Chapter 327

Pfft—

The sound of a balloon bursting.

The white bubble vortex dissipated into fine light spots.

This last massive angel finally appeared completely, three pairs of neat, pure-feathered holy white wings slowly spreading out.

The intense pressure triggered changes in the air, causing faint ripples to appear in the surroundings, and even the high temperature of the lava zone was suppressed by this power, becoming cool!

The external image of this angel was not much different from the previous two throne angels, but the wheel placed between its palms became larger.

Composed of a total of 4 silver-colored bronze gears, with a large wheel nested with a small wheel, with multiple eyes faintly appearing 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 the main body was the strange rotating gear in its hand!

1 Tenth Rank Ruling Throne Angel (70lv)

A chill rose up behind his spine.

Tang Zheng's body subconsciously tensed, staring fixedly at this 70-level Ruling Throne Angel; his intuition told him that this angel was extremely dangerous.

Clearly impossible to ignore!

It was as if an alarm bell had suddenly rung in his mind, a biological guard against danger, making him want to keep his distance from this 70-level Ruling Throne Angel.

This feeling of danger was the first time it had appeared!

Tang Zheng stood in place, watching the front calmly.

At a glance!

A full 239 angels were suspended in mid-air, like a true angel legion, countless holy lights connecting together, wantonly releasing holy radiance.

Dyeing the entire red lava zone snow-white!

Even as the summoner, Tang Zheng.

Faced with this group of angels, he felt an indescribable pressure.

"I feel that once surrounded, there will be a real life-threatening danger." Tang Zheng pulled a slight smile at the corner of his mouth:

"Hmm... sure enough, it cannot be directly controlled."

A brief thought.

"Thunder Dragon"—

Tang Zheng suddenly raised his arm and began to chant.

Blue electric light flickered, transforming into a curved dragon-shaped lightning bolt, falling into the low-rank angels at the very front.

Boom!!

In an instant, dozens of 10-level angels were destroyed, and the shockwave generated by the explosion then cleared away a portion of the low-rank angels.

While casting the magic.

Tang Zheng stared fixedly at the few throne angels, especially the 70-level one; he had a gap of more than 20 levels with the other party!

Whoosh—

The few throne angels vibrated their wings without any other action.

Tang Zheng's eyes relaxed: "When neutral monsters are attacked, they should normally counterattack, but as the caster, I will not be affected by this."

"For high-level players, they are indeed suitable as sacrifice-type characters."

This thought flashed through Tang Zheng's mind, and he scanned the attribute panel, finding it a pity that he didn't gain experience points for eliminating those angels.

But it was also within expectations.

Angels summoned by normal "Angel Summoning" also do not have experience points.

"The highest-level creatures encountered before should be the Ancient Fire Dragon and the Sun Angler, both of whose levels were only between 47~49."

Tang Zheng experimented simply, and a thought popped into his mind:

"Controlling this angel legion should be able to easily destroy any country, uh, the Slane Theocracy probably couldn't, and there's also the Platinum Dragon Lord's Council State."

There was nothing to observe about ordinary angels.

Tang Zheng's gaze remained on the few throne angels.

"50, 60, 70 levels are all throne angels, corresponding to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Rank magic levels according to the rank magic level intervals."

Tang Zheng wanted to complain about the modeler of "Yggdrasil": "This modeling... except for the different wheels in their hands, there's not much difference."

In the West, there are a total of 9 levels of angels.

Those above level 80 are Cherubim, belonging to the realm of super-tier magic, and those above level 90 are Seraphim, which should require special skills to summon.

And rank magic uses 7 levels as a tier, which inevitably leaves three ranks unable to correspond.

And throne angels are described in legends as the throne of God, or part of the holy chariot, so the image is a wheel burning with flames and having countless eyes.

"Alright, this... can't really be called lazy."

Tang Zheng looked at the somewhat eerie and holy "wheel within a wheel" in the hands of the 70-level angel.

Through the connection of magic, he had already figured out the abilities of these angels.

The 70-level "Ruling Throne Angel's" passive ability is "Invisible Eye," which can detect and discover all invisible units.

The special ability is "Glorious Spirit," similar to a taunt skill and a damage-blocking effect.

The skill that caught Tang Zheng's eye the most was "Judgment Lockdown."

In the game background, summoned creatures like angels and demons are set as residents from the Other World, and high-level angels and demons can use powers similar to the Eighth Rank magic "Dimensional Lock."

This is a power that can make transfer-type magic within a certain range ineffective.

"Teleportation" and "Greater Teleportation" would not be able to leave the locked range under these circumstances.

Recalling the way Grandmother Grandmother Liji communicated with this group of neutral angels.

As the caster, Tang Zheng still spent some effort to get these throne angels to release their skills separately.

Finally, he obtained three spells.

Sixth Rank "Greater Healing": Restores 80 HP, heals diseases and negative states.

Seventh Rank "Sunlight Burst": Area-of-effect attack magic, causing higher damage to evil creatures, undead, and creatures with low justice values.

Eighth Rank "Judgment Lockdown": Transfer-type magic within a certain range becomes ineffective.

【Skill Points: 67→64】

The basic experiments were completed.

After about an hour, all the angels vibrated slightly, and their bodies decomposed into a large number of white light spots and began to dissipate.

The scene of more than 200 angels dissipating at the same time was like stars twinkling in the sky!

"This scene is much brighter than fireworks."

Tang Zheng looked up slightly, watching the countless brilliant white light spots flying, and let out a sigh:

"Next, it's time to investigate the Alliance Leader."

Pity!

Such a beautiful scene was only watched by himself.

Besides, no one would spend a large amount of mana and experience points just to watch this scene of angels dissipating.

Wait—

Tang Zheng's heart skipped a beat; looking at the starlit light spots, a special thought suddenly flooded into his mind.

"So many white light spots are the product of angels decomposing; theoretically, they should be holy attribute energy." Tang Zheng muttered to himself.

Negative energy is a power for the undead!

Holy energy should also be a power for the living, right?

Tang Zheng's heart couldn't help but skip another beat.

—At the same time.

Holy Kingdom, Royal Capital.

Hoburns.

Deep within the palace built mainly of gray-white stone.

"Are the losses so heavy?" A sorrowful and sad voice sounded.

This was the voice of Holy Queen Calca.

On her delicate yet heroic and beautiful face, there was a trace of paleness and unspeakable pain.

The holy knight group and the priest group were the strongest elites of the Holy Kingdom, and now less than half of them had survived.

"They were prepared to die, Your Majesty Calca."

Grandmother Grandmother Liji had a trace of fatigue between her brows; her fake smile and hidden cunning disappeared at this moment, and she comforted Holy Queen Calca.

Although she mastered the "Resurrection" magic, the holy knights and priests, except for a small number who were turned into undead, basically died under the Alliance Leader's "Pale Fire" attack, and their bodies were severely damaged.

It had already exceeded the requirements for resurrection magic.

"This merit will be forever remembered in the history of the holy knight group and the priest group."

The gentle voice with which Grandmother Grandmother Liji had just comforted her disappeared, and her tone became calm: "Their families and descendants will receive double the compensation and preferential treatment compared to the past."

After these words were spoken.

Grandmother Grandmother Liji looked very indifferent, seemingly no longer caring about the dead members of the knight group and the priest group.

In reality, this should be the performance of a superior!

It is right to be sad about the death of subordinates, because this is a loss of national power, but being immersed in this "grief" and affecting one's own emotions and judgment is the mistake.

"Sigh."

"I have already arranged for people to pay attention to the movements in the south; not long ago, because of the grain trade with the hills, I dealt with quite a few nobles in the south."

Holy Queen Calca sighed faintly, her long hair with a bright golden luster hanging on both sides of her cheeks, looking at Grandmother Grandmother Liji, who was travel-worn:

"Now the holy knight group and the priest group have suffered heavy losses, and they will inevitably have some actions."

"Grandmother Grandmother Liji, you came back in a hurry alone; did something happen?"

Being too kind as a "king" is indeed a shortcoming, but Holy Queen Calca does not lack the intuition and talent of a king.

Currently, the remaining troops of the holy knight group and the priest group, as well as Remedios, are still in "E-Rantel."

"Those idiots who are like dung."

Grandmother Grandmother Liji was filled with annoyance at the thought of the southern nobles trading grain with the hill demi-humans:

"The Abelion Hills are currently in an extremely severe drought, even more severe than the intelligence previously gathered; water and grain are very scarce, if it weren't for the grain support from the southern nobles."

"Having experienced this undead disaster, coupled with the lack of food and water, even if those demi-humans weren't exterminated, there would only be two or three left."

"I originally intended to use the national treasure to clear out those demi-humans..."

Grandmother Grandmother Liji's expression was somewhat distressed; she respectfully took out the "Crown of the Holy King" from her bosom and carefully placed it opposite Holy Queen Calca.

After witnessing the power of this national treasure-level magic item, Grandmother Grandmother Liji was terrified that it would be lost or suffer the slightest damage.

Now that she had returned it to Her Majesty, she felt an inexplicable relief in her heart.

"I gave you this national treasure item to deal with the undead."

Holy Queen Calca heard Grandmother Grandmother Liji's muttering, her expression stern, somewhat angry: "You acted on your own again."

"If we could take advantage of this to eliminate the demi-humans."

"The safety of the country and the people that Your Majesty pursues will be guaranteed forever, and the huge military expenditure spent on fortress castles will also disappear."

Grandmother Grandmother Liji lowered her head and responded in a calm voice:

"Unfortunately, we did not obtain the specific location of the demi-human gathering place."

"Although I anticipated this result from the beginning, that's why I prioritized eliminating the elite forces of the demi-humans..."

"Did some change occur?" Holy Queen Calca was indeed somewhat angry, but she also understood that Grandmother Grandmother Liji was doing it for the Holy Kingdom.

Grandmother Grandmother Liji reported the whole process in detail; some things needed Her Highness to make a decision.

Holy Queen Calca was calm at first, then became more and more surprised; the composure that a king should maintain disappeared completely at this moment.

She felt as if she were listening to a story from a "Heroic Tale."

—Slane Theocracy.

Holy Capital, Great Temple.

The "Pontiff Meeting" is the smallest and most private high-level meeting of the Theocracy, which usually only convenes once every six months or so.

The last time it was convened was only about a week ago.

The six Pontiffs gathered again in this holy, clean temple meeting room without a speck of dust.

This meeting was naturally about what happened in the hills, and the 【Sunlight Scripture】 troops dispatched had not yet returned.

The six Pontiffs already had the most detailed intelligence on the hill region, which was naturally attributed to 【Astrology Thousand Miles】.

The air was very quiet.

Anyone who saw the feat of killing a legendary undead like a "Soul-Eater" with one sword would find it incredible.

It would be strange if they weren't surprised!

Even for members of the 【Black Scripture】, it is not an easy task to solve a Soul-Eater one-on-one.

Let alone "one-shotting" it!

This term came from the gods of the past and was one of the strange terms that were difficult to speculate or understand.

Although some of its specific meanings could not be understood, some could be translated.

"What is the situation with this adventurer party 'Free Will'?"

"Is there no more specific intelligence?" Light Pontiff Ion broke the silence first.

"The information learned from the Adventurer's Guild is that this party has not been registered for long."

Fire Pontiff Berenice maintained her motherly smile on her round cheeks and spoke softly:

"The team leader's name is 'Tang,' and he is very famous in the Kingdom and the Empire, known as a 'Genius Alchemist'."

"He was also issued a bounty by that Emperor of the Empire, specifically related to the demi-human 'Martial King' Go Jin in this event."

"He looks like a rather high-profile adventurer; his more detailed identity has not been investigated clearly, but this style of conduct should not be the kind we imagine."

Water Pontiff Zuranon pressed his earth-colored hands on the table, a wise look appearing in his withered eyes: "The problem now is not this team leader, but this girl named Enri!"

"No matter how you look at it, it's abnormal!"

"That's right."

Sounds of agreement rang out one after another.

"The Adventurer's Guild does not have specific intelligence on this girl named Enri; it needs to be investigated."

Fire Pontiff Berenice put away the smile on her face.

"Counting the time, it has been 200 years."

"You mean?"

"Perhaps it is that time again."

"Players? NPCs?"

The atmosphere in the great hall was somewhat serious and solidified.

"In any case, it needs to be investigated clearly immediately, and the special means that Team Leader Tang has for merging into angels needs to be contacted as soon as possible!"

"I can feel that that 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 【Wind Flower Scripture】 to the Holy Kingdom to invite the 'Free Will' party."

"Before 'Free Will' arrives at the Theocracy, the specific intelligence on that girl Enri must be figured out."

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"…!"

(End of chapter)