Chapter 96: [Hunt] and [Slaughter]
Race conflict.
Any race’s divine profession has great limitations, just like Soren’s [Half-Elf] divine profession, which can only merge and absorb because he is a half-elf. In contrast, the [Beastman] divine profession entirely counters his, to the extent that even after Soren killed the God of the Hunt – Mara, he was easily taken by Lady Silver Moon’s avatar. The opponent also possessed the [Beastman] divine profession, and the compatibility should be the highest one among all deities.
Lady Silver Moon – Soren!
Soren silently watched the other party, his expression very serious, seemingly carrying a hint of hostility.
Facing Soren’s hostility, Lady Silver Moon’s expression was also cautious, but she wasn’t her true self here; she was an avatar of a deity appearing and taking away divine power, so the conflict did not escalate to the extent of direct combat. For deities, avatars are merely a part of their power, and even if an avatar is killed, it does not severely injure a deity. The consequences of war would be heavy for both parties, especially with the backdrop of the Saint’s Cataclysm looming and many others watching closely.
Chaotic Good (Soren).
Lawful Evil (Soren).
From a faction perspective, the two were almost on opposing sides.
However, Soren has always been a very restrained person, so he silently gazed at the Lady of the Moon in front of him and slowly said, “Lady Silver Moon, it seems you owe me a big favor today.”
Lady Silver Moon remained silent.
After a moment, she slightly nodded and gently bowed, acknowledging Soren’s words.
The silver radiance dispersed.
After taking the [Beastman] divine profession and the [Moon] domain, Lady Silver Moon’s figure disappeared from the spot.
She acknowledged her debt to Soren.
Although they were on opposing sides, from the perspective of deities, the two parties were at most just giving each other unfriendly looks without reaching the point of fighting.
Lady Silver Moon had greater schemes.
And Soren was also unwilling to easily go to war with a goddess like her.
“You acted wisely by not being impulsive.”
Accompanied by a faint fragrance, the figure of the Princess appeared beside Soren, the temperature around her body very low; Soren even suspected whether she had a normal human body temperature. Clearly, her power was somewhat out of control, which could be felt during the battle. The Princess watched Lady Silver Moon’s avatar disappear and slowly said, “Soren is one of the oldest deities.”
“Her birth predates the material plane. No matter how weak she is now, not confronting her is the wisest decision.”
Lady Silver Moon – Soren.
Once one of the closest deities to [Great Divine Power], during her battle with the Lady of the Night, a terrifying energy storm formed the first deity of strong divine power – Lord of Storms.
The battle between the two goddesses did not stop; during their second round of confrontation, the material plane birthed a natural will – Mother Earth.
The struggle finally reached the sharpest point of eruption in their new round of combat. The uncontrolled energy resulted in a significant reduction in the powers of the two goddesses and thus birthed the third powerful divine being – the Goddess of Magic.
To be honest.
If possible, Soren absolutely did not want to confront Lady Silver Moon because she could potentially turn him into a different being in minutes.
Of course, that premise was if she could restore her original strength.
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The battle finally ended.
Killing deities does not bring much loot because they, although losing connection to the divine kingdom, have their own independent space, and outsiders find it very difficult to access this extradimensional space, so one can hardly find much loot on a deity’s corpse. The God of the Hunt – Mara left behind only the +3 artifact, Savage Claw, which still retained some of the power of the [Hunt] divine profession. Therefore, it can be transformed and absorbed or used to recreate an artifact.
Soren did not touch the items on the legendary beings.
The legendary figures that came here basically have very powerful backgrounds. There’s no need to provoke enemies for no reason, and Soren’s enemies were already numerous enough.
But!
He ultimately took away ‘Pale Justice’.
No reason.
This is the most powerful artifact in the material plane and cannot be left here; even if Soren cannot possess it, he must take it away.
After killing the God of the Hunt – Mara, a row of crazy data displayed before Soren:
“Kill target!”
“You have killed the [God of the Hunt] – Mara! … Extracting target’s soul energy! … You have gained 3,750,000 points of killing experience! …”
“Alarm! Alarm! …”
“Unknown energy interference! … Some soul energy cannot be absorbed! … Some divinity and divine profession extracted by unknown target! …”
“Target’s soul energy has been partially extracted by unknown target! … You have gained 2,850,000 points of killing experience! …”
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The soul power of deities is enormous.
As mentioned earlier, if a mortal is lucky enough to kill a deity, they may directly advance to the legendary domain.
The killing experience brought by the God of the Hunt – Mara was almost comparable to all of Soren’s past accumulation.
Below is the second row of data prompts:
“Kill target!”
“You successfully killed the [God of the Hunt] – Mara! … Target is in saint form! … Extracting target’s divine power! …”
“You have gained 23 points of divinity!” (Some divine power lost.)
“Target possesses divine abilities! … Converting and absorbing target’s scattered divine power! … Extracting target’s divinity! …”
“You have gained 25 points of divine power!” (Some divine power lost.)
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Divine power has been partially absorbed by the Princess.
What Lady Silver Moon took away was significant, a [Beastman] divine profession, a [Moon] domain, representing corresponding parts of divine power and divine rank.
Soren likely lost nearly 20 points of divinity and divine rank combined.
This is why he said Lady Silver Moon owes him a big favor, and Lady Silver Moon also nodded in acknowledgment of this.
But this was just the beginning.
Many more data were displayed afterward, mainly regarding the divine professions and domains of the God of the Hunt – Mara:
“Successfully killed deity!”
“You successfully killed the low-tier divine power [God of the Hunt] – Mara! … Your [Godslayer] background specialty has been enhanced! …”
“Your existence has begun to affect the pattern of the gods! …”
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“Godslayer – Soren [Legendary Background Specialty]: When you successfully slay a god again, your existence will deeply attract the attention of many powerful beings within the multiverse. Whether they are the gods of the celestial realms, demons from the Abyss, devils from hell, or evil gods hiding in dark corners, they will begin to shift some of their attention to you. This is a manifestation of power, and also a special challenge; some gods will see you as an enemy, while others will see you as a potential ally, but more gods are still silently watching you.
But in any case, your existence has been recognized by the gods and stands on the same height as them.
Legend +100, Intimidation +200, Negotiation +100! All your saving throws will gain an additional +2 godslayer bonus!”
[Note: Current legend has reached the upper limit of enhancement in the material plane.]
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Then came other data prompts:
“Kill target!”
“Target possesses the [Beastman] divine profession! … Divine profession domain extraction failed! … You cannot absorb any power of this divine profession! …”
“Divine profession power transferring! …”
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“Target possesses the [Hunt] divine profession! … Hunt divine profession extraction successful! … You have gained some information about the Hunt divine profession! …”
“Divine power transforming! …”
“[Hunt] can be mastered as a divine profession! … Or transformed into a [Slaughter] domain! … Transforming into a [Slaughter] domain will lose most of the [Hunt] divine profession’s power! … You already possess the information of the [Slaughter] domain! … Conducting divine profession transformation will directly master the [Slaughter] domain!”
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A difficult choice.
Soren must make a decision: inherit the [Hunt] divine profession or use his Son of Slaughter ability to transform it into a [Slaughter] domain.
In terms of power enhancement, there is no doubt that the [Hunt] divine profession is greater.
However, regarding growth potential, the [Slaughter] domain is ultimately the one that can enter the ranks of [Strong Divine Power], and if he possesses the [Slaughter] domain, Soren would have the potential to master the [Hunt] divine profession directly in the future.
The enhancement of divine power has its limits.
For example, the Vampire Son – Reinhardt, he first explored the [Slaughter] domain, attempting to master the [Hunt] divine profession thereafter.
He eventually died at Soren’s hands.
So Soren also possesses part of the power of the [Hunt] domain, but at that time he transformed it into the information of the [Slaughter] domain.
Hunt and Slaughter.
Though they seem somewhat similar, in fact, the differences are enormous.
The [Hunt] divine profession produced only one Mara, whereas many powerful deities were born connected to [Slaughter].
Soren had to make a choice.
Choosing the [Hunt] divine profession would require a vast amount of effort to transform it in the future; just look at how Mara has remained the God of the Hunt for so long to understand this.
If he chose the [Slaughter] domain, he would be giving up part of the power of the [Hunt] divine profession and directly merging with the most fundamental aspect of slaughtering power.
Not engaging in vague hunting, but the primordial power of slaughter.
By making this choice, it would become much easier for Soren to master the [Slaughter] divine profession in the future, and even without killing other deities, it might be possible to condense the [Slaughter] divine profession by himself. (Note: Extending from the domain to the divine profession requires time, events, and opportunities.)
At this moment.
He must make a choice.
……………… (To be continued ~^~)
