Chapter 403 - 403: Key of Faces
Mater only finished robbing three pocket dimensions before Zatanu decided to blow the rest up. It pained Zatanu to do it but leaving there would only fuel more power into the Blood Warlock.
Warlock advanced in abnormal rate compared to other Supernatural Paths. Giving them enough resources and they could go all the way to their peak without much resistance.
Mater and the servants stood in front of what used to be a pocket dimension. Now it was only an empty cave.
"Well, that was fun when it lasted." The black cat yawned. "I'm going back to the Chaos Realm to finish my advancement."
"What should we do with Vieta, Master?" Aurora said.
"I'm enslaving the high ranking Psychics in Vieta. This country is officially ours now." Mater said.
The Dark Grimoire shot out from his mouth and landed on the ground. It enlarged into a portal.
Mater and his group disappeared behind the portal. The entrance shrank into the leathery book and the book disappeared without trace.
Mater arrived at the Abyss Floor, which was now three times larger than before.
It had a Dark Forest, a river of glowing white river, the Steam Town from before, the Inverted Tower, and some more structures Mater robbed from the pocket dimensions.
Even at this time, the Illuminati members were still delivering Nether Rocks from Vieta to the Abyss Floor. They're burying the Nether Rocks to the ground of the layer.
The more Nether Rocks in the ground, the more this place received the power of hell. This in turn slowly terraforming the floor to an even more perfect version of hell.
"Zatanu's pocket dimensions are weaker than my Abyss Floor. But he did have a talent of turning them into an environmental similar to the hell. With these rocks, the Abyss Floor could become even stronger." The black cat stroked his whiskers.
"There is a type of ritual that can turn other beings into an Abomination. I wonder if I can create that."
Currently, his human citizens had three Paths to pick from. The usual Psycho Paths for Psychics, the Revenant Path, and the Cyborg Path with all the Psycho Cybernetics.
"Maybe I can add on a new class for the Psychics to play with? Abyssal Abomination is a great melee fighter."
Mater kept that thought for now and returned to the Chaos Floor.
The Chaos Floor was the temple that Mater snatched from the Pantheon. It looked holy but not really a great place to live. Selina and her parents mostly spent time in Digital City, while the servants stayed in their respective Chaos Floors.
Mater opened his mouth and spat out three Rank-4 Chaos Singularities. The black cat rubbed his paws greedily.
"It's time to get the Key of Faces."
Dense Chaos Energy pulsed on the floating island. The floating island was visible to all the floors in the Chaos Realm so everyone could see his advancement.
Rings of Chaos spread out from the island and formed large waves in the sky.
"Look at that! Lord Warlock must be advancing again."
"What is he now? A Rank-4 or something?"
"I heard that Oscar Quill of the Abyss Battalion is preparing to advance to Rank-3. Along him are a few other talented Psychics as well. I wonder if we could get to Rank-4 as well."
"Certainly, Lord Warlock would figure out a way."
At the time, Iris and Thomas were having a dinner date in the Digital City. They looked up to the sky and watched the waves of Chaos.
"Selina really is lucky. She finds a rather powerful husband." Iris said.
"Sigh. But that cat is too pervert. From what I heard, he had at least a dozen more mistresses. Why does a cat need that much mistresses anyway?" Thomas grunted.
"Doesn't a cat always slutty like that?"
"Hmmm."
The first key of Form-Lock materialized. It slotted into the third circle rotating around Mater. He had now reached closer to where he once was, Peak Rank-4 being.
"The Key of Faces is completed. This doesn't allow me to freely transform my body yet but it doesn allow me to alter my appearance."
The black cat suddenly transformed into a tabby cat. Then an orange cat. Then a bobcat.
Mater couldn't change his species but he could freely became anything within his feline ancestry.
"When I was a human, the Key of Faces was more than just cosmetic. By choosing which type of humanoid being I was, I can gain certain power and strength."
Back then, he was a traditional type of Warlock. Sometimes he would change into an Elf just because their range skill was sublime and they were very in tuned with True Dust. The Dwarf was very good in making items so he used that form to make Demonic Items. He could even transform into some humanoid demon and sneak into hell without being detected.
That was why he was able to steal so many types of power from different hells.
"Hmmm... The Hell of Brine is actually near Vieta. They're colonizing the Confederations of Consil and their Brine Pirates are very unique. Their projection power and sea manipulation is pretty good. Maybe I should give them a visit?"
The orange cat licked its mouth. Nothing excited it more than robbing and stealing.
Selina came up to the floating platform and noticed the orange.
"How did you get here?" The Goth girl picked the cat up without thinking too much.
She began to pet him aggressively.
"Why are you petting another cat?!" Mater said.
Selina widened his eyes. "Woah! You are Mater!"
"Of course! Why are you petting another cat?!" The orange cat growled. It was obviously not entertained.
"Haha..." Selina sweated profusely. "I'll make it up to you tonight?"
Then she petted him even more.
The black cat moaned.
"Fine. We can return to the Wilds for a little vacation. Let bring your parents along too. I bet they'll love it there."
"That's a great idea."
Mater and his people left for the Everlasting Wilds. They still maintained communication and a portal to Vieta so they could return at any moment.
At the same time, Leslie was also having very good break through with his GOD Suspension formula. That thing wasn't just an ordinary liquid the more he looked into it.
And when Leslie was within the Wilds, everything became much clearer. The Psychosmiths also helped him in researching it.
"Master! I have found out the secret of the Suspension!"