Chapter 204: Invasion On Washington D.C.
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Within the gigantic spaceship hovering above the planet, Great Priestess Bloodclaw, Commander of the Bloodclaw Forces that have begun their slow, planned invasion over Earth, glanced at the planet and its surface, rich in large quantities of otherworldly energies and many new gray-colored portals to use and enter new worlds to invade and conquer.
“This world is truly one of a kind,” she smiled. “As long as our invasion continues and our God finds new Vessels, we’ll be able to expand our Empire endlessly across the many Gray Portals. We simply need to take over them, and they’ll be ours. How wonderful it is, isn’t it, my Lord? Countless worlds for us—no, for you to conquer and feast on.”
“Yes, I can hardly wait,” her God spoke through the lips of Martian Man, a member of the Superhero Group that had landed on Earth accidentally who had flown to Mars to find out if his people were alive in this timeline, only to be disappointed once more, and then subdued and became his vessel. “The vessels I’ve secured on the planet are good and strong enough. However, the one I desire the most due to his strange powers ran away. Send as many soldiers as possible after him. I must secure that body. His ability to move beyond lightning speed, or perhaps even time, must become mine.”
"My Lord, you mean the human who calls himself Wingspeed, yes?" Bloodclaw inquired, her mind able to read Martian Man's thoughts. asked Bloodclaw, as she had read the mind of Martian Man before being possessed, allowing her to learn about his many allies and past.
“Yes, Wingspeed, a ridiculous name,” laughed the Dinosaur God. “His power originates from a strange type of energy that does not exist within this plane of existence called the Speedium Particles, his superpower is being able to manipulate them and utilize them as he wishes. A mutation born from an accident that should have killed him. If I can procure such a body, with the combination of Galaxy Man, Marvelous Woman, Jade Star, and this body, I’ll be able to do anything I please! Invulnerability, absolute strength, an ageless, immortal body, the power to manifest and materialize anything, and then... the ability to manipulate Speedium Particles and move through time as I wish! My eternal conquest shall begin in that very moment!”
“Aaah! I can hardly wait, my Lord!” Bloodclaw was fascinated by her lord’s knowledge and his plans. “I’ve already sent dozens of drones after him! He has left a large trail of such particles everywhere he runs to, so it’s impossible to miss where he is!”
“Good…” nodded the Primal Dinosaur God. “We will also be moving some of our forces to take over key points. Primarily, the area where their leaders are located. As my vessels are within that are known as North America, we will move there first. Target areas that are important as well as… Hmm, that strange golden building over there. Isn’t it there where their savior is? That too; target it. We’ll also target the city she protects to impact their mentality more, so the humans become obedient upon our conquest.”
“Very well, it shall be done- Huh?”
[WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!]
[Three Class A1 Spaceships had been lost in combat against an Otherworldly Enemy.]
[Reporting Results of Battle. Uploading recording of what had occurred within the engagement.]
“T-This is…?!”
Bloodclaw gasped as she saw the messages appear through the large screens of the spaceship, her eyes widening as she saw a man clad in red swinging a blazing sword and defeating the reptilians with ease.
Then a massive tentacled robot crushing them to death, and lastly, how the human entered that robot’s body and triggered a transformation that even increased the monster’s size and form, making it even stronger, to the point it easily destroyed the spaceships.
They were Class A1 Spaceships, which were used for both scouting new areas and to engage in battle. These vehicles were able to move rapidly across space and fire powerful lasers capable of vaporizing most matter.
It didn’t end there though; what the cameras were able to record at the last second was the red suit hero carrying some people he had found while ending up meeting with Wingspeed, the prey the Primal God of Dinosaurs desired as his vessel.
“Another variable! Where did this man come from?! He’s a human, right? Not even the monkeys from our world are this powerful…!” she complained. “Our kin were able to easily overwhelm that Ancient Martian Man that became your new body, my Lord. But this is…!”
“Hmm…” the God remained in silence as his eyes glowed bright red, squinting while analyzing the footage. “I see. Heh, very interesting. It seems that our perception of humans being weaklings might change a little. Although they’re nothing but livestock… That man and the powers he possesses give him an incredible edge above your kind. Especially that gigantic, biomechanical being. Is this something your technology can reproduce yet?”
“At some point we considered building giant machines, but we thought that without better sources of energy for technology, it would end up being rather… Well, inefficient.” Bloodclaw muttered, trying not to sound too rude so her Lord wouldn’t get mad. “Creating machines of such caliber would be mostly useless; it simply cannot be sustained with our current or perhaps even future technology.”
“So you are saying that machines of that level of power can only be created with special, unique sources of energy?” the God asked calmly.
“Y-Yes… We believe that perhaps these machines from other worlds utilize energies unique to their own realms to run these gigantic, powerful machines that give them a great edge against others,” Bloodclaw explained. “However, there’s nothing to worry about, my Lord, the members of my Esper Family should be enough to deal with them.”
“…No,” said the God. “I will deal with them personally. Your Family Members… sent them to the locations I told you to.”
“V-Very well, it shall be done as you wish,” Bloodclaw nodded.
“…”
The God glanced at the planet down below, his Divine Senses feeling the presence of various magical and supernatural energies twisting and warping reality constantly.
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An enormous army flew across the skies, carried by a cloud of pure, glistening golden light, leading them on a Roman-style carriage that was being carried by two huge and muscular blazing stallions. A man with long blonde hair and shiny eyes glanced into the horizon.
His eyes full of greed for power and greatness glanced at the beautiful castle that his brother had built within a place he learned was called “Washington DC” right behind an historical building, the “White House”.
“So this is where my brother has been hiding…” he smiled, giggling. “How interesting! You’ve built yourself quite the fortress, brother!”
“Lord Claudius, the army is ready to attack at any moment,” his most trusted general, a formidable-looking man with clear brown skin, short red hair, and blue eyes. “Shall we begin the assault? We’ve ignored the civilians as you’ve ordered. I know they’re valuable assets that you wouldn’t want to get caught in the battle.”
“Yes, this is a battle between soldiers and kings, not between civilians. Although I cannot tell the rest to evacuate, unfortunately,” sighed Claudius. “Whatever the case, there might be some casualties, but it doesn’t matter, as long as the majority survives. They will all become a work force for me to mine Mana Crystals and gather other Unique Resources from this planet.”
“Yes, my lord,” Germanicus nodded, his eyes full of admiration over his king’s devotion and mercy towards the weak masses. Although he talked pragmatically about their value as a work force, he knew that his Lord also was someone who pitied the weak; as a Noble, he believed it was his duty to protect them, something that many of the Emperor’s children never ingrained into their minds, a concept known as “Noblesse Oblige” which Claudius took as his basis for all his actions.
“Now, Atticus,” Claudius glared at the "traitor," the man that had betrayed King Caesar and allied with King Claudius; his long cascading black hair and emerald eyes glanced back with surprise, and we saw the majestic appearance of his King. “Tell me, has my brother been told about my invasion?”
“Of course not,” said Atticus. “But by now, I believe he should’ve learned due to everyone’s presence not being suppressed. No matter though, there is no way for him to have prepared in time.”
“I see…” Claudius nodded. “Although it is rather dishonorable of me to attack my brother without him expecting it, I suppose this is war at the end. It is not my fault that he will lose against me, but his own for being naïve and incompetent as a leader. Now, let’s begin.”
Claudius unsheathed a golden sword from a hilt wrapped around his hips, swinging it forward. The people all around him roared in unison, over ten thousand Level 6000 soldiers with golden wings and auras, sharing the Blessing Claudius has given to them.
“Caesar! I know you’re there, brother!” Claudius said. “This is your first and last chance to surrender before the might of my army! I have come here to claim this land as my own. If you have any objections, then come and fight me; if not, remain where you are. I am coming for you!”
“OOOOOHHHHH!”
The soldiers roared in unison like a chorus of manly warriors filled with excitement for the great battle that was to come.
And yet…
There was no response; the castle seemed empty outside, and no soldiers were outside either.
Claudius felt like this was a bit… suspicious.
“Hm…” he rubbed his chin. “Oh well… Charge! Destroy the castle walls! And anybody that dares to stand on your side, slaughter them in the name of the crown!”
“RAAAAHHHH!”
The soldiers became a single mass of fervent bloodthirst, rushing down from the skies and impacting the castle down below. The people that glanced at the scene from below, mostly tourists, ran away instantly as the castle walls began to be breached.
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
Combination techniques from dozens of soldiers at once started to rapidly shatter the walls, and so the magic barrier generated by the walls around the entire castle.
As the tremors continued, within the castle, there was a single person standing in the throne room, her long ears, long blonde hair, and clear emerald eyes glanced into the skies.
Runes activated across the entire castle, her hands moving up; hundreds of threads connected to the Runes shaped and moved the entire castle.
A giant, glowing sphere of pure Mana was right in front of her, overflowing the entire castle with immense power.
“The invention of my daughter… Let’s see if it truly works.”
She smiled as the entire castle trembled!
RUMBLE!
“Hm? Is it falling already?”
For a moment, Claudius imagined that the castle was already crumbling down to reveal there was nobody inside, perhaps a decoy to make his army concentrate on an area, not like he cared; this was nothing to him anyway.
And yet…!
BOOOM!
A massive stone fist surged out of nowhere, punching dozens of soldiers at the same time and sending them flying into the skies, most of them exploding into pieces due to the massive force, their bodies twisted and broken apart.
“Hm?!”
Claudius remained still as he glanced at the scene, for a single punch from a huge stone fist to kill a few dozens of Level 6000 soldiers further strengthened by his buff…
Was this even real life anymore?
“How is this… Wait a minute!”
RUMBLE!
The entire castle continued moving, rapidly transforming, gaining massive legs and gigantic stone arms, overflowing with immense quantities of Mana.
The sphere in front of the only person inside the castle continued overflowing with energy, spreading the Mana through all the Runes within the castle.
This was a special Magic Core forged by combining tens of thousands of powerful Monster Cores from S Rank Monsters or above.
The amount of Mana it contained could fuel an entire planet with energy for a whole year!
“GRUUUOOOOHHHH!”
The massive Castle Golem roared, gaining a humanoid head made of stone with gigantic stone arms and encompassed by an aura of red and blue color, which rapidly began growing wooden roots and branches everywhere.
“{Yggdrasil’s Divine Spirit Armor}!”
FLAAASH!
As if things couldn’t get any worse, the gigantic Golem Castle gained a mighty Spiritual Armor, made of a special wood that only Yggdrasil Trees possessed.
“This is the magic that the Elves from Floor 71 wield, isn’t it? Interesting…! To think my brother planned for such a thing! I cannot believe it; how did he know we were coming? Or was this the result of his paranoia?”
BAAAM! BAAAM! BAAAM!
The golem continued punching away soldiers after soldiers, killing over half of the ones that were punched away. It grew giant, sharp gauntlets made of wood on its fists to boot.
“No, it wasn’t any of those things, my brother.”
“Oh?”
Claudius smiled, hearing the voice of his brother appear above the skies as Caesar and his entire army teleported right above Claudius army!
They weren’t as many as his army, but his brother’s soldiers were still rather strong looking… And there was someone rather mysterious by his side.
A half-elf girl with black hair and green eyes.
“Oh, brother… I am pleased to finally see you! To think you have such an adorable ambush prepared for me, I am truly moved to tears.” Claudius laughed.
“Claudius!” roared Caesar. “I will never forgive you for this treason! Prepare yourself for the consequences, brother!”
“Oh my, I am so scared,” laughed Claudius. “Go!”
The armies clashed amidst the skies, generating shockwaves and explosions of magic, the skies constantly gaining countless colors of magic and weapon techniques being unleashed.
“So they really came, as you said, my daughter,” Caesar said, smiling at his daughter. “I will never doubt you anymore, Cecil.”
“Thank you, father!” Cecil felt honored. “But please, don’t relax too much yet; Uncle Claudius is someone terrifyingly strong… We have to think of a plan first!”
“I know…” Caesar nodded. “And yet, I must fight him. I must put to the test all the strength Master Bing Xue has given to me.”
Both siblings pointed their swords against one another and charged with all their might.
There was nothing else left to say.
CLAAASH!
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