Vile Evil Hides Under The Veil
chapter-1878

[You have acquired a Faustian Rune Fragment related to Eligos, strengthening the demonic aspect of your Divinity.]

[You have acquired a Faustian Rune Fragment related to Paimon, strengthening the demonic aspect...]

[You have acquired a Faustian Rune Fragment related to Samael, strengthening…]

[You have acquired a Faustian Rune Fragment related to Naberius…]

[You have acquired a Faustian Rune Fragment related to Asmodeus, strengthening…]

Eren received countless notifications on his demigod-specific sub-panel.

They had been generated after Eren devoured countless demon beasts through the Mouths of Gluttony and other means.

He felt his connection with Aleph's divine throne had strengthened to a new level, allowing him to wield his demonic heritage with even more proficiency than before.

"Keke. This was a good harvest," Eren thought to himself and chuckled as he surveyed the battlefield around him.

The battlefield lay riddled with chaos and remnants of conflict, a testament to the ferocious clash that had unfolded moments ago.

Cracked earth bore the scars of the demonic onslaughts, jagged crevices snaking across the ground like veins of some ancient earthen beast.

The air hung heavy with the pungent scent of blood, melted bones, burning flesh, sulfur, and all sorts of elemental manifestations that damaged the dead bodies in all sorts of ways. The strong smell was a lingering reminder of the infernal powers that were unleashed by both sides.

Amidst the devastation, spectral remnants of Eren's Sin Series Domains lingered like eerie echoes of their destructive power.

Wisps of Wrath Flames danced in the air in spectral form, their fiery tendrils flickering with residual anger.

The cackles and laughter of the illusory mouths could still be heard. These mouths, frozen in demonically gluttonous hunger, loomed like grotesque sentinels. The gaping maws of these Gluttony Mouths still echoed with the echoes of their insatiable appetite.

The battlefield was a canvas of carnage, littered with the twisted remains of demon beasts whose bodies lay broken and charred. Most dead demon beasts didn't even have any flesh or bone related proof of their existence left because the Gluttony Mouths had devoured them whole.

Some of the lucky or perhaps unlucky demon beast bodies who weren't devoured completely still smoldered with residual flames, their once fearsome forms reduced to ash, bone, and everything in between. Others lay motionless, their life force drained by the relentless onslaught of Eren's powers.

There was a significant number of E-Ranked dead demon beasts in the mix. However, Eren's Sin Series Domains hadn't devoured them due to their "low nutritional value". They just simply died without facing any fatal injuries on their bodies.

These low-level demon beasts perished due to the extreme demonic oppression they felt upon entering Eren's multi-

layered domain. Alternatively, Eren's presence as a nascent Demon Emperor destabilized their Faustian Contracts, affecting the souls of both the original beast soul and the demon who had possessed its beastly body.

Amidst the destruction, a sense of eerie stillness pervaded the air, broken only by the occasional groan of a wounded beast who miraculously survived or the crackle of residual flames. It was as if the very earth held its breath, anticipating what new horrors Eren would unleash upon his opponents.

Despite the ferocity with which Eren had wielded his Sin Series Domains against the countless hordes of demon beasts, he didn't feel as though he had exerted much effort. Everything had come so easily to him.

Eren realized that the Sin Series Domains had been strengthened to a level beyond his wildest expectations after tempering them with the Virtue Series Marks.

It was as if the Sin Series Domains required the aspects of the Virtue Series Marks to level up, and level up they did after Eren's pseudo-avatars worked tirelessly to obtain all seven of the Virtue Series Marks using various means. Their hidden potential was realized and they allowed Eren to wield them with even more efficacy than before while putting less burden on his soul.

'I feel like I could have almost kept these Sin Series Domains in a released state around me if it wasn't for the burden they put on my Soul Space. The burden has decreased a lot. But it's still there.

I probably wouldn't be able to use all the Seven Sin Series Domains at the same time for more than half an hour. As far as I can tell, that will be my absolute limit. However, there are various factors attached to it that can either increase or decrease that time limit.

If only there was a way to ignore the burden, I could keep these Sin Series Domains around me forever. Like an always-on protective shield that will safeguard me from any and all forms of attacks.

I need to expedite my experiments related to infinite mana. Maybe some of the aspects related to that form of research will finally allow me to wield my Sin Series Domains in ways that they were never wielded before.'

Eren thought to himself as he reviewed his own progress after using all the Sin Series Domains in a wide-range form in a real battle for the first time ever.

Eren faced his greatest challenge in utilizing the Seven Sin Series Domains due to his limited mana reserves. The sheer potency of the demonic powers he commanded far exceeded the capacity of his current state as a Grandmaster.

Upon attaining demigod status with an Immortal Soul, Eren found some relief from these constraints. Still, the wieldings of the divinity itself had some inherent constraints of their own.

By imbuing the Sin Series Marks with the Virtue Series Marks, the butcher finally gained the ability to employ all seven Sin Series Marks simultaneously on the battlefield without succumbing to complete mental exhaustion.

Yet, Eren remained mindful of the inherent limitations imposed by his mortal vessel. Despite the imposing facade of his demonic authority, he understood its boundaries well.

It also didn't help that Eren had such a broad Ranker's Path.

With his seven classes as a Ranked, dubbed as Professions in Labh Salem, it was difficult for him to wield the powers of all seven classes together using his original body at the same time one after the other and sustain it for a decent amount of time.

To address this dilemma, Eren thought about the concept of unlocking an infinite mana core, a notion that had long captivated his thoughts since his time in Anfang.