Child of Destiny

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Uno squinted his eyes as observed the person who just arrived. They had handsome features, especially with those long purple hair. They also had this noble and domineering air that could suppress anyone in the surroundings. Their presence was so strong that made those around him feel insignificant.

But that was not the only reason why Uno was wary of them, but because of the abilities of this person that he could sense through his unusual senses as a special alter ego of Shin.

As someone or something that had been born from Shin's fear along with the fragment of the Seed of Hatred, the Divinity Grade Mental Energy, and the Primal Demonic Powers, Uno gained quite a few special abilities.

Setting aside the talents that had been divided from Shin's original talents, Uno had also formed a few abilities after combining them with the talents that he inherited from Shin.

Right at this point, through his special eyes, he was able to see something unusual from the other party.

"You-… you are a Savant," said Uno with a somewhat solemn tone.

They were people who demonstrated exceptional aptitude in a certain domain such as art, mathematics, sciences, and others. However, people who had these abilities had a significant social or intellectual impairment.

They were naturally gifted in areas that concerned memory, arithmetic, music, and spatial skills like visualization.

These people had a rare condition called savant syndrome, thus they were called in this era 'Savants'.

But despite their unrivaled talent in a certain area, they were only limited to those areas and could not perform well in the other disciplines.

In this era where multiple disciplines such as Martial Arts, Mentalism, and Swordsmanship dominated the world, these Savants were somewhat in a strange position.

They could either be strong and unrivaled or useless due to the limits that they possessed.

Savants of this era were those who could be considered as another form of 'Son of Heaven' since they were existence capable of breaking the mortal limits of their abilities.

Whether it was issues of stamina, limits of concentration, or lack of mental strength, they did not have to worry about any of these. It was not because of their being talented in these areas, but rather because the 'Force of Nature' was naturally fueling their bodies and every action.

If those people with unrivaled talents still needed to comprehend the 'Force of Nature' and turn them into unique energies dedicated to their respective disciplines, Savants did not need such a thing as they could just use the 'Force of Nature' as they please.

Whether they wanted to form an 'Internal Qi' and turn them into their 'Natural Force' or nurture their 'Mental Energy' and create their 'Spiritual Force' or hone their 'Sword Qi' and transform it into 'Sword Force', everything could follow their will.

They were naturally blessed by Heaven with unrivaled abilities that the other people could only hope for.

However, they were still limited to a single form of energy that they could major in while the rest were already outside their abilities. But they possessed absolute control over that particular energy that they had chosen.

But despite possessing such talents that could make the 'Force of Nature' obey them, they could only be good in one particular field or task.

Outside their abilities of naturally controlling the energies around them, they were unable to learn other things such as practicing the major disciplines of the current era such as Martial Arts, Mentalism, or Swordsmanship.

But with their powerful and absolute control over energies, did they still need such supplementary strengths?

But there was also an exemption to all of this-…

"You are not the typical Savant either," continued Uno as he further squinted his eyes. "But there is something wrong with your soul."

He paused for a moment as tried to put his thoughts in words before adding. "It is fragmented?"

Listening to the words that Uno had said, the other could not help but smile. In return, he also evaluated Uno. "You are not an ordinary existence either-… a very peculiar one on top of that."

"You are neither a Demon nor Spirit, but you possess unique thoughts and personality," he added as he commented. "A very peculiar one indeed."

Uno shrugged his shoulders before turning to the cave behind him. He slightly raised his brows behind the mask before turning back to the other person. "I want to continue this discussion, but it seems like I am already out of time."

Hearing that, the other person smiled. "Do you believe that you can leave this place when I am here?"

Uno looked at the other party skeptically before sneering. "Are you telling me that you are going to stop me? You? A mere fragment? Come back again when you merge with your original host."

The other person smiled even wider when heard that. "You want to fight 'us?' Are you sure about that? I don't think you will stand a change when that time comes."

Uno could not help but laugh out loud when heard those words. "It seems like you are telling me that you will become the 'Limitless Savant' of the legends once you merge with your original host."

"Or are you telling me that there are multiple of you who carry a fragment of your soul? What kind of immoral experiment are you people doing in the real world to achieve such a feat?"

He then paused as his lips curved into a smile behind the mask. "A Limitless Savant, huh? Interesting."

Swoosh!

Shadows moved toward Uno as he stepped into the darkness of the night, disappearing to the sight.

At the same time, his voice reverberated in the forest. "Let's meet again next time and see which one is stronger-…"

"…-a Savant without any limit or restrictions or 'our' perfected vessel and unified 'selves'."

His presence disappeared along with the receding echo of his voice.

It was at this moment when Amon and Paimon were finally able to pick themselves from the ground and stand up.

They then forced themselves to walk toward the person, who was converging with Uno earlier, before bowing respectfully. "We greet the great leader."

As for Belphegor, he was too lazy to move right now, so he stayed on the ground and continued to sleep.

The other person, or more especially Lucifer – the Pride Devil, the leader of the Pandemonium Descendants, and the strongest member of the Pandemonium Troupe – merely nodded his head to acknowledge their existence.

He swept his eyes at the surroundings along with a special technique that seemed to be able to see what transpired in this place through the traces left behind by the previous battle.

It took him quite a while to 'watch' everything before smiling. "He is not all talk after all. Quite capable indeed. And he is even using you as a training dummy to adjust himself with his 'body'."

Paimon waited for a couple of moments before forcing himself to ask. "Are we going to let him leave just like this? He sabotaged the ceremony and even captured quite a few nobles who became the believers of our church. It is going to be a little troublesome if he reported us to the Council of the Righteous Churches."

"Heh! What can we do when your incompetence leads us to this situation?" sneered Lucifer.

He then paused for a moment and stared at the spot where Uno disappeared before continuing. "But he is also right. I can't stop him by 'myself'. 'We' at least need half of 'us' before 'we' can stand a chance against him."

Amon and Paimon exchanged glances in shock when they heard those words. They were aware that Lucifer was not talking about the members of the Pandemonium Troupe when he used 'us' and 'we', but something else.

But for their powerful leader to have such a very high evaluation for Uno, proved how powerful the person they had fought earlier.

Lucifer ignored their reaction and brushed past them, walking toward the back. "Let's go. We have a lot of things to prepare for the upcoming war."

"Now that we have another variable that we have to look out for, things are going to be a little more troublesome-… or interesting." He added as he disappeared into the cave.

Amon and Paimon glanced at each other once before following their leader. But before taking more than two steps, the former suddenly remembered something before turning to Belphegor, who was still sleeping sound.

Clicking his tongue, Amon was forced to pick up the Sloth Devil as this lazy guy refused to wake up no matter how much he kicked.

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At the same time, right outside the sealed territory, Uno suddenly emerged from the darkness.

He then released the 'Elemental Spirit Possession: Yasha Transformation' that he had used to leave the scene earlier before turning his head back. "Shattering the soul of a savant and putting each fragment in a different host, huh?"

"Things that people will do for power sure are unbelievable. Human greed sure is limitless."

After that, he turned around and walked away.

This time, his destination was the Storm Empire, so that he could complete the annoying quest of Shin and be free to do what he wanted.

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