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Chapter 9: Omni-Path and All-Knowing Path
"Sister, where did you get so much money?"
Alice asked, a little shocked and curious.
"Of course, I saved it over the years. Pocket money, scholarships, and I just wrote some random stuff on the Witch Net and made a little extra. Before I knew it, I had this much."
Dorothy shrugged. Even though her heart ached, she couldn't show such embarrassment in front of her sister. So, on the surface, she still acted like, "Making money? Anyone with hands can do it."
"Oh, what kind of stuff on the Witch Net makes so much money? Sister, take me with you next time."
Alice looked at her own meager wallet, then at the identity card in front of her sister, and shed tears of poverty.
"Take you with me? Alright, then after you go back, first get your Spellcraft certificate, and then there's Potionology, Alchemy, Advanced Enchantment Theory..."
Dorothy glanced at her sister beside her, then reeled off the basic requirements to her overconfident sister.
Hehehe, my foolish little sister, experience the fear of being dominated by various certification exams.
"Stop, stop, stop, Sister, spare me, don't list any more! I'm really impressed by you All-Knowing Path folks. I'll stick to my Omni-Path."
Alice, the poor student, decisively surrendered. She covered her head with both hands, cupping her ears, acting as if she wouldn't listen.
Dorothy was speechless about this. She looked at her sister with a hint of envy, a sour feeling in her heart.
It's as if she *wanted* to take the All-Knowing Path. If her Aptitude allowed it, who wouldn't want to take the simple and direct Omni-Path?
Just as the cultivators' goal is Immortal Ascension, all beings in the Witch World have only one ultimate goal: to become a deity.
This deity is naturally not the idol gods worshipped in various sects, nor is it the primordial gods evolved from some world Laws. These gods are too weak in the eyes of Demonesses, merely false gods.
The deity that Demonesses pursue is more akin to the Creator, an existence that should be All-Knowing and Omni-Path, capable of creating and destroying worlds with a single thought.
However, even powerful Demonesses have not yet reached this Realm. But as a recognized near-divine race in the multiverse, Demonesses have made some progress on this path to godhood.
Being All-Knowing and Omni-Path is truly too difficult. So, why don't we be more down-to-earth? Let's first try to achieve one of them, and the difficulty will decrease significantly.
Following this simple and unpretentious value, Demonesses have evolved the two major mainstream paths of today: the All-Knowing Path and the Omni-Path.
The All-Knowing Path believes that knowledge is power. Demonesses on this path advocate mastering the Laws of the Universe through research and study, ultimately understanding all things to reach the Realm of All-Knowing.
As long as the world holds no secrets for you, Omni-Path will naturally be within reach.
The Omni-Path believes that magic is omnipotent. As the energy for casting Spells, magic is the power of miracles. As long as there is enough magic to consume, then all natural Laws and world Laws must yield. Theoretically, as long as a Demoness's magic reaches a certain level, she can reach the Realmof Omni-Path, making the world operate according to her will.
As long as the world submits to you, then all things will hold no secrets for you.
The two paths ultimately lead to the same destination and should naturally have no distinction of superiority or inferiority. But in reality...
Holding a nuclear launch button versus becoming a walking natural disaster, which is cooler and more awesome, goes without saying. Omni-PathDemonesses of the same level are slightly stronger than All-Knowing PathDemonesses.
However, looking at the name of the highest institution in the Witch World, the Sage Council, one knows which faction is in charge of the Witch Worldtoday.
There's no helping it. While Omni-Path Demonesses are strong, they are too reliant on Aptitude. The number of top-tier powerhouses is far less than on the All-Knowing Path. While you might be stronger in a one-on-one fight, that strength is limited, while the numerical advantage of the other side is overwhelming.
Therefore, the All-Knowing Path is actually the mainstream path in the Witch World today. As the saying goes, the orthodox Demoness is All-Knowing, and a mage should be knowledgeable and proficient in a little bit of everything.
Of course, that's the slogan, but secretly, everyone is envious. Each one wishes they could switch to the other side. After all, if there really were another way, who the hell would want to study and memorize books every day, losing hair in the lab? It's all because they can't rely on Aptitude like those beasts on the other side.
Dorothy is a member of the 'Lemon Group.' In her previous life, she was a poor student, but now she's been forced into becoming a top student. What kind of karma is this? It's all because, as a half-Demoness, her InnateAptitude is insufficient.
Don't let the impressive array of talents on her identity card fool you; in reality...
Okay, actually, they are quite impressive.
But that's not the point, because those flashy talents and specialties are ultimately just embellishments, side paths. The Righteous Path for a Demoness always has and only has one: accumulating magic.
The quality of one's magic Aptitude is the sole criterion for evaluating whether a Demoness has Aptitude.
After all, magic, this miraculous power, has a very absurd characteristic: quantitative change leads to qualitative change. Enough magic gathered together will naturally evolve and refine, becoming purer and more powerful.
For example, for the same Spell, a Demoness with a total magic of 100 mana needs to consume 10 mana to cast it, but a Demoness with 1000 mana only needs 1 mana to cast it. This is because the magic intensity of the two is completely different.
Not to mention, the amount of magic also affects recovery speed, Spellintensity, and a series of other effects.
Therefore, while those flashy talents and specialties may seem strong, the ultimate standard for determining whether a Demoness is truly strong is still her total magic.
And the later the stage, the more so. For those Apex Demonesses, even if the magic difference between two Demonesses is only 1 mana, the difference in strength is almost heaven and earth.
Whether a Demoness has Aptitude in magic growth is also quite easy to see; just look at her Innate magic. Generally speaking, the higher the Innatemagic, the faster the magic growth in the Late Stage.
As a pure-blood Demoness, Sister Alice has an Innate magic of 9888 mana, just shy of joining the ranks of Prodigies with over 10,000 Innate mana. She is a Genius among Geniuses, and she naturally has the qualifications to attempt the Omni-Path.
Dorothy's Innate magic, however, is only 2333 mana, a respectable level, comparable to the newly released average of 2324 mana for half-Demonesses in the latest survey. In this regard, she is truly an ordinary, run-of-the-mill half-Demoness.
Now she is sixteen years old, and her magic power has barely reached the Witch Academy's admission standard of 10,000 mana. One must know that Alice met this condition when she was half a month old. If the Witch Academy's minimum admission age wasn't three, she could have reported to school when she was half a month old.
Alas, comparing oneself to others only leads to frustration.
Dorothy sighed helplessly.
However, as much as she envied, she couldn't say she was jealous. After all, as Alice said before, half-Demonesses are not necessarily inferior to pure-blood Demonesses, because as long as one is a Demoness, her future is always promising.
Because one of the racial characteristics of Demonesses is unlimited magic growth. There are no such things as magic Bottlenecks, or magic stopping its increase after reaching a certain amount. As long as a Demoness is alive, her magic growth will never stop.
Of course, the later the stage, the slower the growth rate will definitely become. Otherwise, in the nearly 100,000-year history of the Demoness race, there wouldn't have been a single Demoness-God who truly reached the Realm of Omni-Path.
Therefore, pure-blood Demonesses with outstanding magic Aptitude are actually just faster at the starting line. They do grow faster at first, but after a thousand or ten thousand years, everyone becomes a Peak Demoness, and the gap naturally isn't that big anymore.
In short, everyone has a bright future, a very promising future.
However, the prerequisite is that you can live to that very Late Stage.
"Excluding Apex Demonesses, the average lifespan of a Demoness is only about 1,000 years. How much of a promising future can there be?"
Dorothy sighed, her heart still a little sour.
But soon she had no time to feel sour, because the wand shop owner had returned.