-Inside The Hall-
-Jacob’s POV-
I had my doubts when Scarlet came to me regarding this information but, after reading everything in that folder, I was hell bent on publishing this article about the Guild Master of the Holy Paladins. I looked at the people present in the hall, each and every one of them were speechless. They had the same looks that I gave to Scarlet after she let me read the folder.
“Mr. Jacob, is this true?” one of the reporters asked.
“Yes it is and there is no denying the truth.” I said.
-Liz’s POV-
Chaos ensued right after the first reporter asked Jacob about the credibility. A lot of questions were asked and answers were what these people needed. The slide truly showed the unholy side of Leo. It included drugs, human trafficking, torture, dealings, the assassinations and a lot of gore, solely done by Leo and some of his trusted people but none of them were the people from his Guild. It also included the fake photos and the announcement that Leo had made about the engagement and the marriage plan. It was the first thing that was shown before the rest of Leo’s deeds were exposed.
“Alright, take a minute to calm down.” Jacob said in the same commanding CEO tone and the audience quieted down. He was fed up of answering the question that he didn't have the answers for.
“Now all those questions have answers and the one who will provide those answers will be none other than the man himself, the one who had the hand in doing this and also the one who had created fake photos of himself and Miss Scarlet and also the fake announcement about the engagement and the marriage. Please welcome the star of the show, Mr. Leo The Guild Master of Holy Paladins.” Jacob said as the doors opened and I saw Vorgrim bringing Leo, tied down to a wheelchair, he had a cloth in his mouth, preventing him from speaking anything. Vorgrim drove the wheelchair and stood right in front of all the people present in the room, while his back was facing us.
But before anyone could say anything, I sensed a presence, a strong one entering from the atmosphere of Earth and heading straight towards L.A.
-A Few Minutes Ago-
-Ayer’s POV-
“My Lord, we are close. We’ll be entering the atmosphere of the planet in five minutes.” The captain said as he looked ahead at the planet that appeared to be a mix of blue and green.
I looked on as we neared the planet, there were at least eight more planets revolving around the sun.
My people were ready, armed to teeth with the weapons that the people of this planet have never seen.
"Good. Let’s keep a low profile, turn on the invisibility mode and go straight towards the co-ordinates.” A few minutes later we entered the atmosphere of the planet and the captain and his crew smoothly drove the spaceship towards the place. As we passed through the atmosphere I spread my mana sense to look at the planet. It had a lot of life signs and also some S Rank Monsters and just from that I knew that these people were still in the early stages of the system and because of this I did feel a bit of resistance from the planet. It did not want me to enter it and also not my people but I used a spell, the one that I always used when entering new worlds or realms to cover the entirety of the spaceship.
The spaceship stopped and I teleported out of it to the place where the last signs of Vorgrim were. There was nothing except for a destroyed city a few kilometers away. My army was still in the spaceship, waiting for my command to go ahead and search this planet for the one who took the life of my prized possession.
“Who might you be?” I heard a voice from behind me. It was a middle aged woman, she had brown hair and black eyes. I ignored her and got back to my work, searching for the remains of Vorgrim or any signs of it because even if he’s dead at least his body would be useful to create a high ranking undead.
“Hey !! Answer me. Who are you and what are you doing here? This area is off limits.” The woman once again spoke, but this time with a tone of authority, trying to intimidate me but that was not going to work one me.
“Leave or you will die.” I said but the woman ignored me and launched a mana blade right at my face. Seeing this, I recalled the arrow that was shot at me a few days ago. ‘Always the same everywhere.’ I thought to myself and moving my head out of the blade's trajectory, I took my sword, coating it with death energy and swung it. Cleaving straight through the woman.
-Liz’s POV-
Sensing the presence of the powerful being near L.A., I decided to send Lily to check on it but just a minute later, my clone died. Leaving the hall, I immediately teleported near the destroyed walls of L.A and Reinard who had been watching my every move in the hall also teleported beside me.
“Now that is a massive amount of mana. Even though that person is holding it back.” Reinard said. The two of us looked at the spot a few kilometers away from L.A. It was the same spot where I had killed Vorgrim and made mincemeat of him.
“Tha…t’s him.” Vorgrim said as he had also teleported beside us. I was not a fool to delude myself in thinking that the person standing in the middle of the forest was not Ayer. I knew that this day would come but not this early.
“We should go before the situation turns to worse and Vorgrim stay behind me and Liz. We got this.” Reinard said and the three of us teleported right in front of Ayer.
“You seem to be not surprised.” I asked. Looking at the man clad in black in armor and helmet. The material appeared to be phasing in and out of reality, like a ghost. He gave off the aura of a person wielding death energy. 'A Necromancer?' I thought to myself but ignored it because even if he was a necromancer, it would not change his threat level. I tried to gauge his level but nothing came up. The same system notification that had been bugging my head went off.
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[Integration failed...The World needs to be updated]. I knew that from the information Vorgrim gave about Ayer. His level was above 1000.
“I already sensed your presence and I was waiting for the three of you to come. What I didn’t expect was to see you well and alive, Vorgrim.” Ayer said as he looked at the three of us.
"So, now that you’ve seen that he is well and alive, how about you go back to that spaceship of yours and go away.” I said and pointed towards the spaceship in the air right above the four of us. I could sense it from the moment I got here and it was one hell of a marvel, for someone to even design and build it. It had weapons a lot more advanced than the ones who invaded the Ren's realm. The spaceship was filled with people, not in hundreds or thousands but more like a few billion. The spaceship was expanding and contracting at the same time, most likely adjusting itself and the people inside it to be able to float in the sky above us.
“You sure have the guts to order me around. Didn’t you tell them what I did, Lizard?” Ayer said and before Vorgrim could say anything, Reinard took a step forward.
“That is one hell of a punch from a mortal.” Ayer said as we saw Reinard had punched him right on the side of his face, we could see a crack forming on the side of his helmet which repaired instantly as soon as it was formed.
“And you are one pathetic God. Senselessly killing people and torturing them, why?” Reinard said as he moved and stood right beside me.
“You should be grateful that I am here, only for Vorgrim. So give him to me and your planet will be spared of the destruction that I will bring down on it.” Ayer said ignoring Reinard's question. He looked calm and composed even when Reinard had just punched him. He gave off the feeling, like he had it all under control and we were just ants in his eyes. Even if those ants could throw a few heavy punches at him.
-Ayer's POV-
It was a surprise to see that the Lizard was alive even though the pact between us told me that he had died. I looked at the three people in front of me. A golden haired man, with red glowing eyes same as me but something in it was different, like it was filled with blood of the people he had killed. He was the one who had punched me right in the face and even managed to crack a part of my helmet. Standing right beside him was the woman, she had white hair, blue eyes and a body that I would sure as hell like to taste but alas, as things were I couldn't leave them alive. For they had raised their hands against me. I looked at Vorgrim, the Lizard that was cowering, standing right behind the two people, like I was bullying him.
"No we won't give him and this will be the last time I tell you to leave or there will be consequences." Said the white haired woman. She had this aura of authority around her just like me. But I could feel that her aura was weak and her mana levels were not nearly enough to be even compared to Vorgrim and that golden haired man. She was not a threat at all, she looked like a child trying to scold her parents. I had already used the system do determine their levels and the two of them expect for that Lizard were still in the early stages of the system just like the rest of the people of this planet. Their levels were not even in the Tier 1's but somehow that golden haired man had managed to crack my helmet which instantly repaired itself because of the self repairing function.
"Look. I am not here to discuss, just give me that Lizard and I will be gone." I was getting angrier as the conversation went on. I had always given people a choice and what they always chose is to go against me all the time.
"We won't give him to you and your can go eat shit." The golden haired man said.
"So death is what you seek." I said. This line was getting boring, I had at least used it a hundred times but eventually the conversation always end with it. I looked at the three of them and decided that it was a lost cause to speak with dead people, so I teleported back inside the spaceship and facing my army "The People of this Planet are not someone we can reason with. So to relieve them of their burdens. I, Ayer The Tyrant, The God of Destruction, wage a war against this planet and its people !!! My generals, I want you to bring the heads of the two people standing right beside that Lizard." I gave them the command that would start the destruction of this planet. I didn't want it to come to this but as things were, they had to be put down.
-Liz's POV-
"He's strong, I can feel it when I punched him but he's not nearly as strong as those creatures of Zeon that we faced." Reinard said and I could see him grinning. The three of us looked at the spaceship in the sky, floating above us. We saw Ayer giving orders to his people.
"That is good to know. Vorgrim I want you to kill his army while Reinard takes care of his generals. I will be facing against Ayer. I will make sure that he will not be able to harm anyone from this moment onwards." I said to the two of them and waving my hand I created a golden barrier around us, covering the entirety of L.A. along with the spaceship, trapping everyone inside the dome. I used a spell to teleport the remaining people in L.A. outside the dome.
"Now that is what I'm talking about, Liz. It's been centuries since we got to fight someone strong and now that the opportunity presents itself to us. How can we not take advantage of it." Reinard said.
-Vorgrim's POV-
I don't know what to say about this situation because from the looks on their faces. They seem to be rather happy about this situation rather than feeling despair at the thought of having to face strong foes, all on their own.
I looked at the spaceship, the same one that brought doom to Astria and I recalled the generals that me and the other leaders had fought against. Ayer's Seven Generals, the demons he had created by himself. Xander, Birzoth, Argor, Drivlon, Agloron , Igtharus and Jolviun. Just imagining those seven demons fighting with Reinard was like a nightmare, making me recall the time when the beast clan had faced them and lost.
-Somewhere On Earth-
"Now that is one hell of a show, isn't it?" Asked a man clad in red armor, the armor had scales of a dragon for protection. He was holding a club made out of the bones of the dragon, the same dragon with which his armor was made.
"You knew that this was gonna happen someday. The people of this world just didn't know it." Said a beautiful woman, she wore a purple colored dress, that exposed a side of her leg. She carried herself with elegance as she walked up and stood right beside the red armored man. The two of them looked at the golden dome, thousands of kilometres away. They could see what was inside it as the one who created it had let other people to see the battle that was about to go down.
"I know, I know. Let's enjoy the show for now." The red armored man said as he summoned a chair and placed it on the rocky edge of the mountain the two of them were standing on currently. The woman followed and sat on a chair she summoned for herself.
-Vorgrim's POV-
"Hey Reinard, be careful while facing the generals. Each one of them have different powers and all of them are difficult to face against all alone. I know that this warning will not mean anything to you but, for Lizandra you have to be careful." I said to Reinard as the two of us were flying towards the army that had descended a few kilometres in front of us. Reinard nodded towards me and headed off to face the Seven Generals.