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Chapter 925: Celebrations Back Home
Chapter 925: Celebrations Back Home
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Once we returned back home, there was a huge celebration over the victory of the village over the demons. And it was justifiable so, it was an incredible feat how we were able to prevent a terrible disaster. They treated us like Heroes as we returned back to the village, even the Duke of the territory came personally to greet us and congratulate us for all our feats and efforts.
I felt slightly overwhelmed, I was quite tired after slaying Lilith and everything, and I just wanted to sleep for the rest of the night. But there was little point in even fighting back, everyone was gathered just for this. Acting all grumpily would have only come out terrible in the context.
So, with the help of Stamina boosting potions and my own relentless physique, I've been able to endure this night of food, talk, and cheerful atmospheres. I can't say I dislike it either, I love it, but I really wish they could let me go…
Ah, at the very least I can see my growth.
[You and your party have slain tens of thousands of Demons!]
[You and your party have slain [Lilith's Archdemon Vessel]!]
[Level Up!]
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[Your Level has increased from Level 37 to Level 78!]
[All your Stats have increased. You earned Bonus Stat Points and Skill Points.]
[Several Skills have Leveled Up.]
Today's growth was phenomenal, 78 levels out of 200 is already an incredible feat! However, I'm worrying a bit how little EXP did a vessel gave to me. It should have helped me reach max level if it was such a dangerous entity.
But I guess I don't make the rules regarding experience points and how they're even earned to begin with. Nonetheless, aside from levels, I also gained other powers after I used my Demonic Arm to devour a large part of Lilith's soul fragments left behind, her core shards, and her burned wooden body.
[You have devoured the flesh and soul of an Archdemon and their Vessel.]
[You learned the [Lust's Authority: Lv1] Title Skill!]
[You acquired the Demonic Arm Abilities [Archdemon Vessel Demonic Wood] and [Lust's Mind-Bending Pheromones]!]
Yes, this is… What I was fearing to get. A Lust Authority sounds powerful, but at the same time, quite weird. And then there's the Demonic Arm Abilities themselves. The demonic wood seems strong, and if that can turn me into an actual demonic tree, I could even play around with such powers, create roots, branches, leaves, sap, and even fruits.
Oh, and then there's the… The weird pheromones. I have little to say about this one. But I believe it is really strange. Is it even an ability a male should have? It makes me question what the power of Lust is even capable of, but I'll just ignore I have this ability for the time being.
Aside from that, after absorbing so much demonic energy from so many demons, alongside drinking their blood without holding back, I felt much stronger.
[You have accumulated a large quantity of Demonic Energy, Ki and Mana across your Physique, Magic Circle, Soul, and Demon Core.]
[Your [Physique]: [Divine Vampire Emperor Physique (Tier 6: Rank 4)] has increased to Tier 6: Rank 6!]
[Your [Psyche]: [Infernal Blood Emperor Soul Psyche (Tier 5: Rank 5)] has increased to Tier 5: Rank 6!]
[Your [Magic Circle]: [Infernal Blood Warlock's Pentagram Circle (Tier 5: Rank 5)] has increased to Tier 5: Rank 6!]
[Your [Demon Core]: [Wrathful King of Gluttony Demon Core (Tier 4: Rank 4)] has increased to Tier 4: Rank 8!]
[All your Stats have increased greatly.]
Excellent! With this alone, it feels like it was all worth it. My Demonic Core is growing even stronger than before now. And I can feel it, my Demonic Arm is more closely connected to my Physique, but the Demonic Arm itself is what allowed me to create a Demonic Core to begin with.
With this, my source of Demonic Energy will increase even further, it is all thanks to the many energies I've cultivated that I can do these insane feats… Perhaps if I can consume the rest of Lilith's body vessel, I would be able to reach the next Tier of the Demon Core cultivation.
But for now, this is more than enough…
[You have gathered a large quantity of Soul Flames; do you wish to absorb them?] [Soul Flames: 14.532]
[Yes] [No]
Oh, right, this is a thing. Fourteen thousand soul flames sound pretty appetizing. But the amount of stats I could get out of it would be slightly too overwhelming for everyone around, so I would rather dedicate myself to do this later, once I'm alone and well rested.
"You're one insane bastard, you know?! You had it all damn planned from the very beginning!" Laughed Chris, patting my back as he ate a huge meat skewer. "Did you had to keep this a secret from us until the last moment?! I wanted to slay that Lilith bitch too!"
"Of course I had to leave you behind, Chris. You're my trump card, haha." I laughed, only making him slightly pissed instead.
"Trump card?! You just wanted to go on a hunting date with your girlfriends! Not fair! I also want a girlfriend… dammit." Chris was slowly regressing to his desperate for a girlfriend mindset again. Even though we thought he had overcome that already.
"Fufu, it was pretty amazing how you predicted everything, Blake!" Alberta said with a cheerful voice.
"Yeah! We couldn't believe when ten thousand demons, just as you said, appeared out of nowhere… If we weren't there with that giant army we assembled, this entire village…" Eric got slightly scared.
"Well, it didn't happen at the end, so it's all good, right?" Erdrich smiled, drinking some low-alcohol ale for young adults. "Now that Lilith's gone, we got four more towers to go! Wow, we're really doing this at time record!"
"Hahahah! I guess!" Laughed Chris, merrily drinking with Erdrich.
"There's still a lot of corruption left in the world though…" Elfriedden seemed to recall his home. "We're not done yet…"
"I know." I nodded. "Don't worry, we'll get there soon enough, Elfriedden."
"Huh? I wasn't implying anything!" He got embarrassed out of nowhere.
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