1100 CHAPTER 1069 AVATARS
All the beastmen were confused, it is a well known fact that all races hate each other, humans are considered cunning and treacherous, beastman is tied with the words brute and stupid, elves are known to be arrogant and perfectionist and dwarves are known to be boar and insensitive.
For them to be both saved by human knights and treated to a meal, this made them feel like they were dreaming, upon seeing their expression, the knight laughed out loud.
“We are not normal knights, we are the subordinates of a Holy Knight, we do not care if you are human or not, we are tasked with an important mission to save all intelligent lives.” Hearing this, the hearts of the beastmen surges.
Unlike the dwarves and elves, they are the only non-human race that does not have any one true God that they believe in, one of the small children raises her hand and asks “Can we know the name of your god.”
The knights that were present start laughing, the oldest one amongst them spoke “We all know the name of our almighty lord but it is a bit blasphemous for us to call his name without any special ceremony.”
The knight that has given them their food explains “You do not need to worry, we will be returning to our territory once we are finished here, you will certainly be able to see our God.”
The beastmen were once again given a massive shock, their race mostly believed in superstition, that is why they are seen as brutes and unintelligent.
Arnold who had just killed thousands of goblins spoke “Our almighty lord is calling us, we need to return, secure the refugees, no harm shall be done to them.”
One of his knights asks “My lord, shall we test their karma, after all, if we bring those that have negative karma, it would make our holy kingdom dirty.”
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Arnold froze, he sighed in relief “Thank you Alejandro, I was too preoccupied at returning because of our almighty lord’s order that I have forgotten such an important duty.”
The knights then take out an orb that glows in different light, the children were ignored, they are given a free pass because the adults felt that they could still be changed even if they are bad now, if they are not reformed through a soft approach, they would be given the military treatment.
After a round of scanning, the knights only found seven individuals in the 100 and so refugees they have rescued are emitting black aura, they were instantly ejected, even after they begged, they were not accepted.
Those that knew them actually celebrated their ejection, then, they were amazed by the power of the orb, they became even more certain about Shadowslash, many of them have already converted their beliefs, especially the children.
Arnold who was leading the group stops, his eyes radiate intense battle will, the knights quickly surround the refugees, they raise their shields protecting them from harm.
The archers knock their arrows, their leader asks in a quiet voice “What is it, lord Arnold?”
“It is those d*mned chameleons once again, I could sense thirteen of them approaching us at full speed, be ready, I will-” Before he could finish what he wanted to say, the orbs that the knights were carrying lit up.
They then transform into a barrier that protects the refugees, the remaining blobs of lights descend on Arnold and his knights, their aura has risen considerably and they feel immense strength flowing within their body.
Arnold was ecstatic, he shouted “Our lord has blessed us! Let us destroy these vermin that are trying to destroy our world!”
One of the knights kneels in front of Arnold and begged “My lord, please let us be the ones that would vanquish these vermin, we want to experience the feeling of our almighty lord’s power coursing through our body!”
Arnold froze once again, even though he felt extremely uncomfortable doing this, he still agreed to the request of his knights, his decision made all of his knights cheer, some were even crying in happiness.
Two of them cannot hold themselves and charge towards the direction of the chameleons, they do not know why but they could sense the general direction of their enemies, they were not complaining though, on the contrary, they were worshipping Shadowslash’s divine ability.
Seeing this, the rest of the knights became furious, they raced amongst each other for the chance to kill a monster, the archers aimed their glowing bows in a certain direction and released their arrows.
Their expression became dumbfounded, they could not believe that they were capable of controlling their arrows nor piercing through multiple trees.
One of them shouted “With our almighty lord’s blessing, I am no longer a human but a super one, any enemy that tries to harm our great holy kingdom, beware because the next holy knight is waving his bow at you!”
This causes the rest of the knights to angrily shout “I am going to be the next holy knight, not you!”
They quickly realized that they had all said the same thing, they glared at each other, the smell of gunpowder spreads in the air, Arnold was having a headache watching them.
He knew that he cannot stop them from competing against each other, after all, he was also looking forward to the next holy knight selection, he was currently feeling the pressure after seeing how strong the monsters are getting.
After a massive increase of strength, the knights easily destroy the Bronze Rank chameleons, the beastmen watching the scene were once again shocked by what they have seen.
Their eyes were also filled with desire, their race are known to be power hungry, for them, strength reigns supreme, they just did not expect that the kind and benevolent god that they are dreaming to meet was also capable of giving such strength to his subjects.
Arnold sees that the knights are still unsatisfied, he shakes his head and commands “Line up! I know that many of you want to showcase your strength but we first need to escort these refugees back to our holy kingdom.”
The situation of God’s World is becoming more chaotic and despairing for most residents of the world but this has also become an opportunity for Shadowslash.
Unfortunately, he was too preoccupied with his guilt and was not thinking of spreading his belief but even if he does not do this, his subjects would.
Currently, he was deep in thought sitting on his chair, he decided to return back to his Behemoth Avatar, most of the plans were given to Ivy, Harley and Zlander.
Arnold would be directly involved with all of his plans, so would Emilio, he pities the two since they cannot even rest fully, thinking about this, before returning back to his other avatar, he did something that would forever cause New Dawn City to be in a competitive mood.
He erected a giant monument that records the merits of everyone of his subjects, the number one in the list was Arnold, followed by Zlander and the third was Ivy.
Emilio was actually just a little bit lower than Ivy, Zlander was also not that far from Arnold, both of them have been doing their best to promote New Dawn City and Shadowslash’s religion.
But the names of the civilians shocked everyone, they quickly realised that their merits would also be recorded, they might not be able catch up with the top five but this doesn’t mean that they cannot be in the top ten.
Back on Gaia, Shadowslash in his Behemoth Avatar opens his eyes, clenching his fist repeatedly, he felt his strength solidifying, he could not believe that his simple test would produce such a positive result.
He started laughing “Hahaha! I really could bring back fate Qi as long as it is gathered towards my soul, such a fascinating thing.”
He then uses a small amount of it to cleanse the baleful Qi permeated inside the body of the Behemoth Race, he knew that this would decrease his present strength but he does not care.
After all, he could sense that he replaced the natural deterrent of his avatar from maniac fear to dignified suppression, he also became closer with the metal element.
He became curious about what would happen if he also tried this with a Titan or a Leviathan’s body but quickly, he shakes this thoughts off.
The burden of his soul was already too great because of the amount of avatars that he left in the lower realm, The worst of it all is The Fragment constantly trying to escape his control, fortunately for him, he still has Amethyst to help him ease off his burden.
With fate Qi, he might make his soul grow bigger and stronger, it was already tempered by Chaos and Harmony, even Grim helped so he doesn’t have any impurity towards his soul right now, only his Nascent Soul was left to be tempered but he will only do this once he reaches the fabled Immortal Realm.