YM778.TV Chapter 255
Everywhere one looked, it was chaos . Fleeing families and shouting kids, not wanting to leave their villages and cities .
Arthur ordered the Holy Church to move every living being out of this continent, he didn’t tell them to force these people but even without force, it is still doable .
The new Pope did her job properly as after forty days, the continent was practically a ghost land . The grand cities were empty, you could only hear the howling wind or the fighting beasts, which weren’t evacuated, obviously .
There is bound to be special cases where certain people didn’t want to leave, but even those people changed their minds when they found themselves in their area . Stubborn nobles would have no one or nothing to rule if the town is empty, their wealth is meaningless and knowing their attitudes, they would most likely choose to save their skin rather than keeping all of their wealth and lands .
The majority of Humans were moved to the Northern Lands of the Demon Continent as it has many deserted lands . The Demons cannot reproduce easily so their number is largely inferior to the Humans, so even though they ruled a whole continent, they didn’t have enough manpower to spread across all the land .
The Holy Church also allocated a new place for their Headquarters . Since they are regarded negatively by all Demons, they didn’t go to the Northern Continent but chose to build their new HQ on the Wasteland situated on the West .
They chose a quite place in the far South of the Western Continent and started building right away . There was a small group of islands at the South which was given to them by Anastassia . Initially, the Pope pleaded Anastassia so she agrees to give them this archipelago, after all, the MoonStar sect is basically the ruling power in this continent, moreover, the Pope knew that Arthur is behind this sect and knowing his temper, she doesn’t dare act arrogantly or do things without consulting him .
Heck! The Holy Church no longer hunts demons, if any soldier is caught doing anything bad to a Demon, he’ll be immediately executed by a superior, no matter the consequences, this was a direct order from the Pope, who was the ex-archbishop .
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To the far East of Astria, just beside the gigantic World Tree, stood Arthur with Makaze sheathed on his waist and a serene aura surrounding him . He seemed to be a time bomb, calm right now but ready to burst at any moment .
For the last fifty days, he stabilized his Realm, gaining a bit more stats, he also visited Robin and received a storage ring full of corpses . Unfortunately, the beasts of Astria aren’t that powerful, so the amount of stats he gained when he possessed them is meager compared to the overall numbers .
"At last, you’ve come..."
Arthur heard the weird sounding voice belonging to the World Tree . He also a small blob of light float toward him, he wasn’t cautious against it since he knew what it was so he didn’t resist or retaliate when it entered his body .
"Knowing you... you wouldn’t waste time by coming here just to greet me . I have already given you my blessing, speak, what is it that you want?"
Arthur shrugged his shoulders and replied
"I’ve heard that an evil cult is residing in your territory . It just happens that I’ve also heard they are still hiding here... they are planning something and there’s no one to stop them which honestly surprises me! I thought you didn’t like foreign visitors yet you’re so hospitable to these monsters . "
"Hmpf! Those insects sure are annoying but even as a World Tree, there exists rules that limit my actions . If I could stop any invader then no one would know of Astria’s existence . Rules can bent but only in special cases . "
Arthur frowned and retorted
"Special cases? I think this is more than a special case . They are pure evil and not just simple tourists . "
"No, they are not threatening... at least not the point of bringing Astria’s destruction . You should focus more on those Divine Beasts, I noticed that you didn’t leave with your friends so I presume you’re going to fight them?"
Arthur snorted and added:
"What else is there to do besides fighting them?"
The World Tree remained silent for sometime before speaking again
"As a World Tree, my existence is more important than yours . Although you made an oath to protect me from invaders, that mainly included the angels . The logical choice is to leave, the Divine Beasts are strong and they’ll destroy most of Astria but not all of it . They cannot obliterate the whole world as long as I’m rooted here . "
"Only the Itas continent will remain... and not even all of it, do you think that’s enough to house all the people on Astria?"
"I only said it’s the logical choice, not the right one . I know how powerful you could be if you go all out and I admire your courage to be willing to fight them alone but that’s just an unnecessary struggle . "
Arthur didn’t reply to the World Tree, he sighed as he stared at the thick trunk of the World Tree then he used his Spatial Magic to teleport away .
He didn’t spend the whole fifty days hiding in a cave, he built several teleportation arrays in all four continent so that traveling between them will take much less time .
He teleported next to the array and used it immediately, sending himself to the Western Continent as he needed to do a last trip there before the big fight .
The teleportation array he built was situated in an underground cave several hundred miles away from the MoonStar Sect, he already informed Anastassia about it so she could contact the demons and the church easily .
As he appeared in the dark cave, Arthur teleported in front of the main gates of his sect only to see a large creature standing there .
With more double its original height, a red skin with several black tattoos and a ferocious look, it stood proudly in front of the gigantic gates, doing its duty properly unlike last time .
This was none other than the red minotaur which Swain brought with him some time ago to who knows where . The aura emanating from the beast was overwhelming, with its current size, it matched its job as a guard for the gates . The gates Arthur built were much taller and larger than the minotaur, but that didn’t stop the monsters from being suitable for the job .
The minotaur even had hair that grew out of nowhere, its eyes were no longer dark but became violet and there was a new horn erecting from the back of his head . It definitely looked threatening, it could easily scare someone at the Deity Realm .
’Whatever that brat did, it sure worked marvelously’
Arthur nodded his head as he inspected the red minotaur, who became aware of his presence and did a small bow, indicating his respect and also greeting his master at the same time .
This transformation made it much more sentient, it couldn’t talk but it fully understands human speeches, which will help the disciples and anyone residing inside the sect to communicate with it in case something happens .
Grizzly, the Red Minotaur(Race: Minotaur): Intermediate Stage Deity Realm
Age: 42
Title: Titan descendant
Bloodline: Titan (0 . 7% awakened)
"Not bad, not bad! A powerful beast needs a strong weapon, don’t you think?"
Arthur didn’t wait for the minotaur to react before he waved his hand and threw a large object at the frightened minotaur, which thought Arthur was going to test him . It knew how powerful Arthur was and just the idea of battling against him freaked the hell out of this poor beast, which was feeling proud the last several days only to return to its usual attitude when it met its master .
The minotaur subconsciously raised its hand and caught the large and heavy object . Made from reinforced black steel and having its sharp side crafted from Uranium, this was one of the masterpieces that existed on Astria .
It used to be wielded by a powerful dungeon boss a long time ago, this artifact disappeared after the boss and it was only found accidentally by Arthur some time ago .
He planned to give it to Jackob, as he is also an axe user but since the general already had Ace and a good weapon, he decided to give it to this gate guardian .
This axe didn’t even reach the Spirit Rank but Arthur knew it could be upgraded and if the user is strong, it could probably boost itself by relying on its master, so as long as the minotaur doesn’t slack off, it’ll grow up to become a monstrous artifact .