Few seconds later, the undead arranged themselves in a giant concentric circle of hundred meters in sky around Mark who was about to kill his captives, the orange rank base chiefs to draw their half mutants out!
Damn... just where did this little monster popped up from? If only a gran...
The base chiefs weren't given enough freedom to even curse before death as their captor didn't want an anomaly from popping out!
Slash! Slash!
Mark thrown their body upwards before shortly brandishing his blades to cut them in half.
Blood spilt like a broken fountain from their exposed regions, two orange glows appeared within their vest, from which several silhouettes started popped out.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
" Attack! "
Diving straight into the popping silhouettes, Wendy commanded her knights to kill, who shortly followed her in uniform pairs of five.
Whoosh!!
Without a pause Mark brandished his blades violently, directing their tips to pass through the abdomens of half mutant, to cripple their core.
Pu!~ Pu!~ Pu!~ Pu!~
He didn't dare waste time in a hassle to behead them or take care of the aftermath, as his undead knights were more than willing to uptake that role.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
" Not so easy! "
Four half mutants coordinated skillfully and formed a team to attack Mark, but they had greatly underestimated his strength and got annihilated in seconds.
Kill!!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Immediately following it, a dozen half mutants were heading towards him, split into teams of three to attack him from all four directions.
Boom!
SCREE!!~~~~~~
They swung their fists hard, making a huge explosion at the epicenter.
Whoosh!
Mark carefully traversed at the split second and reappeared instantly when the half mutants were close enough, close enough to be not able to retreat immediately from his onslaught!
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
BOOM!!
He then made an abrupt whirl, acted like a meat grinder where the half mutants were decimated to pieces!
Whoosh!
The peak order strength of aura emperor had finally shown its might.
Gaze!
Shortly following it Mark had sensed the incoming attacks from different direction several dozens of mutants, as he had already reached the center of their numbers.
" Trying to trap yours truly... Foolis.. Wait!! "
He was ready to face them fiercely, but his undead knights had arrived by then and took his spot.
The war was split into several fragments, each having an overwhelming number of his undead bullying the half mutants, who were short on number.
They... The fuck!!
Screech! Screech! Screech! Screech!
Screech! Screech! Screech! Screech!
" Undead can fight like this too? "
Be it the half mutants or undead... Be it their arms or head which got severed... The lost parts were regenerated asap with battle which was in the advantage of undead knights thanks to their superior numbers!
SCREECH!!!~~~~~
Hearing an ear piercing screech, few meters away from his side, Mark turned his head only to get startled by the sight.
Wendy had caught the neck of a silver skinned half mutant in her grasp, plunged her fist into the half mutant's abdomen only to extract the core which made the silver skinned fellow to scream out in loads of pain.
This undead matriarch then squeezed her grip tighter severing the neck of silver skinned half mutant easily, as if it was softer than banana to begin with!
She looked extremely aggressive and ferocious.
Despite the hundreds of volley of blows from several numbers of half mutants around, Wendy didn't twitch a bit, but in return directly exterminated a silver skinned variant, as if she was walking freely in her own back yard.
DIE!!
She then grabbed that head, raised her fist to sky and burned it to bits with corpse flame which not just eliminated a high tier half mutant but in turn drawn in other that were trying to rescue they leader from death!
This...
Mark frowned internally... Looking at this ferocious figure, who was getting strengthened with passing days he was conflicted a bit as Wendy's growth waa beyond normal to begin with!
At first she was weak, weak enough to get trampled under his attacks, but as time passed by she became stronger leaving him in dust of her results.
If some one were to compare them both, out of hundred tries the one who'll be judged a servant wouldn't be her and if considered worthy...
Mark wouldn't want to imagine the scene following it.
Damn!
Still he hadn't reached the end of his potential, and eight stage of refinement wasn't the last to begin with.
So Mark wasn't dispirited, but felt happy for her, who seemed to have her life changed dramatically after encountering him.
Since Mark didn't want to be left behind, he targeted the other silver skinned variant and started battling it.
Whoosh!!
From start till now only a minimal of twenty seconds passed by, yet the destruction that trailed after it had almost flattened the ground, leaving no visible structures other than destroyed ground itself.
The strong army of two hundred half mutants was not strong enough currently, and particularly against Mark they got annihilated!
The half mutant army was easily trimmed down to a quarter, which now was overwhelmed by more than a dozen numbers that seemed destroying the former.
Mark had traded dozen blows against his opponent, yet he was unable to kill this persisting one despite his attempts to do so!
It was not because the half mutant was stronger, but because it had unlocked the skill called "Switch!", which helped her find a space goat to save her neck.
Before he could finish his target, the undead knights of his were preying on the remnants and greedy smiles were hung on top their faces.
Mark hastly reconfirmed her skill pattern and headed towards an ordinary red coloured female half mutant, who had high chances of getting switched by her.
As expected his prediction were correct, and silver skinned surrounded by numerous undead knights could be seen.
" let's not fall behind too... "
Whoosh!!
Mark activated his two point warp and opened a small space channel near to her abdomen.
Pu!
Gotcha!!
Just when she was busy in fending off the undead, and choose her next target for switch, a blade pierced through her abdomen shattering the core within making her attempt of switch for naught!
Scree!!~~~
Almost when his target was about to be stealed by his men, a sudden change in undead pattern which was noticed by him.
The silver skinned variant was vulnerable and was unable to activate her skill. She was left naked to incomming attacks and was also easy to kill, yet she remained alive before Mark could make his move, which caused him to sign internally with a laughter.
Later the half mutant had it's head crushed by him, marking an true end to her under his hands.
The battle which caused the destruction of the entirety of an mansions between the south outer and south inner gates was commenced for a short duration of a minute.
The destruction was large, yet the time taken for it to happen was short! Such was the result of battles between aura emperors, which made Mark to sigh out at the sight of aftermath.
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30 minutes later.
After the battle the achievements were noted and three figures were kneeling before both Mark and Wendy, who had performed exceptionally In their first battle.
The one kneeling at the middle was a ferocious lady, who had slayed 20 half mutants all by herself and assisted in killing a dozen more, putting the others around in jealous as she had far ousted them behind in achievements!
" Meiyora! From now you are named Meiyora white, who had proved worth enough to to inherit the name of White, and defend it's honour! "
Meiyora was extremely satisfied by her name and roared out happily stating.
" Meiyora thanks creator mother for bestowing this unworthy one her name! "
Wendy gave a nod and walked before the next worthy person before bestowing.
" Hyuler! From now you are named Hyuler white, who had proved worth enough to to inherit the name of White, to defend it's honour! "
Hyuler had slain ten half mutants all by himself, and assisted in killing 31 more, making a good achievement.
If it wasn't for Wendy to timely intervene at the last second, to let Mark kill his silver skinned target, Hyuler would have been the one to receive the most honor in place of Meiyora!
" Hyuler thanks creator mother for bestowing this unworthy one his name! "
She then went towards the last person that was going to be bestowed by her.
Unlike the others that were tall and looked healthy, the one who obtained the honour of third place was a weak and short looking man, that looked no different from a feeble kid.
Though his appearance might be deceptive, he had killed eleven half mutants by himself and assisted in killing twenty half mutants proving his might.
" Theyan! From now you are named Theyan white, who had proved worth enough to to inherit the name of White, to defend it's honour! "
" Theyan... Thanks creator mother for bestowing this unworthy one his name! "
After being bestowed their names by Wendy these three stood up back on their feet to receive further commands.
" Meiyora! If I am not wrong, you gained some upgrades in the battle? I mean like awakening some unique skills or some abilities or such! "
Looking at Mark, who was questioning her, Meiyora landed back on her one knee, kneeling before mark and explained quietly.
" Yes father creator, this unworthy one had indeed obtained an inner realm, though it could not be able to compare to mothers space, this unworthy one's inner space could host a large number of ordinary undead! "
She was extremely polite before mark and even Wendy had praised her internally for exhibiting such elegance.
" Good! Good! Boss seems like we gained yet a new treasure!
Though her cultivation realm wouldn't leap abruptly by absorbing the fleshly energies as this Wendy!
Her talents would indeed let her sail a smooth journey until her powers reach peak order of her current realm! "
Meiyora was indeed elated by such praises, yet she didn't reveal out, so as to not cause dissatisfaction for her mother to think her undisciplined.
" Meiyora you need corpses right? "
Seeing the eagerness from her father creator, Meiyora replied him with a " Yes! " only to get more shocked following it.
" How many...? Thousand, Ten thousand or even more? "
Meiyora took a deep breath and replied honestly, not exceeding the numbers she currently could intake.
" 10 thousand is my limit father creater! "
immediately following it mark waved his hand and a small peak of 100 meters entirely made of corpses of beastmen race popped before her.
" Since Wendy had given out her reward should this Mark present a few so? "
Mark smiled out a bit and made the ones around startle in surprise.
WHOOSH!!
Many had started drooling, looking at the vast amount of corpses as if it was a rare delicacy to them.
The surrounding turned silent for a minute and undead knights made way for Meiyora, paving way for her to receive the reward.
Meiyora thanked Mark humbly and went straight towards the corpse mountain to devour it inside her inner space.
While Meiyora was assimilating Her rewards Mark called out Theyan and Hyuler and asked them with the same question.
Both gave a humble nod before him, and revealed their palm which emitted corpse flame violently.
A pillar of one meter tall flame was condensed over their palms which looked threatening enough to melt even a cultivator of same stage down to their bones.
Corpse flame...
Mark was very much satisfied by their development and presented a gift of thousand corpses which was enough for them to enter peak of mid order realm of absorbed diligently, any more their bodies would be pressured and their foundation would be shaken.
Similar to Meiyora, both these pair of Knights kneeled humbly before Mark before trying to assimilate their rewards to upgrade their realm.
Mark didn't neglect the others who had worked hard in their previous battle according to the number they killed or assisted, mark gave them their deserved rewards which made others to accept them with excitement.
When all his knights were enjoying the fruits of their result, Mark strolled around the warlords palace with Wendy, discussing their plans for future.
" Boss!~~ So finally a red ranked base is making their move! "
" I am afraid it's true... Though that Gazil is just a piece of **** compared to real deal, a red ranked base is definitely a tier higher than orange ranked, so definitely we will be facing thousands of aura emperors with transcendents which are out our reach! "
Mark looked anxious when he finished exclaiming his words.
Wendy looked at Mark with mischievously and had a strange thought which might help him, but doesn't know weather Mark would agree with her or not? So she refrained it from spelling out, yet this barrier broke out when Mark posted her with a question.
" Ah, Wendy! You are already at half step away from transcendence right, would sufficient number of corpses push your barrier to the next realm?
At present I can only put my hopes on you, or else I would need to ask help from that Elvenscene who'll come back to pick me up in a couple days or more! "
Looking at the face of depressed Mark, Wendy steered up her courage and exclaimed
" Boss!~ The final barrier to reach transcendent realm is not depended on the number of undeads under my command... "
She paused for a second and spelt
" But it depends on weather my body would be met with a certain condition to break through! "
So it doesn't depend on number of corpses! So... I need to help her with attaining that condition!
Mark looked at her reddened face and couldn't help but wonder why? Since he was hard on time and requires to push Wendy to next realm, he asked her frankly.
" What condition? "
Wendy turned more embarrassed and her voice couldn't be heard properly.
Just when Mark was getting weird vibes about it, Wendy finished her words instantly, and put forwards a piece of information which made him speechless for words.
" A true empress needs a true emperor, so boss I need a ture emperor... and consummate marriage with him and share powers... "
" Can you... Can... Become my true emperor? "
She instantly covered her face with palms, yet was curiously enough to look through the gaps in her fingers to check the expression of Mark.
Mark felt being played by her and couldn't help but smack her butt in impulse as she appeared to play him straight!
" Put aside that nonsense... You need few more corpses of higher realm right?b"
He had readied himself to find about her requited conditions, and was willing to go far to help her achieve an break through.
" My answer remains the same... "
Yet when Wendy appeared to purposefully to play with him, at this specific time, Mark couldn't help but want to teach her manners and smack her butt until it gets red.
Few minutes later, Mark questioned her with the exact same question yet her answer hadn't changed?
When Wendy appeared honest enough with a face of being wronged, Mark sat down before her and asked the specific details.
Wendy became obedient and spat out all things that she could remember.
Summarising the matter to short, her break through needs the transfer of her undead powers between two different mediums, and the mediums had to be extremely intimate, intimate enough to not reject other or even hesitate for a second at the moment of pain while transfer.
Only intimate couples would fill in this category. And the method of transfer, "it's to form a circuit through... Cough! Cough! "
Mark was startled after hearing that part.
Seriously!?
He laughed helplessly, not just because he did not want to go low to use that method.
But because fate had made him incapable, incapable to consummate with not just her, but with any woman who may enter his life...
After all... his lower appendage was filled with a terrifying restriction which if activated would castrate him then and there... making him an eunuch right?
Damn hell!
" Wendy... it's... it's really impossible between us? "
When Mark exclaimed his words Wendy's enthusiasm took a sharp turn to negativity making her shuddered heavily.
An unknown pain had inherently trouble her heart, which made her aura unstable with emotions which seemed to over flow any second sooner!
After all Mark had given her a clear answer of rejection right?
Was it all my thinking before?
" Is it because you have your secret lover? Is she more beautiful than the useless me? "
Wendy tried calming down yet her emotions were surging out, making her lose her regular calm.
Right now her expression was extremely unsightly as she seemed wanting to kill a certain someone to vent her growing hatred!
She was furious to be exact!
All her previous attempts and several advances... it all went for naught!
She hoped that if she could persist, with pure intentions... he might really give in to her persuasions!
Yet the reality was brutal to her!
Secret lover?
As if I could afford one such in this god damn world though?
He really wanted to laugh... but looking at the tension in air which not just could be felt amongst them but also radiated to all the Undead knights who were linked to Wendy heated the matter for real!
Tick!
" It's not that I have secret lovers or such! "
Mark simply sweeped away this tension with an silly tick to her head who was imagining things!
Mother...
" Cause... I have my own reasons to fail your expectations! "
Own reasons! Benefits?
" Don't tell me that you are aiming for that tomboy princess? That little brat... In what angle is she more worthy than me?
Is it because she's a princess... vast resources... or is it because she's... human? "
Wendy made an last attempt to question him.
She was confident about her charms, she was strong and had the potential to grow it to find a suitable partner!
In what angle could she think herself inferior to Xena other than the abundant wealth as a rich princess?
That tomboy princess?
When Mark heard her words, he quickly laughed out to clear her misunderstanding.
" Xena? Who said that I am courting her? And who said Wendy is inferior to that princess? "
Wendy stopped with her furious gaze for a second only to give an indifferent gaze to his lower part and blurted
" Is your thing... it that not usable? "
Marks laughter dried down, he instantly felt chocked on spot and an urge to beat her could be seen in his clenched fingers clearly!
" Usable? What usable? I am perfect enough to have hundreds of offspring if desired! "
Hundreds of descendents...
" Then do you have some unspokable diseases? Or perhaps prefer men over... "
Mark became stiff with anger, he took her back to her old position and smacked her round butt red.
But this time, it was a bit intense cause she's a undead and could heal it back with regenerative powers.
The undead knights all turned around, not just because wendy asked them to stay out this mess... But instead they felt that they were insignificant to jump into the matters where their creators were quarrelling in open!
" The hell with you, I am perfectly healthy damn it! Seems like you still deserve few more beatings! "
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!
Few seconds later.
" Boss, you don't have a lover, nor any weird complications!
You don't hate me in any way, yet why wouldn't you accept me, accept me into your family for real? "
Mark paused a bit and said with a depressed face.
Thos silly girl...
" It's all because of that Elvenscene! "
Elvenscene?
" She placed her restriction over me... if I had a moment of pleasure with a woman, other than her... I would be castrated at once regardless of my realm! "
Pleasure and castration...?
Wendy remained silent for a while, and apparently seemed lost in her own inner thoughts with a deep frown...
Pop!
" We can do like this... "
She seemed exited her bubble of thoughts at once and apparently turned back looking at the face of Mark with an expressions which probably explained her concerns for him.
Just when Mark had calmed down thinking that she finally would stop persuading him, Wendy lept towards his chest and grabbed him tight.
" Worry not boss! That bitch, She'll pay! "
She then grabbed him more intimately and said
" Since its a restriction casted by a her, we will need an even more powerful person to remove it! "
" And since boss is an array master, if boss powers could reach transcendence the restriction would no longer have it's powers to harm its host!
So we need to power up boss and no one would stand between us by then, not that bitch, not those half mutants or not even the god that's looking down from his palace! "
Restriction!?
It's a restriction casted by Elvenscene after her breakthrough!
So if i could reach her standards, wouldn't I be able to decipher the restriction by myself.
With a bit of research and proficiency gained through system, what restriction on this world would be able to hold me by then?
Mark reasoned those words internally before facing Wendy by face and said.
" Wendy! Why didn't I thought of this before? I am already a quarter way past the eight refinement realm, so if I could kill and annihilate bases, wouldn't ninth or tenth realm be under my grasp by then? "
Though Wendy couldn't understand what Mark mean by it, but she could understand that she needs to assist him in killing bases and probably help him with his cultivation technique which needs more death to increase realms!
Since young age always wanted a person to cherish her, finally when she met mark she decided to let him be the person and he didn't necessarily failed her so!
If what mark needs is to kill, she would! And if could help him in increasing his cultivation base, she would be more than delighted to become his swords for it.
" Boss, let's annihilate those orange rank bases, our knights would be strengthened, we could amass hundreds of thousands of corpses, and you would even get enough kills to leap realms! "
Wendy looked determined when she spelled the word annihilate as if orange rank bases were no longer under her eyes.
Even as a peak order aura emperor, she was strong enough to fight two half step transcendent by herself.
Now that her realm had indeed reached half step away from transcendence, as long as there weren't transcendent experts involved... she was sure to wipe the whole of battle field all by herself.
Damn!
Fearsome indeed!!
Looking at this woman who was so concerned about him, Mark was moved... indeed!
After all such woman were rare species on earth to begin with!
If not for him being powerless against the great number of enemies, he wouldn't let such a devoted one risk for him.
Though her body was difficult to kill, could regenerate back in seconds... it wouldn't mean that she was invincible right?
The methods of transcendent were strange, and who knows weather they could make an irreparable damage to her, which would ultimately lead to her fall?
Nothing was set on stone right?
Sigh!
Mark once again felt a bit of helplessness and couldn't help but sigh internally for being Weak link at here!
" I'm really weak after all! "
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Author's notes
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Status:
# Mark - 7th stage of refinement! ( High order aura emperor equivalent )
# Wendy - half step transcendent realm!
Wendy's undead forces
1. Initial order aura king - 20,000 ( normal ), 20,000 ( peak-initial)
2. Middle order aura king - 6,000(peak-mid)
3. High order aura king - 1,200(peak-high)
4. Peak order aura king - 600(nearing HSAE)
5. Half step aura emperor - 0
6. Undead knights - 824 ( initial order aura emperor )