[Secondary Class – Shadow of the Devourer ability Devour has finished processing Fazil, Golden Dokkaebi Demon-kin. Follower of the Vice of Greed.]

[You have received the Focus Point – Greed in the Field of Sin!]

[You have received the ability Avaricious Potency Absorption. Avaricious Potency Absorption - Absorbs random levels from a random sub-stat from a target through touch, temporarily increasing the user’s sub-stat that was absorbed. The absorbed levels will decrease from the target while the user has them for a short period of time. Once timer is up, user will be left in a weakened state according to the sub-stat that was temporarily increased. Cooldown: 10 seconds. Mana Costs: N/A Range: single target. Spell Type: Non-Chant, channeled, touch.]

Before he could say or even react another set of notifications appeared making Liam stunned.

[Secondary Class – Shadow of the Devourer ability Devour has finished processing Calythtis, Succubus Demon-kin. Follower of the Vice of Lust.]

[You have received the Focus Point – Lust in the Field of Sin!]

[You have received the ability Passionate Caress. Passionate Caress – Weakens and relaxes a target’s body while placing the target’s mind into an almost pleasurable state while distracting them from the user’s touch that is slowly draining their health. Effects are only in effect and last while the user has a hand on the target. Once the hand has been removed from target draining of the health will stop immediately. The after effects of the relaxed body and pleasurable state of mind will last depending on how long the user held on to the target. Cooldown: 10 seconds. Mana Costs: N/A Range: single target. Spell Type: Non-Chant, channeled, touch.]

[Warning! You have more than one Focus Point active in a Field that only allows one Focus Point to be activated. Multiple Focus Points can not be deactivated or removed due to having an ability within each active Focus Point within the Field of Sins. To circumvent this, each Focus Point within the Field of Sins will only be allowed one ability. You also must keep the levels of each ability around the same level or the effects of the abilities when used will have diminishing results.]

Liam stared dumbfoundedly at each of the notifications he had received. If he were honest, he wasn’t entirely sure what he would get from devouring both Fazil and Calythtis back in the Toxo spider dungeon. He wasn’t sure he was going to get anything at all. However, he had and it was not only an ability from each of them, but a Focus Point in the Field of Sins as well. Something he wasn’t entirely sure he wanted to have since it would only spell trouble for him in the future.

Not only that, but the fact it mentioned he wasn’t supposed to have more than one Focus Point within the Field of Sin and that it would circumvent this by only allowing him one ability was confusing. Why was he able to get these, let alone have anything from the Field of Sin, if he wasn’t supposed to? Did his Devour ability really bypass all this?

[That Devour ability really is a scary thing. But I am glad my theory worked, and it produced the results I hoped it would. – Eri.]

Liam read the message from his Matron deity and was stunned. Narrowing his eyes he asked, You hoped this would happen? Why? Doesn’t me having this Field, Focus Points, and abilities cause a lot of issues? What’s going to happen when someone finds out that I have these? Those who aren’t a follower of that damn cult will think I am, and those crazy bastards will want to kill me on sight when they find out about this.

[If they find out, you mean. To be honest all you have to do with those in the Immoral Vice cult is kill them before they try to kill you. Also they won’t be able to sniff you out like back on Cashat Port. – Eri.]

Liam’s brows furrowed at that. What do you mean? What changed from then to now?

[You know have the appropriate Field of Study and Focus Point that Hubris Aura ability belongs to. I think the reason why they were driven mad was because you didn’t have those and they were able to sense the ability since it didn’t have a way to hide it. I don’t know the finer details since the whole thing isn’t under my nature, but i believe that’s how it works. – Eri.]

Not under your nature? Liam thought to himself. What the hell does that mean?

[Nothing you have to think about right now. For now all you need to know is that the gamble has paid off. – Eri.]

Gamble?! What gamble? Liam quickly questioned capitalizing on that small bit. He wasn’t sure what kind of gamble she was making, but he knew he sucked at gambling and if his life was on the line then he believed he would have lost a lot more than he would have gained if he was aware of it.

[Not the kind you’re probably thinking about. The gamble I was making was whether you would get more Sin related abilities since you used Devour on those two. And look…it worked out well in the end. Those two abilities will come in handy when you use them. Especially in the higher levels. – Eri.]

Speaking of which… Liam started to say as he formed the questions in his mind. How is this possible? I can understand having the Hubris Aura, but how is it possible I can have these other Focus Points and their abilities when the Field of Sins doesn’t allow you to have more than one? Can my Devour ability really bypass that block?

[I wouldn’t call it a block…more like a restriction placed on it due to how powerful the powers of the abilities from those Focus Points. Going off the three you have right now, they might just seem pretty strong right now, but what about when they reach higher levels? They will grow even stronger. As for the last questions, I am not entirely sure. – Eri.]

Liam thought about what she had just said. She was right that the three abilities he had from the three Focus Points in the Field of Sin did look pretty strong. One had an effect that could turn someone doubtful and meek. another could drain a target while making their bodies relax and their mind clouded, and the last could steal levels in a single sub-stat.

While the fact that abilities could grow in power as you leveled them wasn’t entirely new to Liam, it was the possibilities of how they could grow. For example, that last one could be very powerful if it could steal a lot of levels in multiple sub-stats. If he could do that then he could potentially cripple a target to the point they wouldn’t be able to defend themselves. Of course the ability has a bit of a backlash, but who was he to say if that went away after a while or not.

Liam shook his head. He was starting to see a small picture as to why the Field of Sins restricted anyone unlocking it to only one Focus Point. A Focus Point in a Field of Study allowed someone to gain abilities or skills related to that Focus Point. To prevent people from being too overpowered checks and balances were set in motion. The Field of Sins wasn’t the only example where a Field of Study was limited to only one Focus Point being unlocked. The Field of Forces was another example.

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What would happen if a person unlocked a second or all three of the Focus Points in that Field of Study? Liam didn’t have all the information on that field, but from what he understood it had to do with auras, life force, and physical force. If someone was able to unlock and work around a way where they could utilize all three they would grow exponentially.

The more Liam thought about this, the more he had to agree with Eri’s earlier statement about his Devour ability being scary. If he was able to unlock more Focus Points, regardless of whether it limits him to only one ability to a Focus Point or not in a Field of Study that restricted more than one Focus Point, just by devouring a target that had it…he could potentially grow stronger in ways that many would be fearful, jealous, envious, or all the above.

A sudden thought brought Liam out of his spiraling theories. With a frown, Liam asked, You were hoping I would be able to unlock more Focus Points and gain abilities related to them in the Field of Study…why?

[Are you really asking a question you already have the answer to? – Eri.]

Liam let out a sigh. She was right. He had the answer, but still felt compelled to ask it. Her response said all he needed to confirm what he already knew. Almost like she was waiting for him to say it, Liam whispered the words she had sent at the same time in a message, “Because it would create a lot of chaos when people found out.”

[Exactly. There is no better way to create chaos than to reveal you have a Field of study tied to a cult that you have no ties to. Add in a bit of flavor that is you have more than one Focus Point and a single ability to those Focus Points…ah I can just feel my nature stirring just thinking about it. – Eri.]

Once more, Liam let out a sigh as he shook his head. I think I feel a headache stirring more than anything.

[Why do you say that? – Eri.]

I say that because once it gets out that I have that, I will have not only the Seven Immoral Vices after me, but those who are strongly against them after my life as well. Liam stated.

[Well yeah. That’s where the best chaos will be created. After they find out they will send people after your life and since you are my Champion you will escape every attempt they try to make, which in turn will create more chaos. I see no issue here. – Eri.]

I love the confidence you have in me, but did you forget I am still low in levels? Liam countered. I can’t exactly fight or try to run away from stronger opponents. My fight against those Demon-kins back on Cashat Port was only possible due to favorable circumstances since the final Wave Boss of that dungeon wasn’t killed and they had tortured it enough for it to focus on them majority of the fight.

[But you still won and killed the final Wave Boss of that dungeon…I know you are still growing in power which is why I’m not having you run off into the sunset stirring people left and right. After you have acquire adequate amount of power I will have you reveal your true powers in a way that so much chaos will be powering in to me, I wont know what to do with it. – Eri.]

Liam slightly chuckled before a yawn escaped his lips. The sudden appearance of the notifications and what they brought with them had made him forget he was on his way to falling asleep. Now that his excitement and worries were somewhat quelled, sleep was trying once more to claim him.

[Get some rest my worry wort champion. You need to be in top condition tomorrow so you can get started on leveling up your new abilities and get strong enough to spread my nature across the world! Hahahaha. – Eri.]

Liam shook his head once more as a small grin formed on his face while laying his head down. He closed his eyes as he felt the sweet call of dreamland urging him forward. Before completely falling asleep he muttered softly, “Goodnight my chaotic and psychotic Matron goddess.”

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Eri laughed a bit to herself as she stared through the liquid. She had heard that last bit her champion had said and found it amusing. While in the past she would have killed anyone who would have called her psychotic, she felt no ill intent by his words. No, what she felt was something akin to how she acted, playful and teasing.

That bit of humor slowly died out as she thought back to what Liam had received. While she had told him she was gambling, she hadn’t really told him the full extent on the gamble and the theory she had made the gamble on. The theory was based on his ability to use Devour on people and that it could give him Focus Points, Fields of Study, and abilities. The gamble she had made was that the root that belonged to the Field of Sins wouldn’t have a negative reaction. Thus she had gambled on his potential, his growth, and even his life not being destroyed.

There was a lot of things Liam didn’t know about when it came to the seeds. Why they were called seeds, why they were planted within people, and why there was something called a Mystical Landscape? There were other major things that revolved around the topic of Seeds, but everything was all too much for them to really think about right now as they were both growing and learning about the world.

In this world it was common for people to learn when they reached the appropriate level or power. It was all about timing. With Liam and his group, however, timing wasn’t always right since he found ways to learn what he needed to wait to learn or gain it through means he still didn’t understand. The major culprit behind that was his Devour ability from his Shadow of the Devourer class.

That single ability is not only allowing him to gain things he shouldn’t be able to have, but it was also making him grow in ways many wouldn’t believe possible. The fact that he was able to gain a Sin Focus Point ability and not have both the Field of Study and the Focus Point was a testament to that. Having that ability without either of the two was actually a lot more harmful than he realized.

Having an ability that activated without his intent would have landed him in more trouble than he would have wanted. She also didn’t want that for him since she needed him alive. That’s why she was thankful and confused that he had received the Field of Study and Focus Point when he accepted the Level Two Gifts of Chaos.

While even she wouldn’t know what he would have gotten, she was hoping he would have gotten something to help with that. She never had expected him to receive the two since he was not a follower of that cult, but it seemed like her nature was true to its core. For what better way was there to create Chaos than to have received the Field of Study and the Focus Point while not being a Demon-kin and a follower of the Seven Immoral Vices.

After seeing him receive that she had believed his problems would be solved, however, there was a nagging question that kept forming in the back of her mind the more she watched him and the Demon-kins during his fight in the Decaying Land Entrance of the Toxo Catacombs…What would happen if he devoured more followers of the Seven Immoral Vices? Specifically, what would happen if he devoured followers of the different Focus Points?

Back in the olden days, if one tried to attempt unlocking another Focus Point in Field of Study that restricted you from it, you would suffer major consequences. Now adays, a notification would appear telling you, you couldn’t do it. She thought that was stupid. She had plenty of entertainment watching people suffer from being too greedy.

Albeit, since the ability Devour was still a mystery her curiosity was great, and she wanted to know what would happen if he tried. The results…he was successful where many failed. The consequences…a restriction on how many abilities he would get in those Focus Points. The best outcome she could ask for.

Seeing the results made her wonder if the others had tried this out yet. Especially her sister. Even though she told Liam she had no idea about the finer details since it wasn’t in her nature, she failed to mention who’s nature that exactly was. She shrugged. It was details he didn’t need to know yet.

Now that she had gotten the answers she wanted she needed to plan out what else he should get that would help create the best chaos he could make. Gaining more Focus Points and abilities in the Field of Sins was a great starting point, but there were other Fields of Studies, Focus Points, and abilities he could get that could possibly make the biggest wave of chaos…like maybe gaining ones from the other eleven?

Eri shook her head. That was too much, even for her to hope for. She may have succeeded with her gamble here right now, that didn’t mean she would win that gamble…at least not yet. She needed him to grow stronger and sturdier. She also needed him to gain more knowledge. Oh well, one thing at time.

Eri looked at the surroundings near Liam’s camp area. She noticed something interesting as she stared at the ground. A smile slowly grew on her face as she recognized what was happening. Ideas and plans formulating in her mind as she silently muttered, “Speaking of the other eleven. I didn’t expect you to run into the next so soon. Maybe you can get another fruitful encounter out of this.”

Eri sat down on her stone hard bed and let her mind work the possible ways this could go. There was a chance for chaos to be made if Liam played his cards right. However, with that Naro guy there it could be a bit hard for him to go off on his own and do what she would like him to do. Oh well, she will just have to wait and see how this played out. She grinned widely looking forward to the scene about to go down.