THE GOD EATER

Chapter 1306: A Lot More Supreme Metacs.

As Loki laughed, he thought, ’That will show him. If he thinks he can pull the wool over my eyes with his disciples’ nonsense, he has another thing coming.’

’He truly is a schemer. I took three Supreme Metacs from him, but he still managed to escape with one more. Yet he wants everyone to believe he has only three pathways.’

’He is lucky that it is only the Illusion Supreme Metac, and it is one that I already have, or I wouldn’t mind taking him for everything,’ he thought, grinning maliciously.

He had seen the Illusion Supreme Metac as if it fell from the upper realm into Thief Haven. He saw it because he had been waiting for something like that.

Having learned from Heavenly Eye and Tepid Scholar, he knew that his attack might not kill the target completely. So he planned to waylay any escapee on their way to their Domain.

It helped that Wandering Thief had only one Domain, so he didn’t have to worry about where to set up his ambush. But when he saw the escapee was someone he knew, he decided to leave it alone.

He wasn’t surprised when he saw the Illusion Supreme Metac and realized Wandering Thief was a four-star celestial, not the three-star one he pretended to be. He couldn’t be surprised because everyone seemed to be doing it.

But he gained a better understanding of Wandering Thief, which made him think, ’He really is a master of sneaking around like Heavenly Eye. No wonder they have the same Illusion Supreme Metac. It also isn’t a wonder he was able to hide a large world in the lower realm for so long.’

Shaking his head, he thought, ’Everyone is hiding something. It seems it has become a trend for Dao Lords to be sneaky. I might be the only one who has nothing to hide, and his open with all of my dealings.’

As soon as he thought that, he remembered all the skeletons he was hiding in his closet. So he chuckled and said, ’Ok. Maybe I’m hiding a little bit.’

But it was not a little bit. What Wandering Thief and the other Dao Lords were hiding were small secrets that would affect only a few Dao Lords at best.

He, on the other hand, was hiding a spark of power, an item that allowed him to use many Supreme Metacs, upgrade them, and combine the power of two godheads, a 4-D prototype, which provided nearly 2,000 units of divinity, and 77 Supreme Metacs, which had all been upgraded to Cosmic Dao.

Each of his secrets was a game changer. Compared to the one or two pathways that the other Dao Lords hid, his secrets couldn’t be called little or inconsequential.

He was accusing Dao Lords of being sneaky, as if it were something bad they should be ashamed of. But when he began tabulating everything he was guilty of hiding, he didn’t feel ashamed.

In fact, he grinned proudly, as if he had done something he should be commended for. To justify his pride, he thought, ’Quoting my experience from Earth, to steal something small is a crime worthy of jail time. To steal billions from many people as a corporation is a crime worthy of a slap on the wrist and some fines.’

’Clearly, if you’re to commit crimes, you have to be very good at it and not be modest at all. As they say, go big or go to jail.’

After laughing and amusing himself with his antics, he began counting his spoils. He went through the spark of power, counting all of the secrets he had stored in it. He was like an old hunter admiring the stuffed heads mounted on the wall.

For Cosmic Dao, he had ten. They were Devouring, Time Loop, Luck, Death, Freedom, Time Rewind, Knowledge, Life, Seal of Death, and the Space Supreme Metac.

On the side of Grand Daos, he had 23. From the earliest to the latest, they were Dominion, Killing, Transformation, Money, Enslavement, Forging, Formation, Truth, Illusion, Emotion, Abyss Devouring, Devouring Hunger, Conquering, Farming, Nanite Transformation, Devouring Body, Spirit Transformation, Phantom Transformation, Curse, Apostle Enslavement, Pill Refinement, Talisman, and Molting Freedom Supreme Metac.

Molting Freedom is what he just got from Wandering Thief. Wandering Thief used it to shed his skin, taking along curses, injuries, and oaths with the molted skin.

Second to last were the Major Daos. There were 24 of them, starting from Speed, Mind Hunter, Soul Eater, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood, Poison, Light, Darkness, Lightning, Anger, Sadness, Joy, Precognition, Fortune Telling, Blood, Strength, Defense, Vitality, Soul, Lust, and the Perception Supreme Metac.

The Perception Supreme Metac was gained from Heavenly Eye. She used it to enhance her Divine Perception. It was her only Major Dao, and she had wanted to consolidate it with the Soul Supreme Metac. Unfortunately, the Soul Supreme Metac meant to make her stronger led to her downfall.

Lastly, there was the category of Minor Daos. There were now 20 of them. They were Dragon Race, Human, Elf, Rat, Ogre, Ork, General, Insect Tamer, Soothsayer, Wolf Tamer, Tracker, Farmer, Wolf Race, Sword, Archery, Boxer, Berserker, Seer, Deceiver, and Thief Supreme Metac.

It went without saying that Wandering Thief was the generous patron who donated the Thief Supreme Metac to him. But he would only be the latest contributor to Loki’s growth, which Loki didn’t think was anything special.

According to his plans, more patrons would donate Supreme Metacs for his growth, voluntarily or involuntarily, making the latest donor no more special than the rest. But if there were one special contributor, it would be the first. It would be Money Body.

’Money Body had contributed towards my growth when it didn’t look like I had any potential. He had faith in me when no one even knew my name.’

’Maybe I’m being sentimental, but I think that’s worthy of some praise,’ he thought, shedding invisible and fake tears in appreciation of Money Body’s contribution.