Chapter 188 - Chapter 188: Chapter 180: The Sower, The Gourmet, The Specter (2/2)

Moreover, the power of “Perfect Digestion” is capable of growth.

Theoretically, once Extraordinary Exponents of the Path of Wholeheartedness reach a high enough rank, even concepts like curses can be consumed by “gourmets.”

Furthermore, Darren had finally reached the 2nd Rank of the Path of Shadow not long ago.

“Specter.”

It was a very strange Power of Consecution. Darren’s physical attributes increased by thirteen points, his Spiritual Power increased by twelve, and he also acquired the Extraordinary trait “Specter Body.”

He could continuously consume Spiritual Power to transform into a ghostly form of the dead, moving through the material world and travelling through walls, blades, and other such objects, while also being completely immune to any strength of physical attack.

In the study of the manor in Black Mountain Town, Darren was absentmindedly holding a book, silently pondering the power he had gained.

He had fully grasped the essence of the “Path of Shadow.”

Those who tread the Path of Shadow need to bring about negative emotions in others to slowly digest the power of their Consecution.

“Does this mean that this is a stairway to divinity innately suitable only for villains?”

Occasionally, he wondered, absurdly, if he was an innately bad person. At least the great Lord of the Lost thought so, and his father probably thought the same. He had even said once that all Darren had to do was avoid harming the family.

Darren was also starting to understand why his father hadn’t been so upset about the matter of his illegitimacy.

“Perhaps it’s because he already understood what kind of person his son truly was.”

“But am I truly bad? No matter how I think about it, surely I’m not, right?”

Deep down, Darren found it utterly baffling because apart from having two lovers, he hadn’t really done any evil deeds and had always been a law-abiding citizen.

“Compared to those nobles who abuse commoner women and engage in fights on the streets, I’m completely and utterly a kind and law-abiding person!”

After pondering in the study, he shook his head slightly, then proceeded to open a letter delivered by a servant, which contained orders from Colonel Abel Leone.

“He’s inviting me to rejoin the Cyart Royal Army and become his lieutenant… Well then.”

Having served as a personal guard beside Colonel Abel for two years, Darren didn’t actually have any experience as an officer yet, but he was fully accustomed to military life.

He decided to return to the Cyart Royal Army to become Colonel Abel’s lieutenant and to head to the Rhea frontlines.

“This will benefit my further advancement on the Path of Shadow, as creating negative emotions in war is too easy.”

Currently, the Cyart army had already set out from the western side of East Coast Province, officially entering the borders of the Rhea Kingdom to support the Rhea Royal Family, who were in grave danger.

The Meyer family was very popular and had already garnered the support of most of the nobility and commoners in Rhea.

On the other hand, the Rhea Royal Family, who once ruled over the Rhea People with an iron fist, had lost the support of most people. They could only invite foreign troops to help them reclaim their ruling position.

“However, before returning to the Cyart Royal Army, I’m going to visit my father and mother first.”

Darren took a carriage with his children and wife to Fein City to visit his mother, Margaret, pay a visit to Viscount Bast, and then return to Nasir Town to meet with both of his lovers successively, finally awaiting his father, who came back from work.

He quickly learned from his father that the leaders of the Dagger Brotherhood, Moore’s two younger brothers, had also reached the 2nd Rank of the Path of Calamity, the “Thunder Attendants.”

And Uncle Chris and Aunt Vanessa had temporarily left Nasir Town to search for a ritual that would advance Aunt Vanessa and Moore to the 3rd Rank of the Path of World Order.

Not only Chris and Vanessa were in search of ritual requirements, but also Yeager and Archibald from the Daybreakers, who had both finished digesting the current phase of their consecution powers.

They were also attempting to find the rituals needed for the 3rd Rank of the Path of Conquest and the Path of Calamity.

Archibald and his silver descendant wife had already had two children, and what began as a marriage of convenience for them had now become unexpectedly harmonious.

Meanwhile, Yeager, who worked as an official at Fein City Hall, had also successfully married a daughter of a major merchant from the East Coast and had quickly had a child.

Fischer smiled at his son, Darren, “Good news, it won’t be long before the Fischer family adds four Extraordinary Exponents who have reached the 3rd Rank!”

Darren nodded lightly, offering a smile in return, and deep inside felt more than ever that the missing substance in the Fischer family had slowly been filled.

He couldn’t help but ponder over something and said to his father, Fischer,

“Even though I haven’t fully grasped the Power of ‘Specter,’ I can’t help but think about what the 3rd Rank of the Path of Shadow might be.”

“I have a feeling it won’t be anything good…”