The Devil's Evolution Catalog

Chapter 680: An Escape Plan

Is science nothing but a lie? Is magic the only truth in this world?

The two are intrinsically the same. They manipulate the world, just in different ways.

I dont have time for these philosophical debates, all I want to do now is leave this hell of a city.

You call this hell? This place still doesnt qualify.

What do you mean it doesnt qualify? Theres a person dying every second in despair. They are either dying in the jaws of those monsters, or in the hands of their own fellow human beings. And then theres those who are committing suicide because they see no end to this despair If all that doesnt qualify this place as hell, what does?

They die simply because they are weak. Being killed by monsters or their own race only proves they are physically weak. Committing suicide is proof they are mentally weak. Especially those suicidal ones, if its not this crisis, there will be another crisis that triggers them There is no need to feel bad for those who do not treasure what they have.

Perhaps

Somehow, it felt like the system was just strong-arming her point, but she wasnt entirely wrong either. If one couldnt even love themselves, how could they expect others to do so. If everyone was as powerful as me, they definitely wouldnt die to those zombies either. Unfortunately, not everyone had the opportunity to undergo enhancements

Leaving the city isnt actually as difficult as our valued host seems to think either. As long as our valued host is willing to force his way through those ghosts, Icy Inferno in hand.

Thats it?

Thats it. But this method will only allow our valued host to leave by himself. Because our valued host does not possess the strength required to protect his harem members from the attacks of so many ghosts.

I swept my eyes slowly over the girls

They seemed to have noticed that I was communicating with the system as well, that was why they remained silent, patiently waiting for an outcome.

Theres no way I can just leave on my own If it means abandoning the three of them, I would rather stay behind as well!

Good, at least our valued host has some backbone. As a special service, the system has elected to offer a second option. Please open up the Marketplace. There should be a magic spell called Flame Incarnate. Its a skill that creates an aura of fire around a persons body as a means of defense. Its a famously useless skill, because fire spells tend to be weaker defensively But fire is made for attacking in the first place. With how vulnerable those ghosts are to fire, merely touching the flames should prove fatal.

In other words, even a useless skill can become godlike under the right situations

I tapped on the skills price tag: only a hundred points!

Cheap!

Because its useless.

Other than flames, what else would counter those ghosts?

Lightning -essentially any attack that is energy would prove very effective against them.

I see now. Because they have no physical body, they are afraid of energy attacks, anything you would associate that counters the supernatural.

Unfortunately, the harem members of our valued host are unable to employ such a skill for now. Trying to do so would result in their deaths.

Hold on Youre the one who suggested it. And youre already stealing your own thunder?

Flame Incarnate requires SP to activate, requires SP to maintain, and requires even more SP when it burns a ghost. How much SP do the members of our valued hosts harem possess?

Thanks to the systems reminder, I realised the problem as well. The skill was definitely able to force a path out of the city, but the energy had to be supplied from somewhere.

With how many ghosts there were guarding the exit, allowing the girls to charge in now would be like tossing a match into an ocean The two werent even on the same scale. Even drinking SP potions wouldnt be able to mend this massive gap.

So youre suggesting

Train. Keep slaying monsters diligently, and by the time you raise your levels somewhat, your harem should be able to leave Southern Plains on their own merits. And if everything goes well, our valued host may even uncover the true mastermind behind this tragedy. If the mastermind is gone, leaving Southern Plains wouldnt even be an issue.

Defeat the mastermind? If you ask me, waiting for rescue sounds a lot more reliable Speaking of rescue, what the heck were those soldiers even doing? Cant they figure out a way to save those civilians?

Rather than depend on others, you would be better off relying on yourself.

All right, all right the only one you can count on in a pinch is yourself, am I right?

Since my fellow human beings arent trustworthy anymore, I can only work harder. Also, if there is a Heaven in this world, why hasnt it acted yet? Look at how many have died already millions! Thats not a small number.

Haha. Has our valued host heard of the saying, Heaven is blind?

I have. What does that have to do with this discussion?

Then what does our valued host think that saying means?

That Heaven is impartial and objective?

Close enough. The laws of this world, or Heaven, is a set of rules laid down by the Creator when he created the world. Such a system has no emotions, so everything in this world is equal in its eyes. Regardless of who stands at the top in the end, its just a matter of the natural cause-and-effect.

Natural? Thats rich, werent you saying how the laws of the world were getting warped? Is that still considered natural?

And how do you know that isnt a part of the worlds plans?

With my limited knowledge, I had no way to counter that question.

What is happening now is a clash of two worlds. A fusion of worlds, so to speak!

Two worlds? Fusion?

Thats right, the two worlds are already beginning to fuse. As more and more of these invaders intrude upon Gaia, the laws of both worlds would clash even harder Valued host, I highly suggest that this process be stopped as soon as possible, or the consequences would be dire