173 Chapter 173: True face of the Church!

Derik and every other person stared at the corpses of the former king, Robert and his daughter, the elder princess Anna with mixed expressions in their eyes. While the majority were pleased with the final outcome, a small group of people were not entirely happy, surprisingly Derik found himself amongst this group.

Amongst this group was the two remaining blood of the royal family, Kuen, and Gerald. Although they knew the terrible atrocities their Father and sister committed, these people are still family and for that reason alone they were almost overwhelmed with grief when they passed away after suffering greatly. All they know is that this is necessary, Robert had to die for the kingdom to move forward!

Meanwhile, Derik's own problem was a bit, complicated. It was not that he was not happy after the king and his demonic daughter died, it's just that he didn't feel satisfied. That fire which has been burning fiercely now for quite a while, demanding justice still raged on in his heart even after their death.

"Humans die too quickly…" Derik muttered. He sincerely wished that these people suffered even longer!

Derik swore at this very moment if someone walked up to him to preach about revenge not being the way, he was going to execute them at the spot! He could only rely on Demos to give these two scumbags special treatments in the underworld.

All hail king Gerald!

All hail king Gerald!!

All hail king Gerald!!!

The people from the adventurers association, military, and even citizens chanted, extremely pleased with the new change that is to come. They all jubilated and danced around the royal palace but they were also careful not to bump into the death mage who remained rooted at a spot, staring at the corpses.

"What now…" Cyrus walked up to Derik and spoke first. His injuries had recovered but he still felt tired and weak mentally.

"Nothing for now… I'm just waiting for them to act first" Derik said casually, not sparing Cyrus a glance.

Soon the other members of the formal team guardian with Mason, Kuen and Gerald included, all staring at Derik, obviously waiting for him to speak.

"Why do you guys keep staring me that way… the battle is not yet over, it's not yet time for me to give a touching speech to justify our actions today" Derik said with a mocking smile

"The fact that the holy church is yet to make its move makes me feel a bit restless…" Kalos said, looking towards the direction of the cathedral which towered over other buildings in the capital! Only slightly inferior to the royal palace.

"Why don't we just attack first?" Donald was hot-headed as always and proposed to strike first before the enemy strikes.

"I agree… I don't like been forced into a passive situation" Karl agreed.

"Yea, it's better we strike first now the morale of the soldiers are still high and their injuries are yet to take a toll on them" Daemon added

"So what do you think?" Gin laughed "The old team back together again…" Gin added with a charming smile which made the others giggle.

"Humph!" Derik snorted and slowly levitated off the ground.

"The same set of people who battled me fiercely a few minutes ago are trying to make it look like nothing happened… The same set of people that broke the blood oath we swore and divulged my secrets just for some messily benefits wants to play friends! The same people who have been standing against me ever since the dead king placed a target on my back want to warm their way in again?" Derik roared in anger letting out all the emotions he kept bottled in for a while now, this caught everyone's attention and they distanced themselves and kept quiet.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you but I cut all ties with you guys a long time ago, and I don't want to have anything to do with you all… I have been alone now for close to a decade, my realm and strength has improved at a remarkable speed… I'll love to leave it that way…. I will deal with the holy church and the gold-digging kingdoms myself, none of you should get in my way or I'll bring you down myself…" Derik spoke with a stern look on his face and cold eyes.

He quickly turned into a beam of light and flew towards the direction of the holy church. Kalos only sighed before turning into a beam of silver light alongside the death avatar and chasing after their master!

"Cyrus, Kuen, Mason, Gerald…. Join us… we may need you" Kalos voice resonated from afar.

Cyrus and the others stole a final glance and proceeded to chase after Derik and his undead slaves. The others could only stand there, wearing grim expressions and feeling ashamed! They thought this matter would pass and just like Cyrus they can throw a few jokes, using the current situation as a way to warm their way into Derik's circle.

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Derik flew towards the holy church cathedral which was over at the other end of the capital! He felt multiple energy signatures following him from behind and his eyes narrowed!

[I'll definitely kill these guys!] Derik roared in his mind

He turned around, preparing to brutally murder these people he once called friends but then he saw Cyrus, Kuen, Mason, and Gerald.

"I asked them to join us… we may need them in the upcoming battle… The holy church is more resourceful than you think… As they are the sole rulers of a smaller continent, they are in possession of several sacred tools and weapons which far surpasses your power" Kalos explained with a stern look on his face.

Since Derik already had a good impression of this old monster when he was alive, he didn't mind listening to him even now he is dead. He waved his hands at Gerald and the rest, signaling them to come over quickly. Soon, everyone gathered and formed a circle.

"According to Kalos, the holy church is more resourceful than we know…. I intend to obliterate them here and now. As long as they remain in this kingdom I cannot rest easy, but I can't be too careless when going up against foes like them" Derik said with a serious look on his face

"Just like I said earlier the holy church has a lot of sacred tools in their hands, I would have dealt with them a long time ago if I could… it won't be easy to deal with them even if we all storm over there… there will be casualties, we must tread carefully" Kalos said

As Derik and the others tried to think of a plan with which they can deal with holy church. Suddenly a frown appeared on Cyrus' delicate face and his eyebrows were knitted instantly. He left the group, ignoring their calls as he flew towards the direction of the holy church with a confused expression on his face.

The holy church cathedral was like any other massive catholic church building in this present time, the only difference is that the Crucifix which is normally meant to be a cross looked a bit more strange. It looked like a normal cross but at the center was a hole that had something that looks like an eye.

At this moment the eye glowed fiercely at this particular moment, gathering light energy pointing towards Derik's group direction but none of them could feel it. Only Cyrus who possessed the life element could slightly feel the impending danger! The holy church was planning to make a move and they already had a way to hide the presence of such a terrifying attack!

"Bastards!.." Cyrus roared and dashed back to the rest of the team.

Seeing Cyrus returning with a grim look on his face, the rest were startled. They didn't seem to understand why the life mage was in such a hurry to get to them but soon their questions were answered.

The crucifix at the top of the cathedral let out an ear-piercing screech and released a golden light after this a massive beam of golden light shot towards their direction

"Holy crap!" Gerald exclaimed in fear when he saw the beam heading their way! Even Derik knew he would be killed instantly the moment this beam of golden divine light makes contact with him, he instinctively retreated for the very first time in a long while with a fearful expression on his face.

"Behind me!" Kalos roared and appeared right in front of everyone.

He clasped his hands together first before throwing them forward and a galaxy of stars shot out of his hands taking the shape of a massive circle. The space in between tore open, forcefully drawing the whole beam of golden light into it.

"Back to you!" Kalos roared

Simultaneously, the sky above the cathedral twisted violently for a while before tearing open. The massive golden beam of light fell from the heavens like a divine punishment and struck the cathedral!

An attack capable of obliterating a peak grade gold realm warrior was easily redirected by the spatial mage Kalos!

After the attack hit, a large cloud of dust rose, completely shrouding the cathedral completely. This made it impossible for anyone to see the church, but they all assumed it was completely destroyed by Kalos counter-attack.

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"Bastards, how did they get their hand on such a powerful weapon, even if ten of me went against it…. I'll still lose miserably" Derik cursed.

"The holy church is not as simple as we thought" Gerald muttered

"Serves them right… I hope they all died from that attack!" Mason said with a frown on his face.

"It's not yet over!" Kalos' voice acted as a reminder in everyone's head and they quickly turned their attention to the cathedral.

A strong wind blew and carried away the dust along with it. To everyone's greatest surprise, the cathedral was stood there spotless. Around it was a massive golden barrier that had a few web-like cracks on it, but these cracks were slowly mending itself!

"A barrier that can block an attack capable of killing a peak grade gold realm warrior or mage and a defensive barrier that can block such a terrifying attack and has self-recovery qualities? How wealthy is the holy church? I must say their background is not as simple as we think!" Cyrus said with a gloomy expression on his face

"There foundation is too solid," Kuen said with a slight frown…

"Yo, Kalos can you get us in there?" Derik asked. He was hoping that Kalos could help them get into that space without them expending so much energy just to take down a barrier that troublesome.

"The space around the church is sealed off by some sort of force I am not familiar with… I can't help with that" Kalos said with a bitter smile on his face.

Hearing this Derik nodded and began gathering his energy

"Then we will have to destroy this barrier with our own power!" Derik said. He wasn't pleased with the current situation.