Help! I Think We Summoned A Demon King-Chapter 18: Authority Of Mischief..... Desire
The princess spoke about a bunch of other minor matters, but what she had mentioned at the beginning was the most crucial.
The key takeaways of the subsequent discussions were that there are five known prime levels of power in this world.
The first being the Awakened realm, which refers to those who have levels ranging from one to fifteen.
This constitute those who have only just begun on their journey of leveling up, and even though it progressively get harder to increase in level, The levels from one to fifteen can be easily reached by anyone with the minimum threshold of talent.
The Adept realm, which refers to those who have levels ranging from sixteen to thirty.
This constitute those who had crossed the first node of advancement. There is usually a boost to stats and skills once a person breaks through these nodes.
Following this pattern, there is the master realm, ranging from thirty-one to forty-five.
The Grandmaster realm, ranging from forty-six to sixty.
The Paragon realm, ranging from sixty-one to seventy-five.
The Transcendent realm, ranging from seventy-six to ninety. This is the highest realm any being of the world of Arleria can ever naturally attain. Signifying the growth or leveling cap.
And finally, there is the Immeasurable realm.
Aptly dubbed so because it literally can’t be quantified according to this word’s standards.
Only the elusive Demon King is in this realm. And only heroes summoned from another world and blessed by the goddess can break into this realm.
Though no information had been gathered to that effect. And there is not even a theoretical record of anything beyond such a realm.
For every break in a realm node, for example, a break from the awakened to the adept realm, there is a foundational boost in stat and all-around potency of the being. Though breaking through major realms is easier said than done, at least for the denizens of this world.
With every level up, more experience points are needed to get to the next level, and it becomes exponential in that manner.
However, at the higher realms, a single level up is more potent than several in the lower realm.
The princess added some other not-so-vital information, and the banquet carried on after with some toasts and greetings.
Though most of the former students, now heroes, were in a sour mood when they had first arrived, they had come to realise that this was their new reality now, and they had to survive, and maybe even thrive.
This was a world of fantasy with swords and magic, skills and a system status window.
The excitement about this new world, the new sites, the culture, the allure of potentially being as powerful as a being regarded as immeasurable, seems to have doused some of their earlier skepticism, leaving them more open to this new reality. Some of them, that is.
Others still questioned the princess about a lot of things that just weren’t adding up, but seeing as the princess always seems to avoid the topics, they chose to only do what they could at the moment in order to survive.
Zorat had been conversing with Erica for a while now in between drinks and the rowdy banquet hall. She seemed like the perfect target to provide him with his second divine authority fragment.
Zorat had been pleasantly surprised to find that Erica was inherently strong-willed. A strong will can either be inherent or cultivated through gruesome trials. It was obvious which one aligned with Erica.
There was also a possibility that something else was guarding her from Zorat’s effects. It’s just a possibility, though, not a certainty.
This time, Zorat’s passive allure only acted to make Erica feel comfortable in his presence as they talked about a bunch of things, while Broddy would occasionally interject with some babble, Zorat completely tuned out.
Now he was eager to peel Erica open and see what really drives her.
As explained earlier, Zorat’s authority might not be directly combative in nature, but peered with the type of twisted soul that wields it, which is Zorat himself, it trumps the authorities of all the other primordial demon kings in the highest strata of hell combined.
The authority that comprises Zorat is a combination of three absolute powers that are built upon their own runes and laws, and they completely govern themselves.
These law runes are not derivatives from that of a dimension, but are manifested into creation when a being ascends into becoming an authority themselves. There is zero cost of implementation because he becomes the runes, and the runes become him.
There is only cause and effect brought into balance by creation itself upon ascension of that authority being, which aligns with the inherent nature of said being’s existence.
In simple terms, an authority being’s powers cannot simply constitute commands that rewrite nature; a fail-safe of cause and effect, check and balance, is embedded into their essence by creation itself upon ascension.
Take, for instance, Zorat’s first sub-authority of mischief: abyssal gaze. It can peel open the essence of a being’s constitution, down to what hasn’t even been awakened or was deeply hidden. However, he can only see these details; he cannot alter them.
Now, for his second sub-authority. This can be seen as one side of a coin reflecting his third sub-authority. Meaning, one can’t operate optimally without the other.
And this is the ability that made Zorat a menace to the other primordial demon kings.
This will also be his mechanism for gathering and integrating all the other divine authority fragments in this world. An action which should have been impossible.
But there is a caveat. A check and balance, ingrained into his authority. A needs to fulfill B. And B needs to acknowledge A as the source of fulfillment.
Zorat cast a glance at Erica as he sipped on a glass of wine. His eyes glinted a trace of crimson as he invoked a command in his mind.
Authority Of Mischief..... Desire.
At this invocation, Erica’s surface and hidden desires began to unravel before Zorat, unfolding in runic script that’s immediately deciphered by him....
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If only I could go back to my world. I miss my mum.
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Hmm... can’t work with that....
Show me something else, Erica....
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If only Broddy could be more intellectual.
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That’s just impossible, my dear.
Lets go.....deeper still.... 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
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If only my breasts were as big as Ariana’s.
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Oh darling. can’t fix that for you.... I wish I could. hehehe
Take me deeper still.....
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If only my dad hadn’t cheated on my mum.
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A child from a broken home..... Good to know... but useless. I can’t help with that.
Show me something else..... let’s go deeper....
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If only I could be spontaneously confined with a hot dude with no means of escape.
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Oh?...
Erica..... You cheeky minx. hehehe.
