57 The Most Overpowered Agima (1/2)

The moment the ETZ bit off it's head, the cockroach leaders body fell to the ground. He proceeded to hunt the for more. What he didn't expect was that the leader wasn't quite dead yet. Even with it's head cut off, the cockroach leader still struggled, swiping it's legs uncontrollably, sweeping the ETZ off-balance before finally dying.

The rest of the roaches swarmed the ETZ on the ground and devoured him. Finally, one roach dealt the killing blow, evolving further, making itself even stronger, more advanced. It proceeded to devour the previous leader. Just as it was celebrating it's meal, another ETZ went straight towards it.

The other roaches stood in front of their new leader, but before the ETZ could even get to them, a branch grew out of a tree and shot towards it's head. It was something nobody would ever expect, and it caught even the hulking zombie off-guard, impaling it's head.

Apparently, their new leader was an adventurous little roach, while everybody was gathered here, he had gone exploring, using his ability to fly, to avoid the zombies on the ground. He had flown over to Bohol, and managed to get close enough to study up to rank 1 of the Wood element. Getting the previous leader was all a part of his plan.

He stood up on two legs, spread his wings to make himself look bigger as he held the spear from before, in his hand. ”I.... am the.... leader... now!”

***

Negros Island, <Sovereign Nation> Base.

”Lord Luna.” and elderly man greeted as Luna exited the spatial gate.

Luna had a gentle smile on his face as he greeted back. ”Elder Aran, thank you for your fast action regarding the spider webs.”

”Not a problem at all. We had a few Mage battalions there to begin with after your previous order, so the ones specializing on Fire have been making short work of them.” He reported.

”That's good. The Mutant beasts are having a civil war among themselves at the moment. They're only being held back by themselves and the zombies.” Luna explained.

Noticing the relic being held by Luna, Elder Aran's finally couldn't help but ask after he already finished his report. ”My granddaughter is tending to the <Life Trees> right now, so my hands are free. I'll keep an extra eye on the Eastern walls. But, Lord Luna, if I may ask. Is that possibly an Agimat on your hands?”

”I figured you'd know what it is. Yes, indeed it is. Although it only affects Mutant Beasts.”

”I see. I'm guessing you're going to plant in our territory soon, yes?”

”Correct.” Luna raised an eyebrow. It seems the Elder definitely knew something, which isn't surprising.

”Then in that case, we better pull back all the troops we have on the outer perimeters.”

”Pull them all back?”

”Yes, Lord Luna. If you've noticed, some of the zombies have been slightly getting stronger, yes?”

”I have. Isn't that because they've been killing mutant beasts as well?” Luna asked. He already somewhat figured out where this was headed.

”That's partly true. But you have to know that some of them grow stronger, but they also inevitably die to another mutant beast. They're not like us, they don't know when to pull back or how to slowly and safely increase their strength.”

”So you're saying someone, somewhere on Earth has already installed an Agimat?”

”Indeed. But the fact that the evolution of the zombies are inconsistent could only mean one thing.”

Remembering the explanation Sura gave him before, about how the Gods couldn't spare anymore energy to keep the portals from the void completely closed. It was the main reason why the regular zombies from before could spawn in their world, but only limited to the weaker ones at first.

Until they started capturing the first territories which prompted the arrival of stronger invaders. Elder Aran compounded on this statement as well, saying that once the first small territory was conquered, the energy was provided and readied for all of the remaining small territories. The same goes for the medium and large ones. Thankfully, the energy needed for each individual territory wasn't that much in the grand scheme of things. If the stronger monsters from the void were released, they would all be done for.