Chapter 571: 571
While unexpected, it was still within expectations to meet Little Red so quickly down here in the Chaos Abyss .
After I "defeated" the powerful red dragon, the dark dwarves were astonished at how powerful the lizardmen faction had become . The dark dwarves now also relied on me even more .
Unfortunately, I was unable to find any top-level resources suitable for creating a holy sword . The dark dwarves instead had many dark resources for negative energy .
Still, this all made sense . It would be strange if the Chaos Abyss had top-level holy resources . It was only natural for dark resources to be plentiful here . Did I need to think about creating a different magic sword instead? But I also lacked top-level resources for all my magic swords . If I kept changing my path whenever I met with difficulty, that would be the same as constantly avoiding the problem .
"Haven't you prepared anything before? Most Myth ranks prepare for half their entire life in order to achieve the next power level . Shouldn't you also have many accumulated resources?"
"While I did obtain plenty of gold and other treasures back in the day, most of them are useless here . The true top-level resources need to be custom-selected when you have your Myth-ranked weapon's design blueprint, or even before then . For instance, look how Undead Lords slaughter entire cities in order to gather souls . The best resource for a holy sword will be the soul of a stubborn Holy Knight who's willing to sacrifice himself for his beliefs . These aren't resources that can be purchased or gathered easily . "
Harloys was supremely rich, which was why she probably didn't have a good understanding of how difficult it was for ordinary human individuals to power up .
"Not to mention, for more special Concepts, the requirements will also become special, such as the Traitor's Heart, Lust Lotus, and so on . Just the names alone should tell you that such items are difficult to obtain . Sometimes, you even have to create your own resources . If it wasn't for Adam's 'Undying Flame' Concept having especially high requirements, there would have been no need for us to fight the phoenix back then . That was by far one of the most difficult battles we had . "
I paused for a moment before continuing . Other factors could still be taken care of, but…
"The worst part is, I've learned far too many things…"
Harloys had a sudden realization . Perhaps this was the critical factor . Holy Light, ice, and death were all rather common Concepts . However, my time and energy would be limited . It would be impossible for me to gather enough top-level resources related to these Concepts .
Other people would focus on only one path for their entire life . Naturally, they would be able to fully concentrate on their chosen path, making it easier to gather that type of resource . However, I was walking down four paths simultaneously . While this was faster, I actually was unable to keep up with my power level progression . I had finally reached a bottleneck due to lacking top-level resources .
"How did you deal with the resource issue the last time that you achieved SemiGod rank?" Harloys inquired .
"Me? The greatest advantage of being an undead mage is that we'll never lack resources as long as we have some corpses . The Seven Original Sins were my Myth-ranked weapons . These Original Sins were also the Concepts themselves . They were all pieces of my soul . Although they were connected to me, they could have their own independent growth . Although I suppose I used a shortcut, this indeed allowed me to achieve SemiGod rank . "
The "weapon" Concept of Myth-ranked weapons was that they could be used offensively . However, this didn't mean that they needed to be actual physical weapons . A powerful enough magic containing a Concept would also be a Myth-ranked weapon . An entire Soul World that contained a Concept would naturally also count .
Harloys fell silent as she also understood .
"Undead Lords only need to kill others and harvest souls…"
Some things didn't need to be explained in detail . As the Seven Original Sins were also weapons, the resources used to create them were countless souls and corpses . Equivalent exchange was something that also applied to undead magic . The more willpower a soul had, the more outstanding it would be as a resource . But unless I was willing to personally create an even greater Undead Calamity than last time and kill countless people, I would still lack the resources to create something equal to my Seven Original Sins .
From a certain standpoint, at least in this world, the demon kings that came out to destroy the world for no apparent reason really did have at least somewhat of a motivation for causing all the death and destruction they did .
I was the most satisfied with my design for my death magic sword . Its theoretical attack power would be inconceivably strong, being the strongest of my four planned swords . However, I lacked so many top-level resources that I didn't even want to think about it .
My ice magic theoretical knowledge was the weakest out of my four Concepts . I hadn't even finalized my planned design for my ice magic sword . In the end, I would likely have to take shortcuts and focus more on practicality .
Although I had personally invented Law and understood it better than anyone, the related resources would actually be even more important because of how strong my foundation was in Law . I intended to make my Law magic sword into a core element of my physical abilities, making up for any previous inadequacies . The resources would have to be gathered from Sulfur Mountain City and Hell . I already requested relevant individuals there to help me, but this would still take quite some time .
My Holy Light sword had the clearest design plan . No matter if it was the theory or the resources I lacked, it was the sword closest to completion .
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