Chapter 56 Part 3) A New Race? (Patreon)

“What do these things have to do with this tower here.” Desaray motioned to Juna, who changed the image once more. This time, she was projecting an image of a large, sleek black tower. It rose high into the sky but no higher than many of the skyscrapers that had stood before the fall.

“Tower?” Lilith looked at the tower and wrinkled her brow. “The tower is just a tower? I am not sure. It could be part of the summoning ritual for these angels. I only know what they are and know that they are like a virus to cleanse the world of sentient races. Only those who wish to reset a world would summon such monsters. And that stopped many millions of years ago since they were deemed taboo. The souls they eat make them stronger and, based on the world, could make them strong enough to even face off some of the beings in the divine realm. The thing about these things is that they do not stop consuming, and they do not die unless you manage to destroy the core, which is about the size of a grain of sand.

“To actually kill one, I would suggest obliterating it so that nothing is left because if their core survives, they can actually regenerate after a few thousand years.” Lilith tapped her chin before looking at Desaray, “Although you can freeze them. Your aura is already quite strong, so my guess is that your magic is even stronger. If you were to freeze it, sealing it away you can then launch it at the sun. Of course, you would need to do that to every single one of them.”

 “Wouldn’t that put Her Holiness at risk? If she gets her soul sucked.” Juna was worried. She did not want Desaray to risk it.

 “Don’t worry; when the time comes, I will be there to protect her. Souls happen to be my specialty.” Lilith replied with a smile.

“Then I guess I will need to head out.” Desaray was willing to take the risk. The kingdom was safe, but she could not let those who were still out there struggling to begin anew.

“Your Holiness, I think we should wait a little longer.” Regal stood up. “We have many issues within the kingdom that need to be addressed, as well as a push for leveling. There is also the threat of this Erebus. I do not mean to look down on Lady Lilith, but I can not help but worry that even if there is only a slim chance, your life might be in danger. That, that slim chance, even if it is only 0.01%, could happen. The Holy Kingdom of Serenity can not do without its Goddess. If you were to die…”

“I understand that Regal. But you should also have faith in my decisions. This is also good for me as well. If this does work and these angels are really high level then I might get some experience points out of this as well. I am not sure if using the sun to kill them is the same as me killing them, but, to be honest, the chance is there. I want all of you to continue diving into the raid. Try to get as far as you can. The more levels you gain, the better.”

“Your Holiness, I do not mean to interrupt, but the wood elves just came under attack.” Juna suddenly announced.

 “A Soul Sucker?” Desaray asked. She did not know of any other enemy that would attack them at this time.

“No. It seems to be a new race? I do not recognize them. Hold on, I am putting it on screen now.” Juna put the image up for everyone to see. What was shown was not a Soul Sucker but a race of pure black beings with white spots that looked like stars.

“Let me max my appraisal skill, then send me over to take a peek.” Desaray sighed as she stood up. Things were getting more chaotic by the day. “There, all set. You can send me now.”

“I will send you just outside the city.” Juna wrapped Desaray and Lilith in a root and sent them both off. She did not need to be told that Lilith was going to follow her. Once Desaray was gone, Juna moved to sit in her seat as she took over the meeting. “We will not begin planning who will go into the raid first.”

“Hold the line! Don’t let these bastards through!” An older elf shouted. He was doing his best to protect his home, but he found the new enemy to be on the strange side.

“Molin! Our magic does not work on them, and our arrows seemed to divert around them.” Another older elf appeared next to Molin and reported. “I tried everything but we can not hit these things.”

“Try to restrain them then. Use wood magic to restrain them. I be damned if we let them past the gates.” Molin gritted his teeth. First, it was the Angels and now this. He really did not know what he would do if one of those so called Angels appeared right now as well.

“I will have my men do just that.” The older elf replied before returning to his line.

Watching all of this not far away from the skies, Desaray frowned. She was debating whether or not to save the elves. She cast appraisal on the strange being only to get rows of question marks. Normally this would be a sign of danger, but this time, she couldn’t even see the name of the beings.