Chapter 420 - 420: Secluded cultivation!

With all the possible threats in the kingdom neutralized, Derik could finally focus on dealing with the church of light! First of all, he had to secure the civilians of the kingdom who worshiped him like a god, just the way they worship the god of destruction and death.

Following King Jules's orders, the army was dispatched into the residential area of the kingdom but unlike last time, there were all sent to defend the people. Lucia publicly declared the people had the freedom to serve any god they like. While this caused an uproar all over the empire since the kingdom of Kedus is only a level five kingdom in the Pelgas empire. It could be considered a small kingdom and one of the weakest in the entire empire, yet it dared make such a declaration even though the royal family of the entire empire accepted this religion.

The Church of light was not just any small group, it had a force that could rival that of an empire so no one dared to directly antagonize it. Listening to the reports on how the King's new advisor made such an insane declaration came as a shock and most superpowers considered it as amusing. No one took this seriously and no one even thought the kid, Lucia Alexis would last a week. 

The first notable clash between the kingdoms forces and the knights of light of church of light happened at a small temple erected by the poor masses, dedicated to the god of death and destruction who has brought them great fortune ever since they started serving it. The church branch in the kingdom quickly dispatched fifty knights of light to destroy the temple but they were soon intercepted by a small squad of ten, led by Derik! A fight broke out and all fifty soldiers of the church of light and Derik's little group.

For the very first time in a long while, the news of Derik's victory shook the empire! The thought of only eleven men, slaughtering fifteen soldiers with no casualties was just too stunning! According to eyewitnesses, the ten soldiers were only average at best, the main issue was Lucia who moved so fast that he left afterimages behind. Those who talked about the battle claimed that it wasn't a fair fight, instead, it was more like a one-sided bloodbath!

News of Lucia deflecting arrows, diving into a crowd, and slaughtering everyone or how he is able to fight and protect his subordinates all at once kept spreading, improving the fame of the kingdom and Derik's fame most of all. The faith of the royal family and the nobles in Derik kept rising as he kept winning more battles easily. During his spare time, he took the time to personally train the soldiers, giving them some tips while showing them a few tricks. His wealth of knowledge when it comes to everything far surpassed that of the oldest men in the kingdom, making these people believe his claim concerning his identity as the god of death. Even though he has refused to showcase his powers in public for certain reasons best known to him, that didn't stop Derik from flaunting his powers in meeting sessions.

The more fame he brought to the kingdom, the more people accepted him and put their faith in him. converting that much faith into power was enough to push Derik past the bronze realm and into the silver realm. At this level, he had no need to fear any of the next-door kingdoms. At this realm he was able to summon the accursed gate of the underworld inside his chambers, filling it with an abundant source of death aura. Since his body was still too weak, he lacked the backing of Demos, the guardian spirit and he wasn't too sure how the concentrated death aura of the underworld would affect his feeble body and mind, he chose to just let the death aura flow into the sealed chamber for a short while before releasing his magic. At his realm, he can only do this once a week and but with the amount of death aura he could summon, he easily replenished his lost strength and pushed his realm even higher.

During the month of his breakthrough, the small skirmishes between the kingdoms army and the church of light kept rising, becoming more intense and bloodier. Both sides kept losing members of their forces and this was only because Derik has refused to come out of his secluded cultivation. After ordering King Jules not to disturb and wait for his return, the King couldn't help but feel anxious.

Derik had made enemies both within the kingdom and outside. The kingdom of Kedus was on the rise and other level five kingdoms and a few level four kingdoms couldn't sit by and watch their next-door rivals grow in strength. Since the empire has remained silent since the beginning, these kingdoms took the opportunity to publicly declare their position with the kingdom.

They claimed that the Kingdom of Kedus had turned their backs on the empire and the lord of light and for that, they should be punished. They claimed that the royal family even kept silent when their army clashed with the faithful followers of the church and for that they should be punished.

It didn't take long before three-level five kingdoms eager to gain the favor of the church and the favor of the higher level Kingdoms. Their forces gathered in a few weeks and they slowly began marching towards Kedus.

"We are doomed" King Jules covered his face with his palms as he was informed about the fifteen thousand strong armies of the three kingdoms marching towards Kedus. 

It wasn't that he didn't have faith in Derik, the problem is the entire kingdom's military might was slightly over four thousand and the main problem now was that Derik has been away for over a month now and no one dared to wake him from his slumber. The last guard that tried to reach him, was reduced to a pile of bones in a few seconds!Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click <a href="#!_52671656056908194">#!_52671656056908194</a> for visiting.