Chapter 43 - Chronicles of Heavenly Demon

“I don’t expect you to survive.”

Dario’s mind was stuck on that one phrase. His Master no longer spoke to the Lord Disciple in any soft tone. Although that may be the case, the Sith Lord fully understood that this was the “real” test of becoming a Heavenly Demon, perhaps the number one job class in the world.

There were many instances when Jinn was callous to his disciple. Most of the time, it was displayed during the time of training. It was all for Dario to have the cold-blooded trait needed for an individual such as him. Although Dario was already quite steel-hearted in his upbringing, Jinn showed new levels of ruthlessness.

“Commence the full assault on the continent of Serdio,” Dario transmitted his words for everyone to hear. He was looking atop from the palisades on the newly rebuilt Gaspless. With the help of all of the Undead and the Berserk Dwarves of the Omen people, the reconstruction of the Fortress City was not only rebuilt but was also improved far beyond the level they thought any fortress was capable of.

The fortress walls were sheening black material, Ebony reinforced walls. It was a spectacle of defense mechanisms by the clever Berserk Dwarves. Dario was addressing the troops that had been teleported by Deluc, all 100,000 thousand living members of the Day Army.

“By the order of the Lord Disciple,” the Berserk King, Oghren, acquiesced to the command, being the next highest ranking member of the Omen Sect, the 1st Demonic Master.

“You all have your orders. Veda will fill you in on the details,” with those last words, Dario exited from the palisades. With Gaspless being fully controlled by the Omen Sect, it was abdicated to King Albion who gratefully accepted.

The true force of the Omen Sect, the 10 Demonic Masters, The 50 Omens, 36 Experts, Theater Rankor, Void Community, Metanoia, Virtu, and Sal Mu Sect. All forces represent one aspect of military law in the olden times, with some newly added regiments implemented by Lord Vicegerent, specifically, Theater Rankor, Void Community, Metanoia, Virtu Guild, and the Night Army.

Dario entered the castle’s solar and glanced at Tenebrae lazing around with a decadent plate filled with sweets, refreshments, and all manner of decadent food prepared by the Demonic Chef of Gluttony, Bostwick. His specialty was making the meat of demonic beasts safe for consumption. Although most people would not deign to eat forbidden meat like those of monster species, the Omen people had a stomach for things which are called, “Devil Meat.”

“Quite callous for a leader,” Tenebrae said.

“Hmph,” Dario removed his mantle, “They’ve been waiting for this for decades. Now, it's their time to cut loose.”

“Is that so?” King Albion stood from the elegant sofa, “You do things the old ways.”

Dario requested Veda to pop a window screen detailing the plans for the total continental conquest of Serdio, “Those with power know that things are always done through the wisdom of the old.” In his parable that spoke a degree of sage wisdom, the Lord Disciple had a brilliant mind beyond his years.

Veda showed the map of Serdio while simultaneously explaining an overview of the plans. When Dario spoke about those who have power using “The Old Ways,” this is what he meant. Now that the seats of power were filled in the Day Army, there was no meaning to wait any longer. Moreover, the Omen Sect had superseded the previous generation regarding military might.

The elegant butler explained a series of invasions spread across the Serdian continent would fall and end The Imperial Ranpossa in a grand fashion. First of all, the Duchy of Basilisk, the-once capital of the West, is now overtaken by the apostates who were once citizens of the Kingdom of Albion. Before that, two fortresses surrounded by mini-forts would have to be conquered and repaired along the way.

However, now that the Day Army was fully replenished with living members and Undead familiars, the full fighting force of the Omen Sect was 308,001 strong and fully equipped for war against the entire world. The center of it, the Lord Disciple, and after him, King Tenebrae vi Albion, and the Lord Apprentice. With those three combined the West, Hollow World, and the East will be conquered this year. Just three will be enough to rid the world of one-third of the enemies of the Omen Sect.

“Kill them all,” Dario gave the command to Azad, Calamor, and Kensei to reclaim the stolen territory by force. His words were devoid of mercy.

From the shadow of the Lord Disciple, three mythical beings made their forms. One was the strongest, Kensei, his appearance had slightly changed appearing with dark-tinted shades. Other than that, he was in his usual samurai attire magically woven with the Arcane, the strongest armor there is surpassing Adamantium.

Second was Calamor, the descendent of the Eldar Elves, the original species that begot the Fairy (Fare) species, extremely strong, beautiful, and graceful beings who were among the first to walk the world. He was the first of his kind to walk the path of Dark Magic, yet, it was to be written by The Heavens that his fate was to be as such. And so, he became the infamous, Deluc, The Necromancer, the Blood Elf that slaughtered his entire kind. He is known to be one of the few characters in the world to be able to compete for the world, but the Bind Saber had sealed him for some time.

Lastly, Azad, the draconic-looking species with spiky horns, was a legendary figure born to the Ronso people. Among all horns to be seen by the Ronso Tribe, Azad held the best-looking horns. He had always been a talented individual and was a devil to the Fare species. In effect, he was known worldwide to be the Legendary Midnight Soldier.

All three of them combined could reclaim those fortresses in a relatively short time, probably in a day or two. In the meantime, Dario will head to the southern continent for a short interlude, whereas, Tenebrae would wait in The Regalia. His time would come. Everything was meticulously planned by the young disciple.

***

After the Omen Campaign had gone to The Coalition Army of the World, they had lost massive losses fighting against The Demonic People. In terms of power, Asura Courtwell was the strongest being in the world, the second was The Dragon God, Bahamut. And, each segment of the military force of the Omen Nation was on a different level compared to their adversaries.

Objectively, The 10 Demonic Masters were as strong as The Heaven’s Respected 10. Excluding The 1st Demonic Master, Asura Courtwell, the first four Demonic Masters were as powerful as Martial Gods while being Transcendent level. Elder Cheonsa, Elder Shin Sarutobi, and Indra were dimensions apart from the rest of the Demonic Masters.

This leads us to the southern continent, Ouroboros. In there, Dario had something to do with that corrupted valley distorted by space. He sat in meditation and prepared to absorb the corrupted energy.

The Final Purification Method can absorb all types of chi. Yet, corrupted energy is something that even Demonic People avoid. The Lord Disciple hovered over the ground and began absorbing all types of energy particles, mostly, negative energy.

CRACKLE!!! CRACKLE!!! *thundering noises…thundering noises* CRACKLE!!!

The immediate area became hard to breathe and anyone who wasn’t in the Divine Realm would instantly be tarnished. Only, Parsifal was the guardian soul that would sentinel his Master. With his superhuman senses of perceiving an enemy from thousands of miles away, the Bow Saint was more than sufficient for the role.

Master would be Level 200 by now, he should be able to handle this amount of energy. The Bow Saint looked up and a vast nebula of gases mesmerized the eye comprehended just how much of the space is negatively affected. And, his analysis was correct because his senses perceived how far the corruption spread.

Suddenly, rocks and mountains began to fall and hit the ground which quaked the earth. KADUGH!!! Dust gusted in all directions. Flicking his fingers, Parsifal began to exert a subtle amount of his power to force the wind to clear the atmosphere. Have I been reduced to some sort of dust blower? Internally, The First Familiar was joking and was reminiscent of his days as a measly Skeleton Soldier. And just like that, The Bloody Valley of Corrupted Gravity was no longer such a thing.

In response to the sudden change of the space distortion being reverted to its original form, Flare Spirits like Lesser Ghost, Greater Ghost, Superior Ghost, Lesser Wraith, Greater Wraith, and Superior Wraith began to hurriedly make haste to the source that was about to annihilate their kind. Beings of supernatural making do not have a physical form, and thus, physical damage could not harm such beings.

Fortunately, such a thing was not a problem for the Bow Saint, on the contrary, Parsifal was their utter weakness. “Finally, some entertainment had shown up,” the darkly-haired man with jet-black armor pulled a magic bow from his Item Box. “None of you will get close,” cold words said attesting to the loyalty of the Bow Saint.

“Holy Gleam,” contrary to his Non-Elemental nature of controlling the Hellfire flames, there is an ability where if one perfects the negative energy, then its opposing element is also mastered.

Magick Archer: [Holy Gleam] -Manifests a bolt with the elemental Light property that implodes upon impact. Deal massive damage to dark spiritual beings and homes in on a target. At this level, even the rays of light will deal tremendous damage to the creatures of darkness. Rank: EX Proficiency: 130%

In a spectacular scene of radiance shimmering the valley, it looked like a star was being born when looked upon from the skies.

***

In the span of a few days, Dario had once again entered a new stage, only, he was now completed in the Arcane, a 9th Circle Archmage. His absorbance of all the negative energy lasted for a couple of nights. It amazed Dario how long it took due to his understanding that The Final Purification Method can not only dispel or purify all energy, but it can also absorb it at a tremendously fast rate as fast as a Black Hole. In conjunction, said energy can also purify the energy while absorbing it at the same time. This attested to the amount of corrupted and negative mana there was in the valley.

Visibly, Dario’s skin began to crack like glass, but, was instantly healed for days on time. In the end, the 9th Class ascension was something akin to becoming a ‘demigod.’

Standing Up. The newly born demigod stepped into space. This is what is needed to be a suitable Mage. Specifically, a 9th Class had currently matched his physical fighting prowess. Now that he was restricted from using Martial Arts, Dario was getting a proper understanding of how Mages think.

Eyes opening. The Lord Disciple peeled his eyelids and saw Parsifal, “I greet you, O’ Sith Lord. Congratulations on your ascension to the 9th Class.”

Unlike physical modifications like Body Modification exclusively practiced by the Omen Sect, Ring Formation was also a practice that had long been abandoned. Due to its difficulty rating of being the second hardest accomplishment in history to attain, the Sith Familiars and the Undead had an instant effect as opposed to Body Modification. Effectively, this means that all Undead could become a Mage even for pure physical fighters such as Dario.

“Kuku,” Dario’s sclera was jet black and his iris was glowing light blue alongside his hair and Devil Tattoo. He had fully integrated with his darkness and Super-tier Spells could be used without too much of a drawback.

The Lord Disciple ended the scene with a resolve as pure as the devil, saying, “Time to kill the Emperor.”

Dario Courtwell Lvl. 200

Class: Mystic Realm

9th Circle Archmage

Main Job: Sith Lord

Sub-job: Heavenly Demon

Sub-job: Judge Magistrate

Sub-job: Sword Saint

Sub-job: Fist Saint

Sub-job: other…

Titles: Lord Disciple (passive)

Ethereal King (equipped)

Martial God (equipped)

The Solemn Soul (sealed)

Solemn Sword Saint (equipped)

Heavenly Demon (equipped)