own uniqueness, but after careful consideration, I realised that there was no need to hide this fact either. There was no point to such petty trickery, and the fact of the matter was that an Overlord deserved this level of basic respect.