Chapter 84 - 1019-1033

Chapter 1019 Gathering An Army

That was indeed a problem! He also said that as long as I didn't send any force out, my world would always be protected by an invincible layer of shield. But if I tried to send anyone out, it would be seen as a declaration of war, announcing my readiness to attack others and get attacked.

That meant the moment I'd move, I had to not scout and just strike. I had to absorb worlds to mine, adding more territory there so I'd be able to increase the size of my world and get more forces inside.

There were also different techniques for building villages, towns, and cities. There were also others to build forts, towers, and other war facilities.

All this depended on the size of my world, and the amount of energy there. That made me realise what I did so far was worth it!

I let my world absorb tons of energy all this time. And that meant the amount of energy inside was enough to build many buildings.

But building these would also take a large part of the space, limiting the number of forces I'd send there.

So it came down to this; I had to send ten thousand elites, and once gathered there we'd move out first to strike down other territories.

According to his drawings and writings about the nature of this world, I got that strength there had nothing to do with the initial power of forces I'd send.

It was mainly related to the strength of the world. The higher the energy, the more boosts my forces would get. And that would turn a weakling into a real tyrant inside a formidable world.

And to increase energy inside any world, it was done in different ways. The most impressive strike of luck I got was that one of these was by moving one's cultivation base inside the world.

Doing this alone was enough to boost the energy concentration inside any world by at least ten folds, if not more. I kept reading about how difficult and complicated it was to move one's cultivation base inside.

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And that meant not too many worlds inside that dark shadow universe had cultivation bases there.

Another way was by doing what I did, sending energy and forces there, sacrificing them to the world.

There were ways of using specific treasures, and the most important ways were two; time and expansion.

The older the world was, the more energy it got. The more territories conquered by its lord, the higher the energy it got.

So it was safe to assume that targeting smaller worlds was a guaranteed win. I aimed towards acting against these first, attacking and conquering them in one fell swoop, expanding my world to its largest limit.

"Lord… I brought all who can help," after almost ten hours, and as I was just halfway through what he left over for me, Zangibar returned with a large number of people.

I raised my head and saw hundreds of thousands, making me puzzled.

"You wrote that my world is still in the initial phase, so it can accommodate ten thousand only."

"Well, we are going for war, right? So we will expand our lord's territory inside, and add more forces when that happens," he seemed more excited about this, even more than I did.

"Ok, select the best ten thousand, and I'll make the technique needed to open a portal there," I said while returning to the large number of papers in front of me, messing with them and getting two out.

One was enough to allow ten thousand inside, and one for one hundred thousand.

The portals done by these techniques weren't like my techniques. They would vanish the moment the number they'd allow to pass would pass through.

"Lord, first leave a mark over all of us, or else…" he stopped me from starting out my technique, shifting my attention towards this important point that I missed.

I was still new to this business, and so I didn't know what to do properly.

"Where is this paper?" And to add more to my current embarrassment, I didn't yet cross past this kind of paper before.

"Here, this is the one, lord," Zangibar had to come to my chariot and help me to find this paper. I read through it, and luckily it was a simple technique.

"Alright, let's do this," this technique depended solely on drawing a few circles using my blood before releasing my threads and leaving a stamp over their bodies.

A word had to be said while making this technique, which was: Permit!

"Permit!"

I said it while finishing the technique. Then I watched my many threads scatter over, touch their bodies and leave something shining for a few seconds behind.

Then my threads died down and that shining mark vanished as well.

"We are ready, lord," Zangibar seemed to lead others as he selected the ten thousand most elite forces from here.

"Let's go!" The technique needed to make a gate was something that needed my blood to draw circles, saying the word of: Gate!

"Gate!" But I didn't just say it, and instead I also wrote it down.

This led to a huge ball of black energy appearing, making Zangibar's face slightly twitch.

"Lord… Your techniques… Are quite overbearing!"

"How so?" I looked at this ball which was this close to the gigantic ball of my merged technique.

"It can sustain itself for a long time without the lord's need to be here. And it also allows for much more than one hundred thousand to enter. I assume it can allow for anyone to pass during a fixed time, and that's a new and different concept than the technique I left for lord."

I got his point. I changed the portal from depending on the number of people passing through to the allocated time of its presence.

That was indeed an entirely different concept than the one of the techniques he provided.

"Just to be sure we don't spend lots of time inside fighting and the portal would end up closing," I said when I did a normal technique of his.

I didn't know for how long mine would last, so it was safer to leave behind one that wasn't bound by any time.

Chapter 1020 Getting Into My Shadow World With My Army

"Let's go from here," I led the group of ten thousand and passed through the time-limited portal of mine.

And when I did, I found myself standing on the edge of my shadow world.

"Lord… This… Are you sure your world is a new one?!!!"

Zangibar was already standing on my side. When we arrived here, he remained silent for a few minutes while more forces were appearing.

But I didn't guess he was shocked by what he saw! Not just waiting for our small army to arrive here.

"What do you mean? Is it too small?"

"No, no lord… This isn't the case! Not entirely close to! It's the opposite! Your world… It can accommodate at least one hundred thousand!"

"What?!!" I looked around, and indeed my world was spacious enough to accommodate even for more.

"This must have happened thanks to that base of yours," he motioned his head towards my cultivation base which was looking so damn fierce and bigger than before.

Arcs of lightning appeared around my pyramid shaped base.

"Thanks," I said in gratitude towards my base, "now we can bring more, right?"

"Sure, hahahaha! We can devour more lands this way, hahahaha! The few hundred thousands we brought over aren't enough! Let me go back and talk with few leaders. We need to bring more forces here!"

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"Cool! Bring more of your clan," I said as I already promised him that.

"Thanks lord," he bowed and cupped his hand before leaving. Just before he'd jump over my chariot, he turned and added, "Lord, can you make the exit technique for us?"

"Sure," I wanted to try it, so damn excited about trying this. It was the sole thing that prevented me from taking all the monsters inside.

As he went down below, I took my time to examine the forces coming here. All of them had a shining mark over their right shoulders once they entered here.

It was my mark, and it seemed it was protecting them from the brutality of my world.

As he went down to the leaders of other clans to speak with them about this unexpected development, I went to surf the papers he left behind.

Just like the entrance techniques, I found techniques that could allow for a different number of people to leave my shadow world back to my original worlds.

And the great thing was that I could select which world I'd open the exits at, either at Earth or at my second Earth.

It was amazing! I could just use my world as a mobile fortress!

"I'm ready," I selected one that'd allow for ten thousand forces to pass by before executing it. This time I did the technique of Zangibar, only saying the word: Exit!

"Exit!"

"We are going to send a few back," Zangibar shouted, "and then we will arrange our armies into smaller ones, and wait at the edge of the world."

"I'm coming," who said I wouldn't be present when this big war started? This was a great moment, one that I had to be present when it'd happen.

But before moving, and as they needed lots of time to arrange themselves and wait for more force to come, I started augmenting my strength and defence, adding strength, defence, and even healing boosts to me and my forces.

I spent hours and lots of souls to make sure I was in the top form of my power. I also did the healing shield twice, one for me and one for my forces.

Losing a single one would greatly weaken me. So I accepted the price of ten million souls as a way to help them survive further, even if for a few tens of minutes at most.

These might make all the difference between winning or losing.

Just the first battle held such importance to me, and I got to win it no matter what the costs were!

"Ready!" I stood over my chariot, standing on the edge of my world. There was indeed a bubble-like shield that marked my world and protected it.

And beyond it, the world looked hazy and dark, filled with dense black fog that didn't allow me to see anything through.

"Lord, we are ready!" Zangibar was enjoying the moment while standing on the forefront of everyone.

Before coming here, we discussed the strategy of this battle. According to him, once we'd be out, the shield would fall in pieces, and the vast and open world outside would appear.

He said that any other lord's territory would be marked in different lights. They were just the same as my bone colours. The weakest was white, and the strongest was purple diamond black in colour.

He warned me that just assessing any world by its colour was wrong. We had to assess it by the size as well. The bigger the area covered by the light the stronger this territory would be.

He advised me to rise high in the sky and take a wide look around, assessing who would be suitable targets, and who would be troublesome enemies we had to watch out from.

After all, in such a dark shadow world, the rules of the jungle were the sacred rules here.

"Let's start!" I raised my heavy glaive, waved it a couple of times before pointing it to the front.

It penetrated the shield and with this simple move, the shield all over my world shattered.

And all the darkness vanished in one instant, giving me a brand new look over the world outside.

It was a bright world with stars shining on top of the sky. I could see as clear as in the middle of any sunny and clear day, and there were lots of green and beautiful looking scenes all over the place.

"Lord… It's time to scout!" Zangibar shouted from down below when he noticed my momentarily daze, "we can't waste any time here. As we appear, all of the lords around us will be able to see us!"

"Got it!" I was jolted awake, rose high up in the air, and started to take a wider look over such amazing world.

Chapter 1021 1021

It wasn't any lesser than my second Earth or the world of my necromancers. It was filled with hills, green forests, many rivers running, and in the middle of all this were shining spheres of different colours.

I rose for miles high in the air without feeling I even reached halfway to the end of this sky! And from my current very high altitude, I could get enough field of vision to cover hundreds of miles around.

"One white… Three white… Two blues… Ten green…" I started to count the colours around, assessing which I should focus more at this current moment.

From such a high altitude, I felt like a great god overseeing mortals! Zangibar advised that we'd first select the smallest white coloured territory down there, the closer to us the better.

"There… Their… And there…" As I recalled his words and advice, I soon pinpointed three suitable targets.

One was just a few miles to our location, slightly to the east. The other two were ten and fifteen miles approximately away.

But all were white in colour, and had small areas compared to others.

"This…" yet when I turned to look at my territory, I found it white and smaller in size than all of them.

This… That meant the ones I selected were at least slightly stronger than mine! Would it be this hard to conquer territories here? Or would I end up being the one to get devoured?

"Lord, did you find any suitable targets?" When I finished my fast scout, I hurriedly came down to the ground where Zangibar was.

"Come on board," I motioned for him to come, and he did with many of the other leaders.

"Here is the current situation…" I started to explain in honest and sincere words what I found. "If it's impossible, then let's all retreat and defend my territory."

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"Lord… Your territory is still new!" Zangibar said, shaking his head in such a decisive way.

"What do you mean by that?" I didn't follow what he meant.

"It means your current territory will need time to show its real grade and strength," he added, "and that means what lord saw isn't even close to the real strength of your territory."

"Oh… If you say it this way then…" all the worry and anxiety I got vanished the moment he said these words.

If it needed time to show up its full potential and strength, then that meant I might be able to conquer these three territories, right?

And that also meant others might get fooled with my current grade, and they'd be tempted to come and invade mine.

If so… Then it might be a good chance at hunting down flies, taking down most of their strongest forces, before moving out and aiming at their lands to conquer.

That… Was simply too perfect for me to not laugh in excitement.

"Let's go!" I led them towards the nearest land, "we'll start with this little dude first. Let's all test our might and see what height we'll reach with our current strength."

"To war!"

"For the lord!"

"For our clan!"

"For glory!"

And different shouts came from down below, as we started the march towards the first target.

The world here looked so damn real! According to the drawings and instructions left by Zangibar, the way I went to the world before was in spiritual form.

Going into the world through my dantian and meridian was a way to enter the world, but it would limit me from doing many things.

To get the full use of my world, I had to pass through the gate techniques to enter the world. And that explained why my perception of the world was something different.

The closest target wasn't that far away. In less than ten minutes, I stood on the edge of this lord's territory alongside my army.

The territory was lined with a white light that formed a weak form of a dome. Inside, I could see lots of buildings, and many forces standing in wait.

They were all giants, and they looked fierce with all the scars over their faces and bodies. They lacked enough gears to cover up even half of their bodies, reminding me of the Berserkers.

"Attack!" I knew that the hardest enemy I was facing wasn't these lord's forces, but time. I had to conquer as many territories as possible in the shortest possible time.

Like this, I'd allow my land to expand and evolve, giving a scare to those nearby. I'd also bring more forces here, and I'd have a chance to build defensive structures there.

This territory lacked any wall to protect, and that allowed the easy entry of my forces. I examined a few drawings about the wall creating techniques.

And they all stressed over a simple fact; it was a huge energy consumption process without doubt.

For others this might be hard to accomplish. After all the energy must come from the lord's dantian and not from any other source.

For me… Humph! I could simply summon tons of bones, ingest them and turn them all into my spiritual energy. And that was the big difference and advantage I got.

"Arrange the frontline!"

"Stop them from trespassing our land!"

"Send a message over for the lord to come!"

Many shouts came, and I got that the lord of this territory wasn't here. That highlighted a simple and crucial point that I missed.

I wouldn't be able to get stationed here all the time! And when I'd train in cultivation or go to fight at the other worlds or at that golden quest, I'd have no time to even come here to rescue my forces if anything bad happened.

Just realising this simple and yet crucially important point made me decide something else.

This war… This invasion crusade mustn't stop until I'd get my hands over tons of territories.

Leaving behind millions of forces, supported by big and towering walls, strong defensive towers, and lots of defensive traps would be the ideal setting I'd leave here before starting any of my future plans.

Chapter 1022 1022

And all came down to this land, taking it under my wing.

I watched, and the fight looked really intense from the start. There was a clear disparity in numbers between the two sides.

I got one hundred thousand, and the other side got almost five times my numbers. And to make things worse, the power difference between the two sides wasn't that big to make up for the lack of numbers.

The early advantage we got from coming all of sudden like this was going to be negated and lost soon. This was thanks to the many towers scattered all over the place.

The territory size was vast, at least five times my land. If this continued, then forget about taking this land, most of my forces would be killed and the win wouldn't come fast.

In addition to that, the lord might come. And if he did, he would be able to summon more forces to aid.

This couldn't continue.

"Come forth!" I called forth for my little turtle, and I then called out my little dragon as well.

Two huge behemoths appeared all of sudden, all looking deadly and scary.

Compared to all my forces, these two alone were enough to be called two different armies without doubt.

"Don't hold back," I pointed my glaive over to the distance, "shower death over these enemies without restrain!"

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"Lord, I will make you proud of me," the little turtle seemed more excited than the lizard. Yet when the two started to act, things started to change drastically for my side.

The two behemoths focused their attacks over the central part of this territory, destroying many buildings and leaving behind heaps of dead bodies.

The deadlier one was that turtle. It started the attack first using the falling meteorite, then it started to use its land cleaving ability and let lava rocks come out from the depth of a deep crater.

This sudden change startled the arrangement of the enemy forces. And that was what my side waited for to regain the upper hand again.

And as things reached this point, I didn't hold back my hand.

"Pulse wave!" I instantly used my chariot's attack, pushing away many of the frontline forces. Then I jumped down, waved my glaive in the air a couple of times, before landing it fiercely over the bodies of those nearby.

Each hit left a rumbling faint shock behind, killing the enemy almost instantly. I started walking, while my chariot kept flying on top of my head, protecting me from any incoming enemy attacks.

All landed and were deflected over my shield, and then my glaive came next to claim the lives of those enemies blocked by my shield.

I kept walking around, killing enemies without any struggle, while helping to relieve any pressure exerted over my forces from any direction.

The enemy seemed to realise they were fighting a losing war, and so they moved fast and in such an experienced way, retreating all the way towards the still standing towers around the central region.

It was a good move, but it wasn't good enough. First of all, tons of fiery rocks were falling from the sky, turning the central part of this territory into such a piece of hell.

And who said I'd just stand idle and watch these forces move freely as they'd like.

"See these still standing towers?" I turned to my lizard, "go and smash them one by one."

It was impossible for it to get hurt. For its colossal body and immense strength, even if it was facing this army alone it wouldn't face any real trouble.

But this wasn't how this battle would be won. I had to control this entire land before that lord would arrive and replenish his lost forces.

As I watched my lizard move fast towards the directions of the still standing towers, I realised that what Zangibar said before about my territory and others was wrong.

It was clear that what I saw in the size difference of each territory compared with mine was real. And that meant amidst all the other territories here, mine was the smallest and weakest right now.

And that placed more urgency about rapidly taking over this territory fast.

"Come out!" recognising this, I decided to try and summon my fallen gods here.

And luckily, they came!

"Go, roam over this army and kill as many as you can! Destroy any building you see," I summoned and left them over my chariot before controlling it with my thoughts to fly over the place.

How to control another lord's territory? There were two different ways, one was by killing the lord owning the territory, and the other was by destroying any single building here and killing all the forces belonging to that lord.

And the second method was the one I was adopting at this moment.

With the addition of my fallen gods, things started to grow better and the destruction and killing started to be faster. I also didn't hold back and started to target buildings more than forces.

Without these defensive and various living buildings, these forces wouldn't be able to hold for long on their own.

They lacked any aerial units, and with my two behemoths on the side of my forces and my fallen gods, things started to look gloomy for them.

We started to push them deeper and deeper, corner them between us and the deep crater than extended all across the central part of this territory.

The fight didn't last much longer than half an hour before the last building got destroyed. And by that, the entire territory looked like a flat and barren one, filled with ruins, just a typical sight of any apocalypse world.

"Hurry! That damn lord is coming!" and just as I was killing the scattered and scared forces here, a shout came from one direction, alarming me.

I saw a flash of a bright light that started to appear at the central part of this land. If that lord came, then we would have to face an endless stream of forces.

And this fight would last for longer, much longer than I wanted to.

Chapter 1023 1023

"Don't hold back! Advance and kill without caring to defend!" as things reached this stage, I had to go all out. "I got your backs with a healing ability of mine. Go, don't care about anything but to stab your swords into the hearts of your enemies!"

During this time, my healing sacrifice was working to keep all alive. It could sustain like this for hours, especially if my side was slightly stronger and more experienced in fighting than their enemies.

But right now it was a true race against time. And so I got to accept the loss of those ten million souls instead of losing this fight and with it my territory here.

I watched my forces jump at their enemies, listening to my orders and only cared about attacking.

And just like this, dense flashes of green light kept coming and appearing everywhere. My healing sacrifice was kicking in with all its might, and I also started to use all my might.

"Scatter and kill," I said to my little turtle and lizard, "leave none alive! Smash them with your bodies even, I don't care."

At the same time, I turned my chariot and directed it towards the most dense place here where most of the enemy forces are gathered. "Rain fire over them, leave none alive!"

Like this, that large and last standing strong group of enemies were cornered and squeezed from all directions. And then it was time to use my trump card.

"Come out!" I took out the bone that I took from Oglak, the one that would turn me into a similar Hescos like him.

Holding it in my left hand, holding my glaive at the other, I felt immense strength and power swelling up inside my body.

And then I started to flash in between the enemy forces, killing all without any reservation without getting a single hit.

I didn't neglect the ability to fly, used it to just jump in between the scattered forces, hunting them down like I was killing flies.

Wails of death came from all directions, as my forces and I were racing against time. The flashing portal in the central zone was getting brighter and in shape to form a gate.

Yet before it would get full in shape and start functioning, the last enemy fell. And with it, this piece of land became mine.

"Victory!"

"We won!"

"We did it!"

"Lord… Lord… Hurry, use that devour technique I gave you!"

From far, I heard the urging voice of Zangibar even before I'd be able to see him.

I already got what this technique was about. And without waiting for him to come near me, I already used it.

It was a simple technique in which I drew a few circles and triangles, then a line towards the direction of my territory. After that, I'd slam down this technique over any part of the ground here, and shout a single word…

"Devour!"

The moment my technique fell over the ground, the entire place shook. The portal that was almost on the verge of completion paused and started to fade away. And with it, and with all the shakings and rumblings, all the buildings and structures here faded and turned into dust, like a gale of wind came and swept the place clean.

"It's over… Congratulations lord…" from the side, Zangibar came and said with a wide smile over his face.

"It's not time to celebrate, too soon to do it," I knew this was a hard earned victory where we didn't suffer that much thanks to my healing ability.

Yet the stress and pressure felt from the limited time we got was something overbearing and quite exhausting.

"Gather everyone up, and fetch someone to bring more forces here," I didn't even think about giving them a moment of peace, "we'll march towards the next territory now."

"Got it, lord," he seemed quite tired, but he got what was on the line here.

I watched him send a few to go and bring more forces here. And as he and others were rearranging their forces, I shifted my eyes towards another direction.

Everything vanished from here, all but the dead bodies of the killed enemies. They were killed by my forces, and they were all living inside this dark shadow world.

What did this mean? They'd give me dark realm bones for sure!

"Hahahahaha! It's indeed as I guessed, hahahahaha!" and just by using the turbo mood of my bone absorption ability, I managed to get all the bones available from the dead bodies of those few hundred thousands.

It happened fast, in less than a few minutes where many colourful dots kept flashing from these bodies towards my hand. When I got finished, I examined my inventory and checked one of the bones I got.

And just as I expected, they were all dark realm bones, making me laugh uncontrollably for a few minutes even while leading the armies of mine towards the next target.

I didn't know if there were some sort of spies watching all over the place or what, but I better assume such a thing existed.

If so, then what happened here and didn't take more than one hour would rapidly spread like fire among all the closeby forces.

And that meant one thing; they would be well prepared for me.

So I got to move fast towards the next territory, even without waiting for the arrival of my reinforcements from my second Earth world.

"Come out!" as I could summon my fallen gods, why wouldn't I also summon my soulers?

"Lord!" Lucas said while his fire started to swirl around, "this world… This world is really unique and different!"

"Do you feel comfortable or bad about this?" I grew curious, and with his laugh, I got that he was indeed enjoying being here.

"I got a weird form of energy coming into my body, but it looked friendly and domineering. Lord, is this yours?"

"Sure, go ahead and enjoy it," I waved my hand before adding, "we are now fighting a big war against many targets."

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"Suits me and my boys," he said, while looking around, "but… Where are my men?"

"I'll summon them now!"

I didn't know how much this merger affected the number of my forces. So I just summoned ten thousand for now, allowing for the rest to come from my second Earth.

"Our target is the same," and as we got closer to the next territory, I held my horn and said, "we will first kill the frontline, then destroy buildings, and later clean up the mess. And be ready this time, I believe the lord of this land will be here."

Just as I said these words, I could see a silhouette flashing in the middle of the air. As expected, the lord of this land was already here.

And that meant what happened back at the past territory was noticed and reported back to all the various forces around.

So dreaming about conquering these territories fast wasn't an option.

"Little lizard… Go back and protect my territory," as we wouldn't be able to clear any territory fast, I decided to send back that behemoth to stay in defence and watch over my territory.

Conquering and devouring others was a great thing indeed, but just doing this and neglecting defending my land was a grave mistake. I'd lose everything if I lost my territory under any surprise attack.

"I see you got what happened at Lord's world into your head!"

And just as we drew closer, the face of that dude became clear in my eyes.

He was a giant, with thin arcs of green fire dancing over his eyebrows, cheeks, and bare arms full of muscles. He held a big war axe, and a spear in his hands, wearing golden green armour and riding a grand flying beast.

It was like a grand eagle, with spikes instead of feathers. These spikes looked all metallic and sharp, giving me a dreadful feeling.

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This dude… He looked strong!

"Lord, don't forget power here depended on the level of one's world, not just his real power," from down below, Zangibar shouted and reminded me of this fact.

Yes, the power of this dude might look scary if we were fighting in another place. But here, there were many other factors in play.

So what if he was strong? Much stronger than I? My territory was almost the same as his, if not higher and stronger in grade.

I was sure the colour of my world wouldn't be just white. It would climb up to be green or even blue. So that meant I got a boost from my world, enough to make this battle not that desperate to win.

"I like your land, why won't you give it to me as a gift?" In return for his harsh words and aggressive tone, I also matched him with mine.

"You… Good! Just a newbie who got a hot head thanks to a single victory that was out of pure luck. Come, let me teach you a bitter lesson before chasing your ass all the way to your territory and claiming it."

"We'll see," I laughed, waving my glaive a couple of times in the air before pointing it towards that territory, "let's see if you'll eat mine or I'll eat yours."

And with my words and me pointing for my glaive to the front, the battle started.

This time it was a hard clash from the start, one that made me realise the enemy was already prepared for my forces.

"Lucas… Lead the front and open gaps for my forces to infiltrate theirs," and with this, I got to adapt and change my tactic.

The first order was given to the soulers, letting them go all out and try to take down the strongest forces of the enemy from the start.

"Little drag, use your abilities now!" I pointed towards the direction of the middle of the enemy, "attack this spot first then move around to hit other regions."

"Yes, dark lord," it nodded before starting out with the rain of falling fiery rocks.

"Pathetic! Come forth my ocean!"

And just as the fire spread all over the densest part of his forces, that lord took out a long staff, waved it in the air, summoning a dense amount of water that formed a ring before mighty waves started to come.

Oh… So you were an aquatic natured lord… Interesting!

"You know what to do," but who said my little turtle would be pressured by water?

"Sure, leave this to me!"

Indeed its fiery meteorite ability was scary, but it wasn't its deadliest attack.

The scariest and deadliest one was that ability to control water all over the place and turn them into fierce and deadly waves of tsunamis.

This dude… He just dug the grave of him and his forces with his own hands without even knowing about it!

*Rumble!*

Just as I gave the order, and as a huge amount of water appeared, covering up all the ground forces, turning this battle into an aquatic one, massive rumbling came from the direction of this water.

It was indeed water ability that showed how fierce and strong this foe was. He controlled such water to cover up the entire territory of his, spanning for over twenty miles in radius, and even coming at the front of my forces.

It helped in negating the fiery effect of the falling meteorites of my little turtle. But at the same time, and just before he and any of his forces would heave a sigh of relief, mighty tsunami waves appeared.

In the middle of an endless ocean, forming tsunami waves wouldn't leave a single trace over the endless amount of ocean water.

But here, and just as the amount of water was limited, the tsunamis that my little turtle summoned left deep marks behind.

The little turtle dude was smart enough to create the waves starting from my forces side, moving all the way towards the opposite end at the far distance.

Chapter 1025

The early waves just helped in pushing the water away from my forces. And just after twenty waves, large parts of the ground started to get cleared in front of my forces.

He could summon water, and my little turtle would keep sweeping these away.

"Scatter around and kill," I waved my hand for my fallen gods to scatter around. I also called forth for my dragons and let them help.

Like this, what this dude tried to do ended up in failure. He succeeded in removing the danger of the falling meteorites, but he didn't imagine the fierce tsunami ability of my little turtle.

"Attack!" and as a large piece of land was cleared in front of my forces, with lots of enemies getting confused as they were forced out from the water into the ground in such a fierce way, I gave the order for my forces to advance.

The enemy soldiers were in the water when the tsunami waves came. Tsunami took many of them and swept them away, disturbing the formation of the enemy forces.

And the rest were thrown out of water, tossed like nothing in the air before landing fiercely on the ground.

This dude didn't know how big the hole he dug for himself and his forces was!

And now it came down to take him before calling out for more forces to arrive.

"You… You damn son of b*tch!" and just as I moved my chariot towards him, he started cursing.

Dude… I didn't ask you to fight in the first place. "I demanded your world as a gift. If you did, you'd have a chance of living under my wing. But now… You are going to perish alongside your land and forces here."

"F*ck you! Come and let's see what a dwarf like you can do."

Oh, did he just call me… A dwarf?

*Flash!*

Just as he said it, I held my bone tightly and in a flash my body turned to be like the scary Hescos.

"You… You… You are a damn shapeshifter! A cursed shapeshifter! A dark person with a twisted heart and soul! Screw you! Even if it was the last thing I'd do in my life, I'd take you down with me!"

"Shape what? Hahahaha! Come, and let this dwarf teach you a proper lesson in manners, racist!"

I waved my glaive a couple of times in the air before fiercely landing it over his axe. The collision between the two of us created a mighty rumble, making even my shield twist and show fine cracks.

My chariot was pushed back for a few hundred metres, but he didn't fare well in the end.

He ended up thrown in the air for thousands of metres, rolling in the air uncontrollably while his ride was screaming while falling down to the ground.

"Again!" letting him control his landing and stand erect? Not even a chance!

I jumped off my chariot, flashed fast using the flying ability of my suit, and went directly towards him like a comet.

*Rumble!* *Rumble!* *Rumble!*

As if I was Oglak jumping over the bone and tempering it, I kept jumping around that jerk and hitting his body fiercely with my glaive. I slammed, stabbed, and slashed with my glaive at each single part of his body, cutting him into fine pieces while his wails were echoing all over the world.

"Die you racist!" I was terribly insulted by what he said about me earlier. A dwarf? Humph!

He ended up in just a skeleton, incomplete one as well, falling in a large pool of his blood and organs, while taking out his last breath with a heart curdling scream.

Then all of sudden, the entire world went all silent. I looked around, ready to welcome any incoming enemy.

Yet a miracle just happened!

"Lord… Lord… You did it! Hahahaha! We won! We won! Hahahahaha! From far I heard Zangibar's voice before seeing him running towards me.

All the water vanished, and the forces that were hidden inside it stopped moving. They all looked gloomy, not moving a single finger.

"What happened?" I was puzzled by this.

"It's over! You slayed the lord, and so this territory is now ownerless. The forces of his belong to you, alongside his world.

"This…"

"Lord, use your devouring technique now and let's gain this land and force to our side."

I got what he meant, but this was slightly shocking.

From the start to finish, this battle didn't last more than a few minutes! Ten at most!

How come?!!! I thought… I thought that dealing with a lord would be much harder and would take much longer. Yet it ended up in such a fast way, making me wonder if the previous approach was a mistake.

I didn't just conclude this battle fast, I also ended up with hundreds of thousands of forces as well following me!

"Won't this be a problem? Considering the low capacity of my world?" I did the technique and watched everything vanish, everything except for the forces standing here.

"No, lord is mistaken. These are considered extras, spoils of war."

"You mean…"

"Lord's world's quota still exists, in addition to these forces."

"That's… Cool!" At this point, I prayed that all the other territories would have lords standing leading the forces.

"What is… That?" but just as I went down there to grab the bones of this lord and the few dead of his forces, I found something flashing on the right shoulder bone of his.

When I touched it, it vanished! It faded away and suddenly I felt a sting over my left hand.

"This…"

I saw a faint mark appearing and then vanishing fast over my left hand. I couldn't see its shape clearly, but something else was there.

I felt a weird connection with some point in the middle of this place. The buildings vanished, and the territory got devoured by my world.

Yet I could feel that something was still left here. I felt like a flash of light appearing in the middle of this place.

But no matter how I tried to see, I couldn't see anything.

"Lord… Are you ok?"

Chapter 1026

From the side, hearing Zangibar's voice jolted me awake.

"Oh, go and gather up our forces… We are going to the next target."

"Sure… Lord, are you alright?"

"It's fine… Just… Can you see anything up there?" I pointed towards the direction I felt the presence of that hidden spark of light there.

"There?" Zangibar looked at the direction for a few seconds, "no, there isn't anything there, lord."

"Ok, bring the men and let them get arranged and ready for a battle. The next target will be much harder than this."

"You mean a little easier, hahahaha!"

"Never underestimate the enemy, ok?" I was feeling irritated by that feeling. As he left without saying much, almost feeling my bad mood, I couldn't help and went towards that spark I felt and couldn't see.

If I didn't get to see that thing that went into my body, I'd not think much about that spark of light that I could feel and couldn't see.

But I got something into my body, and didn't know what was going on. And having something that I didn't understand was getting on my nerves.

"This…" I passed my hand over the area where I felt the presence of that light. I felt nothing, and my hand passed through it like nothing was really there by thin air.

"Hmm…" I looked at my right hand in the middle of that invisible and hidden spark of light. I didn't get what was going on, but I got an idea.

That thing flashed into my left hand. So I withdrew my right and extended my left hand.

And when I did, something flashed on my left hand, before I could feel something.

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It was clearly an object, hovering midair, similar to any cube. I tried to touch it with my hand, feeling its surface and trying to get its shape.

I was like touching thin air! There was nothing seen in front of me, but I could feel this thing in my left hand.

"Come inside," as I could feel it, then shouldn't I try and take it inside my inventory?

*Rumble!* *Bang!*

Like a bomb exploding, a mighty rumble echoed in my mind, shaking me down to the soul. Then I felt my body flying in the air before landing fiercely on the ground.

This… Damn! What the heck was there exactly?

"Lord… Are you ok?"

Just seeing me flying in such a way must have left my people worried.

I saw Zangibar running towards me in the middle of a large group of the strongest leaders of my forces.

"I'm ok," I raised one hand to stop their worry as I slowly stood up. I checked, and nothing was there on the suit of the Hescos.

But I still feel the fierce shaking that assaulted my soul.

"Did you see that?" I pointed towards the direction of that spark, yet from the look on their faces I got that they saw nothing.

"Lord… All we saw was you thrown in the air without any reason!" Zangibar moved his eyes over the others, while saying these words in such a doubtful tone.

"This…" I got that what happened there was unseen or perceived by them. What the hell was wrong with that cube? Was it even there?

I looked at its direction then at my body far away from it. This wasn't an illusion. That cube existed, and it fiercely fought back when I tried to get it into my inventory.

What the hell should I do now?

"Oh… Don't tell me…" all of sudden it hit me. What was the standard way of getting anything under my control and ownership?

It was simply by using blood!

I instantly ran towards it, not caring about others who went after me in worry and doubt. I didn't care about the gazes they exchanged, as if I went crazy or something.

I didn't end the current transformation. Who knew if I got such fierce backlash again without it what would happen.

I touched my hand with my glaive, and it seemed the suit didn't stop it. I left blood fall and cover up my left hand before extending it and touched that piece of sh*t.

And like I expected, the moment my blood touched it, the cube started to flash and appear in front of my and others' eyes. It absorbed my blood, before it suddenly twitched, and vanished in a flash directly into my body.

"What is that?!!"

"Was that even present here?!!"

"I couldn't feel its presence at all!!!"

Many exclamations of shock came from around me, yet I wasn't in the mood to care about them for now.

That damn thing… It also went inside my body without my permission. The thing I hated most was for anything to mess with my body without my permission, and most worse without my control!

I checked my inventory fast, but couldn't see any presence of that cube there. What the heck was that thing then? Why did it vanish into my body? And what would it do?

I tried to inspect my body using my spiritual energy, closing my eyes for a few minutes. There was nothing wrong in there, making me more disturbed.

"Lord… Lord…" when I opened my eyes, I heard the anxious voice of Zangibar, "is everything alright?" he hurriedly asked with immense worry on his and others' faces.

"I'm good… Let's head towards the next territory," I took a last gaze at the place that the cube was at, touched it again before finding nothing.

Whatever was there already vanished into my body, and gods only knew what was going to do in there.

Hopefully it wouldn't be the start of a big problem for me, or else I'd regret being too curious.

As there was nothing left here to do, I went back to my chariot, leading the forces towards my next target. The acquired forces that were left without a lord were now following me.

Chapter 1027 Battle Against Five Lords

I got from Zangibar that these forces were already bound by some sort of shadow world bond, making it like they signed a loyalty contract with me.

I led them towards the next target while my mind was burdened with what just happened. What the heck was that cube anyway?

"This…" and when I went to the next territory, the third white and weakest one here, I found an interesting sight waiting for me there.

There wasn't just one lord, but five! And they seemed to bring their forces here.

"A coalition army? That's quite interesting," I couldn't help but laugh, while what burdened me about that mysterious cube was washed clean from my mind.

The number of forces here was in millions! They stood in a very strong formation, waiting for me seemingly for quite a while.

The five lords were standing over their different monster backs, with one standing over a flying piece of rock. He reminded me of those Hector paragons and their obsession with flying forts and islands.

Well… This was a good start. I killed every single paragon I met from that race, and having one just like them here made me feel better about facing these five.

"Return back with no harm, we won't attack you if you did," the five lords stood together, seemingly afraid of mine as they stood almost half a mile away, "fighting us is the most stupid move you'll ever make in your entire life. Retreat and keep yourself safe."

"Safe? There is no such word in my vocabulary," I liked how he tried to scare me away using empty words, "let's see if you are capable of making me retreat or not… Attack!"

All the worry and doubts I got turned into a fierce desire to fight. I needed to vent all my rage over someone, and I got five right now standing in my way.

And with my order, all of my forces ran towards the direction of that giant army.

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"You are going to fall here," one of the five lords said in such a vicious tone before he took out a great sword, waved it a couple times in the air before plunging at me.

He was on top of a winged lion monster. And once he came closer, the lion opened its mouth and roared, releasing a strong voice attack in my direction.

"Humph," yet all it caused was a few waves at my shield, not even being able to leave behind a single crack.

"So you are using some sort of shield to protect yourself… Let's see how you'll last under the five of us attacking…"

Just before he'd continued his words, I suddenly flashed. I already got my speed sacrificial boost on my side, and coupled with the Hescos suit transformation, my speed was close to the speed of light.

I passed just by his side, and all he could see was my afterimage when he tried to adapt and aim at me with his sword.

*Bang!*

Yet before he could even hit my afterimage, the glaive of mine already pushed his body far to the back, throwing him off his ride, tossing him like it was garbage.

"I feel stronger… Hahahaha!" I wasn't bluffing or showing off. I felt my strength, speed, and all my stats were rising up than before.

And I got only one explanation for this… My world was getting wider and stronger, giving me such an additional boost.

"Next," without waiting for them to come at me or even give them time to absorb their shock, I flashed among the four, tossing three away and one was able to barely evade my glaive.

"I always hated these shields," I said in disdain while looking at the one who reminded me of those Hector paragons.

"I won't let you have your way," and that dude was smart enough to read through my intentions.

I didn't just hit the four lords and sent them away, but I made sure they'd be scattered in different places and in different armies.

If I just threw each one towards his army's direction, then I'd gain nothing from this. This way, I made sure to not only separate them, but to cut any means of support coming from their forces.

Yet only one remained behind, and he even mistook himself of being able to stop me here.

*Snap!*

With a snap of a finger, my chariot appeared just behind me. "Keep him entertained for me, will you?" I said, without turning. And in the next moment, I flashed fast and vanished like a ray of light.

He thought he could stop me on his own. If there were two of them here then it would be a different story.

But one? And one that my fallen gods were very experienced in dealing with his flying island and its shield? Sorry pal, you were so unlucky to be the last man standing among the others.

I left him to my fallen gods and went directly towards the closest lord. It took just a couple of seconds to arrive there, and I found him trying to stand up.

"F*ck off!" Just as I was getting closer to him, a fierce roar came as another bolt of light came chasing after me from behind.

It was this lord's ride, a monster that looked like a hummingbird riddled in fire.

It was the smallest in size amidst all the five lord's rides. But that small body enabled him to have great speed.

*Bang!* *Roar!*

But just as it tried to interfere and stop me from getting to his lord, I simply paused, turned around and pierced its body with my mighty glaive.

It released such a heart curdling roar while trying to evade my glaive and let it just miss a vital organ.

"Down there," I threw it away into a different direction before ignoring it totally and moving again towards its lord.

And this time, I slammed over that lord's head, releasing all my might and using the advantage of coming from high, coming so damn fast to cleave his spear into two halves before cutting his body from head to toe.

Chapter 1028 Turning Into A Behemoth

"One is down… Four left to kill," I didn't stop in my place and simply pushed my legs against the ground and flew like a bolt of lightning towards the next lord.

It wasn't that far away, it took almost ten seconds to arrive there. He was standing erect, holding a huge shield that covered up all his body.

And from behind the shield I could see a long staff protruding, shining with its tip in such dangerous cyan light.

"Oh, trying something fancy aren't you?" I knew if I let him have his way, then a big thing would come over.

*Clang!*

But just as I was this close from getting to him, that damn annoying humming bird flashed and tried to snap my glaive away.

"F*ck off!" Even with its speed, trying to throw my glaive off my grasp was futile. I resisted the attack and that bird just fell on the ground.

And death was what awaited it.

"Damn you bird," however this minute interruption allowed that jerk behind the shield to complete whatever he was doing.

*Rumble!*

All I saw was the sky high above to turn cyan, swirling in clouds as if it was an ocean enraged with mighty waves.

Then arcs of thunder came, falling down all over the place.

"Come!" I knew it was going to be bad, so the first thing I did was to call out for my chariot. Next to me, my chariot was the second fastest thing in this damn battlefield.

Yet it took almost twenty seconds to arrive, and during which I got to be hit with several thick arms of lightning.

It felt like a gigantic god was punching me from high above the clouds, trying to smash my body into pieces and merge it with the soil below my feet.

However, just when these arcs danced and hit me as they hit many others on a large scale, my defensive shield kicked in and saved my life.

"Damn you sick headed bastard! Sacrificing your men to just escape?" as my chariot came and shielded me totally from the falling lightning, I got to see that this lord was already running far away from here.

He was trying to escape this place, as if he was running away from the god of death.

"Come here, son of b*tch!" I knew if this was left without stopping, then almost half an army would be killed under these merciless lightning.

It gave me the same impression and feeling of the lightning I passed through to reach that far away continent at my second Earth world.

So I instantly followed, chased that bastard using my chariot.

I'd never risk going alone out there with all these lightning, or else I'd end up consuming the defensive shield's power, and that bastard would manage to escape.

"F*ck off! You are the sick minded one!" and just as I drew closer, he suddenly shouted while waving his staff towards my direction.

And as if he opened the gates of the god of lightning in front of me, densely packed thick dragons of lightning came out and landed on my chariot's shield.

"Pulse wave!" But who said he was the only one with magic tricks here? I instantly used my chariot's pulse wave, stopping the fast lightning for a brief second, enough for me to lead my chariot away and evade the incoming attack.

"Not this easy," but as this happened, that jerk simply waved his staff, seemingly enjoying hunting me down while laughing.

"Pulse wave!" "Pulse wave!" "Pulse wave!"

One time after another I kept using my chariot's ability to stop the incoming dragons of lightning. And with each usage, I managed to evade this deadly attack, getting closer from that jerk in the meantime.

"You won't leave here alive!" and just as I was getting so damn close, I heard this fierce shout coming from my back.

It was another lord who managed to catch up to here. I didn't know what he used to sustain all these lightning, but he was coming closer to me with each passing second.

"Hahahaha! You are done for, idiotic newbie lord, hahaha!"

"Let me show you a trick of my glaive," as things reached this far, I got to be a little creative, "it can be used as a spear… Look!"

And in the same breath I said these words, I threw the glaive as if it was a spear.

Throwing it using my augmented power, coming from such a high position as I stood on top of my chariot, and from such close distance made it impossible for that lord to do anything to defend himself.

Besides… This came just out of the blue, and in the same exact moment he felt his victory was secured.

*Bang!*

With my glaive piercing through his body, it hit the ground fiercely and released a crush wave all around. A big pile of dust appeared and covered both of us, while the incoming lord got engulfed within it in the next second.

*Rumble!*

I felt the shield of my chariot get severely hit by something that didn't appear in the middle of all this dust. "Come here," I called back my glaive and then got it out again before releasing a pulse wave attack.

It cleared all the dust and restored my vision again.

"A giant sledgehammer? Interesting trick," what I saw was a gigantic sledgehammer, one that would fit perfectly in the hands of one of my big pets.

That lord used some sort of technique, allowing his body to grow into such a fierce way. He looked as if he was the sky itself, and that sky was falling heavily and mercilessly at me with that sledgehammer in hand.

"You won't live any second more, I'll kill you with my hands!" he bellowed such a daring announcement as if it was a decree from a god.

"F*ck off!" but he could trick others, but not me. I wasn't the same kid who came back from the future with nothing but mere dreams.

Chapter 1029 A Brilliant Trick Of My Enemy

I fought against tons of enemies and ventured through many battlefields. If I got to learn something, then I'd say there was nothing like getting such inhuman power without the need to pay a price.

And that price was usually the user's energy. So that jerk was just trying to buy his time, to launch a second and much deadlier attack to finish me off.

As after that, sooner or later, this mighty transformation of his would vanish and a backlash would hit him.

So it was simply down to this; staying here and fighting him head on was a foolish bravery that I didn't have.

I instantly turned around, moved as far away as possible.

"Not letting you off!" but the next moment, a huge rumble occurred and I saw that behemoth lord taking a single step forward.

What my chariot would cross in half a minute he crossed with such a simple step. Damn! This wasn't fair, dude!

"Hahaha, catch me if you can, hahahaha!"

But who said taking such a step with such a body wasn't without a price to pay?

I had to push him to consume more of his limited energy, greatly shortening this transformation time. And I got an idea about what to do.

Just as he took the step, I was already flying towards a different direction while teasing him with my words.

And he just got provoked, falling into such a childish trap.

"I'll kill you bastard, no matter what it takes you are dead meat!"

Poor fellow! It seemed he lost much of his intelligence with such transformation. Or was it because the energy consumption was this great, putting massive pressure over him?

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If I was him, then I'd turn around and chase the wind to get away as far as possible from here.

If the first attack failed, then the clock was ticking and he got no way to kill such slippery enemy as myself.

So running was his only option. And if he tried to do so, I wouldn't be able to stop him or catch up in short notice.

But he was acting like a dumb, moving around, trying to chase or smash me with his feet, or hitting me with his sledgehammer.

All he did was futile! And in less than a few minutes, his colossal body shrank in a loud rumble, before he returned to his small version.

"Got you, idiot!" Once he started shrinking, I stopped fooling around. I turned towards him and landed with my glaive to cleave his head apart from his shoulders.

Three lords were down. But I spent lots of time dealing with these three.

So the fourth must have run away and hid himself in the middle of his forces.

"Fine, I'll deal with you later," as one was hard to find, I decided to go towards the one I left behind; that hector paragon like lord.

This dude was still fighting against my fallen gods. Even if I called back my chariot, the gods were already chasing after him on foot.

After I left my chariot back there, he started to chase after me yet to be rained with such deadly hits from my fallen gods.

So he had to take detours, drifting far away from the reach of my fallen gods.

They had to pursuit on foot, and that made him unable to even catch his breath till now.

He wasn't able to run, wasn't able to chase me, so he had only one option left; stay back there and fight.

It seemed he hoped for other lords to come and join him. But that idiotic last lord I killed decided to come at me and help his colleague in taking me down.

As for the fourth lord, he was smart enough to know that fighting me was futile. Only running away was the only option he got, and he was doing it brilliantly too far.

"Hi, did you miss me?" In less than a couple minutes I caught up with him.

That mighty and invincible looking shield reached a state where many deep cracks appeared all over it. Inside, the face of that lord was quite unsightly.

"I want to make an offer… Why won't we stop fighting and I'll be on your side from now on?" he tried to reason up with me, yet the only answer he got was my glaive smashing against his shield.

"Sorry, wrong offer," if he offered to be my lackey, follow me around like a loyal dog, then I'd have considered it.

But he wanted to keep his head and status intact. He acted greedy when he got no capital to back him up.

"You'll rot in hell motherf*cker!" and just as the shield shattered and my glaive followed after his neck, he blurted out such rude words before his head flew in the air, rolling on the ground.

"Sorry, I hate unimaginative folks," I waved my glaive, cleansing it off from any trace of blood.

Then I shifted my attention towards the grand battlefield.

I spent almost half an hour dealing with these four lords. But the result was so amazing. Four armies out of the five got eliminated.

Their forces stood motionless, making my forces free to target the fifth army.

That was what I thought until I took a wider glance at the entire battlefield.

"This…" There was something I never expected. Instead of having four silent armies and one active and fighting my army, there wasn't a single fight going on at the moment.

The five armies, the entire five armies laid down their weapons, fell on the ground, lowered their heads, and never moved a muscle.

"Lord, we won!" and just as I was feeling this puzzled, an earth shattering cry of victory came from my army.

Damn! This wasn't good!

"No, there is still one lord alive and one army still ready to attack us!" I instantly held my horn, shouted at the direction of all my forces, "scatter and surround all, don't let anyone move. If a single one moved, then attack his entire army!"

Chapter 1030 Time To Go Out And Hunt

"Lord… How is this possible?" Just as I was watching my forces scatter around such a grand battlefield, surrounding the five silent armies in the middle, Zangibar came and shouted in distress and disbelief.

"I believe the last lord is someone who is as cunning and interesting as myself," I moved my eyes around, while feeling how with such a simple move, the entire battle shifted.

And that made me want to meet such a genius lord.

It wasn't easy to come up with such an idea in the middle of such stressful moments. He kept his cool even when his life was on the line.

Even I doubted I'd think of something like this under similar circumstances.

Amazing abilities and talent… I wanted this lord to serve me!

"Lord… Isn't it possible for one of our men to kill him?"

"Stop being a fool, any lord is a pain in the ass already," I rolled my eyes when Zangibar said such meaningless words.

That was exactly what that lord wanted me to believe. If I even considered it, then I'd be falling deeply into his trap.

No, that dude was alive.

"Then what will we do?"

"Easy peasy," I waved my glaive in the air a couple of times, "I'll go and collect my loot first. You keep watching here, ok?"

"…"

Zangibar didn't get what I meant. If my enemy was such cunning, then I'd have to be a little creative as well.

"Listen up, I'll give you one hour to think about this… I like what you did, truly am. So why don't we join hands? With me as your lord and you as my appointed man in this world?"

That's what I planned for him. I got that having territory here wasn't nice and fun. It was a great responsibility, and would make me quite busy in the next few days, weeks, or even months.

So why wouldn't I appoint someone who was formerly a lord? One who got to know the ins and outs of this world, and got what it took to lead and protect my territory?

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But all I got was nothing but silence.

"One hour, that's your limit," I didn't give him such time out of pure will or good heart.

Trying to subdue such a cunning and resourceful lord wasn't that easy a task that could be handled by words alone.

This lord had to feel the coldness of the wall trapping his back, and the fierceness of my glaive coming at his neck before bowing his head over.

But it was worth it. He'd make a fine talent and strong asset, especially here.

As for the one hour, it wasn't for him, but for me.

The first thing I did was to collect my bones. I knew this was something not that urgent, but something was bothering me.

And when I got the bones, I got the thing I was worried about.

It was the cube!

I got not only one this time, but four.

I felt the same stinging pain before four marks appeared on my left hand and vanished like before.

"Sigh… It seems there is something related with the lords killed under my hand and these cubes then," this was what I could think about.

Yet this was all I got from these cubes. I got no other clue.

"Time to go and hunt territories… Little drag, come with me."

I got four lords' territories waiting for me to claim, and one of them was the one I was attacking so far.

But this one was the trickiest, even if it was the easiest. I could simply control it but there was a catch.

What if the remaining lord, that sneaky bastard, was the owner of this territory? Then he'd get exposed and a big fight would erupt.

That wasn't my plan. I planned to control the four other armies first, and get an upper hand here in terms of numbers.

But looking for the other lords' territories was a pain as well.

I'd assume all of them had white territories, and they were close from here.

They appeared in a short time and in such arrangement and tacit understanding of each other.

So the first thing I did was to rise high in the air to gain better vision.

"One… Two… Five… Eight… Twelve…" I counted twelve territories close to this one, with eight were white and the rest were all green.

"Let's go," I landed fast, "try to catch up with me," I said to my little turtle before adding, "once I attacked a place, make sure to rain down hell over them without asking."

"Sure, dark lord," he said while trying to chase after my chariot.

I'd get to check each and single one of these twelve territories. The ones with few forces left were the ones I'd attack.

"Not this one," unlike what I expected, the closest territory from here was filled with tons of forces.

"Next one then," I moved, without even sparing a glance again at this territory. I got to find the four other lands fast.

The twelve territories were arranged in three layers, forming a semi-circular arrangement around the one I was currently attacking.

"This one…" and once I got close to the third territory, I could see it void from many forces. "Come out! Let's go and clear everything together!"

I didn't plan to depend only on my little turtle and fallen gods. They were mighty but not enough. So I summoned my soulers, led by Lucas.

"Lord! What's the mission?" Lucas flashed and appeared just next to me.

"Go and smash and kill anything and everyone you find," I said while jumping off my chariot, "let's crush this territory in ten minutes top."

"Got it, lord!" Lucas also flashed down to the ground and started leading his ten thousand soulers with me.

"Enemies!"

"Defend the lord's lands until he comes back!"

"Kill them!"

Many shouts came, but they were sporadic and scattered over a wide stretch of land.

Chapter 1031 A Golden Chance

"Scatter and kill!" I gave the order while the fiery rocks started to shine from the high depths of the sky above.

My little turtle was already using his skill from far away, not waiting to arrive here. Good lad!

"Ah!"

"Lord will come and kill you!"

"F*ck you!"

I kept hearing such curses and threatening promises, but in the end not a single one managed to stand my glaive or the fierceness of my little hit force here.

"So… This is the land of that living dude…" I got that if this was part of the other dead lords' lands, then these forces wouldn't lift a finger against me.

They'd stand idle, without moving a muscle.

"Move, let's go to the next land," I marked this place in my mind and used the staff to save me time coming here.

I wasn't fearing for anyone to come and snatch it. As long as the lord of this piece of land was alive, and part of his forces were with him, no one would be able to take control of this land.

That also gave me inspiration, a way to keep my land intact even if most of my forces and all of my buildings got ruined.

"Yes, this is ours!" I got lucky that the next land belonged to one of the dead lords.

"Stay here and wait for me," I didn't need them to do anything this time as I would do all the tasks.

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"Devour!" I said the magical word, and this territory ended up being sucked and eaten to the last speck of dust by mine.

"Next…" I moved and the next couple lands belonged to other lords. They looked vigilant, seemingly waiting for me and my army to arrive.

I even saw a territory with three armies stationed on guard. Damn! It seemed such a tactic of forming an allied army was common in this world.

And that meant I might meet lands with few soldiers there who didn't belong to any of my dead lords.

"Bypass it," just as I thought about it, the next territory belonged to one of the living three lords joining the coalition army I just met.

Just as I came closer from that land, shouts of warning and sounds of many forces running made their way to my ears.

It was futile to try and hit the land while its lord was kicking and part of its forces were away.

"Bingo…" yet the next one belonged to one of the four dead lords I killed. I devoured the land and collected the cube as I did with the past territory I conquered.

Now I got three cubes, with two still waiting for me to collect.

There were three remaining territories, and one of them belonged to one of the dead lords I killed.

But just as I drew closer from the three territories that formed a triangular formation with each other, I didn't need to look for the one.

"Don't attack! Stay stealth and hide your presence for now!"

Just from miles far, I could see a large army drawing fast towards one territory from another.

And from the third, one army was also starting to move out towards the same target.

What did this mean? If I wasn't sure there was only one missing territory without lords and forces here, I'd mistake this as a move from the three lords here to form a single and stronger army.

But that wasn't the case. The last territory was the one without any lord and forces. It seemed the other two lords sniffed the situation fast, and got news about the weird state forces at that territory.

It didn't need a genius to know that the lord of this territory got killed, and his remaining forces were like sitting ducks. They didn't kill the lord, but they thought if they came here and killed the rest of the forces, they'd gain the territory.

However this was a golden chance for me!

These two lords would come at each other's throat. Their two armies would fight to death. And that was for nothing!

They mistook a simple and tiny detail, that lord's forces weren't all dead!

They assumed that whoever did this, which was I, and killed that territory's lord must have annihilated the entire lord's army.

This was a logical way to think. After all it was stupid for any general to show himself to his foe, or fall without spending the last soul of his forces as a shield to protect his life.

And that simply wrong reading of the current situation was what led to such an interesting opportunity for me.

I let my chariot fall to the ground, and started to watch the brutal and fierce fight that started in such an intense and heated way just from the very beginning.

The two lords here seemed to know each other too well. They prepared forces to match their foes, and even knew where the weak spots of each other lay.

"Lord… Are we going to wait?" Lucas seemed itchy to fight as he whispered from my side.

We were just over a small hill, covering up our presence and allowed us to have a perfect view over the entire big grinding battle up front.

"When two idiots are doing the job we are supposed to struggle to do, then don't act greedy and shake the sense back into their heads. Let them fight and devour each other until there isn't much left then we'll land over them to claim the loot."

"Ok, lord," Lucas didn't say much, but from his tone I could feel his disappointment.

Sometimes, winning a war didn't require one to kill the most troops of the enemy side. Sometimes, lying on the side of the hill and watching two mad dogs fight each other was the best tactic one would do in such a situation.

And in the end, I'd descend down the hill and reap all the benefits for myself.

I wasn't going to get just one single territory this time, but three. And the best thing was the way in taking these.

Chapter 1032 Things Grew Complicated Very Fast

I'd not spill much blood of my forces on my side to gain these two extras. And when thinking about how small my current forces were, I couldn't help but admire my good luck.

The two lords kept throwing everything they got at each other for two more hours. At some point I was tempted to move out and claim these two lives when they got slightly drifted away from their forces while fighting each other, getting slowly closer to my place.

However I didn't. Their forces still had large numbers, and any attempt to attack would be alarming to both.

"Lord… Can we attack now?"

After the passage of these two hours, one side was already on the verge of dying out, and the other one wasn't faring any better.

"Let one side die out first before moving," if I got a much larger force, then I'd move out even earlier than now.

But my force was lacking in terms of numbers. Even if they were all elites, there still existed a wide gap in terms of army size.

So waiting for extra minutes, or even an hour wouldn't be that bad. The more the last standing lord lost, the better.

"Kill them!"

"Don't leave anyone alive!"

"What the heck…"

And just after ten minutes, and when one of the two lords fell, loud shouts suddenly came from far north.

I raised my head and all I could see was a large army heading fast towards here.

Damn! It seemed I wasn't the only one laying in wait and watching!

I saw a large army of over five hundred thousands coming fast towards here, while the last remaining lord had less than seventy thousand at most.

"Lord… This is bad," Lucas turned around and now there was another army coming from our south. It was heading towards our direction.

"Dammit!" another lord appeared with his forces, and this one was drawing close to our location. I clenched my glaive, as I got only one option left; go out there and fight.

If I didn't, then we'd be discovered at the end, and killed like sitting ducks.

"Get ready," I said to Lucas, "we'll have to fight our way out…"

Just as I was fixing my gaze upon the west, I saw another grand army coming from that direction.

Damn! What was wrong with this world? Was everyone sitting in wait around this place, waiting for a chance to reap rewards?

This world… It was much worse and a lot harder than what I thought.

I counted six lords with their armies coming at this place with everything they got! All of sudden this small hunt of mine turned into such a bloody mess.

"Lord… We can't remain here any longer," from the side, Lucas was itchy to fight.

But he got something right to say, staying here was equal to getting killed.

"Come back!" without any hesitation, I called all of my warriors back into my inventory. This place was going to a grand battlefield where armies of hundreds of thousands wouldn't stand a chance at all.

It was better to leave here for now, wait for a few hours before coming again.

I'd never let my trophy go to another one. This wasn't just a fight over three lords' territory, it was now a fight to gain nine!

Nine territories were just presenting themselves over to me, and the number might increase. If this was a normal thing in this world, then soon enough more lords would come here as well.

The longer any fight here would grow, the more lords appeared. And that made me decide to take this chance and go back to secure the territory I claimed.

*Fwoosh!*

Before anyone's notice anything, I hurriedly used my staff and passed through a portal back to the place where all of this started.

When I came back, I saw nothing new. I gained two out of four territories already, and with that two of the four armies here belonged to me.

"Those who belong to me move and join my forces," I shouted using my horn after summoning my chariot.

Now I have only two remaining armies left to claim, and one of them was so hard to claim right now. This was the army that belonged to the lord I killed, and their territory was now a grand battlefield with lots of lords fighting there.

But there was one more territory here to claim, not to mention that lord I admired his wits.

"Listen up, your territory is now under attack from many lords," I held my horn and spoke to all of the forces here, "I can just gain the territory here, and leave back to my land. However, you alone won't be able to fight that large number of lords attacking your lands. It's better for you to surrender yourself to me, pal."

All I got was silence. Of course I was bluffing. His territory wasn't under any kind of attack right now. But from what I saw, lords here were acting like hungry wolves.

The moment they'd see a slim chance to gain territory, a big fight would erupt. Just like what happened at the three territories lying near each other.

As he didn't respond, I decided to push him slightly over the edge. I went towards the land here, and executed the merge technique.

In a few minutes, all the buildings vanished and only forces remained.

And like this, I gained one more army to my side.

"Join my forces," I said while taking that mysterious cube into my body, "we are going to retreat."

Not enough time passed for me to go and claim the rewards from that huge battlefield.

In my rough estimation, at least five or six hours would pass before the dust of that fight would settle down.

And that was in case no new lords joined that big war back there, which wasn't something guaranteed.

So instead of waiting here for this cunning lord to make up his mind, it was better for me to retreat and look for more territories to conquer during this time.

Chapter 1033 What Brought The New Lord Here?

"Let's go," without even waiting for that lord to make his mind, I gave the order for my forces to break their formation and retreat.

I rose high up in the air, with the intention of leaving this lord for now. If he was so stubborn, then I'd better let him live this time before coming at him another time.

Killing him now was a waste. It was better for me to wait. After all, I got where his territory was.

"I yield!"

Just when I was about to move away, I heard such a loud shout coming from down below. I stopped my chariot and saw a long and handsome looking young man walking slowly out of the large army down below.

And with that, I heard lots of shouts and ruckus, as his forces and trusted aidees tried to dissuade him from lowering his head to me.

I slowly led my chariot down. And there I got to see it in a better light.

He wasn't that much older than me, perhaps a couple of years at most five. He wore all black, black armour, black helmet, black boots… Even his cape was black.

And unlike this black, his hair, eyebrows, and faint beard were all dark red in colour.

"What's your name?" I asked as I stopped my chariot not too close to him.

I still didn't bind him to a contract. And if he wanted to fight, then it was a good chance for him to do so when I was this close and seemingly lowered my guard against him right now.

But I didn't lower my guard. Dealing with such a resourceful young man was indeed enough to make me wary and cautious of him.

"I'm Lang," he said while moving his eyes around to silence his trusted men, "I want to submit to the lord, but I want to keep my land as well."

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"How can we sort this out then?" I looked interested in him.

I knew the system didn't have any control over here. The system was present, but it couldn't enforce anything over anyone.

Right here, in this world, systems were just like any other tool I got, with power to aid without any authority to rule over anyone.

"We can form a blood bond," he paused, "it's done by using a technique to link our two souls together under some sort of an oath."

"Why do I feel like you are taking me for a kid who knows nothing in this world?" When I heard what he said, I rolled my eyes.

"Sorry, but it's a fact that you are still a newbie and new to this world."

"I didn't mean that," I shook my head, "do you think I'd fall for this trap? Trying to force a blood bond with an oath? Won't that make the two of us equal?"

"This… Aren't we going to be allies?"

"Allies? Tsk, you are still playing your dirty games even when cornered to such against a dead end," I paused, while controlling my chariot to rise high in the air, "sorry, but I hate to waste my time like this, especially when a dead man was trying to cut a bargain he won't get."

"Wait…" he shouted, but I didn't stop my chariot. He was desperate, and I could see this from the look over his face when I moved my chariot away.

It seemed what I said before was true, and his territory was under attack.

"I yield! I'm telling you that I'm going to follow you!" he kept shouting but I never stopped my chariot. He said that last time and yet he tried to aim for an equal exchange.

I didn't trust any of what he said, especially when he never mentioned a part where the terms of our future relation would be stated.

Taking an oath using blood bonds? That seemed quite dangerous without doubt.

"Hey, hey! Wait, why are you in such a hurry? It's my territory, not yours, who is on fire at the moment!"

And just as I decided to ignore him and keep moving towards the opposite direction of the big war in the far north east, a funny thing happened.

"Hey! Come down here and let's talk as any two decent lords should!"

"Come on! I'm chasing after you to just get a chance to speak and negotiate! Don't run away like this or you'll look like a coward!"

"Stop running already, I just want to speak."

Well, it was indeed a funny situation. That dude kept chasing after my chariot and my forces retreating away from that lost territory.

As he chased after me in such a funny way, his forces started to move and chase after him as well.

And that left only one army behind, the one that belonged to the dead lord with all big forces fighting over his territory.

I didn't get worried about losing them, as I already gained three other armies. Right now my army size is a bit more than two million strong.

It was enough to aim at a green or white grade territory, but not enough to take part in the brutal ongoing war back there.

Not yet!

"Just wait, I want to submit to you and be your lackie. Don't tell me you won't accept me! You just asked me twice to follow you."

As we finally reached a green grade territory, I stopped my forces and summoned Lucas and his soulers besides the fallen gods.

I was going to take away this territory while that sneaky bastard kept talking.

"What brought the new lord here? Are you perhaps after my land?"

As I ignored that talkative lord from behind, a new one came from the front. He wasn't riding any flying monster, but rode over a grand bear that was cladded in black gold armour with spikes.

It looked quite fierce. And that lord was a middle aged man, one who seemed to get to see lots of the world already.