"The coming of this so-called 9th Infernal Lord was touted as such a big thing by Fate, that his appearance meant the beginning of the Last War and blah blah blah. But isn't this just subpar?"
Shocking words of extreme disdain released from him easily as his eyes observed the movements of the Infernal Lord and uncovered numerous secrets!
"Proficient in multiple laws, sure. Transformation abilities to boost his power output, and he's even dabbling in the law of fate as well. All made possible by your intrusion I'm sure, but the final attack he used to take out those three weaklings is just a failure, don't you think?"
It felt like he was talking to himself, yet he also wasn't at the same time as his eyes shone with splendor, analyzing things in a manner that very few would be able to in their entire lifetimes!
"A final skill that summons 5 beings at the same rank as himself. Seems scary enough, but if you peel through all the bravado and falsehoods...you can see that these beings are simply husks with no souls nor any accomplishments in the universal laws. If this creature you've made ever comes near me with such failure of abilities, he'll die right away you know? Although the abilities stemming from the law of Chaos seem proficient enough, but this really is a waste of my forces to test what exactly you would throw at me as I begin this Last War."
Words that would cause the sent Celestials to despair released from him, his thoughts revealing this initial Legion sent forth into the Dark Expanse being only a test to observe exactly what was in store for the coming war!
"I must say, it was thoroughly disappointing. At this point, I think your best bet would have been to strengthen the old Infernal Lords and bring a few more of them up to the Nebula Realm. Maybe then they could match me in a worthy final battle before I break out of this cage. But this little present you've prepared? Hah!"
Contempt was vibrant on his face as mysteries unknown to many unfolded from him, a slight smile appearing on his apathetic face as he enjoyed his sumptuous meal while watching a battle where thousands of beings from the Light Expanse and hundreds of his Celestials were dying every second!
Yet as all of this continued, indistinct Fate Line after Fate Lines were descending from the skies and coming to tightly wrap around him, his gaze not leaving the feed showing what was occurring at the Verittas Fortress as the decimation of his forces continued!
"Your earlier moves were very cunning. Using love to turn one of my brothers against me and making the other lose all hope as he senselessly wanders along the Letalis Expanse. But this 9th Infernal Lord that Fate is being all bubbly about...ah let's just watch and see, maybe there is still something I haven't seen hmm?"
The apathetic founder continued on with his monologues in the Celestial Realm as in a completely different location, in one of the most hellish Infernal Realms where the powerful Infernal Lords resided, a singular figure clad in a white robe was floating peacefully in the blazing red skies, their gaze happily watching a similar scene as the Founder as they observed with great interest!
The figure was dressed in a white robe that was an extremely stark contrast with the hellish and chaotic atmosphere of the Infernal Realm, but it seemed to be very fitting as it matched the flowing white hair and blue eyes of this being, the happy smile being one that would cause the hearts of many to flutter.
"Not too shabby, but still a long way to go."
A clear and sonorous voice rang out from her as she changed her position, waving her hands towards the illusory screen showing the ongoing battle as it faded. To her, this battle was already considered finished, all that was left thereafter being the unfortunate scene of Chaos that came from these wars, blood continuing to flow freely in the vast expanse of space.
For the truly powerful figures of the Novus Galaxy that bothered to watch the scenes at the Verittas Fortress, the first battle of the long coming war was effectively over, and they had discerned a few important things from it.
One was the appearance of the 9th Infernal Lord foretold by Fate, the other was naturally the directions of the winds of victory of this war actually going to the side nobody expected- the Dark Expanse!
In the first battle initiated by the Celestials, it actually looked like they would be taking a huge loss!
The Grand Mage Edrusim was watching the ongoing scenes of the battle with a shocked smile as he laughed jovially, the Mage's Tower he was in turning particularly rowdy as they observed the happenings of the Verittas Fortress.
In another location, the Vampyre Ruler Vladivostok should have also been happy, but he held a troubled expression as he saw the power of this Infernal Lord that was somehow connected to the Vampyre Ancestors.
He had to find out exactly what was going on around this issue, steeling his heart as his power at the Star Forging Realm exploded, setting out to confront this Infernal Lord right away for answers!
Some were joyful, some gaining a new sense of fear, but the results remained the same.
Back in the battlefield, the symphony of Chaos continued as Noah spread his senses out wide, sweeping it across the void of space as he confirmed not a single Celestial remained.
Complete massacre!
OOOH!
He sent a command to the Infernal Legion to stand down and stop needlessly taking the lives of the surrendering beings of the Prime Worlds that accompanied the Celestial Legion, his body that was thrumming with power settling down as he looked around to the only places where battles were still ongoing.
Only the single Celestial Grandmaster matched against the Dark Wizard Shanora still stood, all the other World Rank Grandmasters facing their death! It was actually Grandmaster Ramiel who controlled the 7th Celestial Star, his character being so meaningless that he was only being mentioned now, his defeat not even needing to be expressed with more words!
The only other World Rank Expert that stemmed from the Prime Worlds, Master Brightstar, had surrendered with his gaze that of confusion and despair as Commanding Mage Turner had his essence tightly binding him.
The World Rank Summons that Noah commanded had helped rapidly bring the battlefield into order, their entrance accelerating and stopping most of the battles as only a single World Rank Grandmaster remained, the gaze of Ramiel being that of despair as he felt the auras of numerous World Rank beings coming towards him!
Noah's eyes focused on this remaining World Rank Grandmaster as his figure teleported right away, intent on fully finishing this grand battle as he counted the enormous gains!
Chapter 493 Weak!
The last World Rank Grandmaster from the Celestial Legion fell as the 9th Infernal Lord himself appeared hungrily in its hopeless battle with the reinforced Dark Wizard Shanora, the enormous palms of the Infernal Lord coming forth as they grasped onto the fearful body of the being that had all of his energy spent with his eyes shining the light of [Domination].
The World Rank Celestial that was already heavily exhausted stopped struggling in his palms as he pressed down, the uncomfortable sound of flesh and bones creaking ringing out as it resoundingly closed the chapter on the strongest opposing beings of this battle!
OOOOH!
"Ready to Serve!"
OOOOH!
"Ready to Destroy!"
OOOOH!
A cacophony of noises from the Infernal Legion was the only thing ringing out as others simply stared around in confusion, happiness, fearfulness, and terror!
Noah's mountainous body rose high as the vibrant yells of the Infernals were all that reverberated, his gaze arrogantly overlooking the battlefield and the portions where thousands of golden robed Celestials were lifelessly floating.
He then looked towards the few Prime Warships that he had not destroyed as his figure rose towards them, his grandeur causing even the chanting Infernals to come to stop as his gaze stared towards the Warships...as if he could see the beings that were peering in!
Commanding Mage Turner looked towards this Infernal Lord with a shocked expression as he and many others knew what was a
bout to happen as this powerful being looked out into the void of space. Did he...really plan to address the powerful experts watching this battle? Was he going to give a speech to boast of his victory while slapping the face of the higher ups among the Celestials?!
They watched with bated breaths as they waited to hear the words that this Infernal Lord would use to address the watching Celestials. The armored figure's eyes shone a luminous red splendor as he opened his mouth and spoke in an extremely domineering and reckless manner.
"Weak."
RUMBLE!
…!
Only a single word!
Weak!
A single word that was filled with arrogance and disdain, but it carried with it immense meaning as it shook the minds of all those that heard it, the Infernal Lord teleporting thereafter as he did not even bother to speak a single more word!
"..."
OOOOOH!
The feeling of victory only came after this shocking statement as many beings looked at each other.
"We won…"
"We won!"
"Victorious!"
Only after a while did the feelings of victory permeate throughout the forces of the Verittas Fortress, their gazes unbelievingly staring at each other as they hugged those near.
This was because for many of them, they had inscribed the terror of Celestials into their hearts, and knew that in this battle, they were very likely to die very cruel deaths!
Yet it was not them who had this fate today, but the Celestials themselves. The yells of Victors spread throughout the battlefield as those who surrendered stayed as quiet as possible, awaiting to see exactly what their fate would be.
The World Rank Experts fighting for the Verittas Fortress looked towards the mountainous Infernal Lord that was now waving his hands, the summoned World Rank beings leaving their sight as they then observed with shining eyes as he teleported around the void of space where tens of thousands of bodies of defeated Celestials and beings from the numerous Prime Worlds laid.
They saw the Infernal Lord appear beside these bodies as a red light erupted from him and washed over the bodies in droves, their eyes not fully understanding what they were seeing, but they prepared to take a look at their forces as well as the surrendering beings that numbered in the tens of thousands from numerous Prime Worlds of Light Expanse.
The red light they saw shining as Noah moved across the void of space littered with body was actually just him reading the memories of the dead beings, his mind already planning ahead multiple steps as the memories of thousands were something extremely valuable that he was planning on using in the near future!
His body continued to feel the descent of numerous Fate Lines and Chaos Particles, but his Fate Lines were so far ahead and still constantly changing that he felt his progression in the Law of Chaos would be left in the dust if he didn't find a way to rapidly move the progression along like in the Law of Fate.
He glanced at his Stat Panel briefly as he teleported across the battlefield and read the memories of tens of thousands of dead beings, numerous unknown thoughts moving through him!
[Noah Osmont][Title(s): Infernal Lord(Variant)]
[Bloodline(s): Vampyre Progenitor(Awakening)]
[Fate Line(s) : 3,109,498]
[Chaos Particle(s) : 794,362]
[Origin Core(s) : Fire-3, Water-3]
[Domain(s) : Fate,Chaos, Space, Fire, Water]
[Vitality: WORLD]
[Focus: - ]
[Strength: WORLD]
[Law(s) : Fate-31%,Chaos-7.9%,Space-8%, Fire-37%, Water-37%]
His Fate Lines had ridiculously risen by more than 2 million in just this single battle, his heart seeing this as the biggest boon as it actually made him look forward to even more battles like this!
The number of Chaos Particles had stably rocketed to close to 800,000, their number also rising rapidly from the chaos and destruction that was carried out in this battle.
RAA! RAA!
The Emperor Penguin was arrogantly rising in the void of space victoriously as he was followed by the other Harbingers and a mountainous Draco, their eyes set on their Master as he moved across the void of space collecting the memories of thousands.
They weren't the only ones watching closely, the World Rank Royal Vampyre Rokku along with his forces...were also looking towards him with a difficult expression!
This was because they saw too many things that pointed to secrets of Ancient Vampyres from this Infernal Lord, but they couldn't bring themselves to go forward and ask as the oppressive air this Infernal Lord released was heavy.
They also had a sense of intuition that told them...something big would change the moment they wanted this mystery to be addressed!
But the current forces of Vampyres at the Verittas Fortress did not have to fear, because the Vampyre Ruler himself, the being that oversaw the many Vampyre Clans in the Dark Expanse...was rushing over here at this instant to solve this mystery himself!
Chapter 494 At least it will be fun!
In the unknown location in the Celestial Realm, the Founder wiped his mouth with a sigh of contentment reminiscent of someone that had a really good meal, his eyes watching the fading figure of the Infernal Lord as the battle at the Verittas Fortress wrapped up.
To him, this event actually did not seem to hold much significance, the biggest emotion he released out of all it actually stemming from the lustrous meats of the Supreme Behemoths he was enjoying while watching the battle!
"Weak, huh?"
He held a smiling expression that looked extremely eerie with his eyes that never released an ounce of emotion themselves, numerous thoughts crossing his mind as he thought about his life.
Weakness...was actually not a familiar feeling for him, his heart not having felt it for quite some time!
Even now he only curiously thought about it, as it was not even in his mind that he would ever feel such an emotion again. This was because he knew too many things! He had achieved too much! Lastly...he had a very clear goal that was very much within his reach!
Thus, fear was not something that he ever thought about, this recent loss at the Verittas Fortress only further giving him more information that would go towards building the future he wanted to create.
"With such a character of an Infernal Lord joining in, at least it will be fun."
He left behind such words as his figure turned into particles of light, moving from this location to another as he went to lead his people that were currently reeling from the shock of a loss right now!
The Celestials across the numerous Celestial Stars were receiving the news or had watched it with their own eyes in anger and horror, watching the complete obliteration of their forces as not a single one of them managed to return.
The Celestials in the 7th Celestial Star were left without a leader momentarily, Grandmaster Ramiel's life being taken as easily as all the other Grandmasters. This student that had left a golden prison deep beneath this Celestial Star...would never get to return as he faced eternal darkness!
In the hidden underground prison on this 7th Celestial Star, the pierced figure who had revealed himself as the Karmic Sect Leader to Noah, also the being that was known as one of the Founders of the Celestials- was actually sighing with a sad smile as he sensed the passing of his disciple.
"Which one of us ever knows what fate has in store?"
He posed a question to nobody as on this particular day, his face was brighter than normal. This was because what little calculations he could do right now told him that with the beginning of the Last War...fate was moving rapidly once more as the shackles that bound him would soon be no more.
The person responsible for releasing him had taken his time, but one could never rush the workings of fate, as things would always occur when they were meant to.
He was reminiscing in his golden prison when at the next moment, he heard bustling movements beginning to spread out all around the 7th Celestial Star, the beings dwelling within
moving with vigor as his ears perked up.
What the chained being found was the forces of this Celestial Star being riled up, having received commands that came directly from the Founder for them to prepare! His eyes shone with a bright light as he continued to observe the happenings of this Celestial Star, trying to foresee the future as this incidence was not just occurring on the 7th Celestial Star!
All across the Light Expanse and in the Celestial Realm, the millions of Celestials had received a single command from the Founder in response to the colossal first loss at the Verittas Fortress. That command was for all of them to prepare and be ready!
For the sake of bringing Order and Balance in the Universe, the loss of a single Celestial Legion could be overlooked. What they needed to do now was prepare to not just send out a single Legion, but form hundreds of Celestial Legions that would be placed under the command of worthy Generals.
In the mind of the Founder, the inconsequential loss at the Verittas Fortress was nothing, and the full war would begin soon as movements were underway to move billions of forces from the Light Expanse, place them into hundreds of Legions under the command of Celestials, and then use this terrifying force to head towards the Dark Expanse.
What was happening now was them entering into a period of an actual full scale war, a war of attrition that would span for who knew how long!
RUMBLE!
Waves of fate and chaos continued to flow through the river of time, the tides of war being fanned as those in the Dark Expanse knew what was coming.
The Grand Mage Edrusim and the Infernal Lords knew full well the strength of the Celestials, their forces being prepared in earnest as they did not let this single victory lul them into a feeling of power.
It was not a single victory that would decide the course of this war, but a balance on wins and losses over the span of months or years- how ever long it took before a deciding event took place to end this Last War.
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