1492 Cleaning up the Imperial City of the Abyss Part 1 (2/2)
The city was about the size of an entire duchy found in Phoenix, and it might have even been somewhat more extensive than that. They moved deeper inside and found some powerful magic arrays at work.
Those magic arrays were capable of continuing to work in the absence of their operators. Many buildings still stood, along with some weapons resembling statues.
The goddess took care of them one after another before throwing all of them to Saleen.
It was especially easy for her to do away with the magic arrays, which were like toys to the goddess, as they lacked the ability to do her any harm at all. Saleen did not feel as though anything was out of place. The goddess had been a level 18 mage before becoming a god. Rather, it would have been peculiar if the magic arrays had actually been able to do her harm.
The way that she was tearing down the magic arrays was unique—she simply thrust her hand into the center of them and pulled. Their entire inner workings were torn out right away.
She threw all of that to Saleen as well. A god at her level and furthermore, one who had once been a level 18 mage, had no interest whatsoever in those magic array diagrams.
Saleen had initially thought that she had only been doing it as a way to give him gifts, but he realized later that she was not doing it for him at all. The goddess was simply moving too quickly. Her method of literally going in circles was meant to tear down the layers of the Imperial City's defenses, stripping the place of the last pieces of resistance it had.
What Saleen had gotten was only small piles of materials and magic array diagrams. The goddess would have definitely have had more than that herself. If she were actually gathering those things for Saleen, there was no need for her to waste her time and energy doing so.
Saleen did not ask. He and the goddess were both moving at frightening speeds. If they were to continue advancing at speeds like that, it would have taken them less than a month to actually search the entire Imperial City.
The goddess was very pleased with Saleen's attitude. She gradually made it further and further into the deeper parts of the Imperial City, and she slowed down somewhat. When they reached an area over 100 kilometers away from the palace, she left the astrology tower and some vast compounds untouched. She circled around them for the moment as if she was looking for something.
They finally came before a tall tower. The goddess stopped and turned around, saying to Saleen, ”Stand guard outside. Regardless of what comes out, shoot it with your lightning icicles. Don't let even a single one of them escape.”
”Sure,” Saleen agreed. Any monster capable of escaping the goddess was definitely worthy of caution. Anything that got past her might decide to attack him on its way out, so it was better for him to make the first move anyway.
The goddess entered the tower and left Saleen standing outside. Saleen summoned his lightning warriors and had the tower completely surrounded. The offensive capabilities of the lightning warriors were no longer what they had once been. The electrical discharge from them would have proven adequate enough to paralyze even some of the higher-leveled professionals.
Thunder dragons shot out of Saleen's magic amplifier behind him as well. The Thunder Dragon Bangle split up, and 24 thunder dragons circled in the water. It looked as though they were enjoying themselves in the water, which was where they had spent most of their time when they were young.
Saleen was just about to finish getting ready when over 20 Angels of Fear flew out of over a dozen of the tower's windows. All of the Angels of Fear were level 13 beings. Despite being a level 14 mage, he still did not dare to get close to the Angels of Fear.
He remembered well how fast the Angels of Fear were capable of moving. That was how they moved in combat, instead of their movement resembling Saleen's Comet Flash, which was the speed they used for traveling.
A yellow light shone beneath Saleen's feet as he prepared to begin fighting them at any moment. Devastating explosions could be heard coming from within the tower. It was unknown what the goddess was fighting against, but it was apparent that her hands were full and that she had no time or energy to help Saleen.
Saleen fired his lightning icicles in multiple directions while the lightning warriors charged.
The Angels of Fear all howled, yet their attacks were utterly useless against the lightning warriors. They were far better at defense than they were at offense unless they had reached the point where Saleen was, which was level 14.
Over 10000 lightning warriors sealed the tower off using tightly packed formations. Every single Angel of Fear was being dealt with by over 1000 lightning warriors each. The ones that were hit by seven of the lightning icicles became paralyzed immediately after the projectiles penetrated their bodies. Saleen specifically targeted the huge face at their bellies.
These Angels of Fear were different from the one that Saleen killed the first time. While they were of higher levels, their souls were not linked.
The lightning warriors pounced on them while wielding all manner of weapons. While they might have been of lower levels, the weapons they used were made from the remains of god creatures. The seven Angels of Fear were taken apart in an instant, making it impossible for them even to attempt to resurrect. The lightning power gathered by thousands of lightning warriors was equal to one lightning attack fired by Saleen.
The Angels of Fear howled in rage, yet their sound attacks had no effect on Saleen. His lightning territory had been cast, rendering the Angels of Fear's abilities utterly useless.
The battles from then on out were hardly interesting. Saleen overwhelmed them with the sheer numbers of lightning warriors that he had deployed. That, coupled with offensive powers from lightning icicles, gradually wore down over 20 angels of fear, taking them apart piece by piece. He then threw their remains into his Ring of Cosmos.
The skins of Angels of Fear were rare things that were capable of being made into War Drums of Fear. Those weapons were devastating against enemy armies.
When Saleen was done cleaning up the battlefield, he saw the goddess hoisting a youth who had been tied up like a sack, as she walked out of the tower. That youth looked ferocious, spitting out a black thread as soon as they saw Saleen, sending it right toward his face.
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