Death… And Me

Chapter 3177: Rifindio's Fears

"I don't think it is worth to hunt you anymore..." Rifindio commented. "Without my bloodline, it matters little the results of my investigation. I won't be allowed back to the Supreme Palace. Besides, I still feel like I owe you."

Rean didn't think so. "Not exactly, right? I might not be able to copy Werdlem IDs, but I can make it look like I did it, remember? If you deliver me to your higher-ups, sure you would at least receive a good prize. That said, it is truly better if we part ways here. Also... what would you have to gain by following us anyway?"

Rifindio insisted. "I will say the same word that your brother did. I have my reasons... but I won't give you away." The reason was that Rean and Roan were also extremely strong for their level. Rifindio wants to see if he can understand why. It would be great now that he is pretty much doomed in the Supreme Palace.

"Well, it would be more entertaining to have someone else on the way, right?" Kentucky suddenly covered for Rifindio. Perhaps that was because they were both Demon Beasts and Demon Beasts are much more straightforward.

Rean, outside of the Dimensional Realm, and Roan, inside the Dimensional Realm, checked Rifindio's behavior. It still didn't seem he was lying. "Alright, let's make a deal then," Rean decided to give it a chance. Since Roan exited that Dimensional Realm and stepped outside, that means his Celestial Soul Dimensional Realm Exit is marked there. For the next million kilometers, Rean can enter the Celestial Soul Dimensional Realm and come out back there as long as Roan exits there first.

"First of all, it is pretty obvious that you want to find some other way of gaining strength now that you lost your bloodline," Rean threw those words straight on Rifindio's face.

Rifindio's scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, but he didn't deny it. Did he make it so obvious? "Sorry..."

"It's fine," Rean didn't mind. "We are pretty far from Closal anyway, so it is a good distraction for me. But in exchange, I want information regarding the Divine Realm. Is that fine with you?"

Rifindio quickly nodded. "No problem at all. As long as it doesn't involve secrets of the Supreme Palace, I don't mind speaking about it." Truth be told, Rifindio didn't know that much about important things in the Supreme Palace. Why would he? No one would include him in such conversations.

"Continuing, I'm only a Saint Realm Expert, you know?" Rean probed once more. "Are you sure you want to receive some training from me? Besides, I will not take you as a disciple. This is truly just a mutual exchange."

"Stop with this Saint Realm thing," Rifindio spoke straight away. "Only an idiot would believe that you are truly at the Saint Realm. Well, you are at the Saint Realm, but you definitely weren't before. I don't know how you lost your strength or why, and it doesn't matter to me. What matters is that I know you are much more than what you seem to be."

"Good catch." Rean smiled, not surprised that Rifindio noticed that much. If he didn't, he truly would be an idiot. "There is one more thing," Rean wouldn't forget the most important, though. "I want Divine Stones."

"This..." Rifindio wasn't rich or anything. He had a few hundred Rank Three Divine Stones with him, but that was all. "How... How much?"

"I need 200 Divine Stones of the same level as the one you gave us back there," Rean asked. That number should be enough for the twins to force the Divine Transformation of their bodies.

Rifindio thought about it for a moment, but he gritted his teeth in the end and nodded. "Fine! Here, take it. But if you try to run with it, then I will kill you or die trying!" He worked very hard for those stones, so it pained his heart to give 200 away that easily.

"Then it is a deal," Rean happily took the Divine Stones. Also, with this deal, they could have an idea of what to expect in the Divine Realm. "First, let's see what you can do. Suppress your cultivation to Stage Seven and come at me."

"Eh?!" Rifindio didn't have the least bit of confidence if he did that. The twins proved to actually be slightly stronger than him back there. "I don't stand a chance, you know?"

"Obviously," Rean already expected that. "Now, don't waste time and come at me." Rifindio could only accept and change back into his Camazotz Bat form. Without saying anything, he shot at Rean, summoning hundreds of Blood Spears before a Blood Armor covered his body. He hadn't used it before because that cocoon monster was robbing his bloodline. Now, however, there is no such fear.

*Bang, boom, peng!*

Sure enough, it mattered little. Rean didn't even need to use his sword. With Rifindio's cultivation suppressed to Stage Seven, which was equivalent to Saint Realm, he completely pummeled the guy.

Returning to Kentucky's back, Rean nodded a little. "That's enough for now. Even though you aren't considered much in that Supreme Palace of yours, it seems like you still received the proper training to reinforce your body and speed as well as your bloodline ability to control your blood freely."

Rifindio was aching all over, his blood armor crumbling to pieces... "So? *ouch...* what about... *ouch* it?"

"Ask Kentucky," Rean laughed. "I know almost nothing about Demon Beasts. Hahaha!" Rifindio felt like crying. Then what was all that beating for?

"Hahaha!" Kentucky also laughed. "Okay, the Great Kentucky will give you some pointers. Your beating just now wasn't for nothing. It gave me a good sense of how you are operating your bloodline, even if it is pretty much gone..."

For the next hour, Kentucky explained to Rifindio how he could use his Divine Energy better, especially through his meridians. Then, Kentucky made a slight small cut on his chest, dragging a drop of blood out. "Here, absorb it. My Regal Bloodline, even though it is from a different race, should still improve your remaining bloodline condition."

Rifindio's eyes lit up. 'Regal Bloodline!' He could only dream about Triaglia's Regal Bloodline back in the Supreme Palace. This drop alone, even from another race, was definitely worth his 200 Rank Three Divine Stones. In fact, he was pretty sure he could get hundreds of times more Divine Stones with it. Well, he definitely wouldn't sell it.

Rifindio opened a small cut on his chest as well, carefully absorbing that blood into his body. The conflict between his Camazotz Bloodline and Kentucky's Minokawa Bloodline was quite strong, but he took his sweet time to make that drop of blood his own. In fact, Rifindio found out that Kentucky's bloodline was much, much more beneficial than he expected.

Rean looked at that and smiled. The delight on Rifindio's face was so easy to see. "Aren't you happy? It isn't every day that you can acquire a Late Divinity Realm Regal Bloodline Drop." Kentucky's cultivation was simply being suppressed by the system. It wasn't like it disappeared.

Rifindio almost lost control of his progress when he heard that. 'Late Divinity Realm! No wonder it is so powerful!' He didn't even ask himself why Kentucky seemed to be at Stage Seven instead, such was his surprise.

While Rifindio worked on absorbing that drop, Roan came out of the Dimensional Realm.

"You got it?"

Rean nodded and passed a hundred Rank Three Divine Stones to Roan. "Yeap. Let's get over

with it."