Evolve

Prisma puts his hand on his chin. He tilts his head slightly in thought and remains silent for a minute.

"Eric, how do you think your Observe skill determines your opponent's level?" He asks.

"I don't know, I've never thought about it before." I say and he nods.

"It determines their level based on the targets raw stats. This would be their Strength, Agility, Endurance, and so on. The higher they are, the higher the level. That's why you gain stat points whenever you level up. However, the levels don't include stats from items. Like any rings or other accessories."

"That makes sense, but why are you bringing this up?" I ask him and he smiles.

"So you can better understand what I meant earlier when I said your powers could weaken monsters. Whenever you cast Create Dungeon your powers take the stats from the monsters within. That way they're the exact same level as you. It could also add stats, making them a higher level than before. I didn't want to tell you before because I was worried you'd get cocky. Or that you'd try to take down a bunch of normally strong monsters while you're a lower level." He explains and I nod.

"So my powers do a lot more than I thought." I say to myself and Prisma chuckles.

"Not just that. Eric, what do you think would happen if you went up to a normal human, and flicked them like so a hundred times?" Prisma asks while flicking the air with his fingers.

"They'd get mad?" I say confused and Prisma smiles.

"No, they'd die. Remember, normal people had seventy to a hundred HP. If each flick did one damage you could kill them. That's another way your powers work. They can kill living creatures if you deal enough damage, whether or not the damage was fatal. This does work in reverse. Remember how Ayashi had 30,000 HP when you Observed her? If you stabbed your blade through her neck, she'd probably survive due to her high HP. So your powers would keep her alive." Prisma says and I just nod. I try to process this and get another question.

"So is the Oni Chieftain stronger than the Devil of Strength?" I ask and Prisma sighs.

"No, the Devil of Strength is much stronger. Why do you ask? He wasn't there, was he?" Prisma asks concerned.

"No, thankfully he wasn't. The Devils have been quiet since we attacked the Litch King. But my gramps seemed outclassed by the Chieftain. Since he normally handles the Devil of Strength I thought the Chieftain was stronger. Plus the Chieftain was fifteen levels higher that the Devil." I say and he nods.

"The Chieftain has more raw stats than the Devil then. But the Devil of strength has items boosting his powers. Not to mention his spells and skills, or his Nuru." He says and I nod before realizing what this means.

"Wait, then do you know if my gramps could beat the Devil of Strength?" I ask and Prisma doesn't hesitate to shake his head no.

"Not unless he managed to perform a miracle. He's strong enough to hold the Devil of Strength back. Since the Devil isn't as fast as the Chieftain. But he can't kill him. The Devil knows this as well. But if Larion had some help, like other fighters who are on par with him or spellcasters. Then they could kill the Devil. That's why they always leave to fight elsewhere. Larion does it so others don't get hurt. But the Devil does it so he doesn't get help." He says and I sigh. So I need to find someone who can fight the Devil of Strength. But there are still five other Devils. Temptation is locked up, so we need to fight four others. I have no idea what these ones are capable of though. All I have to go off of is the vague info about their strengths I got from Temptaion during our chat. I think before smiling.

"Prisma, do you think Bergeth could beat the Devil of Strength?" I ask and Prisma thinks it over.

"Possibly? It's hard to say for sure. I'm sure the seals on his soul have weakened the great wolf. But he should still possess quite a lot of power. For now, all I can say is that he'd be the best partner to work with Larion on that. If he isn't able to fight the Devil on his own that is." Prisma replies and I nod, happy to have some kind of a plan for one of the Devils. All that's left is to collect the remaining fragments of Berseths Soul. I need to ask Liz to make the Pact as well, just in case. "Do you have any more questions, Eric?" Prisma asks after a moment of silence.

"No, I think that's it." I reply and he nods.

"Then it's time for what I called you here for. Eric, do you remember your Title? More specifically, how it could evolve?" He asks and I nod.

"Yeah, my Successor of Annihilation Title can't be changed, only evolved." I reply and he smiles.

"Yes, I brought you here so we could attempt to evolve it. Key word being attempt. This is going to be much more challenging than your Nuru. But you've been growing at an incredible rate. Much faster than I ever expected." He says and I awkwardly nod, not knowing if that was a compliment or not.

"So what do I need to do?" I ask and he steps back. He reached for the water next to him and closes his eyes. The water starts to shoot up, and quickly turns into a body. It turns into a woman, the same height as me. She's wearing a similar armor to mine, the only difference is that its silver and not black. She has long purple hair reaching just below her shoulders. Her eyes are glowing purple.

"In order to evolve your Title you need to land just one attack on its creator, your mother." Prisma says while turning back to me. I look at his eyes full of sadness before turning back to my mother.