The Devil's Evolution Catalog

Chapter 244: Doling Out the Loot

With regards to extracting the blood of those giants, it was actually a rather simple process.

First, Sasani had the two devils, No.3 and Big 4, placed on the right and left of one of the Four-stars. There, laid a hole we had dug up prior and it was also there that we poured in the blood of the giants.

The entire process started with Sinmosa tearing apart the rocky exterior of those giants with her paws. From that gaping hole, flowed a viscous lava-like fluid that slowly covered the two injured devils. While the blood flow was kind of slow, it was only a matter of time before the hole became a bloody pool.

Initially, I assumed that the two of them would float to the top once we filled the hole with blood, but as I soon found out when the hole was filled, they didnt.

Are you sure theyll be fine like thatcan they even breathe Even devils had to breathe so this treatment method of Sinmosa was ratherconcerning, not that I was doubting its efficacy.

It will be fine. The blood contains the purest essence of those giants, by soaking them with one whole giants worth of blood, theres no way they wont evolve. She confidently answered me.

The two of them are Four-stars right now. If we were to dowse them with giant blood, they will forcefully evolve into Five-stars and become a new race of devil; gaining the respective clan name and abilities as well. In a sense, its a super evolution. Moreover, the blood of those giants contain a vast amount of pure energies. By soaking in that, they dont need air, in fact, the pollutants in the air would probably affect the chances of evolving.

Shes right! The two of them are now at an important threshold. For them to be receive such injuries and then such nourishment, is actually a blessing in some sense. By evolving, they are no longer ordinary devils but are instead a different race entirely!

What were ordinary devils? Those were devils similar to No.3 and Big 4 in their Four-stars form. In other words, imps and Demon Childes. Looking at it from another point of view, devils like Mo Na and I werent ordinary at all, but were actually high level devils since we belonged to the Lust Demon branch. In this case, high level wasnt actually referring to our stars level but rather to the fact that we possessed an innate advantage over our peers.

In the world of the devils, a lot of attention was paid to bloodlines and clans because the more prestigious ones bloodline was, the more potential they held. For example, the aforementioned imps and Demon Childes were basically the most primal form of the devil form. To the devils with higher bloodlines, these low level devils were basically dogs, slaves. This was especially so for the Small Imps whose low strength level relegated them to the level of food.

That was why the jump from Four-stars to Five-stars was a unique one.

Either way, with one entire giants worth of blood to nourish them, No.3 and Big 4s safety wasnt something I needed to worry about for now. At this moment, I was more interested in Cinderels situation. According to that old dog, Sidarth, she wasnt completely in the clear yet. Because of her premature birth, Cinderel required nourishment on a regular basis, at least until she reached Six-stars. Should she experience an energy deficiency in the meantime, her life might be endangered.

How about we let Cinderel have some as well. I gently ruffled the fur on the little black puppys head as she tumbled about with Mo Na. She was rather fond of me so my gesture was met with a tender lick of her tongue.

However, that suggestion was rejected by a shake of Sinmosas head. She had hesitated for quite a while before making that decision but in the end, she said this: Thats not too good, is it? Its your spoils after allwe didnt contribute all that much. Escaping from that realm was entirely your work

Its fine, all this happened because of an accident in the first place. Besides, No.3 and Big 4 dont require that much blood. Evolving too fast isnt good for them after all. More importantly, arent we comrades? Also, you guys contributed as well, remember?

To me, Sinmosa was a trusted companioneven though I had purposely hidden the fact about Fertinier from herto be fair, it wouldnt have made a difference even if I told herand telling her that a Devil Kings soul was residing in me would be a littleabsurd. Perhaps not telling her was actually the better choice, at the very least she wouldnt think that I was trying to lie to her with some poor excuse about possession

As for what she thought I was hidingwell, that was up to her imaginationmy conscience was clear at least.

Alright then, lets just give her some from No.3 and Big 4s giant. Sinmosa gave her husband a brief look before saying that. In the end, their concern for their child convinced them to take up my offer. For parents like them, there was no way they would ever want their child to encounter any sort of danger. Besides, wasnt the whole point of following me to find some nourishment for Cinderel in the first place?

Hmm, should we give her a little more?

Shes still young, Im not sure if her little body can even withstand that much so theres no point feeding her more. Sinmosa picked up Cinderel from my arms with her mouth and then lowered her gently onto the floor. Besides, you said so yourself didnt you? Evolving too fast isnt a good thing.

Back on the ground, Cinderel instinctively snuggled herself against Sinmosa, rubbing her little noggin against Sinmosas front paw while putting on a lovable expression.

Oh right, how about you and Sasani have that Four-stars giant, if youre lucky, the two of you might just evolve into Six-stars.

That She stared in shock at me. She probably never expected a devil to be so generous.

Truth be told however, I wasnt being generous at all. I had a reason for offering up one of the giants. Back when Sasani was dragging No.3 and Big 4 to the giant, he gave me a rather unfriendly look. Even though it was only for the briefest of moments, I still noticed the strangeness in that gaze. Back then, I suspected that Sasani was thinking about killing me to steal all the giants for himself. However, that thought was quickly banished by a stern glare from Sinmosa.

Being a d*mned Siscon, a mere gaze from his sister was enough to shut him up. Naturally, he wouldnt do anything else to upset her either. Even so, that look was scary enough to warn me about a certain fact; I should share some of the spoils with them.

First off, we were a team. No matter who contributed the most, the spoils should be shared amongst the entire team.

As Confucius once said, Fear not poverty but ware inequality. Just think about it for a second, recruiting for a treasure expedition was all fine and dandy what comes after it then? Internal strife, of course.

In fact, such a played out conflict was basically a part of film culture by now.

The situation we were in was basically like that. Being the strongest members of our team, Sinmosa and Sasani had to be given their share whether or not they contributed, elsewell, our team wouldnt last past the day. Leaving the team would probably be an alright outcome then, the worst case scenario would be that they ganged up on me insteadour strength levels werent equal after all

However, all that was basically nothing but a guess on my part. But given how Sasani looked at me thensharing the loot shouldnt be a bad idea, right?

Faced with her hesitation, I earnestly looked the couple in all twelve of their eyes and said: I said so didnt I? Were companions, no matter what, only unity and trust can take us further into the future. Honestly, I dont care why you two decided to follow me, but as long as there are benefits to be distributed, I would definitely reserve a portion for you all, that you can be sure of.

Without waiting for Sinmosas answer, Sasani furiously nodded his heads; because he wasnt able to speak in the tongue of the devil, he had no other way to communicate with us. From the way he nodded however, I could tell that he probably wasnt harboring any nefarious thoughtsfor now at least.

We do, in fact, need themmany thanks.

Unlike No.3 and Big 4, the two of them werent in a comatose state so they could directly ingest the blood of the giants. Bringing Cinderel with them, they hopped onto the giants body and opened up a hole beforedrilling themselves into it? Are they planning to eat the giant from the inside?

With that settled, I set aside the matter of those two Cerberuses for now and turned my attention to Mo Na who was currently staring at the last giant with wide eyes. Mama, mama, Mo Na wants to eat that one! But those three big monsters dont have any souls, how strange

Now that she mentioned that, I was a little puzzled as well. Was it because of the fact they were part elementals that no souls came out of them? Did their souls enter their elemental cores upon deathdid they even have cores? Theres no guarantee that their souls werent consumed by that Nightmare Steed eitherafter all, my soul was almost consumed while in my own dream realm

Truly, this world was a strange one, filled with all sorts of unknown mysteries and dangers waiting for me to stumble on. If I wasnt careful enough, I might just slip up and end up battered on the streets somewhere with my bones shattered completely.