Alliron glanced at my thoughtful expression, and he didn't say anything as he teleported us to a homie little town.This place was filled with civilians, moving around, doing fieldwork, tending to their cattle, and other normal farmer work.This place reminded me of my hometown.It was quite strange such a powerhouse like Aratas would be sent to this place...I looked around as I followed Alliron from behind. Seemingly none of the civilians were able to see the two of us walking around the village, almost as if we were invisible.We walked towards a certain house before Alliron opened the door, and I sighted Ludeus's form inside, sitting opposite the man that I first met during my journey.Long blonde hair, clear blue eyes, a heavy armor dotted his body, while he still had his usual heavy Warhammer tied to his back.The paladin Aratas.He was truly negotiating with Ludeus?I always thought there was something different about him since he was using unorthodox methods to strengthen the
Ludeus finally opened his eyes as he said:"I know that I cannot come with you three onto the divine realms of the gods due to my previous allegiance and the body that I currently use."Ludeus was the previous pope of the fallen Wind Church, and now he was using the body of the Fire God Church's maiden.If he went close to the gods, both his body and soul would be surpassed, and maybe even put against us.Alliron nodded as Aratas said:"Its the best for you, let me let you in a little secret, Shira's body which you are inhabiting is the unofficial daughter of the Fire God's avatar, that's why her talent and bloodlines are so good, I can also sense that you were unable to devour her soul and its now slumbering inside her body. I'm pretty sure you know what would happen if we took you with us, right?"Ludeus nodded, but then he said:"I can acquiesce with these regulations, but I have one request."Ludeus and Alliron looked into each other's eyes as Alliron nodded and said:"Sure, you c
The elites of the Church were unlike that cannon fodder that attacked us blindly because of orders.The paladins and holy maidens of the Church kept their distance even though they had revealed themselves to me and Ludeus.They were all having fiery auras full of courage and pride for their Church, combined with anger and the wish to smite whoever had invaded their holy Cathedral.Unfortunately for them, I and Ludeus had a bone to pick with them.They were furious when they saw the undead defiling their holy praying place.They tried to kill my scouts, but Ludeus and I appeared in front of their attacks, dispelling the flaming powers that they threw at the undead with a swift move of our hands!Ludeus couldn't help but mock with a little smirk on his face:"Someone didn't have his breakfast yet? Or did your pitiful God forsake you?"The leader of the Church's elites kept a frosty visage as he looked at Ludeus and snorted:"What do you, a damn thief, know about our great God? You have
The pope's aura was in disarray as he glared at us while he tried his best to send the Altar away so it wouldn't be destroyed by the two of us.Ludeus's body trembled briefly as he saw the Pope's visage as a scary grin appeared on his face, and he said:"You damn scum! Would you think that you would land in this situation after you backstabbed me!?"The pope didn't even bother to respond to Ludeus's words, he didn't even seem to sense Ludeus's presence, he was mostly focused on attacking us using long-range fire attacks that had been compressed multiple times into bullet-size needles.Those needles were quick and hard to dodge, their destructive power was nothing to scoff at as one of them scratched my arm and exploded, engulfing my whole body and removing a layer of skin.I looked at Ludeus as he seemed to be too angry to see my signals. I sighed and powered up, unleashing my full aura as the surroundings started to tremble.My body made cracking sounds as the blood inside boiled wit
Shira's body was trembling as its eyes shifted from side to side, I took two steps backward as I looked at the body and wondered what the hell was happening.There were zero life signs in the body, and I couldn't sense her soul either!Ludeus's soul had dissipated, so it couldn't be him either.I got over my cautiousness as I approached the body and tried to touch it. However, before I could do so, the body morphed into a small fiery egg that grew to the size of Shira's full body.The egg had strange patterns and dots on it that I have never seen before.They didn't represent any of the runes or aura that came from the Fire God's being.Previously, the bloodline aura that she had in her veins came from the Fire God.But now the bloodline in her was continuously changing, transforming.The egg continued to pulse as I narrowed my eyes.This feeling was certainly different, and I wasn't sure if Shira is going to be an ally or enemy if she came out of that egg.Ludeus didn't mention the s
Shira saw how I became silent, and she snorted:"Are you thinking about how I forgave you too easily?"It was surprising how she could see through my thoughts so easily, so I raised an eyebrow at her question and said:"What makes you say that?"She didn't respond to my question as flames burst around her body before she disappeared from my sight.I blocked the attack from the side as a flaming wing tried to strike my head.I pushed the wing backward as Shira's body appeared in front of my eyes once again.I looked at the arm that I used to block the flaming wing and analyzed the damage.Her strength wasn't very impressive, she was quickly pushed back by my retaliation, but her speed was the thing that was quite impressive.She could accelerate and move naturally through the spatial dimension, almost as if she were a fish in the water.I could feel that the arm I used to block her attack was numb and fire engulfed the skin as it ate through it like a cancerous cell.I tried to put the
We separated as Shira continued to pant. Her energy reserves were quickly recovering as her pale face regained some color, and she told me:"Don't think that I'm done with you! You might be stronger for now, but I will surpass you!"I shook my head slowly as I responded:"I don't particularly care about that, you can continue to be mad about what I did to you. You deserve that. my betrayal should have hurt you, and I don't deserve immediate forgiveness, but we need to focus on the problem at hand now, you know?"Shira made a 'hmph' sound and then looked away for a brief second before responding:"I know that, I want that revenge on my father more than you think, but I'm sure that we aren't truly ready to raid their Heavenly Realms yet, we need some training first!"I scratched the back of my head for a few seconds before I replied:"That could be true, I'm not sure about the full strength of the Fire God's avatar, Alliron and Aratas should be able to deal with the other four, but I'm
Shira and I looked at each other as I started to think about where could we train.We needed a place that was rich in energy and cut off from the rest of the world. A place where I could have enough quiet to delve into my bloodline to strengthen it and understand more about the inner workings that existed inside it.I knew that my path was getting harder and harder to ascend, even though I have gained the talent that I have been previously so envious of.The problem was that I simply couldn't eat people anymore and then endure the transformations of the devouring ability.Why? There wasn't anyone else strong enough to continue my bodily evolution!My soul had also reached the same level as my body, meaning that I also had to eat equal-level strength souls.Where could I find such strong people?I knew that I couldn't offend the powers with these types of people yet, I was in between being strong enough to become a faction of my own, and becoming a top player in one of those factions.