Ascension of the Nephilim

Various plans and tactics were presented during the daily reports as to how the team would handle the incoming enemies.

Kyros knew that they would be outnumbered by a hundred to one regardless of their improvement. And so, important and necessary plans to wilt down the enemy even before they reach the Temple were made.

During the time-accelerated Temple training days, each day would result in the team developing new abilities and possibilities for the trap.

"And so, since Calaminus is synced with the Temple core and is a Time God, it is possible that he could redirect the power to the Temple's [Holy beam]. We have to create markers and energy formation circles that will be the 'path' of this attack. Then, Calaminus should be able to control the direction to a certain degree. We've mapped it around the Temple now." Stellya reported.

Kyros was intrigued by the theory.

"Let's test it out. Calaminus, use [Holy Beam]!"

Calaminus used the Temple's power, and as he had access to it, a bright beam shot out of the area, and it moved around the Temple grounds.

It successfully made swift turns to the delight of everyone.

"Of course, this beam is feeble. So it's effortless to navigate. You need to create a beacon or mark a target for a beam like this, and the Temple should have a firing distance of over three hundred kilometers for such a weak beam. And at that distance, it's not accurate even though there is a beacon."

"It's alright. I don't need power. Even if it's as weak as a kitty cat's scratch, it will do. That ranged attack is for tricking the enemy, anyway. But this also makes it possible for Calaminus to launch a powerful attack as long as we create enough beacons, right?"

"Yes. But such attack won't allow quick and easy maneuver, and we have to create an array of beacons from the Temple, leading to the upper ground floor."

"Good. Then I want Feather Folk to explore the areas outside. Martha, you and Puff should be suited to learn the ways of Tyrannus. He is the father of Dragons, after all. By my estimates, the enemies will launch a two-pronged attack after we shoot our [Meteor Doom] at them. So you are in charge of leading the armies that emerge from the portal to where the Temple originally was to the place where Calaminus can lead the beam. We can create a massive mark in the sky to distract the enemy and make it look like it's the one that can shoot beams. I believe it's easy to shoot the [Cute Kitty Cat beam] up the sky if we attach a beacon on a small object and have a Feather Folk fly inside the mark in the sky."

"Cute Kitty Cat beam?" Some of the people murmured at the bizarre name.

"Once we established the deception that we shoot attacks through the mark in the sky, we fire a real round that will trail the ground. We set a good location, make the beam pass through forest, hills, and mountains and finally smash into the enemies." Kyros plotted.

And so, the plan was made. The trail had already been set as the Feather Folk scouts gave their reports. A suitable location was found, and when the Wings of the Nephilim moved, they began to create these energy conversion circles and finally used the trench on the nearby mountain region.

Martha led the armies through her relentless taunts and made Puff fake an attack to hide the incoming power.

By the time Lucas and Faust saw it, it was too late.

BOOM!

The Holy Beam crossed through the armies killing the Champions nearby. Lucas and Faust used their might to defend against it and were critically wounded from the attack.

Eredus shouted in anger and charged to save them, but then...

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Wings of the Nephilim appeared from their hiding place and began to shoot attacks at him and his clones.

Martha retreated and charged directly to the bottom, and Puff followed.

Eredus realized that Martha was aiming to finish off the two wounded Commanders and harnessed his power to launch a massive Water attack.

"Hey. We meet again." A familiar voice was heard that took the attention of Eredus. He turned to the side, and he could see a bright light flashing on the top of the mountain nearby.

A person was directly teleported from a great distance. The teleportation was made in the Temple itself and brought this man first. Managing the massive energy formation circle was the Lich and several skeletons.

"So the Sword Expert lives..." Eredus gnashed his teeth as he called out to his hateful foe. This was the one who killed him even though he tried to make him a useless, limbless, and powerless swordsman.

"You tried to clip my arms, and I'm here to clip your fangs and your wings." Aron had his sword unsheathed, and a terrifying force was exuding out of the sword.

Even though the sword was not touching the ground, a deep cut formed on the ground. The mountain itself began to crack at the powerful cutting force.

"Lord Aron! Don't destroy the Circle!" Devian cried.

"Sorry. I'm just excited to see an old friend." Aron laughed as he raised his sword to the sky, and the cutting forces stopped.

"Y-You! How have you unleashed the power of the first two Gates of Energy?!"

"Thanks to your curse of [De-Might]. You see, the flow of energy in those gates was relatively open. But when you cursed it, the heaviness of the Force energy flowing in my body found those bottlenecks. And I just had to figure a way to break them."

Eredus activated [Gauge] to peer through the stats of Aron.

Aron Steele

Race: Human / Descendant of a Divine

Age: 27

Level: 34

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Awakened Divinity:

Steel

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Strength- 331 (De-Might curse active) 

Magic- 67 (De-Magic curse active)

Dexterity- 283 (De-Spacito curse active)

Vitality- 210 (De-Might curse active)

Intelligence- 254

Force- 213 (De-Might curse active) 

Ancient Source- 64

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Jobs:

Heroic Avenger- Level ?

  Blade Master -Level ?

  Quick Blade- Level ?

  Blitzer- Level ?

  Magic Blade- Level 2

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Heroic Paladin- Level 2

  Defender Knight – Level 4

  Ravager- Level ?

  Magic Defender- Level 1

  Magic Blade -Level 2

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Fate ???- Level ???

Fate ???- Level ???

Fate ???- Level ???

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Eredus was shocked as he saw the stats. Aron had various curses, and even with those curses, he still had a Crown's Potential!

"You... monster! How is it possible that you have such strength?!"

"Relax! This is only a temporary increase in my stats. I used a safer version of dad's [Last Stand] skill. I won't be able to fight after this, and even if the Temple heals me, I'll probably only be able to shell out half of my real power." Aron smirked.

"Kill him!" Eredus ordered.

The vampires charged towards Aron but suddenly, the portal brightened up once more as Devian and his Skeletons channeled another round of energy.

Over fifty men appeared.

At the front were knights that channeled their force energy and shielded those behind them.

The ones behind them were archers who released a volley of arrows at the incoming vampires.

Devian and the Skeletons launched themselves in pairs and rejoined their squadrons.

Unknown to them, the Fire Squadron had flown at the very top.

"[Fat Boy]!" Triona shouted and launched another massive firebomb.

BOOM!

"Wings of the Nephilim! Attack the enemy! Our mission is to kill the small fries!" Demerus shouted as he led his squadrons to stop the vampires with massive explosive spells.

Eredus used his power to block the fires from reaching him.

Aron jumped up, and a bright green wing appeared on his back as Stellya casts a flight spell on Aron.

Eredus roared and charged with his two clones creating a massive water spell that created a sea of water on the skies above.

The water turned into a massive sea leech that charged at Aron.

Down the mountain, the wounded Lucas and Faust were struggling to keep up, and the surviving members of their army tried to block Martha and Puff.

The Champions barred the way of Martha and began to use magic spells while the monstrous Champions stood in front of their Commanders, releasing the full extent of their Force energy.

"My... how macho!" An alluring call was heard, and the team turned to see a beautiful young girl approaching.

Something about that girl drew all the creatures, whether alive or dead, to stare in awe.

"That's it... Take one final gaze to this beauty." The girl chuckled as she held her scepter out and created a fiery avatar of a winged woman behind her.

"Beautiful..." One of the Champions muttered.

The power of the Charmed Corruption drew everyone's eyes to Scarlet.

The distraction was perfect. Martha shot several arrows towards the sky.

The arrows struck two falling figures and added incredible weight to them.

Reptilia and Gojirrah began slashing and stabbing with their weapons as they fell on the Champions.

"[Wrath of the Sovereign]!" The two lizardman Champions used the Claw and Fang of the Lizard Sovereign to release the tremendous terror of the Lizard Sovereign.

BOOM!