“How did that chicken reach such a high level?! It has even surpassed its potential level!” Cedric spoke in disbelief while thinking, ‘Although it has mutated because of Negative Energy, it is still a damn chicken! Just how does it do that?!’

He scratched his head while activating Past Observation on the area around that chicken.

After checking the event that happened around that area for the past few months, Cedric found out that chicken is actually a normal chicken at first.

It is so normal that if you placed it on a group of chickens, it would be impossible to pick that specific chicken.

But on a certain afternoon. While walking around with several other chickens, a group of hunters from River Stone city arrived and killed all the chickens in that group except for the one that would later turn into a demonic chicken.

After traversing the land for a long time, while almost on the verge of death due to being hunted by many powerful animals. That chicken arrived at the place where Lacius and Gratian had previously fought.

Surrounding the chicken, Cedric could see the black smoke like Negative Energy had appeared. At this time, the density and range of NE are much smaller than the one he saw at the present time.

When the chicken arrived on the battlefield, Cedric could see the smoke like Negative Energy begin to gather toward it.

With NE entering its body, that chicken can be seen growing bigger at an alarming speed.

The chicken that’s initially only around fifty centimeters quickly rose in height until it reached one and a half meters before stopping.

Then, several eyes began to appear on its body, while its fur began to turn purplish.

With its newfound power, that chicken went to fight against other animals in the area.

After continuously killing other animals and the occasional human hunters, it slowly grew and even seems to evolve. Next to its normal beak. Another slightly smaller beak grew.

When the chicken sensed its evolution, it seemed to go manic and begin killing the surrounding creatures at a higher rate.

Seeing the scene is quite unimportant, Cedric fast forwarded it before stopping when a change has occurred.

One day, while that chicken was happily hunting and torturing creatures, a hundred person troop arrived.

At this time, the chicken already has considerable strength. It’s even capable of spitting flames and poisons from its beaks.

So, the instant that chicken and the army met, they instantly fought a bloodied battle.

After a protracted battle which resulted in most of its eyes going blind while some bald spot spears on its body. It finally won against that human army and killed half of them.

Although it was still heavily injured, it chased the remaining soldiers until they entered a cave with a dead end. Seeing those soldiers trapped, the chicken stopped its chase and guarded outside of the cave mouth.

Cedric curiously watches what it is trying to do while fast forwarding the scene when it is recuperating from the battle.

Soon, the chicken’s injury began to heal, and it entered the cave where those humans hid.

Upon entering, that chicken immediately stared at a soldier and pecked one of his limbs. It repeated the action of pecking at the soldier’s limb before finally swallowing him when that man had died.

Seeing the fear and panic on the surrounding soldiers, that chicken left in satisfaction.

Then Cedric continued to watch and saw a shocking scene. That scene is fucked up enough to make him curse several times.

That chicken continued to visit that cave every day. Every time it arrives, it will throw several games it has hunted toward the soldiers. The food is just good enough to keep the soldiers alive, but make them weak enough to cannot escape.

But that’s not all. Every three to seven days, it will peck a random soldier to their death.

Under the hunger and stress where they will randomly be killed, those soldiers begin to exude an aura of despair and hopelessness.

Seeing it, Cedric frowned. Not only because of the chicken’s cruelty. But also because every time a soldier died, Cedric could see the smoke like Negative Energy around the place turn slightly thicker. The increase is miniscule, but it still increases nevertheless!

Furthermore, every time a soldier is killed, some of the NE they generated will go toward the chicken.

He guessed that might be the reason that chicken could increase its level so quickly and surpass its potential level.

So, while feeling a bit nauseous from the scene he saw, Cedric controlled his Past Observation and fast forwarded the time.

After more than a month, he saw an army consisting of three hundred soldiers led by several blessed had scoured the area. But, every time that chicken saw the massive army, it immediately ran toward the cave where the soldiers gathered while attacking them.

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The less than fifty soldiers inside that cave couldn’t fight that chicken and were forced deeper into the cave. It makes them miss the opportunity to be saved by the much bigger army.

Unfortunately, those three hundred strong armies only checked the area for several days before returning due to a lack of ration.

A few days after they left, Cedric saw the chicken checking its surroundings before returning to its usual routine.

As the chicken spent the remaining time following its routine, Cedric kept on fast-forwarding it and skimmed through the scene. At last, the scene arrived at the current time.

Cedric turned off his Past Observation ability and mulled, “Is it actually ‘farming’? It kept those soldiers in captivity to make them constantly generate Negative Energy to strengthen it? “

“Luckily, after gaining its third beak six months ago, that chicken has stopped evolving.” Although he said so, Cedric is still extremely concerned about that chicken. Especially after he learned of its intellect.

“For some reason, its current area of movement remained around the area enveloped by Negative Energy. But, once it somehow found the River Stone City, it will definitely cause a bloodbath!” Cedric clutched his fist when he thought of the amount of NE that would be created when that happened.

The System suddenly chimed in at this time.

[If the amount of NE is somehow greatly increased, the time left until the demon king is born will be shortened. Furthermore, the demon king’s strength will be increased.

Note: the NE that chicken has generated is enough to advance the demon king’s birth by around three months.]

“Damn, I couldn’t underestimate the trouble caused by this chicken at all! I need to quickly make a move before it becomes stronger before the situation gets out of hand!” Cedric muttered while reaching toward a nearby table and quickly grabbed [Divine Intervention: Dream].

After grabbing the octahedron shape [Divine Intervention: Dream], he prepared to activate it and pull Lacius and Yuma to meet him.

But when Cedric saw the amount of energy in [Divine Intervention: Dream] he thought of something and stopped.

He previously bought [Divine Intervention: Dream] because he wished to show his existence to the inhabitants of Crystal Cube world. After all, if Cedric hasn’t shown his power, those people might not follow his word and his plan will be disrupted.

But now, the situation differs. Whether it is in the elven race, dwarven race, or the human race, there are already several people who know of his existence as the creator of the Crystal Cube world. That means, he could choose a cheaper alternative to communicate with them.

This makes him recall the three options the System has recommended to him before.

So Cedric decided to ask the System a question. “Hey, system. Is using [Divine Intervention: Word] more cost effective than [Divine Intervention: Dream] if I want to communicate with the creatures in the Crystal Cube world?”

[Yes, as long as you didn’t send too many images. If you need to send a lot of images, purchasing another type of Divine Intervention item or using Divine Intervention: Dream is recommended.]

Although the System’s answer is quite short, it helped Cedric make up his mind. So, he opened the store section and selected [Divine Intervention: Word].

[Level 5 Consumable Divine Item, Divine Intervention: Word.

Cost: 50 GP

Details: Send a screen or vision containing words you wish to send. The amount of words that can be sent is limited. Can be used repeatedly as long as the word limit hasn’t been reached. The words are written using Divine Language, the language of god, which can be understood by every intelligent being. It is possible to add images by spending more of the item’s power. The higher level the user and target is, the more energy is consumed per word.]

He clicked purchase and an octahedron crystal appeared in his hand. This time, the crystal has a beautiful dark blue color.

“Another octahedron crystal?” Cedric rolled his eyes and thought. ‘Well, at least the color has changed.’

He then prepared to close the store screen when a new screen appeared.

[Because you’ve purchased Divine Intervention: Word, would you like to purchase Basic System Screen? Using Basic System Screen will increase the cost effectiveness of Divine Intervention: Word.]

Cedric’s mind went blank when he saw the new screen.

“What’s this? A pop-up ad?” He ridiculed.

Nevertheless, he couldn’t stop his curiosity and checked the Basic System Screen mentioned in the ads.

[Level 1 Consumable Divine Item, Basic System Screen.

Cost: 100 GP

Details: Create a screen that shows the user’s current level, sub level, percentage until reaching the peak of certain sub level, and potential level. Upon the death of its designated user, the screen will disappear.

As it is a system screen that has been crafted with specialized technique. It can be used in conjunction with some Divine Intervention to decrease the cost of Divine Interventions by using the system screen as a medium.

How to use: shatter the crystal and control the energy within using the user’s mental power. Then, send the energy within the crystal toward a target. That target will be the designated user of the system screen and could check their status from there on.

Note: Divine Items that can be used in junction with the Basic System Screen to decrease their energy cost are:

Divine Intervention: Word

Divine Intervention: Images

Divine Intervention: Scenario

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After reading the longest item description he has seen before, Cedric asked the system." Why is this [Basic System Screen] so expensive? Also, how much energy can I save by using this thing?"

[The Basic System Screen is expensive because it can be counted as a pseudo permanent item. It can be used for an infinite amount of time until the system’s designated user died.]

[When using Divine Intervention: Word to someone who has been granted with Basic System Screen, the energy spent will be five times lower compared to sending a message to people without Basic System Screen.]

“Five times?” After some basic calculation, Cedric begins to contemplate whether to purchase it.

The [Basic System Screen] could only be used on one person. That means, when talking to other creatures who don’t have a [Basic System Screen], it will consume [Divine Intervention: Word]’s energy at normal speed.

But the promise of decreasing the cost by five times is incredibly tempting for Cedric. It means he would have a means to communicate with a person for an extremely cheap price.

[That’s right, by purchasing the Basic System Screen, you could meddle in your world more often! With the situation your world is currently in, you could attach the Basic System Screen on someone with high status and give them important information!]

Hearing the System kept on tempting him to buy this thing, Cedric connected the product’s name with the System. “Wait a moment, is this thing your product?”

[Tee-hee :D]

Cederic stared at the emoticon the System had sent and rolled his eyes. Then, he weighed the pros and cons before sighing, “Whatever, I blame my impulse buying instinct suddenly kicking.”

He spent 100 GP and purchased the Basic System Screen while complaining. ‘I think I might go bankrupt and die if this goes on.’

[No worries, you won’t regret this purchase as long as you use it on the correct person.]

[Also, once your world leveled up and reached level 2, it can easily generate around 1-10 GP annually. At that time, 100 GP can be gathered in 10 years. So, you won’t go bankrupt that easily.]