Chapter 1498 Charge [3]

Chapter 1498 Charge [3]

The favor Damien called in from the two influences his palace was closest to was simple.

He asked them to help him eradicate the Divine Order.

He didn't say a single word about the Straea Clan. That was his own battle to fight.

The Divine Order was just a small fish in comparison, and Damien didn't mind sharing the meat.

The Veritas Clan was present to provide real battle power, since most of Void Palace's forces against the Divine Order were just there for show.

And the Holy Empire was coming to free the citizens from their brainwashing.

It took Damien a while to figure out how to do so.

They had been brainwashed since birth, so none of them knew life outside of it. To remove them from the Divine Order's control was to leave them without any identity whatsoever.

That wasn't the right solution.

After a lot of research and even more postulating in his mind, Damien created a theory that was basically already tested and proven.

He modified that theory so that it could be used by others, and he gave it to the Holy Empire, since they specialized in, obviously, the more holy elements of the world.

It wasn't an end-all-be-all solution. All it did was remove the Divine Order's direct control over the citizens.

As for their belief in the religion, it wouldn't change. Nor would their daily lives, since it wouldn't be revealed to them that they were brainwashed in the first place.

For the Divine Order, Damien planned not only their extermination, but also their revival.

He would create a religion for the people of the Southwestern Region, a new version of their own religion that didn't exploit them.

For that purpose as well, the Holy Empire was necessary.

Still, that wasn't the entire reason behind the three-pronged assault.

To outsiders, it didn't look like Void Palace was leading this operation.

To them, it looked like the three great clans had formed an alliance for the sole purpose of destroying the Divine Order.

And with the Divine Order so deeply connected with the Straea Clan, naturally, they couldn't act indifferent to these matters.

They had to be wary.

The instant news got out about what was happening, the Straea Clan immediately secured their borders.

They now had to watch out on three sides.

Well, mainly just two.

To the Straea Clan, the rising Void Palace still wasn't enough of a threat to take seriously.

But also because of that, they had to be careful of the alliance in question.

Nevertheless, with the Straea Clan forced to watch themselves from every angle to assure their own safety, Damien gained several holes to exploit.

As such, he was currently bathed in a bloodthirst that made everyone around him stray away.

The funniest part, though, was the fact that he didn't even stand out.

'This level of bloodthirst is discomforting to the people at the edge of the territory because most of the people here are just passing through.'

'Putting them aside...'

Damien only had one goal in coming here.

The further he got into the region, the more Damien saw people who were bathed in bloodthirst that matched and even sometimes surpassed his own.

'It's insane to see people just walking around like that, but I guess that's what it means to live in a lawless zone.'

It was a badge of honor for them, a survival mechanism as well.

'Putting them aside...'

Damien only had one goal in coming here.

'Infiltrate the Straea Clan.'

He needed to find a way to get in contact with the highest level of the enemy clan.

Because that was where his target was.

As he'd seen in the visions shown to him by his crown.

The one who held the key to his father's prison...

'...is none other than Malevalon Straea.'

The ruler of the Straea Clan, a man that really only existed in rumors...

'...I have to find a way to meet him, and not only that, I have to find a way to snatch the key from under his nose.'

That man was his father's main enemy.

More importantly, he was one of the top strongest people in the entire Heavenly World.

And Damien, as a mere Demigod, had to find a way to fool him.

"This is going to be fun," he mumbled wryly.

At the end of the day, he was the only one who could pull it off.

After all...

'...I guess I just have a very particular set of skills.'

Skills that would become more than just a nightmare for people who stood against him.