435 New Routine (1/2)
”He stays dormant for that long?”
[The process takes a lot of time due to both the restricted ability of the artifact and the limited control that the demons' have over this space. According to my database, the Demons keep this state to pass the time till the target that has been completely converted into a 'Corrupted Puppet' makes its way to their location due to the puppet's natural instinct to reach the closest Corruption energy user to it.]
”So… in order not to mess up and leave early before the target is completely Corrupted, the demon goes to 'Sleep' and waits for the 'Alarm Clock' puppet to wake him up…? Isn't that simply too much of a time waste in the demon's case?”
[Not at all. After all, the Corruption Puppet that is produced through this procedure can't be compared to normal Corrupted in any way. Not only does their memory become almost completely browsable to Corruption users, but they maintain their mental ability without any flaws other than being subordinate to the first Corruption user that imprints their energy on them. It's totally worth the time spent making it. Furthermore, a Corruption Puppet wouldn't waste much time as it would be able to sense the Corruption user's location, hence spending minimum time to reach them.]
'Does that mean I was targeted for the sake of information?'
Though I wasn't exactly sure how the demons of this domain had information about me, and even managed to spot me under disguise, I wouldn't be surprised if it was the combination of one of the branch abilities of the 'Demonic Sovereign' coupled with some special communication tool.
On the other hand, what I was more sure about was that they likely targeted me for my memory since my prowess wasn't that 'stellar' yet…
[Once again, there is no need to overthink it. Even in the worst-case scenario where the demon realizes something is wrong, you will be able to get out of here early as long as you manage to kill him before he manages to use his home advantage…]
”It's not like I got another option anyway.”
While I was worried about how the situation would be in the Fire Domain in a few weeks, I was stuck here for the time being, so there was indeed no need to overthink what I'm incapable of reaching.
'Besides, it's not as if having to stay here for long is entirely a bad thing…'
”Come on Light, let's get running.”
I already had a plan in mind as I got up and started going forward…
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12 hours later...
”Time for food!”