Who else could they be but Zaine, Hikari and Roma? When the three of them appeared in their usual attires, Draco felt a pounding in his chest as his face flushed deeply.
At this moment, Draco understood. As he pressed his hand to his throbbing chest, he understood that everything he thought he knew about himself was just rubbish.
He thought that his affection for the three was simply based on his bloodline attraction, and that now that his bloodline had expanded greatly, he would not feel the same way. This was also buttressed by the fact that he hardly visited them anymore nor did he think about them often unless it was to reminisce.
However, feeling his throbbing heart, the endless joy that surged to his mind and almost made his consciousness blurry, he understood that this was just a lie he told himself. His first reaction upon seeing the three of them was endless joy.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The person who coined this terms wasn't on drugs, he had felt it himself. This long period of absence had only simmered Draco's feelings and made them reach a new tipping point, and this proper reunion made them surge out uncontrollably.
These were his women, the mothers of his children.
Zaine, the intelligent beauty who changed her entire lifestyle and abandoned her family to be with him while helping him achieve his goals.
Hikari, the sweet and gentle beauty who had entrusted her entire existence into Draco's hands and even cast aside her desire for revenge to enjoy every moment of her life with him.
Roma, the lovely and charming beauty whose only wish was to give birth to Draco's children while using her knowledge and craft to make him stronger and defeat his enemies.
Each and everyone of them had made Draco;s problems their problems. Draco's enemies were their enemies. His friends were their friends.
Yet no matter what, they always tried to keep their own personal problems from affecting him or causing him trouble. Such perfect and devoted women, how could he stand there and claim that he wasn't moved? How could he lie to himself that his feelings for them were superficial?
As for why he tried not to see them, Draco understood why.
He was scared.
Draco was cared of the emotions and strong attachments that was growing between him and these three beauties. He had always told Eva that he only got with them because of his bloodline, and that since they were NPCs, his feelings for them would never reach or surpass what he had for Eva, and now Shuangtian.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHowever, as time passed he sunk deeper and deeper into his love for them and it soon reached the exact same level as he had for Eva. So Draco tried to cut himself off and retain that level of casualness as before, like vegeta using the majin transformation to be evil.
However, just like the prince of saiyankind, Draco was just fooling himself. Using such clumsy methods to try and change or hide his feelings was not doing anything but providing a contrast, which in turn made them even stronger.
Now that they were before him, everything was undone and the feelings surged to greater heights.
He rushed forward and took all three of them into his arms with a wide and joyful smile on his face. However, embarrassingly, no matter how wide Draco's arms were, he could not grasp the three thicc beauties into his arms alone.
Just Zaine's and Hikari's breasts alone were enough to squash him to death in a 1 on 1 hug, much less with the two of them.
Seeing Draco hug them with so much love, the three of them were surprised before they shared a look and smiled. They also hugged Draco back and the Morningstar family simply held each other in this quiet moment.
Of course, this quiet moment was broken but a purple faced Draco.
"I-I can't breathe!!" he squeezed out as he struggled to grasp air.
The three beauties saw this and let go of him with embarrassed expressions. It was somewhat fine when he alone hugged them, but when they hugged him back, their lovely and soft chest muscles squeezed his entire head in a circle, leaving no gap for escape.
Draco sucked in air and then grinned at the three. "Its great to have you guys here. Do you feel anything different?"
The three of them were surprised and finally noticed they density of energy and purity of laws around them. Their Divine Source Origins began to suck in energy like black holes. After all, they had just been fighting World Bosses to increase their experience to the limit and had come straight here to support Draco without even resting.
Their Source Origins were like vacuums that had been opened in an atmosphere, the air rushing to tyrannically fill it and occupy that piece of mass-less space. Within minutes, they had drained the Divine Energy around the pantheon without even filling their Source Origins, showing the sheer depth of their foundation as well as their quality of their State of Beings.
Even if these beauties became True Gods, they could probably fight one level above them just based on their Source Origin and the potency of the Divine Energy within without even considering their laws.
"Hmm, its quite interesting here. Is this the Divine World? Father has always wanted to come here but the passageway between the Divine World and the Devil Realm has long been closed." Zaine commented as he looked around with a confident smile.
"It feels different. Even though I didn't go out much back then, the Divine World was far more lively and filled with better energy than this. Now, all I sense is decay, suffering and a cruel consciousness trying to invade." Hikari stated with a downcast look.
"I myself have never been here but I have heard my mother talk about it. We used to have a special passageway for the witches of our clan who ascended into divinity and comprehended the law of Mystic Magic back in our base at the Four Point Valley but…" Roma hesitated.
"I'm not sure it even exists since our reality at the time was an illusion…" Roma's shoulders slumped when she spoke about this.
Zaine and Hikari patted her back comfortingly while Draco sighed. This fact was something that Roma could never live down, the harsh truth that she was auto-generated for his Flora and Fauna Unique Quest back then and would have dissipated into nothingness if not for Draco bonding with her.
However…
"That bastard Qiong is the same, but he also has a counterpart in reality as well as a clan that shocked theoretically be alive in this Divine World. It could entirely be that we'd meet your clan's counterparts here too." Draco stated with a smile.
After all, he doubted that the Supreme city was the only untouched place in the Divine Realm. As he had not yet seen Sigurd and his boys, as well as the new True Gods, but knew they were alive, they had to be somewhere out there.
Possibly, they also though they were the last bastion in their distant corners. The beast clans, the gypsies, the Devils… where were they? Draco knew that the Demon Realm True God stayed on the main plane because they weren't even allowed into the Divine Realm back then, but that was not true for the neutral devils.
Hearing this, Roma calmed down and nodded. Draco also brought his three beauties to be registered by the Pantheon as top level personnel. They could now enjoy all the benefits of the pantheon and even later build their busts when they became True Gods and the pantheon expanded.
The most immediate benefit was that the trio could easily sense the laws with the pantheon's help. A short period of seclusion should see them advance, so Draco allowed them to settle in while he panned to continue exploring.
He not only had to clear the grey rot, but he had to see what was around. After all, Zaine, Roma and Hikari would not gain any benefit like he would in clearing the grey rot, so there was no need to make them waste their time with such a thing.
Speaking of benefits, Draco checked his character sheet.
「Name: Draco
Class: Abyss Eternal
Race: Hybrid (Human/Ultima Sunt)
Rank: Demi God (5)/True God (???)
Level: 250
Exp: 2%
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLaw Rank: Basic Intermediate Advanced Master
Divine Essence: 2,541,000/10,000 2,541,000/100,000 2,541,000/1,000,000 2,541,000/100,000,000
Str: 255 (Current Total = 510,000)
Dex: 255 (Current Total = 510,000)
End: 255 (Current Total = 510,000)
Int: 255 (Current Total = 510,000)
Spr: 255 (Current Total = 510,000)
Cha: 255 (Current Total = 510,000)
Lck: 271 (Current Total = 542,000)
Law(s): Law of True Destruction (Master), Law of Attack Velocity (Advanced), Law of Movement Velocity (Advanced), Law of Damage Avoidance (Advanced), Law of Malevolent Darkness (Intermediate), Law of Damage Enhancement (Intermediate), Law of Energy Fusion (Intermediate), Law of Energy Barrier (Intermediate), Law of Mystic Damage (Intermediate), Law of Mental Suppression (Intermediate), Law of Energy Restoration (Intermediate), Law of Vitality Appropriation (Intermediate), Law of Spirit Suppression (Intermediate), Law of Soul Defense (Intermediate), Law of Vitality Restoration (Intermediate), Law of Item Replication (Intermediate), Law of Dexterous Boost (Basic), Law of Racial Control (Basic), Law of Aspect Swapping (Basic), Law of Dark Afflictions (Basic), Law of Mystic Revival (Basic), Law of Dimensional Expulsion (Basic), Law of Alchemic Conversion (Basic), Law of Nature Summoning (Basic), Law of Warrior Summoning (Basic), Law of Elemental Empowerment (Basic), Law of Energy Empowerment (Basic).
Combat Skills: Necrotic Hands, Malevolent Spirit, Cruel Beast Summoning, Evil Curse, Life Steal, Divination, Sinister Shot, Dark Resurrection, Beckon, Subsume, Angel's Blessing (Corrupted), Mind Blast, Charm, Spirit Suppression, Soul Fortification, Mystic Conversion, Duplicate, Elemental Corruption, Soul Warp, Banish, Cauldron of Evil, Generate, Dark Transmutation, Crone Summon, Swamp Fae, Talent Swap.
Non-Combat Skills: Fae's Blessing, Soul Bond, Charm, Insight, Foresight, Flexibility, Illusion, Confusion, Evolution, Ultimate Stealth, Pinnacle Intelligence, Species Shift, Dragobond, Aether Conversion, Eternal Strength - Rank 5 (Passive), Eternal Speed - Rank 5 (Passive), Eternal Endurance - Rank 5 (Passive), Eternal Intelligence - Rank 5 (Passive), Eternal Spirit - Rank 5 (Passive), Eternal Luck - Rank 5 (Passive), Combine, Disseminate, Source Origin Stealer.
Tradeskills: Smithing (Semi-Divine), Alchemy (Semi-Divine), Enchanting (level 100, 0%), Magical Engineering (level 76, 21%), Scrivener (level 85, 64%), Privateering (level 72, 32%), Dungeon Creation (level 34, 40%), Skill Fusion (level 34, 40%), Refinement (Level 0, 30%).」
Well, well. Draco had gone up 2 more levels and had reach the pinnacle of Rank 5, ready to Rank up to Rank 6. Unfortunately, unlike the previous Ranks where he was just doing his thing, he needed to pass a mission like everyone else in order to progress.
But that was less important compared to the fact that he could now upgrade two laws to the Master grade. He got more than 800,000 Divine Essence once again for clearing a huge amount of the grey rot using his Moon Satellite.
If this was the case, it meant that for every 'bomb' Draco dropped, it would grant him around that much Divine Essence. That was not as fast as using the Divine Trial Tower to accumulate essence, especially since the requirements for taking a Master law to the True Law grade were so harsh.
He needed 100 million Divine Essence for that, hundred times the requirement for getting a Law to the Master level!
However, the gap too was there. The biggest watershed of the Divine Law stage was between Master Law and True Law. The two were like in two different classes altogether, and this could be seen through the fact that only True Law and above gods were allowed onto the Supreme Council.
Draco would need to clear a lot more of the Divine World if he wanted to take the Law of True Destruction upwards.