Claire and the others were shocked when they heard this declaration. They had no idea that the Angels would do this, they didn't even know it was possible. For the Angels, even before their battle with Colin, they knew they needed more manpower and the cultivators weren't gonna do. Although, technically, they were the same rank as most of the demonic creatures wondering around, they just weren't as strong and didn't have the combat skills to make up the difference. The battle with Colin only reaffirmed their decision and they knew it was only going to get worst from here on out.
"Step forward." Sera said and the seven of them slowly yet eagerly stepped forward. The other three Angels surrounded them, before slitting their wrists, allowing blood and a golden yellow mist to leak out of their bodies. Four golden runes lit up under Claire and the others, as they held their breath in anticipation. The [Demonic Ritual: Demon Creation] and [Angelic Ritual: Angelic Creation] were similar rituals yet different in multiple ways. Firstly, unlike demons who had many subspecies, Angels only had one species, well two, which are Angels, which were born this way and Angel(Lesser), which are humans turned Angels. There aren't any noticeable differences between the two. The next differences, is that unlike the demonic creation ritual, the created Angels aren't bound to their creators and can do whatever they please and evolve even past the tier of their creator.
This had made it a little hard for them to decide if they should actually turn any of the humans or not, due to all the betrayals. And although, Claire and the others have served them loyally, they doubted that that wouldn't change in the future. After all, they had hundreds of years of life ahead of them to decide. But, they were able to quickly come up with a solution for that issue.
"Do promise to serve us loyally?" Sera asked and the seven of them immediately went unto their knees
"We do." They said in unison and Sera nodded her head.
Angelic Creation Pact
> Do you swear to do no harm to other Angels?
> Do you swear to follow your creators loyally for the rest of your days?
> Do you swear to allow access to your status by your creator?
> Do you swear not to convert any humans without your creators permission?
[Yes] [No]
The [Heavenly Pact] skill was similar to the [Contract] skill that some demons possess, allow the Angels to make binding deals with other sentient creatures. This means that the loyalty of Claire and the others were secured and that they didn't have to worry about anymore betrayals. The pact was made simple with only a few conditions, but each of them were important especially the last one. The seven are eventually gonna reach tier 4 and when that happens, they don't want them to create Angels left and right as that would create some serious issues.
Claire and the other for their part didn't hesitate to click [Yes] and the ritual continued. A droplet of blood surrounded by the golden mist boroughed into each of their chests, causing them to writhe in pain and fall to the ground. Their bodies were soon encased in a golden cocoon, as they underwent their transformation.
"Now then, as for you." Synthia said, turning towards Darren, who looked like he was regretting his life choices. She grabbed by the collar, and flew towards the edge of the holy barrier with the other Angels not far behind.
"Leave. Unless you would rather be burned alive." Synthia said and a ball of heavenly flames appeared in her hand
"Please...." He pleaded, but they fell on uncaring ears
"Leave, and never return." Sera said, using [Advanced Compulsion] and try as he might, Darren couldn't refuse her command and run outside the holy barrier, quickly using his [Illusion Affinity] to hide himself from beasts.
"Now that that's over with, I'm looking forward to a nice long bath and even longer nap." Sera said with a yawn and a stretch, before flying back to the mansion.
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A few hours later....
"Haahaaahaaaha." Darren panted as he ran through the forest tired and scared out of his mind. Unlike the last time he was here, he didn't have any weapons and there were way more beasts than before. A dog like beast jumped out of nowhere and bit into his heel, causing him to tumble to the ground as the wound bled severely. He had long since ran out of holy energy, which means his wound wasn't healing.
"Stay back, STAY BACK!!!" Darren shouted, as he crawled towards a tree and the beasts slowly walked towards him, ready to rip him apart. Daren leaned his back against and tree and cried, dispairingly as he could see the beasts advancing through his blurry eyes. He closed his eyes, wanting nothing more than for it to end quickly.
*Slash*
*Roar*
*Slash*
*Roar*
*Flap*
Darren could hear the sound of beasts howling in pain and the sound of something cutting through flesh. Then everything became quiet, except for the sound of wings flapping and something landing on the ground. Hesitantly, he slowly opened his eyes and he could see a figure through his blurry eyes, and their was one feature of this mysterious figure that caught his
attention. A pair of pure white, feathery wings.
"My lord, I knew you wouldn't....." The his were stuck in his throat and his eyes looked on despairingly as he saw the rest of the figure.
"You're...." But before he could finish, the creature grabbed his face with his pale white hand with black claws, and the last thing Darren saw were the black obsidian horns of the creature and it's sinister grin that rocked him to his soul, before it snapped it's neck.