388 Immortal Parade Of A Hundred Demons Version 2!
After telling Kamrusepa and Metatron what he planned to do with the Black Flag, the Guardian of the Order of the Apocalypse suddenly had an idea.
"Thirteen, you still haven't used one of your quotas for the treasury, have you?" Metatron asked. "Yes," Thirteen replied. "I only took two Capture Spheres, and decided to put my last choice on hold."
"Perfect!" Metatron grinned. "I have a proposal, so feel free to hear me out. How about you exchange your last opportunity for this artifact?"
Metatron snapped his fingers, and a Gray Crystal Ball appeared in front of the teenage boy.
The moment Thirteen saw the Artifact in front of him, his expression instantly turned serious.
"What's that?" Kamrusepa asked as she eyed the Crystal Ball with great curiosity. "Do you know what that is, Thirteen?"
"I do," Thirteen replied, his voice a bit hoarse as if he forced himself to answer the Majin Princess's question. "It's called a Cloning Crystalâas its name implies, it can perfectly clone a single item regardless of what it is. It's worth fifteen million System Points."
The Cloning Crystal was an overpowered Item that was also available in the System Shop.
"Fifteen million System Points?" Kamrusepa asked in confusion. "Don't you mean Apocalypse Points?"
Thirteen was no longer paying attention to Kamrusepa, busy thinking about the Cloning Crystal in front of him. This item opened countless possibilities for his growth.
For example, if he were to clone Camazotz's Artemian Armor, he would gain an overpowered armor, which he could lend to his father, Gerald, to annihilate any assassins who would aim for his life.
But Thirteen knew that Metatron wasn't offering this Cloning Crystal for that purpose.
He must've wanted the teenage boy to use it for something greaterâone that would surpass Camazotz's armor, allowing Thirteen to gain enough power to protect himself despite all the restrictions imposed upon his body.
"You want me to clone the Creation Sphere, don't you?" Thirteen asked.
"I like smart people," Metatron smirked. "Yes. I will give this Cloning Crystal to you on the condition that you will only use it to clone the Creation Sphere. Also, I will deduct another quota from you next yearâafter all, this Cloning Crystal is really precious. You're fine with that, right?"
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Metatron chuckled before snapping his fingers.
The Cloning Crystal collided with Thirteen's Creation Sphere, merging with it completely.
Soon, the Creation Sphere started to shake uncontrollably and flew upward.
It stayed in the air for a full minute before splitting into two.
These two copies then formed into perfect Creation Spheres, which landed on the palms of Thirteen's hands.
"Can I merge it now with the Parade of a Hundred Demons?" Thirteen inquired, still reeling from Metatron's unexpected generosity.
"You may," Metatron replied. "Show us what you can do."
Thirteen nodded and stored the second Creation Sphere inside his Dimensional Storage. He held the black flag on his right hand and the Creation Sphere on his left, then merged them together.
A bright flash of light emerged from their point of contact, enveloping Thirteen in its brilliance.
When the light receded, the teenage boy found himself floating in space, with countless binary numbers swirling around him.
These numbers were the codes that made up the world, allowing him to modify the Black Flag that was still in his hand.
Thirteen already knew what to do, so he closed his eyes and started the creation phase.
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The Domini Mortis was the most venomous snake in the world.
This was why their venom was called the "Kiss of Death," which was also one of their most scary abilities.
Anyone who had been injected with their venom would die in the end. They would die right away if they were weak, and slowly weaken until they finally perished if they were strong.
There was originally no cure for their venom, which was why Lady Callista suffered for many years without any improvements.
Fortunately, Thirteen had a deep understanding of the Domini Mortis thanks to his Soul Core, allowing him to formulate an antidote. Not only did it cure his Grandmother from her illness, but it also allowed her to make the venom that almost killed her, her own power.
And now, Tiona's Venom was added to the Black Flag's abilities.
What made the Immortal Parade of a Hundred Demons horrifying was its ability to store a hundred different abilities.
And all the monsters whom Thirteen would recruit to become part of the Demonic Army would each gain ninety-nine more abilities.
In the hands of the ignorant, this Godly Artifact would not be able to unleash its full power.
But in Thirteen's hands, this Godly Artifact would be overpoweredâhe would carefully handpick a hundred monsters, all of whom possessed unique complementing abilities.
There were many monsters in Solterra whose growth was impeded or were imposed with limitations due to the strength of their potential, just like the Domini Mortis.
Thirteen intended to add them to his collection, making his Hundred Demons a force to reckon with.
But that wasn't all.
His modified version of this artifact allowed him to recruit not only Rank 1 Monsters.
No.
He could recruit a monster of any rank into his fold. The downside was that their Rank would regress to that of a Rank 1 Monster once they were registered as part of the Demon Parade.
However, there was a tradeoff.
Sure, their overall strength would decrease drastically after regressing to Rank 1 Monsters.
However, they would gain an additional ninety-nine unique abilities in exchange. Added to their own natural abilities, all the monsters under the banner would have over a hundred abilities.
But that wasn't all.
As the name suggested, all of these Monsters would become immortal.
Even if they were to die, the flag would revive them again, allowing them to fight and die up to ten times a dayâany more than that, and they would have to wait for another day to fight again.
Its power would be so broken once Thirteen was done gathering his hundred demons, whom he planned to handpick personally. They would become his immortal army, whose existence would make his enemies tremble in fear.
Tiona, who had now become its Commander, suddenly became drowsy.
She then crawled to Thirteen's arm and transformed herself into a snake armlet so that she wouldn't slip off her Master's body.
"Sleep well, Tiona," Thirteen said softly.
The flag then turned into a black wisp and embedded itself on the back of Thirteen's right hand.
The symbol, XIII, briefly appeared on the back of Thirteen's right hand before disappearing completely.
It was now soul-bound to him, and no one but him would be able to use it.