45 Army

Pektog and Dazkieht were sparring with each other, their swords each had a small layer of lightning sword intent.

"The fundamental of my sword is speed, not the code itself. Focus on releasing your body's speed and move with pinpoint accuracy." I said as I shook my head in disappointment

They were able to use my powers of Lightning Sword Intent, but it was minimal and very unstable.

"All you need to do is boost your intent with magic power. You can't improve on your intent fast, but you can give it an edge with magic." I lectured to them

'Why is it so hard for them to use my sword intent?' I asked Drrak in confusion

'Just because they can do it, doesn't mean it will be easy.' Drrak said enlightening me

'Are Orcs really that strong and dangerous?' I asked Drrak impatiently I needed more energy and followers. That required suppressing numerous races through slaughter.

But do so on my own would be nearly impossible, so I chose to create an army to help my plans. But if that army is slow to train, then it would be pointless to waste so much time. But as I was thinking that, Pektog's sword intent soared as it metamorphosized into a deathly sword intent. I looked at his sword with pure shock!

'Drrak, why is Pektog so talented?' I asked in a solemn tone

'I can't tell, it could be due to the death Qi? The methods of demons are hard to discern.' Drrak said mysteriously

'Well, I have already forced out the death Qi. A good soldier is always appreciated especially when it is stolen.' I said to Drrak in a happy tone

'But I don't have to reveal that to my enemy, instead, I'll let them have the illusion of control.' I said confidently

Drrak's shadowy dragon figure moved outside of my shadow. The prestige of a true dragon suppressed Pektog, and Dazkieht to the ground. With more spatial energy Drrak was able to recover more and more of his form. A spatial storm was generated as his presence descended.

I removed an extremely thin strand of death Qi from Drrak. The strand floating over my finger, I then generated a thin strand of true qi. I combined both strands to each other, although the death Qi was of higher power. The power of my true qi was of a much higher quality, it even had a bit of shadow force.

So the true qi suppressed the death Qi, slowly the energy was consumed as the true qi changed. It took on a state of death and resembled the death Qi. But to me it was still the pure power of true qi, it was one of the abilities of my qi had that I discovered. From shadow comes a devouring power, which can consume the forms of beings.

I wasn't one to believe in prophecies but the fact that I can use shadow force like this makes a convincing case. I sent the true qi into Pektog, as Drrak helped guide it back into place. It would only be a blessing for Pektog, and for the demons, it would create the illusion of safety.

I quietly reined in my aura, as all traces of my true qi were brought into my glabella. I had Drrak remove its blue color as it reverted to its true white color. Anyone not blessed by me would feel suppressed by my true qi.

"You are ready it seems, Pektog you will lead. I will only intervene when I feel necessary." I said in an authoritative voice

Pektog assembled the corrupted goblins and hobgoblins. They readied their weapons and equipped their armors, my mark of power had changed their auras. It was an army of dark beings, all filled with immense power and a domineering intent. I had 2 commanders, 4 sub-commanders, and 12-foot soldiers.

With me being the supreme general, it was the start of my domination of this forest. We approached the orc area, the orcs were a far more warlike people. They had few of their own offspring, instead, most of their offspring came from the insemination of other races.

They were often at war with all beings in the forest, but that made their numbers dwindle. At this point, they had at most 5-6 capable fighters and a small number of children. Orcs couldn't be taught much as they became older, but they had quite a lot of value as children. I would enslave all of them but capitalize on the children. Especially since orc children tend to grow very fast.

The goblins went on the prowl near the orc cave, it was musty and smelled like shit even from afar. A few orc warriors were walking around on guard with clubs and grog. They enjoyed scaring the various little animals around the forest. As they were messing around I hand the commands split into two teams. Each taking an adjacent side to the orcs, and with me being right in front of them.

I activated my magic eyes and had Drrak alter my vision. I focused on the death Qi's form, which my true qi had already mimicked. I noticed traces of death Qi going into the cave, it was minuscule but present.

'The Demons do have some plot afoot using the beast race.' I thought to myself

I walked out of the shadows and approached the distracted orcs. They looked at me in surprise before quickly raising their clubs. They at first weren't intimidated by me, but when my aura exploded out. My undying sword intent threatened to consume them completely, even making them a little insane.

"Where is Graklak," I said in beast script, all beings of the beast race could speak beast script. There were certain flavors of it, race to race but overall. Beast races could understand each other using beast script.

The orcs became more fearful, although orcs were a powerful and brave race. There was a fundamental difference between an enemy, and a nightmare. You could kill an enemy, but a nightmare was nothing you could deal with. All you could do was submit and hope it will end quickly. They couldn't even handle my presence, but a braver one approached me slowly and started to speak.

"Graklak waits in cave, I's Hegug no more please," he said in fear back to me

Between an Orc and a Goblin, intelligence was low with some exceptions like Pektog and Dazkieht. But a goblin tends to have higher intelligence than an Orc. Orcs tend to be much stronger too with much higher average strength and endurance. I would be hard-pressed to battle an inner reformation Orc.

Especially if the Orc was mid-stage inner reformation or higher. Luckily, Graklak is at most early stage inner reformation and moving towards mid-stage. The best time to beat him would be now and not later. I need to get more power and faster, I had already made Dante bite and soon Remmie should too.

Although it was risky, it was definitely worth the information, that I received. Especially, the part regarding the treasury and the keys. I snapped my fingers as the two goblin groups moved out of the shadows. Their awe-inspiring presence meeting with mine, creating the illusion of a deathly army approaching.

I had the goblins attack the Orcs who were in fear. The orcs would hit a few goblins away occasionally, but the tough armor protected them. The goblins threw erratic sword attacks from everywhere, adding in the spatial energy. They became even harder to predict as they cut at the Orcs. One of the Orcs got its tendons cut off, as it fell back and lost its balance. The goblins overwhelmed the Orcs with little cuts until they bleed to death.

Then when some tried to flee, Dazkieht charged his great sword with lightning sword intent. He cut the Orcs in half with one empowered strike. With the Orcs corpses scattered all around, I felt inspired by the shadow of Providence gained more power. My magic energy circulated faster and faster.

"Well don't let the domination end yet, kill every one of them," I said to my goblin followers in a demanding voice

It was intoxicating the feeling of conquering of gaining power. It was enamoring, it was equivalent to finding your purpose in life. No need to fear inhibitions, when you hold absolute power.

No need to fear your true nature when you have true independence. The thing with freedom though was only one person can truly hold it. So I should never be content with my position in the world, I must never lose my indomitable will. All that gets in my way to independence shall be cut down.