Pfft—
It sounded like a balloon popping.
The white bubble vortex dissolved into tiny specks of light.
Finally, this massive angel fully appeared, its three pairs of neat, pure white feathered wings slowly spreading out.
The intense pressure caused changes in the air, creating faint ripples around it. Even the high temperature of the lava zone was suppressed by this power, becoming cool!
The external appearance of this angel was also not much different from the previous two Judgment Thrones Angels, but the wheel placed between its palms had become larger.
It was composed of four bronze gears with a silver sheen, with a large wheel enclosing a smaller one. Multiple eyes faintly appeared and disappeared on the wheels!
The four wheels moved and turned in different directions, rising like living things, as if the entire angel was an empty shell, and its true form was the bizarre rotating gear in its hand!
1 x Tenth Tier Judgment Holy Angel (Lv 70)
A chill rose up his spine.
Minori's body instinctively tensed as he stared at the Lv 70 Judgment Holy Angel. His intuition told him that this angel was extremely dangerous.
It was clearly impossible to ignore!
It was like an alarm bell suddenly ringing in his mind, a biological wariness of danger that made him want to keep his distance from this Lv 70 Judgment Holy Angel.
This feeling of danger was appearing for the first time!
Minori stood still, calmly looking ahead.
With a single glance!
A full 239 angels floated in mid-air, like a true angelic legion. Countless holy lights connected together, wantonly releasing divine radiance.
Dyeing the entire red lava zone a pure white!
Even Minori, as the summoner.
Felt an indescribable pressure facing this group of angels.
"I feel like if I get surrounded, there will be real danger to my life." Minori's lips curved into a slight smile:
"Hmm... I really can't control them directly."
After a brief thought.
"Thunder Dragon"—
Minori suddenly raised his arm and began chanting.
Blue electric light flickered, turning into a curved dragon-shaped lightning bolt that struck the low-tier angels at the very front,
Boom!!
In an instant, dozens of Lv 10 angels were destroyed. Immediately after, the shockwave from the explosion cleared out another portion of the low-tier angels.
While casting the magic.
Minori kept his eyes on the few Seat Angels, especially the Lv 70 one. He had a level difference of over 20 with it!
Whoosh—
A few Seat Angels vibrated their wings slightly, making no other moves.
Minori's eyes relaxed: "Neutral monsters should normally counterattack when attacked, but as the caster, I won't be affected."
"For high-level players, they are indeed suitable as sacrificial-type characters."
This thought flashed through Minori's mind. He glanced at his status panel and found that he hadn't gained any experience points from destroying the angels, which was a bit regrettable.
But it was also within expectations.
Angels summoned by normal 'Angel Summon' also don't grant experience points.
"The highest-level creatures I encountered before should have been the Ancient Fire Dragon and the Lava Dominator, both of which were only between Lv 47 and Lv 49."
Minori did a simple experiment, and a thought couldn't help but emerge in his mind:
"Controlling this angelic legion should be able to easily destroy any country, well, except for the Slane Theocracy, and the Council State where the Platinum Dragon Lord resides."
There wasn't much to observe about the ordinary angels.
Minori's gaze remained on the few Seat Angels.
"Lv 50, Lv 60, and Lv 70 are all Seat Angels. According to the tier magic level ranges, they correspond to Eighth Tier, Ninth Tier, and Tenth Tier magic."
Minori wanted to complain about the modelers of 'YGGDRASIL': "This modeling... apart from the different wheels in their hands, there isn't much difference."
In Western angel legends, there are a total of 9 ranks of angels.
Angels above Lv 80 are Cherubim, belonging to the realm of Super-Tier Magic. Above Lv 90 are Seraphim, which should require coordination with special skills to summon.
However, tier magic is structured with every 7 levels as a tier, which inevitably leaves three tiers without a corresponding rank.
And in legends, Seat Angels are described as the thrones of God, or part of the divine chariot, so their image is that of fiery wheels with countless eyes.
"Okay, in that case... it can't really be considered lazy."
Minori looked at the somewhat bizarre and holy 'wheel within a wheel' in the hand of the Lv 70 angel.
Through the magic connection, he had already figured out the abilities of these angels.
The Lv 70 'Judgment Holy Angel's' passive ability is 'Invisible Eye', which can detect and reveal all invisible units,
Its special ability is 'Glorious Spirit Body', similar to a taunt skill and damage resistance effect.
The skill that made Minori's eyes light up the most was 'Judgment Lock'.
In the game background, summons like angels and demons are set as residents from other worlds. High-level angels and demons can use something similar to the Eighth Tier magic 'Dimensional Lock'.
This is a power that can render teleportation magic within a certain range ineffective.
'Teleportation' and 'Greater Teleportation' would be unable to leave the locked area under such circumstances.
Recalling the way Kelart communicated with this group of neutral angels.
As the caster, Minori still took some effort to get these few Angels to each release a skill.
He ultimately obtained three spells.
Sixth Tier 'Greater Healing': Restores 80 HP, heals diseases and negative status effects.
Seventh Tier 'Sunlight Burst': Area-of-effect attack magic, dealing higher damage to evil creatures, undead, and creatures with low karma.
Eighth Tier 'Judgment Lock': Renders teleportation-type magic ineffective within a certain range.
[Skill Points: 67 → 64]
The basic experiments were complete.
After about an hour, all the angels suddenly vibrated slightly, their bodies breaking down into large amounts of white light particles and beginning to dissipate.
The scene of over 200 angels dissipating simultaneously was like countless stars twinkling in the sky!
"This scene is much more stunning than fireworks."
Minori raised his head slightly, looking at the countless glittering white light particles dancing in the air, and let out a sigh:
"Next, it's time to investigate the Alliance Leader."
What a pity!
Such a beautiful scene was only witnessed by himself.
Besides, no one else would likely spend a large amount of magic and experience points just to watch this scene of angels dissipating.
Wait—
Minori's heart skipped a beat. Looking at the star-like specks of light filling the sky, a special thought suddenly entered his mind.
"So many white light particles are the product of the angels breaking down. In theory, they should be holy attribute energy, right?" Minori muttered to himself.
Negative energy is a form of power for the undead!
Holy energy should also be considered a form of power for the living, right?
Minori's heart couldn't help but pound again.
Royal Capital: Hoburns
—Meanwhile.
Holy Kingdom, Royal Capital.
Hoburns.
Inside the palace deep within the vast court built primarily in gray and white.
"Is the loss this severe?" A voice filled with grief and sorrow rang out.
This was the voice of the Holy Queen, Calca Bessarez.
On her delicate yet heroic and beautiful face, there was a hint of paleness and unconcealed sorrow.
The Holy Knights and the Temple Priests were the Holy Kingdom's most powerful elites. Now, the survivors were less than half.
"They went with the resolve to die, Your Highness Calca."
There was a hint of fatigue between Kelart's brows. Her fake smile and hidden cunning disappeared at this moment as she comforted the Holy Queen, Calca.
Although she possessed the magic 'Resurrection', most of the Holy Knights and Temple Priests, except for a small portion who turned into undead, essentially died under the Alliance Leader's 'Pale Fire' attack, with their bodies severely damaged.
This had exceeded the requirements for resurrection magic.
"This merit will be forever etched in the history of the Holy Knights and Temple Priests."
Kelart's gentle comforting voice had vanished, her tone becoming calm: "Their families and descendants will receive double the compensation and preferential treatment than before."
As she said this.
It made Kelart seem very cold, as if she no longer cared about the deceased members of the Knights and Priests.
In reality, this was how a superior should act!
It was right to be saddened by the death of subordinates, as it was a loss of the nation's strength, but it was wrong to be immersed in this 'grief' and let it affect one's emotions and judgment.
"Sigh."
"I have already arranged personnel to monitor the movements in the south. Not long ago, I dealt with quite a few nobles in the south because of their grain trade with the Hills."
The Holy Queen Calca sighed softly, her long bright golden hair falling on either side of her face as she looked at the dust-covered Kelart before her:
"Now that the Holy Knights and Temple Priests have suffered heavy losses, it's inevitable that they will make some moves."
"Kelart, you rushed back alone. Did something happen?"
Being too kind as a 'ruler' is indeed a flaw, but the Holy Queen Calca did not lack a ruler's intuition and talent.
Currently, the remnants of the Holy Knights and Temple Priests, as well as Remedios, are still in 'Kalinca'.
"Those idiotic bastards."
Kelart felt a surge of anger whenever she thought of the southern nobles trading grain with the demi-humans in the Hills:
"The Abelion Hills are currently in an extremely severe drought, even worse than the intelligence gathered before. Water and food are extremely scarce. If it weren't for the grain support from the southern nobles,"
"After experiencing this undead disaster, coupled with the lack of food and water, even if those demi-humans weren't wiped out, only two or three would be left."
"The original plan was to use the national treasure to clear out those demi-humans..."
Kelart's expression was a little troubled. She respectfully took out the 'Holy King's Crown' from her bosom and carefully placed it opposite the Holy Queen Calca.
After witnessing the power of this national treasure-level magic item, Kelart was terrified of losing it or causing even the slightest damage.
Now returning it to Her Majesty, she inexplicably felt a sense of relief.
"This national treasure item was given to you to deal with the undead."
Hearing Kelart's mutter, the Holy Queen Calca's expression turned serious, and she was a little angry: "You acted on your own again."
"If we could use this opportunity to eliminate the demi-humans."
"The safety of the nation and its people that Your Majesty pursues would be forever guaranteed, and the massive military expenditure on the fortress castles would also disappear."
Kelart lowered her head and replied calmly:
"Unfortunately, we did not obtain the specific location of the demi-human settlements."
"Although I anticipated this outcome from the beginning, that's why I prioritized eliminating the demi-humans' elite forces..."
"Did something unexpected happen?" The Holy Queen Calca was indeed a little angry, but she also understood that Kelart was acting for the Holy Kingdom.
Kelart reported the entire process in detail. Some matters required Her Highness to make a decision.
The Holy Queen Calca was relatively calm at first, but then became increasingly surprised. The composure a ruler should maintain completely vanished at this moment.
She felt as if she were listening to a story from 'A Hero's Tale'.
Slane Theocracy: Holy Capital
—Slane Theocracy.
Holy Capital, Great Cathedral.
The 'Cardinal Meeting' is the Theocracy's smallest private high-level meeting, usually convened only about once every six months.
The last meeting was held only about a week ago.
The six Cardinals were thus gathered once again in this holy and clean cathedral meeting room, free of even a speck of dust.
This meeting was naturally concerning the events in the Hills, and the dispatched unit, the [Sunlight Scripture], had not yet returned.
The six Cardinals already had the most detailed intelligence on the Hills area, thanks, of course, to the [Astrologer's Eye].
The air was very quiet.
Anyone who saw someone slay a legendary undead creature like a 'Soul Eater' with a single sword strike would find it unbelievable, right?
It would be strange if they weren't surprised!
Even for a member of the [Black Scripture], dealing with a Soul Eater one-on-one wouldn't be an easy task.
Let alone 'instant kill'!
This term was one of the strange words uttered by the former Gods that were difficult to guess or understand.
Although some specific meanings couldn't be understood, some could be translated.
"What is the situation with this adventurer team called 'Free Will'?"
"Is there no more specific intelligence?" The Cardinal of Light, Iwon, was the first to break the silence.
"According to the information from the Adventurer's Guild, this team hasn't been registered for long."
On the round cheeks of the Cardinal of Fire, Berenice, who still maintained a motherly smile, spoke softly:
"The leader's name is 'Minori'. He is very famous in the Kingdom and the Empire, known as the 'Genius Alchemist'."
"He also has a bounty placed on him by the Empire's Emperor, specifically related to the demi-human 'Warrior King' Go-Gin in this incident."
"He seems to be a rather high-profile adventurer. His more detailed identity hasn't been fully investigated yet, but his style of action doesn't seem to be what we imagined."
The Cardinal of Water, Sinedine, lightly pressed her earth-colored hands on the table, a look of wisdom in her withered-branch-like eyes: "The problem isn't this leader right now, but the girl named Enri!"
"No matter how you look at it, something is abnormal!"
"That's right."
Voices of agreement rang out one after another,
"There is no specific intelligence on this girl named Enri from the Adventurer's Guild. We need to investigate."
The Cardinal of Fire, Berenice, put away the smile on her face.
"Counting the time, it's been 200 years."
"Are you saying?"
"Perhaps it's that time again."
"Player? NPC?"
The atmosphere in the great hall became somewhat serious and solidified.
"In any case, we need to investigate immediately. Also, the special method that Leader Minori possesses to merge with angels needs to be contacted as soon as possible!"
"I can foresee that such an ability will have a huge impact on the Theocracy!"
"Then—dispatch the [Water Scripture] to the Re-Estize Kingdom to investigate the intelligence on that girl Enri."
"Dispatch the [Windflower Scripture] to the Holy Kingdom to invite the 'Free Will' team."
"Before 'Free Will' arrives in the Theocracy, we must ascertain the specific intelligence on that girl Enri."
"Seconded!"
"Seconded!"
"...!"