Chapter 714: That should be Illegal! [1/2]
The moment I said those words I felt my body come alive. It was like I was high on sugar or adrenaline. As if my entire body ached, but instead it was pleasurable. The feeling was unlike anything I ever experienced.
Currently I was standing near the former location of Castle De Arno. I say former as right now, aside from the fact that It was built on a cliff, it was gone. Only a smoking crater remained.
The brilliance from the explosion of holy energy reminded me of my wedding. Golden dust filled the sky. It was as if heaven opened up and angel descended. It has been a few minutes after the destruction of the castle.
Gaspar, who was in a wretched state, floated in the air. And as he commanded the enemies who had me surrounded finally began to move. All around me were the innumerable pale-colored bodies of the Ghouls.
They were all drooling and growling like animals. But maybe it was because that they had some kind of instinct, none of they ran towards me. Instead, they slowly walked and closed the space in which I could move.
In the skies, flying lower than normal were thousands and thousands of bats. They had yet to reform into Vampires for some reason. If monsters as dumb as Ghouls didn't charge in what more these smart bastards? They neither approached nor moved back. They were waiting.
'I see they still do not know what I can do. Rather than risk themselves they would hang back and learn my moves as I fought the cannon fodder.'
Such was the benefit of being higher up the food chain. You were less disposable in a way. Still, it was a shame that the golden dust didn't fall down. While the light of the holy blessings prevented them from going any higher, it was too insignificant to cause any damage.
With my superior eyesight I noticed some humanoids in the air. Unlike the Vampires who remained as bats, these bastards had four wings coming from their backs. Dorian and his party of five were among them. Find your next read on My Virtual Library Empire
Even with {Code}, {Imaging} and {Calculate} I had difficulty counting the number of enemies. One way or another this was going to end. And it was them that were going to need coffins, because I had no intention of dying.
'Exa. Show me the {Sirens of Sin}'
[Displaying.]
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{Sirens of Sin}
1. Freyja's Pride (Liv Ivaldi Smith) | Corruption Level: 94% | Balance: 1,000,000
2. Ishtar's Greed (Lilly Browning Smith) | Corruption Level: 97% | Balance: 1,000,000
3. Rhiannon's Wrath (Robyn Lithgow Smith) | Corruption Level: 94% | Balance: 1,000,000
4. Vela's Envy (Josephine Benelli Smith) | Corruption Level: 98% | Balance: 1,000,000
5. Minerva's Sloth (Isabella Taurus Smith) | Corruption Level: 91% | Balance: 1,000,000
6. Satis' Lust (Jasmine Denel Smith) | Corruption Level: 95% | Balance: 1,000,000
7. Inari's Gluttony (Aki Miroku Smith) | Corruption Level: 93% | Balance: 1,000,000
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Seeing the numbers I couldn't help but smile. True to their promise, even as I stood without anyone by myside in a sea of enemies I was never alone. My benevol probably couldn't handle the malice and already sent the excess to the girls.
Even as my battle harem all fought their own battles. They still helped me. How was it possible to find such devoted women. And the {Fates} wanted me to give them up? No fucking way in hell. I extended my senses and linked up with the Sirens of Sin.
'{Rejuvenate}'
The only ability I could give. And frankly the only one that mattered. When I saw that all the corruptions levels were back in the single digits I relaxed. I had to careful about malice especially when in large scale battles.
'Exa, can you trigger {Rejuvenate} on your own?'
[I cannot. The Sirens of Sin requires your soul signature before they can be adjusted. This must have been designed that way by the creator.]
'Indeed. I had Addison lock this to respond only to me. Well for now, keep track of the {Sirens of Sin}. Tell me to trigger {Rejuvenate} when one of the girls reach 70%.'
[But my lord, using {Rejuvenate} offloads the malice to you. And while the Sirens share some of that. You will drown in malice far longer than they will. It is not something that you can do indefinitely.]
'I am aware. But I had malice in my body before. But I was always able to comeback. I can just {Rewind} as many times as necessary.'
[I understand my lord. What do you intend to do about the army before you? It would take some time for the Ladies to bring the tunneling worms to your location.]
'According to the {Fates}, using {Fate breaker} will help them.'
[{Fate breaker?} Don't you mean {Soul Breaker} my lord? Also, when did you speak to the {Fates}? Did you use [Fate's Eden]? I have no records of the conversation. Can you please tell me what happened?]
'Never mind. I had a private meeting with them. {Fate Breaker} is {Soul Breakers} true name. I will tell you later. For now, let's not keep our guests waiting?'
"WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING! ATTACK HIM!"
Gaspar's angry shout feel on deaf ears as none of the Ghouls or Vampires attacked me. While some approached, they did so quite timidly. As if they were scared of my presence. But I couldn't care less what they thought. Right now, what was important was that I had to buy time.
But how?
"They were called {Fate Breaker}. To put it simply, the reason every soul in your body turns into power is not because of the ability it is the by product. Its main purpose is to summon the corrective force of destiny to a duel."
"This is why you are allowed to affect reality and command powers you normally could not. It is because you are literally challenging {fate}. The reason the current reapers die to {Soul Breaker} is that they do not even know who it is they challenge."
Nothing in this world was free. From what the {Fates} explained you could literally do anything when in {Fate Breaker}. To trigger {Fate Breaker} was to burn all the souls in your body.
To Reapers souls or soul power was both our currency and fuel. It was what allowed us to do things that broke all sense of reality. Putting two and two together, this meant that souls were what allowed {Fate Breaker} to influence reality.
But then I remembered. Descendant knew {Soul Breakers} would kill them. This was why they were used only as a last resort. Indirectly that meant a Descendant would have already used almost all of his souls prior to using the forbidden move.
If souls were the fuel that meant that what you could do varied greatly depending on how much you had. Thus, to me who currently had over 45 million. I should be able to do even things many believe to be impossible.
Right now, the most impossible thing was to kill this army myself instead of waiting for the Rank A Tunneling Worms. But suddenly killing them all in a big explosion was not good. It would immediately fill me with souls just like what happened to Castle De Arno.
It was best to kill them one by one or in groups. However, if that was the case, it would take far too long if I would do with my own body. Even with {Day by Day} it was close to impossible.
'Then let's start from there. The reason you are convinced of your victory is that you outnumber me. Then I will break that reality. Exa, help me.'
[With what my lord? I am sorry, I do not understand what is going on.]
Using {Day by Day} as a starting point I imagined having a million clones instead of just seven. I raised my hand to the heavens and pictured an army of John Smiths.
"{ALL FOR ONE}!"
My body suddenly lost strength as if I was anemic. Soul began gushing out of my soulgem as if they were being sucked from me by a big ass vacuum cleaner. The feeling was extremely unpleasant. While It did hurt, my emotions were the bigger problem.
The rapid departure of souls from my body made me experiences a myriad of emotions. I felt sad they left. I felt angry that they were taken from me. But above all I felt greedy and spiteful because what was mine was taken from me.
'FUCK! What the hell is going on.'
I struggled to remain standing and dropped to one knee. But my hand which was raised to the sky began to burn like a sun. It grew outward eventually becoming a massive orb that began to crush me with its weight.