Chapter 198 - 198 - Factions of the Cage

After Magister Isaacs injected those nanites to the subject, that humans started bleeding heavily, but soon it stopped. After some time, the entire process of control was done, and he stood up, with blank expression over his face. It was clear, that his consciousness was completely controlled by the Magitek Nanites.

"The first question, how many factions are in the Greater God World and how is their strength?"

"There are three factions in the Greater God World. Namely The 10,000-Devils Altar, the Man-Eater Temple, and the Holy Heavens. The 10,000-Devils Altar is a faction composed of countless Devil Races that banded together. Man-Eater Temple is faction created from mutated beasts, or some other individuals, in regard to management, it is the loosest organization, but also the biggest one. Finally my faction, Holy Heavens is human faction. Within the Holy Heavens, with the 5 main temples as the bases, the Heavenly Lords were all at least peak Type 9 half-God powerhouses. Below them were the Holy Lords at the Type 9 realm, and below them, the Holy Sons at the Type 8 realms. Underneath the Holy Sons, there were a few Type 8 Elders who worked hard but had no way of breaking through. Below the Elders, there were Holy Sons-in-Training. Below them were the Divine Envoys, followed by the Divine Envoys-in-Training. After that were the Divine Servants, followed by the Divine Servants-in-Training. After that were the Ordinary Members, followed by the Ordinary Members-in-Training." Reported human controlled by nanites.

"What is your stand in the Holy Heavens?"

"I am one of Holy Lords from Central Temple, which is the strongest Temple among all five as we have most Type 9 powerhouses."

As Lucien listened to all this, his mood brightened up a bit. Even though they had several Half-Step Type 10 Divine Warriors, they were lacking geniue ones.

"How many people reached Type 10 Divine Warrior that you know about?" This was a very important question for Lucien.

"Based on what I know, within these 800 worlds, over the last millions of years, there had only been 20 heaven-defying characters that had broken through the Type 9 realm, reaching the legendary Type 10 realm and left the confines of these worlds, heading for some unknown domain." When he heard the answer he breathed in relief. Currently, Empire had only below ten Marquise-Ranked cultivators, in a direct confrontation they could be at a slight disadvantage.

"Hmm... only problematic faction to deal with would be Holy Heavens. And maybe 10,000-Devils Altar. Man-Eater Temple is out of the question, they are just a bunch of powerhouses banded together, but their hierarchy is almost non-existent."

"How many people are in the entire Holy Heavens?"

"Nobody knows exactly, but at least several trillion." When he said that, it seemed like time froze, and almost everyone had sparkles in their eyes. Several trillion people, that could be directly annihilated and nobody would notice that. This wasn't the outside world, where huge factions could directly wipe out the entire Holy Niflheim Empire. Right now, they have found a gold mine.

After asking several other questions about the Greater God World and how it worked, about powerhouses and trump cards of every faction, Lucien sent that Type 9 human to the Magister Isaacs as he promised, as it would be a good material for experiments. After that, they would continue to discuss their next steps regarding what to do with the Greater God World.

"So what now? We got very important information."

"That world is full of creatures and not weakling creatures. Based on our calculations, even if the Empire reach a population of over ten million, we would have enough resources to cultivate all our subjects at least to Pinnacle-Phase Count-Rank or even Initial-Phase Marquise-Rank. Be it in the short or long term. And don't forget we could have a basically unlimited amount of mutated beasts if we breed them correctly." Said another person seated behind the table.

"For now, we should expand our forces and increase our strength. Conquering the Greater God World should be our priority. They are weak, and even in our current state, we are able to wipe them out completely, with some losses. After a short time, we would have consolidated our power enough, and we could start a war there. If we manage to conquer and digest entire Grater God World then it is only a matter of time, before the entire God-Devil Plane would fall to our hands." Stated Lucien's grandfather, Azrael Etras von Aeon. He was currently the strongest person in the entire empire, already reaching Advanced-Phase Marquise-Rank and breaking through to Yuanying Realm. He was the reason, why Empire wasn't fearful even such faction as Holy Martial Sect of the Aizhouma Universe, that lorded over huge territories even on the Universal scale.

"This is probably the best course of action we can take. We will slowly explore the Gates of Hell, and start slowly our conquest of the Greater God World, after some time, we will directly attack Holy Heavens. Even though that planet is heavily fortified, similarly to our worlds, with enough Marquise-Rank powerhouses, we should be able to destroy them in a matter of seconds. Still, we can't allow our kinsmen to suffer huge losses, as it would significantly slow our development." Said Lucien after careful thought. Even now Empire had the strength to wipe out Holy Heavens, Man-Eater Temple, and 10,000-Devil Alter, but with the cost of lives of their soldiers. Their race was reproducing slowly, so this sacrifice was totally out of question.

"Agree."

"Second that."

"Which Gate of Hell should be explored first, Your Highness?" Asked one of the officers Lucien.

"None. We will wait until they come. We need to be careful, and if they attack us, we will have the advantage of defending, and also, we could easily gauge their strength from the scale and levels of their forces." Answered Lucien. Right now, he wasn't hurrying to attack, as he knew when the Gates of Hell opened, someone would surely attack them. All Gates of Hell were heavily fortified, with each having one Marquise-Rank expert as a guard.