Chapter 1276: Back To The Pantheon
Chapter 1276: Back To The Pantheon
Draco soon came out of his castle while buckling his belt, a thoroughly satisfied look on his face. He closed the door behind him that led to a scene of utter carnage and debauchery. If anyone were to look within, they would never see the Five Beauties who were dragged into it the same way again.
"Now, to check on the progress of the Divine Realm," Draco muttered to himself as he rubbed his chin.
Before going into seclusion, one must always ensure that everything was running smoothly and wouldn't cause any interruptions that would force them to come out to deal with it. In this case, Draco decided to casually make an inspection since, even if a crisis occurred, Eva or Shuangtian could easily handle it.
Draco took to the sky above the divine church, casting his Void of Perfection around for kilometers in all directions. From there, he saw a bustling territory, around the size of a small town, growing without any border or wall.
The families of the core members had been brought up to the Divine Realm to accompany them, along with certain mortals like the family of the Five Beauties and various concubines. They formed the initial population of the Divine territory being built and managed by Shuangtian, which showed how dedicated she was.
However, Draco shook his head, quickly understanding the problems Shuangtian had faced so far. The first was that the speed of expansion was limited by the speed of clearing the grey rot by the core members. Despite their hard work over the past week, they had only advanced a few kilometers, between 25 to 30.
After all, they were sticking to the quest Draco gave them, which required 100 kilometers per month, not to mention his rule of only using Divine Laws—no bloodline means allowed. This week of work within the Divine Realm against the grey rot had advanced their laws from the Basic Law to the True Stage, especially in how they handled the Divine Trial.
However, Draco had also strictly forbidden them from using the Trial Score they earned to buy Divine Essence, since the Divine Trial gave out free Divine Essence anyway.
With this much land cleared in a week, how much living space and how many facilities could be created? Thirty kilometers on Earth is the size of the East-to-West border of New York, from Queens to New Jersey. While New York is one of the biggest cities in the world, a "biggest" city on Earth would be about the size of a small town in Boundless.
They didn't even have the area of a large town—how could a magnificent territory be built? If you're wondering why Shuangtian hadn't ported more mortals up to fill the area, it was because she was helpless. The number of mortals that could be brought up was too large to make use of this tiny land.
Not to mention, even with ten years passing and various reforms, as well as boons to boost virility and fertility, there still weren't enough people to fill the conquered lands of Umbra on the main plane. The amount of landmass was just too much; not even 40% of the collective continents under Umbra were occupied or developed.
Draco had considered taking a group of people with excellent genes and forming a large territory full of endless resources and a stable ecosystem for them, then fast-forwarding time in that area by a few millennia.
By then, they should have given birth to generations and greatly exploded their numbers, but something at the back of his mind warned him that such a thing would lead to horrifically unpredictable consequences.
After all, basically every True God knew Spacetime Regulation and could manipulate space as well as time, so why didn't they also mass-produce mortals in the old era and instead relied on natural growth?
Draco could tell it was akin to a monkey's paw situation, where the theory was harmless and the idea good, but the execution would be something no one wanted to see.
Draco sighed and teleported toward the area around Supreme City to check on the Supreme Pantheon. His face became solemn when he noticed that the city, which had been defending itself in a rather dignified manner, was now much emptier and full of tension.
He even saw one Basic Law True God with bloodshot eyes and severe wounds grabbing a patrolling angel forcefully, intending to drag them into a corner to vent his lust. The other angels were furious and tried to stop the fellow, but the gap between angels, who were at the Legendary Rank or akin to Titled Gods, and an actual True God was too much.
Just as the screaming female angel was about to be humiliated, a beam of black light pierced through the brow of the despicable non-human True God, causing his expression to stiffen as he began to turn into ash. This sudden change naturally stupefied the nearby angels until they glanced up to see Draco steadily floating down from above.
"Lord Draco!"
"Master Draco!"
"The Young Master!"
The angels' eyes lit up as they called out to Draco in different ways, making his casual smile widen slightly. He could tell from their mental waves that they were truly thrilled to see him, and it wasn't only because of the situation in the city… well, not mostly.
As for why they called him "Young Master" and not "True God" like the others, it wasn't only because of a sense of intimacy but because every angel knew that their Big Sis and Queen, Gabriel, was deeply in love with the fellow.
Gabriel might deny it with a red face when teased by the other angels, but how could they be fooled? In fact, Draco was unaware that his favorability rating among the angels was at the highest because he had fulfilled their biggest wish.
As nominal subjects and servants of Gabriel, the reality of the situation was that the angels mostly saw Gabriel as their older sister, and she treated them like younger sisters—not at all having the air of a superior. The closeness between the two parties was very tight, so the angels naturally wished the best for their queen.
So, you can imagine how worried they were to see their queen become androphobic and generally a misandrist. Were they going to have to watch their Big Sis spend her life alone and without a family of her own? Even if not, then who would inherit the position of queen of their race if something happened to Gabriel?
When they saw Gabriel's feminine and bashful reaction toward Draco, the angels were not only blown away but also full of excitement. Finally, a fellow had come along who had swept their queen off her feet, making her twirl her hair as she spoke with him!
Naturally, seeing Draco again, they were of course happy. After all, the time he had been away, their lives had been miserable as Gabriel became irritable and hostile to everyone, causing her to offend people in the city and make the usually respected angels become like rats crossing the street, glared at by everyone.
"Where is Gabriel? What is the situation concerning Supreme City?" Draco asked gently as he pointed a finger and restored the angel's garments, which had been torn by the unscrupulous True God.
The angel was pale but still bowed with respect. "Young Master, the Supreme Pantheon is currently holding an emergency council session to discuss countermeasures for the grey rot's sudden irritation and extreme hostility."
"Alright. Gather all the angels in the city near the Pantheon building—something interesting will be happening soon," Draco said with a command as he raised his head to look at the gigantic church in the center of the city.
The fellow took a step forward and disappeared from the sight of the gathered angels, causing their expressions to become strange as they wondered what Draco meant by his words. However, given his prestige among them, they did not hesitate to carry out his order as they swiftly began to gather outside the mega church building. .com_v l|e-.com
Draco's foot landed and revealed him to be at the door leading to the Supreme Pantheon's main council hall. This door, which was usually guarded by angels, was surprisingly left unguarded, showing how far the status of the angels had fallen in this period of time.
This was incidentally just fine for Draco, who casually pushed open the door and walked in with his arms folded behind his back and a casual smile on his face.
He was curious to see how this former number-one pantheon would react to his presence…
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Meanwhile, in the council hall, there was a ferocious atmosphere filled with the scent of gunpowder. Two True Gods at the highest seats, belonging to those of the Supreme Rank, were standing and facing each other coldly, sparks flying between them.
One of them was a half-dragon, half-human hybrid—a dragon-person. He was humanoid with an impressive height, but his features were those of a dragon. At the end of his hands and legs were sharp green claws, two dark green draconic wings folded behind him, with pristine green scales that sparkled, while his serpentine eyes shone with a violet hue.
He was robed in mage-like attire that was resplendent and colored similar to his scales, boasting his status as well as his means. Interestingly, there was an emblem of the Ancestral Dragon City embossed on his robe, in a place where none would miss it.
Opposite him was basically Eva, but with blonde hair instead of green. Same creamy skin, an inch taller in height, same hairstyle, same golden eyes full of aloof arrogance, same mesmerizing red lips, almost the same beauty—with Eva being a notch superior—and large breasts akin to Hikari, along with the same lithe body as Eva.
Gabriel was basically Eva in an editor, with one or two things lazily changed to prevent copyright strikes.
However, the Queen of Angels was currently blazing with holy white light with golden flecks, her body poised for violence, while the dragon-man opposite her, named Luther, glowed with emerald green light, his face full of utter disdain.
He waved his hand and addressed the tense crowd, who watched without any intention to stop it, many shifting warily in their seats, ready to react if things went out of control.
"You see what I was saying? This so-called Punishment Hall Elder is abusing her authority to vent her anger on the innocent! Just this week alone, ten True Gods have been imprisoned in the Divine Prison based on her judgments, which are biased!"
He turned to everyone, especially the lower-ranking True Gods, with a gleam in his eyes. "With her being like this, who knows when one of you will next be abused by her and locked up unfairly for minor offenses?"
Gabriel laughed coldly. "Minor offenses? Each of those wretched bastards raped one of my angels or abused them because of their inability to fight the grey rot. It's already lenient that I merely imprison them and not castrate them, then parade them around the city!"
Hearing this, Luther faltered slightly but still snorted. "So you say. Who knows what the truth really is? Not to mention, True Gods are valuable right now in the face of our defense against the grey rot—each one a pillar that can prop up the city from demise."
Luther waved his hand dismissively. "And yet, you would willingly dispose of these pillars just because of a minor mistake? How can a True God be compared to a mere angel—a lower species that can only serve auxiliary roles in the city?"
"You!!" Gabriel was furious, not just because each and every angel was her precious family, but also because she herself was an angel ascended to True God. By saying this, wasn't Luther insinuating that she was also of an inferior species?