318 Chapter 318

"Samael has so many followers and his power is rising at an incredible speed… What about you Demos? Why don't you create some sort of cult and have people worship you as a god?" Cyrus spoke up after pondering on the issue for a while.

"Because it's against the laws for guardian spirits to gather followers or portray itself as a god… Doing something of such is a crime since the creator believes it's the only one worth that needs to be worshiped" Demos answered with a bitter smile.

At this point, they realized why Samael left. Not only is the creator a leech feeding off from the resources meant to be used to create new gods, but it also feeding off the hard work of its followers, trying to gain more power without any form of compensation.

"It's settled... I am gonna kill it" Derik snarled making the rest laugh heartily at his stupid words but nonetheless they were still happy he had the guts to say it.

"Lest I forget… How did you know about our current location, our achievements, our sects back in the empire, and our followers? its been about two decades since the last time we met, I didn't expect you to know so much " Cyrus raised an eyebrow as he spoke.

In response, Samael's face turned red and he shot Demos a glance. His lips parted but no words escaped his mouth, he could only look away and pretend as if he didn't hear the question. But Demos was already prepared for this and decided to answer in his place.

"Even if he is no longer officially recognized as a guardian spirit by the creator, this world still recognizes him as one and he still retains the unique abilities if all other guardian spirits…. He has been watching you all for a while now and even now, he's preparing the forces of the holy church to invade the Aldemar continent, I have been the one delaying his plans… and the birdmen clan which attacked you earlier was sent by him… he chose to finish you all off with those magic beasts while you are still weak" Demos answered gladly.

"Bastard!" Samael stroked his golden hair while he cursed. At this moment, he began regretting not battling Demos to the death earlier, maybe this could have been avoided.

"Hehehe… Nice one… Since we were enemies up till this moment… it doesn't count" Derik chuckled.

"Yea… I probably would have done the same or even worse… So it doesn't really matter, as long as you call off the attack on the continent" Cyrus added.

"Hello? Don't you think we have wasted too much time here?" Kaido's voice suddenly caught their attention.

At this point, they realized they had gotten too distracted that they completely forgot about Kaido and their main goal. The soon looked up and realized its almost noon, making them wonder how much time they wasted.

"He's right… we have spent too much time here… The passageway to the god veins core is not far… there you will find an inheritance for each element. Find yours and consume it… Just yours!" Samael said the last part while shooting Derik a meaningful glance.

"What happens when you take the inheritance meant for another guardian spirit host?" Derik ignored Samael's gaze and asked the question. In his opinion some of those who possess the title of a host is not worthy to bear such a title, putting their personal gains over that of the world they live in.

Wouldn't it be better he took the power meant for those people as well?

"I don't really know, but I prefer avoiding issues like this" Samael scratched his head.

"Hehehehe… and when did the almighty Samael turn a coward?" Derik sneered.

"Stop it… I can understand your train of thoughts… taking more will most likely make you more powerful… there are hosts who do not deserve to be elevated to the position of gods… but then again that power is not yours to take… If the host is one of those who do not deserve the power, kill the host and let the reincarnation take his place…" Demos said with a stern look on his face.

Seeing such a serious expression on his face, Derik chose not to push the matter anymore. Rather than have the angel of death as an enemy, alongside the guardian spirit of the life element and probably the host whose inheritance was stolen and his guardian spirit as well.

"I really doubt he will be able to take it though… even if he succeeds, he will most likely implode and die a painful death… and I believe this world should have a way to prevent such mistakes…" Kaido sighed. 

With this matter settled, the team proceeded to head towards their destination, with the life guardian spirit and the death guardian spirit as their guides. For Kaido the presence of those two powerful spirits meant more security, but for Derik and Cyrus, this was a rare opportunity to learn directly from them and further improve their technique by mimicking their masters. The images of their masters utilizing the death and life magic when they planned to fight each other remained fresh in their head and they were determined to have these ancient spirits teach them how to use those techniques.