Cheat Awakening
Chapter 738 - 738. The Spirit

"Lord Husband, please be careful. What Ocea saw was probably one of their clan's many famous tamed monsters... A 'Dark Spirit.' Tsk, I can't believe he actually dares to tame such a troublesome thing. I heard that a Dark Spirit needs to feed on the user's mana or vitality in some special cases, and they are not good creatures."

"They are often considered omens of bad luck, as none of their tamers have had a good end. Only psychopaths who don't fear death would play with such a creepy creature that always drools over their master's life."

Sylphy shook her head, but there was a smile on her face. She felt that a bastard like Merlin indeed deserved this kind of pet, one that was willing to work for the greater good and couldn't wait to dispose of garbage like him.

A Spirit, huh? Isn't it said that Spirits are supposed to be a race created by the Gods, given the role of supplying Mana and maintaining balance in the world? Compared to Divine Beasts, although they fall behind and are nowhere near as powerful, they are still extremely rare existences.

I can understand that this bastard managed to tame one since the entire world is backing him, but what about his other clanmates? According to Sylphy, it seems there are quite a few in his clan who have tamed a Spirit? Myne thought with a frown, recalling what he knew about Spirits.

Normally, people can't see Spirits at all; the reason is quite similar to Divine Beasts. However, there are only 10 Divine Beasts in this world, but Spirits don't have this problem, and there are countless out there. It takes on a whole different meaning when saying that both of them "can't usually be seen by others."

Divine Beasts themselves don't want to be seen by others, and along with their strength, they are more than capable of vanishing from the face of the world for centuries without letting even a single person see their shadow.

Except for some special cases, like Myne's, for most humans, Divine Beasts have long ago become a myth, and for 90% of people, they don't exist at all.

Then, compared to Spirits, 'they can't be seen,' but if you look around, they definitely exist. This is obvious, as according to legend, their job is to spread Mana to this world, so they may be everywhere.

Then, why is it that people can't see them? Originally, it is said that races with low mana wouldn't be able to see them.' Taking the Human race as an example, the Human race originally had very low mana to begin with. Therefore, those who could see them are only a handful of people with special skills or those who have tamed them.

"But since, according to Fenrir, the World Tree is the main source of mana in the world, this means this legend of Spirits bringing and spreading mana to the world is definitely nonsense deliberately spread by someone, and over time it became popular."

"Also, my mana is by no means low, and I have hundreds of times more mana stored in my inventory than a normal human. How the hell can I still not be able to see this Spirit? Is this legend also meant to fool people? I think only people with special skills or those whom Spirits want to be seen by can see them," Myne muttered to himself. Only today did he realise that many of the legends he had listened to since childhood were actually pure nonsense and didn't match reality at all.

By the way, it's said that becoming an enemy of a Spirit is simply looking for death, and you will die for sure without making any resistance... Is that also true? After all, the most troublesome part about them is that they are made of pure mana, meaning physical attacks won't work on them, but what about magical attacks? They don't seem like something with good endurance.

Comparing them with Divine Beasts doesn't sound justifying. I wonder if Fenrir and others even know that they have such a big competitor fighting for their title of top race, and being God's favourite, since Ocea and Waffle didn't even know about Spirits and only called it a mass of mana, I doubt it. Otherwise, with Fenrir's temper, if she did, I think she would definitely look for trouble with them for spreading random nonsense.

Myne nodded with an understanding look and decided to inform her about this later. Anyway, he can't miss a good show of watching two of the world's rarest and oldest races fighting with each other.

Spirit... they shouldn't be different from ghosts, right? Thinking such, Myne used his Soul Eyes skill, which allows him to see ghosts.

As Ocea said, he finally saw a black mass of mana surrounding Merlin, occasionally sucking his mana to maintain its existence. There were also two illusory, creepy eyes in that black mana staring at him coldly.

"Eeuu, that's quite disgusting. He is literally inside that Spirit body. Although that is just a mass of mana, still... This guy is really a weirdo..."

Although Myne was thinking about the Dark Spirit and observing it, from another's perspective, he was looking at Merlin while making a disgusted expression, as if he saw a pile of shit on the road after hearing that he owned a Spirit, which instantly made Merlin's anger hit the top.

"You bastard, what are you looking at with those disgusting eyes? Do you want to die?" Merlin screamed in a loud voice, walking rapidly toward Myne. He snapped his fingers along the way, and a golden spear magically appeared in his hand.

There was a loud exclamation throughout the entire hall, as nobody had imagined that Merlin would actually take action.

But before bystanders could even be happy that they were about to watch a good show, or Gale and others could react and stop Merlin, a giant portal, about 3 meters tall, appeared in front of him.

Under his confused gaze, it moved forward with super-fast speed and devoured him and his brainwashed pet bird, before vanishing, leaving a small, empty area behind.

"Thankfully, it ended peacefully. I thought it was going to take some effort to get rid of him... Instead of overthinking, I should have done that much earlier..." Myne, seeing that the world's will didn't cause trouble for him just because he kicked out its beloved chosen one, breathed a sigh of relief.

But then he realised that the atmosphere had become a bit too silent, and everyone was staring at him. Raising an eyebrow with a frown, he brought them back to their senses by clapping his hands and speaking loudly.

"Alright, guys, the show's over! Go and enjoy the party; don't stare at us, there's nothing to see."

For commoners, Myne opening a portal and dealing with Merlin was just a cool trick, and they couldn't help but marvel at his skills. But for nobles, their faces obviously lost colour.

They finally understood how the royal family could come to this place without anyone knowing, and why they were treating Myne so seriously. This guy actually possessed teleportation skill, which is simply a dream skill for all people with authority and power. They could send their troops wherever they wanted, even into the heart of enemy territory, and win the battle in one fell swoop. How can they not treat him seriously?

After that, Myne suddenly felt he was being stared at by countless greedy eyes. When he looked around, he found that at least 30 or so noble ladies were showing extreme interest in him, and some bold ones even dared to wink at him and show their white, slender legs beneath their long skirts. Myne believed that if he were alone, there was a high possibility that he could do a lot of interesting things.

No wonder, in most drama and romantic novels, it was always a noble lady and a commoner man falling in love. Those b*tches are just too good at using their absolute advantage to fool innocents, Myne thought, nodding at those beautiful ladies with a smile, before shifting his focus back to Sylphy, who seemed to be saying something about dark spirits.

However, in his heart, he had already made the decision to visit those noble ladies later and make them his secret agents, so they could provide him with inside information about the noble circle. Otherwise, he would always feel insecure knowing there was a big group of people always planning something bad behind his back.

"Thankfully, we don't have to fight with that bastard, otherwise it would be a pain in the ass dealing with his Spirit. Although the problem of physical attacks not working on Spirits is a big deal, compared to that, its direct effect on the mental states of humans is more serious."

"You know, most people don't have any means to defend against mental attacks, even me, despite knowing about such a thing, never able to find any magical artefact or defensive equipment which can provide a mental defence. This is why most Spirits are so troublesome," Sylphy explained seriously, seeing Myne's confused expression.

"Mental attack? Isn't it the same as what those abyssal monsters and gods rely on to pollute everything? And I seem to have very good immunity against it because of my super high spirit attribute?"

Myne looked at his 215 points of spirit and didn't know whether to laugh or feel sad for the poor spirit race, knowing that their greatest attack method was completely useless against him.

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"Cough, cough, cough, damn you bastard, how dare you throw me down from thousands of meters height!" Merlin screamed angrily while spitting mouthfuls of leaves and dirt.

After he realised that he had fallen into Myne's trap, Merlin was already falling at a very high altitude. If not for the help of his pet Cynesuke, which, although she looked small, possessed quite a lot of power—at least enough to fly while carrying him—he would surely have become meat paste.

Although he didn't fear death because of his skill, which could revive him from death, he feared its after-effect, which was three times the pain from which he died, and that too for an entire minute. He simply didn't want to think what it would feel like to turn into meat paste, and that too with a three-times amplified effect.

"Just you wait, I will make your life worse than death, and will steal everything you hold dear, and will f*ck that arrogant princess slut right in front of you before feeding both of you to your own pets! Only that day will I feel relief," Merlin vowed with bloodshot eyes. Just then, Cynesuke, who went to survey the surroundings, came back in a hurry.

"Master, there is no danger around us, but I seem to have seen a hidden cave inside a creepy, dark, bottomless chasm, some distance from us, and according to your command, it perfectly matches the mysterious encounter you asked me to pay attention to."

"Ohh? It seems our luck hasn't abandoned us completely... Let's go take a look," Merlin got up from the ground while patting his buttocks. He first drank a mana potion, so he could be ready for any situation, before following Cynesuke toward that mysterious chasm.