Anomaly: Birth of the Strangest Demon Lord-Chapter 40: Absorbing Flames

"Young Lord, the total is two million, six hundred two thousand and five hundred gold coins."

The middle-aged man had packed everything inside a ring.

This ring was called ’Void Ring’. It could be used to store anything that didn’t require breathing to survive.

Fire did require oxygen to burn, but this was a different kind of fire.

They burn on mana. As long as mana was present within the void Race, they wouldn’t get extinguished.

Alan simply swiped his card, and the transaction was done.

Although it was a large transaction, the black card was made just for such large transactions. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

After getting his things, Alan left with Mia.

"Sir, do you know why he bought so many fires?" One of the staff whispered near the middle-aged man.

"How would I know? I am just a little person chosen to manage this treasury."

The middle-aged man shrugged his shoulders.

"But it must be something he got from the Blood of the Demon God."

Hearing this, there was a strange gleam in the eyes of the staff, but it quickly disappeared.

Several minutes later, he walked into an empty room where he took out a phone and dialed a number.

"What happened?"

"Sir, I have received information about Alan Diablo. It has been confirmed that he is capable of awakening through the blood of the Demon God."

"He has even purchased a large number of fires."

The staff whispered.

"Do you think you have a chance of taking him down?" The voice continued.

"Sir, I just checked his current situation. He had a conflict with his cousin, and others started ignoring him."

"This might just be the perfect time to strike. I have the strength to deal with his maid."

The staff replied.

"Don’t underestimate her! Although we’re not exactly sure of her strength, it shouldn’t be low, as she had killed many assassins."

The voice sounded in a solemn tone.

"Yes, sir!"

.............

During this time, Alan and Mia had returned to his room.

"It seems like they want to keep ignoring us." Alan muttered.

"This is too much. It was not your fault that he challenged you." Mia angrily snorted.

"It’s okay, Mia. It’s better to have no interaction with them. I don’t need these people. I need loyal guards and friends, understand?"

Alan replied.

Mia shook her head and said.

"Sir, we can’t find a single loyal guard. Everyone used to look down on you before. And now, this is the situation."

Hearing this, Alan showed a strong smile and said.

"Mia, you have to believe in something. There are no eternal enemies. Today’s enemy can become tomorrow’s friend."

"So, we don’t have to find these people between us. Do you understand what I mean?"

Clack!

He said as he closed the door and walked into his room.

Mia’s eyes widened as she spoke.

"But, Young Lord, this would enrage other people, especially the ones from our clan."

"I don’t care."

Alan waved his hand.

"For me, the only people that I can care about in this world are you and Dad. Between you and Dad, I will choose you. Not because I love you more than him."

"But because you can give up everything for me, but he can’t."

Hearing his words, Mia suddenly lowered her head as she fiercely blushed and covered her face.

"Young Lord, you can’t confess out of nowhere."

Seeing this, Alan was surprised but soon burst into laughter.

"Hehehe! You are so cute, Mia."

He raised her head and kissed her lips.

Mia’s eyes widened before she started enjoying herself in the kiss.

Their kiss lasted for a minute before they stopped.

Although Alan wanted to go forward with her, he stopped himself.

"Young Lord!"

Mia blushed and lowered her head.

Feeling the sweetness in her lips, she was extremely happy.

Seeing her like this, Alan smiled and patted her head.

Before this, he was almost similar to Mia in height, but now, he was much taller than her.

"Alright, I am gonna absorb those flames."

Alan said before walking to his bed. He sat on his bed and closed his eyes.

Then, he released his mental energy into the Void Ring.

He directly went to find those five flames, but he took them out one by one.

While he was taking out, he was also eating them.

Of course, he wouldn’t eat these flames without any safety measures. These were powerful fires, and they could easily burn him.

So, he had placed Phoenix Fire on his mouth to simulate the feeling of devouring those flames by eating them.

When the Phoenix Fire devoured the first flame, it got some information about the first flame

It was called ’Violet Lion Flame’.

It was a fire of a monster beast, ’Violet Lion’. This flame had a temperature of one hundred degrees in a normal situation and could go up to one thousand degrees.

Except for being hot, it didn’t have any other features. So, after devouring it, he quickly devoured the second one.

The second fire was also similar, but it had one special property.

It was called ’Burning Wood Flame’.

It was born out of a wood that caught fire due to lightning but never burnt out. Because of that, the fire kept burning for thousands of years.

It gained a special attribute of life force and healing. With this flame, it was possible to heal James’ injuries quite easily.

He didn’t understand why anyone absorbed this flame before, but upon further inspection, he realized it couldn’t burn anything.

Because it wasn’t able to burn the wood, it naturally lost its burning ability and gained healing ability.

In the eyes of the Demon Race, any flame without burning ability couldn’t be considered flame.

So, they ignored it.

Unexpectedly, Alan got it because of that very reason.

They never expected someone to absorb multiple flames. Even if someone did attempt something like that, it wouldn’t be possible.

The flames would keep burning each other until one of them remained or got devoured.

But devouring the flames like that wouldn’t gain any attribute.

So, most people would be settled if they got one powerful flame.

After he got the healing ability of this flame, his Phoenix Fire got even more powerful.

Or rather, he could exert more of Phoenix’s true abilities.

According to Demon God AI, the Phoenix Fire could do almost anything.

It could create life and matter out of energy. It could manipulate reality, break space and time, and even resurrect people.

These abilities were so broken that Alan couldn’t fathom the level of strength that the Demon God had reached.

But at the same time, he couldn’t use those abilities because this fire had been connected to him.

Every action taken by this fire would connect to him.

So, unless he was strong enough to bear the cause and effects of his actions, he couldn’t use the full totality of this fire.

And the Demon God knew this.

So, he set a restriction on the fire. He could only use it if the Fire itself had gotten stronger or if he could get stronger.

Now he couldn’t keep improving his strength without proper evolution, so having his Phoenix Fire absorb other flames would help him.

When he absorbed the third flame, it wasn’t anything extraordinary.

It was similar to the first flame, but it did improve his Phoenix Fire.

After that, he finally decided to absorb an A-Rank Flame.

Unlike the previous flames, this one was different. The fire was white like ice and felt so cold that it was burning his palm.

’The difference between B-rank flame and A-Rank flame is too big. I need to devour it quickly.’

Without much thought, he put the flame to his mouth and used his Phoenix Fire to devour it.

It took his fire a few minutes to devour it. But upon devouring it, Alan exhaled, and his breath turned into ice.

He was breathing ice.

No, it wasn’t like he breathed ice, and it was burning.

This was true ice.

[Congratulations, sir! You have unlocked Temperature Manipulation.]

Hearing the voice of Demon God AI, Alan was ecstatic.

He didn’t think he would obtain any ability like that just by devouring an A-Rank flame.

With this ability, he could create ice and control it. He could create flames and control them. Without even using his Phoenix Fire, he could do a lot of things.

He couldn’t wait to devour the next flame.

Surprisingly, this flame had strange lightning arcs around it.

’Could it be a lightning flame? If that’s the case, won’t I gain lightning attribute?’

He couldn’t wait to put it down his throat.

He closed his eyes and let the Phoenix Fire devour it.

This time, it took even longer, and he could feel electricity all over his mouth.

After he finished devouring, he exhaled with a fear in his eyes.

’No wonder nobody took this flame. Without a strong suppression of its heat, it was impossible to take this flame.’