[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-138":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1563833,2028,"Chapter 138 - A Demon","divine-path-system-chapter-138",138,"\u003Cp>40th, 7th, 519.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a few days after her death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Please. Can you at least retrieve her remains? I want to give her a proper burial.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fuck off! The wolf is already cremated.' The fat man waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 17-year-old Varian still followed him persistently. 'Sir, is there anything she said during her last before she died.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man paused for a moment and glanced at the desperate teenager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even an awakened. This teenager was destined to be a trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Yes. She said something.' The fat man nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What?! Please tell me.' Young Varian asked, no, pleaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man walked up to the teenager and Young Varian leaned down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man whispered into his ear. 'Don't tell anyone I said this, okay?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Varian nodded desperately. 'Yes. I won't reveal to another soul.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone turned serious. 'Swear on your dead mom.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Pardon?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's a secret and I might be affected by doing this. So swear on your dead mom.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Varian closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. 'Yes. I swear on my mom that I'll never reveal your words.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man smiled….mockingly and said word by word. 'She said, 'My son is a coward. He froze in fear. I hope he never enters Dungeons and stays safe forever.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young Varian collapsed onto his knees as he clutched his hair. Tears dripped on the ground and he wailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words right after losing her… crushed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He indulged himself in fighting and distracted himself by forgetting that scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, he forgot about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his subconscious didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It etched itself deeply into his heart and soul, tearing him apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*** ***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man cowered as his cheeks were completely bloodied. He looked at the demon disguised as a teenager in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Argggh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian crushed and snapped off a finger of fat man as he rolled on the ground in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrgh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crunch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Argggh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After crushing the second finger, Varian smiled gently and said. \"You son of a bitch! You will tell me everything I ask without omissions or I'll crush your fingers one by one, heal you back and repeat it until your mind breaks and you go insane from the torture. Am I clear?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man nodded at the devil's words. No. He tried to nod, but his head was too weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slaps knocked the living lights out of him and he saw the world in a blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y..es.\" He whimpered as blood flowed from his nose and cheeks, painted his face in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\" Varian smiled in satisfaction and brought the picture of a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her blue hair flowed down to her waist, and her red eyes were full of kindness. She was a beautiful woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian smiled at her picture and then turned back to the fat man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you remember her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man peered through the blood that dripped into his eyes. He tried to think hard, but couldn't recall her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He got a promotion last year, and he started to indulge. With greater power and resources, he lived his dream life every day. The two women were his 'gifts'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he remember Amanda Konstant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian saw the fat man staying still and smiled once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his leg, and with little force, kicked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man felt like he was hammered as he puked out blood and crashed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uargh!\" He felt like his ribs were broken and his intestines were crushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was only a small force for Varian, it was too much for a Level 2 Earth Awakener.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian grabbed the fat man by the hair and dragged him to her picture. He whispered. \"Late night of 36th, 7th, 519. Fire Wolf killed a woman, or that's what your reports say. Remember?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man's eyes were lost for a second before he shuddered violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled his reason for promotion and felt that karma finally caught up to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You… you….\" He tried to say something, but looking at those cold, merciless eyes that shone with hatred, he could only gulp down and nod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did she really die? Why was I not even allowed to see the fire wolf's corpse?\" Varian tightened his grip on the fat man's scalp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It soon turned unbearable as the fat man thrashed against the ground and whimpered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me the truth.\" Varian paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"T-that's the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian held his scalp and slapped him. This time, the force was much louder and the fat man's body literally rotated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't stop there, and a golden light flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arrggh!\" The lighting burned his skin, roasted his flesh and charred his bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The howls didn't stop for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boo, heal him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blue light flashed and a healing potion was poured onto the almost roasted body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian raised his finger, and a golden arc crackled on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wa..it… I will tell y—.\" The fat man pleaded, but all he got was a feast of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The healing potion kept him alive, but the lightning coursing through every inch of his body made him wish he was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wa..it\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"P… lea.se!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zap! Zap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-st-..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zap! Zap! Zap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he tried to confess, the lightnings only increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed less like an interrogation and more like a torture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian's smile only grew brighter as he shot arc after arc of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boo stood in the corner of the spaceship and glanced at its master like it was introduced to him for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was a holographic body, it still trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I should not piss him off…'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ZZZap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Varian stopped. Looking at the living flesh in front of him, his smile receded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said. \"I want to do this all day, but you seemed to be saying something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The charred flesh tried to open its mouth, but no sound came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boo, give this thing a better healing potion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"YES!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boo hurriedly retrieved one of the rarer healing potions they found in the hideouts and administered it to the… thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat man winced as his dying consciousness was surfaced to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every fibre of his body was crackling with lightning and he could no longer feel his limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worst was the pain. Every nook and corner of his body was burning and the searing pain pushed him to say those words, regardless of the consequence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Astor… butler.\" He uttered and tried to open his eyes. That was all he knew, but he tried to speak more. He was quickly running out of energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, even uttering those words felt like hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon said, \"I see. That's all you know, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded, or at least tried to as his face moved only lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you want now? Another healing potion? Or… hehehe,\" The demon's voice was bone chilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found the energy deep within him and muttered. \"K.kill me… please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remembered the demon was the teenager from back then. The one he unknowingly crushed and sought pleasure in his misery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, he went from an unawakened to overpowering him in a mere year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what he had done, there was no way this demon would not make his life a hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 18 or 20-year-old Level 3 would soon reach a level much higher than him and that'd push his life, both professional and personal, into hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After living the life of a king for the past year, he didn't want to live as a slave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, the pain at the moment was also pushing him to the brink of insanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"K… ill me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shuaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge lightning bolt shot at the corpse and exploded it to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian didn't give a fuck and turned back to Boo. \"Dispose this room. I want to take a nice clean bath. This blood is disgusting me. Also, find their info.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian cleaned himself thrice as he calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Boo collected the information as asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Astor Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First Class. Only under Prime Families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head of the Astor Clan is an Intermediate General of Earth Army — at least Mid Level 9.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of their clan account for at least 10% of the high-ranking posts of Earth. They run the famous 'Sacred Halls', one of the leading training halls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are also rumored to have a close connection with a Sovereign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recent News:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their allies, Martin Clan, which specializes in medicine, had its secret formulae stolen. They were spread to its rivals and sold in the black market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martin Clan stands on the brink of a financial collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day after, it lost twenty Level 7s raiding a High Dungeon. It was a heavy blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another close ally, the Ganbold Clan, which specializes in mining rare minerals, also faced catastrophe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mines were destroyed by Shadow Order activists. The Level 8 Vice Family head was killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he browsed through the strange news, one article caught his interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Astor Clan's servants were killed in an accident. They are now looking for new servants. At least Level 2 to apply. If you perform well, you can join the clan and change your surname.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian snapped his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A\u002FN: Seeking constructive criticism. Please give a review of what you liked and disliked. I want to improve the quality of the story. Your help is needed. Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>",1583,"2026-06-06T07:58:11.287Z",1,"novelbin.me","34152bc4707f809f2e2ebb20ffc1decfb6ebd5f9191620d001a60ca3952b42f3","divine-path-system-chapter-174","divine-path-system-chapter-173",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]