The contract with Dream Eater Tapir went smoothly. No Phantom Beast with talents related to the Dark Dreamscape could resist Little Dream Dragon's charm.
Russell happened to be Little Dream Dragon's spokesperson.
After the contract was formed, origin force and Battle Aura fused into origin breath. At the very center of Russell's concentric-circle power structure, alongside the origin breaths of Ouroboros Snake Ouroboros and Simulated Nightmare Beast Dragon Sembra, there was now the origin breath of a Dream Eater.
And it was after this contract.
That Russell vaguely sensed the limit of his power, and realization instantly dawned on him. "The contract slots for Phantom Beasts are full. Even if Ouroboros, Sembra, and Tapir advance into Pseudo-Dragons or even Phantom Dragons, the slots are already full!"
Whether Phantom Dragons or Pseudo-Dragons, they were essentially evolved Phantom Beasts. Their power would still affect Russell's own.
Moreover, Mental Balance had reached its limit as well.
This fixed Russell's limit for contracted Phantom Beasts at five, unable to break through the constraints of the Knight's Path.
"That's fine. If I contracted too many Phantom Beasts, I wouldn't have the energy to care for them all... Even now, I already feel overwhelmed. It's only because Hape and the others know how to work hard on their own that I can manage at all."
Shaking his head, Russell quickly accepted reality.
A high-level Tier 5 Phantom Beast Knight was the insurmountable limit of the Knight's Path. Likewise, a high-level Tier 5 Dragon Domain Lord—counting Wyverns, one could reach at most a high-level Tier 6 Pseudo-Dragon Knight—and a high-level Tier 5 Phantom Dragon Knight were also the limit.
Just as Russell was feeling out his new power structure.
A timid voice sounded in his mind. "Russell, I can feel a powerful force pouring into my body...