Defiance of the Fall

The Ruthless Heavens doesn’t punish . At worst it loses interest in you . What did you think , a lightning bolt would zap you if you left the island on a raft? Don’t be silly . The only result would be that you no longer qualified to become a lord , and missed out on the rewards from the quests . - Ogras said with a snicker after having regained his composure .

Just think about the quest for those Fruits you picked up . Would the system just kill off everyone who didn’t rush to the mountain? That’s crazy . - He continued . - By the way , are you interested in selling those fruits to me? -

Zac ignored the business proposal and pondered on what the demon said . He didn’t know what to believe . It did make sense what Ogras said , but Zac didn’t understand why Abby would lie to him like that .

What would she have to gain for telling me to fight you guys? Are Stargazers and demons enemies? - He inquired .

Bah , Stargazers don’t have any enemies . They pretty much all of them work for The Ruthless Heavens , who would dare mess with them? I guess she wanted a promotion . If you become a Lord you get a permanent administrator to help you out . Then she could get appointed to a baby world to one of its leaders and get access to both many good resources and opportunities for advancement . -

Zac was stumped from the answer , but refused to believe that the floating eye would send him against a whole demon army just to get a chance to get a promotion if he actually survived .

You need to toughen up human . The multi-verse is a cold place where the honest and brave get butchered while the calculating and shrewd survive . Everything else is irrelevant in the face of benefits . - The demon said , with stone-cold eyes that spoke of a deep-rooted cynicism toward the world .

Chapter 66 . 5 - My dinner with Zac

Ogras swatted some flies out of his face as he walked through the alien landscape . His decisions were born out of desperation , but it was just now the fact that he was stranded on this foreign planet truly hit home .

The two suns in the sky were even more glaring now that the soothing canopy of the incursion disappeared , and the bombardment of colors was unsettling . Everywhere he could only see forests , and no civilization was in sight . He missed the bars , the pruned hunting grounds , and the whores . Gods , the whores! Why hadn’t he insisted on bringing along a brothel instead of a few of the farmers?

Even though he had cultivated a horrible reputation in his Clan he wasn’t the type of man who would force himself upon an unwilling woman . Unfortunately , the very same reputation was what now kept the town’s women at arm’s length . Well , there was Namys who was more than willing , but she had the face of a netherbeast . He spat in annoyance and could only continue .

Still , though he lost many things , he had gained perhaps something even greater . Freedom . He brought up his heavenly screen and took a look .

Name

Ogras Azh'Rezak

Level

53 (73)

Class

Shadowblade (F)

Race

Demon (F)

Alignment

-

Titles

Demon Slayer I , Adventurer , Giantsbane , Disciple of David , Overpowered , Tower of Eternity – 3rd floor , Astral Pond – 20m , Full of Class , Rarified Being , Betrayer

Dao

Seed of Shadows - Early

Strength

112

Dexterity

134

Endurance

63

Vitality

63

Intelligence

38

Wisdom

35

Luck

23

Free Points

0

Nexus Coins

300

Gone was the Alignment to his old Clan , leaving the space a liberating blank . Gone was also the constant need for machinations and pretension . Gone was constantly looking over his shoulder , afraid that he would be the 8th and last sibling to be killed by jealous clan members .

The surviving demons would soon understand the true Ogras . There already were some murmurs of discontent from the search parties that were stuck in the tunnels when the countdown began .

It was on his orders that they entered the mines , and now they couldn’t leave this baby world . Many of the warriors didn’t wish to stay here , as their status would have kept them somewhat safe even in the case of a return in defeat .

But soon they would understand that even without his ancestor his title as leader was unshakeable .

Ogras inwardly groaned at the fact that The Ruthless Heavens actually confiscated the Nexus Coins of everyone when they stayed behind . He never read about this and swore at the information missive he bought at the Pavilion of Myriad Eyes . It had been exorbitantly expensive and should have covered everything one needed to know about venturing into a baby world .

He was approaching the level and attribute limits as well . He had been furiously leveling up from his unimpressive level since he arrived at the island . With the limitations in place he could quickly gain levels without anyone finding out . He had done so in secrecy by absorbing the E-Grade Nexus Crystals his grandfather helped him bring along , allowing him to shoot up a few levels per day . He had kept himself at a low level on purpose earlier in order to not let anyone realize his high stat growth .