Chapter 141: Chapter141 The Fallen
Chapter 141: Chapter141 The Fallen
Inside the castle, the throne room was ever so silent; atop the throne sat a human child. Well, a species that looked like a human child even when reaching adulthood.
He was known as the Lord of Shadows, one of the top-tier lords at the time, and, to those with limited information, a contender for the Greatest Lord throne of this continent.
He was of the Subhuman Race, a collective term for the race that looked like humans. This race's special feature is their high base intelligence and childlike bodies.
They are also one of the races that have allied themselves with humans. Well, due to their childlike appearance, it wasn't too difficult to form an alliance.
These past few weeks have been hectic for him, so much so that he even felt that he might go bald. Though it's rare for his species to go bald.
Due to his territory being near the central continent, he has always been harassed by corrupted monsters. He, having created his base here, had more or less grown used to it.
But these past few weeks, the number of corrupted and abominations has increased exponentially, especially Mortal King-level abominations.
One must understand that the Mortal King level is a normal limit for ordinary lords in other lord continents.
This continent is far too special, not only are the resources here in abundant amount the world's energy is also very rich.
Half a year hasn't even passed, and so many Lord of Kings, including him, have already been born. One must know that in normal conditions, a lord of the king is born within two years.
Though the growth rate is fast, the enemies they have to face are also very strong, just look at the corrupted creatures that have started to spread out.
According to the information he had, ten percent of the total lords have already been locked up in their territories.
"Haa."
He let out a sigh as he put down the paper; his heroes had more or less contained the corruption, though there were some losses, so he would have to re-summon two heroes.
Thinking of this, he looked at his talent, a talent so strong that in normal conditions he could have contended for the title of the Greatest Lord.
But in this lord continent, he couldn't even muster up the courage to have such thoughts; he had seen the video of a Descender fighting.
That overwhelming power is enough to make easy work of the number advantage his talent brings.
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Lord Heart Talent: Strength in Numbers
Detail: Allows the lord to summon ten times the normal limit of heroes and troops without an increase in summoning cost. This effect is useful up to the Divine Lord Level.
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Just with this talent, he should have been able to sweep through all directions but he is helpless in one of the corners of the regions just because of the fact that he doesn't have a descender.
"My Lord!!"
Suddenly, a shout broke him out of his thought as he looked at the throne room door that opened, letting a Shadow Wrath inside; it was one of his heroes.
"Speak."
He spoke as he tried to sound majestic, but the milky voice carried by a child made it look like a child trying to act like an adult.
"Lord, we sensed a momentary wave of monstrous energy from where we had previously marked as a headquarters for the corrupt."
"How monstrous."
"At least above Earth King."
Hearing this news, his face darkened, just as he had felt a sense of relief when such abhorrent news came and assaulted him.
He took deep breaths to calm himself down as he opened the lord's chat. He needed to talk with the alliance he is a part of.
He knew what such a strong corrupted energy reaction meant; it meant that he might be attacked by the leader. The leader is a special corrupt person they have termed who can create new corruption with just their power.
Except for his region and the region with the Mysterious lord, the other regions' top lords have been attacked by a leader. Through the latest news, he had learned the witch had even defeated the leader who was attacking her.
On one of the human cities near Neo's territory, a familiar figure could be seen floating above it. It was the fallen; his face had remained unchanged, but he was now wearing a stylish black coat and a fedora, looking like a nobleman.
He looked at the bustling city underneath him, the Earthen King deep in seclusion, who was tasked to protect the city.
He looked at someone helping someone, and someone building someone, and he looked at new couples marrying and old couples breaking up.
The city was tainted with the beauty of the human world; although it had its ugliness, it still radiated a human warmth.
"Ahh~ Such beauty, truly sickens my eye."
The fallen muttered as his face started to morph; one of his eyes popped off from his face as it fell toward the city.
As the eye fell, one eye turned into two, two eyes turned into four, and so on, just in an instant, the eyes fell toward the city like rain.
The people didn't react at first until the eyes started to splatter on them and the ground. As the eyes touched people, it popped.
"AGHH!!!"
"MommY!!!!"
"NoAGG!!!"
Screams of agony started to spread throughout the city as those touched by the eyes started to deform into monsters.
A crying child watched as his mother looked at him with a creepy smile. Although feeling fearful, he still craved his mother's warmth.
"Mothe.."
The child couldn't even finish his sentence before the mother started to choke him; he could only cry and gag helplessly in pain as the chokehold strengthened.
"Child become part of mother."
The mother spoke in a distorted voice as her mouth widened, amidst the dear, stricken eyes of the child, she bit his face off.
Blood and pieces of brain splattered as she enjoyed what once was her own flesh and blood. A mother who protected the child became the very reason for his demise.
Such a scene was happening throughout the city, lovers killed each other, enemies killed each other, even the Earthen King, who was supposed to be the light of hope for the city, became a monster of killing.
The more they kill, the more deforested they become and the greater their strength becomes. They started out as corrupted beings and now rapidly started to evolve into abominations.
The fallen watched all this unfold with a smile on his face, he looked at the now bloodied city that had lost it's warmpth.
He looked at the people who were once humans, now nothing but walking chunks of flesh. This was the third city he had destroyed, and the pleasure was the same.
The amphoteric feeling that he gets when slaughtering those who are happy made his body shake with pleasure.
"Gather up, my lovely abomination, and get ready for war."
He said as the abominations stopped their hunt, they listened to his order and moved out of the city toward the vast army of abominations in the distance.
"Oh, Star, let's see if your radiance can protect your loved ones."
He muttered that he hadn't forgotten Stella, who had managed to kill him; he knew that even with his current strength, he wouldn't be able to kill her.
But that doesn't mean that he can't make her feel despair, he wondered what her face would be like when he slowly kill who she loves, who she serves, just thinking about it made him feel pleasure like no other.
"Hehe, this time the fallen won't exit the stage so quickly."
He muttered to himself as his figure disappeared. The first sinner watched this with indifference; he more or less understood that the fall of the fallen was guaranteed.
Thus, he wanted the Fallen to buy his time and nothing else; he wanted to halt the growth of Stella as much as possible.
It's best if she doesn't even reach the Heavenly King rank when the protection given by heaven to them expires.
If that happens, even if he has to pay some price, he will kill Stella with a swift attack. After all, for his plan, such a variable is not allowed.
"You are called the Mysterious Lord, aren't you? Let's see how long you can remain so mysterious."
He softly muttered as his figure disappeared with popping eyeballs; unknown to him, three figures were watching his every move.
The three original beings of this continent are the only three who are above the rank of False Gods in this entire continent.
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