Chapter 96: The villain's past!

Chapter 96: The villain's past!Three against one wasn't really fair, but contrary to what I thought, it wasn't fair to the demons!

To the amazement of all the soldiers watching the battle, Lord Athenos alone was able to easily deal with the three demons that seemed invincible to us!

Compared to the griffin's strength, Lord Athenos' strength was on a completely different level.

While the griffin wore down the demons during the battle by abusing the air superiority to consume their power bit by bit, Athenos did the opposite.

With a constant high-intensity attack, it was the demons who tried to survive under his attacks, hoping that he would wear them down over time.

Unfortunately for them, even though Lord Athenos' attacks were extremely powerful, he didn't show any signs of fatigue!

The energy ball attacks, which seemed extremely deadly and dangerous to us mortals, seemed to Lord Athenos like he was just bending down to pick up rocks from the ground and throwing them as if it were nothing!

Apparently, the demons also realized that this kind of tactic wouldn't work, so one of them turned towards us and started running towards us at high speed.

Seeing such a powerful creature coming towards us, it would be a lie to say that I wasn't a little worried.

Not only me, but also the other humans were shocked by the demon's change of attitude, and they also began to worry.

If this demon took us hostage or used us as a flesh shield to protect himself from Lord Athenos' attacks, things could get very complicated for him.

"Do not try to use my people against me, it will only hasten your death..." Lord Athenos said in a calm voice, without worrying about the demon's attitude or showing any urgency because of the creature's speed.

I have to admit that I wasn't entirely sure when I saw Lord Athenos' attitude, but when he imitated a slashing motion with his hand, all my doubts disappeared!

"What?! Arrgh..." The demon was also shocked when he looked down and saw a cut appear on his chest.

From that cut, a small line of blood began to spread across his chest, until the line grew larger and larger, until the demon's body was split in half!

"What?" I heard a demon ask in shock...

But I can't judge him, that was the same reaction I had.

To see how even the fight had been just a few seconds ago, only for Lord Athenos to show that he could kill these demons at any moment was very shocking!

When the other demon realized this, the first thing he did was turn around and try to run away!

"What a shame, it looks like I'll have to rely on your leader to help me put up a dramatic fight..." Lord Athenos complained in a low voice, so low that even I, a warlord, had trouble hearing him.

As soon as he said this, he stretched out his hand and I heard a short hum for a split second, only to kill the other two demons instantly with this invisible attack of his.

Looking at the three dead demons, I didn't know how to react.

"Thank you, Lord Athenos..." It was the only thing I could think of after seeing how he had saved us.

- Adrian's POV -

I wanted to make a big battle with lots of destruction and special effects worthy of Michael Bay's cinematic style.

Unfortunately, my technical level in this area was not yet satisfactory.

My most economical style of attack was invisible, while the most eye-catching attacks I could make using my creativity with my deity were extremely expensive...

Of course, I was dealing with opponents at the level of Embryonic Gods 1 to 4. If they were gods, their maximum power would be around 70k Divine Power Points, with a reserve of probably 100k to 200k Divine Power Points.

Considering my efficiency in using Divine Power as a Rank 1 Elemental God, I would still use 3.8 times more Divine Power than if they were Rank 4 Embryonic Deities to perform attacks at the same power level when using only my deity.

This meant that 100k Divine Power Point attacks for them was the same as 380k Divine Power Point cost for me.

And since I didn't want to end the battle in a short time, every energy ball I threw at them couldn't hit them directly, which greatly increased my Divine Power cost in this fake battle.

In those few minutes of battle, my Divine Power expenditure had already exceeded 5 million Divine Power points, and I hadn't even faced their leader.

If I had been more talented at causing destruction and using my powers better as special effects, I could have made an even better impression on the video with less Divine Power.

But I couldn't complain.

It was my first time doing this.

Seeing how the terrain was destroyed and how dramatic their deaths were when they were cut in half, I think I managed to get a satisfactory result. S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

With the four demons dead, the humans' morale was boosted and they began to roar with excitement as they rushed to kill the demons and avenge the thousands of comrades who had died because of those demons.

This began another slaughter for the humans as they destroyed the demons.

Even without doing anything, just flying over the army, I was already helping them with their morale.

Whenever a human killed a demon, he would look up to see me, like a child who wants to show his teacher that he's done his homework well.

Seeing this, I nodded to several of them, making them even more excited about the battle.

But this was interrupted by a powerful aura flying towards us from inside the castle.

The only aura that could make me more serious was the aura of the rank 7 embryonic demon.

If he were a god, he would have accumulated 630,000 Divine Power Points just to reach rank 7, not to mention that he was a demon, a race that was even stronger than gods at the same level.

I wouldn't doubt that his power level at rank 7 was 1 million Divine Power Points...

Facing such an enemy, I knew that a great show was about to take place.

Looking at the 28 million Divine Power Points I had, I thought it would be enough to put on a great show for mortals.

So I continued to float above the clashing army while calmly looking at the castle.

When the humans saw another powerful demon jump over the castle wall and land in front of the battlefield, I noticed how tense they became.

Even more so when I saw how powerful its aura was, so much so that I had to make another defensive shield just to protect the humans from this demon's aura.

The demon with red skin, dry white hair, and a golden crown on his head glared at me with hatred.

"Are you the King of Galvaris? Or the King of Zephyros?" I asked, crossing my arms in front of me.

Hearing my question, he stared at me with hatred for a few more seconds before answering.

"I am Victor Raymond IV, the fourth of my name to rule Zephyros and the first human to kill a god!" He said.

"Human? You stopped being human a long time ago..." I replied, shaking my head.

"Please make a bad guy speech... I thought excitedly, knowing that this would make great promotional material.

Hearing my comment, he became even angrier as he pointed a red finger at me. "I only stopped being human to take revenge! Revenge on the god who killed my wife, revenge on the idiot who had thousands of people from my kingdom killed just because he thought it would be fun!"

Interesting, so he's not a villain just because he's evil, he actually has a villainous past that brought him here... I started thinking at high speed about how this could turn out in my favor.

Nodding my head, I agreed with him. "Although you were right to take revenge on an idiot god who killed your wife, it wasn't nice to sacrifice the lives of hundreds of thousands of people to have the power you have now..."

When I said that, I was confirming that asshole gods exist, giving him a reason and showing that gods aren't untouchable, but I was also distancing myself from those gods and showing that I was much more trustworthy than those other gods because I hadn't done anything like that.

Not to mention that I showed the sins he had committed by sacrificing hundreds of thousands of people to achieve his current strength, showing that he didn't deserve as much sympathy as he believed.

When he heard that I had proven him right, you could see the disbelief on his face, but when he saw that I was criticizing him, the anger returned and he didn't want to talk anymore, pointing his hand at me and launching an attack.

Holding back a smile, I raised my hand and made a large barrier to protect myself and the humans who followed me into this battle.

Now it was time to get some great shots of the best action scenes!