Chapter 310: Immortals (1/2)
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Benladann had suggested I just eat at Rose's soul now that she was of no use. She seemed to not know anything more than what we already wanted to know, but she was getting a bit too extreme there. Rose had already died after all and was enslaved and charmed by both of us, it was enough to let her be at our side as a servant, and she held important information and power that could be of use.
It's not like I was charmed by her beauty or something cliché like that, but it was useful to have someone so resourceful in the area of knowledge available with us, after all, by eating souls I do not always get all the information they have, even less Benladann whose soul-eating is an even inferior version. Keeping her soul ”alive” while having her enslaved and charmed is for the best.
”No, I have a better usage for her. I think her soul alone is very strong, we can use her as an undead, and also a guide to the Vampire's Hideout… Ah, it wouldn't be good to go now, that Tyrannical Lady is an Immortal, isn't she? She could kill all of us with ease…” I said.
”But if that's the case, why doesn't she bring herself here and find Ruby?” asked Benladann.
”It's a sin for Immortals to attack Mortals… The World's Will punish them. However, as long as these mortals are inside of their divine realms, they can ignore the will of the world and do whatever they want to us… But as long as she doesn't through strange motives, she cannot come directly to catch Ruby or she'll be suppressed by the world… although that wouldn't even make my lady falter as she's very strong, but it would alert of all the other Immortals living here about her!” said Rose.
Immortals…
What are Immortals? I had asked this question to those that knew something about it. They always said they were beings comparable to Gods.
When a mortal breaks through Rank 7, they become officially an Immortal Magus. Their Mana Cores evolve into completely new and powerful cores of power, and they harbor immense quantities of energy within it, which is refined into divine mana.
The mana cores merge with the user's soul too, creating divine mana veins, and their power is boosted a lot. Well, and that's all I know.
But Rose here spoke as if she knew a lot about them, and also implied that the Tyrannical Lady she served as a strong immortal. However, all immortals were restrained by some kind of Oath or whatever, which didn't let them interfere with mortals directly, they could still try to kill us indirectly by sending more troops at us, but she couldn't just come out here and slaughter us.
Is the Greenwood guy an immortal by any chance? Perhaps he uses technology and robots because it is an indirect way of fighting against mortals and does as he pleases even with that stupid restriction of the world, which, to be honest, I am glad is there. It feels like the right type of plot armor to have, one that actually covers all mortals.
But Rose also mentioned something else, someone within his entire continent, or well, many of them. They were a bunch of Immortals. Apparently, if her Tyrannical Lady tries to get us and travel across the skies leisurely, the other Immortals around this entire place, which seem to be guarding the entire continent, will find her quickly and try to suppress her or fight against her for getting into their territories.