Chapter 327: Are the Light Particles from the Dissipating Angels Energy?

Pfft—

The sound of a balloon bursting.

The white vortex of bubbles transformed into fine specks of light and dissipated.

Finally, this massive angel fully manifested, its three pairs of neat, pure-feathered, holy white wings slowly spreading out.

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

The external appearance of this angel was not much different from the previous two Thrones, but the wheel placed between its palms had become larger.

Composed of a large wheel enclosing a smaller one, totaling four silver-hued bronze gears, there were faintly multiple eyes appearing and disappearing on the wheels!

The four wheels moved and turned in different directions, rising like living things, as if the entire angel were an empty shell, and the true body was that strange rotating gear in its hands!

1 Level 70 Tenth-Tier Dominion Throne

A chill rose up from behind the spine.

Tang Zheng’s body subconsciously tensed, staring fixedly at this level 70 Dominion Throne; 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 wariness of danger that made him want to keep his distance from this level 70 Dominion Throne.

This feeling of danger was appearing for the first time!

Tang Zheng stood where he was, calmly watching the front.

A glance across!

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

Dyeing the entire crimson lava zone a snowy white!

Even as the summoner, Tang Zheng.

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

"I feel like if I were surrounded, there would be a real threat to my life." Tang Zheng pulled a slight smile to the corner of his mouth:

"Hmm... as expected, they cannot be directly controlled."

A brief moment of thought.

"Dragon Lightning"—

Tang Zheng suddenly raised his arm and began to chant.

Blue electric light flickered, transforming into a curved, dragon-shaped bolt of lightning that fell into the low-tier angels at the very front.

Rumble!!

In an instant, dozens of level 10 angels were destroyed, and the shockwave from the explosion immediately wiped out another portion of the low-tier angels.

While casting the magic.

Tang Zheng stared intently at the few Thrones, especially the level 70 one; there was a gap of more than 20 levels between him and the opponent!

Whoosh—

The few Thrones vibrated their wings without any other movement.

Tang Zheng’s gaze relaxed: "Neutral monsters should normally counterattack when attacked, but as the caster, I won't be affected by this."

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

This thought flashed through Tang Zheng’s mind; he scanned the attribute panel and found that destroying those angels did not grant experience points, which was a bit of a pity.

But it was also within expectations.

Angels from a normal "Angel Summoning" also do not possess experience points.

"The highest-level creatures I've encountered before should be the Ancient Fire Dragon and the Sun Anglerfish; both of their levels were only between 47 and 49."

Tang Zheng experimented briefly, and a thought couldn't help but emerge in his mind:

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

There was nothing worth observing about the ordinary angels.

Tang Zheng’s gaze remained on the few Thrones.

"Level 50, level 60, level 70 are all Thrones; according to the tier magic level intervals, they correspond to eighth, ninth, and tenth-tier magic."

Tang Zheng wanted to roast the modeler of "Yggdrasil": "This modeling... apart from the wheels in their hands being different, there isn't much difference."

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

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

Tier magic uses 7 levels as a tier, which inevitably leaves three tiers without correspondence.

In legends, Thrones are described as the throne of God, or part of a holy chariot, so their image is a wheel burning with fire and having countless eyes.

"Alright, in that case... it can't really be called laziness."

Tang Zheng looked at the somewhat eerie and sacred "wheel within a wheel" in the level 70 angel's hands.

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

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

Its special ability is "Glorious Spirit," similar to a taunt skill and an effect that resists damage.

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

In the game's background, summoned creatures like angels and demons are set as residents from another world; high-level angels and demons can use something similar to the eighth-tier magic "Dimensional Lockdown."

This is a power that can prevent transfer-type magic from taking effect within a certain range.

"Teleportation" and "Greater Teleportation" would be unable to leave the locked range under this lockdown.

Recalling the way Kelart communicated with this group of neutral angels.

As the caster, Tang Zheng still spent some effort to get these few Thrones to release their skills one by one.

Finally, he obtained three spells.

Sixth-tier "Greater Healing": Restores 80 HP, heals diseases and negative status effects.

Seventh-tier "Sunburst": A range-attack spell that deals higher damage to evil creatures, undead, and creatures with low justice values.

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

[Skill Points: 67→64]

The basic experiments were finished.

After about an hour, all the angels suddenly vibrated slightly, their bodies decomposing into a large amount of white light particles and beginning to dissipate.

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

"This scene is much more eye-catching than fireworks."

Tang Zheng looked up slightly, gazing at the countless dancing, brilliant white light particles, and let out a sigh:

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

What a pity!

Only he himself was watching such a beautiful scene.

Besides, no one else 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 light particles like stars filling the sky, a special thought suddenly flooded into his mind.

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

Negative energy is a source of power for the undead!

Holy energy should also count as a source of power for the living, right?

Tang Zheng’s heart couldn't help but beat again.

—At the same time.

Holy Kingdom, Royal Capital.

Hoburns.

Inside a palace deep within the massive court built primarily of off-white stone.

"Are the losses really this heavy?" A sorrowful and heartbroken voice rang out.

This was the voice of the Holy Queen Calca.

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

The Paladin Order and the Priest Order were the strongest elites of the Holy Kingdom, yet now, the survivors were not even half.

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

Kelart’s brow contained a trace of exhaustion; her fake smile and hidden cunning disappeared at this moment as she comforted the Holy Queen Calca.

Although she mastered the "Resurrection" magic, the paladins and priests, except for a small portion converted into undead, had 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 achievement will be forever remembered in the history of the Paladin Order and the Priest Order."

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

Once these words were spoken.

It made Kelart look very cold, as if she no longer cared about the deceased members of the knight order and priest order.

In reality, this is how a superior should behave!

Being sad about the death of subordinates is expected, because this is a loss of national power, but sinking into this "grief" and letting it affect one's emotions and judgment is the mistake.

"Sigh."

"I have already arranged for personnel to monitor the movements in the south in advance; not long ago, because of the matter of trading grain with the hills, I dealt with quite a few nobles in the south."

The Holy Queen Calca sighed faintly, her bright, golden-lustered long hair hanging down on both sides of her cheeks, as she looked at the travel-worn Kelart before her:

"Now that the Paladin Order and the priesthood have suffered heavy losses, it is inevitable that they will take some actions."

"Kuirate, you returned in such a hurry all by yourself; has something happened?"

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

Currently, the remnants of the Paladin Order and the priesthood, as well as Remedios, are still in "Karinsha."

"That bunch of idiots."

At the thought of the southern nobles trading food with the demi-humans of the hills, Kuirate felt a surge of irritation:

"The Abelion Hills are currently in an extremely severe drought, even worse than the intelligence we previously gathered; water and food are extremely scarce, if not for the food support from the southern nobles."

"After experiencing this undead disaster, coupled with the lack of food and water, even if those demi-humans aren't wiped out, there would only be a handful left."

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

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

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

Now that it was returned to Your Majesty, she felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

"This national treasure was entrusted to you to deal with the undead."

Hearing Kuirate’s muttering, the Holy Queen Calca’s expression turned stern, and she was somewhat angry: "You acted on your own initiative again."

"If this matter could be used to eliminate the demi-humans."

"The safety of the nation and the people that Your Majesty pursues would be guaranteed forever, and the massive military expenditure on fortress castles would also disappear."

Kuirate lowered her head and responded in a calm voice:

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

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

"Did some unforeseen event occur?" The Holy Queen Calca was indeed somewhat angry, but she also understood that Kuirate was doing this for the Holy Kingdom.

Kuirate reported the entire process in detail; there were some things that required Her Highness to make a decision.

The Holy Queen Calca was calm at first, then became increasingly astonished; the composure that a monarch must maintain vanished completely at this moment.

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

——Slane Theocracy.

The Holy Capital, Grand Temple.

The "Pontifical Council" is the smallest and most private high-level meeting of the Theocracy, usually held only once every six months.

It had only been about a week since the last one was held.

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

This meeting was naturally about the events that occurred in the hills, and the [Sunlight Scripture] unit that was dispatched has not yet returned.

The six Pontiffs already had the most detailed intelligence on the hill region, which was naturally thanks to [Astrology Thousand Miles].

The air was very quiet.

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

It would be strange if they weren't shocked!

Even for a member of the [Black Scripture], it is not an easy task to take down a Soul-Eater one-on-one.

Let alone "one-shotting" it!

This term comes from the gods of the past, one of the strange terms they uttered that is difficult to speculate or understand.

Although the specific meaning is somewhat unclear, some parts can be translated.

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

"Is there no more specific intelligence?" The Light Pontiff, Ion, was the first to break the silence.

"According to information from the Adventurer's Guild, this team has not been registered for long."

The Fire Pontiff, Berenice, still maintained a motherly smile on her round cheeks and spoke softly:

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

"He even has a bounty issued by that Emperor of the Empire, specifically related to the demi-human 'War King' Go-Jin in this incident."

"He appears to be a rather high-profile adventurer; his more detailed identity has not been fully investigated, but this style of conduct shouldn't be the kind we imagine."

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

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

"Indeed."

Sounds of agreement rang out one after another.

"There is no specific intelligence on this girl named Enri from the Adventurer's Guild; it needs to be investigated."

The Fire Pontiff, Berenice, wiped the smile from her face.

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

"Are you saying?"

"Perhaps it is that time again."

"Players? NPCs?"

The atmosphere in the great hall was somewhat solemn and frozen.

"In any case, we need to investigate it immediately. Also, the special method that Team Leader Tang has for fusing angels needs to be contacted as soon as possible!"

"I have a premonition that such an ability will have a huge impact on the Theocracy!"

"Then—dispatch the [Water-Slaying Scripture] to the Re-Estize Kingdom to investigate intelligence on that girl, Enri."

"Dispatch the [Wind Flower Scripture] to the Holy Kingdom to invite the 'Free Will' team."

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

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"……!"

(End of chapter)