章節 20: Even more enemies
After the transformation some changes appeared within the Angel of Death. The most noticeable of them was that his cultivation realm increased from the 1st stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm to the 9th. He was just one step away from breaking through again.
This was great news, since Ezequiel's soldiers would soon have to face the entire world. With the newfound strength of the Angel, he could easily take on about twenty goblins in the Sea Expansion Realm.
But aside from the increase in strength, Ezequiel somehow felt the connection between him and the Angel deepening. Not only did he feel like the Angel could understand his thoughts and wishes, but he also got the impression that he could take over the Angel's body if he wanted to.
‚Overall, this was a very good but unexpected development. Now I just have to wait for the return of the other Angels.' Ezequiel didn't even have to wait long for them either.
After just 5 more minutes they arrived as well. Most of them bathed in blood but without any wounds. Not even superficial ones. Light had very strong healing capabilities and they even had an additional affinity to healing. It was no problem to fix any minor damages that they may have suffered to their skin or flesh. Even broken bones weren't a problem.
Ezequiel was glad that there wasn't another casualty or heavy injury. This was one of the most important things for him.
As they entered the center of the village, the Angels all went down onto their knees and the female who led the operation started giving a report.
„Please punish us for our incompetence Almighty Lord Creator, but we reckon that some of the weaker goblins got away."
Ezequiel wasn't surprised. He had already seen that the scale of the battle was much larger than initially estimated, so it was impossible to catch every single goblin who tried to flee. But the Angels would never search for excuses. They only knew that they failed. The reason did not matter to them.
„I forgive you. I know that all of you have given your all. If you failed to finish off every weakling, then it must have been impossible."
The Angels, touched by their lords leniency, started praying even more fervently. Especially after they saw that the Angel of Death was healed again and had even been promoted to Saint. Their trust in the strength and character of their Lord was increased again.
At this moment, the leading Angel signaled for something, and a dazed goblin was pushed towards the front. Ezequiel had obviously noticed him earlier already but didn't choose to ask about him.
„We have taken the freedom to capture one of the stronger goblins. With the help of the Angel of Illusions we managed to enslave his mind."
The Illusion Angel was a special type of Angel that Ezequiel had summoned few days ago. She was a special type of Angel that specialized in illusion, as her name might suggest. Her appearance was very beautiful and her wings seemed to flicker in and out of reality. Sometimes being visible and sometimes just illusory.
With her illusion ability they had managed to brainwash a Sea Expansion Realm goblin. Normally this would have been impossible with her Energy Refinement cultivation, but the goblin was weakened a lot beforehand.
Ezequiel chose to ask the goblin a few questions by temporarily possessing the Angel of Death.
„Did your King inform any other allies about our presence? If he did, then how many forces know about us?"
The goblin, putting on a look as if he had to shit, seemed to want to fight the illusion but eventually lost and spilled the information.
„Our king has already told every single kingdom on the continent about your existence. There isn't a government or organization head who doesn't know about you."
Ezequiel frowned in the body of the Angel. Though he knew that he probably couldn't stay anonymous after this battle, he hadn't expected so many enemies to form right after. It seems like there was some deeper reasoning for the fast spread of information.
„Why did he do that? How many days will it take until the enemy reaches here?"
This time the goblin didn't try to combat the control and just told Ezequiel everything immediately.
„According to a legend that circulates on this planet, there exist outsiders that try to take over the planet and destroy it. For this reason every major force on the planet has an alliance and will stop any infighting in case of an invasion."
„Due to the seriousness of the issue, every force will do their best to assemble their army within a few days. But it will still take at least 3 weeks for the weakest Body Refinement Realm warriors to reach here by foot. Since you have wiped out my kingdom there will also probably be no other force who will try their luck. You can expect a concentrated strike from all kingdoms."
Hearing this, Ezequiel was actually relieved for the lack of long range transportation on this planet. He wasn't ready to face the entire continent in just a few days. Three weeks would probably be enough to take them on though.
After the goblin finished his report, Ezequiel chose to kill him. Whilst still possessing the Angel of Death, he took out his sword and slashed off his head. The sword cut through the neck like a hot knife through butter.
Strangely Ezequiel didn't really feel any remorse. It was the first time Ezequiel had killed a sentient living being, yet he didn't feel regret or anything. Of course he had given the order to kill goblins before, but this was supposed to be something different. It seems like he really didn't care for the lifes of his enemies.
The goblins had attacked him. He didn't feel anything when killing then. They had asked for it.
Finally Ezequiel left the body of the Angel of Darkness and gave commands for the future. The Angels would kill any goblins in the vicinity as well as any scouts that entered the kingdom. This way their enemies wouldn't know where they were when they attacked and he could probably gain an additional day for developement.
For the next three weeks the schedule wouldn't really change. There would be some patrols but aside from that, they would mostly stay in the area around the kingdom.
With the Saint producing 500 million Faith Points a day, they wouldn't even have to search for materials.
It was time for another increase in strength.
[A/N: keep in mind that the area that Ezequiel's consciousness covered didn't expand yet because there were still goblins living in the cities. He would have to either kill all of them or gain their belief to officially gain control over that territory.]
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