Vol 5 Chapter 62 (1/2)
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at 29th of September 2019 04:35:11 PM
Chapter 62
Book 5, Chapter 62 - Mysteries
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Judas was the master and founder of NoxHe was the representative of those deeneral, an elder of his race!
The Annals of the Great War made mention of his naht thee race’s social structure
De, perhaps infinite lifespansHowever, as powerful as they were there appeared to be powerful inhibitions to their procreationAs such their numbers were always small and after the Great War their nuated disaster for the race as a whole
The supreBelow him as known as the Council of Elders, dozens of the positions they called SealsThey, in turn, were responsible for the deanization beneath themIt was a classic pyra was the most powerful and respected of them allThe elders, of course, were also important members of the speciesThere was a direct correlation to strength, ability, and elder status
Judas’ ranking ahestHowever, the likes of Abaddon – a er demon – wouldn’t even be o Judas ht his folloith himOnly a few chose to remain when he established the city
Abaddon was the first to swear allegiance to Nox
Judas was loathe to spend an eternity languishi+ng in the darknessDemons were creatures of incredible power! Why should they suffer the indignation of hiding under rocks and in shadows? With such strength why should they hide? Why not use what they had to gatherwas deadTheir grand elder wasDemons by their nature were a fractured people and the wait see?
Judas decided to establish his oerLittle by little, step by step he would tear the Gods fronized the potential of huh of their species under his command he could create a powerful army
In this elder demon’s eyes, Skycloud was an ideal place to erect his own realmIn a land of millions he could cultivate powerful warriors to do his biddingThen, with the fallen Skycloud as the root, his poould extend to take all of the wastelands and Elysian lands beyondIn ti power to make the Gods tre in pits and caverns?
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However, Skycloud had a thousand years of develophty representatives and scores of demonhunters as defendersThis was in addition to the God who looked over his creation fro such odds was too much, even for an Elder
Judas remembered when he triedHe was ae and they forced him to retreat far to the southThere he established Nox and slowly set about building his powerOnce again he was forced into hiding, but in tie and take Skycloud for hients to represent his cityHe chose those who thought were the best to build Nox’s foundation
The life span of a demon was endless – a hundred years, a thousand years, they all passed just the sameTo Judas it was just a ht momentThis appeared to be that moment, a once-in-millennia chanceFor reasons unknown, Skycloud’s patron God had fallen into a deep slu
Judas sensed this, and stirredThen he began to planBut quickly he caoalsArcturus Cloude
In the thousand years since the Great War there had been reeFewer than one every hundred years even came closeIndeed humans were a race of massive potentialLuckily, they lived short lives, otherwise in a couple thousand years they ht multiply and rise to threaten the demons themselves
ArcturusArcturus had to die
He was the only living thing that could threaten Judas
Upon awakening there was much to pique the Elder’s interestThis rare opportunity to take Skycloud was not the largest, nor was the realization that Gehenna had finally begun to stirNo – what struck hi’s successor had been chosenA hu that would live a couple hundred years at the very most
Inconceivable!
How could such a creature rise to fill the role of the De before the whied like a firestorm!
Then, suddenly… stillness
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All trembled as the elder demon made his presence known
Only Wolfblade relint in his eyeThe sort of look that ca fell into place as expectedHe made no secret of his contemptuous sneer toward Judas
Wolfblade looked upon the h he were absurd
Meanwhile Abaddon, the Khan of Evernight and all the rest of Nox’s forces fell back behind their sovereign