Abilities: Power and Realm

"Cut the crap, shoot it and try the power. In case it doesn't fit, you'll have to take it for debugging." Elsa urged.

  "Got it, watch me." Cesar raised his hands flat, gripping the butt of the gun tightly, aiming at the target with a solemn face. There were no markings on the metal pillar, just hit it.

  'Boom!' With a sound, a deep crater appeared in the center of the metal pillar, while Cesar only felt a sharp pain coming from the wrists of both hands, and the gun almost flew out of his hands.

  "Oh, pain! Elsa you lied to me! Sprained wrists, what the hell is this thing? It's a cannon, isn't it!" Dropping the pistol, Cesar crouched on the ground and desperately rubbed his hands, glaring at Elsa in exasperation.

  "There's nothing wrong with the gun, it's just that the gunpowder adds a little something small." Elsa said with a smirk.

  "What was added?"

  "A small amount of black crystal and purple shirt powder."

  "Exorcism gunpowder?" Cesar looked at Elsa adoringly.

  Exorcism Gunpowder, a special gunpowder specialized in dealing with powerful monsters, was incomparably powerful. Only characters certified by the Demon Hunting Association or the Church of Heaven's Wrath could purchase it. Cesar clearly knew that Elsa didn't have the slightest connection with these two organizations, so this thing was definitely bought from the black market. Using such a dangerous thing for minors, what a shame to be one's parent!

  "This is the weakened version, but the power still seems to be a bit higher, later on, I'll send it for debugging once more, from now on, you'll carry it with you when you go out and just shoot it when you encounter danger. Those monsters that attacked you I've already seen, unimpressive scum, one shot a piece is definitely not a problem." Elsa used a carefree tone to say words that made Cesar's scalp numb, is there a parent who instigates elementary school students like this?

  "Elsa have you seen those monsters? Do you know where they come from?"

  "Well, know a little bit." The snake demon coiled up her body and laid down leisurely on the ground, and gestured for Cesar to sit down as well.

  "Can you tell me about them? Does it suck that I'm not even as bad as the monster you're talking about?" Cesar asked, lost in thought of last night's misery.

  "Of course not! You're just a kid who doesn't know anything, and your talent has been controlled and not used much, it's already not easy to escape from those guys. Those guys are coming on strong and sooner or later they're going to clash with Markas and the others, so since you want to know, I'll tell you." Elsa paused in her throat and continued.

  "I've seen the corpses that Emma brought back last night, those monsters that attacked you are not natural creatures, but modified experimental subjects, and they are the kind of inferior goods that have been eliminated. It looks as if the person behind the scene was intent on taking you down, so he chose the least threatening trash."

  "Don't make it sound so damning, how do you know those monsters are the most inferior? Could it be that there are higher varieties on their heads?" Cesar retorted uncomfortably.

  "I've seen similar modification techniques before, when your father clashed with them, and then both sides caved in afterward. Judging by last night, that group has made a comeback." Elsa recalled.

  "What kind of people? Is it powerful?"

  "The Ring of Darkness, very powerful, but we're not weak either. The ones who came to Arcen this time should just be the head of some small project, and don't need to be taken too seriously. They attacked you, probably to get back at Markas. Stay at my place from now on, no one will be able to harm you." Elsa said with a big smile.

  "What does the Ring of Darkness do? How come I've never heard of it." Cesar curiously said.

  "Well, a few decades ago, there was a large organization in the world that could rival the Demon Hunting Association, called the 'Initial Ring'. They specialized in bloodline research and developed many 'bloodline fusion agents' for ordinary humans to use, a rather terrifying giant organization. Afterwards, they were divided into several factions due to differences in concepts, and finally split up completely. The 'Ring of Darkness' was one of them, and in addition, the Empire's current biological research organization is the 'Ring of Silver' that broke away from the 'Initial Ring'. It was formed after the Silver Vein personnel ran away with some of their assets," Elsa explained.

  "Hiss!" Although she had never heard of the Initial Ring, who didn't know the great name of the Demon Hunting Association? Headquartered in the Central Continent, with branches radiating across all continents, it united countless abilities to maintain order on the earth, purging demons, balancing the major races, suppressing dark forces, and even secretly manipulating the regime change of nearly a hundred small countries.... It was a mega organization that could be called out to each other with the Heaven's Condemnation Church.

  "Pops messed with such a fierce guy, so won't our family be finished?" Cesar asked worriedly.

  "You're overthinking it, the Initial Ring has been shattered, and the biggest part of it is the Ring of Zero. The Ring of Darkness, is just an underground organization established by a group of extremists, their headquarters is in the Southern Continent, and their claws can't reach this far yet. Use your brain, your old man dared to go against them in the beginning, how would he be afraid of their retaliation now? Moreover, you have me to protect you, and your old man and I are not powerless ordinary people." Elsa knocked Cesar's head, then lethargically leaned on his body and leisurely said.

  "The Southern Continent, that mysterious continent with endless gold hidden underground?" Cesar said back.

  "Well, it's that primitive place, the coast is still better, the interior of the continent is full of demons, and humans are basically dead." Elsa recalled.

  "You've been there?"

  "Of course, the ants there are nasty, I almost died there, but luckily, I finally survived and have you. Ugh, enough of this demoralizing talk!" Elsa stroked Cesar's long hair and said in a gentle and incomparable manner.

  "Hey, don't talk in that I was born from you tone!" Cesar returned with a big head.

  "What, don't recognize me as a parent anymore? Don't forget who you were breastfed by as a child!" Elsa slapped Cesar's head and said unhappily.

  "It was breastfed by a snake-tailed Medusa! Can't you find me a more normal milkmaid?" Cesar's scalp tingled at the thought of those childhood pictures. A little baby being held in the arms of a giant breasted Medusa with a head full of snake hair and a mouth full of fangs, what a frightening thing that would be?

  "Yeni is a big fan of you, she even asked about you when we corresponded last year. Compared to those nutrient-less breasts of humans, Medusa's are many times stronger. Half the reason your physique is so good is due to me." Elsa twisted her body unhappily, winding Cesar up.

  "Medusa's milk|juice is poisonous, it's lucky that I have an excellent bloodline, otherwise I would have died young." Cesar said with a grateful face.

  "A little guy who dies once a night would still be afraid of death?" Elsa scoffed, "I don't know who was the one who couldn't find Yeni in the first place, so he let out a loud cry ..."

  "Uh, can we not talk about that?" Cesar said in defeat.

  "Fine, then what do you have to ask?"

  "What's the organization behind Pops? Are you part of it?"

  "It's better to ask your Pops about these things, I promised the others I couldn't talk nonsense."

  "Oh, then can I learn martial arts? I don't know anything but stabbing with a knife, and this time, I almost got killed by those monsters. Will you teach me martial arts?" Cesar turned around and hugged Elsa, pouting.

  "Is the dance I taught you useless? When you fought those monsters, was there a feeling of 'perfect control of your body'? I heard Emma say that the scene left many claw marks, a normal person would have been dissected, but you were fine, don't say that this dance routine is useless!"

  "It's true that there's a feeling of incomparable coordination, but even if you dance well, you can't fight. I was bitten so badly by that monster big brother that I almost died ah! If I knew that special power technique, I would have been able to stab through its heart, maybe even kill the last one!" Cesar said unwillingly. Thinking back to last night's experience, without any experience, he had indeed missed many opportunities.

  "You're just simply resigned to your lack of power, right?" Elsa stroked Cesar's hair, then comforted, "There are some things that can't be rushed, I know that you've always wanted to practice martial arts, but do you know why I haven't taught you over the years?"

  "To lay a good foundation?" Cesar tried.

  Elsa had always done her best to teach herself, and Cesar understood that she had her own reasons for doing so. But after that attack last night, he really couldn't stand himself who couldn't do anything anymore. In this crazy world, there was nothing more real than power, and after experiencing the threat of death, Cesar couldn't wait to have more power.

  "There are many schools of martial arts in this world, and the range of circulation is even more expansive, no matter which continent, no matter which race, holding those strong men and gods who stand at the peak of the world, all have their own martial arts flow method. Your future is destined to be extraordinary, so I can't let you casually practice an ordinary martial arts flow method. If you want to learn it, learn the most powerful one!" Elsa looked at Cesar and said seriously.

  "Where's yours? Father's? It's not clear what level you guys have reached, but you are definitely strong, right? Could it be that your martial arts are not good enough?" Cesar said sharply.

  "You are not destined to inherit Markas' 'sword', everything I have will be left to you. Ah! I have already thought of an old man who is qualified to be your master, as long as Markas can pay enough tuition, your wish will come true." Elsa said with a misty look.

  "What the hell, how much longer do we have to wait? A year? Two years? ..." grumbled Cesar sullenly.

  "Don't be in a hurry, I'm recently helping you contact the Higher Academy, and when the summer vacation is over, you'll be able to enter the special Higher Academy to practice Transcendent Power. At that time, even if you don't know martial arts, you can become just as strong. You should know that Transcendent Power is your fundamental. Even more powerful martial arts flow methods are just tools to serve those powers." Elsa explained.

  "That's not right, as far as I know, many pure-blooded martial artists, instead of choosing to fuse their special bloodlines to gain power, focus on martial arts practice and work hard to develop their own limits, striving to reach a higher realm. And their strength is no worse than those bloodline fusionists." Cesar retorted.

  "There's a concept you need to figure out, realms and strength are different, and there's no comparison between the two! The so-called realm is a comprehensive evaluation of a person's combat skills, and their mental state during the battle. Power, on the other hand, is simply the degree of destructive force that the person can achieve. What you just said is a misconception, the power of an ordinary human cannot surpass that of a bloodline fusionist. What you said was an exceptional case of a high realm human, with rich experience, defeating a low realm ordinary bloodline fusionist. If they were in the same realm, an ordinary human would only be defeated. If that fusionist's bloodline is strong, even if he is at a lower realm, he won't lose to an ordinary human." Elsa explained.

  "Can you elaborate? Pops never mentions this." Cesar asked eagerly.

  "Tell you roughly. I haven't paid attention to how ordinary people are divided, and there are four levels in the realm of those with abilities like us. Awakening, Manipulation, Mastery, and Transformation. Awakening is the awakening of transcendent power, and this level is best attained with, say, your blood nectar. Manipulation, is the skillful manipulation of power within the body, and your blood nectar can be counted as one of them, but it is very difficult to surpass this rank. The vast majority of ability users on the continents of Ceylon hover within the boundaries of manipulator. Mastery, complete control of one's own power, as well as derived abilities, realizing the true meaning of power, and condensing the 'Seed', this is considered the beginning. There are very few people who can make it this far, and any of them are the top powerhouses on the continent. Metamorphosis, honestly I've only heard people talk about it, it's a double metamorphosis of the soul and body, forming a domain, and when you reach that point, you're a Quasi-God." Elsa replied.

  "Quasi-God? Is it different from those gods?" Cesar pursued.

  "You mean those demons that were spawned by the World Vein? This kind of god and the quasi-gods I'm talking about are two different concepts." Elsa frowned, "Any creature that is recognized by the Pulse of the Earth can be called a god. If you are recognized by a certain piece of land, you are a god, and you can borrow the power of the world of this land, but your realm is still an elementary school student. This kind of god that does not cultivate itself and draws on the power of the earth's vein is made a 'sub-god'. These sub-gods could be considered powerful, but their flaws were also obvious, such as the 'god' that joined the Arkan city government some time ago. It was only the lowest class of sub-god, but if it was allowed to do whatever it wanted, Arken City and the surrounding areas would be destroyed. In a head-to-head match, a special army could exterminate it in a very short period of time. Land aside, when you grow to the limit of your life step by step with your own power, you are a Paragod. Beyond the power of a Quasi-God, coupled with the recognition of the Earth Vein, it is a true deity that manipulates the lives and deaths of hundreds of millions of living beings."

  "Does that kind of thing exist? You're talking about myths, right?" Cesar curiously said.

  "Of course it exists! Otherwise, how could the Heaven's Wrath Church and the Demon Hunting Association be so powerful? Even the Empire can't fight against them. Alright, just listen to these things, don't take them seriously. Even if you master the power within you, you're still a child." Elsa sighed.

  "What about power? What about the rank of power?" Cesar asked fervently.

  "Don't even think about this stuff, the four realms you can still touch, as for the division of power, you haven't even completed the lowest level of awakening. This kind of thing, when you enter the academy, there will naturally be a teacher to explain it. Well, I still have to go find a craftsman to debug this pistol, so take your time and rest. Marcas has already given you siblings leave, so don't worry about school. Tomorrow, Dorothy will come to the farm and you'll be able to meet then." Elsa said.

  Elsa's mansion is not in the city of Arkan, but the outskirts of a manor with a huge area, which is planted with many precious spices. In addition to the identity hidden in the shadows, Elsa was also the big boss of a famous perfume company in the country, although she did not have a noble title, but with her vast connections and strong funds, she was also called a big shot in the empire.

  Next door to this manor, it was the farm of Cesar's family, specializing in growing special grass to raise golden sheep. Every half month, Cesar will come to the farm to rest once, not only to see Elsa, but also to see those lovely golden sheep.

  Although the name sounded overbearing, the golden sheep were not magical beasts or mysterious creatures. Compared to ordinary sheep, these golden sheep inherited a small portion of their ancestors' special abilities: they possessed a gorgeous golden wool, as well as a vitality that far exceeded that of ordinary livestock.

  Ever since Cesar had awakened the 'blood nectar' talent, the Earl had raised a large group of golden sheep. Killing people to condense blood nectar was something that the upright Earl would not allow. The human blood that Dorothy drank every day was all blood packs sold in hospitals.

  Every half a month, a golden sheep would fall, and Cesar would have an extra vial of golden blood nectar in his hands. On top of that, Elsa would also give Cesar extra food from time to time, and the beasts kept in her family's backyard provided Cesar with quite a few vials of red blood nectar.

  "Dorothy, are you alright?!" Seeing Dorothy, who was riding a sheep and excitedly yelling in the farm, Cesar couldn't help but shout.

  "Brother!" Turning back to see Cesar, Lori jumped off the sheep and ran over excitedly. Then she jumped up high and jumped into Cesar's arms, then cried out, "Oooooooh, I thought I wouldn't see you again! Why did you stay behind alone? I'm so scared, I'm so scared I won't see you again!"

  "Come on, look, aren't I fine?" Putting Dorothy on the ground, Cesar spun around twice, signaling that he was perfectly healthy.

  "The more I ran away that day, the more scared I got, then my head fainted and I don't remember anything! Finally when I woke up, I was already back home, and my mom told me you were safe and recuperating at Aunt Elsa's house, reassuring me. Brother, do you think I'm weak? Can't even notify father that you're in danger." Dorothy blamed herself with a tear-filled face.

  "It's quite weak, so you need to exercise well and protect me in the future when you become stronger oh." Cesar comforted.

  "Well, it's a promise! I will definitely protect you in the future!" The little loli broke into a smile.

  "Good! Brother will ask you to take care of him from now on."