SON OF THE HERO KING

Chapter 594--Chapter 595 7th Day

When Sol came back from his visit to the goddesses which honestly had come to a rather baffling end, a few more days went by as he finished all the spiritual preparation he had begun.

The girls clapped and cheered for Milia when he announced he formed a contract for her and even Clara seemed happy for her. Though Sol had been able to see a distinct sadness in her eyes.

This was something he would have to take care of after this war. After all, Sol was not blind. One would need to be denser than a black hole to not notice the affection Clara had for him or should he say obsession? Either way, it was true that she felt for him, and while Sol could not say that he loved her as much as the others close to him, Clara had become someone dear to him thanks to all the work she had been doing without asking for much in return.

Outside of Clara, his small discussion with the goddesses also opened his eyes to how he had been treating Pandora because of his guilt. This was something unforgivable and he did his best to remedy it by spending a little more time with her and having a heart-to-heart discussion.

It was sadly a short one as Sol had to start his training with Echidna but it was enough to lighten the situation slightly and make sure they had the chance to spend more one on one later. Sol did not know how his relationship with Pandora would continue but he would be damned if he didn’t try to make it work as this was the least he could do.

Outside of his relationship, Sol made sure to hire as many bards as possible and they were all under the control of Clara. Milia had joined him in his training because it seemed like she was also on the limit of transitioning into a King rank.

Her name seemed obscure still but the barrier that had been stopping her progress was no more.

This was a very much appreciated news. After all, one more king would make Lustburg stronger but he had to make sure to control her progress. He needed her to still be a Duke until he finished everything he had to do, which would thankfully not take long.

As for Clara, she was doing a great job and more legends about him were being spread all over the world. This had been something he had started since the moment he healed Lilith and soon he would reap the reward for this.

His spies were also observing Wratharis, as it was important to avoid being attacked while everyone believed in the Ceasefire. Lupus had yet to answer, so it seemed like the war would start again tomorrow.

Sol hoped Lupus would move the way he anticipated as only then would he be able to get the best of both worlds. He didn’t want to enter a killing spree if it was possible after all.

“Focus.”

Sol sighed and nodded as he felt two dainty hands on his back. On this new day, He sat cross-legged, eyes closed and in deep meditation.

Sitting behind him in maid clothes and with her hand against his back was Echidna. She had once again taken over Nuwa’s body. This was another point he needed to work on. He had been worried at first, wondering if the constant switch was affecting Nuwa negatively but it was completely the opposite. It seemed like Echidna’s soul was working like a sharpening stone and was making Nuwa’s soul sturdier.

“Don’t say I didn’t warn you if all your mana veins get tangled.”

“Sorry.”

Sol chuckled before releasing a sigh and focusing on the matter at hand. He had been working on the circulation of his energy and learning all the nodes he needed to follow. Even for someone like him with his powerful memory, it was a great amount of work. This made him all the more impressed with what Echidna studied. She was truly a genius of a different kind.

It didn’t take long for the two of them to become completely still, while the sun\'s light shone softly on them as they sat on green grass.

There was neither snow nor rain and one would have the feeling that they were in summer rather than winter.

This was Sol’s dimension and for once, it was neither bathed in monochromatic light nor a mirror to the real world. This was a space he was able to manipulate completely at will.

It was still very small, relatively speaking but he now had near absolute control over a hundred meters square in his dimension and could do more than simply inverting things.

Sol and Echidna were not the only ones present in this place. Surrounding them, all of them cross-legged and in meditation were Isis, Setsuna, Lilin, and finally — Milia.

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Although only dukes were present in the scene, the aura of power and the pressure that they were emanating would have been enough to make even some kings hesitate slightly.

This scene was only possible now because as long as they stayed in those hundred meters, Sol could protect all of them from the emotional inversion power of his dimension.

“Listen well, I will push a little bit of my mana into your body and you will follow the circulation closely. This will be the first time for me to have someone with all the seven gates opened so it will be slow but once the first circulation is done it will be up to you. You already memorized all the points, right?”

“Of course. 72000 nodes, 114 pathways, and 7 chakras. I have memorized them all.”

“Good.” She nodded and looked at the other girls. She could see the suspicions in their eyes and knew that if she made a mistake at this moment they would immediately incapacitate her. Her eyes lingered a little longer on Milia before taking her eyes away.

“Well, let’s start I guess. This will be fast.”

***

For some people, the body was akin to an entire universe. Filled with enigmatic treasures and seemingly endless.

Up to a few days ago, Sol had never really taken the time to observe and understand his own body despite the fact that it was one of his greatest weapons.

Now though, as he followed the flow of energy Echidna was transmitting to him, he realized his own ignorance and marveled at the beauty that was his body.

72000 nodes, 114 pathways, and 7 chakras. which translated to hundreds of thousands of combinations possible. Out of all of those combinations, many were wrong and would lead to death or destruction, while only a few would bring clear and positive results.

Sol remembered the notes Echidna had given him. She had created many derivative techniques that focused on the different chakra since most races only had a few of them open. The number of combinations was vastly inferior after all.

Some of the techniques she created could tremendously increase the dexterity of the user or they could increase their speed or strength. But when the seven chakras were open, things changed completely and the results were an all-around boost to all physical ability and an increase in physical attack resistance.

If Echidna\'s results were to be believed, it would be possible for someone with the seven chakras to grow with their physical body alone and without needing any enlightenment they would be able to reach the King or even the demigod rank in terms of pure power.

Of course, truthfully thinking such things seemed superfluous. After all, while having a powerful body was important, a powerful realm was even more so as the usage of laws became the main way of fighting.

Sol understood this more than anything as he had been able to manhandle Surtr and Nihil thanks to his superior control of the laws while he used his dimension.

It didn’t matter that Surtr was stronger than him. He was simply rendered helpless.

Since learning physical body enhancement was useless, few people dedicated themselves to this practice and Echidna could be said to be a true pioneer in the domain.

I feel warm.

The energy of Echidna was warm but at the same time extremely heavy. There was a hunger to it, an all-encompassing feeling similar to the hunger he had felt when he met Gula, the goddess of Gluttony.

“You should be able to use this power, right? Feel it and move it. Use your core to absorb the energy in your body and use the power of devouring to digest the purest essence.”

Sol did not bother answering and simply did as he was told. Indeed. His union with Milia had brought him quite a surprise. While he had not been able to obtain directly the power of Devouring from the contract itself and only obtained the power of Earth, he realized the startling fact that he was able to copy and use all the power and technique Milia had.

This went both ways as Milia had received many minor boosts to her physical prowess and even obtained resistance to magic that was similar to his Chaos Dragon body. Finally, even her shadow seemed to have become something akin to a Minor dimension and while she could not use skills such as dimension encroachment as the dimension itself was too small, she was able to keep things in it.

She called it the shadow dimension.

“I am about to take back my energy. Are you ready? Once the circulation starts, you cannot stop, you will have to expel all the impurities accumulated in your body and reach a perfect union between body and mind. I believe once you succeed you will become the best punching bag a King could dream to have. ”

Sol breathed deeply and relaxed while ignoring the Joke Echidna threw at him. Reaching the King level with his physical body would not make him strong enough to face the threats but it would certainly give him more confidence.

It seems like the path of being a cockroach and expert at survival is something I can never escape from.

He allowed himself one last laugh before his mind emptied and the flow of energy in his body became like a torrent rushing in his ears.

It did not take long for a complete map of his internal mana veins to appear in his mind as he followed the flow given by Echidna and as this flow slowly vanished, Sol replaced it with his own flow, slowly filling one node after another.

Ugh…

Sol groaned and the sweet taste of blood filled his throat. His energy thread was akin to a needle poking and piercing through everything on its way. Each opening brought an excruciating pain and the thought that he had to do it 71690 more times made him feel like he should stop.

Why does it have to be painful every time? For once couldn’t we get something sweet and easy?

Sol fought the urge to curse. Be it the first time when he grew his core or when he advanced his body with the dragon blood. Each and every time had felt like hell on earth and now it looked like he was on a new road trip to hell. One that was beyond anything that he had ever felt.

Thankfully, after all the beating Sol went through in his short but intense adventures, he had developed quite a high pain resistance and was able to go through the worst of this situation easily.

When the last node was connected and the cycle began anew, Sol knew that he had already done the greatest part of the work and now, he moved the energy and started sending it to his Chakra.