1035 Deviant
Date- 4 April 2321
Time- 02:24
Location- Southern Region, Blossom District, Sun blossom city, Sewers, Hermit’s Retreat.
I held the blood red card and went through its card info ignoring the fact what I just did was nothing short of practices the demon worshippers were persecuted for, maybe even more deviant as during this whole ritual I was naked, due to the intelligent thermostat array of the Hermit’s Retreat sub-space and my mind being preoccupied with vigilance for the enemy semi-demigods, I totally forgot the fact that I was naked.
Fascinated, I was lost in my thoughts as I went through the various abilities of the card I plundered by sacrificing Mike, as a result, I forgot to replace my birthday suit with something more civil and presentable. But it did not take long for my fascination to turn into fear and feel a chill run through my entire body despite the intelligent thermostat trying its best to make me comfortable. The reason behind my fear was the practical applications of the Myriad Devil Body card and its abilities. The card’s effects were dreadful, especially the Myriad Devil’s Hex, I broke into a sweat reading this skill info despite the intelligent thermostat giving its best.
Myriad Devil’s Hex skill was so broken that the victim would not even understand what transpired when targeted by this skill. As the victim would not only lose their appearance but also their mind under the influence of this skill. The prime example of this was Ji Feng, under the influence of this skill his soul believed that it was a pebble. But there were some expectations such as Diana who was able to maintain her sanity thanks to her firm will.
After considering the various application of the Myriad Devil’s Hex skill and its effects, I summoned a storage trunk and carefully took out a ring from within it. This ring was the reason why Mike’s hex on Ji Feng did not spread to me and my other calamity daughter gems. Wearing the ring on my left pinky I felt very grateful toward Anna and could not help but miss her, if she were present I would not have to hide in the sewers of the sun blossom city. I shook my head stopping my mind from entertaining such thoughts. I did not mind hiding behind a woman but I did not want to make it a habit.
Speaking of the abilities of the cards most of them were currently unavailable to me, especially the Myriad Devil Physique. This physique allowed Mike to use the physique, skills, and traits of the different races while having transformed into a different race. But that was not a problem considering that I could gain access to these abilities of the card once I upgrade it. But this was where things got tricky, the condition for upgrading the card was outrageous as It demanded the blood of the devil, not the blood of demons but devils who were considered to be the demigod equivalent of the Demon kin.
Asides from the Myriad Devil physique, the other abilities of the card were accessible but were more demanding when it came to soul energy and conditions required for activating them. Still, it was better than nothing.
After contemplating the card’s abilities for a while, I decided to experience them firsthand. So I enthusiastically equipped the card but realized that I needed to provide the card with the necessary medium for me to activate either of the skills, Myriad Devil Body or Myriad Devil’s Hex. At this point, I did not have blood or any DNA material of any monster or being on me so I could only think of turning into something inanimate, like a pebble for example. So summoning in a little of the debris surrounding the Hermit’s Retreat shell, I used it as a medium to transform into a pebble from the debris remembering not to lose my sense of true self to Myriad Devil transformation skill like Ji Feng chanting, “Myriad Devil Transformation- Pebble”
Once again the calamity soul gem did not fail to surprise me. As I transformed into a pebble, the calamity soul gem too transformed into an ego gem equivalent of a pebble. This way I had completely transformed into a pebble without losing my true self to the skill.
This was a piece of great news because Mike’s transformation skill was greatly limited by his fear of losing his true self to the Myriad Devil Transformation skill but I did not have to worry about this skill thanks to the calamity soul gem. Unlike Mike who could not stay transformed for a long time, I could maintain my transformation limitlessly, as I had no risk of falling prey to the side effect of the skill.
The most intriguing thing about my transforming into a pebble was that I was still wearing the dummy ring Anna gave me. Thanks to the transformation skill the ring apparently became a part of my pebble body, the same would have been true for my clothes if I had any on my body.
Transforming back to my original body, I threw on casual attire and then transformed into a pebble once again. Later I moved out of the Hermit’s retreat sub-space and retrieved the Hermit’s retreat back into its card.
Call me paranoid but under the scrutiny of the Semi-demigod Hermit’s retreat would not stand a chance but the same was not true for the Myriad Devil transformation. There was a reason why the Myriad Devil transformation was described as a complete transformation, once a person’s soul energy pathway, arrangement, vibrations, and signature were completely morphed to fit the transformation, even a demigod would have a hard time discerning the transformation from the original let alone a semi-demigod.
This specialty of his origin card made Mike a must-have commodity for the Supreme leader of the circle, therefore despite the risk involved he did not hesitate to deploy three semi-demigods to retrieve Mike’s corpse that I had stored in my grimoire.
What could the Supreme leader possibly gain from Mike’s origin card? The Myriad Devil Body card was the origin card and could not be traded, so how did the supreme leader plan to get his hands on Mike’s origin card? The answer to this was related to the supreme leader’s big secret, which he believed to be well kept, no other soul in the world except for him and Matron knew about it. Even if they did he made sure to help them keep their mouth shut by burning them seven feet under.
But unfortunately for him, decades ago he messed with the wrong girl, Codename Clown Mask. Who without him knowing had completely altered the course of his future not to mention my unexpected arrival in this world. I don’t know what the supreme leader’s reaction would be when he learns what Clown mask knew. I bet he would almost die from a stroke. Though significant news like this was not enough to bring down the Supreme leader.
Having retrieved the Hermit’s Retreat to its card I lay in the sewer tunnel in my pebble body. Despite being a pebble I was able to use all of my soul energy-related abilities without any hindrance. As for the physical related abilities, with no hands, feet, or other appendages I was restricted to just rolling my pebble body. With proper exertion of force through my pebble body, I could roll around without using any spiritual energy but it was a lot more taxing than running, jogging, or walking. If it were just my human physique I could not have achieved this feat, my gigamite physique was at play here. Rolling around using my physical force was for the best, this way I could move around without causing even a minute disturbance in soul energy.
Right now my priority was to make it out of the sewers, then the sun blossom city, and later into the sky blossom city. After leaving the city sewers I can try and transform myself into one of my calamity daughter gems, mingle with the general populous, and stealthily get out of the sun blossom city and head to the sky blossom city. Only after reaching sky blossom city could I relax my vigilance before that I would use every ounce of mental energy I have to get to the sky blossom city.
As for the allied semi-demigods fighting the enemy semi-demigods, I did not have the luxury of informing them that I was safe and not trapped in the grimoire of the enemy semi-demigod because if I did that then I would not only be alerting the allied semi-demigods of my well being but also the enemy semi-demigods. Weighing the pros and cons I decided to let the allied semi-demigods keep the enemy semi-demigods busy as I made my way to the sky blossom city. Once I feel safe, I could worry about the rest and I believe the allied semi-demigods protecting me would agree with me.