Chapter 1362 - Collaboration 2 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Naturally, I have my own plans.” Garen did not explain. The truth was he never wanted most of the Divine Persona, he just wanted to obtain a wisp of the Death divinity. Just a wisp of divinity, and his Willpower Processor would be able to make that into a complete Divine Persona. That was why his needs did not conflict with Ann and the others, who were fighting, at all.

At the most, he would ask for a few Divine Crystals. Those were made by condensing pure Divine Power, and that just happened to be what he needed right now.

“Okay, it just so happens that we need an overwhelming victory to settle the score over here as well. The way the Sun God killed the King of Enzo gave us quite the blow…” said the Deception Demon Master with a cold laugh. “I hear that they’re raising some Child of Radiance, hehe. They’re gathering all of their divine authority and power into one Incarnation in the hopes of fighting against our rapid approach.”

“The Child of Radiance, the Child of Hell, they’re all just their means of fighting back,” said Garen offhandedly. “Alright, then, I’ll go contact the other Demon Masters and True Souls. Of course, if you could contact some other helpers as well, it would be better if we had more assurance of safety.”

“Mm.” The Deception Demon Master’s attitude toward Garen had changed as well. Although Garen was still very weak, he was already a God in every way and form. He was, in essence, the same as level as her, so her manner of speed was much more equal now.

The Water Mirror vanished, and the Deception Demon Master touched her chin.

“I wonder how this guy leveled up. It’s not been that long since we last met, and he’s already on his way to becoming a God?”

“I’ve been a Demigod for so many years, and yet I still lack that most crucial step,” said Kunder with a sigh, walking out of the darkness. “After deciding on a Divine Domain, you’d still need to accumulate worship power, gathering it up to light up the sacred fire before you can build your own Divine Kingdom. He’s already halfway through that…”

“Yeah… Although it’s not complete by any means, he already has worship power. Now all he has to do is withstand the killer pursuit of any Gods whose Divine Domain overlaps with his, and he’ll be able to light up his sacred fire steadily, forming his very own Divine God. He has to use the energy provided by the illumination of the sacred fire to support the operations of his Divine Kingdom. This’s an inevitable process.”

The Deception Demon Master’s expression was one of admiration.

“The Divine Soul System of this world is just a shortcut that speeds up the strengthening speed by gathering the power of all creatures. It’s much, much faster than how we had to bust our backs and gather every ounce of power ourselves from the bottom up. In just a moment, he’s finished walking the path we took several millennia to cross.”

“But there’s a huge flaw as well, taking a shortcut means paying a price.” Kunder shook his head.

“That’s right…” The Deception Demon Master did not say any more. “A price…”

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The Earth Demon Palace

There were countless black smoke figures floating everywhere, crowding in every inch of the ancient and evil grand hall. They danced, baring their fangs and claws like evil ghosts and demons, some notes of an eerie and cruel music slowly spreading from the Void in accompaniment with the dance of the black smoke figures.

Above the grand hall, a man with a strong body and a scorpion head sat crookedly on a tall and large throne. He tapped the armrest lightly in time with the music, seemingly rather engrossed in it.

After Garen powered up, this was the nearest Demon Master’s Demon Palace — the Earth Demon Palace.

Its owner was a powerful Demon Master from the Void, the Scorpion-Headed Human, Jirhas. He was in charge of the cleanliness and security of this area, and operated under the name of the Distortion Demon Master.

“What an impressive song and dance.” Garen clapped his hands lightly, sitting at the VIP seat on Jirhas’ right. Although he had no idea what was so attractive about this ghostly song and dance number, he still knew how to say a few praises to fulfill the most basic manners.

“Does Her Highness Ann have such performances at her place as well?” Jirhas asked with a laugh, looking at Garen sideways.

“Naturally, my master has no such thing. Perhaps only your place would have such a unique song and dance, Demon Master Jir,” said Garen respectfully.

“Of course.” Jir nodded. “I understand what you mean, we have always communicated and cared about Her Highness Ann to a certain degree. Since she’s one of the few powerful existences in this world with the same needs and interests as us, we’ve always placed much importance in Her Highness Ann’s potential.”

He stretched out his hand, and a black wine glass appeared, floating above his palm. He sipped some wine from it lightly.

“Regarding this matter, it’s a rare moment when we all share a common goal and interest, so cooperation would not be a problem. However…”

He paused.

“However, what?” Garen’s expression did not change as he waited for Jirhas to continue.

“However, Her Highness Ann still belongs to a different camp, after all. My master’s always wary of outsiders to a certain extent.” The Scorpion-Headed Man gave an eerie smile. “If the one we’re working with is you, however, perhaps that will put our hearts at more ease…”

They had done their research on Garen’s roots, he was a textbook example of a Void being with a proper background and a bright future ahead. Each trace of the Secret Techniques on his body was an extremely pure example of a Void Demon Lord’s foundations. Besides, his progress speed was much faster than most Demon Lords, he had only taken a few years to go from a middle-level Demon Lord to almost becoming a God. After all, the God level was a peak-level existence, just like Demon Masters and True Souls. At this point, he was basically at the pinnacle of two worlds now.

The only difference in strength now was the comparison within the same level.

Garen frowned slightly and did not continue that thought.

The Scorpion-Headed Man, Jir, did not seem particularly bothered.

“As long as you’re willing, we can make all the proper arrangements. You just have to coordinate with us from the inside, and it won’t be that hard at all to take down the entire Dragons of Disaster party.”

Garen understood what he was getting at now. They were actually dissatisfied with Ann and were looking for another being that they could support as her replacement.

“Sorry, I…”

“There’s no rush. Take your time and think it over. Her Highness just rendezvoused with us recently, but we were very disappointed in her performance. She’s already lost the necessary will to push forward. Instead, she actually said that she wanted to retire to another plane once she was free of the seal…” Jir shook his head, his expression slightly taunting.

“She actually wants to retire in the middle of an era as great as this?”