Chapter 2605 - 1134: Severed Hand Becoming a God (Part 2)
The Hands of Slaughter demonstrated what it means to be born at the peak of life—personal strength, exclusive divine artifacts, a demigod mount, and demon territories, all readily available.
On the contrary, Gaven seemed to be in the state of just entering the Bottomless Abyss, feeling completely exposed and then leaving equally exposed.
As Record Keeper Yego mentioned during their first encounter, the items of the Bottomless Abyss should remain within the Bottomless Abyss.
As he watched the departure of the Hands of Slaughter, the Incarnation of the Queen of the Succubi emitted an unusual glow, and her overall charisma seemed to enhance a notch.
The true consciousness of the Queen of the Succubi had descended, unable to restrain her admiration: "Though I pride myself on my vast experiences and having encountered many remarkable phenomena, this situation where one becomes a god through decisive sacrifice is truly unprecedented for me, Lord Hands of Slaughter, the courage to sacrifice that you display is genuinely beyond the reach of ordinary people."
"It’s no longer appropriate to call me the Hands of Slaughter; that’s now his exclusive title!" Gaven raised his newly regenerated left hand and said, "From now on, refer to me as Lord Road Builder!"
At his level, losing a limb was a trivial matter; he could regenerate a new one within minutes.
This was his second achievement.
The Hands of Slaughter was the largest hurdle in consolidating his complete Road Demigod Body.
Previously, although he barely pieced together a demigod body, there were fractures in between, and he hadn’t formally activated his godhood abilities.
Now, it was completely supplemented, officially stepping into the demigod ranks and activating the godhood abilities exclusive to the Road Demigod.
Shape Road (exclusive godhood ability): After focusing for 10 minutes, you can shape an area of 140 meters by 140 meters, with a height of 10 centimeters, to create paths, roads, tunnels, or bridges in the space.
You can also use this ability to remove obstructions blocking the road, like massive snow and debris left over from storms or avalanches.
You may increase the length of this area by reducing its width, for example, 100 meters wide by 196 meters long or 10 meters wide by 1960 meters long.
This ability resembles the Earth Shifting Skill, but instead of violently breaking the ground, it creates a wave-like outer layer on the surface, shaping the road form through soil movement.
Trees, buildings, or rocks won’t be affected in any manner except for their relative position and height.
The shape area can include locally constructed bridges and embankments, like wooden bridges over streams in forests or stone walls at the foot of mountains.
Unlike the Earth Shifting Spell, this ability can affect rocks and can be used to construct tunnels; the usage times are Godhood Level/day.
Although Gaven had already possessed the ability to shape roads, it was limited to ordinary roads and was powerless to the construction of bridges and tunnels.
Now, this ability justified his name as the God of the Road, encompassing all aspects of roads.
The Queen of the Succubi sensibly asked, "Lord Road Builder, after these incidents, will it affect the pact we previously signed?"
That was her greatest concern.
During the previous war with Grazte’s Demon Army, their demon contract had demonstrated terrifying war potential.
These Slaughter Undead perfectly compensated for the Succubi’s shortcomings, allowing them to unleash their strengths in battle, achieving the effect of 1+1>2.
Such a situation is exceedingly rare in the Bottomless Abyss, only seen in these unintelligent undead.
Ordinarily, those possessing wisdom will surely harbor questionable motives, scheming or betrayal being commonplace.
The weakening of her two main rivals made the demon pact more essential for the Queen of the Succubi, presenting a prime opportunity for expansion.
"Theoretically speaking, this event should not affect the pact we previously signed, as it was in the name of the Hands of Slaughter that you signed it, and now he has inherited this title along with the corresponding divine nature force, thus must inherit the corresponding responsibilities and contracts, and this pact itself doesn’t disadvantage him, so he probably wouldn’t easily break it."
Gaven conservatively replied, "However, I suggest it might be best for you to find an opportunity to reaffirm it with him."
"I will." The Queen of the Succubi, seeing she couldn’t obtain substantive guarantees from Gaven, shifted the topic to his own plans: "What does Lord Road Builder intend to do next?"
"Isn’t my plan obvious?" Gaven said, spreading his hands, "Hadn’t this territory forcibly pulled me back, I would have been on the Material Plane by now."
"Before returning to the Material Plane, why not visit Shendilawell first, so I can fulfill my earlier promise and prepare a truly unparalleled celebration banquet for you." The Queen of the Succubi invited with charming intent, "Besides, I plan to entrust the entire road construction project of Shendilawell to you."
"I’ll pass on the celebration banquet." Gaven respectfully yet firmly declined the Queen of the Succubi’s invitation.
A temporary banquet of temptations had already left him in a disheveled state; a fully prepared banquet of temptations would be even worse.
One small mistake, and he’d be trapped, irrevocably lost.
The best way to resist temptation isn’t to rely on one’s strong willpower but to avoid allowing temptation to close in.
And he still carried the demon contract of the Wealth Goddess Woken!
Such a temptation holds a tremendous lure for any Demon Lord, including the Queen of the Succubi.
Just because they cooperated fully beforehand doesn’t mean they’d foolishly think they had become close friends.
As long as there’s sufficient gain, betrayal could happen swiftly, and without mercy.
However, he’s quite interested in the roads mentioned by the Queen of the Succubi, and after pondering a bit, he responds, "If Your Majesty truly is interested in extensively constructing roads within your territory, I’ll later send professionals to your domain; as long as you’re willing to invest manpower, resources, and capital, it’s not a difficult task."
"What I require are not ordinary roads but special roads like this Skeleton Volcano." The Queen of the Succubi no longer hid her ambitions, directly revealing her true aspirations.