1531 A Mages Deception Part 2 (2/2)
Saleen went on to target and massacre the legions of angels. Being at level 17 meant that he no longer had any reservations. Regardless of how powerful the Lord of Glory would be, there was no way he could have exceeded level 17, even if he were inside his own divine kingdom.
If the Lord of Glory were to surpass that level, his own divine kingdom would have collapsed due to not being able to withstand his power.
As Saleen advanced, both Nailisi and the Winged Skull were no longer restricted by their soul bonds, and both of them had advanced to level 16. However, they were unable to get any further. In their case, their difficulty of getting further would be way greater than what Saleen had experienced.
However, Saleen had no need for Nailisi and the Winged Skull to grow too powerful. Their lifespan would be longer than his after all. By the time Nailisi got all eight abilities, she would have advanced to level 18. As for the Winged Skull, they had already possessed a plane's worth of power. All 12 jade skeletons that served the Winged Skull would have eventually become gods of spirits.
The Winged Skull had ways of extracting power from the gods, so there was no need for them to worry about advancing at all, as it was only a matter of time.
The Star Shuttle zipped about the divine kingdom just like a god of death. The Lord of Glory had become aware of the thing from the Divine Mountain of Light. He knew that a very powerful enemy had entered his divine kingdom.
The Lord of Glory sighed and wondered if the Goddess of Myers had decided to lead the charge personally.
But, that was impossible. Even if she were to find her divine persona in the past, there is still no way she could have restored her power that quickly. With two of his weaker doubles already dead, the Lord of Glory had to take the threat seriously.
While he had a huge number of doubles, there were only five that he had personally split using his own power of Source. All the others were crafted out of gods that he killed.
The Lord of Glory summoned Abyrus to the hall and said, ”Gather the oracles and form a divine rune charm array. Hide the mountain for the time being. I need to head out for a bit.”
”Acknowledged, Lord Father,” Abyrus answered respectfully with its head hung low, so that the Lord of Glory was unable to see that it was a pair of grey eyes behind its red pupils.
The Lord of Glory was about the leave! Abyrus was overjoyed. The Lord of Glory hardly left the mountain for anything other than to invade other divine kingdoms. The divine mountain was the hub of the divine kingdom, with all power of faith being first gathered there, before the Lord of Glory consumed it. Of course, the Lord of Glory could have absorbed the powers at his own will, but there were simply too many believers in the divine kingdom. The Lord of Glory was unable to advance, so he simply stockpiled all that power of faith.
All that power would be his as soon as the Lord of Glory left, making it easy for it to advance to level 15 or even 16. There was none of the restrictions suffered by the gods on it. It thought that the demon was dumb enough to think that she was able to control it, but it would have never lit up divine fires at such a juncture just yet.
Igniting divine fires after level 16 would have been the way to go, as that would have allowed it to avoid the greatest threshold the gods have to face while advancing.
The gap between level 15 and 16 was the hardest obstacle that the gods had to face.
Even in ancient times, the number of gods above level 15 was not many. Even in present day, gods below level 15 were still the ones that were found everywhere.
”Abyrus, look after the mountain. When I've advanced to level 16, you shall become the archangel captain and stand above all of the angels,” the Lord of Glory said nonchalantly.
An almost sarcastic look flashed in Abyrus' eyes at that.
What's the use of becoming an archangel captain anyway? That's still not a god. The Lord of Glory is stingy enough to never even bestow the title of a lieutenant god on anyone, and a lieutenant was still a servant god.
A servant god was a god who followed the orders of their master god completely, but they had a certain degree of freedom. When a god perished, their servant god would still survive.
However, things were different with angels. Without the Lord of Glory, the power of the angels would fall into decline, eventually withering and dying.
If the Lord of Glory had been generous enough to make Abyrus a servant god, it wondered if it would have still chosen to fall.
The Lord of Glory did not look at that favorite angel of his again before turning around and leaving. A beam of holy light shot from the mountain. 64 slightly faint beams of holy light shot all around the mountain afterwards.
He brought 64 doubles with him. The Lord of Glory was going to crush the invader personally.
The invader was simply too powerful, and his angels were unable to do anything about it.
Saleen had Nailisi search for the divine mountain. He was unclear of the Lord of Glory's divine kingdom, but he read a great many magic notes illustrating a great many divine kingdoms. It was stated that the Lord of Glory was a god who liked living in high places, according to his attributes. There were no hovering buildings in the divine kingdom, which meant that the Lord of Glory would behave like many other gods sharing the same attributes—constructing the tallest divine mountain and letting his light shine all over the divine kingdom.
”This is strange. I can't find Abyrus !” Nailisi used a secret art unique to the Luoluokaluo, and discovered that she had lost track of Abyrus.
”Forget about Abyrus then. Just fly in that direction.”
Saleen pointed at the center of the divine kingdom. The Lord of Glory could have been even more peculiar than he already was, and he still would not have chosen to set up a residence in some dank corner. Flying to the center would definitely be the right thing to do.