"So that is the reason for their existence... no wonder you germinated cultivators."
It was clear why Okhwang spent so much time and energy creating cultivators in the Draconic Deus. They were nothing more than just a sacrifice to help him break through to higher realms as he reached the limit of his current cultivation system.
As he doesn't want to spend countless millennia, he decided on a shortcut, and as the clone body would be absorbed back to the True Body, he doesn't need to fear hidden injuries or backslash.
"While individually weak, they number in millions and would be a grand sacrifice. I have given those humans cultivation for that reason, so their time has come. So when can you do that?"
Said Okhwang.
"Hmm... Three Realms are huge; I need to wait until I reach Apocalypse-Class for the World-Sized Sacrificial Spell Formation to work perfectly."
While creating World-Sized Sacrificial Spell Formation at Super-Devil Class wasn't entirely impossible, it would be highly probable that the Formation could not be perfect. In rituals like that, even the slightest mistake could lead to death.
"Then good, then. But I will give you now only basic level Alchemy, rest after the deal is complete."
As I thought about it, this was the true reality of the world, where the strong ruled and the weak obeyed. With just a few sentences from Jade Emperor Okhwang and me, we have sentenced billions to die, without a second thought, without remorse.
"Splendid."
I said, as getting even a basic level of Warlock Alchemy was enough for now. Higher-level knowledge was useless for me, as I couldn't use it even if I wanted.
"I will now send you back to the Sunset Monster Mountain Range. It was a productive meeting; see you in hundred years during the annual meeting of the Longinus Dreizhen Orden."
Said Okhwang as he waved his right hand, and the environment suddenly changed, and I was in a cave, protected by some kind of Formation, and surprisingly Hela was sleeping on the stone bed.
"Sleeping soundly... she is cute when sleeping, and when she wakes up, she turns in an automatic slaughter machine. What a contrast."
I muttered silently to myself as I left Hela to sleep.
After several hours, Hela started waking up, and she held her hands to her head.
"Where are we?"
She asked.
Clearly, she lost memory of us meeting Jade Emperor Okhwang.
"In a nearby cave. When we killed that Violet Tattooed Bear, apparently, we walked into the area with poisonous gas that created hallucinations and madness, I was able to cast a protective spell on myself. Still, you inhaled some, so I put you into sleep with a spell that caught you out of guard and brought you here."
I said.
Longinus Dreizhen Orden was a secret organization, and it should remain like that. Fortunately, making up some lies about this was easy and believable, as Sunset Monster Mountain Range was really filled with treacherous places.
"Such a shameful thing... don't you ever dare to talk about this to someone else."
Said Hela with a glare.
Another reason why I have chosen this lie was due to Hela's personality. For a proud warrior like her, it was extremely shameful to fall into hallucinogen gas and then be knocked out easily by a sleeping spell.
She would probably try to forget or block this memory and never talk about it again. So she won't be delving into this.
I dispersed the barrier protecting the entrance to the cave.
"Come, we have some monsters to hunt, O Mighty Warrior."
I said half-mockingly as Hela glared at me and tried to punch me in anger, forgetting about her "shameful" incident.
We exited the cave and went to search for some more Monarch Level monsters while at the same time searching for the Goddess Ereshkigal that was hiding somewhere here. After ten minutes, we finally found some Monarch Level monster.
It was a Bloody-Eyed Mane Lion.
It was a huge lion-like magical beast, around 25 meters tall. It had two enormous horns on its head that resembled dragon horns and piercing crimson eyes.
"Damm... Bloody-Eyed Mane Lions usually travel in packs. So if there is one, there must be more somewhere near."
I said seriously. Most of the feline magical beats were traveling in packs, which made them troublesome to deal with, even if they were not the strongest magical beasts out there.
"So what do we do?"
Asked Hela, not sure if she wanted to fight several Monarch Level Bloody-Eyed Mane Lions at the same time. While their individual strength was lower than theirs, their teamwork was the best, and thanks to it; they could easily bring down opponents much stronger than them.
"I will kill it with Ultra-Order Tier Spell. [Dimensional Slash] should kill it in one hit, and then we run. I really don't want to deal with a pack of them, if we did, then it is possible for a prolonged fight, and that could bring the attention of Emperor Level ones."
I observed the Bloody-Eyed Mane Lion as I prepared to cast the Ultra-Order Tier Spell [Dimensional Slash]. It was formerly a Strategic-Tier Spell, but it could easily be reworked into an Ultra-Order Tier and later even to the Forbidden-Tier.
This spell, due to its nature, had immense potential; I wonder how strong it would be in later stages. Space and time-related spells and magic were always some of the strongest ones, no matter what magic system you were practicing.
Soon enough, the [Dimensional Slash] spell was complete as the blade-like space tear materialized and struck the Bloody-Eyed Mane Lion. Even though the Bloody-Eyed Mane Lion was Monarch Level Monster with a strong physique, in a split of a second it was decapitated, and its body and head fell onto the ground.
"Let's that the corpse and core and get away from here... soon an entire pack of Bloody-Eyed Mane Lions would be here."
I said to Hela as I took the corpse, and we disappeared from here.