Chapter 404 - 296: You Two Seem to Have Too Much Human Nature

Chapter 404: Chapter 296: You Two Seem to Have Too Much Human Nature

The experiment was a failure, but Mephisto was surprisingly pleased. After the Divine Fragment merged into his body, it had transformed directly into Power of Faith!

The amount was small, but it was genuine Power of Faith—the kind that could be used to convert and enhance Followers!

How could this not make him happy?

Creating Divine Fragments was much easier than gathering Power of Faith!

Besides, in Mephisto’s eyes, this wasn’t really a failure. A bold idea had taken root in his mind—’Could this... be something the Divine Master developed specifically for us?’

It was a very bold thought, but it seemed to be confirmed when the Divine Fragment merged directly with him, replenishing the Power of Faith in his body!

’Just as I thought! The Divine Master really does care about us!’

Isaac, who was frowning in thought, looked at the inexplicably grinning Mephisto. He tilted his head, a puzzled expression on his face. ’Dude, my experiment failed. Why are you so excited? Is your Human Nature a little too strong?’

After asking a few questions, Isaac learned the reason from Mephisto and was rather surprised. ’This thing has that kind of effect?’

A moment’s thought, however, and Isaac found it logical. Divine Fragments could serve as sustenance for a Deity’s advancement, but it was the same old story: the mechanism was there, but the numbers didn’t add up. Forget about real Deities; even the current Shushu didn’t think much of them anymore, treating them as just a tasty snack.

But just because they were useless to true Deities and Divine Species didn’t mean they were useless to Virtual Deities. Since they weren’t true Deities, their power couldn’t advance any further. Any Power of Faith they absorbed could only be stored up and used for converting and enhancing Followers.

The Power of Faith provided by the Divine Fragments was small, but it was enough for converting Followers!

According to Mephisto’s estimate, about ten thousand of the Divine Fragments like the one just made could convert a single Tier One Follower!

Ten thousand might sound like a lot, but remember that Isaac had only used a single piece of Tier One Demon Flesh—not even Flesh Essence, just ordinary Demon Flesh. For reference, it takes killing seven or eight Tier One Demons to gather the power for a single Tier One Follower.

That was a bargain of heavenly proportions!

’So there was an unexpected benefit after all...’

Isaac stroked his chin. Although the experiment was still a failure, he supposed this counted as a gain.

Besides, it wasn’t a complete failure. It was just another wrong option eliminated. One gets used to this sort of thing.

As he thought, Isaac took out an eye burning with bloody flames and said, "You can handle the Divine Fragment matter yourselves. But remember, be cautious in everything you do. The same goes for using the energy from Divine Fragments to enhance Followers."

"Yes, Divine Master!"

Hearing this, Mephisto’s smile vanished, and he nodded seriously.

"Here, try again. This time, don’t use your Divine Power. Use what’s inside this Divinity." Isaac handed the Evil Eye and a new piece of Demon Flesh to Mephisto.

’Since the Divine Fragment could merge with Mephisto, it means the Master of Blood’s Divine Authority wasn’t what affected the flesh. The problem must be with the Divine Power!’

’A Divine Fragment forged with a Virtual Deity’s Divine Power is from the same source as the Virtual Divinity itself. That’s why the two merged so quickly.’

’The solution is simple: just use a "dead" Virtual Divinity.’

’A Divinity is different from a Deity. Well, it should be different.’

On the other side, Mephisto paused for a moment upon hearing Isaac’s words, then he realized the truth. ’This thing probably wasn’t developed specifically for us; it just happened to work...’

For a moment, Mephisto’s cheeks grew hot with embarrassment. But aside from that, he felt nothing else. He was a content person.

At least for now.

Mephisto took the Virtual Divinity and the Demon Flesh. After a brief moment of contemplation, he drew out the Divine Power from within the Evil Eye and infused it into the chunk of flesh.

A strange, web-like pattern began to spread across the surface of the Demon Flesh. A moment later, the eerie glow of Divine Power flashed and vanished, leaving a gray Divine Fragment resting quietly in Mephisto’s hand.

Seeing this, Isaac couldn’t help but smile. ’It worked.’

It was a good thing he still had one Virtual Divinity left, otherwise the "Deity production line" plan would have been delayed.

"It was a success?"

"Yes, it worked." Isaac nodded with a smile, taking the Virtual Divinity and the Divine Fragment from Mephisto’s hand. "You can give the method for creating Divine Fragments to the Fighting God. It’ll be faster with the two of you working together. After that, get ready. In two months, you can try to conquer the lowest level of the Underground Palace! I’ll find you a helper when the time comes."

Mephisto was stunned for a moment, then he nodded without a word. Logically speaking, given the current development of the Underground Palace City, they shouldn’t be touching the lowest level of the Underground Palace. After all, it wouldn’t go out of control even if they left it alone.

On the contrary, rushing in rashly could get them killed.

For the Underground Palace City in its current state, it wasn’t worth the risk. The two of them were the hope of the Human Race!

’We can’t just live for ourselves.’

But there was nothing to be done. Who could say no when it was Isaac’s suggestion?

Besides, he believed the Divine Master wouldn’t let them just die in there!

Though he hadn’t spent much time with the Divine Master, that’s what Mephisto’s intuition told him.

After giving his instructions to Mephisto, Isaac returned to the basement. With a flash of blood-red light, the figure of the Master of Blood appeared. Isaac handed the Evil Eye Virtual Divinity and a batch of Demon Flesh to it, then walked to the side to begin his own research.