27 C27 Confrontation

The Fiery Swordmaster listened to the Plague Priest's preaching and was amazed. Every word that the Plague Priest blurted out made him think deep.

"Fiery Sword, What is your purpose in life?" The Plague Priest asked.

Fiery Swordmaster went silent as he did not know how to respond.

He had not yet asked himself that question. Or instead, he did not have a purpose in life.

Just like most humans, he simply goes with the flow knowing that the higher-ups won't let the human race down and would do their best for the better.

Although he is doing his best not to be a bad citizen, most of it was related to his mercenary occupation, like hunting for beasts or fighting demons and sometimes doing escort missions.

The only thing that he didn't like to do was assassination.

He was surprised when he saw one of the famous assassins, 'Plague Master,' was living for someone else as a slave proclaiming the greatness of his 'master.'

Barely a month ago, he had even fought with the Plague Priest, or should I say the Plague Master. But now, he was flabbergasted with him.

The Fiery Swordmaster wondered if they would still have a chance to fight in the future. But if that happens, he would surely be opposing the Plague Priest's lord.

"I am looking forward to fighting you when the time comes."

The Plague Priest smiled and said, "it depends on my lord's will."

Then, the divine mark leaked divine energy, which scared the Fiery Swordmaster of his wit. This was the same energy that the Plague Priest used to kill the man from the Azure Burning Faction.

*flap* *flap* *flap*

The Plague Priest and the Fiery Swordmaster looked up and saw a Phantom Bat diving towards them.

This Phantom Bat was one of the Phantom Bats that Allen spared and controlled.

The first reaction of the Fiery Swordmaster was to kill the Phantom Bat. But he was stopped by the Plague Priest.

The Plague Priest shot him with a poison that disrupts the nerve signal making him partially paralyzed.

Then, the Plague Master kneeled and said, "My lord, the Divine Spirit of Life and Death, forgive the insolent one for trying to harm your messenger."

The Fiery Swordmaster's body was paralyzed but his thoughts and senses are still fine, somehow. He was stunned when he heard the Plague Priest.

"It's fine no harm was done, but he will be punished," the Phantom Bat responded.

The confusion of the Fiery Swordmaster deepened and his pupils shrank in fear as he heard the Phantom Bat talk.

In his whole life, although he knew that beasts were intelligent, he had never heard or seen beasts that talked.

But after thinking for a while, he speculated that it must be the work of the divine spirit that the Plague Priest was talking about.

"The lord wants to give you a mission, which is also your first mission. He wanted you to proclaim the might of the Divine Spirit of Life and Death by eradicating the Azure Blazing Faction."

The Plague Master knew that the Azure Blazing Faction was a great force, but he was not afraid. Instead, he was excited. He will do everything for the success of their first mission.

The Plague Master is not the only one that was excited, the members of the Plague River Church were also excited.

They wanted to please the lord that they served as they also wanted the honor to talk with him just like the Plague Priest.

But contrary to them, the Fiery Swordmaster could not follow what was going on.

Then, the Phantom Bat turned to the Fiery Swordmaster and said with a threatening voice, "as for you, as punishment, you need to help them in their mission. If you do well, the lord might spare your life. Or he might even reward you but otherwise, hehe."

The Phantom Bat opened its wing and flew.

Allen thought that it was a good idea. He wanted the Fiery Swordmaster to see his might. Then, slowly, perhaps, he would join the Plague River Church as his follower

…

Meanwhile, Allen was still in the wilderness hunting beasts for the competition.

The number of his kills is rapidly increasing. The beast tide for him is more of a harvest than a calamity, as others thought.

He kills all the beast wherever he passes as if he was sweeping with just a little usage of divine energy.

Allen wore a big smile. His hunting is not only for the competition but also to speed up the alteration of his body.

But more than five hundred kilometers away from him. The demonic beasts began rampaging in his direction. The beast also sensed Allen the way that he sensed them.

At first, the demonic beasts were hesitant, but when Allen moved closer to them by a couple of hundred kilometers, they realized that he was not that strong and we're furious about the cancelation of divine energy and demonic energy.

The hollow point of Allen's inner world is the cancellation of divine energy and demonic energy.

Demonic energy is generated in places that are not in the range of a divine spirit.

Allen did not know this, in ancient times, demons did not exist. Of course, the reason for it was evident. There are divine spirits in almost all of the places in the world unlike now. Or, so he thought.

Allen panicked as he sensed the demonic beasts were heading in his direction. But, he realized that they are not as strong as he thought they were.

The cancellation was only strong because there were plenty of them.

Allen calmed down and prepared to fight. Unlike any other fight, he did not augment his body with divine energy. And, he also temporarily stopped the alteration of his body.

Instead, he gathered all the eyes of the spirit that he created not too far away from him, but just barely enough for the hollow point not to reach them.

The demonic beasts continued to stride.

Allen also no longer delayed and manipulated his hoverboard to move towards the demonic beasts and meet them head-on.

After a couple of hours, their confrontation began.

Allen was disconnected from the world's aura of life. Not just him, but also the divine marks.

The four bearers of the divine marks were stunned. They were not sure what's wrong. But what happened next stunned them even more.

The divine marks created a link towards Allen, which also stunned Allen. At normal times, the link should cost too much divine energy but now, it costs nothing.