fynovel Chapter 81: Releasing The Seal
Chapter 81: Releasing The Seal
Chapter 81 - Releasing The SealNEVER DO THAT AGAIN!
I blinked as Yasaka's voice screamed into my head as I took [Sealing Dream] from Tiamat's hand.
"What did you do to her?" I raised an eyebrow at the Dragon King blandly.
"Eh?" Tiamat tilted her head at me, "The Youkai Queen in there? Nothin'."
She used me like a kitchen knife! Do you know how it feels to have your soul sliced through a piece of meat?!
"You used her like a regular knife?" I deadpanned at Tiamat, who just shrugged in response.
"You're the one who made me carry it around," She said defensively, "If I had to carry around a knife on me, I might as well use it, right?"
PLEASE don't give me back to her!
We were all standing in the remains of the stadium, which hadn't been rebuilt yet. I had left it that way intentionally, as I wanted Ajuka to know exactly what had transpired once he was free.
"Relax, I won't," I chuckled lightly at Yasaka's words, holding up the knife and staring at the bright yellow blade for a moment, "I'm ending our pact early. You're fine with that, right?"
Of course. I'd much rather not be sealed in a sacred gear, Beast King.
I figured as much, and I paused for a second as I reached into my pocket, ensuring I had everything I needed to unseal the super-genius and normal-genius combination in the seal.
Which was just the Greed Island card that I'd been holding onto. I had considered using it on Sirzechs to get him out of the picture, but I hadn't managed to get any more Nen-based items from the gacha yet - and beating him down was overall much more badass, and allowed me to keep him as a subordinate.
Luckily, I had recently acquired an [Aura Increasing Pill] from a [Medium] gacha pull. I hadn't expected to get anything that could allow me to use Nen from anything less than a [High] pull, but I quickly realized why it was a drop in the [Medium] gacha.
Essentially, the pill wasn't all that good. 'Aura' wasn't technically the same thing as Nen, as Aura was the lifeforce within you, and Nen was essentially the method to utilize that lifeforce and release it through your body's Aura Nodes.
For a typical Nen-user, the pill wasn't anything to write home about. It increased your Aura, but one's Aura naturally increased as they trained with Nen, and as they just lived in general.
Having more Aura wasn't even that much of a benefit in the long run either, as while it definitely helped, the skill in which you could use that Aura was much more important overall.
I likened it to Ki from Dragon Ball - it's the life energy that everyone has, and getting more of it is nice, but if you don't have a Kamehameha to use the Ki on then you'll still get your ass beat by someone with less Ki but more skill.
But, in my case, it was actually a pretty insane item to get. I didn't have my Aura Nodes open because I didn't have the first clue on how to utilize my life force. The most common way to open them was through meditation and observation, but as I wasn't in the Hunter x Hunter world, I doubted I'd be able to figure it out alone.
I didn't have any Nen users to learn from, and I didn't even know what Nen felt like in order to try and mimic it. As a result, that method didn't work for me.
But, the much quicker and riskier method was 'Initiation.' With this method, someone who can already utilize Nen forcefully pushes their Aura into your body, thus forcing your body to open its Aura Nodes to avoid death.
It was risky because there was no guarantee that your body would adapt to the influx of lifeforce - in most cases, the person who had the Aura pushed into them would simply die, or at least be gravely injured or crippled.
But, for me, who had [Phenex Immortality], that wasn't a concern. If my body didn't know what to do with the internal energy and I were injured, any damage would just be healed by the skill. It would be a waste of the [Aura Increasing Pill], and I'd have to wait for another one from the gacha to try again, but at least I wouldn't die.
Luckily for me, whether because of my high LUK, my powerful body, or the game system helping me out, the method had succeeded. My Aura Nodes had been forced open when I ate the pill, and as a result, I could use Nen now.
That didn't mean I was proficient with it or anything - I had no skills or techniques, and with only a couple of days of practice, I barely knew how to even use it.
But, to use the Greed Island card, 'Origin,' I didn't need to be adept at using Nen. I just needed to funnel some into the card, and then it would activate on whoever I aimed it at.
Right now, I was just holding onto the card for insurance. I intended on using it on a bigger fish, either on one of the Dragon Gods or possibly Trihexa in this world, or even on a threat I couldn't handle in another world.
In theory, I could use the card as much as I wanted, as it wasn't like it would expire after being used once. However, that was just in theory.
If I sent Trihexa to Greed Island, and they destroyed the world, then the card would be useless. That was assuming the card worked in the first place - it was connected to the Nen in Greed Island, which meant it would need to be powerful enough to transcend worlds and activate in this one.
Considering how powerful the creators of Greed Island were, I was hoping it would work, but I couldn't guarantee it. I considered testing it on a four-legged dire wolf, sacrificing one for the sake of re
I just nodded at his words, turning my hard gaze to Azazel. He held up his hands in surrender instantly at just a look.
"We already made a deal, right?" He raised an eyebrow at me, "I'll be honest, I was just playing both sides. I didn't think you'd really beat the devils, but now that you have, the deals still on, right?"
"Of course," I just grinned lightly at his words, "I'm a man of my word. But, since you didn't believe in me keeping up my side of the offer, you'll be fine with accepting a contract, right?"
My deal with Azazel had been pretty simple - help me make the artificial sacred gear to seal Ajuka, and when I take over the Underworld, he can lead the Grigori as a sub-faction in my kingdom.
The man obviously didn't think I'd really be able to take over the Underworld, but it was a perfect offer for him. If the devils defeated me, then he'd say he helped me because he was threatened, and he'd get off scotch free.
The devils and the Grigori were already semi-enemies, so it wasn't like they could see it as a betrayal or anything. He'd avoid my wrath, get some more research done on artificial sacred gears, and have no real downsides.
But, on the less likely chance that I won - less likely in his eyes anyway - then he guaranteed his faction's safety. Rather than being taken over and losing a huge portion of his race in a war, he had gotten in my good graces early.
"Yeah, yeah," Azazel sighed, looking like he had expected as much.
[Valon] [Beast King] has offered a [Master-Slave Contract!]
[Master: Valon]
[Slave: Azazel]
[Azazel] [Cadre-Class Fallen Angel] [Grigori Govenor General] has become a [Subordinate]!
[Subordinate Tier]: [Slave]
And, in that instant, another quest was completed.
[Quest Complete!]
Conquer the Grigori!
Subdue or Kill [Azazel]
Subdue or Kill [Baraqiel]
Subdue or Kill [Shemhazai]
Subdue or Kill [Kokabiel]
Subdue or Kill [Benemue]
Rewards:
All [Territory] owned by the [Grigori]
All [Subordinate]'s owned by the [Grigori]
+20,000 STR
+20,000 END
+20,000 AGI
+20,000 INT
+20,000 CHA
+20,000 LUK
+20,000 HREG
+20,000 MREG
+All unclaimed [Fallen Angel] related skills!
+All [Fallen Angel] related skills will be raised to level 25!
I blinked in slight surprise as the quest completion appeared. I technically only had Azazel and Benemue under my control now, so I hadn't expected to complete it until I met the other three fallen personally.
But, I guess since Azazel was head of the Grigori, and they all belonged to the Grigori, and thus were his subordinates, the quest decided that was enough. I had subdued them in an indirect way, as I ruled the man who gave them orders.
And, with those quests completed, it seemed I only had one major quest left to go.
Hades was the last one blocking me from officially ruling the entire Underworld, and he was about to be in for a rude awakening.
It wasn't just me taking him on - but instead a legion of direwolves, succubi, dwarves, cyclops, devils, and fallen.
The God of the Dead was up against the might of the Dragon King Tiamat, the Superdevil Sirzechs, the Superdevil Ajuka, the Governor General Azazel, the Maous Serafall Leviathan and Falbium Asmodeus, the descendant of the Leviathan in Katerea, and many more.
And, of course, he was against the ruler of all of them. He was against the Beast King.
I never thought I would pity a god, but in this instance, I truly did.
Hades was about to be in for a rude awakening.
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