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Chapter 419
chapter 329 part 1
Chapter 327: The True Secret Society, the Magic Sealing Crystal Secured
A group of angels gently beat their wings, suspended in the sky. Their holy radiance intertwined and echoed!
The 32 Tranquility Archon Angels at the forefront each held a silver spear-like staff. Their four pairs of wings formed a continuous sheet, and the unparalleled, breathtaking sight silenced the entire battlefield.
Kelart swayed, a morbid flush appearing on his pale face, weakened from excessive magic power consumption.
"Her Majesty, Holy Queen Calca..."
A wave of excitement and fervor surged through Kelart's brown pupils.
Although this power couldn't compare to the angels summoned by the Slane Theocracy, it was still enough to easily dictate the victory of a war!
Humans... Why?
The Green Leaf Witch, holding the unconscious Enri, quickly retreated to Tang Zheng's position, her eyes warily fixed on Kelart's direction.
In her experience, humans had always been weak beings, but everything she had experienced today shattered her entire understanding.
"Cuiye, put Enri on Xiao Hei's back."
A calm and steady voice sounded softly.
The Green Leaf Witch dazedly came to her senses and quickly replied, "Yes."
"Awooo."
The Ghoul Dog prostrated itself, and Tang Zheng stepped off its back.
Only then did the Green Leaf Witch carefully place Enri onto the Ghoul Dog's back.
Looking at the unconscious Enri.
"She should just be exhausted." Tang Zheng felt relieved.
The power of that last attack was too strong, and Enri's level was too low. Even by borrowing the power of her class itself, her body could barely withstand it.
His gaze swept over the Green Leaf Witch beside him.
Tang Zheng could roughly guess her thoughts. Was it because the power displayed by the humans was too shocking?
Heh.
Tang Zheng chuckled inwardly, his gaze returning to the Cleric Corps, or more precisely, to the crown in Kelart's hands.
The crown, which had originally shimmered with a golden luster and was adorned with bright crystals, had become extremely dim. Even the transparent crystals on it were a dull, dusty gray.
"The magical luster has completely vanished."
"It probably can't be used consecutively and might even need a long time to recover."
After observing the crown's state, Tang Zheng had already deduced some information.
If it was like this for the Holy Kingdom, the Theocracy was likely much the same.
The Magic Sealing Crystal was a part of the Slane Theocracy's foundation. In the eyes of the people of this Otherworld, it was an extremely rare item.
Even for a Player, it was a relatively valuable item.
And the process for the Slane Theocracy to infuse the 7th-tier "Angel Summoning" into a Magic Sealing Crystal required an enormous expenditure of manpower and resources to complete.
This was by no means a conventional method.
"If I remember correctly, these angels should be Neutral summoned creatures." Tang Zheng stared at Kelart, wanting to see how he would command these angels.
He had actually wanted to test the new tenth-tier magic he had mastered. After all, the magic Kelart activated with the crown was a degraded version, but the current situation was clearly unsuitable.
"Final War (Evil)" and "Armageddon (Good)" had similar effects.
The original work mentioned that the demons summoned by "Final War (Evil)" were not considered allies of the summoner. Aside from not attacking the summoner, they would attack everything else around them indiscriminately.
Therefore, it was generally used for things like sacrifices, offering magic, or activating rituals. This could also be considered a restriction of the magic.
"As expected of 'Good'-aligned angels."
Tang Zheng observed that these summoned angels had not made any move since they appeared. He mused, "At least they're much friendlier than the demons that attack indiscriminately upon arrival."
At this moment.
Kelart slowly lowered the crown he had been holding above his head. A devout expression appeared on his cheeks as he held the crown before his chest with both hands.
"I am Kelart Custodio, Chief Priest of the Holy Kingdom's Temple and Captain of the Cleric Corps."
"I ask you, honored angels, to annihilate these demi-humans!"
Kelart raised his head slightly, looking directly at the host of angels in the sky, and spoke in a solemn and serious tone.
A brief silence!
*Rustle—*
The host of angels began to beat their wings, swooping down towards the demi-humans on the battlefield.
Seeing this.
"Not a command or an order, but a 'negotiation'? Or perhaps it's to give these summoned Neutral angels a more explicit target."
A thought stirred in Tang Zheng's mind, and he vaguely began to understand the trick to commanding these angels.
The Otherworld was a real world, not a game, so some magic would differ from how it appeared in the game. This was something Tang Zheng paid close attention to.
*Whoosh— Whoosh—*
Over 200 angels streaked through the sky!
In particular, the 32 Tranquility Archon Angels plunged into the midst of the demi-humans in a mere moment.
Having just been through a war, the mentally and physically exhausted demi-human troops simply could not withstand the power of these angels.
The enraged roars and miserable screams of the demi-humans instantly echoed through the sky!
"It developed just as I expected."
Tang Zheng watched this scene, his eyes flickering for a moment before returning to calm.
Was Kelart cruel? Did he betray the previous cooperation agreement?
That was only from the perspective of the demi-human faction.
Tang Zheng was no saint. The number of demi-humans he himself had slaughtered was not small, and he had no justifiable reason to stop any of this.
The hatred between the Holy Kingdom and the demi-humans had persisted for hundreds of years. It couldn't be stopped or forgotten with just a few words.
How could the Holy Kingdom possibly give up an opportunity like this, unless a greater benefit or an unstoppable power appeared!
The remaining forces of the Sunlight Scripture watched all of this unfold with indifference, showing no intention of intervening.
The secret task that the Cardinal of the Slane Theocracy had covertly given Captain Nigun—'to prevent the Holy Kingdom from completely annihilating the demi-humans'—was known only to Captain Nigun himself.
Now that Captain Nigun was dead, there was naturally no one to stop it.
"Hm!"
Tang Zheng's gaze suddenly focused, his attention immediately shifting to his shadow clone. "Found him!"
The mountain range south of the hills.
The shadow clone descended rapidly from the sky, looking into a deep pit located in a crevice of the mountain range.
To say the Alliance Leader was in a miserable state would be an understatement. The black mist that had enveloped his entire body had completely dissipated, and a pure black magic robe hung in tatters on his frame.
His true appearance, which had always been hidden, was revealed!
It was an incomparably hideous sight. His entire body had no skin, looking like a skeleton that had not yet completely decomposed.
The surface of the skeleton was covered with a thin layer of red flesh. This was especially obvious on his cheeks, where the crimson, dried flesh was most prominent. Lacking the support of skin and muscle, the remaining flesh on his entire face hung loosely.
Especially that pair of protruding, cold white eyes—one large and one small—was terrifying.
Tang Zheng had been somewhat suspicious before, but now seeing his appearance, he was completely certain that the other party was an undead.
The Alliance Leader's exposed jawbone was slightly slanted, preventing his mouth from closing completely, leaving it in a perpetually open state.
"To think I would lose to a mere priest."
The Alliance Leader trembled as he climbed out of the pit. His entire body emitted a sizzling sound as it was corroded by the holy, purifying energy. Enduring the feeling of weakness, he looked at the shadow clone descending from the sky, his jawbone clacking up and down.
"Surprised, aren't you... that I... am not dead? How could I possibly die before the great God returns!"
Chapter 327: The True Secret Society, the Magic Sealing Crystal Secured
A group of angels gently beat their wings, suspended in the sky. Their holy radiance intertwined and echoed!
The 32 Tranquility Archon Angels at the forefront each held a silver spear-like staff. Their four pairs of wings formed a continuous sheet, and the unparalleled, breathtaking sight silenced the entire battlefield.
Kelart swayed, a morbid flush appearing on his pale face, weakened from excessive magic power consumption.
"Her Majesty, Holy Queen Calca..."
A wave of excitement and fervor surged through Kelart's brown pupils.
Although this power couldn't compare to the angels summoned by the Slane Theocracy, it was still enough to easily dictate the victory of a war!
Humans... Why?
The Green Leaf Witch, holding the unconscious Enri, quickly retreated to Tang Zheng's position, her eyes warily fixed on Kelart's direction.
In her experience, humans had always been weak beings, but everything she had experienced today shattered her entire understanding.
"Cuiye, put Enri on Xiao Hei's back."
A calm and steady voice sounded softly.
The Green Leaf Witch dazedly came to her senses and quickly replied, "Yes."
"Awooo."
The Ghoul Dog prostrated itself, and Tang Zheng stepped off its back.
Only then did the Green Leaf Witch carefully place Enri onto the Ghoul Dog's back.
Looking at the unconscious Enri.
"She should just be exhausted." Tang Zheng felt relieved.
The power of that last attack was too strong, and Enri's level was too low. Even by borrowing the power of her class itself, her body could barely withstand it.
His gaze swept over the Green Leaf Witch beside him.
Tang Zheng could roughly guess her thoughts. Was it because the power displayed by the humans was too shocking?
Heh.
Tang Zheng chuckled inwardly, his gaze returning to the Cleric Corps, or more precisely, to the crown in Kelart's hands.
The crown, which had originally shimmered with a golden luster and was adorned with bright crystals, had become extremely dim. Even the transparent crystals on it were a dull, dusty gray.
"The magical luster has completely vanished."
"It probably can't be used consecutively and might even need a long time to recover."
After observing the crown's state, Tang Zheng had already deduced some information.
If it was like this for the Holy Kingdom, the Theocracy was likely much the same.
The Magic Sealing Crystal was a part of the Slane Theocracy's foundation. In the eyes of the people of this Otherworld, it was an extremely rare item.
Even for a Player, it was a relatively valuable item.
And the process for the Slane Theocracy to infuse the 7th-tier "Angel Summoning" into a Magic Sealing Crystal required an enormous expenditure of manpower and resources to complete.
This was by no means a conventional method.
"If I remember correctly, these angels should be Neutral summoned creatures." Tang Zheng stared at Kelart, wanting to see how he would command these angels.
He had actually wanted to test the new tenth-tier magic he had mastered. After all, the magic Kelart activated with the crown was a degraded version, but the current situation was clearly unsuitable.
"Final War (Evil)" and "Armageddon (Good)" had similar effects.
The original work mentioned that the demons summoned by "Final War (Evil)" were not considered allies of the summoner. Aside from not attacking the summoner, they would attack everything else around them indiscriminately.
Therefore, it was generally used for things like sacrifices, offering magic, or activating rituals. This could also be considered a restriction of the magic.
"As expected of 'Good'-aligned angels."
Tang Zheng observed that these summoned angels had not made any move since they appeared. He mused, "At least they're much friendlier than the demons that attack indiscriminately upon arrival."
At this moment.
Kelart slowly lowered the crown he had been holding above his head. A devout expression appeared on his cheeks as he held the crown before his chest with both hands.
"I am Kelart Custodio, Chief Priest of the Holy Kingdom's Temple and Captain of the Cleric Corps."
"I ask you, honored angels, to annihilate these demi-humans!"
Kelart raised his head slightly, looking directly at the host of angels in the sky, and spoke in a solemn and serious tone.
A brief silence!
*Rustle—*
The host of angels began to beat their wings, swooping down towards the demi-humans on the battlefield.
Seeing this.
"Not a command or an order, but a 'negotiation'? Or perhaps it's to give these summoned Neutral angels a more explicit target."
A thought stirred in Tang Zheng's mind, and he vaguely began to understand the trick to commanding these angels.
The Otherworld was a real world, not a game, so some magic would differ from how it appeared in the game. This was something Tang Zheng paid close attention to.
*Whoosh— Whoosh—*
Over 200 angels streaked through the sky!
In particular, the 32 Tranquility Archon Angels plunged into the midst of the demi-humans in a mere moment.
Having just been through a war, the mentally and physically exhausted demi-human troops simply could not withstand the power of these angels.
The enraged roars and miserable screams of the demi-humans instantly echoed through the sky!
"It developed just as I expected."
Tang Zheng watched this scene, his eyes flickering for a moment before returning to calm.
Was Kelart cruel? Did he betray the previous cooperation agreement?
That was only from the perspective of the demi-human faction.
Tang Zheng was no saint. The number of demi-humans he himself had slaughtered was not small, and he had no justifiable reason to stop any of this.
The hatred between the Holy Kingdom and the demi-humans had persisted for hundreds of years. It couldn't be stopped or forgotten with just a few words.
How could the Holy Kingdom possibly give up an opportunity like this, unless a greater benefit or an unstoppable power appeared!
The remaining forces of the Sunlight Scripture watched all of this unfold with indifference, showing no intention of intervening.
The secret task that the Cardinal of the Slane Theocracy had covertly given Captain Nigun—'to prevent the Holy Kingdom from completely annihilating the demi-humans'—was known only to Captain Nigun himself.
Now that Captain Nigun was dead, there was naturally no one to stop it.
"Hm!"
Tang Zheng's gaze suddenly focused, his attention immediately shifting to his shadow clone. "Found him!"
The mountain range south of the hills.
The shadow clone descended rapidly from the sky, looking into a deep pit located in a crevice of the mountain range.
To say the Alliance Leader was in a miserable state would be an understatement. The black mist that had enveloped his entire body had completely dissipated, and a pure black magic robe hung in tatters on his frame.
His true appearance, which had always been hidden, was revealed!
It was an incomparably hideous sight. His entire body had no skin, looking like a skeleton that had not yet completely decomposed.
The surface of the skeleton was covered with a thin layer of red flesh. This was especially obvious on his cheeks, where the crimson, dried flesh was most prominent. Lacking the support of skin and muscle, the remaining flesh on his entire face hung loosely.
Especially that pair of protruding, cold white eyes—one large and one small—was terrifying.
Tang Zheng had been somewhat suspicious before, but now seeing his appearance, he was completely certain that the other party was an undead.
The Alliance Leader's exposed jawbone was slightly slanted, preventing his mouth from closing completely, leaving it in a perpetually open state.
"To think I would lose to a mere priest."
The Alliance Leader trembled as he climbed out of the pit. His entire body emitted a sizzling sound as it was corroded by the holy, purifying energy. Enduring the feeling of weakness, he looked at the shadow clone descending from the sky, his jawbone clacking up and down.
"Surprised, aren't you... that I... am not dead? How could I possibly die before the great God returns!"
