Chapter 1491 A Unique Ending
"Blasphemy! How dare you utter our lord"s name?!" A fierce voice rang and the soldiers split to the sides.
A seven foot, sculpture-level muscular man with two curved horns and a long tail placed the crimson axe over his shoulder and glared down at Varian.
"Then how should I address him?" Varian said with a helpless expression. "He who shall not be named?"
"…" The horned warrior tilted his head, considering his words seriously for a second before stomping in anger.
Crack!
The ground under him split like a cobweb and a small earthquake ensued, spreading as far as ten miles.
"Nonsense! It doesn"t matter what you"re here for since you"re going to die anyway, but I, Draxson, I"ll grant you to tell that before your last breath."
"You see," Varian glanced at the demons with a bright smile before focusing on the horned warrior. "I"m a hero."
Baang! Claang!
"Stop!" Draxson raised his axe.
The soldiers who took out their weapons and were about to attack halted in their place.
"I wish for a peaceful world." Varian said with an earnest expression. "I am not suitable for war. I think His Majesty The Demon King is the only one who can achieve that goal."
Draxson touched his face before looking at the faces of his closest subordinates.
"Hey?"
"Yes?" Varian tilted his head.
"Does my face say "I"m a fool" or is it one of my subordinate"s?"
"…"
Varian was taken aback.
"Who said demons can"t crack jokes?"
"I understand your distrust. It"s only natural. But you can decide to dispose of me after hearing my proposal.
Only that arrogant king and princess think of you as irrational, stupid beings who can"t think of anything other than blood and battle.
You and I know that the reality is far from it. Demon are intelligent beings. You, a superior demon, surely know it."
Varian said with a respectful smile before making an expression of realization.
"Ahh! So you"re making me say everything and teaching your subordinates! What a master! What a wiseman! You surely are a fine hand under his Majesty." Varian clapped, showing genuine admiration.
"Guys, what are you doing? Don"t you understand your master"s lesson? Or do you not appreciate his wisdom? Hm?" He glared at the hundreds of soldiers.
"…"
"…"
"…"
The golemns, gargoyeles and minotaurs looked at each other before clapping in unison.
Through the senses of order and chaos, he sensed a dazzling chain enveloping him like a snake.
It was the restriction placed on his rank.
[Even though it"s not directly placed by a divine ranker, it"s designed by a system he created. It"s not something you can break as a rank 7.] Logos opined.
"Think different, lady logos. You are living with me since what? 10 years and you"re still this dumb? I feel so ashamed."
[…I will just shut up. Do what you want. You were cute when you were young, now you"re so punchable. I wish to smack you so bad.]
In a rare outburst, Logos cursed Varian and used the identification of "I" instead of "This System".
If even the eternally stoic system got p.i.s.sed off, it only served to show how much Varian annoyed it.
"Aha! How the tables turn?! Remember the times when I wanted to bring you out and kick your b.u.t.t?!" Varian laughed like a villain.
[Whatever. Having you as the holder lowered this system"s IQ.]
"So you"re at least admitting something." He teased before checking his status window.
[All Paths
Rank 7: 9,999/10,000]
"Logos, aren"t you curious what I"m going to do?"
[…]
"Really not?"
With a sigh, Logos asked. [Okay, what?]
Varian traced the glowing crystal chain locking his paths and said. "Sure, it"s a design of a powerful divine ranker.
But there are three issues.
One, as you said, it"s designed by him, but built by the system, which is nowhere as strong as him.
Two, the restriction was supposed to be for only one path, not seven. So, the prohibition on me is imperfect.
Three, technically speaking, this chain of order is designed to suppress the power of my rank, not the rank itself."
[Clever b.a.s.t.a.r.d. If the creator of the world knew about your plan, he"d be p.i.s.sed.]
"Yep. I can study the chain and advance to rank 8 in both order and chaos paths. Without the slivers, it"d be impossible to decode the design of a divine being but hey, sucks to be him because I do have the slivers."
[The breakthrough from rank 7 to rank 8 will elevate your powers and the chain suppressing you would not be sufficient.
It will be quickly enhanced, of course. But there will be a small, as in, a very, very tiny window where there is insufficient suppression on you.]
Varian rubbed his hands like a greedy businessman planning a nasty scheme.
"I will be able to use the power difference between a peak rank 7 and rank 8, well, a equivalent to a couple of peak rank 7s."
[What are you planning to do with it?]
Logos was genuinely curious.
"It"s always either demon lord or hero.
But what if no…one wins?"