Mixed Blessing System



After a few minutes, Lothur was over the capital of Utrary, where he could sense many Saints in the area, especially some Supreme Saints, something he had only seen in the north of the continent.

He paused for a moment over the city and considered the level 22 and 23 Sages who had recently attacked Leopoldine on behalf of the Empire's enemies.

'Considering the number of Saints and Sages that were here before, the northern states must have level 24 cultivators...' He thought as he considered that despite the good level of Saints in this place, the largest cities in the northern region still outnumbered this capital in the southern region of the continent.

Considering that the density of experts reflected the number of Sages and their strength, Lothur used the local reality to estimate the number of enemies he might encounter on his way across the continent.

'There should be a few dozen Sages between levels 22 and 23 on the continent. But just over a dozen of them should have reached level 24. Beyond that, I believe their number can be counted on the fingers of one hand.'

Considering that he had never seen a Sage with a full set of Soul Bones and that the 10th bone was usually the best, Lothur imagined that these Sages with formed Spirit Bodies were three to four times stronger than level 23 Sages. This meant that they were somewhere between level 24 and 25!

As for the legendary level 26, the 5th Catastrophe, if there were only one person at that level, it would be a lot, so Lothur wasn't worried about there being someone at the peak of cultivation in the continent.

Throughout history, no one has ever reached that level. The closest had been the Demon Emperor, who had absorbed the power of the 7 Singularities in the distant past. But even he had failed to reach that level.

Even if Concordia's technologies had improved greatly from then to now, achieving such a feat would still be extremely difficult.

Knowing this, Lothur ignored the possibility of an enemy of this level while he made a simple analysis of this capital, comparing the strengths between the regions.

'If I go north, I'll have to be careful. I think the people above level 24 won't be interested in getting the bone I could form, but I'd better be careful anyway.' He decided before heading to a large palace in the city's center.

Several local experts had already sensed Lothur's presence in this place and were standing on the outskirts of the nearby buildings, looking up to the sky as he descended as if he were a messenger of destruction arriving in this city.

All the Saints there felt a chill in their souls as they sensed the spiritual fluctuation coming from Lothur's body, which was not only a reflection of his level of soul cultivation but also the presence of the bones in his being and a little bit of his innate abilities.

Different beings gave off different sensations.

A snake would give the impression of an evil being, while a bird of the same level would give a less negative but strong feeling, like the winds.

Even though he didn't have a soul as strong as that of the recently deceased main elder of this state's imperial family, Lothur radiated such an intense sense of danger to everyone there that the difference of a few thousand Soul points did not make him weaker than such elders in the eyes of these local experts.

"I'm here in the name of Leopoldine," Lothur said as he hovered over the highest point of the building and looked down at the people there. "I come with the word of peace or destruction. Make your choice."

As he spoke, Lothur manipulated space, forming a domain around the palace, completely separating that area from the rest of the city.

Seeing this black-haired person's ability to manipulate space, everyone there saw how terrifying this person could be and how easily he could destroy their capital in a few moves.

'Can he do that in just one move?' The empress thought to herself as she looked at Lothur, feeling both fear and regret.

One of her vassals had asked the imperial family not to give in to temptation and threaten the Ritter family and their supporters. But even knowing that there was no proof that the creator of the Ritter Motor Company was actually a hybrid of human and demon, she had given in to her greed for what this company could provide.

Facing an enemy who could take her life and the lives of all the high-ranking elders in her state, she couldn't help but regret it.

The empress then prostrated herself, touching her head to the ground as she humbly exclaimed: "Senior, please forgive us for our insolence! We were blinded by greed and committed heinous crimes! Please spare us. We will no longer dare to raise our weapons against Leopoldine!"

The rest of the Saints saw and heard their leader, and then they too dropped to the ground and prostrated themselves, knowing there was no alternative.

Without their elders, this state was vulnerable to forces with Sages in their ranks.

And even if some of them were close to advancing to the next stage, it was never guaranteed that one would reach the next stage just by being close to it. Even if all of them who could try to advance to the 5th stage managed to do so in the next few months, they would still be far behind this man who was staring at them this afternoon!

As such, they had no choice but to accept their defeat in the war against Leopoldine!

Seeing the reaction of all those Saints and their words similar to the empress', Lothur smiled in satisfaction, seeing the advantage of power and feeling how good it felt to be the strongest in the area.

These people had plotted against him, initiated actions, and done things to destroy his image. But in front of him, they trembled with fear and couldn't help but humiliate themselves, fearing death and the punishment he could give them.

He could kill them to show the world what happened to those who defied him. But that would draw too much attention. After all, this was the highest-level people of an empire!

If all those people died, other states would take notice of Utrary's situation, and they might inform their Sages about strange things in the area.

So even though they had conspired against him and sullied his image, Lothur wouldn't kill them. After easily defeating them, he would release some of his darkness and show them the path to liberation.

'From now on, you are my new slaves. Work hard for me, my people.' He said in their hearts, easily dominating these people's bodies and souls, marking them as his vassals, just like the current Emperor Leopoldine and many others.