RETURN TO THE FORTRESS SAVIOR
Lord Vogron, the Archdemon, summoned all the demons in the castle to gather because he had something to announce to them.
"My demons, I have received the blessings from the Pool of Suffering, and it has granted me the wish that all demons wished for, the resurrection of the Savior", Lord Vogron anounced to the demons about the good news.
The demons of Saaru castle were surprised and shocked by the news. The resurrection of the Savior was the greatest anticipation of the demons in Hell. The Savior was the person who could bring the demons out from this Hell.
"Is it true, the Pool of Suffering will resurrect the Savior to aide us?" a captain asked Lord Vogron.
Suddenly, a woman appeared in the sky.
"Judge for yourself with your own eyes", Lord Kwachu told the captain as the sky suddenly opened in a crossed rift.
Lights poured out from the cross in the sky that blinded the demons although despite the blinding, they could make out the figure of a woman in the middle of the cross, the crucifix where she was attached to.
"Crucifix of the Savior"
"Yes, this is the Savior. Our Savior", a demon cried out loud as many others followed suit.
The demons of Saaru castle were now convinced that the Savior has returned.
"Behold the Crucifix of Damnation and the return of the Savior. Do you submit to me, or do you seek to nourish my Unholy Grail?" Eirot asked the demons of Saaru.
The Unholy Grail was the Savior's ultimate weapon.
From within the Crucifix of Savior, it could capture the souls and magic of the world to nourish her magic, just like my Sword of Malevolence.
The demons were given a choice, whether to submit to Eirot to become her slaves, or to be taken by the Unholy Grail to nourish its magic. That wasn't a real choice for the demons because we knew what they would choose.
"Forgive us for not believing in you earlier. Please do not allow the Unholy Grail to take us", the demons pleaded with Eirot.
Eirot's soul mark was imprinted on the demons, and they quickly turned into magic that entered her soul realm.
They would be her first batch of demon children after all the previous occupants of her soul realm sacrificed themselves for her to awaken the Unholy Grail.
"What are we doing now?" Alfred asked us.
"Now we go to Machare castle", I said to her.
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We quickly rode on our Flame Wyvern and reached Machare castle. I took on the face of the Lord of Machare and entered their castle without any obstacles. We were even allowed into their pool of suffering.
Like the pools before, Alfred convinced the Incarnate Xerrus to relinquish control of the pool and merged with him and he raised another head over his shoulder.
Soon after, Eirot took over the pool of suffering and absorbed its core and all its magma into the Unholy Fountain to nourish its magic.
Eirot also obtained the submission of all the demons in Machare castle who were taken into her soul realm for refuge.
After that, we went to the next castle.
In this way, Eirot obtained the magmas and cores from all five Pools of Sufferings of the five clans that came looking for us without losing too many casualties to them.
Eirot also recruited thousands of demons who were left to guard the castles of the five clans. She in effect has taken over all the demons of the five clans into her army.
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After subduing the armies of the five clans and acquiring their pools of suffering, our journey led us back to the Door of Suffering.
To my astonishment, towering walls had encased the Door upon our return. A fortress now stood sentinel, a formidable bastion safeguarding the passage to the Ten Kingdoms.
Its formidable construction was evident, crafted from hardened lava rocks sourced from the depths of hell itself. These rocks possessed an unnatural resilience, melding together seamlessly without the aid of cement or mortar.
On the other side, the Savior fortress resembled a stepped ziggurat rising from the island, as volcanic ash seeped out from the grouts of the fortress, a testament to its infernal origins.
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Aluva came to greet us the moment we returned to Savior Island.
"Is your expedition successful?" Aluva asked Eirot.
"We have captured eight Pools of sufferings and thousands of demons. I have also awakened the Unholy Grail", Eirot informed Aluva of her immense joy.
"The revelations are upon us. Rejoice", Aluva shouted out.
"Are we going to capture more Pools for you?" I asked Eirot, offering to get more pools for her.
"We need to conserve our strength and complete the Savior fortress' construction. This will become our base for the future and besides, we need to train the new additions to our army", Aluva said to us.
Eirot thought about the matter for a while before she decided and told me, "I'll consolidate my strength in Savior fortress first before taking more pools. You should return to the Ten-Kingdoms first. We'll meet again later when I'm ready here", Eirot said to me.
So, I left Eirot to the care of Aluva.
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I returned to Nyx kingdom and to my delight, Melroy was still around. He planned to have his honeymoon with his four golem wives in Nyx kingdom and the honeymoon was extended until my return.
Melroy doesn't really want to return to Pallantium to rule. Since Crocodile was helping him with ruling his empire, he could slack off in the Ten-Kingdoms.
"I would be leaving for Drachia kingdom", I told my friend.
"I'm going to the Conjurer's court with you. Haven't been there although I heard a lot about it", Melroy said to me.
"I am going too", Rinna said to me.
"I'm coming as well. There's nothing better for me to do here. I left most of the construction work to the drones and assistants", Sara said to me.
So, we took off for Tarah City.
The trip was almost instantaneous because we traveled through our magic corridor in Istiopolis Station.
The Control Freak returned to their mansion in the Conjurer court after delivering Hell rocks to the Mission Center.
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