Chapter 212: Hawkeye Alaya Mihawk (7600 words, seeking monthly pass)_2
"What a bizarre ability!"
Watching Ina stand up again, Black Rose was completely dumbfounded.
Is that even possible?
A joke?!
She couldn't be dreaming, right? This kind of bug-like power was too defying of the natural order.
"I can't let you interfere with them."
Hailbo stepped in front of Black Rose, and even she didn't dare make a rash move in the face of his Heroic Level presence.
"Sorry, just now, I seemed to have lost control."
The heart, being the power source of Demonic Energy, was damaged, allowing Ina to regain consciousness.
"And sorry to you too, Silly Tiger."
Ina apologized to Silly Tiger, who rubbed the back of his reshaped head with a hand and chuckled: "It's alright, it didn't hurt at all."
"I'm sorry."
Nobody knew better than Ina how painful it was to be tainted with Demonic Energy.
To strike a companion, Ina felt deeply remorseful.
At the same time, Ina also hated her own weakness, that she had been taken down in an instant.
"I've disgraced Your Majesty," Ina glared at Black Rose: "But I lost to you, not because Demonic Energy isn't strong enough, it's just that I am too weak."
"Don't put yourself down, Ina."
Hailbo said, "Being able to create that kind of energy is truly remarkable."
"Create?"
Black Rose was somewhat surprised: "That energy, you created it?"
A Living Saint who hasn't awakened yet?
If it were someone else, Black Rose might have chosen to go easy, but facing someone with such tremendous potential, Black Rose resolved, 'I must cut them down here!'
"The murderous intent in your eyes, do you intend to kill us?"
Hailbo said, "Feeling threatened?"
Black Rose didn't know about the Blood Moon Dreamland; she thought every person present was the real deal.
"But you're just a Hero," Hailbo said: "You're not qualified to take us all down."
Not qualified?
Black Rose wasn't enraged but just showed a smile that mocked the ignorant.
"Heh."
Black Rose: "To achieve this extent with Transcendent Level power is probably the limit."
"But you should know, right?"
Black Rose said, "Ordinary, Extraordinary, even reaching Transcendent still means being merely Miracle Troop Type, unable to become a unique existence."
"Only at the Heroic Level, can one truly obtain their own place."
"However, the Heroic Level is also the limit for most Children of Miracle. Master and King, those are domains only those with exceptional talent can reach."
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Black Rose didn't mention herself, she was just a Heroic Level.
The reason she couldn't break through was not that her talents were insufficient but because of Count Thorn.
Of course, Black Rose never blamed Count Thorn; she was content with her life teaching students in the academy.
"The peaceful days have been utterly shattered."
Black Rose: "This battle, regardless of who wins or loses, the flames of war will not be extinguished."
"Your master is different from my Majesty," Black Rose said: "You claim you invented Demonic Energy, you might have misunderstood something, miracles are the representation of the Master of Miracles' spirit. If he didn't have the capacity that matched with Demonic Energy, such a power would never have appeared in you."
"What do you mean?"
Ina propped herself up, her expression a mix of surprise and a hint of confusion.
"Do you know why I can't break through to a higher realm?"
Black Rose looked at her own hands and said: "With my talent, if conditions allowed, I would have already broken through to King-level."
"But unfortunately, the path of the king I chose doesn't align with my lord's philosophy," Black Rose said: "Only through conquering and killing could I break through to a higher realm."
Yet Count Thorn is a homebody; he doesn't even dare to step out the door.
This also meant Black Rose had been stuck at the Heroic Level for decades, without making any progress.
"You mean to say, master, master likes my Demonic Energy!"
Only if the Master of Miracles subconsciously likes and is willing to accept it do Miracle Citizens receive the corresponding power.
Otherwise, even the maddest person ends up being turned into a docile, obedient pet.
Just like religion with people, those who believe in just religions eventually become just themselves.
The Master of Miracles is the same.
The evil make their citizens evil, and the just make their citizens just like them.
"Is that so?"
"My master likes the Demonic Energy I created," Ina really wanted to speak to Bailuo and ask if it was true: "I showed it to the master."
"I've always been watching you, Ina."
"Master?!"
Bailuo's voice sounded in Ina's ear, and the originally pale-faced girl in pain seemed to be bathed in a pink world.
"You did well, Ina."
Bailuo: "But don't let the Demonic Energy control you, what I like is you, not the Demonic Energy."
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, I understand."
Ina clutched her hands obsessively, murmuring as if in prayer: "I... I won't let it control me anymore, watch me, master, please be sure to witness Ina's growth."
"Hailbo, please step aside."
Empowered by Bailuo's encouragement, Ina was as if released from her shackles, and the last trace of fear in her heart vanished completely.
In its place came the final incomprehension and doubt about Demonic Energy, which she finally understood.
"Hmm?"
Hailbo turned around, only to see tendrils of green energy steadily flowing towards Ina.
Unlike the previous ferocity, the Demonic Energy now transformed into extremely pure life energy near Ina, continuously repairing her damaged heart.
"Hero Liberation..."
Ina's body started to undergo a transformation; her skin became fair and smooth, conch-like bone horns formed on both sides of her forehead, the hunter outfit wrapping around her body quickly dissolved, replaced by a long black-purple dress.