Entropy's Servant

Chapter 56 - Anger

Hello everyone, Astaroth here.
Despite the decrease in patience that's come along with my new position, there have been few events that made me truly angry.
There were some which took me halfway, like that time with Sleehekt or the children, but...
In the first case, the feeling was alleviated with a single punch, and in the second, I can't exactly go blaming a village for being scared of me.
I suppose the closest I would've gotten was the Barrier Hero.

I looked at the hundreds-of-metres tall tree before me, considering my next course of action for a few moments. After a small while, I came to a decision.

For no real reason, I decided to climb the tree and thus leapt from branch to branch in an attempt to get as high as I could. Given the high branch density and my physical abilities, that translated to 'rather high'.

Using her wings rather than her legs, Davna followed behind me.

"Where are we going, Master?" she asked, tilting her head in curiosity.

"Nowhere in particular," I said, stopping and looking over the elven capital from above.

She landed on the same branch I was stood on, in front of me. "Then why...?"

I chuckled as I folded my arms behind my back. "To avoid prying eyes."

Both Davna and Nyx tilted their heads in puzzlement.

"GAME," I said. "I'm ready."

[Understood.]

[You have gained the Aspect of Divine Reinforcement.]

[You have gained the skill [Improve].]

[[Improve]: Improve the parameters of yourself and as many allies as you like. The more allies you improve, the more you increase parameters and the longer you want the improvement to last, the higher the mana cost will be.]

[You have gained the skill [Reinforce].]

[[Reinforce]: Wrap yourself and as many allies as you like in a protective film of light that lasts approximately an hour. It will significantly decrease  damage to those protected by it, no matter from what source it originates, and cannot be destroyed.]

[As you are an apostle of The Goddess, Entropy, the Aspect of Divine Reinforcement has reverted to the Aspect of Improvement.]

[You have gained the skill [Black Blade].]

[[Black Blade]: Improve the offensive parameters of yourself and as many allies as you like by enveloping your and your allies' weapon in darkness that lasts approximately an hour. This darkness cannot be destroyed, and is corrosive to anything it touches except the weapon it improves.]

[You have taken [five] step(s) towards becoming a Demon King.]

[As you have taken five steps towards becoming a Demon King, you will evolve.]

I smirked. "Hou... Again, is it?"

[You have evolved into the 'Mythological'-rating species Prince of Darkness. Magical and mental parameters will increase greatly. Physical and spiritual parameters will increase. The soul will be refined. New skills will be gained. Existing skills will evolve.]

[As the quality of your soul has been refined, the effect of [Soul Form: Physical] and [Soul Form: Spiritual] will improve.]  

[You have gained the skill [Dark Prince's Etiquette].]

[[Dark Prince's Etiquette]: You will inherently understand how to perform acts that are generally considered part of high-class etiquette (e.g. dancing, polite language and casting magic chantlessly). Any living beings will recognise you as dignified while you are performing these acts.]