<h4>Chapter 1676 Skill Trees</h4>


    The world of Labh Salem was aplex maze.


    It was not assured that a particr region would stay under the control of a particr faction forever. Unlike Anfang, where only the kingdoms waged wars against each other, the conflicts in Labh Salem were often multifaceted.


    The world of Labh Salem had 27 major continents. It also had inds, neutral zones, and artificialnds. However, the fight between the two factions was often concentrated on these 27 continents.


    The divine side, or the divine faction, consisted of gods and their followers. They had a strong presence in 10 continents.


    The demonic faction consisted of the demonic entities and the powerful demons supporting them from the Immortal nes. They had established their firm hold over roughly 13 out of 27 continents. The remaining continents were either supposedly neutral continents or huge conflict zones for the two factions.


    To split things further, the witches governed seven of the 13 demonically affiliated continents. The half-blood ns ruled three continents.


    The demonic entities themselves were rtively straightforward to define.


    Mana and Spiritual Force were like a form of the essence of the boundless cosmos. And those who harnessed these essences could be referred to as the Practitioners of the Paths.


    The Practitioners of the Paths who practiced unconventional techniques, Skills, spells, artifacts, etc that required them to kill were called demonic entities. Demonic entities could therefore be anyone or of any race.


    The demonic entities often sent their forces to thends ruled by the divine factions, infiltrating the enemy region to cause unrest and eventually gain control. The infiltrators often tried to cause chaos within thends ruled by their enemies to shake the faith of the regr people. A ssical case of sowing the seeds of distrust in the minds of people who wanted to stay faithful to their gods.


    The Helenbora coven that Eren had eradicated was one such infiltrating group that had just entered the continent of Onianum. Unfortunately for the coven, they met up with a stranger who was more than what they could handle even after a lot of preparation.


    In thends ruled by the divine faction, thews against demonic entities and demon practices were strict. Kingdoms and empires used every means at their disposal to get rid of them. That''s because the demonic entities would often bring death and destruction to the regions they were active in.


    The most notorious demonic entities had bounties ced on their heads. The bounty hunting missions were avable to all the citizens of their respective kingdoms, whether they were part of any temple or not.


    In the Onianum continent, some people made a living hunting demonic entities. Just like the notorious demonic entities, the bounty hunters who yed them would alsoe into the limelight from time to time.


    There were some bounty hunter-specific organizations as well. These organizations concentrated on capturing the demonic entities in well-nned traps. They would then torture them to get more information about their peers active in other parts before targeting the connected demonic forces and their respective organizations.


    Things were a bit difficult for the demonic entities in the Onianum continent as it was a stronghold of the divine faction. As such, the demonic entities active here often liked to work alone. But it wasn''t that they didn''t have a system in ce. Various demonic organizations were created to counter kingdom forces and the forces of the divine, AKA Temrs, hunting them.


    The Temrs yed a significant role in countering the demonic organizations and unfettered demonic entities. Receiving purging missions rted to demonic entities was nothing but a regr Tuesday for such Temrs.


    Ishgaar''s Temrs was one such force that had been in the process of hunting Helenbora coven ever since it hadnded on the continent of Onianum. They had taken a harsh stance against the Helenbora coven with the means avable at their disposal, forcing them to take shelter in the Brol forest, where uria and her subordinates met their end.


    If the Temrs did well in the tasks they were assigned to, the gods backing them would often bless them in order to promote faith within their followers. They would support the talented entities and help them grow at a faster rate than their peers, allowing them to go further in their respective Paths.


    As such, the Practitioners of Path would often try to be Temrs themselves. In Onianum, bing a Temr was the best decision one could take. Or at least that was themon conception within the masses.


    Ishgaar''s Temrs was one of the top-ranking Temrs in the Onianum continent. They were often as cruel as their supposed enemies who were the demonic entities. Each of these Temrs was a force to be reckoned with.


    Often, an Ishgaar''s Temr would work alone in hunting the demonic entities. This was because the set of Skills the God Ishgaar granted them was not the Skills the Temrs could use and deploy while being surrounded by their allies.


    God Ishgaar offered one of the most destructive forms of the Skill Tree to his followers. Almost all of the Skills in his Skill Tree caused a huge amount of damage to the surroundings. The special Skills avable in Ishgaar''s Skill Tree were one of a kind and could be easily distinguished from the regr Skills.


    This was the reason why the Helnbora coven initially thought at first that Eren was part of the Ishgaar''s Temrs. He hade alone to intercept them and he had some unusual ways of implementing magic.


    These two aspects about him were enough for the witches of Helenbora coven to have their doubts– the doubts which ended up taking their own lives. Of course, the witches had gathered a limited amount of info about the forces active in Onianum to begin with. They had done the basic homework that was required in their infiltration mission.


    As such, the information Eren received about the Onianum continent from the witches'' memories was also iplete and only touched on the basics. Not that he wasining. To him, this basic information was all the cards he needed to establish a foothold in the Onianum continent.


    After digesting the witches'' memories rted to the world of Labh Salem in general, Eren felt that Onianum continent was the best starting point he could have asked for. He wanted to establish a firm foothold here by joining the divine faction.


    After iming the Faustian rune fragments, Eren concluded that hunting demonic entities was the quickest way for him to wield his divinity to the fullest.


    This was all the reason he needed to join the side he was not supposed to join. He just needed a perfect veil to pull off such a feat.