While Roland was still thinking hard about his path, an inconceivable scene was occurring in the distant plains.
It was as if this place had transformed into the Chaos Abyss. Large numbers of demons were forming groups and beginning their own hunting activities. Wherever their armies went, dangerous earth spiders would be dug out of the ground, and sand dragons would be instantly drowned out like ants swallowing elephants. The opponents that gave Roland headaches were completely useless in front of this endless demon army.
However, these creatures of Chaos that were brown in color were somewhat different from the pure demons in the Chaos Abyss. Compared to their evil cousins in the Chaos Abyss, their skin was brownish-yellow, and they didn't use the fire or acid magic that demons commonly used. Instead, they used the incredibly rare earth magic. Not only that, they all had excellent physical attack abilities. It was as if they were the native residents of this place, just like those Earth Elemental Plane creatures with thick skin and thick flesh.
One tribe after another was destroyed. Faced with the endless demon army, even the powerful sand dragon was only able to fly a few more kilometers before powerlessly collapsing to the ground.
And when that sand dragon lay on the ground on its last breath, waiting for these twisted creatures to give it the final blow, what arrived was a sand boat.
Four golden land dragons were pulling the sand boat. However, their twisted horns and the smell of sulfur from their breath doubtlessly indicated that they were products of demonization.
The sand dragon, Sardilawin, was now blind in one eye. The remaining dragon eye viciously glared in that direction. In its mind, the one that would give it the final blow would probably be the main culprit behind all of this. It was highly likely that it would be a powerful demon from the Chaos Abyss.
"Wow, such a large dragon."
But the reality was that the dragons had miscalculated. A young blonde female Knight walked out of the sand boat. Judging from her appearance, she was actually a human, and an incredibly young female Knight at that.
But before Sardilawin could even self-destruct in order to deal the final blow, the female Knight suddenly muttered something to herself.
"Alright, alright, I got it. I'll just demonize. Relax. I'll control Chaos, not be controlled by Chaos. "
* Roar! *
The furious dragon's breath created a shockwave that seemed capable of destroying everything. However, that meant that nothing had happened. Meanwhile, that female Knight was already riding on Sardilawin's head.
Just as Sardilawen was about to attack the other party, that dim yellow light of primal chaos enveloped him. Under the intense pain, his body began to recover, but Sardilawen let out a pitiful cry of shock, because demonic scales began to grow on his skin, poisonous spikes appeared on his back, sharp claws and fangs began to grow thicker, and a pair of wings appeared on his back. Sardilawen was actually beginning to demonize.
"At the end of the day, Chaos is just a distortion of existing rules. Although demons, as creatures of Chaos, can't be born naturally, from a certain standpoint, only creatures with their own rules can be demonized and turned into Chaos. However, we Dragons do not have to worry. We are born with the power to resist the rules. Forcefully demonizing us? Even the Duke Fiend can't do it. Perhaps only the legendary Son of the Abyss can do it. "
His past memories were being recalled, and the last of his consciousness was already starting to become hazy. There wasn't much time left, only enough for Sardilevin to mutter to himself.
"… The Abyss Princess? Why is she here … "
After the dim yellow light faded, the dying Sardilawen had disappeared without a trace. What remained was a gigantic pitch-black Inferno Dragon. That single dim yellow eye was the best evidence of his identity.
"Roar roar roar!"
The furious Inferno Inferno Dragon unfurled its new wings and blocked off the sandstorm's might as it flew towards the next high-level magical beast gathering location. Meanwhile, the newly born demons on the ground also responded to their master's call and headed towards their next target.
On the Inferno Dragon's back, in a small sand boat, Renée seemed to be talking to herself as she asked a question.
"Um, Teacher Cavendish, what do you intend to teach me next?"
"Let's review our demonization first. After that, let's practice our swordsmanship."
From the very start, Roland had been mistaken about this matter. As a descendant of the Mist, Renée was quite qualified. Even in the face of setbacks and difficulties, she was still able to maintain her tenacious and unyielding personality. The final scene on that snowy night made Roland feel as if he had seen his past self. However, it was also because of this misconception that Roland thought too highly of Renée, believing that she would be able to resist the temptation of the Abyss by herself.
But sometimes, not lowering one's head in the face of setbacks and despair and being able to resist temptation were two completely different things. It was just like how a person who was capable at work didn't necessarily have a noble character. A person who was tenacious and self-reliant didn't necessarily have the ability to ignore temptation placed in front of them, especially when the temptation seemed so beautiful.
The Demon Prince's tempting words started ringing in Renée's ears the moment she was alone, and our Knight Princess lived up to everyone's expectations and resisted the demon's temptation for as long as … as long as five seconds!
That's right, that was how the situation developed. That was what Cavendish said at the time.
"Um, Renée, how about I teach you? Don't listen to Roland. What can you possibly learn by practicing on your own? "
"I don't think that's a good idea. Big Brother Roland already said that I can't listen to you."
"I'm stronger than him. Who do you think I should listen to? Besides, your opponent is a Demon Marquis. As you are right now, she can kill you with a single slap …"
"Please allow me to call you Second Brother as well!"
Alright then, before I even finished speaking, I instantly succeeded in tempting her. Since it was far too easy, even the Demon Prince was shocked by how shameless Reyne was. He paused in surprise for quite a while when he heard Reyne's reply. Only then did he confirm that she wasn't joking and was actually telling the truth.
"Heehee, I know that my talent is lacking, but I still know my own limits. Before I met Big Brother Roland, it wasn't that I wasn't working hard, but I wasn't even close to reaching the Silver rank. Big Brother Roland has obviously overestimated me. Besides, I'm Renée, not Roland. I've always believed that there's nothing wrong with having power, and that there's no need to worry so much if you want to increase your power. Grasping power first is the best way. "
Renée's tone was quite sincere. To be honest, that was indeed what she believed. Unlike Roland, who could obtain power as long as he worked hard, Renée, who had only average talent, had already suffered enough from the pain of not having power. She was also numb to the fact that she worked so hard without any results.
From the very beginning, she knew that she couldn't be like Roland, nor did she intend to force herself to be like him. In this aspect, she, who had experienced countless setbacks and despair, was actually very similar to Cavendish. She had a morbid admiration for power in her bones.
"If I had power, Donglan would have almost been destroyed. If I had the power to control my own fate, I wouldn't have been forced into marriage by the Ottoman nouveau riche, and my people wouldn't have been humiliated."
At the age of thirteen, she was still a carefree and happy princess. At the age of fourteen, she put on her armor and went into battle. Now, at the age of fifteen, she had already become a famous Knight Princess in the Northlands. The ups and downs of her life made this vase princess, who used to be a pretty face, have a maturity far beyond her age under her playful appearance.
She had always desired to control her own fate with her own hands, and this desire had never been satisfied by Roland's arrival.
She respected and trusted her teacher, Roland. However, she had her own opinions about power. She didn't intend to argue about it, nor did she want her relationship with Roland to be affected by differences in beliefs. She simply used her actions to make her choice.
"… Perhaps you've been waiting for this day ever since you rejected Roland's blood. However, it seems that you have an amazing 'accomplice' to be able to trick Roland. "
In the distance, the 'accomplice' Amelia, who was currently cooking a gigantic magical pot, sneezed.
"Hmm, someone's talking about me? Or is it cursing me again? Could it be that bastard? "
Beside her was a devastated battlefield. The Earth Elemental Plane, which originally shouldn't have any greenery, now had a grassland and forest. However, these grayish-yellow plants were already filled with the corpses of magical beasts who were originally in their true forms.
With Amelia's assistance, the bloodline seal had never been effective from the very start. Otherwise, Cavendish wouldn't have been able to easily contact Renée, who was in another plane. In fact, he was even able to suppress Glina in so many battles due to the power of his bloodline.
"Perhaps I need to apologize to Brother Roland, but I naturally have to make my own decisions about my own life. I've had enough of hiding behind someone else's back and trembling!"
Roland's Sacred Sword was still glowing with a silver Holy Light. However, the Knight Princess's eyes had already turned a dim yellow. The shadow of a demon appeared behind her, but she grabbed it in her hands. This girl's willpower was comparable to steel.
Roland had never hidden his hopes and worries for the future. Although Renée seemed like a carefree person, she had a sharp heart. She hated her own powerlessness, and right now, even though she clearly knew that making a deal with a demon was no different from asking a tiger for its skin, she wouldn't regret today's decision rather than continue being a flower vase. Even if she might fall into depravity in the future, she wouldn't regret today's choice.
"Instead of regretting after the fact that you didn't take advantage of the opportunity, it's better to regret after doing it. Isn't that what you said in the past?" By the way, Brother Roland had also left a famous saying to her.
The response from Roland's soul was much more serious.
"Then, let me teach you how to control Chaos. First of all, you must remember to control your own heart. Don't let Chaos corrode your soul. Power is only a tool. If you end up being controlled by a tool, that would be far too laughable …"
The Prince of Chaos was actually teaching someone how to resist the corrosion of Chaos. Perhaps, from a certain standpoint, Cavendish no longer viewed Renée as a backup physical body. Perhaps he was beginning to view her as his true successor.
"… I only have one request. Use what I've taught you to defeat that Glina. Viciously beat her up in a direct battle."
"Could it be that she betrayed your bloodline? You're actually so angry? I don't think you're such a petty person. "
"Hmph, the feeling that she gives me is just like Roland back then. I'm afraid that she has already successfully fused with Roland's bloodline. Since that's the case, Roland will definitely teach her everything that he has learned in his life. Since you're my descendant and disciple, how can you be weaker than Roland's descendant and disciple?"
Renée came to a sudden realization. These big shots were always so serious over inexplicable matters. It seemed that this younger twin brother was going against his older brother.
Since the two of them couldn't have a direct competition, then they would have an indirect competition through their descendants and disciples.
"Cousin Glina? Hmph, I won't lose to her. Regardless of which aspect. "
And so, after receiving Cavendish's teachings, Renée unscrupulously activated her own demonkin bloodline. Then, she created a demonized army in the mortal plane.
At this moment, while Renée was studying the secrets of Chaos on the dragon's back, a gigantic pillar of light suddenly rose up, causing a violent tempest to sweep through the entire mortal plane. Just as Renée was about to ask what exactly happened, she felt a wave of shock and disbelief surge up from the bottom of her heart. Even a powerful child of the Chaos Abyss actually felt fear.
"… Roland, it would seem that I've still underestimated you. It would seem that we can have a good fight the next time we meet."
…
Of course, I didn't know that far away in the mortal plane, Renée had already established a powerful army. And, it was foreseeable that this army would only become stronger and stronger as time passed.
The current me was using up all of my energy just to control the fusion of the earth and water elements.
"With the earth element as the skeleton, and the water element as the bloodline, snow will fall, and the icy plains will turn white. When the wind and snow stop, everything will return to peace."
This wasn't some incantation. It was just a description that would deepen my self-influence. With its help, the scenery of my homeland reappeared in my mind.
But this time, I wouldn't be satisfied with only being able to temporarily interfere with my Soul World.
The illusory world was slowly becoming reality, and I, who had transformed into an "arbiter," was combining reality and illusion to create a new, independent world.
Stonevilla's Ocean Bottle was currently emitting magic. With the help of the sword seal, the water element was activated as a child element, and it began to emit an endless amount of frost.
Meanwhile, the Earth Elemental Heart had long since transformed into the ground beneath my feet, becoming the first piece of land for my new world.
And what I needed to do was to combine them into one, obtaining the unknown from the known and allowing it to enter a self-contained cycle. I took a deep breath and pointed at the sky with one hand, causing the frost to descend. I pointed at the ground with another hand, causing the ground to rise. Next, I took a deep breath and clasped my hands together.
* Clack. *
There was the sound of gears colliding. The huge explosion that I expected didn't happen. I actually managed to combine them so easily.
"Ha, it would seem that I was too worried … Eh?"
Obviously, I was happy too early. The next moment, the two elements that I had just combined actually began to tremble and were about to explode.
"Damn it! If it explodes … "
The next moment, I thought of a gigantic canyon. But at this moment, I was unable to endure the reverse flow of elemental power. The elemental power was about to go berserk!
"Everything in theory should be correct. Why did such a situation occur … My power level!"
Perhaps others were right. The closer one was to death, the more brilliant one's mind would be. In an instant, I understood everything.
That's right, I indeed had the ability to create things, and I had also used theories and foundational methods. However, I had overlooked something. When Aichy created the world, she was already inconceivably strong. The backlash and chaos were nothing more than a small wave to her, but to me, it was an irresistible destructive force.
"Damn it! I'm just one step away! "
How could I possibly be at ease at such a time if I failed? But I was about to go berserk or even die, and I had no way to resist at all.
"If I had known earlier, I would have waited until I was at least a SemiGod before attempting this … Hmm? What happened? "
Suddenly, everything returned to normal. The berserk elemental power was like a domesticated dog that had been tamed, and it began to move according to my will.
[Fate Points: 37624]
The number of Fate Points suddenly popped up on my interface. My Fate Points were rapidly decreasing, which doubtlessly explained the source of this miracle. It also proved that this miracle didn't come without a price.
"36521,31435,274: 21. It's not like my Fate Points just grew out of nowhere. Aren't you being too greedy? Leave some for me! I still need to reach the Gold rank!"
[System Notification: If you still have time to retort, why don't you end this earlier!]
Alright then, I had originally wanted to thank the System for saving my life, but let's forget about it. I fully focused on combining the elements, and when that damned Fate Point number jumped to 9214, the process finally came to an end.
* Clack! *
It was still only the sound of gears clicking into place, but this time, it was likely that the entire mortal plane could hear it.
As for me, I could sense that in this original world, I now had an independent world of my own. Although there was only Frigidwinter Earth in this world, it was a world that belonged solely to me.
[Ding! Congratulations to my host for obtaining "Frigidwinter Earth." The System is unable to analyze its specific effects and principles. However, it is able to analyze the basics of how to use it. Would you like to analyze it?]
This was the first time that I had ever heard of something that the System was unable to analyze. I was overjoyed and nodded, but I instantly regretted it.
[Fate Points: 4624]
I instantly lost more than half of my Fate Points. Just as I was about to complain, I was astonished by the System's next message.
[Frigidwinter Earth, an existence with no rating. Currently, the largest area that it can expand into is a three-dimensional space with a radius of 136 meters. It ignores all barriers, and is capable of entering the ground.]
[Recommended effect 1: Death Chill. Anyone who steps into this Frigidwinter Earth will receive 1-100 points of ice damage (determined by the user). This damage cannot be avoided. (Even the Gods are unable to avoid it.)]
[Recommended effect 2: Ice Sword: …]
I actually managed to see four recommended effects here and there, and this was only the beginning. This was only a portion of the effects of this incomplete world.
Where fortune arrives, misfortune lurks. I had just been pleasantly surprised when I received an urgent warning.
[Warning: Because the Earth Elemental Heart used to construct the foundation of this world is of inferior quality, not only is' Frigidwinter Earth 'unable to fully utilize its effects, it is also in the process of disintegrating. Host, please hurry and find a replacement! Disintegration countdown: 132 days, 6 hours, 10 minutes.]
Alright then, I won't comment on how this bastard was so powerful, but was still only an incomplete product. I also won't comment on how the Earth Elemental God's Earth Elemental Heart was actually of inferior quality. The System was even considerate enough to give me an arrow pointing at the sleeping Earth God.
"It would seem that I need to hurry up! Ömdiroken, just you wait. "
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