Chapter 425 - 425: Rebuilding the palace of death (2)

Crack!

A bone-breaking sound echoed across the room and only then did Derik realize he just killed the bald priest without knowing. He felt a warm energy flow into his body and his power rise reasonably. Apparently, the priests possess more of the beyond blessings than the others. At a time like this, retaining his strength is necessary just in case he is to go against a large army or another reincarnated old or new god. The fact that he is still mortal troubled him greatly and he couldn't help but feel insecure.

"Humans are too fragile but they always act tough… Sad" Derik yawned.

Yawning due to boredom Derik decided not to waste any more time on these people. The war has just ended and his presence is needed at this crucial hour. This is the best time to strengthen people's faith in him. while killing may grant him a minor power boost, creating a church of his own with devoted worshipers will help grant him more mana regeneration rate since this world lacks mana. Derik chose to continue playing God and using the religion he hated so much. 

"Turn to dust!" Derik said.

His eyes widened as his death aura spread forth like a tsunami, crashing upon them mercilessly. Soon cries of pain and agony filled the air as the cathedral was engulfed in darkish purple flames. Stepping out of the building, Derik snapped his fingers, changing his clothes to something more comfortable.

It was a sleeveless, black and red mage robe with a red hoody. His wings are gone and with his long waist-length black hair and his blazing purple eyes, Derik looked like himself in the old days and he also had a striking resemblance to the god of death in the church's description. He could remember back then when he could only read about the creator, the angel of death, and all that but now people read about him. 

With his recent actions he had solidified his position in the hearts of the kingdom and all that is left now is to expand.

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Stories of the one-sided bloodbath that was supposed to be a war spread. At first, no one believed it! How could they believe that a massive gate made of bones and skulls appeared in the sky and opened up. From it, beasts of the underworld appeared and destroyed the entire fifteen thousand strong forces of the three-level five kingdoms.

Many kings were prepared to even execute their spies but when they realized that all the spies sent by all the kingdoms were saying the same thing, they had to look into the matter personally. According to the report, the five hundred forces of the Kedus empire did not move a muscle and they had zero casualties. The news of the reincarnation of the god of death spread and kings were eager to see this reincarnation.

The church of light has been the dominant religion for so long but now that they are been challenged by someone who doesn't seem shy to reveal his power, their position became somewhat shaky and unstable in the empire. Even though many subsidiary kingdoms did not come out to denounce their belief in the lord of light, some were offering prayers to Derik in secret.

The main reason these people were yet to publicly accept Derik was because of his harsh demands of total submission. But even though these people were enraged by his demands they still found it reasonable for someone who was called the god of destruction.

Communication with the kingdom of Kedus was only through letters since the kingdom decided to close its walls to visitors after the war, and not long after, it was heard that the three-level five kingdoms that joined hands to attack Kedus was set ablaze, and the entire kingdom was burnt to the ground by some sort of darkish purple flames. No one was spared, not even kids and women!

While Derik hated using this method, he knew it was necessary if he wanted to get stronger soon. He was nowhere near the gold realm and he had already drawn too much attention. The old and new gods are enemies and since he has already made himself known it won't be unlikely for them to pay a visit any time soon.

Putting fear in the hearts of the other kingdoms granted him a reasonable source of power, as he kept feeding off them to improve his cultivation speed.

Prior to this, Derik abolished the hunting and massacre of humans with supernatural bloodlines all over the empire! He offered them a home in Kedus where he will be able to watch over them and they will never have to run or hide, they can live in the open and their needs will be taken care of.

Following the scriptures of the church of light that spoke about the demonic cult set up by Derik in the past which consisted of so many supernatural beings, the empire didn't find it shocking that Derik made a move like this. 

Soon different people from different places all over the empire began sneaking out of their kingdoms and moving towards the Kingdom of Kedus in search of a new and better life. A large portion of land was awarded to these special people by King Jules and a new settlement was built for them. During that period, be it the bloodsuckers or the vampires or banshees or whatever, none of them dared to make trouble with the normal civilians present.

Derik fed them his black blood only once a week and surprisingly this was enough to keep them sustained while empowering them. His black blood carried his great demonic power with it and as a result, most of these people who were 'washed up' versions of the werewolves and vampires back in his days were regaining their true strength. 

While Derik kept using his death aura to slowly enhance the body of the human troops, he also used his blood to strengthen the supernatural beasts in Kedus. In just a few months after the war, the strength of the kingdom had reached a level that even level 1 kingdoms would think twice before making a move at them.

What confused everyone was that the emperor was yet to say anything concerning the situation!