86 – Invading
- King Victor POV -
Everything was going exactly as I had planned.
Zephyros was already completely under my control, with more than 300,000 people sacrificed, my current power was that of a Rank 6 Embryonic Demon!
Just by shaking my hands, I could already feel the power coursing through my veins, to the point that if I wanted to destroy my palace, all I needed to do was simply wave my hands.
This level of power was something that even knight warlords could never achieve in their lifetimes.
To think that boys like the God of the Sea Winds had such powers with practically no effort was something that made me even more angry.
Boys who, just because they were born in a superior world, children of a superior species, had attained a level of power that no other mortal in my world could reach in their lifetime.
But now it was different.
With the power that the demonic lineage gave me, the scales began to tip in my favor.
My current strength was already much greater than the peak the God of the Sea Winds had when he ruled my realm; imagine if I sacrificed even more people!
Unfortunately, the population of Zephyros was no longer sufficient.
Of the 430,000 people in my kingdom, more than 300,000 had already been sacrificed, leaving just over 100,000.
Of those 100,000 survivors, a few thousand chose to surrender to me, while the rest hid and tried to flee to neighboring kingdoms.
Did they think they could just run away and survive? Poor things, it's only a matter of time before they're sacrificed to me.
Knock Knock
Someone was knocking on the door of the throne room.
Using my demon power, I could sense who it was and a smile appeared on my face.
"Come in." I said in a husky voice.
As soon as I said that, a knight with black armor, red skin, and short horns on his forehead entered the room.
With his entrance, an imposing demonic power came out of his body, making my smile even bigger.
This man is my general, Lance, once a man of justice, now my greatest demonic executioner.
The red skin under the black armor completely changed the image of a middle-aged man with a polite smile into the image of a cruel demon that I loved so much.
Not to mention the pride I felt when I noticed the aura of a rank 3 embryonic demon that he exuded, showing that he was my strongest subordinate.
Bowing his head as he knelt, Lance spoke. "Your Majesty, our efforts to find more people in Zephyros have been less and less fruitful in recent days, I have come to ask your permission to take our demon army to Galvaris to conquer that kingdom."
Hearing Lance's idea made me even more excited. "That's a great idea Lance, I'm getting tired of sitting on this throne, I think it's time to leave this castle..."
As soon as I said this, Lance raised his head and looked at me, surprised and worried. "Does Your Majesty intend to accompany the army on the invasion?"
Smiling, I nodded. "Yes, Lance, letting you invade the kingdom to bring the sacrifices to me would be very problematic, it's better if I just go with you and help with the invasion, with me commanding the army, even if a god shows up to try to stop us, I can just destroy him like I did with the sea wind god."
Saying this, my bloodlust leaked out of my body slightly.
After sacrificing hundreds of thousands of people and feeling my power grow, I began to enjoy the feeling of so many people's blood flowing through my body... I wanted to taste fresh blood!
"Yes Your Majesty, then let's go as soon as possible!" Lance said, frightened and excited as he felt my bloodlust, with a blind and unwavering faith in me.
Being the only one to witness me kill the god of Zephyros, his faith in me only grew stronger, making me appreciate him even more.
As Lance left, I took one last look at the portrait of Rosalie, my ex-wife, before nodding at her portrait and leaving the room.
The world awaits.
- Adrian's POV -
The advance of the army went very well.
When they reached the outlying villages of Galvaris, where no demons had appeared yet, the scene was very strange.
The citizens were startled to see a huge army passing through.
When they saw the soldiers entering the villages, the greatest feeling in them was fear and despair, something I could sense because of Zane's divinity.
But when the soldiers approached and started acting like vegetable sellers, trying to show them the benefits of the Internet and why they must become believers in the Internet God, their fear quickly turned to confusion.
With such an aggressive form of persuasion, everyone was practically forced to use the Internet at least once to secure the soldiers' Internet Coins, after which they were left alone.
Was this a 100% effective way to convert these believers? Obviously not, but once they had used the Internet and discovered its functionalities, the end was the same.
Since the army of 60,000 was too large and inconvenient, the large army was divided into 6 smaller divisions of 10,000 based on the origin of these armies, with 10,000 from Arcantor, 10,000 from Eldoria, 2 units of 10,000 from Aetheris, and so on.
With the Internet serving as a means of communication for the armies, even if the divisions were far apart, an order would be transmitted instantly to the commanders of the other divisions, and action could be taken quickly.
With the 6 divisions spread across Galvaris, the rate at which new believers arrived on the Internet was very fast.
In just 2 days, the total number of Internet believers had increased by 160,000 people, or 80,000 people per day!
Considering that before the invasion the average number of new believers per day was only 40 to 50 thousand, this was a huge bonus.
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| Character Status
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| Name: Adrian Innovashine
| Titles: God of Creativity, God of the Internet
| Level: Elemental God Rank 1
| Number of believers: 2,002,022 -> 2,162,183
| Average usage per user: 5 hours
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| Available deities: Creativity, Waves, Fear.
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| Divine Skills: Blessed Prayer.
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| Divine Power: 10,142,368 / 25,600,000 -> 20,280,457 / 25,600,000 (+12,672,612 -2,534,522 [20%])
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With the increase in Internet users' usage time from 4 to 5 hours per day after the release of [Mystic Melody] and [Fear Trial], the Divine Power sales increased by 25% based on the previous figures for the same number of users, not to mention the increase in users the Internet has had in the past few days, so I was very close to becoming a rank 2 elemental god!
Sure, I wasn't going to level up right after I collected the 25 million Divine Power Points, especially when I was in a war, but it was good to know that I was close to passing that level.
Considering that the other gods would take months, years, or even decades to ascend, while I would ascend just a few days later, I felt a sense of pride.
Not only was I very excited about this, but Lucy and Zane were also very excited because their 20% quota made them very happy!
Since Lucy had been a Rank 9 Embryonic Divinity for several days, and since her Internet usage with her Divinity in the [School] and [Mystic Melody] apps was 80% compared to Zane's share, Lucy was receiving nearly 1 million Divine Power points every day, which, added to the prayers of her followers in Novera every week, brought her to a total of nearly 10 million Divine Power points.
Zane, on the other hand, despite receiving far less than Lucy on a daily basis, has already managed to accumulate enough Divine Power to rise from a Rank 4 Embryonic Deity to a Rank 7 Embryonic Deity!
The increase in his power was very welcome, as it increased the efficiency with which I used his divinity on the Internet, reduced the cost of using it in the [Fear Trial] application, and reduced the cost of using his divinity to provide buffs to the army when combat arrived.
Speaking of the battle, it really came on the night of the second day...
The first time the soldiers saw the people who had been transformed into demons, with more powerful bodies than before, red skin, and distorted minds, their reaction was completely different from what I had imagined.
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