Chapter 611 – Infernal Sovereign
This wasn’t that thrilling, addictive heat that ca from a good fight or a dirty win. No. This was deeper. A weight curling under his skin, humming through his bones like soone had just filed a divine rger without telling the shareholders.
"Wait," Lux muttered. "Hang on... wait."
Mira sat up a bit, frowning as she adjusted the qiaopao back over her shoulders. She was still flushed. Still breathing fast. Still sticky from what they just did. But she could feel it too.
Lux reached into the ether with one hand, fingers slicing through invisible locks until his dinsional inventory opened. The system shimred. He flicked his wrist, and sothing solid dropped into his palm.
Zoltarin’s demonic core.
Or rather... what should’ve been.
It was black and gold. Dense. Like obsidian with veins of pure sin mana running through it. The size of an apple. Warm in his hand. But sothing was wrong.
He tilted it.
No pulsing. No glow.
It looked... empty.
[System Notification]
[Zoltarin’s Core – Status: Inert Shell]
[This artifact no longer contains active essence. Core power: 0%]
Lux stared.
"No no no no... don’t say it—"
-Crack!
The artifact split in his hand. A thin fracture down the middle, hissing out faint sparks of dead mana.
-Crack... tinkle...
Then it shattered. The shards turned to glittering dust in his palm and blew away like ash caught in a divine audit.
Lux stood there.
Still naked. Still slightly hard. Covered in sweat. Holding absolutely nothing.
"Oh Holy Hell," he muttered. "Please don’t say what I think you’re gonna say..."
He swung his hand, frustrated. Opened the system. "Status."
[Na: Lux Vaelthorn]
[Class: Infernal Sovereign]
[Level: 300]
[HP: 1,800,000]
[DP: 650,000]
[Charisma: 999 (MAX)]
[Magic Affinity: 1,229]
[Strength: 900]
[Agility: 1000]
15% Resistance to Light-Based Status Effects
10% Spell Damage vs Celestial Targets
12% Physical Attack
10% Magical Attack
20% Physical Defense
20% Magical Defense
Constellation Guidance – When traveling under the night sky, allies cannot get lost; critical hit chance increases at night.
His eyes stopped at the word.
’Infernal Sovereign.’
"...Huh?"
He blinked at the class title, confused.
"I’ve never seen that before," he muttered. "What happened to ’Prince of Greed’? Why does this sound like I just got a promotion I didn’t apply for?"
The system chid in.
[System Explanation: Upon defeating a demon of equal or higher tier, with a compatible sin lineage, the remaining essence was absorbed directly into the host.]
[Zoltarin’s demonic core could not be stored externally. Automatic assimilation triggered.]
[Body adjustnt in progress... adjustnt completed.]
[Reason for neural damage: Royal grade Sin rge requires full nervous re-routing and core harmonization.]
[You are now the sole inheritor of Zoltarin’s Greed Line Sub-Domain.]
Lux blinked.
He squinted at the screen like it owed him a refund.
"So wait," he said slowly, "I didn’t lose the core. I ate it."
[Correct.]
"Without knowing?"
[Correct.]
He groaned. "You could’ve warned !"
[You were unconscious.]
"Then wait until I wake up!"
[No.]
Mira, who had been quiet until now, finally asked, "So... you rged with your uncle’s core?"
Lux nodded, still stunned. "Yeah. That explains the nerve damage, I guess."
"And the rope snapping?"
He looked at her. Then at his hands again.
"...Also that."
"Okay," she said slowly. "So what’s... different now?"
Lux frowned. "I don’t know. It’s not like the system gave a tutorial—"
[Suggestion: Test Your Weapon Summons]
"...I stand corrected," he muttered.
He raised his hands again.
"Summon: Devorare."
The Greed blade blood into existence. Gold edge. Black hilt. Hungry, pulsing with sin mana. But different. There was a faint glow at the tip now. A spiral rune rotating slowly just beneath the surface of the blade.
[Devorare – Greed Blade]
[Effect: Now drains ambient mana from nearby enemies. Gains 10% damage per active drain.]
"Ohhh," Lux grinned. "Nice."
"Summon: Amare."
The Lust dagger flickered into his other hand. Crimson. Elegant. It shimred with subtle magic, but now when he gripped it...
[Amare – Lust Blade]
[Effect: Gains Stunning Touch – 1.5 sec stun on first contact when wielded during active arousal.]
He stared.
Mira raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
Lux coughed. "I’m a Lust. Don’t complain to ."
"Uh huh."
He dismissed the weapons, pleased. "Okay. That’s... that’s actually good. This power set is useful. The drain, the stun, the—"
[Suggestion: Activate True Form – Greed Incarnate]
Lux’s grin widened. "Now that’s what I’m talking about."
He muttered under his breath. "True form activated."
The world tilted.
Heat exploded under his skin.
Dark green light spiraled from his core, wrapping his body like a second skin. Horns lengthened. His hair flared back. His hands flexed, nails sharpening to talon like tips. Gold tattoos burned across his arms, chest, and down his thighs. From behind him, shadowy wings unfurled... no longer the feathery hints of a mid-tier demon.
These were full infernal wings.
Layered. Vast. With sin runes glowing across the mbrane like circuit diagrams of want and conquest.
A second pair of horns curled behind the first, forming a twisted crown. His eyes burned gold, slitted like a predator in heat. His voice? Rougher. Deeper.
His aura?
Overwhelming.
A CEO at his highest rger mont.
A demon lord who just rembered he was owed everything.
[Greed Incarnate: Active]
[All skills 150%]
[Pressure Level: Demonic Lord]
[New Passive Gained: "Crown of Sovereignty" – All Greed-aligned demons must obey your direct command (Tier Limit Applies)]
[New Skill Unlocked: Telekinesis]
[Cooldown: None (continuous use drains focus and stamina)]
[Effect: Manipulate physical objects within a 25-ter radius using thought alone. Precision and force scale with Magic Affinity and Charisma. Can restrain, crush, levitate, or redirect targets.]
[Bonus Effect: When used during Greed Incarnate, telekinetic grip ignores magical resistances below 30%.]
Her thighs clenched.
Her breath caught.
This wasn’t Lux in his teasing mode, or Lux in his sly, smug, CFO-calculating mode.
No, this was sothing ancient wrapped in that sa sinful smile.
Sothing deeper. Raw. Dominant.
Sira took a step back, chest rising and falling. Her pride instinct scread ’don’t submit...’ but her body had its own idea.
This wasn’t the Greed Prince anymore.
Not just that.
This was evolution.
This was power.
"Lux?" she whispered, lips parting.
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