Chapter 164 - Chochica Empire (Part 6)

A mysterious planet:

Nazar, Lian and the High Priest were standing close to one another.

They were talking.

Lian was not focusing. She heard something unimaginable.

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Lian’s mind went blank.

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Lian could not react, so instead Nazar asked him a question.

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Nazar's eyes widened in shock.

He was surprised because of what he said.

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Nazar remembered what Lian said earlier.

His body tensed.

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Use. Weapon. Created. Used. Weapon. Created. Used. Weapon. Created.

These words kept on repeating in Nazar’s head.

He thought about his life.

What different was his life going to be, if Alice had not saved him?

Would he be the same? Would he be wasting his life doing what someone else’s work?

He never really appreciate his life, but even then he knows that he had it better than most. And deep down, he was grateful for it.

Nazar lowered his gaze.

“”

His face was ripped in half.

“”

He laughed a little.

That mocking laugh made Lian snap back to reality.

She finally started to think again.

She slowly turned around and looked at the High Priest.

“”

Nazar clenched his fist.

“”

The High Priest narrowed his eyes and a thin smile appeared on his face.

Seeing that, Nazar gritted his teeth.

“”

Before he could finish his last word, Nazar had punched him in the face.

The High Priest was thrown away.

He flew through a few buildings.

But he was perfectly fine.

He was not injured.

In fact, he managed to recover from the punch in mere seconds.

And before he landed on the ground, he started to float.

He was not flying by using a normal spell.

Behind him, wings made of interdimensional energies appeared.

“Interesting,” Nazar muttered.

He slammed his foot and shot himself towards the High Priest.

The High Priest was easily able to keep up with Nazar’s speed.

“Just what do you think these people are?”

They were moving beyond the speed of light.

Something that should not be taken very lightly.

But both of them were easily able to move at the speed as if it was normal.

And more than that, they were able to communicate with one another.

“They are not weapons!”

The High Priest was trying to get away from Nazar.

They were circling this planet over and over again.

Nazar could catch up to him but he did not want to.

He wanted to play his game a little.

Give him a little hope.

But for what reason?

“Yes, they are. We made them and we will use them.”

He started using his translator and Nazar heard him in English.

Nazar increased his speed.

He removed the distance between them.

“No, you don’t.”

He kicked the High Priest in the back from above.

He fell to the ground at unimaginable speed.

He fell to the ground and kept on falling.

With the strength Nazar had hit him, he was going through the hard ground.

Within a second, he was a few miles below the ground.

Yet he was still laughing like a maniac.

“That’s the best you can do?”

“I don’t want to hurt you, little man...”

The High Priest’s laugh vanished.

It was replaced by gritting teeth.

“If I wanted to… You would have been dead the moment I set my eyes on you.”

The High Priest did not know how to react.

What was this man before him saying?

And then he gulped.

He was basking in his power so much that he did not notice who he was fighting. He has seen Lian’s reports. Until now, he did not think of him that much.

He did that because he did not know him.

“What is below you?”

“...Huh?”

“There is something below you. A massive facility. I saw a glimpse of it earlier. What is it?”

“I-I don’t know...”

He said in a cracking voice.

“Tch. Don’t lie to me. Your heartbeat, eye movement, speech pattern, the volume of your voice, the cold sweat on your face, your fear, etc. They are all telling me you are lying. So, you better tell me or else ”

The High Priest gulped again.

His breathing became erratic. He started breathing very heavily.

“If you don’t tell me, I will turn off anything inside your brain that suggest lying. And you won’t say anything except the truth. And I might take more than I ask for? You know, like some secrets no one should know about?”

He lowered his gaze.

He looked up again and saw Nazar floating right above him.

He took a deep breath.

And so he did the unthinkable.

He flew towards Nazar with everything he had.

He used his magical energies and shoot him with energy bolts.

He punched Nazar and in the face.

But.

Nazar just gave him a blank look.

He had not even flinched.

The High Priest looked at him in surprise.

“H-how?”

“Sigh. Just tell me and I will not do anything bad to you or your empire.”

The High Priest thought about.

“Promise you will leave us and never bother us?”

“Of course.”

The High Priest was scared that information about this planet could be leaked. And once it did, they will lose all credibility in the universe. They will be isolated.

“This planet provides-- Why did--”

While he was talking, Nazar teleported Lian next to them.

“Continue.”

The High Priest took a deep breath.

“You see, we need magical power to survive on it. And for the last hundred years, there is a new breed of species. They don’t need magical power to survive and can cast magical spells without trading their life force for it. So, this planet…”

The High Priest looked down.

“A few miles below, we put all of them there. We built a city for them. They are living there. But.”

“You experiment on them, right? Trying to find a way so you can recreate them and be like them?”

The High Priest nodded.

“And above them… Well, on this planet we sell some stuff to have enough income. And then kill those people in a random way so no one ever finds out. And when you removed that illusion, you nearly exposed us.”

Lian could not believe what she was hearing.

“And where does this po--”

“The people down there. Just one of them. They can cast powerful spells and not trade their life force. But they have a very short life. They only live until they are five.”

Hearing that, Nazar’s body tensed up.

“You...”

He gritted his teeth.

“You are telling me there are children down there?”

The High Priest nodded. He felt guilty. But he cannot do anything. He cannot change the rules. He is following the same path his predecessors have followed so far.

Nazar shot himself towards the High Priest again.

The High Priest did not even try to react.

(Breaker touch. Nullify all magic with a touch.)

He touched the High Priest and he lost all of his magic.

And as soon as he did...

“!!”

“What?!”

Lian was the most surprised, who was still floating because Nazar had placed a barrier above her.

She found a very old looking…

“Luan?!?!”

Nazar removed his hand and her magic returned.

She looked exactly like the High Priest.

“But… But you… What…. No, wait…”

Lian’s thoughts were racing in her head faster than ever.

What did it all mean?

“Sorry, Lian… but my real name is not Luan.”

Her (?) form changed once more.

He was a tall man who seemed in his in the 30s. He was taller than Nazar. He was tall and muscular. He had shoulder length red hair and green eyes.

Once Nazar saw him, he seemed like the perfect and handsome character from a manga or anime. His perfectly shaped face with a good jawline made Nazar think about how bad he looked compared to him. In terms of looks, he looked a hundred times better than Nazar.

(A-at least I am stronger...) Nazar thought to himself.

He was wearing armour that made him look like a knight. The white armour around him was made from one of the rarest metals in the universe. It is very durable and works well against energies. The armour is also magically enhanced.

The armour covered all of his body, except for his head. The armour looked very new.

The armour was white in colour and was glowing with white energy. His boots had a little golden colour here and there. The area in the joints was glowing much brighter than the rest of the armour. It is more likely because he wants to protect those areas too in battle.

In his right hand, there was a sword. It was not there earlier. The sword resembled a long Excalibur sword. The pommel of the sword resembled a diamond. The grip was made of blue colour. The guard was of yellow colour. And the rest of the blade was of silver colour. However, since it was glowing with bright white light, the colours could not really be seen properly unless you look at it very carefully.

“My name is Baros.”

Lian’s eyes widened in shock.

“B-B-B-B-B-Baros??”

Nazar was confused.

Who was he?

“The first High Priestess?!”

“Wait, you are thirty thousand years old?”

He looked at Nazar and smiled. It was a wide smile.

“No, my young human friend, I am merely two thousand years old.”

“Friend?” Nazar muttered under his breath as he tilted his head in confusion.

“You see, we had a different system before. The Church was ruling the empire. But about two thousand years ago, I discovered the secret formula of a woman named Darkness. I modified her formula with the help of the Church. I used that new formula and made myself immortal.”

“Lalatina is pretty popular, huh?”

“Lalatina?” Baros sounded confused.

“Nothing.”

“Anyway, I made a revolution… or rather the Church asked me to. I made a new system where the High Priest or High Priestess is ruling the empire instead. But since I was immortal, they told me to change it up so people can be hopeful that they can become the ruler and work hard and contribute hard. They are trained and trained… but don’t get chosen.”

“That’s cruel!” Nazar shouted out.

Lian was still confused.

She was trying to reorganise her thoughts.

“So, I have ruled the empire… No, the Church has been ruling the empire for all this time. And this is their doing. I cannot say much. "

“But why?”

“Honestly… I am not sure, You could say, I am a bit of a coward. Haha.”

He forced out a laugh.

“Well… I have bad news for you.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Lian had no idea what they were saying now.

“You were recording and broadcasting the whole thing, right?”

“Yeah, sorry,” Nazar said as he scratched the back of his head.

“Yeah, I noticed it when I looked at my device for a split second. So, I went through and told you this. Because this is the only way I could break it to my people.”

“Wait, what?” Lian said frantically.

“Well, I wanted to record and let people know what is here.”

Lian was not sure how to react to this.

She thought about how much damage it will do to the empire.

“Actually, I needed this. I really don’t want to be the High Priest. I never wanted to… but I did not have a choice but to follow them. And now I do.”

“So...”

“Yes, I wanted to see if you actually had all this power they kept mentioning. Because you will need to strap yourself for the fight of your life.”

“Huh?”

“The Council of Michael… they hold a lot of power. Do you know what happened to Darkness? One of the plans I saw, it showed that she will be used to summon Michael himself. And they are probably summoning him right now.”

“...”

Nazar wanted to say that Michael is dead. But kept quiet for now.

“They will probably ask him to kill you and mind wipe everyone. And don’t worry, I will help you.”

The video was being broadcasted all over the empire. The Church was preparing. They already had Darkness with them. And she was being used to summon the great Archangel Michael.

“Against Michael, what can you do? Both of you?”

“This sword and armour… And of course, the modified formula, it gives me a fraction of Michael’s own power.”

“Oh,” Lian seemed surprised.

“I have Michael’s power, so I might be of some help.”

“And I killed Michael.”

Nazar’s casual reply made everyone who was watching to skip a few heartbeats.

The people at the Church froze in their place.

Baros forced out a laugh.

“My little human friend, you are a very joke--”

“Oh, no. I am not joking. I ripped him in half.”

Of course, Lian knew about Lucifer and Michael fighting here not too long ago. She knew he was dead.

But she did not know that Nazar was the one who killed Michael. She thought it was probably Lucifer who killed him.

So, she found herself in shock.

In fact, she was in so much shock that her breathing became erratic.

“...”

The High Priest looked at him.

He kept on staring at him.

A minute passed.

He started to think some stuff through.

And then five minutes of staring and thinking.

“I am Baros...”

Baros held his sword in both of his hands and held it in front of Nazar.

He then knelt on the knee.

Of course, he was kneeling on the ground that he had made when Nazar punched him through the ground.

So, he was kneeling in that small place a few miles below the ground.

“And I swear my allegiance to you.”

By his words and actions, Nazar’s eyebrows twitched.

“H-huh… Ah… What?”

“Please take it.”

“You want to hand over an alien empire to me?”

“Well, not alien to us… but yes.”

Nazar’s mind went blank.