Chapter 774: Third attempt

"So... are we going back my liege?" Little red did not like the plan. It felt a little like running and hiding. Her master was born to become the ruler of the universe, not run and hide like this.

Damon chuckled. "No. That would be the safest thing to do. But we are not doing that. Since we came here, we haven’t gotten anything good yet. My power hasn’t really changed. If we go back just like that, we will be in that same position. No. I have a feeling we need an immediate boost."

Damon was pretty sure he was not paranoid about this. After all, he had defeated a B rank in Earth Online. If he was not wrong, something momentous should happen soon. He wouldn’t be surprised if some sort of final boss came out of the hiding.

If it were a normal game something like that was likely to happen and this entire world was designed like a normal game. He was 100% sure some monster was going to show up as soon as he returned.

Damon clenched his fists. "No. We are staying here for some more time."

Blood Reign became excited. "Yes, my liege." She hummed in satisfaction.

Damon continued. "There are two strategies we can take here. We can go after a strong bloodline fragment and then instantly teleport back to the game world once we get our hands on it."

"Ideally, this should be the best idea because we already know that the bloodline is plenty strong and we will definitely get something out of it. However, there is one major issue with this plan. If I did this, I would be underestimating the strength of an A rank or perhaps of an entity even above that, like a God."

"My liege?"

"Blood Reign, do you think it is easy to get away from a God? To teleport right under the nose of a God like being?"

Blood Reign gasped. The excitement from a moment ago vanished like it had never existed. "...no," she finally admitted.

Damon nodded slightly. "Exactly. If someone at that level is involved with a strong fragment, maybe keeping an eye on it just so that they can trap devourers like me... then the moment I appear, I’m already inside their domain. Teleportation won’t save me. In fact..."

A faint smirk appeared on his face. "...it might be the very thing that gets me killed."

Because appearing out of nowhere, inside the perception range of something that could freeze the world itself, wasn’t just a risk, it was suicide.

"So the first option is just me walking into a predator’s mouth."

Blood Reign did not argue. Damon continued calmly. "That leaves the second option... we hunt the weak."

"The weak are still dangerous. Every single one of them is a devourer. Every single one of them has survived long enough to reach this stage. Even the weakest thread... is not harmless. But they’re still safer than the alternative."

"My liege... then our strategy is..."

"We take a small fragment and then we disappear. We then take another and then disappear again. I think we can do this maybe three or four times before we become big enough for anyone to take notice. It actually could be more or could be less. I am just guessing right now based on the bloodline fragments we have obtained so far."

Damon’s lips curved slightly. "I don’t need to become the strongest right now. I just need to not become a target while gaining something good. Alright. It’s time to test out our luck. There is only so much we can plan. Let’s go. Let’s see what we rolled this time around."

He focussed on his bloodline network and immediately picked out another weak thread. The next instant he disappeared from the mortal world.

As soon as he did, the blood clone again appeared. But this time, along with blood, there was also fire, almost as if the clone was burning.

"My love... what makes you think that he is going to succeed?" Another voice came but from within the blood clone itself. A female voice this time around

"Mmmm. It’s just my hunch." The old man’s voice answered.

"Maybe we are being too optimistic. After all, even you couldn’t win against that abomination."

"Well, if he doesn’t make it, then so be it. I don’t care. But no matter what, this time I will rip apart the pantheon. I will plunge their lives into eternal misery just like how they destroyed us."

"My love..."

"I am sorry. I don’t hate what we are right now. Being one with you is my life’s blessing. But at the same time, we could have had so much more." The blood clone turned to look at that baker and his family.

There were no expressions on the clone’s face but the fire burning within it suddenly became a lot hotter.

"My love... if you are not careful, you will destroy this world."

The old man sighed. The next second the blood clone completely disappeared from the world.

Meanwhile...

Damon appeared in the middle of what looked like a forest. He took a moment to recover before he let his senses wash over this new world. "Interesting... a completely untouched beast inhabited world..."

He was not complaining. Of all the places he could have come to, this one wasn’t all that bad. If nothing else works out at least he had plenty of beasts to grind and plenty of blood essence and bloodlines to absorb. As a devourer what else could he ask for.

He observed quietly for some more time to see if there was anything hiding. But there was no such anomaly. There was not even a single B rank in this world.

"Hmmm... Now that I see it, this place should be the perfect breeding ground for the rise of a devourer. Why is no one strong? Someone with my bloodline should have at least reached B rank here."

There was also something else amiss. Even if this was a beast world, there should be some beasts who managed to breakthrough and achieve enough comprehension to touch B rank. Something was off. It was almost as if this world was newly formed or rather new to mana just like earth.

Damon thought about it for a bit before he decided to deal with the important matter first. The bloodline. He needed to find his blood brother first. Everything else could wait.

Also, it was best from now on if he finished things as fast as possible without dragging things along. If someone was watching, he needed to take every precaution to not become an easy target.

Without hesitation, Damon unleashed his primordial senses. For a moment, the entire world froze. Every single being felt a presence that made their very soul shake. Birds stopped mid-flight. Predators lowered their heads. Prey froze in their burrows.

For one single heartbeat, the entire forest became silent. Only when Damon withdrew his senses, the forest came alive.

"Found you." Damon’s figure flickered and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the spot where he felt his bloodline’s presence. Unlike the slime, this time his blood brother didn’t exactly play any mind game. It was a simple straight forward hunt and within moments it was over.

When Damon finally saw the being which carried his all powerful bloodline, his face twitched.