The next morning...
Upon waking, Zaydas didn't open his eyes, but instead, received feedback from the [Great Sage] about everything that had happened while he was unconscious.
In addition to the things that had been explained, he also heard from the [Great Sage] that he had just earned 494,432 AP.
He wasn't sure if that was a lot or a little. Considering that he had become the 'God of Twilight', as well as the evolution of those tied to his name... Zaydas would be lying if he said he didn't expect more AP.
However, does the involvement of the AP spent in his evolution correlate to the fact that he earned less AP?
Whatever the case, he wasn't upset. He was already satisfied with the result.
Putting that aside for now, he was stunned when he opened the status window in his mind.
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|Name: [Zaydas Gremory]
|Race: [God of Twilight]
|Rank: [Super Devil] / [Special Rank S+]
|Title: [God of Twilight], [Count], [King], [Zaydas Gremory Tempest]
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|Intrinsic skills: [Demonic Power (Rank SS)], [Power of Destruction (Rank SS)], [Magicles (Rank SS)], [Cosmic Harmony (Rank S+)], [Transcendental Regeneration (Rank S+)], [Dual Manipulation (Rank S+)]
|Ultimate skills: [Odin, God of Wisdom], [Demeter, God of Agriculture], [Kratos, God of War], [Loki, Puppet Master], [Fenrir, Lord of Predators], [Chaos, Lord of Creation], [Fafnir, Lord of Greed], [Erebus, Lord of Darkness]
|Other skills: [Dimensional Jump (Rank SS)], [Mana Bullet (Rank A+)], [Poison Breath (Rank A+)], [Paralyzing Breath (Rank A+)]
|Unique skills: [Program (Rank S)], [Modeling (Rank S)], [Degenerate (Rank S)]
|Extra skills: [Mana Perception (Rank S)], [Thought Acceleration (Rank S)], [Analytical Appraisal (Rank S)], [Holy Haki (Rank S)], [Spacetime Domination (Rank S)], [Explosive Flames (Rank S)], [Body Double (Rank S)], [Spatial Storage (Rank S)], [Black Thunder (Rank S-)], [Multidimensional Barrier (Rank S-)], [Heat Source Perception (Rank S-)], [Espionage (Rank S-)]
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|Conquest Points (AP): [1,790,320]
|Equipment: [Evil Pieces (Special)], 2x [Evil Pieces]
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'No wonder I feel like if I make any sudden movements, I might end up destroying something...'
The power he possessed now far surpassed the strength he had before. It wasn't something like 10x stronger, but more like 100x stronger—or even more!
'Wait...'
Looking at his status, he noticed the absence of several skills, especially passive ones.
[Master, those abilities were merged to become 'Kratos, God of War'.]
At the same time, he saw all the skills that were used to evolve that ability.
There were more than 30 abilities. The main one being [Healthy Body].
Thanks to that, [Great Sage] said he wasn't sterilized.
Now, with just his physical strength alone, Zaydas felt he could fight on equal footing with an awakened Demon Lord or an awakened hero.
Although he had no proof, that's what he felt at the moment—'Kratos' gave him that confidence.
Now, if he used 'Odin'... He couldn't even determine how powerful he'd become.
Even 'Demeter' was incredibly powerful. This was the evolved skill from the All-Purpose Farming Tool God Mode. It alone was able to evolve into a skill titled "God".
From the beginning, it was already a powerful ability. That's why Zaydas didn't feel like it was anything strange, especially knowing it had AP support—after all, this ability was what made him an 'awakened hero,' even though he had directly transcended that rank and became the [God of Twilight].
As for the decision to spend AP for a superior evolution... Zaydas fully supports the actions of the [Great Sage].
[At your service, Master!]
The voice of the [Great Sage] was noticeably cheerful at his praise.
'A God, huh...'
Zaydas felt a bit of difficulty believing it. However, in the words of the [Great Sage], he could still do everything a Devil could. A good example was that the [Evil Pieces] still worked. In fact, they had become even stronger than before.
'By the way, why doesn't it seem like I have a Super Devil mode?'
[In a certain sense, you transcended that stage. If Master uses his full power normally, it's equivalent to Super Devil mode.]
'I see, so that's it...'
Opening his eyes, Zaydas saw Shuna, Grayfia, Ravel, and the rest gathered in the room where he was.
"Zaydas-san, you're awake!"
"That's great!"
Several voices echoed almost at the same time.
Without making any sudden movements, Zaydas said: "First of all, please step back a little."
Even without understanding, they nodded and stepped back.
Then, Zaydas extended his left hand into the air, and soon runes came out of his hand, passing through the walls of the room, until a barrier began to form.
Under everyone's confused gazes, Zaydas placed his hand on the bed to get up, but the moment he used even a little bit of strength to lift himself, a cracking sound of "Pracc" echoed as the bed broke.
'Sigh... I knew that was going to happen...'
Using telekinesis, he floated, but then, his control wasn't perfect and he almost flew to the ceiling. Another reason why he didn't try to get up this way—at least he managed to stop in time.
Floating, he exited the mansion with everyone following closely behind—well, maybe not that close.
It was easy to imagine the real reason why he wanted them to step back earlier and create a barrier.
"Zaydas-sama, are you alright?" Ravel asked.
She wasn't the only one with that doubt. Many of them wore a worried expression.
"Huh? Haha, better than alright," Zaydas said with a little chuckle. "I feel great!"
Grayfia, with her sharp eyes, asked: "Your power... I feel like it's even greater than that of your parents."
Hearing her words, Zaydas touched his chin: "Maybe I am? There's no reason to hide it from you. I didn't become a Demon Lord or a hero, but instead, I became directly a God. More precisely, I am now the God of Twilight."
Several gasps of surprise were heard.
"G-God of Twilight?!"
Their astonishment was understandable.
The term "God" was something far too grand. Even greater than a Demon Lord.
After all, there are several Demon Lords—even among the awakened ones, there are currently four. Not to mention the awakened heroes, who have power equivalent to a Demon Lord. But God was a distant term; something far greater.
Which justified their astonishment.
However, not everyone showed surprise—Asia, for example, had a look of adoration directed at him...
'She's not going to start worshiping me like the believers of the "Axis Cult", right?'
Thinking about that gave him chills... Preferably, even if she were to worship him as a God, he'd rather it be in moderation, like Shuna.
By the way, he noticed that all of them had a significant increase in their powers; and that's not all—they also awakened at least one unique skill. And, Grayfia was the only one among them who awakened an Ultimate skill directly.
Her Ultimate skill is called: [Sexate, Domain of the Legendary Maid]. In the literal sense, she can create a domain where she has almost unshakable total control. This skill came from her two unique abilities, [Discipline] and [Legendary Maid].
As for the rest, the possibility of awakening an Ultimate skill was high.
Shizue, for example, had the highest chance of achieving such a feat. Besides the abilities she already possessed, she also acquired another unique skill called: [Hope].
This skill was quite powerful. The greater the hope she possesses—even from those who have devoted hope to her—the higher the level of strength she can gain, even managing to ignore some rules. For example, if there's a wall in front of her and she hopes for it to open, there's a possibility that the wall might simply crumble or become so fragile that she could break it easily.
Another thing... Shion also gained the skill [Cook]. As for this skill, there's no need to even mention how powerful it is... After all, besides cooking, this ability directly alters the laws of the world, similar to an Ultimate skill.
Another skill she gained was: [Oni Dragon].
When using this unique skill, she enters a Draconian Mode, but without losing the appeal of an Oni. All her stats increase drastically, and she gains a tail and a pair of dragon wings.
And she evolved into: Oni of Destruction.
Her evolved species gained a gigantic destructive power. She could also partially use the Power of Destruction.
When her combat power surpassed 1 million EP.
She wasn't the only one who evolved...
The elves also evolved, as well as the other onis.
If he had to say, the only ones who didn't evolve were Asia, Shizue, Ravel, and Grayfia.
However, the reason they didn't evolve was because their own Devil lineage was surprisingly high. On the other hand, they were the ones who had the greatest increase in their powers.
Grayfia in particular must now be in a special rank between a Super Devil and an Ultimate-Class Devil.
Looking at Shuna, she had also improved greatly, gaining 2 unique skills this time, one of them being [Manufacturer] and the other, [Sanctuary Maiden].
The [Sanctuary Maiden] skill allows her to create a prayer area where she can draw power from everything within it, thus increasing her own power.
Precisely because of this, if she has with her gemstones that hold a lot of power, she can simply use them to create the "Sanctuary" and amplify her power.
That's not all—being a [Sanctuary Maiden], she can also increase the power of her allies. Both for healing and for recharging magicles.
She became an incredibly competent support. If she teams up with Asia... They would practically create an immortal legion.
Asia, in turn, gained a single unique skill, but an incredibly powerful one called: [Dragon Maiden].
Similar to Shion's, she gains a draconian form, but with holy powers, amplifying all her abilities related to healing, etc.
Not to mention that in Dragon Maiden Mode, she practically becomes immortal. With hyper-fast regeneration. She would need only 1 second to regenerate a severed limb.
And, there's more... She can choose someone within a 500-meter radius around her to share her regeneration. That's exactly what makes her and Shuna the perfect combo capable of creating a legion of immortals. With those two who would hardly die, healing and recharging magicles... it's easy to imagine how absurd that situation would be.
By the way, do they have some kind of strange bond with the word 'Maiden'? Ria also gained a unique skill that has 'Maiden' in its name, called: [Holy Maiden Archer].
This skill improves not only her archery handling, but she also becomes something similar to the 'Quincy' from the anime 'Bleach', creating a bow and arrows made of energy. Moreover, it enhances her vision to the point of seeing perfectly for kilometers, even being able to see through walls.
Of course, that's not all. Her arrows have a healing effect, and she can also combine them with her other unique skill to place a control effect... That is, as long as someone is hit by her arrow, the chances of escaping her mental control are minimal.
She wasn't the only elf to obtain a unique skill—the others did too, but... we'll talk about the others another time.
Zaydas got tired of analyzing each of them and decided to do it in practice later.
That's why he said: "As everyone can see, my strength has increased a lot, and I don't have enough control over it. So, I intend to isolate the mansion area and change the time flow, and spend at least 30 days learning to control my power."
Without waiting for him to continue, Shuna said: "I'll stay with you, Zaydas-sama! I also need to learn to control my increased strength!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
"Zaydas-sama, me too~!"
Several voices supported Shuna's decision and wanted to do the same.
Honestly, Zaydas wasn't against it, so he said: "Very well then, during these days, we'll train until we get used to the increase in our strength."
This time, even Benimaru and the rest wanted to stay and train.
When they said they needed to learn to control their increased strength, it wasn't exactly a lie. Although it wasn't a monstrous increase like Zaydas's, they had at least a 10x boost in their powers.
That alone was an incredible feat.
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