Chapter 234: Ch-234: A New Bloodline?
The other devils were terrified and felt a chill run down their spines when they heard the term Primordial Demon.
"How is it possible for Primordial Demons to be here in this low-level world?" one of the devils said in a slightly shaky tone.
This time, Selene looked at the grim-faced Vicious and said in a slightly dazed voice, "Indeed, like Primordial Devils, Primordial Demons have also not been seen since that great war. Even in our original home, there had not been any trace of Primordial Demons. How can this lower world have one... do you think that third being who got wiped out also—"
"Silence, Selene," Vicious shouted all of a sudden when he heard Selene’s last words and felt a chill run down his spine. The others also had a look of fear much greater than when they heard about Primordial Devils.
There was a great war between devils and demons millions of years ago, and the devils almost wiped out the demons until the intervention of a third faction. The moment they came to support the demons, the battle, which was tilting toward one side, became evenly matched. Even so, that faction, along with the Primordial Devils and Demons, all perished that day.
’Those disgusting bastards... they were more hateful than those Primordial Demons.’ Vicious cursed inwardly as he clenched his fist. His ancestor was a survivor of the great apocalyptic battle and passed the stories down to his descendants.
"I am going." Vicious’s body radiated immense bloodlust. Just as he was about to go, someone else volunteered.
"Boss, let us go. You don’t need to act against a newborn Primordial; she is not even Tier 3," one of them said with confidence, as they could not wait to gain the glory of killing a Primordial Devil. If they returned home one day, they would be rewarded by their people.
"Fine." Vicious thought for a second and then nodded his head in agreement.
"Remember, attack as little as possible so as not to waste Mana! We can’t be too careless with Primordial Demons. Even though it’s a young one, they have always been cunning," the squad leader barked as they flew with their bat-like wings on their backs toward Victor’s group.
"Squad leader, do we really need to be this careful? We have a natural advantage against devils. All our stats get a double boost when fighting demons," another young devil who seemed to be in his teens said with disdain.
"Just remember what I say. You will have no one to blame but yourself if you end up dead." The squad leader glared at the young devil, which caused him to shrink back.
The fifteen or so male devils had a glint of madness in their eyes and quickly followed the squad leader. The closer they got, the more their instincts told them that something disgusting was up ahead, screaming at them to tear it apart.
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Uff... Ufff... Uff..."
Resting her body weight on her black ice sword while resting both hands on the hilt to steady herself, with the tip of the blade firmly buried in the earth, Amber gasped for air as she looked at the devil servants and glared at them.
’Fuck, just how big of a boost did they get and how big of a debuff did I get? My disgust for devils deepened today.’ She had been fighting with them for some time and still couldn’t kill them. Only after exhausting herself did she finally manage to kill them.
"Die." Amber said, and the next moment, ice spikes emerged from the ground, killing all the weakened devil servants who were still growling like mindless beasts.
Her blonde hair was a mess. Her ever-clean appearance was almost completely gone, her face flushed and sweaty as the dress accompanied the steady movement of her chest in a seemingly eternal rise and fall.
Even so, there was no doubt that rather than looking bad, she looked great.
"Are you okay?"
Amber slowly raised her head, and her eyes filled with exhaustion met a pair of eyes filled with concern.
"...Yeah, I am fine. I did not expect them to be so troublesome," she said amidst her gasping breaths.
"Dear, you should quickly drink that potion. We have company." Victor’s eyes narrowed as he hurriedly tossed Amber a recovery potion, which she, without hesitation, chugged.
The next moment, everyone felt multiple presences that were stronger than the devil servants approaching them.
"These should be devils." Amanda, who was shocked by Amber’s Bloodline, sensed a familiar presence that she had sensed in the past when she first arrived in the city without Victor.
Sure enough, creatures with red skin appeared in her view.
"Are these devils? They really have red skin like the ones I saw in a book." Eleanor felt a sense of unease as she looked at the devils and said in a whisper.
The devils looked around, and their gaze flashed over Victor for a moment before looking around until they locked their eyes onto Amber.
"So this is a Primordial Demon. I can sense a large amount of disgusting demonic blood in her," one of the devils said in a disgusted tone.
"Indeed, the purity... it’s even higher than the Royal Demons. There is no doubt this is a Primordial Demon, but she is weak..." another devil muttered as he compared her Bloodline to the royalty among demons.
"What the hell are they talking about?" Amber, who had heard their conversation, frowned, but before she could react, she felt a blur and hurriedly crossed her arms, only to feel herself flung back.
"Amber!" Rina shouted and was about to rush forward, but she found herself, Eleanor, and Amanda surrounded by two Tier 3 devils who were grinning at them.
"Hehe, beauties, their flesh is going to be tender and juicy to eat." One of the devils looked at the trio and licked his lips with his long, forked tongue.
The three of them felt a chill run down their spines. They had received lustful glances their whole lives, and they had gotten accustomed to it, but this was the first time they were viewed with such eyes.
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"Ice Arrows!"
Hundreds of black ice arrows appeared several meters above Amber’s head and flew one after another at speeds no slower than a bullet toward the devil in the sky.
The devil’s eyes glowed strangely, and without stopping its movements at all, it let out a small sound.
Swoosh!
A kind of wind barrier appeared around the devil’s body. The transparent barrier followed the devil wherever it passed like its faithful guardian.
"It’s not going to work, you filthy Primordial," the devil said mockingly.
"Tsk, what the hell is a Primordial? I don’t know anything about it, but the fight is going to be even more difficult," Amber said in a grim tone.
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"I don’t know if I should feel offended," Victor mumbled as he looked at the Tier 2 devil, which was radiating confidence.
[Devil Baron]
[Tier: 2]
[Level: 251]
[Drops: Devil Core (5%)...., Mysterious Scroll (0.000000001%)]
’Huh?’ Victor raised an eyebrow when he saw the last item on the drop list.
"What was that? Are you saying your prayers?" the devil mocked as he continued, "My favorite meal is handsome men. They taste the best, especially their faces. Mmm, delicious."
"Why did they send a weakling like you to fight me? I can sense there are still two devils watching from that mansion," Victor said, looking at the devil.
The devil was at first enraged upon hearing his words but then froze when he heard Victor’s last words and asked, "You can sense the boss and Miss Selene?"
Victor did not reply and ignored him, which enraged the devil.
"You—ugh!"
Just as the devil was about to charge, he felt a sharp pain in his chest and looked at Victor, who had his black heart in his hand.
"How?" Those were his last words before he fell dead, and Victor crushed the heart under his feet.
As soon as he killed it, a new notification appeared on his retina.
[Ding Dong]
[You have killed a Tier 3 Devil]
[100% drop rate has been activated]
[You have gained gold bars]
[You have gained....]
[You have gained a mysterious scroll]
"What the hell is this?" Victor mumbled as he picked up the scroll, but before he could react, it turned into specks of light and entered his body.
[Ding Dong]
[You have found a Bloodline Scroll]
[The Bloodline Scroll is trying to awaken a new Bloodline]
[Origin Bloodline is reacting violently]
Every devil who was fighting stopped mid-fight and looked into the distance where Victor was, feeling a wave of unease rising from deep within.
Victor did not notice, as he was too shocked by this.
[Ding Dong]
[All your current Bloodline slots are full]
[The new Bloodline is using a future slot forcibly]
[Awakening new Bloodline]
[You have awakened the SS-Rank Bloodline ’Enemy of Night’]