Chapter 459: Time for Some Serious Development

Night deepened.

As the full moon hung high in the sky, the Kingdom of Mitra gradually quieted down.

The nationwide engagement banquet ended just like that.

However, with the news spread by the dignitaries, the inside story of the engagement banquet also began to circulate throughout the night.

By tomorrow, the Kingdom, and even the other nations of the human race, would know how exciting tonight’s engagement banquet truly was.

There would definitely be no shortage of rumors about Shien.

From now on, Shien was officially the future “prince consort,” his status and position once again changing, becoming someone others looked up to.

Under such circumstances, Shien, along with Airi and Lilith, returned to the Buztout mansion on Yulin’s back.

The members of Vivian’s squad had already returned and seemed to have gone back to their rooms to rest.

Leisha and Lasha seemed to have returned as well. According to the maids, they seemed to have returned furtively and hurriedly, then hid in their room and didn’t come out again.

“It’s not easy to make that young lady feel scared.”

Shien gloated a little.

He knew that Leisha must have been frightened by the appearance of Lildas, Anima, and even Sara.

After all, not long ago, this arrogant young lady was captured by Anima, trapped in the Divine Realm, and almost couldn’t return. As a former member of the Old Demon Faction, she wouldn’t dare to appear openly before Sara, the supreme ruler of the Demon Race, and Lildas, the strongest of the Divine Race. It was only natural for her to be scared by their appearance.

These three wouldn’t be as lenient as Airi and ignore her. Therefore, Leisha definitely wouldn’t dare to appear before these big shots.

“See if you still dare to be so arrogant, thinking that being a Spatial Magic user allows you to run around and cause trouble.”

Shien felt quite pleased about this.

As for Airi and Lilith, the two little girls seemed to be sleepy already. As soon as they returned home, one rubbed her eyes and went back to her room, the other fell asleep directly in Shien’s arms.

“Let me take her.”

Lasha appeared silently and took the sleeping Lilith from Shien’s arms.

Before Shien could even say a word, Lasha left with Lilith, her face impassive, leaving him stunned, almost unable to react.

“Forget it.”

A lot had happened today, and Shien didn’t want to bother with meaningless things, so he let Lasha take Lilith away.

Lasha seemed to have special feelings towards Lilith, taking good care of her, as if she was very experienced and had taken care of many children before. Her proficiency even made Shien wonder if this amazing maid was secretly running an orphanage or shelter somewhere.

Well, it was also possible that she was.

Why?

She would probably say,

“That’s a meaningless question. As a qualified maid, I naturally have to serve others perfectly.”

How true.

Shien ignored everything else, went straight to the bath, quickly took off his restrictive ceremonial attire, and soaked in the hot water.

“Phew… I’m alive again…”

Leaning against the warm wall of the bath, Shien exhaled comfortably.

Only then did Shien realize that he was actually quite tired.

“Getting up early in the morning to prepare for the engagement banquet, communicating with the people from the palace, and choosing clothes for the evening, how could I not be tired?” ŕàɴÓ𝖇Ěş

Especially when there were hundreds of outfits to try on, it was truly a painful experience.

Fortunately, he had an amazing maid at home, who possessed the unique skill of undressing and dressing someone in a second, and taking care of their appearance in another second. This greatly reduced the pain of the process. Otherwise, Shien felt that he might have fainted and wouldn’t have been able to attend the evening engagement banquet.

“But the engagement banquet was also quite eventful…”

First, he had to put on a fake smile and greet others, then he had to face the bombardment of the big shots, and in the middle, he was even startled, experiencing what “divine might like a prison” meant, and witnessing the most powerful existence of the current era.

Although this strongest existence ended up being a klutz, her presence and pressure were undeniable.

Recalling the feeling of “unrivaled” he had when he first saw Lildas, Shien suddenly felt that he wasn’t as strong as he thought.

Of course, compared to most people in this world, Shien was undoubtedly very strong.

At least, Shien didn’t think he would lose to anyone below the level of the Three Goddesses and the Six Demon Lords.

Even Aldia, the current strongest human, Shien was confident he could defeat.

Even without using the Holy Sword, fighting Aldia head-on, Shien had a chance of winning.

The problem was…

“Not good enough compared to those above, but more than enough compared to those below.”

That was the situation.

Shien’s current situation was just like that: not good enough compared to those above, but more than enough compared to those below.

Against those below the level of the Three Goddesses and the Six Demon Lords, Shien was practically invincible.

However, against those at the level of the Three Goddesses and the Six Demon Lords, Shien felt that he couldn’t defeat any of them.

This was the power scale of this world.

In Shien’s view, everyone in this world could basically be divided into three tiers.

The first tier consisted of only two people—the Supreme God and the Demon King.

These two were exceptional existences, the origin and beginning of everything, beyond human reach, truly invincible. If it weren’t for their mutual restraint and the appearance of the Hero, a major variable, no one could defeat these two, even if their enemy was all life in the world.

Fortunately, the Demon King had been defeated by the combined forces of the Hero and the Supreme God, and the Supreme God had fallen into an eternal slumber. This exceptional tier could be ignored for now, and there was no need to consider them.

The second tier consisted of a group of people—the Three Goddesses, the Six Demon Lords, and existences at their level.

These beings had already surpassed the limits of life, and in Shien’s view, they no longer had the concept of levels, having broken free from the rules of “Logic” and the constraints of the world.

In other words, they had all surpassed the limit of level one hundred, reaching another realm, completely incomparable to other lifeforms still limited by that level.

The proof was that even now, Shien couldn’t see through the level and abilities of beings in this tier with his [Appraisal] skill.

Whether it was Airi, Sara, Lilith, or Anima, Shien couldn’t see their levels or skills. They also possessed power far surpassing ordinary people. Legendary existences like Aldia, who was about to reach the level limit, were probably just “slightly stronger ants” in their eyes.

Even Shien, after using the Holy Sword, couldn’t defeat Lilith, an evil god who had lost her mind and was recklessly unleashing her power. This showed how strong the beings in this tier were.

The third tier consisted of everyone else—all life in this world.

They were still growing within the boundaries of “Logic,” beings with limits, unable to transcend or break through, their limit being level one hundred.

In the final battle a thousand years ago, the human race needed to gather thirteen heroes above level ninety-five to barely fight against one Beast Demon. This showed that even the strongest in this tier were still limited.

Shien believed that these thirteen heroes were all powerful figures in the human race, none of them weaker than Aldia.

In other words, it took thirteen people stronger than Aldia for a third-tier existence to contend with a second-tier existence.

But it was only contending.

It was said that of those thirteen heroes, more than half were killed by the Beast Demon in the end, and the rest only survived because the Demon King was defeated and the war ended.

Otherwise, in the end, none of them might have survived.

This showed the huge gap between those who hadn’t transcended and those who had.

Shien felt that his current strength was somewhere in between.

“Without using the Holy Sword, I’m probably at the top of the third tier, about the same level as Aldia.”

“Using the Holy Sword, I can reach above the third tier, but not the second tier. At most, I can pose a threat to them with the Holy Sword’s power, but my raw strength isn’t enough.”

“This is because my level is still too low, I haven’t learned many skills, and my Unique Skill isn’t combat-oriented. Although my growth rate is fast, I still lack accumulation.”

For example, the Holy Sword, although it could enhance Shien’s power by a hundred levels, not only hadn’t that power reached its maximum growth potential, but it could only enhance Shien’s strength, speed, defense, and so on.

But the Holy Sword also had the effect of increasing all skill levels by ten. This effect was determined by the number and strength of his skills.

The more skills Shien learned, the greater the enhancement from this effect.

Conversely, it was far from reaching its limit.

Besides that, the Holy Sword also had the effect of countering demons and evil powers, as well as immunity to negative effects and a protective ability to greatly reduce damage.

The latter gave Shien the ability to survive and targeted strength, allowing him to survive against second-tier existences, but it couldn’t directly increase his raw power.

Since that was the case…

“I need to find a way to train myself further.”

Last time, Shien put in a lot of effort to learn Celestial Magic and Bestowal Magic.

This time, Shien was prepared to make the most of his Unique Skill, which had a broken growth rate, and seriously develop himself.

“Alright.”

Shien clapped his hands, making up his mind.

“I’ll find some time to visit the temple.”