241 The Sage (1/2)
The heat in this place reached dangerous levels for Rank 1 life forms and even those at Rank 2 would find it a little painful. Besides those who trained spells and Path Techniques related to the use of fire natural energy, no one approached this place.
This was a desolate area, but today two individuals fought here. One was a Rank 3 demon with the form of a vulture and the other was a beautiful woman with blue hair and crimson eyes.
The demon was an Inferno Poison Vulture. The feathers on his wings were dark green and they released a yellow slime. His entire body freed an awful stench that contaminated the air around him.
There were orbs of black liquid that circled the woman and fired jets of pressurized water against the demon. On her back, there were ice tentacles that could extend for hundreds of meters.
Her body was filled with injuries, old and new and it was clear her path to this place had not been easy. Her eyes were filled with rainbow-colored flames and there was pure coldness as she attacked the demon.
The Inferno Poison Vulture received a slash from the tentacles that rotted his skin. The demon roared with fury and pain.
”I will kill you!” The yellow slime covered the demon completely and he propelled himself at the woman.
She waved her hand and the spheres of black liquid were fired at the demon. They exploded and stopped the Inferno Poison Vulture dive.
The pain the demon felt as his skin rotted was immense but his screams stopped in the next second when several ice tentacles pierced his head and killed him.
The moment the fight ended the woman landed in the ground and her face was pale. She was very tired but determination filled her face as she moved into the volcano.
In her hand, there was a small tadpole that glowed while the information about the woman and her journey was transmitted.
Zatiel closed his eyes as he analyzed the information that reached his mind.
'Even if the worst possible outcome happens, I can still bring her back after a couple of hundreds of years.'
Although he was a little worried, if things can be fixed then it doesn't really matter. To someone like Zatiel, the passage of time no longer had meaning. The main reason why he increased his power so fast, was because he did not like the feeling of weakness.
His consciousness grew stronger and his body changed with every second that passed. The amount of energy a Rank 3 Neo-Demon needed was immense but Heaven Swallowing accumulated so much that Zatiel would not need more for a long time.
The energy in the pills was exceptionally pure and concentrated. Two minutes later, Zatiel took another pill and devoured it as well.
Those pills were made by Sophia. They were known as Brain Devourer and were composed of the brain of angels, demons, and magic creatures. The recipe was a taboo of the Mind Ruler race because its main ingredient were pieces of an Elder Brain.
The pill was very difficult to create, but when Sophia became a Rank 3 Neo-Demon, the upgrade in the power of her consciousness increased her mastery in alchemy.
They took the parts from the Elder Brain that contained a piece of Dante's consciousness. It was just small pieces and thanks to the golden flames of Zatiel, they regenerated in an instant.
Since his soul was a Rank higher than his power as an Animus, his Mind Force faced no bottleneck and it grew very fast.
While Zatiel enhanced his mastery over Clairsentience, a solemn expression appeared on his face and it became graver and graver.
The discipline helped him identify threats, even those that would occur in the future. While his Mind Force grew and his mastery increased, a feeling of great danger appeared on his heart. Although it was just a vague sensation, the Neo-Demon trusted his instincts.
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Close to the coast of the continent, there were two Angelic Paragons. They stood in front of an altar and their expressions showed how displeased they were from being here.
The altar had all types of runes inscribed in it and the power of space acted chaotically around it.