Chapter 165 (2/2)

Kumara was very strong in her original body.

But, only after combining with her 8 Beasts in Chimera Mode would her true strength be known.

Energy levels ≠ real strength, but their combined force was by no means weak.

In other terms, Kumara’s being strong = the 8 Beasts being strong.

In addition, on top of being named by me, Kumara’s Gift was also properly allocated among them.

It was like all the power given to the Beasts were unfairly transmitted back to her.

No one could guess from her appearance as a beautiful lady, but she seemed to be the cold and calculating type.

Naturally, she could not get along with the naïve and impulsive Apito.

From an Energy stand point, she now surpassed Gabil easily.

And this enormous power was still rising.

She desperately kept her senses, so as to not go berserk.

“Go back and rest!”

She was a bit frustrated at the order.

That part of her was still childlike.

I figured that she wouldn’t lose it even without me watching, and made her go rest.

Probably like Ranga, after a good sleep, her body would be adjusted to the new power.

In any case, I was looking forward to her growth.

Please don’t think I’m looking forward to her new beauty. I’m totally not.

(TN: *sweats*)

Though her new beauty would be a certain reality anyway.

With that, Kumara returned back to her own domain.

Now for Zegion.

The strongest in the Labyrinth.

His Energy was equal to that of Benimaru.

His specialty in martial arts and ability to train one-to-one with Veldora made his level of power obvious.

And the heights of his strength was shown clearly, as he beat the 7 strongest sent by the Imperial Army in the last battle.

Now that I think about it, its like we’re popping out Demon Lords left and right……

It couldn’t be helped saying it was too much; the souls had been granted to six of them already, and 2 had even finished their evolution.

There were those still in their Harvest Festivals

(TN: In a transitional phase)

, and I’ve been feeling their new power flowing in.

Was it really ok to grant more souls? I was thinking, but my body had been greedily absorbing all the energy flowing in without problem.

The process wasn’t making them unstable, so there was no need to worry.

I needed to bulk down and finish the job.

Fear not, charge! was the feeling.

How much stronger could Zegion get? The thought gave me goosebumps

(TN: metaphorical)

from excitement.

He could end up surpassing me, but that wasn’t an issue as long as I had ‘Food Chain’.

Let’s look forward to it without worries.

“You are strong. I never imagined you to become this strong.

It is thanks to your unrelenting efforts, well done!

Continue polishing that strength for me from here on out.

And from now on, your title shall be ‘Mist Lord’.”

“I am eternally grateful!”

The normally stoic Zegion trembled with appreciation at my words.

My carelessly constructed phrases sounded like excerpts from a holy book to Zegion.

He seemed to be looking to me under some strong divine lenses,

(TN: metaphorical, looking at Rimuru as a god)

but I appreciated his passion.

I had set out to gather up and save rare and endangered Insects, but they had in turn become strong enough to protect me.

Zegion’s strength wasn’t merely a fruit of effort, but also thanks to his insane talent in handling Energy, and also, training with individuals much stronger…… well, those were just the details.

He was strong, ’nuff said.

I awarded the souls.

He trembled for a moment, but then crushed the raging power with his spirit.

He proved that he was in control.

It was certainly not a feat achieved with effort alone…… but similar to Diablo, he had taken control of and suppressed his newly attained power.

To be accurate, it was not an instant transformation like that of Diablo.

He was also currently in a transitional state, but didn’t show it.

His transformation was nonetheless fearsome.

He morphed his outer shell into the ultimate metal, God Steel

, through willpower.

His body itself, a weapon.

Surpassing various laws of nature, he manipulated his exoskeleton into one that rivalled God-class armours.

He had become, without a doubt, the strongest in at least melee combat.

Melee was weak against spiritual beings, but it shouldn’t be a threat for him.

He had acquired many other abilities, and was still in the process of evolving.

He was suppressing it, but his body was still being remade again and again.

I would later slowly confirm exactly how much he had changed.

(TN: I think author is going into the future here.)

And in this fashion, the Harvest Festival continued.

Zegion’s Gift had only one receiver: Apito.

Those who I had ‘named’ and also remodelled with my own flesh were Zegion and Apito only.

So for Zegion, Apito was like a sister.

The Insect floors had many other endangered species, but the Gift wasn’t spread to them.

After eating her fill of her minion bees, Apito became a chrysalis and came out reborn.

The enormous scale of energy flowing in form the Gift would have destroyed her current body.

But now she was reborn, to rule as a true queen.

After being reborn, she created several Demonic Insects.

The community built with these Insects would become the new image of those floors in the near future.

With the power accumulated from the insects she ate, Apito became Devil class and attained the power ‘Queen’s Reverence’. And in addition to being one of the Ten Lords, she became a subordinate to Zegion.

Diablo had suppressed the propagation of his Gift, but Zegion gave his to Apito without reserve, resulting in her extreme transformation.

Zegion didn’t mind Apito receiving this much of a terrific Gift.

But all this was a story of after the victory party.

Apito never showed any sign of pain during the celebration.

It was an effort to show her dignity as a queen; truly a splendid sibling of Zegion.

(TN: Sasuga)

After the festivities, Zegion and Apito would become chrysali inside the Labyrinth, and complete their evolution.

Zegion had attained a new power from the evolution.

Apito’s ‘Queen’s Reverence’ surpassed the power of a Unique Skill and became a pseudo-Ultimate Skill, the likes of ‘Absolute Defence’.

It was an amazing power, yes, but didn’t compare to that of Zegion.

He had acquired a true Ultimate Skill ‘Illusion King Mephisto’.

A splendid ability, considering he was Veldora’s disciple.

With this power, Zegion made his position in the Labyrinth unshakable.