How did the other empires of Cradle consider the Blackflames when they were at their strongest? And how would they react to a new Blackflame? That, or killed in combat.But it's not as though no one has ever succeeded in advancing along this Path. As every further stage requires more and more resources, eventually you'll find yourself stranded and surrounded by enemies. Peaceful civilizations won't accept you, and there are even laws in many places banning 'evil arts,' 'slaughter arts,' 'demonic arts,' etc.Therefore, because interaction with other people is difficult, it becomes harder to obtain the backing you need for the resources to cross into Underlord and above. There are blood arts focused on healing, and others focused on strengthening the body, but it's easy to sense the difference between those and powers gained through murder. They won't let you get away with enjoying the spoils of your evil Path.Second, even if you manage to slip away, there's no hiding that the power of your soul is drenched in blood. Virtually everyone who walks a Path of slaughter and bloodshed reaches Truegold quickly.The problem comes after that.First of all, you've killed a lot of people, so you've made enemies.

The stronger the physical body, the greater the power of the blood aura. It's a common pairing, because a battlefield typically has both strong sword aura and strong blood aura.The aura is powerful, as well as easy to create and cycle: you just have to keep killing people. The most common Paths for those who want to gain quick power at any cost are blood/sword Paths.

Cradle: Are there paths that grant tremendous power swiftly at the cost of later advancement?

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