Chapter 86 - 1049-1063

Chapter 1049 Killing One Lord

Or the worst case would be for each one to take one route each and try his luck through it.

Damn! Dealing with such cunning lords was really troublesome. Something told me that only one of them was this cunning, the owner of this blue grade territory.

Getting blue grade territory here wasn't easy. And that told me everything about the true abilities of that lord. All this must be planned by him, starting from grouping with another lord, merging armies together, and having such nice tactics even when things looked dire and quite bad.

I had to give it to these two, or that cunning bastard. But even if I had to push myself over the limit, I'd keep looking until I'd get them.

Trying to look for them in the middle of all this messy battle was pointless. The greatest risk was for them to already be hitting the road away from here.

If they weren't, and I didn't think that was the case, then they'd be still trapped in here and I'd lose nothing but more searching time.

If I was in their place, then I'd use me getting busy dealing with the feign escape attempt at that wall and get away from here undetected.

To make sure they wouldn't get noticed, they got to wait for as long as they could before moving out. And that meant they just ran away for fifteen up to half an hour at most.

"I'm coming, don't reach any territory before I get to you, ok?" I started running towards the closest direction of mine, pushing my chariot to the limit, letting it flash like a bolt of lightning.

If I got time, I'd rather sacrifice souls and boost my chariot speed to reach the scary speed it got once before.

Trying to run on foot wasn't even comparable to my chariot. Not to mention I rose high in the air, and used my Hawk Eye skill to keep tracking their movement on the ground.

"Got you!" and in less than ten minutes, I finally spotted a group running away in a fervent way.

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They were not more than a few thousand, and they seemed to encircle someone in the middle.

"Hahahaha! I like this tactic of yours. Or was it the other one who did it? Anyway, pulse wave!`` Once spotted, I came at them like the sky itself was falling over their heads.

And as I shouted amidst my laughs, I used my pulse wave to put more pressure over them. In a second, most of them got thrown in the air, dispersed away from the middle, exposing a middle aged man there.

"F*ck you! Loran was right! You are a monster!"

"Say this to him when you meet up at hell," I just needed to spot his location. And once I did, I jumped high in the air and landed over him with my glaive.

I didn't even wait for my chariot to come closer. At this moment, this middle aged lord was shocked and terrified, looking powerless against me.

It was the perfect moment to kill him. And he fell under my glaive without any surprise.

"One is down," I now was sure of my earlier assumptions. But was he the one who devised all this or that dude called Loran?

I sucked dry his bones and got his mark before jumping back to my chariot.

His forces didn't move a muscle. It was a familiar scene that was unique to this world. Even if they were sane people and not puppets, they'd all lose the ability to move once their lord was killed.

It was like being here came thanks to their lord's presence. I instantly turned my chariot and headed towards the opposite direction while leaving instructions for these forces to return to my land when this would be over.

Their lord was taken down, and this way their land would be as good as gone. Once I'd devour their land, these forces would be mine.

I had no time to come back for a few thousand. So it was better to give them such orders before leaving.

And then I started to chase wind and race against time, galloping clouds while my chariot was flying at its highest speed.

That Loran dude... I'd take him down even if I had to go and crush against another lord's place.

Leaving such a troublesome foe alive was out of the question. I'd rather start another big war to kill him than letting him go.

I spent ten more minutes getting myself back to the main battlefield. Situation there changed drastically after the death of that lord.

Almost one third of forces here stopped moving and fighting.

Despite seeing such change, I didn't feel any joy. The forces remaining were the ones belonging to the land here. And that meant Loran was the badass lord who caused me all this trouble.

I flashed over the entire battlefield without even pausing for a single second. I knew I wasted lots of time.

The distance between this territory and the nearest one would take almost half an hour. They seemed to get moving almost half an hour before I did. And I wasted thirty minutes chasing after that lord and killing him, before coming back here.

I calculated distances using my chariot. And that meant Loran was almost on the edge of a nearby territory.

I rose high up, trying to cover more land and secure a wider view for me.

"Damn!" and in less than ten minutes, I managed to spot a group of tens of thousands standing just on the edge of one territory to the east.

He reached the nearby lord. And from the look of things, negotiations were underway right now between the two lords.

I saw a much larger group of soldiers gathered inside a green territory. It was one of the few sane lords who didn't join this insane crusade against me.

I prayed that lord would be sane enough to get reason with him using words and not fists.

Or else I wouldn't say no to a new green territory added up to mine.

Chapter 1050 Loran

"Hello friend," as I flashed and landed next to that Loren and his forces, I said while greeting the old age lord in front of me, "may I have a word with you?"

"Don't listen to this tyrant! The moment he appeared here, he started attacking others without rest or reason!"

"This…" to be honest, the voice that came right now startled me. I turned and saw a fine looking young lady, wearing tight brown armour around his refined waist and body, while her long brown blue hair extended over her shoulders.

She wore a circular helmet that covered the top of her head, with horns coming out from it, giving me a familiar feeling of the ancient civilization in human history; the Vikings!

"You are… Loran?!" I asked in doubt, and the look of surprise over her beautiful face told me she never expected me to know her name.

"So… You've met Edwardo already… Tsk, what a waste!" she shook her head as she realised what I just did, "see, this little dude over here is going all out against all of us. Sooner or later, he'll come knocking on your doorsteps without any excuse but his greed for power."

"Don't listen to her words," I knew that she was trying her best to twist facts here. No matter how surprised I was about her identity, it wasn't time for that, "I did all this for a reason."

"Which is?" the old looking man finally spoke up, in such a deep and strong voice.

"They formed an army, a gigantic one actually, and tried to come and claim my land," I turned towards that b*tch who wasn't any much taller than me, "in this world, the strong devours the weak. I got to learn this lesson thanks to their crusade against me."

"This is bullshit! You started attacking lands once you appeared here!"

"I did that to those close to me, not to you, not to him, not to all the other fifteen lords who joined hands together and tried to take me down," I fiercely said before adding in much fiercer tone:

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"Don't expect me to sit idle and watch you take down my land! It's not my problem that you came to me with swords and not words."

"Humph! As if a tyrant can be reasoned with!"

"I already accepted those who came at me with words, just ask Tom. He and I ended up having a nice deal and an oath of protection without touching his land."

"This… You are lying!"

"Wait!" the old looking lord raised his hand as his eyes flashed in realisation, "do you mean if I wanted to form an agreement with you, one like Tom brother did, you'll agree?"

"Why won't I?" It was a loss indeed to let another territory go. But for the price of taking her head, I'd accept such loss indeed, "let's do it right now!"

"This…" her face changed and became loss of words. She planned to get asylum here, making my fighting at her land futile.

I bet she planned to keep jumping from one lord's territory to another, making me lose much more than I'd gain and might not get her head in the end.

But with just accepting such little loss right now, I'd end up saving myself and my forces in such trouble, and get her in the end.

"I agree," the old lord was wise indeed, enough to know where his best interest lied, "what do you ask in return?"

"Just stay neutral," I paused, before pointing my glaive at Loran and her small forces, "and don't let her enter your land or else you are my enemy!"

"F*ck you!" and just as I pointed my glaive at her, she fiercely bellowed back. She raised a curved long sword, a couple actually, and brandished them against each other, "I won't fall without a fight! Get ready boys, we will dine together at hell tonight."

"Wait!" Just when she was on the verge of going into such a desperate fight, I raised my left hand to stop her while leaning over my glaive as if it was a stick, "I got an offer for you, what do you think?"

"I'd rather die than share my body with such a filthy dirty lord!"

"Who said I'm interested in your damn body?!!!" I was shocked by what she said. Damn! From where did she get such an idea, "I'm interested in this."

I pointed towards my head, and for a long moment she stood there while blinking as she was at a loss.

"You want my head?" and at this moment, it seemed her mind returned to being much stupider than anyone else I'd ever met.

"Stupid one, I'm interested in your mind, your tactics, your brutality and fierceness in wars."

"This…" she gave me such a weird look, while seemingly taken aback from what I just said.

To be honest, a fierce enemy should be killed. But if there was a way to turn him into my lackie, then it would be better, much better actually.

From what I experienced, dealing with this Loran here was really troublesome. Anyone but me would end up losing everything.

I had to exert myself too much to keep up with her tactics. She was quite resourceful. And despite her young age, she looked like she was raised in the heat of brutal fights and bloody wars.

"Don't get me wrong," I had to emphasise over this, "if I wanted, I can get lots of much more beautiful and sexier girls to my bed than you. You'll serve me, as one of my followers, and will lead large armies here. What do you think?"

"Damn you! Who are those who are more beautiful and sexier than me? Huh? Bring them out, let me feast on them and see who will kill the other!"

"Tsk! Beauty got nothing to do with power," I didn't know what was wrong with her way of thinking, "and don't get me wrong, I never allowed for a weak girl to be on my side thanks to her good looks."

"Humph, men are always the same anywhere, anytime."

"..."

Chapter 1051 Preparing To Hunt Another Army

Well, I didn't know how this talk turned to such a troublesome path, but I got to silence myself here so I'd not allow such talk to continue.

"What do you say?" After a few minutes of silence, I finally asked.

"What choice do I have? But you won't get it no matter what!" she pointed again at her body.

Damn girl! You were indeed good, but I wasn't lying when I said I got much better girls on my side.

Just letting you meet my Angelica or Hilary would be the harshest punishment and discipline I'd give to wake you up from such delusions.

"Great," I clapped my two hands, "now we'll perform an alliance oath together. Let's do it!" I turned to the old looking lord, and at this moment his face was beaming with a wide smile.

He was happy, and indeed he should feel so. News must have spread about my brutality and unstoppable large armies everywhere, taking down lots of lords' lands.

So if he has to secure his and gain my promise of protection as a bonus, then he should be jumping and dancing right now out of joy, not just smiling like this.

"Your turn," I finished the oath with that old man, and then turned to Loran who kept looking at me in vigilance. "Come on, I won't eat you."

"As if I'll let you touch me, over my life!"

"Tsk! Girl, let's do it. I have lots of things to take care of."

Under my threatening gazes, she started doing her part of the oath. As she finished, I did mine and then the bond was created between the two of us.

"Good, now go back and take the lead of the armies over there," I waved my hand before calling back to my flying castle.

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"Then what?" she crossed her arms, looking at me in the same vigilance that I grew tired of.

"We have another fight waiting," I pointed towards a direction, "go towards this direction, then you'll find a big battle happening. Wait for an hour before joining."

"Are you fighting two different battles at the same time?!!"

"Don't ask, and get used to this," I said while moving my chariot away, "I'm just over charming."

"You are a trouble magnet!" she shouted while I was flying away. I rolled my eyes. Of course it wasn't my problem that wherever I went, trouble followed.

That was the destiny of great men, and I was indeed one.

The next battle was one that I laid its foundation for this long. Before joining the grand hunt here, I made sure to spread out my forces under the leadership of Lucas.

He had one simple task to do, which was to grab the enemy's attention and make sure they got in the right place for the final fight.

This battle must be outside any territory no matter what. Fighting such a large army over a wide battlefield would turn their large numbers useless.

No matter what, they had to disperse in between the territories of the different lords in the region. And to do so, I asked my Lucas to scatter his force into smaller groups, sending each to hunt down the scattered small armies of my enemy.

As for who this enemy was, it was easy to guess. They were the angry lords coming after Lang. Who told them to leave their lair and come looking for trouble?

I wouldn't say no to such an enticing meal, not when they came all the way to my turf.

But first I had to relieve my forces around the remaining three territories by going out and simply killing the lords there.

Each fight was just as I expected. The lords were trying their best to elongate the fight and buy their forces back at my home enough time to take my land down.

Least they'd know that such a tactic was fated to fail. My land was secure, and their forces were getting annihilated all this time.

There was nothing like taking my land down.

Killing the three lords and taking their cubes was a simple task that didn't take more than half an hour. They didn't have any strong forces to begin with, only fodders with huge numbers and nothing more.

Yet I wouldn't say no to such an addiction. At least my strong forces would have much weaker ones to lead and use as fodders.

"It's time to get things rolling," as I got finished from all this, I left instructions for the scattered armies at the three territories to go and join Loran's army.

"Come out!" Then I called Lucas. I did make him the general leader of such a task force as I could call out for him at any given moment.

"Lord."

"How are things?" I asked while keeping my chariot moving.

"I did as lord asked, and right now these armies are breaking over a large area, trying to catch us."

"Cool," I slowly nodded, "go now and gather everyone over there."

I pointed towards a direction where small hills were present, "make sure the enemy will come in separate groups, each from a different direction."

"Got it."

This Lucas was really capable and dependable. He moved fast and headed to the horizon before vanishing in less than a few minutes from my sight.

The place I selected was perfect for a trap to be laid here. It was almost an hour away from the place of Loran and her forces.

And that by using my chariot's speed. So if I guessed it right, they'd take almost four hours at least to arrive here.

I didn't intend to use any of my scattered forces to lay such a trap. There were lots of eyes all over this world. And I still didn't know how they got to watch the entire place without detecting any of these eyes.

Something must be used that only belongs to this world. I'd get to know it later on. However for now I had to be careful or else my big fish would escape.

Chapter 1052 A Big Fight

I got lots of territories added to mine, and that allowed me to summon lots of my soulers. Not to mention the few millions at my flying castle.

To be honest, I didn't know how many forces I could control here. But I bet it was much over a couple of millions.

Anyway, I led my chariot over the hills and stayed there. I got to trust that everyone would do their part. And I'd do the biggest out of all.

Without my technique and the tons of warriors I was able to summon, nothing was at my hand but to use such tactics here.

I knew that the incoming army would be in millions. If this battle was in any of my other two worlds, I'd be able to just crush such an army with my hands behind my back.

Yet against such an army, I had to use the divide and conquer tactic.

I waited for only one hour before I saw the first groups of my forces coming in such haste towards my direction.

I made sure to scatter many of Lang's forces amidst the many groups scattered over the place.

The plan was simple. Lang was getting targeted by many lords. And they were looking for him and his forces.

So by getting him hidden at Tom's world, the only way the enemy could sniff his location was via following his forces.

I asked Lucas to scatter Lang's forces with mine, spread them over a wide stretch of land, and keep them moving all the time.

Like this, the grand army coming had to divide itself into many smaller armies. And now these armies were coming towards me.

"First I'll take over what I can," this was the first step in eating up this giant army. According to Lucas, he estimated this army to be slightly over ten million.

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It was a bit much bigger than what I initially thought. However it wasn't that bad considering all the work I did so far.

The first batch that arrived here wasn't that big, only two hundred thousands at most. As they started to stop in front of the group of hills when they spotted my chariot, my technique landed and attacked them.

In less than ten minutes, I got control over all of them. Many tried to run, yet none succeeded as I chased them using my chariot.

"Go and hide inside the hills," I got a few spots left to control, meaning that these forces were the biggest force I'd control in this area for now.

Waiting for my scattered forces to converge here wasn't a bad idea, but it wouldn't work. If I waited until most of my forces would be gathered here, then I'd risk also for my enemies to group up.

There was already a big gulf between the number of forces of the two sides. Not to mention this would make all this effort be wasted.

So I had to take down any incoming forces from now on. And when news would spread, it would be too late for these lords to save their armies.

At least half of them would be dead, and the rest wouldn't pose that much of a threat unless they'd gather up.

And at this point, the role played by Loran would show its worth.

Her role was to attack at the time when many forces would try to gather up. Loran controlled an army of a couple millions now. Adding up my castle and controlled forces, things would go south for the enemy at the end of the day.

The next batch appeared just less than ten minutes later. They were in the same size as the first group. And this time I had to use brute force to take them down.

"Attack!"

With my chariot flying on top of mountains, the enemy coming got alarmed. I didn't try to hide my chariot as I loved to see the look of surprise and shock over their faces.

And once I gave the order, the enemy got more shock when he saw the large number of forces landing at them from the depths of the hills.

As for myself, I led my chariot and flew on top of their heads, attacking the central part first using my fallen gods and other warriors who controlled the many weapons installed on my little baby.

Then I kept flying around, killing anyone trying to escape, blocking their path of retreat and leaving behind many dead bodies.

The fight didn't end before a new batch arrived. Seeing their mates under slaughter like this made them quite enraged.

Instead of retreating, or even waiting for more groups to join them, they ran forward, trying to free their friends.

"Attack!" but letting such a grand army to arrive before the last remnants of the first group to get annihilated was a mistake.

So I moved my chariot and acted as the vanguard, taking down lots of the incoming forces with everything I got.

Then by the time the first group got killed, the second one joined the fray.

"Come out!"

This kept going on until the fifth group joined. At this point, there was still half of the last group alive.

If I left things going this direction, then at the end of the day most of my forces would be crushed and lost.

So instead of doing so, I summoned my flying castle, and added a strong sword to this big battle.

With the arrival of my castle, things started to calm down at last. The addition of such a behemoth was enough to scare all the enemies down below.

Not to mention there were already over a million forces over there.

But starting from the eighth group, the number of incoming forces started to show an obvious increase.

"So they got the news," I looked at the close to one million forces coming fast towards my direction.

I have nothing to worry about in this group, but if the remaining groups would also be in such large numbers, things would end up bad.

Chapter 1053 A Tough Situation

However I didn't change anything. Not yet. I just let my forces deal with the incoming million army and didn't try to add more forces.

Right now, my forces who were fighting here included the two hundred thousand controlled soldiers, from the enemy side, slightly over five hundred thousand of scattered Lucas forces, in addition to my castle's forces.

They were enough to take this army down. But just in less than five minutes, another large army appeared from far, running as fast as they could after a group of mine.

Damn! They didn't just group together, but they also were trying to come here as fast as they could.

The last one million army was still having more than two thirds of their forces. Letting the new million army join them would turn this fight into a one sided battle.

"Come out!" As things reached this far, I called for my soulers, summoning one million to stand in between the two enemy forces.

I didn't know how much I could summon. Yet to my surprise, the one million I called for appeared without missing a single souler.

Well, this was a pleasant surprise without doubt.

With such an army, and even if it looked like it got trapped in between the two enemy armies, it wasn't that bad.

The first enemy army was already heavily entangled with my forces at the back. And so they had no time to care about my soulers.

When they tried to come at my soulers, they were already hitting the incoming one million army.

My soulers wasn't as strong as the ones I used to have before. They lacked stat points and levels. But they were still strong enough to take down many of the enemy forces in a short time.

Just when more than half of the new one million army got killed and the rest were struggling against my soulers, a new army appeared.

And this one was damn bigger!

"Sigh! It seems they are doing their best to crush my forces here," with such an army coming, at least three million strong, I knew they gathered up most of the scattered forces in the region.

The last batch might be one up to two million soldiers. But before worrying about those, I got to deal with the incoming three million first.

"Retreat to the hills, kill anyone standing in between you and your destination."

As things turned out this bad, I held my horn and shouted at all my soulers. The one million down below lost almost one third of their numbers, but that didn't mean they were weak.

They managed to kill more than three quarters of their one million enemy in such a short time. The remaining part wasn't a problem and could be cleared in a few minutes.

But if I did that, I'd risk losing the soulers while giving the enemy a morale boost.

I couldn't let that happen for sure.

So instead of risking things, I ordered them to retreat and go to the hills. Right there, and coupled with all of my forces present, things would be better for them.

Using the high and rough terrain here would help in sustaining the incoming large army. Not to mention the presence of my chariot and castle in the air.

So I flew over their heads while retreating and killing the remaining forces fighting my armies at the hill side. And together, all of my forces retreated all the way towards the hills.

"Scatter over the hills," I shouted using my horn to all of my forces, "make sure to lure the enemy over and then kill."

They listened and got themselves arranged evenly over the many hills in this region.

However the enemy didn't pursue as I thought.

They stood just one mile away from the hills, looking at my forces without moving a single finger.

Damn! They wanted to wait for the last batch to arrive before coming to my forces. And that wasn't something I'd let happen.

However if I gave the order and let my forces attack, then it would end up with many losses.

I couldn't accept such an end as well.

"Soulers, move forward and kill the enemy," if I could accept any loss then it would be the loss of soulers.

I got tons of them right now. And if they lost part of their forces, I could simply summon more.

Not to mention they were the fiercest forces here, even much fiercer than the castle forces and my fallen gods.

It wasn't just an individual strength, but the effect of having such a grand number of them.

As I gave the order, they started to run towards the enemy.

"Cover them up," I didn't let them walk to their death alone. I sent my castle, and I also joined up.

Covering soulers from high above and helping them by killing enemies at many places was a good combo.

And in the next ten minutes, a brutal fight happened, one where both sides kept losing forces in large batches.

I kept replenishing the lost soulers all the time. And that helped in making the enemy feel they were immortals.

The first impact was so fierce that a big chunk of the central part of the enemy forces got cleared out in the first minute. However by the end of the tenth minute, the enemy started to move, trying to flank my soulers from both sides.

Trying to stop such a move using my castle and chariot wasn't going to work. We could cover up one side using my castle, but the other wasn't going to be stopped this way.

"Move forward!" and as I sent my castle to rain hell over the enemies at one side, I gave this order to another batch of disposable force of mine.

They were the controlled forces of the enemy, the ones I could easily get rid of and gain more at the same time using my technique.

As they moved forward, they met their foes and a brutal clash appeared from the early seconds. Almost half of the controlled forces fell in the first minute.

But before the enemy would rejoice by this, I controlled almost the same amount from the nearby enemy forces.

Chapter 1054 Timely Arrival

Slowly the enemy started to retreat, giving me the impression they felt the ground shaking underneath their legs.

It was a logical result of this battle. After all, and in the enemy's eyes, they weren't fighting a normal enemy, but an immortal one, one that couldn't be killed.

Even if they killed part of my forces, in the next moment more forces would appear out of nowhere, replenishing the lost ones and making it look like not a single one fell.

That was indeed a scary thing, a very strong blow to their mental strength and morale.

But even with such unintended development, I didn't rush things over and kept my forces at the rear resting for now.

After all this three million army wasn't the last army coming here. There was still another batch coming, one in millions as well.

I had to keep my rear forces resting and prepared to join the fight at any given moment. And this happened just half an hour later.

This time I saw a much grander army coming in my direction. Damn! How come they brought more forces here?

But I had no time to think about that. This batch was chasing after a large force of mine, almost mounting up to one million strong, led by Lucas and his soulers.

The bad news was that this force of mine was going towards the direction of the hills, separated from them by almost two million enemy forces.

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If they continued this way, they'd end up clashing with enemies from all sides. If they tried to flank the enemy, the two million forces here was big enough to detach a large force to corner my incoming ones.

One way or another, my forces were going to be crushed in the middle. I couldn't let such a thing happen!

My mind spinned fast. The only thing I thought about was to call back all my soulers from the mountain direction and then resummon them again to keep the three million army busy.

And to make sure things were going smoothly without much trouble or unpleasant surprises, I thought about summoning my castle here to help.

"Attack!"

However, just before I'd done anything, I heard such a shout from far away. It came from the direction to my left, and when I spotted that direction, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised before laughing.

"You came too early, and at such great timing as well!" The shout came from no one but Loran. I couldn't help but marvel at the huge number of forces coming from that direction, going as fast as they could to clash with the grander incoming army of the enemy.

"Stop running and go to attack these folks," I instantly changed my mind set and acted fast to adapt to such a great change.

Instead of letting Lucas lead my forces and clash with the three million army, it was better for him to lead the forces he led and aid Loran.

Yet that came at the expense of getting trapped in between the two enemy armies. The enemy needed just to call back his three million army and then Lucas soldiers would be crushed.

And that was exactly what happened in the next five minutes!

"Do you think you are the only ones with reinforcements? Humph! Come forth now!"

Even if Loran appeared with her grand army, it wasn't enough to contend against the full throttle of the enemy forces combined.

So as the enemy called for his reinforcements, I also did the same.

The first thing to do was to call back the flying castle and my soulers. Then I summoned them again in the space between the great battle at the distance and the three million army.

One million stood in between the two enemy forces, with a terrifying flying castle standing on top of my soulers.

"Leave the hills, move forward and kill!" and just as the early lines of the enemy clashed fiercely against my soulers, I gave this order for my forces stationed on hills.

The three million forces here turned from the ones to help their comrades into playing the decisive factor in winning or losing this war.

If I managed to crush them first, then the enemy would lose. If they managed to slip by my blockade, the enemy would gain fresh blood and crush Lucas and his forces.

And that meant the enemy would gain the upper hand and I had a slim chance at winning.

So it came down to this fight down below, and as such I didn't hold back anymore.

"Come forth!" I summoned another million soulers, to end up with most of them getting summoned. It seemed I already hit my limit, which was around three million forces.

And with the addition of these soulers, the situation started to slowly stabilise. I didn't care about the nearby battle between Lucas and Loran and their men with the grand enemy forces led by many lords.

All my attention was focused over this fight down below. And with it, I left the chariot to my fallen gods and my other warriors to rain hell over the heads of many enemies and jumped down below to join the fray.

I still enjoyed this awesome feeling of fighting on the frontlines, killing enemies with my two hands. I held my dragon glaive in one hand, and my light glaive in the other.

And then I started wandering into the depths of the enemy, without any fear of anyone or anything. My two hands worked almost like crazy, creating flashes of afterimages one after another.

I made use of my enhanced speed to the most, moving around like a bolt of lightning, unstoppable, unchallenged, and killing anyone daring to come at me.

Gradually I reached the heart of this huge army. I lost count of how many I killed. Instead of continuing forward, I took a turn and returned in an oblique path back to the frontline.

Chapter 1055 Victory

I wanted to create chaos, enough to leave the enemy behind baffled and in tatters. After four hours of having fun, moving from one place to another, killing an endless number of enemies, I finally saw that grand army break apart on its own.

It might have started to happen an hour or so before it spread over to infect the entire army. Most of those still standing here turned around and started running for their lives.

"Cowards!" I looked at this scene after returning to my chariot. Only few scattered small groups of loyal soldiers remained behind to fight.

They were the best of the current army, and yet they were destined to fall while the cowards would enjoy a much longer life.

How ironic!

But this wasn't up to me to decide. I had to watch such brave and strong soldiers fall so this battle here would be concluded.

And with that, the bigger army that came last, the one that was filled with many lords and elites, was the only enemy forces present here.

"Let's see… One… Three… Seven… Twelve…" I started first to roam the aerial space of this battlefield, counting lords I could spot down there like I was counting my coins.

To me they were all dead, and all they accounted for was their territories. I was counting how many lands I'd get after killing all of them.

I got many lands already, even though I didn't know the exact number. But who would feel satisfied when free food was presented to him like this?

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"Wow! Twenty-four! That's quite a number!" After scanning the battlefield thrice, I finally made sure the initial count I reached was correct.

"Some must have joined the fray later on… What a greedy bunch of idiots!" I laughed without feeling any regret over the new ones' fate.

They overstepped their boundaries, and they deserved what was coming at them. I looked at the entire battlefield and got the impression that this was the right moment to act.

The entire huge army here was in a state of shock. The new joined lords must have been deceived by the tales of how huge the armies under the other lords were.

This wasn't a total lie, it was just a fact of the past. As for now, these armies were all gone, and the only remaining ones were the current army here.

It wasn't enough to secure any victory, nor enough to make sure they'd escape from here unscathed.

"One is down, twenty-three are left…" I fell over the first lord out of the blue with a large jump from my chariot. That poor fellow was already at the end of his wits, shaking all over, and couldn't respond in time or even evade my incoming attack.

He died, just simply like that. And that was the first blood stain in the long trail I left behind.

I had to admit, after fighting with many lords already, it wasn't easy to face such capable ones like Loran or Lang. The two were really exceptional talents.

Sigh! I just hoped I'd go around and find lots of such talents easily in this world. This would make my task here much easier.

I could bring more talents and elites from my two worlds. But that would greatly impact my future plans.

I got the fifth quest coming so soon, and then the golden quest in its tail.

"Will time be running normally here or what?" As I thought about the upcoming two troublesome quests, I couldn't help but think about this point.

If time passed normally, just like the time on my second Earth, then it was fine. I didn't stay here for long, and didn't plan on doing so later on.

I just needed to establish a strong foundation here before handing everything to Zangibar, the leaders of the ten clans, Lang, and Loran.

This battle here was almost done. I got less than ten lords left to kill. Even killing them was so boring to let me delve into my thoughts without giving a heed to anything else.

Then there would be one last fight before finally returning back to my territory.

I got confidence in my ability to win that last battle, add more territories to my land and upgrade it. Perhaps it'd end up in a blue stage, with an area much more than a thousand mile in size.

Loran's land alone was just like that. Wouldn't absorbing hers add the same grade and perks to mine?

Upgrading the territory's grade and size would allow me to muster up more forces. Not to mention I was going to get more free soldiers from this battle.

But leaving these forces alone without enough defensive preparations was a grave mistake. I saw how the densely packed towers and those three walls helped Loran to stand against my large army and me, even when I was fighting seriously back then.

I got to do that. Even if the size of my territory was colossal, I got to arm up my forces stationed there with enough defensive backing.

I planned to go back and focus solely on cultivation, before heading out and going to do the two quests.

I'd have no time nor mind to come here or even be attentive to whatever would happen here. So leaving behind a terrifying fortress protected with strong armies and capable generals was the only deterrent I could provide to my land.

"Let me go, let me live, I'll be your servant, your humble servant…"

"Sorry, but you should have thought about this sincerely before arranging such a huge army and coming at me… Die and go regret it in hell!"

It was a last struggle and plea from the last lord. Sigh! Why were all the lords here such idiots and morons?

I didn't put any of that to the heart while looking at the few hundreds of thousands, slightly over one million, soldiers I gained from this.

They were standing idle and I got that they'd join me after taking over their lands.

Chapter 1056 A Scary Enemy Is Here

As for how to get there, it was easy.

"So these marks can guide me there now?" for a reason, and when I was in the middle of taking the marks of cubes from the dead bodies of these lords, I felt as if I got a feeling towards certain directions.

It wasn't clear, but it wasn't that vague either. I could point towards one direction with my left hand as if it was attached towards it with a long string.

This was new, and it just happened in the middle of absorbing the dead lord's marks.

What was it? What were these marks and cubes? I frankly didn't know. But for a reason, whatever ability I got or gained, it was getting stronger the more lords I killed.

"I have to return to Tom's place first," I muttered while recalling that small task I entrusted Tom with.

He had to keep an eye over the ongoing brutal battle far away from here. I still recalled how his face looked when he heard about this for the first time.

He looked shocked, scared of my endless ambition. It seemed people in this world had grown dull, lost ambition to become powerful, and all they wanted was to just live in peace.

But how would that be possible? From the look of it, they were all just hungry tigers feigning to be sleepy and adorable harmless cats.

I arranged my army here and entrusted things here for Loran and Lucas. The two would lead everyone after arranging their formation towards Tom's territory.

Then I simply opened a portal and jumped over there, saving the time I lost arranging things here. I had to do it, as if the situation up there was already suitable for me to interfere, my army would be ready to mobilise at any given notice.

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"It seems things have ended brilliantly, and for our favour, right?" that old man seemed like he got something from the smile on my face.

"It's done, you can recall Lang here by now," I shrugged, "now tell me, how are things at that grand battle in the north?"

"Pretty bad," his face changed as he solemnly added, "another force, a bigger force, joined the play."

"A bigger force? Who?!" I was surprised by what he said. It was the first time to hear such a word, and it seemed he placed that new player in much higher regard.

If he said that it was a big player, then it should be someone stronger, far stronger than the current him.

"It's Berry's," Tom spoke in such a heavy tone, sucked in a deep breath before adding, "she… She is a scary lord!"

"How scary?" I grew curious. A female lord was scary? Was she a maniac or something?

"You are aware of the territory's grades, right?" he paused and I slowly nodded, seemingly affected by his way of talking, "she has a black grade territory, something not any lord I knew of could resist or stand against."

"This… Black? Are you sure?!!!" I knew the grades of the territories here followed the same rule as my bones.

So black was bad, really bad news indeed.

"She is… Famous, or shall I say infamous? Anyway, she was here for not that long, yet she did exactly like you are."

"Like me?" I pointed at myself while feeling more puzzled.

"Yes, she started fishing in the turbulent waters, killing all the lords she could. She managed to add lots of territories to hers in a short span of a few years, ascending from a mere white into the current black. Or that's what rumours and legends tell."

"Hmm… Quite an interesting fellow indeed," I was lost in thought, thinking about how it was easy for someone like her, like me, to climb over the shoulders of everyone else here.

They were all slacking, acting as if they didn't belong to this world entirely. Trying to leave in peace and harmony? Waiting for others to fight before they'd step up and try to form an alliance? Or fighting among themselves when a defenceless territory appeared?

That was crazily lazy! The best was to go and crush everyone with one's might!

Yet to do so, one had to be special, just like me, just like her.

"She established what she calls an empire, promised those who'll succumb to a good future, and those who resist death."

"Just my type," I chuckled, "so this Berry sat her gaze over that huge battle up north?"

"Yes, she sent one of her magnificently large and strong armies, led by none other than the reapers."

"The… Reapers?" This was a new term to my ears.

"They are brutal folks who took pleasure in killing others in large amounts and fast manner, looking like death reapers. So they got such a name and infame."

"Oh, I see," in a general concept, they were like my soulers, "so the battle over there is settled. These lords will all succumb to her, right?"

"No, once Berry sent out an army, time for resolution and peace was over. It's a known fact, fighting is as useless as surrendering as both will end up with death."

"This…"

"So they are fighting, that grand battle just got grander! From what I learnt, the sheer number of lords taking part in this war exceeds a hundred!"

"Damn! I want to go there now and join the fun!"

"Don't!" Tom jumped in such fright, "it's unexpected for her to send out such an army all the way to here. After all, her main land is situated far away from here."

"Then…"

"It must be bad luck, or just the fate of those lords is just terrible. They were going to die, either on your hands or hers. Her army must have been active nearby, got the whim of this great battle, and decided to take this good free meal."

"Just my line of thoughts," I paused, thinking about this, "but why shouldn't we try our luck then? Isn't it an open world with fair chances and rules?"

Chapter 1057 I Will Go There

"Doing this will help only to attract her eyes over here. It's better if you started shifting all of your activities towards the opposite direction, gradually building up fame and strength before clashing up with her."

"This…" it wasn't in my nature to do things in such a way. Lowering my head so the storm would pass? Seeking safety by acting like a stray dog?

No! This wasn't me!

I'd like to stand tall and might against the storm, crushing it with my own might.

She was strong, so I gave her that. But who said she was without enemies as well? Having me would be an easy foe for her to crush, but who said her armies were all free and had nothing else to do.

"Thanks," I said while turning back to my chariot.

"Lord, what are you planning to do? Seriously! This is going to open the gates of hell on all of us!" Tom chased after me from behind, shouting in such a scared tone.

"Dude, don't mistake it… Gates of hell already opened the moment I came here," I said it in such a serious tone, "in the world of hegemony, one had to be one or else he'd end up getting eaten up by many others."

I left him in daze while I boarded my chariot. My land wasn't that strong, my forces weren't that mighty, but I would never allow for such a rich harvest to go to another lord.

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One hundred territories? Damn! Wasn't that enough to advance my territory to blue? Or even pale gold grade?

This was just one grade apart from Berry's land! Not to mention the sudden spike in the number of my forces that I could summon.

Trying to come at me? Let her try! I knew that I got my hands full with many things later on, but that wasn't going to stop me.

Having such a nightmarish enemy just nearby was a constant threat, one that I'd rather solve soon than postpone it for later.

"Come forth!" and as I decided, I called back Lucas, "you'll lead your army and move towards that direction."

I pointed towards the direction of that grand battle. It wasn't that far from here, mostly one up to two hours with the army regular marching speed.

For me, it would take half an hour, up to an hour most.

And that was one of the main reasons for me to act this time.

This battle… That army of my unexpected big foe was just close by to mine. My fame was already spreading like thunder, and it would mostly spread to the ears of Berry anytime soon.

As she had an active army here, it was better to take it by surprise and annihilate such an army. At the same time, I'd get a good grasp of how strong she and her forces were.

How special was it? Were they troubled? Or were they just acting based on fame?

And above all, I got to establish my fame too. I wanted Berry to think thrice before coming at me, knowing that I was trouble and getting at me would come with a great cost for her.

So I instantly started moving towards that huge battle. A good general was the one to grasp all the details about the current battle, especially when there were too many forces joining the play.

It took me roughly forty minutes before arriving at the place where all this started; the three territories that made a triangular formation together.

But unlike how I left this place before, it was now covered in densely packed soldiers, all fighting against each other in such a mess.

I paused, moved my eyes over the battleground that stretched for tens of miles in all directions. That… How was this fight exactly?!!

It took me almost five minutes to get a general grasp of the current situation. The mystery was solved when I kept watching the forces that were dressed all in black from head to toe.

These folks were really similar to my soulers. Like my soulers, they kept flashing through anyone and anything, able to cross large distances in mere breaths.

Yet unlike my soulers, they weren't able to assault the target's soul. They could only pass through them like they were passing through thin air, then appear behind the target and fight.

Seeing that made me realise how such a messy situation reached such a scale. So the army of Berry landed on their foes, got mixed with them and started such war all over the place.

Well, it wasn't a usual tactic of wars that one would see everyday. For a moment there, it gave me a sense of street fights, but happening on a larger scale.

"Come forth!" if this was left to develop further, then all the forces of these lords would be annihilated mostly before my army would arrive here.

And even if my army came, such unique talent of that Reaper army of Berry wasn't something normal soldiers would fight against.

The only thing I'd have to counter such scary foe was my soulers. They could pass through anything and anyone, killing those who passed through in the process.

In theory, they were the natural nemesis of those Reapers. Reapers had to pass through anyone, appear and try to kill them. If they were met with a hard to kill enemy, then they'd start dancing, flashing through him and keep attacking from different angles and in such fierceness and speed that were enough to take that enemy down.

I didn't know if this came at what cost, but it was an effective strategy indeed.

The only thing that stood between the Reapers and claiming victory here was a simple and ironic fact; their numbers weren't that great compared to their foes.

One hundred lords were fighting here with everything they got… This wasn't something small. The scale of this battle alone was enough to cover up almost a hundred mile area, or even more.

Chapter 1058 A Weird Phenomenon

At the horizon, I could see many lord's armies still fighting against each other, seemingly oblivious to the great risk lying in the centre.

But those close to the messy battle were already fighting together, putting aside their differences for the sake of crushing this unexpected scary foe.

It was a mess indeed. And I decided to use it to cover up the presence of my soulers. It was the best situation, the most optimal setting for my soulers.

As I called for my soulers, even Lucas appeared. I looked and felt more confidence in my ability to conclude this messy war.

Over two million soulers appeared just in front of the huge mess. But strangely enough, such a scene didn't attract much attention except from those standing close by.

But even those were fighting desperately for their lives. These Reapers have very amazing close combat skills, making it impossible to survive their assault for a few minutes, not to mention running away.

"Attack!" I pointed to my glaive and simply said the magic word. Dwindling more would bring more attention to my soulers and might bring unneeded trouble.

Lucas was standing in front of the grand army. And when he heard my voice, he roared and shouted in such a fierce way.

Something looked different in him. What? Don't tell me he felt the challenge from these Reapers?

Well, if they got something similar to my soulers, then it made quite sense indeed to feel this way.

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The first clash was really mind blowing! All the enemies stretched for half a mile were penetrated through by my soulers before falling to the ground in a muffle thud sound.

Thousands, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands fell down just in mere seconds and in such a terrifying way. The sudden join of a new force gradually attracted the attention of those fighting far away.

How could they ignore such scary enemies drawing closer to them in such fashion? Standing on such a high vantage point allowed me to inspect everything and see clearly how scary my soulers were.

Lucas scattered the soulers frontline to cover up almost ten miles distance then he led them directly towards the heart of this mess.

It was the main place where those Reapers were. As expected, he felt their presence and desired for a direct clash with them.

What would be the result then? Would my soulers be able to kill them? Or would they possess an ability to interfere with my soulers'?

And the answer presented itself to me soon enough.

The soulers of mine were gulping on their enemies like ferocious beasts. To those poor soldiers fighting down below, dealing with the Reapers was a pain already.

And now a stronger relative appeared, one that was able to clean away their souls without much time wasted in fight like Reapers.

This left behind an ocean of corpses, covering the ground like they were dried up weed. I watched my soulers get in touch with Reapers, and there a new thing happened.

My soulers passed through them, but for the first few times they couldn't do any harm to Reapers. This wasn't new. I saw such a phenomenon happening before when my soulers had to face a stronger foe.

Yet after many attempts, the Reapers didn't fall down. Instead, I saw a sparkling fire, forming many threads, emanated between the two fighting monsters, just like a bond that appeared out of thin air.

What the heck was that?!

I used my Hawk Eye skill before seeing it clearly. They were vines formed by weird looking fire, something that looked like it was eating up a long rope and still they weren't going to die down on their own.

I saw different coulered fire stretched between the soulers and Reapers. What the heck was that? Was this something normal when relatives come together or what?

But gradually I noticed something else. I decided to keep watching and not interfere until I'd solved such a mystery out.

It first started with Lucas. I saw the fire threads linking him with many Reapers around to start twisting, broke free from his end and plunged themselves over the Reapers like they got a life of their own.

I watched the Reapers fall to the ground, twitching in weird ways like they were convulsing or something. It wasn't a good sign indeed, for them at least.

"So the two had some sort of connection and by this way these Reapers would be conquered?" I muttered while recalling a single scene where I saw Reaper's fall to their enemies' attacks and weapons… Yet I couldn't.

And this felt weird.

Even my soulers would fall from time to time when getting hit by many enemies. How come the Reapers not lose a single one of them?

Just when I was lost in thoughts, another amazing thing happened.

I considered those Reapers twitching all over the ground dead. They got assaulted by these weird looking fiery veins and had such terrifying convulsions.

Even my soulers started to move and attack other Reapers, meaning they lost interest in the ones they just conquered.

However… Unlike what I expected, I saw the Reapers' movement grew dull and calmer, before they all stopped twitching.

I didn't know when it happened, but these fiery veins suddenly disappeared. I watched closely other Reapers having the same fate before spotting what exactly happened.

The veins… They didn't vanish or get extinguished… They seeped slowly inside the bodies of Reapers, in a move that gave me the impression they got absorbed by their bodies or something.

It appeared to happen in a slow manner, yet it all happened in less than a minute. All of sudden, I saw tens of thousands of Reapers lying on the ground motionless, while their breathing was getting calmer.

Were they going to die? It didn't look like that! So, were they going to sleep? In the middle of such an intense battle?

Didn't that mean they were still alive? How come my soulers turn around and leave them behind? This never happened before! None of this ever happened before!

Chapter 1059 A Mircale!

Just when I thought they were going to sleep or something, the veins that vanished inside these Reapers' bodies suddenly flared up, releasing a surge of fire in different colours, engulfing the bodies of them.

"So they are going to die!" my eyes flashed with such realisation when I saw this. In fact it was a weird, very weird phenomenon, one that I never expected to see.

But when I was expecting them to be eaten up by the fire and turn into ash, a new change occurred.

"This…" Amidst my shock, I saw all the Reapers engulfed in fire straighten up, look so damn healthy before raising their heads and roar in such an insane way.

Then they started to move. As if they got a hidden order from some mysterious power, they flashed with fire engulfing their bodies, heading towards my soulers.

"That's bad!" Just seeing their direction made me realise what was coming to my precious soulers. What the heck went wrong in my soulers' heads to leave behind such an enemy and not care even to finish them off?

This… This was the first flaw and mistake my soulers ever committed! I never saw them act this way before. Don't tell me it was all thanks to meeting those Reapers, relatives from a distance away!

However even if I knew the disastrous outcome that was coming to my soulers, these Reapers seemed to gain additional boost and moved at such insane speed that they even rivalled the speed of my soulers.

They didn't give me any time to act! And just when I was on the thought of calling everyone back, I saw them flash through my boys.

Tsk! What a regret!

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As I stood in regret, I watched a miracle playing through just in front of my eyes, one that I never dared to even imagine!

These Reapers passed through my soulers just like I saw them do many times already. Yet unlike what I expected, they didn't stop and turn their weapons at my boys.

Instead they kept flashing and then passed through other enemies around my soulers. They didn't stop after passing and kept flashing through the enemies.

What the heck was going on here? Were they trying to run away? Run away through the thickest part of this huge messy battle?!

I couldn't tell until a new change occurred, and this was the miracle that let my jaw drop!

Just as this was the densest part of this hectic battle, there were a huge number of lords' soldiers fighting many Reapers.

Just as the Reapers engulfed in fire passed through, the ones they hit suddenly stopped moving. They seemed to have a look of horror over their faces before one after another they slammed on the ground, lying there motionless.

They were… Dead! Damn! How the hell did this even happen?

The way they did it wasn't that much different from my soulers. However, there was a crucial main flaw in such similarity.

My soulers would kill their targets leaving behind a look of peace and freedom, a smile even would present itself quite often at the faces of the dead.

Yet the faces of those dying on the hands of those fiery Reapers was different. It was the look of true horror, like they saw the most terrifying scene before their death.

It was a miniscule difference, but it meant the two beings acted under two different fundamental ways.

Even if they looked the same from outside, they were different.

And when I watched closer, I could tell that these Reapers were just looking like my soulers. Yet they were stronger, far stronger than the regular souls IF summoned.

And the colour of their fire was different as well. They had different colours, not just the standard black coloured foggy fire that engulfed my shoulders when getting summoned for the first time, without any aid from my stat points.

Soulers look foggy, like the smoke rising up from dense fire eating up dried branches of trees and dead leaves. Yet the new Reapers got something different; it was pure fire! Just like what Lucas looked like.

What the heck just happened just now? How come the Reapers end up looking in such a similar way like my soulers?

I tried to get a reasonable explanation, yet I needed time and more observation and testing before reaching out to any conclusion.

I looked, and soon enough I got that the contagious effect of my soulers was passed down to the new Reapers. Yet the latter were much more efficient and faster in taking control of the other Reapers than my soulers.

The fire threads stretched between my newly acquired Reapers and standard ones. And in less than a few seconds, the fire would break and turn into vines that would seep faster into the bodies of their targets.

This happened much faster than it happened back when my soulers did it. And this made this fight turn into a childish play.

Watching all this happening and unfolding in such a manner made pinpoint a troublesome matter that I didn't notice before.

Why were they attacking their fellow Reapers and other enemies around? It didn't look like I gave them any order or something.

There was a single explanation left, and to ascertain it I opened my inventory. And there I found new and weird looking tokens waiting for me there.

Damn! So it was true!!

Just seeing a proof in front of my eyes wasn't enough to contain my shock. What happened wasn't just to give the Reapers the same powers as my soulers.

They also turned into my warriors! And they inherited the will of the soulers, even the orders I gave last were passed down to them.

Damn! How cool was this?!!

I turned my eyes around. And all of sudden facing this scary Berry turned from such a gamble into a great chance.

Berry… Please take note of me… Please drive all your armies of Reapers and bring them over to fight me. Like this I'd end up swallowing all of your forces, and perhaps your grand empire on top of it.

Chapter 1060 Gathering Up My Lands

Such a rich and generous feast wouldn't be rejected by me. Yet the premise of all this was for her to take my threat quite seriously and head over with everything she got.

And I had to be present when she'd come. Time played a crucial role here. If it happened while I was away, then bye bye my little territory for good.

At least I got such a deadly weapon to use against her and her armies when the time would come. At least I wasn't so powerless or helpless when dealing with her.

I watched as the battle changed and kept moving into my favour. In less than one hour, this chaotic battle changed and became one sided one.

And then it was time for me to search for my second biggest trophy here; those lords.

"Sorry, but I need to borrow your land," I landed over the first lord while saying this amidst my laughs.

And how couldn't I be happy? All the Reapers here turned into my evolved soulers, and they seemed to retain part of their strength when they did that.

It was quite unexpected, but it was enough to make my laugh last for a long time.

These lords aren't that strong or terrifying actually. They all lacked the common sense of strength, ending up all dying under my glaive.

And their lands and cubes were going to fall into my hands just like their forces. However I had to wait and watch for my soulers and evolved soulers to tear apart the remaining standing Reapers in the next few hours.

This long and arduous battle, the one that witnessed lots of changes for many hours, even half a day, ended simply like that by my interference.

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Sometimes waiting for a bit longer would garnish anyone better rewards.

As I got control over such an awesome army of evolved soulers, I didn't hesitate to call them back.

When I'd return to my second Earth, I'd take my time to test their abilities and learn more about them.

Did they also need souls as my soulers to survive? Or did they need something else?

"Lucas… What happened here?" Even though I was already celebrating such sudden change and news, I still didn't grasp everything that happened.

I needed to know what exactly caused all these changes. Who knew, I might find other chances to replicate such a miracle.

"Lord… I still can't get the head and toe of what happened," yet unlike what I expected, even my Lucas couldn't give me the answer I wanted.

"So this all happened without you knowing anything about it? Nothing at all?" It was still quite surprising. I thought he might get something from the exchange that happened here.

"None, lord… I never even knew about the presence of such a race before."

I could only accept such a lack of reason for now. If my Lucas didn't know, then there was someone else who might know.

It was Berry!

She was the one who controlled these Reapers, and that meant she could summon or create them in her own way.

She might be like me, buying them out. Or perhaps she got the ability to create them like I could create my dragons and other races through my class.

Or she might have a treasure, a magical artefact even, allowing her to nourish such people.

In any case, she held the key to the secret vault of this issue. And I had to just wait for the right time to ask her.

In my eyes, Berry was destined to lose out to me. Having such scary Reapers serving her, and helping create such fame and power was great.

But she just met her nemesis. When she'd come, and she would, I'd crush all her forces, stripping her from all her forces and prestige, declining her into just a single person.

And from her outstanding capabilities, such a person should fall under my grasp, ending up serving me.

That might be a long term plan, but I had nothing more than patience.

"Time to go out for a hunt," I got lots of territories, a huge harvest actually. I killed all the lords of these territories, and now I had to go out there and start collecting them.

"Lord… Do you need our help?" from the side, Lucas didn't hurry to leave.

I got what he wanted to say. He was worrying that these undefended territories would be eyed by other lords and I might face problems there.

"Stay put," I paused, moving my eyes around, "make sure these forces are waiting here under the leadership of one of your entrusted men. When time comes, they'll follow your orders. Bring them back to my land. You know the way, right?"

"Sure!" he responded in such certainty, making me unable to believe him fully.

However he was the one I could entrust with this task.

"If Loran comes, let her stay here for now," I knew I gave such an order for Loran to lead her forces to Tom. Yet when she'd arrive there and learn about this huge ongoing battle here, she'd come without doubt.

I didn't know if there was still another army or forces belonging to Berry in the region or not. If so, then there was a chance for them to come here.

If so, the bigger the army stationed here the better. Like this, Berry might send more forces to help and that meant more gains for me.

As I watched Lucas leave, I moved my chariot while feeling and following the directions I got from my left arm.

Up till now, this world was shrouded in many mysteries for me. At least this cube thing was weird.

I got that I'd get lands and forces from any killed lord. But what about these cubes? What was special about them?

Were they good? Were they bad? I couldn't actually tell. But I hoped they'd not end up messing something big inside my body. Or else this would be all regretful.

Chapter 1061 What A Headache!

The task of following these feelings and hunting down these defenceless lands wasn't that easy. The closest lands to this place were all safe and easy to collect.

But the army formed by one hundred lords didn't just include lords from nearby regions. Many came from far away places, few even took me ten hours to reach there!

And that meant more time for the other lords surrounding these lands to take the chance and come and fight to claim these defenceless lands.

This was something that forced me to summon the newly joined Reapers to tear apart these forces and kill them all.

Sigh! What the heck was wrong with this world exactly? Their lords never moved a finger against each other under normal circumstances.

But whenever a new territory would sprout like mine or become defenceless like these lords, things would turn all crazy.

At some battle, I killed over thirty lords with my glaive, making me inwardly sigh. It looked like what I started turned into such a growing snowball, showing no end to it!

Yet gradually things started to grow calm again when I kept fighting for over five days here. I started to claim lands without owners, without having to fight anyone or any lord.

That was thanks to my great killing spree that I started everywhere I went for the past few days.

That left behind entire regions without a single lord left in them.

Damn lord! What the heck was wrong in these people's minds? If they were this eager for power, why didn't they start fighting before all this?

Why wait for such a chaotic gamble to occur, trying to come out as the last winner in the end.

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Like this, everything they tried hard to achieve ended up in my hands. It wasn't bad, but as it kept repeating it became boring.

Well… I still got someone like Berry to add more enthusiasm to such a boring world.

Taking all the lands I conquered so far took me almost ten days. Each land I merged with mine ended up giving my land a boost in size and strength, besides it also gave me a cube and forces.

Most of the forces were stationed either at the scattered battlefields or at back at the two major ones. After finishing up taking all the lands, I had to fetch for the scattered soldiers by sending out my Reapers and soulers.

I didn't want to go on such a dull trip and gather up all the scattered forces in such a huge and vast region.

"Finally you are back!" When I returned back to the huge army of mine, I found Lucas standing on the front, and Loran by his side.

She looked bored. Girl! If you were feeling like that, then you should have come with me to know what boredom meant!

"I had lots of things to do," I didn't give too much explanation or heed to the matter, "where is Lang? Shouldn't he be here by now?"

I knew I asked Tom to release him. But I didn't see either of them right here.

"That lord, Tom, went to bring him and yet never returned," Lucas said while Loran gave me a weird look.

"Are you perhaps asking about that swindler lord? The one who schemed many in the past?" she seemed to hold a grudge against Lang.

As I accepted him under my wing, it was my duty to clear his name as well. If he was a swindler in the past, then if he schemed and tricked lords from now on it should all be for my interest.

"Ahem," I cleared my throat, "I took him in."

"Took him in?!!" her eyes widened, "come on! Tell me this is a joke! That motherf*cker doesn't deserve to live!"

"Easy there, I taught him a good lesson…"

"You don't understand! He peeked at me before! How can this be counted then?" seemingly reading through what I was going to say, she blurted out in such a way, making me unable to refute her.

This crazy bastard… I thought he had a line for his wrong deeds!

This… Was simply a headache.

"I won't reconcile with him! No matter how long it passed, no matter who ordered me to stop, I won't stop until I'm having his two eyes out of his head."

Her words told me this wasn't a decision she took on a whim just now. She already made up her mind to do something like this a long time ago.

And that enlightened me of why Lang didn't come out yet.

It seemed that dude learnt about her presence and got scared to even show his face with my presence.

Sigh! At least he saved me the trouble of dealing with such a mess for now.

"Let's go then," I tried my best to jump over this matter, "we have to return to my land. I have lots of things left to do."

This wasn't a lie. I got my hands full during all this time here to expand my territory to the limit.

And now it was time to fill it with many things. Be it walls, towers, or even residential places for my forces… I got to start turning my barren land into a piece of heaven.

Then I'd leave this world for now and return to focus over my initial plans. Coming here was just a move I intended for so long and couldn't achieve.

I didn't regret it. In fact coming here was something I never expected to turn into such a chance.

But there was still a lot of work waiting for me back at home. My entire forces were training diligently, and I couldn't slack just because I was their lord.

I got to prepare with everything I got for the upcoming two quests and my invasion plan.

"But…"

Just when I thought the two would move away and lead their forces towards my land, a look of struggle appeared on Loran's beautiful face.

For a reason, her frown looked a bit amusing to the eye.

Chapter 1062 The Messenger

"What?" I nodded and urged her to speak.

"I got something that needs your attention first… A messenger came not long ago."

"A messenger?" my eyes shone brightly, "don't tell me… Is it from Berry?"

"You guessed it?!!" a look of surprise appeared on her face. This Loran… She might be a genius lady in planning and such. Yet she still has a fragile state of mind.

Couldn't she even guess it on her own?

I went all out, devastated Berry's army, and made such a miraculous move of getting those Reapers to my side.

Wasn't all this enough to drive the attention of that brutal lord? If I was her, I'd send out envoys and spies, together in the same carriage.

As I kept my calm and silence, only looking without speaking at her, she regained her composure fast before adding after clearing her throat:

"A single person came, and he is waiting for you over there."

She pointed in one direction, and there was a single peak there. It wasn't a grand mountain, yet it was enough to be called a mountain.

"Just a single one? No one else?" I asked in doubt. Why didn't she send the large company over? Wasn't she that interested in getting information about me or what?

Sending large people over as messengers would make it easy for her spies to infiltrate my forces and collect various information.

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For example, what was my origin? How was my real strength? My forces, nature and types? There were just tons of missing data about me.

And yet she only sent just one person? Don't tell me she got her hands full at other fronts, and she just sought out temporary peace to stabilise this region?

No way I'd let that happen! I wanted to get more of those evolved soulers. If I agreed, wasn't that like digging my own grave with my own hands?

If I gave her the peace she desired, she'd come at me later on after taking care of the other fronts. It was like giving her advantage while stripping me naked out of it!

"I also found it strange, especially when that person cladded in heavy black clothes and covered up himself tightly with a black cape and mask refused to stay any single moment here," Loran seemed also to read the matter just like I did, frowning over the same points as myself.

"So he decided to go over there and wait for me?"

"Yes, it was per his request and… Persistence."

"Fine," I could notice how hard it was to deal with such a stubborn person. Sending such a person to make negotiations wasn't the right choice indeed.

In such situations, one had to send someone able to trick the other party and knew how to endure insults.

For me, it was better to send Lang other than Loran for example if I ever wanted to negotiate with someone.

This might be considered a bad sign if I wanted to end this on good terms with her. But having such a hard to deal with envoy was good news to me.

Like this I'd drive this man crazy and make him end up starting a brutal war instead of just buying time for his lord.

"I'll go there and meet that man then," I turned to the two, "start your preparations to move. Don't wait until I return and start heading back to my land."

"Won't you need me? Us? Any of our forces?"

"Come on!" I rolled my eyes when Loran said that, "he dared to come alone and waited all this time on the side. He isn't that fool to try anything at me. And I'm not that weak either."

I shook my head while saying these words, "besides, it's not good for my image as an overlord. I have to show the same quality of courage and self confidence to the other party, at least on the same level as him. Go now, it will take a long time before you are ready to move out."

I waved at the two to move, blocking the path over Lucas who seemed to stand on the same side as Loran.

The two seemed a bit worried over me. But they had to know it'd take more than a single man to take me down.

Even an entire army wouldn't be enough.

As the two reluctantly left, I moved my chariot towards the direction they pointed towards.

Until I saw the single black big tent that was erected on one elevated side of this small mountain I couldn't believe there was just a single person sent here by Berry.

I still held doubts about her real intentions. She might have sent one, but might also have sent lots more sneakily to infiltrate my army and gather intel.

But when I saw the single silhouette covered all in black standing in front of the black tent, I knew this wasn't a lie.

And when I noticed the calm gaze coming from this fellow down below, I knew he was expecting me.

Ok dude, let's get done with this meeting. I still had land to build, armies to organise, and then battles with your lady to settle.

"Hi there, I believe you are the one called Hao, right?" Just before I'd landed beside him, this dude spoke in such a high tone, making my pupils constrict.

He was daring and rude, indeed.

"As you know my name, isn't it a bit rude for you to not announce yours first?" I reneged on the idea of landing my chariot next to him.

I could already smell the scent of fire powder even without the need for me to come down.

"I hold all the capital to speak in such a way, if you aren't satisfied with my attitude just now."

"I'm not satisfied indeed."

This dude was already getting on my nerves. What the heck with such an attitude and such tone? Who was the lord and who was the messenger.

Chapter 1063 The Crazy Berry

"If you let me over your little ride right now, you'll get all your doubts cleared."

And now he was acting as if he was a venerable old dude with much wisdom and unravelled strength.

"Dude, are you this tired of living?" against all this, and as I couldn't have any more patience to tolerate such insolence, I had to speak and retort back.

"Me? I'm going to live for so long. I've already asked the advice of an oracle before coming to meet you. And she said I'll live for tens of years to come."

"..."

I could feel the corners of my eyes twitch when this dude said his words.

What oracle? What consulting did you do before coming here? Dude… Was there anything broken in your damn head or something?

"If you allow me over, I'll be able to explain."

And his persistence… Tsk! It was indeed irritating!

"Fine," but if he wanted to come, then I'd gladly accept, "come on board."

"This…" he seemed a bit hesitant, "can't you get the chariot closer?"

"I won't," I shrugged, "if you are able to change my mind, then you should at least be able to cross such a small gap on your strength."

"Oh," for a reason, that dude's pitch black eyes sparkled there for a second, "it's a test then… I love tests!"

What the heck was wrong with you?!! Acting like a wise and powerful sage for a moment, and acting like an excited little kid at another? Who the heck did Berry send over to have a chit chat with me? A mad man or what?

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I controlled my rage and nodded for him to come over. I wasn't doing this as a test, but a way to humiliate such a rude man.

Yet he took it all wrong! Turning such an intended insult into a childish play.

And what with his persistence to come on my chariot? Did he plan to curse me or something? Did he think I was this weak from the start, enough for him to take my life?

Interesting…

As I watched him retreat for a long distance, I knew he was planning to jump after running. I'd take this chance just to ascertain his abilities.

*Fwoosh!*

However, just when I thought about that, he didn't just do any of it. A sudden flash appeared before a massive thing came to my sight the next breath.

This… Was this a ship? With few masts and a huge deck?

I looked over and what appeared was a gigantic wooden ship, one that looked like it came from the times of pirates back in my human land history.

This was indeed surprising. I raised my brows while watching that dude flashing from the ground, appearing on the forefront of this ship.

"What do you think of my little baby? Amazing, isn't it?"

In such a playful and happy tone he spoke, as if he was a little kid happy to show me what he managed to create after a long time of work.

"It's ok," you didn't expect me to praise your thing after showing me such an attitude, "come over now, we can speak here."

"No, I'm fine where I am right now."

"..."

This time I thought seriously about jumping over and teaching such an arrogant dude a lesson. Just when I was about to do it, I saw that rude and irritating man remove his black clothes that he wrapped himself with.

And when he was half done, I couldn't help but widen my eyes in shock.

"This…"

"I know, that's why I asked to come over and speak in private," this time the voice that belonged to an old man changed alongside the clear white skin that appeared in front of my eyes alongside the long black silk hair that looked like a black sea.

This… It wasn't an old man, it was a young and a very beautiful girl who wore a slim and short battle armour that highlighted her figure and showed parts of her abdomen and chest.

This…

"Who are you?" my irritation and annoyance all vanished the moment she revealed herself. As she didn't turn out to be the man she claimed to be, leaning to all such secrecy and stuff, I also jumped to a conclusion at the spot.

It was possible for her to not be a messenger, and not a common follower as well. Her attitude, words, preparations were all fitting the image of a lord and now a subordinate.

"I'm the one you are seeking for… You are looking for me, right?"

With a soft chuckle she said. And when my face betrayed me and showed my deep shock over it, she couldn't help but laugh.

"Don't tell me…"

"I'm Berry, nice to meet an acquaintance from far."

"Acquaintance!" aside from the shock of her identity, the scary lord everyone was scared from, that weird word came out to make me frown.

"Yes, I get from your reaction that you know nothing about our relationship, right?" This time, even if she wore the sweetest smile ever, her tone and eyes told me how serious she was.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but I got nothing of what you claim between the two of us," as the other party came in person, and said such weird things, it meant she was taking this matter pretty much seriously.

Responding to her serious move, I got to be frank. "You made this journey out for nothing," I added while pointing at the distance, "I'll act generous at this time and won't go to claim your life. I'll treat it as a formal meeting, one where we got to know each other for the first time. Yet the next meetings won't end up like this, got it?"

"Oh, quite direct and straightforward… Task, if not for me to hate men at beds… What a regret!"

Damn girl! Don't tell me you got only that from my words just now!

I meant to declare that we weren't going to be friends, not allies, and surely not even close to being called neutral.