Kapitel 25: XXV

The two immediately guessed that he was definitely planning to do something and decided to excuse themselves from the scene. After all, the last time their master decided to do something, they saw the pain involved.

While the others trained to get used to the new equipment given to them while trusting their instincts to use the equipment better, Kingsley, on the other hand, started preparing himself to give his message. He wasn't good at public speaking, but now isn't the time to think about that; he needed to sound like a true lord to be convincing after all, he was the anomaly. Because it was so powerful, even the system decided to restrict it.

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The message from Lord Kingsley starts at 5:

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"What?!" Kingsley shouted since the system didn't give him any time at all to prepare.

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3….. 2…..

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Kingsley used this small chance to immediately dress himself better, hoping that whatever came to his mind would help him achieve his goal.

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1…. Begin

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Hearing this, Kingsley took a deep breath, put on a serious face, and gathered his thoughts for his speech.

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Good day to you all, My name is Kingsley Seth. Many of you would know me as the Anomaly Lord [Kingsley]. I don't know if you all are seeing me or not, but I at least know that you all can hear this message through some means.

As we all know, the grace period ends by the end of this week at exactly 12 a.m., and according to the system, there are exactly 31 million humans in this region alone. We all know that this seemingly large amount is going to reduce by more than half by then, so I am here to plead with all of you who know that they wouldn't be able to survive the event: Please surrender to me or someone stronger.

Your life is much more important than your pride, so don't concern yourself with what others call you. Now I would naturally prefer you join me since that would mean I level up and I get to find my family members faster, and in return, I promise you protection, food, and you get to keep your territory and troops.

I am assuming [Deus] is like those online novels, so it should be safe to say that the event would last for a week. which in turn means that you have until the week ends to decide your course of action because, immediately after the week ends, I will begin my conquering mission. After all, I have a niece who is probably scared to death now, a pregnant sister, and a newborn nephew to find.

Now I hope you all make the right choice, and even if you don't, I hope you'll not be stupid when my army stands before you, because I promise you, I will show no mercy for you if you wish to go against me.

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With the message ended, Kingsley immediately slapped his forehead, feeling that his message sounded cringey and stupid. He didn't know if this was because he was the one giving the speech or just that the message was terrible.

"I'm not sure if even I would have surrendered to myself if I had heard the speech," Kingsley thought, but decided to clear his mind of his embarrassing display.

Remembering his original plan, Kingsley finally turned his attention to the men who were trying to figure out their new equipment. To his surprise, he saw every single one of them kneeling and bowing towards him. He didn't know why this was so, but damn, did he feel like a badass.

"What is this?"

"Your wish is our command, my Lord," Viktor suddenly said as a blood-red aura slowly started rising from his body; the same could also be said for the remaining 10 demon goblins.

For some reason, it only dawned on him now exactly what the name "Demon Goblin" meant. Of course, he knew that they were demons, but he didn't exactly know what that word meant. Demons were creatures of war and destruction. They may seem docile now, but they were still demons.

For the next two seconds, Kingsley stood there completely speechless, only to realize that all this was because of his cheesy speech, and immediately the badass feeling vanished as it was reduced to complete embarrassment. Trying not to die of embarrassment, he immediately gathered all the dignity he had left and put on a serious face.

"That's enough, we train now," he said, using his abilities to collapse all the rising auras.

"Yes, my Lord!" They all echoed together and returned to their training.

Kingsley joined them this time as he too began training. He may be omnipotent inside his territory, but that didn't mean that he couldn't die. Well, he didn't know that and didn't plan to check it anytime soon.

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I hope you all make the right choice, and even if you don't, I hope you'll not be stupid when my army stands before you. Thank you all and stay safe.

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With the last paragraph, I felt some sort of shiver run down my spine. It felt as though some sort of god was looking down on me as he said those words.