Chapter 39: Titanic Strength: The Second Strongest Subordinate's Mighty Power!

It has been 50 years since I rescued Zegion and Apito, and some interesting things have happened in this short amount of time.

Like after Velz took me to her room, we had an intense sex session, and later it turned into an intense threesome that lasted for a week.

After that, I returned to my place. Then, I asked Ciel about the new skill that Leon had acquired.

She told me that the new skill has all the extra skills integrated into it for it to evolve as its sub-skills.

Additionally, it has two new sub-skills, which are [Energy Purification] and [Spiritual Particle Manipulation].

The sub-skill [Energy Purification] gives him the ability to use energy in its purest form. The sub-skill [Spiritual Particle Manipulation] gives him the ability to wield Spiritrons without any collateral damage and allows him to go all out.

Actually, his sub-skill [Spiritual Particle Manipulation] is similar to Shizue's [Spiritual Particle Domination], but at the same time different, because his sub-skill is inferior to Shizue's.

It's because the skills that have [Manipulation] in them are inferior and weaker than the skills which have [Domination] in them.

For example, [Space-Time Manipulation] and [Space-Time Domination] they are the same but different.

[Space-Time Domination] gives the user complete control over the elements of Space and Time. However, [Space-Time Manipulation] is different. It grants the user the ability to manipulate and utilize the elements of Space and Time, but it depends on the user's proficiency in the skill. On the other hand, with [Space-Time Domination], proficiency doesn't matter, which is why [Space-Time Domination] is superior and stronger than [Space-Time Manipulation].

Furthermore, the evolution of [Space-Time Manipulation] is [Space-Time Domination], which also proves that [Space-Time Manipulation] is inferior and weaker than [Space-Time Domination].

The same principle applies to [Law Domination] and [Law Manipulation].

In [Law Manipulation], the user needs sufficient information, knowledge, and affinity with scientific and magical laws to manipulate them effectively. Otherwise, the user wouldn't be able to unleash its full potential.

However, in [Law Domination], it's different. Here, while the user still requires information, it's not always necessary. Moreover, the user has absolute control over the laws of the world, whether from a magical or scientific perspective. This control extends from the basic elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Space, down to properties like gravity, heat, and inertia.

Additionally, the evolution of [Law Manipulation] is [Law Domination].

The same principle applies to every skill that has [Manipulation] in them. They are inferior and weaker than the skills that have [Domination] in them.

Additionally, the evolution of every skill that has [Manipulation] in them is the skills that have [Domination] in them.

However, it doesn't apply to intrinsic skills because even if the intrinsic skill has [Manipulation] and [Domination] in them, the performance and power will be the same.

So, here Leon's [Spiritual Particle Manipulation] is weaker than Shizue's [Spiritual Particle Domination].

Nevertheless, it still grants him the ability to use Spiritrons and additionally removes the risk of collateral damage, allowing him to go all out.

Well, that's all about Leon's skill.

After returning to my place, I found out that Zegion and Apito had completed their evolution process and now had taken humanoid form.

After that, the only thing they did was train. However, I stopped Apito and gave her the job of gathering nectar from flowers to make honey. But still, she trained.

And now, she has become strong—strong enough that if I gave her enough souls, then she could evolve into a True Demon Lord. However, I didn't do that because I don't think she is ready to become a True Demon Lord right now. Also, as of this moment, there isn't any need for her to evolve.

Right now, she has one unique skill, and that is [Motherly Queen]. It gives her the ability to create more insects and control them, along with other insects.

Currently, her race is called 'Star Wasp'. If she ever evolves into a True Demon Lord or undergoes another type of evolution, then her race will become 'Divine Wasp', the highest type of insector.

And about Zegion, he has become strong, just as I suspected.

Right now, he is strong—at least as strong as Velgrynd, or slightly weaker or stronger than her. We can say that currently, they are at stalemates.

It all started when he took a humanoid form. After assuming a humanoid form, he asked us to make him strong. He wanted to become strong to protect Apito and to be useful to me.

And Veldora was only needed that. From that point on, Veldora made him his disciple. He trained him, taught him his Veldora-Style Killing Arts, and all of his martial arts techniques that he knows, excluding our Tempest Arts, of course.

Just one and a half years later, he was ready to evolve into a True Demon Lord. So, I gave him sufficient souls to evolve, and he did.

Right after evolving, he was at least stronger than Dino when he is in his restricted form. And soon after his evolution, Ciel started to do experiments on him.

She tricked me into that trap!!!!!

Actually, when he was ready to evolve into a True Demon Lord just after one and a half years, I started to think that he might surpass Diablo. At that time, Ciel baited me into her trap.

She said to me that Zegion has the potential to become as strong as True Dragons, but he can't surpass Diablo. After hearing her, my ever-competitiveness started to take over me.

And in the heat of the conversation, she made a bet with me: if Zegion was unable to become stronger than Diablo in the next 48 and a half years, meaning until today, then I would have to do anything she said. The same went for Ciel: if Zegion surpassed Diablo by today, then she would have to do anything I said.

Even though I knew that it was almost, if not completely, impossible for Zegion to surpass Diablo, I still acted stupidly and accepted the bet. And now, I am at a loss because Zegion has not become stronger than Diablo.

Now I have to do one thing that she will say. I wonder what she will ask me to do?

Whatever, I'll think about that later.

And when he evolved into a True Demon Lord, he gained an ultimate skill called [Illusion King: Mephisto]. It is an illusion-type skill that allows him to use the strongest illusions and illusion-type magic.

His illusions are even able to trap the likes of True Dragons, though not for a long time.

After his evolution into a True Demon Lord, Zegion became a spiritual being—well, not completely a spiritual being, but a Demi-Spiritual Being.

Actually, Zegion is a unique case of a Divine Nature considered a Demi-Spiritual Lifeform.

Though he is a Spiritual Lifeform in spirit, the presence of his fully Material Body classifies him as a Demi-Spiritual Lifeform, similar to Deathmen.

This classification does not negatively impact his combat capabilities, as his exoskeleton is made of Hihiirokane, the ultimate metal.

But, well, the spiritual being thing is also solved because later he became a 'Supreme Chaos Spirit' and reached a new level of strength, rivaling that of a True Dragon.

And after his evolution into a True Demon Lord, and because of my magicules within him, Zegion was capable of using [Turn Null] energy.

So Diablo and Ciel gave him some tips on how to borrow and use [Turn Null] energy from me, and now he is capable of using [Turn Null] energy.

A short time after his evolution, Guy and Dino visited us.

They visited us because when I visited Guy's place years ago, I told Guy to come to my place and if possible, bring Dino too, so we could have a boys' party.

And he did come and brought Dino too. We had a boys' party, and at the party, Guy, Veldora, Dino, and I were present, and we had a lot of fun together. We ate, drank, and enjoyed ourselves.

Well, it's an entirely different thing that after that party, Ciel and I had a good talk, and I slept on the sofa for half the week.

(A.N. a typical husband and wife scene.)

But hey, we have to lose something in order to gain something, right?

And in that party, when we were drunk, Guy and I made a bet that Zegion is stronger than Dino. You know how it is when boys get drunk; they do things they didn't think they would do.

So, our ever-lazy Dino also said that he would fight Zegion and defeat him. The next day, when he came back to his senses, he denied that he agreed to the battle and tried to run away.

But Guy and I didn't let him go. We talked to him (or rather, threatened him) and made him fight Zegion.

In the first half of the fight, when Dino was still in his restricted form, Zegion was the one who dominated the fight. But when Dino transformed into his True Form/True Body, he started to dominate the fight.

However, the battle became interesting when Zegion punched Dino in the stomach, causing him to lose his grip on his sword, which fell from his hand. And when Zegion took his sword to return it, something unexpected happened.

The thing is, Dino's sword 'Crumbling Fangs' accepted Zegion as its new master and altered itself to fit Zegion's fighting style, transforming into a form of shining wings that merged with Zegion.

With this, Zegion's new power, 'Crumble Wings', was born.

When that happened, we were all surprised because it was Dino's sword, and we wondered how the sword accepted Zegion as its new master.

But Dino wasn't surprised at all. Instead of being surprised, he just chuckled lightly and said,

"It seems that 'Crumbling Fangs' recognized you easily. I wasn't recognized as the Lord after all," Dino said and continued, "Take it. You can have it. I wasn't recognized by it up until now, so I wasn't able to use it to its full potential. But now it has recognized you, so you can do what I was unable to. Let's see who can win this fight," he said, and they continued their battle.

And even after getting Dino's sword, Zegion was being beaten by Dino without much effort. It was as if the loss of one high mythical grade sword didn't affect him in the slightest, and Dino mercilessly beat Zegion to the point where he was on the brink of death.

But when Zegion started to borrow some of [Turn Null] energy from me, the tides of battle changed quickly.

It's because after he started to use [Turn Null] energy, his body started to glow in rainbow colors, and soon all of his exoskeleton transformed into Hihiirokane, the ultimate and strongest metal.

Actually, when I replaced parts of his body and fixed him, I only used Hihiirokane metal for the parts where his body was extremely injured. For the other parts, I used Adamantite, the lesser version of Hihiirokane metal or the previous form of Hihiirokane metal.

Also, there is another factor: up until that point, the Hihiirokane metal didn't accept Zegion. As you should all be aware, when mythical grade metals such as Hihiirokane reach their peak, they become awakened. It's something akin to the voice of the world, as if they have their own consciousness but not their own ego or will.

A live example of this would be Dino's sword, 'Crumbling Fang', which has its own consciousness but not its own will, and because of that, it didn't accept Dino as its master.

So when he used [Turn Null] energy to its full capacity, his exoskeleton transformed completely into Hihiirokane. Not a single part was Adamantite. And after that, all of the Hihiirokane metal accepted him as his master.

Also, taking advantage of the situation, Ciel conducted one more experiment on Zegion. That time, Zegion evolved into a 'Supreme Chaos Spirit', making him a being who reached a new level of strength rivaling that of a True Dragon.

With him evolving into a 'Supreme Chaos Spirit', his previous problem of being a spiritual being thing is also solved. Now, he is an existence equivalent to a True Dragon.

When that happened, I don't know why, but Guy suddenly stopped time and started to ask me questions about how Zegion became strong like this and what kind of power he used.

I just told him that he borrowed power from me and nothing more. It's not a total lie, though.

But the good thing that happened from Guy stopping time is that Zegion and Dino analyzed the suspended world during our conversation and learned how to move in it. They became [Digital Nature], and now they are able to move in the suspended world.

After they became [Digital Nature], Zegion was the one who dominated the fight and won the battle.

Furthermore, his evolution into a 'Supreme Chaos Spirit' has enhanced his ultimate skill too.

Zegion's ultimate skill, [Illusion King: Mephisto], has the essence of Illusion and Water Domination.

Because of this essence, it enhances Zegion's control over water magic and makes his illusion-type attacks a hundred times stronger.

For example, one of the sub-skills of his ultimate skill, [Fantasy World], when Zegion acquired his ultimate skill newly and didn't have perfect control over it, was before him becoming a Supreme Chaos Spirit. At that time, this skill only allowed him to create an illusionary world where he could trap people for some time because he didn't have good control over that skill.

But after becoming a Supreme Chaos Spirit, it boosted his ultimate skill, and after mastering it, he is now able to use this skill to its full potential.

Now, he can create an illusionary world where he can trap True Dragons easily, but not for a long period of time.

Now, his Illusionary world has undergone significant enhancement. It's so potent that it's practically impossible for a non-God series ultimate skill user to discern whether they are in Zegion's illusionary world or under his Illusionary magic.

However, there are individuals like Diablo, who have wielded ultimate skills for thousands of years and have completely mastered their abilities, can detect it. So far, only four individuals fit into that category: Diablo, Dino, Blondy Hero Rudra, and Zelanus.

Also, Ramiris, who is a master in magic, whether it be spirit magic or other forms of magic, including primitive magic, can also tell if she is under Zegion's illusionary world or illusionary magic.

However, all of these individuals are stronger than Zegion, so it's likely that he will win against them, except for Dino, who is now weaker than Zegion after his evolution into a Supreme Chaos Spirit, and Zelanus.

I think Zelanus and Zegion are equal, or maybe Zegion is stronger. I can't tell precisely because I haven't seen Zelanus for more than ten million years. But from what I know, Zegion and Zelanus might be equal.

Seriously, if Zegion hadn't evolved, he would have lost the fight, and I would have lost the bet. I am one thousand percent sure that Dino was going to win that fight with mid difficulty.

Also, during this period of time, Zegion has evolved his sub-skills of his ultimate skill. For instance, [Space-Time Manipulation] has evolved into [Space-Time Domination], and [Weather and Light Manipulation] has evolved into [Weather and Light Domination].

Now, his skill is like this:

Illusion King : Mephisto

Sub-skills;

(1) Thought Acceleration: Accelerates the user's thought processing speed up to a factor of a million.

(2) Chant Annulment: Eliminates the need for chanting when using magic.

(3) All of Creation: The ability to comprehend any non-concealed phenomena in this world.

(4) Universal Sense: Universal Sense allows for the perception of nearly all things within a wide radius. It is an enhanced version of Magic Sense with superior sensory capabilities, allowing the user to perceive not only light and sound, but smell and heat in an extremely wide radius.

(5) Demon Lord's Haki: It combines the effects of the Extra Skills Haki and Magic Aura and allows the user's aura to exert a powerful spiritual pressure over their targets and inflict them with potentially lethal magical effects. It is possible for one to immediately perish if they are too weak, or cause one to lose their sanity.

(6) Space-Time Domination: It allows the user complete control over the Elements of Space and Time, allowing them to perform Space-Time Connection and Instant Motion easily.

(7) Multi-Dimensional Barrier: It is a barrier-type skill that achieves Absolute Defense through the utilization of an always active Multilayer Barrier in combination with Dimension Fault, the upgraded version of Distortion Field.

It boasts a foolproof defense against physical, elemental, and emission-type attacks. While there are attacks that could potentially break it, if the user is able to analyze the nature of the oncoming attack, they can adjust the barrier to block it. Its performance is above that of even Uriel's Absolute Guard.

(8) Spiritual Domination: Allows the user complete control over a target's thoughts and emotions.

(9) Water and Thunder Domination: Allows the user complete control over the weather and thunder. Also, the user can manipulate weather and thunder to their will.

(10) Fantasy World: The ability to create an illusionary world where the user has absolute control over everything. The illusionary world is strong enough that it is impossible for a non-God series user to tell that they are in the illusionary world. Additionally, individuals who are holders of ultimate skills for thousands of years and have mastered their skills can detect that they are in the illusionary world.

Also, during this period of time, he has mastered his ultimate skill. Additionally, he has learned how to borrow [Turn Null] energy properly without harming himself and use it effectively.

Considering all of this, I can say that right now he is as strong as Velgrynd, but still, I believe that Velgrynd had the upper hand in actual battle.

Now, Ciel has started to call Zegion her masterpiece. Well, she is not wrong; Zegion is her masterpiece.

Also, when Shizue and I married, and I, in a way, named her as 'Shizue Tempest', she got a little boost in power. It's not too much, but it's still a boost.

With this boost, she can defeat Guy and others, but with mid-extreme difficulty. As for Ramiris, I can't say anything because it depends on the situation. But still, I think that Ramiris will win the fight with extreme difficulty.

Also, a few years ago, Shizue left me. Actually, when her two students got summoned to this world, she said that she had to guide them. That's why she left me—to teach those kids how to survive in this world.

Additionally, a few years ago (2-3 years), Chloe got summoned to this world as well. Well, it's not actually summoning, seeing how her soul traveled through time, but we can say that she got summoned. So now, Shizue is teaching them.

In the future, when Shizue returns to me, giving the excuse of going to find a way to save the children, we will go and save them together.

And today is the day when I will take my first step towards building my kingdom.

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And that's end. That's all for this chapter.

Next chapter will be: "Laying Foundations: The First Step in Kingdom Building."

Tell me how is the chapter in comments. It is really motivates me to write new chapters.

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