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Chapter 552 – Demonic infestations

🕑 Added 2025-12-16 07:01:01 +0000 UTC

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Travis G

Honestly, I think Metatron is gonna end up being a good ally. The way he runs his world is ruthless and brutal, but i think it's out of a cold efficiency, rather than cruelty.

Mad Dessert

Thanks!

MinE

I assume stronger. Even a normal Demonic infestations was able to infect a God, and it was mentioned that the Gods of the spring infected by the Cardinal Devil were infected as well. I assume that means the full manifestation/incarnation of even a normal Demonic Infestation, if it exists, would be comparable to a God.

Aaron

Are Cardinal Devils on par with gods, in terms of power? Stronger?

mezeka

TFTC!

MinE

Given they actively start rebelling as soon as he suppresses his blessing too far, at minimum it would be torturous to be beyond his normal soul limit. Plus, he would have to split off the Clone before he filled his capacity b/c the clones share his traits, so he would have to keep the clones long enough for him to heal the damage from absorbing a fiend. Zoris recommended a couple of months between absorbing fiends, and that was assuming you weren't trying to bypass capacity limits.

God

So Percy is just gonna ignore the fact that the beasts he teleported from Marnok’s world might be marked.

C-Anonymous

Even if Percy never gets another aspect shouldn't he still eventually be able to get more spectral fiends? He keeps breaking off pieces of his soul and then having them come back after the "wound" is healed. It then stands to reason that his soul is constantly getting denser with every clone that returns.

deadman omega gaming

I think you might also need a soul core not just soul mana but who knows since none on melodia have any affinity other than soul.

TravelerOfWorlds

I wonder if the soul mana spring could be used to get around the requirement for a soul affinity in regards to spectral traits. Maybe they can dissolve a spectral fiend in the water and use it that way🤔.

Black Rose

Tftc

James Squibb

Big fan of seeing this side of Metatron

Stephen Phillips

I don't think he wants to kill his friends and all the other innocents regardless of how much Percy dislikes Mettatron

mapts

Having a decree

Elton

What's the difference between a TITAN and a GOD?

Dove

Just noticing a pattern here. Only gods can effectively fight infestation. On Ludwig’s world, the infestation made sure to get rid of their source of advancement first, and then their gods. Perhaps infected people don’t know they’re infected? In which case, that might unfortunately explain why Machaon was so willing to take such risks with Renoir’s only source of advancement.

Aureus

He didn't allow the life mana to touch him remember? He basically avoided it.

Tim

So what if percy just drops the cardinal devil in the vault. Problem solved right.

Alex O'Connor

Definitely seems equal to or stronger than a titan at least

Karait

If you're talking about the mindset that didn't seem to stick to the vault

Heroville111

Well as i have just spent 3 days reading this entire series I could not be more happy to see an update 20 minutes after last chapters cliffhanger was read. Holy shit this is good. Congratulations on making me get the red teir than the orange than yellow all in 2 days, you have earned it. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

Karait

Alright this confirms my thoughts that the penapus is a callous but fair little shot. He just can't convince himself that mortals deserve basic rights lol

Sheldeen Walker

Thinking back I wonder if the morais’ are immune to the cardinal devils or is it in someway tied to their power or it was just a coincidence that when Marnok’s second core took the healing mana he wasn’t infected

Kentucky Fried Children

Wonder how strong a cardinal devil is and if there’s anything above it

Sheldeen Walker

I’m getting the feeling the final bosses in this will be cardinal devils and Percy will be able to take them on on equal footing if not a bit more broken than them