NOVEL NEXT Chapter 613: Before the Act (1)
Dalaran, Kirin Tor, Secret Underground Laboratory of the Bloodline Monarch
Time passed.
Leylin had returned to the Magus World once again, as the trip to the Dreamscape was the last thing that he had done before he would turn his attention back to the World of Gods as Gu Long was scheduled to return soon.
In that brief moment, however, a Lord of Calamity had died at his hands. For him, facing and killing individual Lord of Calamity wasn't that much of a problem unless the Lord of Calamity wasn't someone extremely powerful.
Leylin Farlier was already a rank 7 Law God. The Nightmare Absorbing Physique was extremely demonic on its own, and with the support of Dreamscape Origin Force, his pure strength alone put him at Rank 8.
The Nightmare Absorbing Physique is the adored child of Dreamscape, and it was something that Leylin lacked to complete his vision for the future. To Dreamscape's World Will, the Lords of Calamity and Evil Sovereigns were like bloodsucking parasites.
Unable to bear it any longer, it gave birth to the Nightmare Absorbing Physique. In this gamble, Dreamscape did not withhold any authority or power, giving birth to an executioner to get rid of these parasites.
Hence, every Nightmare King bore the burden of purging unwanted parasites on Dreamscape, in order to protect the peace and balance. And now, Leylin obtained the Nightmare Absorption Physique and assimilated it to his own power.
He surpassed ordinary Lords of Calamity by a great margin, which even allowed him to kill one of them. If news of this got out, it would surely shake countless worlds. However, that would be accompanied by the spread of Leylin's name.
The Magus World would face the retaliation of the other Lords of Calamity.
Which was no laughing matter, because there were a lot of them and all of them were at the Rank 8 and they were also very good combatants, so, it would be for the best to keep the things under wraps.
Although the subterranean Magi of laws had the ability to resist the attack, the surface world did not. Leylin did not feel that Mother Core would so generously make an enemy out of a whole group of Lords of Calamity to protect him, so it was better to keep a low profile.
"How long was I gone this time?"
Leylin walked to the corner of the laboratory and looked at the black sculpture of a demi-snake.
"You have been away for 7 days and 9 Magus hours, my Lord. Lady Freya and Lady Agnes came to find you this time, leaving a short message…"
With a rumble, the statue seemed to come to life within a short span of time. It became a demisnake golem guard and respectfully bowed to Leylin.
Leylin was now extremely clear on his Path as a Magus.
A Rank 7 comprehended one complete law, and a Rank 8 had to master many.
A peak Rank 8 then needed to infuse a law they created themselves into their body, representing it as a path of sorts. To advance to Rank 9, this Path needed to contain the power of spacetime itself...
His Path of the Law God was essentially the same as the Path of the Magus.
'My Path has already been chosen. I can only tune it now, not make great changes… Unneeded laws need to be removed…'
Leylin ordered:
"A.I. Chip, display my stats, including the minor Laws that I obtained."
[Leylin Farlier
Divine Name: Nāgarāja, the Heavenly Serpent God of Devouring, Bloodlines and Serpents
Race: Law God (Nāga Bloodline - Rank 7)
Rank: Rank 7 - Law God (Rank 7 Magus / Lesser God)
Law Godhood: Devouring (100%), Slaughter (71%), Bloodlines (10%), Serpents (12%), Nightmare (35%)
Laws: Calamity (27%), Decay (15%), Curses (1%), Darkness (1%)
Godhood Index: 1,680
Strength: 35
Agility: 31
Vitality: 35
Spiritual Force: 42
Origin Force Saturation Level: 80%
State of the Soul: Law Godhood Soul
Innate Talent: Nāga Supremacy, Nightmare Absorption
Law Godhood Abilities: All Devour]
Compared to before, his stands have increased mildly, as Leylin pondered over the matter, but the most important thing that was taking most of his attention was naturally the section of the Law Comprehension of the Law Godhood.
He had too many of them, from his foundation as the Magus, but he knew that in order to reach the Rank 9 Law God, he would need to fuse them together to create one singular Law Godhood that would be versatile enough and encompass all others.
"Devouring and Slaughter are set to take on important roles in my Path. However, Calamity, Decay, Darkness and Curses can be removed from my Truesoul… Fortunately, my comprehension of these laws is not too deep. With the construction of my soul and the A.I. Chip's meticulous workings, I can remove them from my body without any harm…"
He obtained a new Law Godhood of Nightmares, that stemmed from the Nightmare Absorption Physique and the Dreamscape inheritance. Aside from that, Leylin also noticed that he had a whole new bunch of the Laws that he obtained from killing the Lord of Calamity.
The Laws of the Decay, Darkness, Curse and Calamity were something that he obtained more or like randomly after he killed the Lord of the Calamity, Sillas a Rank 8 Lord Calamity at that, one of the first that was killed by him.
From him, he obtained part of the Laws that Sillas held, which were Decay, Curse and, naturally, the most prominent one, Calamity.
Unfortunately for Leylin, for him these Laws were unnecessary because they were not really part of his very own vision for his Path.
On the contrary, having so many Laws was often contradicting and made it much harder for the Magus to reach the Rank 9.
That was often the reason why many of the peak Rank 8 Magi or other Beings of Law couldn't ascend to Rank 9.
'A.I. Chip! Activate the Manderhawke Plate's power to travel worlds and connect to my secondary clone in the World of Gods!'