novelraw Chapter 186 -186-Enslaving the Entire Angel Race
Chapter 186 -186-Enslaving the Entire Angel Race
"Submit!"
"We are willing to submit!"
"For the survival of the angel race, we cannot die!"
The Holywing Angels spoke one after another.
They finally understood that they were nothing more than fish on the chopping block. If they did not want to die, their only choice was to lower their heads.
Carodion nodded.
"Sign the Soul Pact. Those who refuse—die!"
The Holywing Angels had no other choice. They could only sign the Soul Pact.
The moment the Soul Pact was signed, their lives were no longer in their own hands.
With a single thought, Daniel could make them drop dead on the spot.
But in order to survive, they had to sign!
Daniel watched the scene coldly.
His gaze passed through the firmament dyed in golden light, and his thoughts drifted back to the distant past.
He thought of that era—
The era when humanity had crawled beneath the feet of the Godkin!
Back then, the ancestors and leaders of the human race had knelt inside the Godkin’s cold, towering halls, signing that humiliating master-servant contract.
They had handed over the fate of themselves and their entire race like mere goods, all for the sake of allowing humanity to cling to a miserable existence.
That was a humiliation carved into the bones and blood of mankind, a hidden pain passed down from generation to generation.
But today, he stood atop the ruins of the Angel Plane, watching those once-arrogant angels lower their proud heads one by one and sign the Soul Pact.
"It’s different now."
He murmured softly.
His voice was low, yet it landed like a hammer striking an anvil.
"Players will rise in the end. Those lofty races who look down on all living beings as ants have no idea—
"The apocalypse is coming!"
...
"My King."
Carodion’s voice pulled him back to reality.
"All Holywing Angels have signed the Soul Pact. Their number exceeds one million."
Over one million Holywing Angels.
Over one million legendary-grade powerhouses!
Daniel nodded slightly, his gaze sharp.
"Bring them back."
With that, the journey to the Angel Plane came to an end.
The gains from this battle had far exceeded his initial expectations.
The treasures scattered after the Angel King’s avatar fell were already incredibly abundant.
On top of that, there were countless Sacred Springs and piles upon piles of Angel Chests.
This trip was no different from seizing the resources of an entire minor world out of thin air!
With a wave of his hand, he ordered four supreme-grade powerhouses to escort the million angels back to Aetheria.
...
When the endless Holywing Angels surged into the skies of the main world like a golden flood, the entire world erupted into chaos.
"Gods above! What is that? The sky is filled with angels!"
"Did the guild leader empty out the entire Angel Plane? This is way too outrageous!"
"Those are angels! The angel race, powerful beyond imagination! Have they... been subdued by Lord Faustus?!"
The players looked up at the sky, their eyes reflecting that vast expanse of golden light. One by one, they were so excited that they could barely speak coherently.
Those were angels—
A legendary-grade innate race, an existence that even the Godkin and shadowkin had to treat with a degree of respect.
Yet now, like migrating birds, they were flying neatly into Faustus’s territory.
Daniel settled the million Holywing Angels across several territorial cities in World Zone No. 616.
This move was like throwing a massive boulder into a calm lake, instantly stirring up a thousand waves.
The surrounding non-human race factions were scared out of their wits.
After the last great battle, they had already suffered heavy losses. And now, Faustus’s cities were planted right under their noses, with an army of over one million legendary-grade angels hidden inside.
That level of strength was simply suffocating.
Had it not been for the fact that, after the new version update, the various races also had supreme-grade powerhouses guarding them, they probably would not even have been able to sleep peacefully.
...
Daniel returned to the Polaris District.
He relocated the two sacred sites, the [Lake of Baptism] and the [Immortal Altar], into the Imperial City and opened them to all NPCs and players.
But there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
Want to enter the sacred sites and increase your strength?
Fine. Sign a contract and serve Daniel for several years.
Anyone who violated the contract would face a penalty so massive that it would bankrupt any deserter and ensure they could never rise again.
As for the Sacred Springs, the source from which angels were born, he also placed them on the exchange lists of both the legion and the guild.
Want an angel companion?
Then sign a leasing contract!
That was right.
A lease.
The ownership of the Sacred Springs would always remain in his hands. The cost of hatching and raising the angels would be borne by the players themselves.
Couldn’t pay the rent?
Then the angel companion they had raised would return to its rightful owner.
The rent itself was not expensive. It was practically being given away for free. As long as players steadily leveled up, killed monsters, and completed quests, they could basically afford it.
He had never intended to exploit anyone, because his gaze had always been fixed on something much farther away.
He wanted to cultivate an iron flood powerful enough to sweep across all races.
As for the little schemes being carried out behind the scenes by those player guilds?
He saw them clearly, but he remained calm and unhurried.
The Strength in his hands was enough to crush all who refused to submit.
That was his confidence.
...
The one hundred Holywing Angels required for his class change quest were nothing but a joke to him.
With a wave of his hand, he directly incorporated over one million Holywing Angels into the Doom Legion.
Then, from within the Doom Legion, he selected one million elite-grade players whose talents were at least A-rank and whose levels were far ahead of the others, granting them the rare class of Holywing Knight.
With that, a Holy Angel Legion was successfully formed.
The [Holy Angel Set] obtained from the Angel Chests was also directly equipped onto the legion players, free of charge.
The players donned radiant holy armor, with proud Holywing Angels as their companions. Every single one of them grinned so widely that they could not close their mouths.
Although the ownership of the angel companions still belonged to Daniel, so what?
Being able to transform into an angel and soar through the sky was already an incredibly cool thing in itself!
...
[Ding! Congratulations, you have completed the class change quest: [Form the Holy Angel Legion]!]
[Ding! You have obtained [forbidden-grade archer Class Awakening Scroll] ×1 and [Sacred Spring of Life] ×1.]
Daniel’s gaze landed on the bottle of spring water that emitted a faint glow.
[Sacred Spring of Life (???)]
Grade: Tier 1
Effect: Accelerates the growth of the [World Tree Seed].
Description: Mysterious Sacred Spring of Life water, said to have been produced in a certain secret realm. It contains life force capable of nurturing all things.
Daniel nodded slightly.
The World Tree Seed was in his possession, and this spring water was undoubtedly a matching divine item.
If the World Tree could grow and thrive, the small world he owned would expand along with it.
That was wealth of immeasurable value.
However, he still had many matters to deal with for the time being. Planting the tree would require choosing the right moment.
He stored the spring water together with the seed, then took out the [forbidden-grade archer Class Awakening Scroll] and used it immediately.
In the next instant, countless golden fragments danced like fireflies and poured into his body.
[Ding! Congratulations, your class change was successful!]
[Prompt: The seal on your experience bar has been lifted. Your level cap has been unlocked, and you may continue leveling up.]
[Ding! Your level has increased! Current level: 171! You have obtained twenty attribute points!]
[Ding! Your level has increased! Current level: 175! You have obtained twenty attribute points!]
[Ding! Your level has increased! Current level: 180! You have obtained twenty attribute points!]
[Prompt: You have not yet completed the next stage of your class change. Your experience bar has been sealed once again. Excess experience has been stored in the Exp Pool. Please complete your class change as soon as possible to unlock the level cap.]
Golden light flashed repeatedly as Daniel’s aura rose step by step.
He did not stop.
Instead, he took another [forbidden-grade archer Class Awakening Scroll] out of his backpack!