Chapter 446 - 446: Church of seven

With the death of the entire royal family, Cyrus went ahead to showcase his godly strength to the entire Pelgas empire, leaving him drained but he achieved the desired result. Priests of the church of light remaining in the empire were forced to renounce their faith in the beyond or die. The massive crusade started with Blata spearheading it. Just like the beyond, the seven new gods could channel their powers through mortals, granting Blata and the priest who chose to follow him great power, far beyond what they imagined. Since the new gods had no intentions of spreading further any time soon, they decided to band together and create one church known as the church of seven.

This creation was dedicated to all seven new gods and every prayer said was directed to all seven of them since it was believed that all seven were at the same level. The other new gods were grateful to Cyrus for giving everyone such information even when it's obvious that he and Derik were the strongest amongst the seven. 

With these prayers from all the empire kept pouring and steadily, each and every one of these new gods began to rise in power. Unlike the beyond who is never seen, the new gods made appearances once in a while, utilizing their abilities to make life easier for the people. Thanks to the God of nature and earth, Francis, the empire had abundant food and with the help of Spinx and Typhoon, they never experienced draught. Ahika directly challenged the cosmic being of the sun, Kaido from time to time, altering the weather in the favor of the people, reducing the day time, and increasing the night time. The entire empire was always cool and during the periods it was chilling cold, Ahika made it warm. Liana made sure the empire never lacked water and with their strengths combined they created an empire akin to Paradise for both supernatural beings and normal humans. While greatly devoted members of the church of seven were granted access to the powers of the seven new gods in their dire times of need. 

Poverty was alleviated and even the poorest man in the empire could afford shelter and three square meals a day. Under the watchful eyes of the seven new gods, the nobles dared not act against the poor recklessly.

With poverty taken away, Cyrus was left to deal with the health of the people. Terminal illnesses were cured effortlessly and the entire kingdom was kept healthy. With Derik yet to return from his realm for close to a year now, Cyrus and the others were forced to create defensive formations around the empire. The relationship between Pelgas and the other five empires turned sour and war was a possibility but the people showed no fear since their faith in their gods was strong.

Typhoon, Spinx, Ahika, Liana, and Francis soon broke into the gold realm, regaining control of the true nature of their abilities. At this point, all they needed was enough time to search for their godly essence scattered across the planet and they were pretty sure the old gods were doing the same as well. With Pelgas located at the center of the continent, it was surrounded by enemies and on numerous occasions, spies tried to get into the empire but were killed before they could succeed. Soon bolts of lightning striking down a random person in the public became normal as more spies made their way into the empire. Even then, civilians were not scared of this since they knew all those killed were enemies and this even deepened their faith in the seven. Only those who had something to do with the enemy kingdoms were scared to death by this.

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Brrrrrr!

The sky tore open and from it, three figures appeared. One was a man over 6ft tall with spiky long black hair, the pupils of a wolf, and a very sturdy build. He gave out this wild and ferocious vibe that made people tremble in fear yet the white-haired and golden-haired youths standing behind showed no signs of fear. Instead, they gazed at the people below with a hint of hatred and contempt in their eyes.

"You shouldn't blame them for the mistakes their ancestors committed... They have been loyal... Thanks to them I have reached the peak of the gold realm and only a step away from the demigod realm... They are my people, and I hope you can accept them" Derik said to Blink and Clovis as they descended to the ground.

He was topless and wore black trousers with black boots. With both hands shoved deep into his pockets, Derik looked more like a hoodlum than a God. The two youths standing beside him wore black and white mage robes respectively, with each of them releasing enough death aura to make everyone around them tremble.

"Lord Derik has returned!" Blata's voice echoed from behind and he slowly fell on his knees and bowed respectfully. 

Seeing the pope of the church declare this wild-looking man Derik, the God of death, everyone on the street fell on their knees and bowed fearfully.

"Blata... You have grown stronger" Derik gave him a charming smile which contradicted his wild aura. No one expected someone with such a ferocious aura would have a calm demeanor.

As for Blata's increase in strength, Derik knew it was due to his increase in strength too. He left his imprint on Blata's soul, that way he cannot benefit from the powers of the other gods but he would grow in strength with Derik. Although he is limited to only one element unlike other priests, he grew stronger with his master.

"I love what you all did with the place... Adinos was a bonafide God, so it was quite difficult to deal with her... But it's all done... She won't be returning to this world again... " Derik chuckled making Blata tremble.

Even the beyond couldn't permanently kill the gods but Derik had just succeeded in killing Adinos permanently. His body was brimming with a power that far surpassed the strength he had a year ago.

Indeed, his master has gotten stronger!