Chapter 1012: The Reason Demon Gods Never Attacked (2/2)
”Yes, but for some reason, the Black Demons are only interested in sitting things out while observing the war between humans and demons.” Hazak frowned. ”I can say with assurance that they know of something that's preventing them from attacking the human cities.”
'Wait a minute. It might be simpler than that.' Krune frowned, thinking to himself based on his experience, 'Unless a human obtains the Demon Core of a higher-tiered demon and consumes that Essence, he wouldn't be able to reach the respective tier. So, in such a way, if no human ever kills a Black Demon, they would never be able to reach Tier 6. And, since the miasma is poisonous to humans, they also cannot venture deep into the miasma lands barring the swarming demons.'
'So, it might just be their scheme to prevent humans from reaching the highest tier possible in this layer.' Krune then asked, ”Have you ever seen a Black Demon in person?”
”Yeah, there's one sitting on the bottom of the stairs always,” Hazak replied. ”It likes to stare at our marching forms all day for no reason at all.”
”That's definitely weird,” Krune muttered before waving his hand to stop thinking about it. ”Well, let's just rest for the time being. I have no plans of moving until I increase my strength.”
”If there's anything I need to do, please tell me, Sir Pestlor,” Hazak said.
”Can you control your strength?” Krune asked.
”I haven't tried it before. But with some training, I should be able to do that,” Hazak responded.
”Great, then help me with my training.” Krune replied, thinking, 'With Hazak around, I think I can plan on recovering my items from Raka. But first, I should reach the peak of Tier 4 before that.'
Krune instructed Hazak in controlling its strength and many forms of combat suited to its abilities, telling it better ways to wield them since he had first-hand experience in creating and evolving their source monsters.
As for his own abilities, Krune was consistently gaining a kilogram daily. And with every increase, his body's potential continued to increase. And by that, as he trained, he also increased the size of his Cloud Whale.
When he arrived at Layer 2, the limit of his Cloud Whale's length was 8 meters. And now, it had already reached 14 meters. At this rate, he would reach the peak of 25 meters within another couple of years.
By that point, he would be able to tap into its full potential. Just the air currents he would be able to create around himself would be significantly powerful, powerful enough to possibly make him fly.
Normally, he would have headed towards the battlefield to fight the demons even while in disguise to train his abilities. But with Hazak, he no longer needed that. The strongest Red Demon was his training partner, a partner that was rather glad to bleed for him. Not only that, he was a partner that wasn't even scratched by the strongest of his attacks.
So, Krune was able to gain all the necessary battle experience from the comfort of home.