Chapter 171 - C171 The Pillar

"See, we are not abandoned. Although we might not be privileged enough for our Lord, to personally act, we received help," Tommie said with a proud smile.

"Sir Tommie, does preacher has fighting prowess?"

Martha asked.

However, that is an obvious question.

"A preacher is equal to the Colonel. At the same time, if you can learn to harness your faith energy, you would be equal to the ranks of a captain."

The more Martha listened to him, the more she like to rank up in her faith.

RUMBLE!

While they were talking, the whole earth rumbled.

The remaining buildings of Base 001 that were barely fixed were once again destroyed. Fortunately, there are not many citizens at Base 001. Most of them were already evacuated.

If one looked from the bird's eye's view, there is a wide crack on the ground. Furthermore, the crack is emanating a gloomy aura.

"Raaaaarrrrghhhh!"

The remaining livestock at the Base and the beasts that are exposed to the aura from the crack rampaged.

Their eyes turned Red and they grew exponentially in power.

Shriek! Whoosh!

One of the beasts tried to entangle Allen's followers that were with Tommie. Fortunately, Tommie was there.

"Domain!"

As he used his domain, he slashed the beasts with his hand.

Spurt!

"A rat?"

To be precise, the beast is a typical rat of their time. Despite being in the future, rats are one of the beasts that remained in this world.

Some had extraordinary abilities while others are just normal. Of course, they are at least twice bigger than the rats that we knew.

The rat that attacked Tommie had the size of about one foot and its power is rather weak. At the same time, it had glowing red eyes.

Meanwhile, the rat that Tommie had slashed did not die. Instead, its flesh near its wound wriggled. Then, in the next second, it was back on its feet as if nothing happened to it.

What the hell are you?

"Pin!"

As the rat entered his domain, Tommie pinned it to the ground with an invisible pin. Then, he moved close to it and focused his faith energy on it.

"Die!"

Screech!

At this point, the rat is unable to survive. It died.

Screeeeeeeech! Screech! Screeeeeeeech! Screech! Screeeeeeeech! Screech!

On the next second, Tommie and the others' expressions darkened as they saw a tide of rats coming towards them.

There were at least a thousand of them.

Alone, the rats are easy to kill. However, with their group, no one would dare provoke them.

"Leave now, I will stall for some time. Domain!"

As Tommie said that, he activated his domain again for a second time.

"Repel!"

Tommie created an energy barrier against the rats.

Although he might not kill them, it is better this way. Furthermore, he is not here to annihilate them. He is here to stall for time.

Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash!

The rats crashed towards his barrier. Then, after a few moments, he was unable to stop all of them when the other rats began ganging on him.

In the end, Tommie persisted for about five minutes. After that, he did not have a choice but to let go.

"Wind!"

He summoned a strong wind and let himself be carried away.

"Sir Tommie, are you okay?"

The others asked him as he caught up to them.

Thud!

"Don't worry about me," he replied as he landed on the ground.

Screech!

Martha and the others covered a rather long distance as they flee in panic in the five minutes that Tommie stalled for them. However, the rats covered that distance in less than a minute.

"THEY ARE HERE!"

The others panicked as they saw the tide of rats behind them.

"Lord, the Divine Spirit of Life and Death, save us from these filthy things."

Tommie prayed in a loud voice while running.

Whoosh!

He shone in golden light which then turned into golden beams that hit the rats. However, the rats were not annihilated.

"There is power in our prayer," Martha exclaimed while she was running.

Meanwhile, the other also saw this. They noticed that Tommie received grace from the Divine Spirit of Life and Death as per his prayer.

"LORD, THE DIVINE SPIRIT OF LIFE AND DEATH, PLEASE GRACE WITH SAFETY…!"

WHOOSH!

Before they could even finish their prayer, a pillar of light descended from the sky and pierced the ground.

BAM!

When the light faded, they saw clearly was what is with the light pillar.

"Tommie, the preacher…I, the Divine Spirit of War and Glory, in behalf of our Lord, the Divine Spirit of Life and Death…turns you into one of our Lord's bearers."

A voice resonated from the pillar that fell in the sky.

Meanwhile, a light beam flew out of it towards Tommie.

In the next second, he felt a link to the pillar.

"Domain!"

Subconsciously, he activated his domain. And, to his surprise, the range of his domain doubled. Furthermore, he could feel a huge boost in power.

For some reason, he could tell that if he attack now, his power would not fall short in comparison to the full powered attack of a general.

"Die!"

In the next second, he faced the tide of rats and attacked them.

Whoosh!

Concentrated faith energy flew from the pillar and supported him as he attacked.

Screeeech!

The dying screeches of the rats could be hard as he attacked them.

Thump! Thump!

"Is this the power granted by the Lord?" Tommie mumbled to himself.

Although he looked rather powerful, he knew that this is not his own. This power is granted by his Lord through the pillar.

"This is the power granted by the Lord." He then looked at the other and said, "this power is granted by the Lord. Be more faithful and you will become more powerful than I am."

As they were talking, a shadow loomed over them.

In the next second, they looked up only to discover that a bird-type demonic beast was heading towards the.

However, on closer look, two men in military suits with jetpack seemed to be leading the beast towards them.

"Run!"

Tommie as he looked gloomily at the two men.