NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1456: Growing Stronger
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While resting by Eleanora's side, I looked at my Grimoire, a lot of new notifications had appeared, which I had mostly ignored. This entire battle, although resolved quickly, brought along a lot of EXP and a few other things, such as wonderful new materials and Soul Flames to absorb from all the things my Vampire Spirits and my friends had slain.
The Grimoire let out a chiming noise to further notify me of all the new messages, as a book, it wanted nothing but to be read, so I did just that.
Ding!
[You and your allies have slain thousands of Demonic Beasts and Demons!]
[You have slain the [Corrupted Heroic Vessel of the Demon King: Lucifer Dylan]!]
[You have earned a large quantity of EXP!]
[Level Up!]
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[Your Level has increased from Level 274 to Level 378/500!]
[All of your Stats have increased tremendously.]
[You have earned Bonus Stat Points and Skill Points.]
[Many of your Skills have Leveled Up.]
[You earned the Title Skill: [The Demon King's Sworn Enemy: Lv1]!]
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[The Demon King's Sworn Enemy: Lv1]
You are the one and only Demon King's sworn enemy, someone he has admitted being his ultimate foe. Any Demon you face will usually be wary of you and even afraid, and if you can intimidate them with your presence, their Stats will drop by as much as 50%.
When facing the Demon King himself, the fear you've inflicted on other demons will empower your Attacks up to an extent.
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[You earned the Title Skill: [Demon King Slayer: Lv1]!]
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[Demon King Slayer: Lv1]
You have slain one of the Demon King's Vessels, destroying a part of his Soul and torturing him with tremendous pain and agony, you've become the Demon King's enemy and have declared war on all Demon kind.
When facing a Demon, your Stats increase based on the difference of power between the two of you, as low as 1% and as high as 30%, all your Physical Damage against Demons pierces 30% of their Defenses. When facing the Demon King himself, these effects are doubled.
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[You earned the Title Skill: [Hero Killer: Lv1]!]
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[Hero Killer: Lv1]
You have slain a Hero of Humanity, becoming the target of hatred by all humans… but somehow, you've resolved the conflict, and now you're a Hero Killer without Humanity's hatred, gaining their favor instead, for leading the Hero beyond Death.
When facing Humans, Heroes, or Divine beings, your Stats increase by up to 20%, and your Physical Attacks can pierce through 10% of their Defenses, and Demons that serve you or have sworn loyalty to you receive a Stat and Damage boost against all Humans, Heroes, and Divine-type beings of 15%.
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First of all, my Level had increased tremendously, by 104 levels in total, fighting and killing Dylan and Lucifer's vessel at the same time, plus all the other EXP I got from my allies defeating foes was enough for this much growth, which was very welcomed.
Second, the new Skills, it seemed that was all there was to it because I had yet to absorb what I took from Lucifer, despite having used some on Dylan and my Spear Gluttony, there was still more than half of his Divinity and Demonic Authority Fragments.
Absorbing them directly wouldn't be my style either, so I've decided to save them, alongside the Archdemonic Core of Mammon that the Holy Spirits are guarding right now and use them later as materials for the ascension of my [Transcendent Vessel] and [Divine Arcane Soul].
However, there was also something else I could absorb…
Ding!
[You have used the power of your {Holy Spirit of Flames Authority Fragment}, successfully managing to extract 230.600 Soul Flames and 1 Giant Soul Flame.]
[Do you wish to absorb the Soul Flames?]
[Yes] [No]
Absorbing Soul Flames would raise my Stats even further, it is an amazing power that the Authority Fragment of the Holy Spirit of Flames granted me, which had increased the speed of which I grew stronger quite a lot.
The Giant Soul Flame was probably a Soul Flame extracted from both Dylan and Lucifer when they had combined into a single being… not bad, I should absorb it too.
I stood up from bed, as I pressed [Yes] on the Grimoire page.
FLUOSH!
Countless white and red flames reached my body, being rapidly absorbed one by one, this time, I used them to empower my Physical Strength and Vitality. Evenly, the Giant Soul Flame was also the most potent, which I ate at the end, giving me the essence of Lucifer and his Divinity and Demonic Authority at once, even without eating the fragments I had previously taken from him.
I felt stronger than ever before, my Aura overflowing with Demonic and Divine power, the very essence of the Archangels was now being absorbed by me, their pure Celestial Power unlike the one from my Nanomachine Skill, which was much richer than that.
[You have absorbed 230.600 Soul Flames!]
[Your Strength Stat has increased by 345.900!]
[Your Vitality Stat has increased by 345.900!]
[You have absorbed 1 Giant Soul Flame!]
[All of your Stats have increased by 400.000!]
[You learned the Divine Skill: [Divine Archangel Authority Fragment: Morning Star: Lv1]!]
[You learned the Demonic Skill: [Demonic Authority Fragment: Demon King: Lv1]!]
FLUOSH!
I felt Demonic and Divine Power of the highest order coursing through my body, as I divided it into my left and right side…
My right arm manifested this Divine Power, the Morning Star Authority that Lucifer was granted as an Archangel, which he still possess, of invincible and endless light to illuminate everything.
And my left arm conjured his Demonic Authority, black and red spectral flames manifested, transforming into countless demonic souls, with my hand, I touched the nearby furniture, suddenly breathing life into it, twisting it into an aberrant demonic wooden monster.
So this is the power that Lucifer has, although much weaker… his power is what allowed him to create so many Demons! He has some sort of Curse that makes his touch turn anything into aberrations.
Was this a punishment by his Father, to make anything he touched into an aberrant demon?
Well, whatever the case, it was now my power.
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