Chapter 376: Destroying The Divine Marks On The Heroes' Soul
Using both his divine sense and All-Seeing Heavenly Eyes (Black) talent, Alister saw through the souls of all the seven heroes.
All the seven heroes, without any exception, had Fantasia's divine mark engraved on their souls. It was like a slave collar but placed by a god on a mortal's soul.
And unlike a slave collar that had limits, the divine mark placed by Fantasia on the heroes would absorb part of their soul energy and use it to elevate its power.
In other words, no matter how powerful the heroes become, they will always become Fantasia's slaves.
'Although the divine mark is powerful, it still isn't absolute. At least, if the heroes manage to reach Four-Digit, then they can break free from the divine mark.'
'No matter how powerful the growth-type attribute of the divine mark is, it still depends on the user. In this case, Fantasia is only at the late stage or peak stage of Six-Digit from my estimations. So it's already powerful if her divine mark could enslave the peak stage of Five- Digit.'
'But even then, the higher the power level, the greater the gap. So the divine mark couldn't keep up if the heroes reached Four-Digit. The divine mark might be able to leech off the soul energy of the heroes when they reach Four-Digit, but it will take too long for the divine mark to adapt to the gap in power.'
'That time to adapt will be enough for the heroes to destroy the divine mark when they
become a Four-Digit Existence. But I can't wait that long since the time the heroes reach that, I'd already be a One-Digit Existence.'
'So, the other method would be having a powerful third-party destroy the divine mark if the heroes themselves didn't have enough power to destroy it.'
'This method is far more convenient especially when the heroes haven't become a god yet. Even then, the heroes are only at the peak of demigod-level yet the power of the divine mark had already reached that of a lower god. If the heroes were to become a lower god, then the divine mark's power might reach mid god or even higher god.'
Without yelling out any sword technique names, Alister simply activated his godheads and used the divine power of cosmic severance and celestial sword as his sword slashed through the seven heroes.
An invisible sword wave passed through the seven heroes but instead of cutting the seven of them in half, the divine mark on their soul was obliterated instead.
"I feel like something inside me has been liberated as if an invisible weight was taken off my body."
Hearing Toshokan Hondana's comment, Mono Tabemono nodded, "This felt better than when I was eating a bunch of dragon meat barbecues."
"It's like the desire for freedom has been fulfilled and what you get is satisfaction afterward." "Even when I went on a rampage and ate countless monsters, I never felt as free as now." The rest of the heroes nodded and agreed with Hondana and Tabemono.
They knew that Fantasia had left a backhand on them as soon as they were summoned into this world. After all, Fantasia never hid it from them when she summoned them into this
world.
Fantasia even used it to threaten them.
However, they never felt any suppression when they had the divine mark on their soul, as if it wasn't there to begin with.
But when it was removed, it felt as if the weights they wore to train their body were removed and they felt lighter than before.
It was an unusual feeling. But the heroes didn't dislike it and were glad that they were finally freed from Fantasia's enslavement.
After being intoxicated by the feeling of freedom, Toshokan Hondana didn't forget their bro who freed them as he bowed to Alister, "Thank you as always, Alister!"