1212 Getting swallowed into the Kingdom of Gods Part 2 (1/2)
Agares laughed. ”In that case, I'd tell you straight to the face. I hate all religions. I won't get in your way if you'd want to propagate Nature Faith, but don't expect me to help you out.”
Saleen frowned but quickly understood that Agares was the same as him in that regard—they held their professions in high regard, and the matters of their kingdom would always come second.
Agares resented the gods and religions, so much so that his disgust seeped deep into his soul. If he turned on his own convictions and allowed religions to be propagated in his kingdom, then Agares' professional advancement would be severely hindered.
”Alright. In that case, we shall get to the contract.” Saleen threw the contract to Agares. A beautiful woman flashed before him. The woman was dressed in palace minister garb but Saleen was able to tell that she had been one of the two assassins by Agares' side.
”An enviable skill indeed!” Saleen sighed. Agares was an assassin and having such a skill meant that he had two more powerful assistants by his side, who were capable of hiding in his shadow.
Saleen was not even able to tell with his Elemental Eye how the two women had been following Agares around.
”I envy you too...” Agares turned his eyes at Nailisi, who rattled her spear at him, shutting him up. He felt a looming scent of death. There were six shut eyes on Grey Memory. Extremely evil aura emanated from the weapon, making Agares flinch.
”Do you still envy me now?” Saleen asked in a peculiar tone, ”This servant girl of mine isn't actually all that obedient. Even if I tell her not to kill you, there's no guarantee that she'd follow my orders.”
”That is not a good joke.”
”It is not a joke. Our contract is in effect, Agares, but if you piss Nailisi off, I won't be able to guarantee anything. You do know that contracts with mages always have some loopholes.”
Agares flicked his hand as he heard Saleen. Blood at the tip of his finger dripped onto the contract scroll, which burnt to nothing. It was so powerful that its binding powers equaled plane rules.
”But then again, what I said was a joke. I'm a mage, and if there are any loopholes in contracts, they work on both parties. You're an assassin, and I don't like having loopholes in contracts with assassins. It's too dangerous for me.” Saleen's smile looked rather despicable to Agares' eyes.
But Agares smiled. ”That's the spirit. We were originally enemies after all. Your alliance with Grand Duke Iron Blood means that we won't stay allies for long. So, what shall we do next?”
”Nothing, Your Highness. Just look outside.” Saleen unleashed over a dozen star figures, which split up and prepared a feast.
Saleen laid out tables and chairs in the garden. The table was long, and there was a magic array carved on it on one side, which enabled them to view magic projections of the outside.
”Your Highness, I have no way of leaving, but if we got into the kingdom of gods, we'd stand a chance instead.”
”Saleen, we're enemies, so just call me Agares and drop the honorifics. That's what the world calls us, anyway. I'll be upfront with you. I have two level 9 assassins with me and 101 spectral servants. I only need dark places to summon them.”
”I have the Magical Element Tower, and there are 3,600 enchanters in the tower.” Saleen told his enemy a little bit about himself. Agares was unable to tell that Nailisi was level ten. The assassin was only able to tell that she was not a human and that her equipment was life-threatening to him.
Eleanor's archery, the water puppet's Crystal Finger, and Isabella's training in both martial and magical arts were all secrets. The ones knew about all of that were either Saleen's most trusted or dead.
The pope's huge divine rune charm array was nearly completed outside the Magical Element Tower. The humans] sacrifices had their heads chopped off, and their blood flowed into the holy prose.
A huge black hole appeared in the sky. The holy prose continued to spin, the black hole was at the center.
The black hole looked increasingly twisted and as all of the sacrifices died, over 100 thousand dark auras shot up to the sky and gushed into the black hole.
An eerie laugh was heard from within the black hole. Aoo uuuuu...
”Really delicious souls you have here. What do you want, puny beings?”
”Swallow this up!” A thin line of holy light burst from Theisio's fingers, hitting the Magical Element Tower.
”Alright, I'll do that.” The head of a huge beast emerged from the black hole, which looked like a toad and snake. It had long fangs. The beast gobbled up the tower without any hesitation.
When the tower dropped to the ground, there was fossilization pinning it to the ground. The huge beast sucked the tower up in one go and it left a huge crater.
”Delicious!” The huge head retreated back to the black hole and Theisio's face was ashen. It was clear that it took a lot of mental powers for him to communicate with the huge beast.
The black hole did not disappear after the beast retreated back to the black hole. Theisio then told the oracle behind him, ”I'll leave the rest to you. I need to crush Nature City and take all the Heaven Knights away.”