Ascension of the Nephilim

The next day, calls to awaken the sober and the drunk occurred.

These calls were initiated by Kyros and Branze. When they woke up, the Steele family and Kyros felt a strange sensation.

Later, Calaminus clarified what it was.

"Time will once again stop in this world. Too bad. Fate is not even giving us an opportunity to use our Time Accelerating Training." Calaminus sighed.

"It's not just her. It's Destiny. We are in a place where Fate and Destiny, Beginning and End, meets. And they do their battles here. now that the battle is over, the power that keeps us here will vanish." Kyros knew that this meant that it was time for them to return to their world.

And so, everyone was ordered to rise, and no more celebration was held. Instead, everyone went on a weary march as the wounded grimaced and hungover went on their nauseous journey.

Kyros had offered Heralcus and the rest to the Temple and used it to increase the levels of everyone. The Temple had already increased its level two times since they arrived in Middle. The first was when they defeated and offered the lives of the Commanders that they slew. It was then that Kyros had access to the Library of Light as the Temple reached level 6. The second time it leveled up was when Heralcus was finally defeated.

The amount of energy that they acquired from Heralcus was equal to the energy of a Conqueror. And so, Kyros began to discuss the full powers of the Temple.

At the very front of the march were the core Steele family, the Coven, the Emberdons, and the leaders of the settlements of Middle.

"Since I will be going out and journeying everywhere, you guys should learn how to use this Temple." Kyros chuckled and used his dark magic to write the stats above him for all to see.

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Nephilim Sealing Temple

Status: War Against Present

Darkness Crusade completed!

Nephilim Present Wars has started.

Temple Level: 7

Slay 5 Crowns to level up.

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Acquired Rewards:

Holiest Grounds- Makes the entire temple ground radiate and store strong Holy Energy. The amount of Holy energy increased with more creatures sacrificed. Assaults any enemy creatures aligned to Darkness of Destiny and End. Superior Dark Spell Resistance applied. Allows access to the Superior Temple Core.

Paramount Holy Healing- Staying in Temple Ground grants powerful healing that purges high-tiered curses and low-level soul attacks. Dispels greater curses, Dark Maddening, and mortal level poison up to Crown level. Allows regeneration of limbs.

Holy Barrier- Creates a Holy Barrier. Defense Strength of Barrier increases as Temple Level increases. Shade Level 5 creatures can breach the barrier.

Carrier has Arrived!- Allows access to Dimensional Magic to carry the entire Nephilim Sealing Temple and the Trial Grounds in a pocket dimension. Kyros may enter and exit temple grounds at no cost. Grants access to Nephilim Inventory and the Temple Storage Space. Town Portal skill assimilated to the Temple with the Nephilim's knowledge in Creation.

Holy Beam- Allows the Temple to harness the powerful Holy Energy in the Temple. The power of the attack is based on Kyros's level of strength. Harnessing an attack with greater force than the maximum range of Kyros's strength depletes a massive amount of the Temple's energy.

Library of the Light- Allows access to the Library of Light.

Codes awakened in the Library:

Code of Steel

Code of Astra

Code of Zeal

Enlightenment Chamber- Chamber to allow members of the Steele Family and all approved allies to meditate on the Codes in the Library of the Light.

Holy Wave- Locked.

Holy Cow- Locked.

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"Oh? I didn't notice that the Temple assimilated the powers of Town Portal!" Demerus was amazed.

"I did that last night. While everyone was partying, I wrote the code, made the energy conversion circles, and used the seal in the center of the Temple to be its portal. With this update, everyone can use a spell to create a portal. Of course, making the spell requires writing an energy conversion circle. And it's a one-way trip. I still am looking for a way to fix it. This portal can't also be used over great distances." Kyros explained.

"Define great distance, Lord Kyros." Faye asked.

"Basically, we can't teleport if we are more than 30,000 kilometers away from the Temple."

"That's amazing! That distance is quite far! It's equal to a single Teleportation Channels created all over the Lowlands!"

"It would barely send us from the Lowlands to the ends of the Dark Sea. It can't even get us to the Midlands. So it's not that great, considering how huge the Planesworld is. Anyway, it can't teleport us to this place. This Middle here isn't a location in the universe. It's somewhere in time. And so, leaders of this out-of-time, Middle. You all will be left to your own."

"Can you not stay for a longer time?" Midgard asked.

"No. The powers of time seemed to be changing. And we will be returning to the past. Those of us from the present are sensing a strange discord and rejection from this place. So it's not that we want to go, but this world will kick us out soon."

"What are your instructions, Lord Kyros?"

"Defend this place. But from what I can tell, the actions that we do in our timeline will effect this world. It's a difficult concept, but you here will suddenly see how things change. It's possible that the memories of fighting Heralcus and his Commanders will remain, but it's also possible that it will change."

"How will it change?"

"It really depends on how much progress we make in our timeline. For example, if we manage to unify Middle and Aunt Reptilia and Gojirrah manages to unite and build a kingdom in their time, then your memories of how you fought Heralcus will change. When Heralcus comes here in the real timeline, he will face a kingdom. Of course, we don't know whether this kingdom will endure or not. But that's basically it. Somehow, in this spiraling timeline, we will still come out victorious, and the people who survive the battle can only increase as we change our world. Perhaps, more of your men will join us in this battle. Perhaps you will find yourself to have a large kingdom now, and not just some scattered and small settlement. Honestly, I don't understand it either. But Calaminus told me that this place is at a point outside of Time. Everything that happens here is affected by our actions in our present, which is your past. But from what I understand, it is also affected by the actions that Destiny does in both our futures."

"Dude.... What?" Calaminus interrupted.

Kyros sighed. He understood Calaminus's explanation through his intelligence but trying to explain the multi-dimensional and supra-time-bound events of Middle was getting confusing.

"I think I understand, lord Kyros." Midgard nodded as he grasped the gist of things.

"Great. I will lead my men to help unify the kingdoms in the Middle in our timeline. It should create a strong Alpha-Draconis kingdom, and you would probably suddenly see yourselves in a kingdom or that there will be more races present. If Aunt Reptilia unifies it, then you may have records of her in your memories. Records of a powerful Queen."

"King, Lord Kyros. Hunter will be King. They will have a king in their history known as Hunter Steele." Reptilia corrected.

"M-me?!" Hunter was stunned.

"Good job, Brother-in-law!" Aron teased.

"As expected of Brother-in-law!" Branze chuckled.

"I guess we have our Middle team. As you guys know, we have a lot to do. The Planesword will be in such a chaotic state. We will have to divide our forces. So. Reptilia, Gojirrah, and Hunter will return to the original Middle. Your mission is to be king of that place. Of course, you can use the kingdoms of this world and the humans. We will be there for the first part and cut off the loose ends."

"Become King of Middle?!" Hunter was horrified at his mission.

"How can I become the King of Middle? Lord Kyros, I am not a noble!"

"Yes, you are! You are a Steele family. You have the most noblest of blood. I wouldn't be surprised that you could even perform True Cut. You bear the name and should bear its power."

"That's not...!"

"Relax, husband. I am from a noble. We will take it. With Foresight, Molding, and Challenger, Lord Kyros wishes us to grow and try to change that kingdom. We still have the human army that lies outside and the Golems."

"I will serve Lord Hunter." Mardock bowed.

"But... why does it sound like you won't be joining, Lord Kyros?" Hunter asked.

"That's because I won't. I will join you for the first part since we still have some unfinished business with the Champions that have positioned itself in that cave. We also have to conquer all of Airom. Both Logat and Vagat should be ours. But then, after that, we have to go to perform many missions. But it's not just you. The rest of us will each have our own specific missions and adventure!" Kyros smiled.