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Not long later, Freidinia was next to the bed inspecting Tryu's sister to see if she could diagnose what exactly was wrong with her. "Master, this is really strange. It's not that she is sick per se, but more of her life force is being drained from her."

"Her life force?" I looked at Freidinia in confusion. I have no idea what could cause such an issue. Who or what could drain someone's life force from them?

"Yes, her life force has been drained. There are a few possibilities for this kind of occurrence. One is that she has a ghoul worm inside her which is easy to diagnose. They are worms that implant themselves in the upper intestines of a being no matter what race they are and will lay eggs which will then feed off the host's body, draining them of their life force and slowly killing them. These are usually only found near towns that are on the border of places with the undead.

"Now I said these are easily diagnosed because there would be a bulge in her stomach where the worms would be and she has no bulge. The second would be a little harder to diagnose but not impossible, and that would be some kind of magic imprint on her body. This is a type of curse and is harder to discern, but either I or Diablo would be able to detect it.

"The one inflicted with the curse would have a black magic circle somewhere on their body. And even though neither Diablo nor I have detected anything, I still searched her body and found nothing. This rules out two possibilities.

"The next possibility is that someone has some sort of ability to steal the life force of others that they might have gotten from a dungeon. This would be harder to detect but after testing everyone's skills from the dungeons that they got they all leave a kind of residual trace after casting the spell that lingers for a long time. And well, I have not found anything of the sort.

"The last possibility is that an undead has appeared here and is actually posing as a human or some animal. This is the most likely possibility because the others seemed to have become dead ends. If we do not find this undead soon, it will cause much harm to more than just a few people as well." Freidinia explained. I frowned, hearing the word undead.

But what kind of undead would be here in the slums… It would be hard just to make it into the capital. I couldn't help but scratch my head because this was truly an annoying thing. If it is an undead, then I would need to handle things carefully as the undead are not an easy race to deal with and are highly protective of their kind, even if it is an undead cockroach….. My own wandering thoughts might have actually given me the answer I was looking for.

"Diablo, do me a favor, please and send out shadows to search for any undead bugs, rats, or mice in the city. If you find any, capture them. I will need to make contact with the undead kingdom…." I never thought I would be making contact this soon, but it seems I will need to. I wanted to wait and contact them last because they are so hard to deal with, but if they find out we killed one of their people, it would start an all out war, and even with me there, I do not think we can stop an invasion with the undead.

They are not easily killed. They would need to be completely destroyed, or they would sometimes reattach their parts or even keep moving with no problem. Such enemies are a pain on their own, but when you have billions of them rushing your border using weapons and magic, it would not be an easy fight, this much I do know.

While I could contain them, I am still unsure how powerful the undead truly are. If they have figures like the elves have that are way past my level, then they might just completely destroy me before I could do anything. To be honest, I never thought of such high level people in this world until I saw Rolash. Only then did I realize that one does not need the system to reach such heights, just a long lifespan.

But now was the tricky part. The undead do not converse much with the outside world, so I guess I will need to hold an emergency meeting with the officials and see if I can get them to help me figure a few things out. " On it. I will give you a report as soon as I can."

"Thanks." I stood on my tiptoes and kissed Diablo's cheek before looking over at Tryu, who was waiting for me to pull off some kind of miracle. On this, I could only shake my head. "Tryu, if your sister was sick with some kind of illness or if your sister had some kind of curse, I could work something out to heal her. But if her life force was taken, I can only try to use rewind on her, but I am not sure if rewind can fix the loss of life force….."

"Master, there may be another way if rewind does not work." Freidinia interrupted me. "You are now a drakani. Which is also part vampire, if I am correct, right?"

"Yes, that is right." I nodded my head to answer her question.

"Then, if my research is not wrong, vampires have the ability to make kin. And the basis of that is pushing your blood into her right at the moment you have drained her blood. At least, this is what I read. I have also read a few other species of vampires as well that are lusty and can only drink female blood, which in this case might work even if that was the case, but that is a race of vampires that can only drink the blood of those who become their wives. You do not have such an issue." Freidinia explained. I guess she is right. I am able to drink anyone's blood if I so wish. i𝑛𝓷𝙧𝘦𝚊d. 𝚌o𝓶

"Alright, So drain her of her blood and then inject my own. But this would make her basically my slave, no?" I asked. I did not really want to make slaves since that kind of went against my morals. Grace could be considered that if you looked at it one way, but I never forced her to do anything and what happened to her was a complete accident.

"Yes. and no. She will become someone who will not be able to resist following your orders to the point that even if you told her to kill herself, she would. But master, you would let her live freely, right? She would only need a bit of your blood every month to survive." Freidinia explained.

I could only sigh because I still did not like this idea, but if it would help, then there was no reason not to try it. But this was not my decision to make. I looked at Tryu and asked: "What do you think? This is your sister. Do you want me to save her with whatever means necessary?"

"Yes!" Tryu nodded firmly. I could see his fists still clenched together tightly. But he seemed to be very firm in this decision of his.

I nodded and moved to the bedside, and asked: "What about you? Move your eyes up and down for eyes back and forth for no. But before you answer, let me warn you. That you will need my blood every month, or you will die. I will also be going away for long periods of time, so you might need to follow me as well. If I do this, I will take full responsibility for it, so do you wish to go through with this?"

The girl on the bed's eyes seemed hesitant for a moment before moving back and forth. Seeing this, I sighed…. She seemed to have given up on life. I looked at Tryu, whose eyes were now wide open in shock, and said: "I can not and will not force anything upon anyone. I think you should cherish the time you have left together."

"Sister, why!? You are still so young! You could…." Tryu broke down crying as he rushed to his sister's bedside and held her hand. "Please don't die like this. You can still have….."

His sister's eyes moved back and forth. She seemed to be using all her strength just to move her eyes. I guess sometimes, when something like this happens, the person will lose all hope and not care about anything. They will lose their will to live and just want to disappear.

Even if there is hope, they will still not care. This much I can see. Looking at her lying there no matter how much I wish to help her, I will respect her wishes since it is not my place to try to talk anyone out of anything. "Freidinia, let's go. Tryu and his sister need their alone time."

Freidinia nodded as she got up. We took one last look at the brother and sister and disappeared. When I arrived at the medical bay, I pulled up a stool and sat down on it. "Freidinia, do you think what I did was right?" I really did not know.

"Everyone has a path they choose for themselves. You are already trying your best for everyone around you. You are not a god. You are and will not be able to save everyone. I don't even think a god can save everyone. And from what I know you are one hundred percent mortal at this time. While I do admit some things you can do are god like but you are still no god." Freidinia answered.

"I know this. I never said I was a god or anything like that, but just seeing Tryu wanting to help his sister but his sister not wanting any help in return is just…." I couldn't help but feel bad for the young man. But I guess there is nothing I can do about it now. His sister made her decision, and I am unable to create life force out of thin air. It is just now possible.

Life force is more than just keeping a person alive but it is also a will. And once a person's will deteriorates so much, they will give up any hope at all in staying alive. But I saw no distress in his sister's eyes either. So I think she had come to terms that she was going to die and did not wish to continue living.

I had no choice but to push these thoughts to the back of my mind as I called all the officials to court since I now needed them. Most were still in their pajamas as it was now late at night, but they did not complain in the slightest. "You must be all wondering why I called you here. And, well, I need a way to get in contact with the undead kingdom. There seems to be undead in our empire."

"What!? Are you sure?" One of the officials asked in surprise. i𝑛𝓷𝙧𝘦𝚊d. 𝚌o𝓶

"I am sure. A young man had asked me to take a look at his sister because she was sick. And it seems it was not just her but quite a few people within the slums. I had the girl checked for many different things, from illnesses to curses, but in the end, it was none of these, but her life force was still sucked out of her. This leaves only one thing, and that is an undead. Unless it is something we do not know about already and have already checked, then this is the only thing I can think of." I answered in hopes of someone knowing how to reach the undead kingdom.

"I am not sure. We have never had any contact with the undead kingdom. They are normally sealed off from the world since no one needs anything they sell, and they hardly eat anything. I am sorry, Your Majesty, but I think you will need to send someone personally to the undead kingdom to make contact. It might take a while, but this is the only way."

393 Loophole

In the end, we decided to send an envoy. I, of course, could not go myself since I had things to deal with here. Well, I did try to fight this as I did want to see what the undead kingdom looked like, but I was forced to give up when all the officials told me I needed to stay and finish all my reforms.

After the meeting, I retired for the night and went to my room. As I was getting changed and stood there in my underwear, Diablo suddenly appeared behind me. "Faith."

"Hmmm?" I turned and looked at the devilish man standing there with a blush on his cheeks and laughed. "What 's wrong?"

"My-My shadows have searched the entire capital and were unable to find any signs of the undead above ground…." Diablo's words made me turn around and look at him.

"What do you mean? Above ground? Are you saying there are undead underground?" I asked. If that were the case, things might be much trickier.

"It's not just one or two. We are talking about millions of them." Diablo stood up and helped me undo my bra as I stood there, trying to take in his words. Why would so many undead be underground? This made no sense at all. "Diablo, are they moving at all? Like heading in a certain direction? Or are they just sitting under the capital?"

"They are converging on the capital, and more are still coming," Diablo replied. He then tapped the air and created a water screen in mid air for me to look at. I knew I was half naked at this time, but right now, the scene before me took all my attention.

These were not just some ordinary undead like bugs or rats or something along those lines, these were skeletons of zombie style undead in full armor and weapons. I now realized I was not going to get any sleep tonight. "Diablo helped me get changed. I need to go back to the court for another meeting. Send someone to get all my generals and all officials to court now. Also, have someone bring back the envoy I sent out today."

I was really looking forward to sleeping. Sighing and with diablo's help, I was in my normal everyday armor in a matter of minutes. I tied my hair up and made my way to the courtroom while Diablo went door to door, calling all the officials back. I felt bad calling them back after they had just left, but now that we have a big emergency such as this, everyone has to suffer from lack of sleep with me.

An hour later, everyone was once again sitting in the courtroom. This time my military generals were included. "Your majesty, what is this sudden emergency?"

"Diablo," I called out, and Diablo stepped forward and created a large water screen in the air. "This is under our capital. Millions upon millions of undead soldiers. They went and detected and have amassed a massive army under our own capital, which means they are not here peacefully, but I am sure you can guess that by just looking at things. The envoy we sent out is on the way back. Since the undead has decided to attack us, I will not hold back. I have already cast a barrier around the capital.

"This barrier goes underground and is about thirty feet away from the undead army. If they wish to move from their current position, they will need to do so outside the barrier. But sadly for them, I have a second barrier containing them. Blocking them from being able to move anywhere but the way they came. Generals, I need you to get your men together and spread them throughout the city. Keep a close eye on the back allies and other areas. We will be undergoing a full lockdown of the city as of now." I have blocked the enemy's advancement, but I do not know how long that will last. I do not know if they have any powerful undead among the mix.

I am trying to use my detection magic and using appraisal on them from here, but it is hard to tell science some of these numbers are overlapping with one another, and I can't tell if they are the same or not. I could take the time to try to sort through them all, but I do not have the time for that.Please visit 𝙞𝓃𝙣r𝘦а𝘥. Co𝙢

I stood up from my throne and looked at the officials: "As of now, we are under attack, but we are in control of the situation. I will be leaving Iena here for the time being while Diablo and I make our way to the undead capital. We will be flying at full speed, so we should make it there in a few hours. I would like to see what the undead king has to say about invading my empire."

"Your majesty, I suggest you rethink this! Your safety is more important than millions of lives." An official yelled out, which made me stop my feet. I turned and looked at the official who spoke out.

"I think you need to correct your words. No one is more important than anyone else. I may be your empress, but I am still a person of this planet and a citizen of the Cyrilia Empire. I am not some god. The people here, from the commoners to the highest of nobles, are all the same in my eyes. Plus…. This is not something anyone else can handle by myself." I then tossed out three crystal balls to the generals. "Contact me if anything happens. You would be the first to know."

After saying this, I turned and walked away. I had no time to waste because I wanted to get this resolved. I did not like the idea of someone being so sneaky, and this also made me realize there was a major loophole in the defenses of my empire.

394 The World Descends Into Chaos Part 1

Sometimes I wonder if things happen for a reason. I wonder if it is because of the things I have done in my life that things happen in such a way that I am left without many options. I wonder if it is because of this that I am stuck here now, as I step out of the palace a large beam of light incinerates half of the lower capital, firing straight up into the sky turning night into day as my barrier shatters into dust.

The light was like an anatomic bomb going off as it rose high into the air leaving behind absolute nothingness. There was no shock wave. There was no wind. Only the sound of the shatter of my barrier and the scene of millions of lives disappearing right before my eyes.

What did the people of my empire do to deserve such an end? What did they do to be killed for no reason? The people I worked with for so long at my factories were now gone. Tryu and his sister. The entire east side slums, were gone in the blink of an eye.

I had no bad blood with the undead kingdom. I never once wanted to provoke them. But this was too much. Why? Why were my people dying for no reason? "Why!!!!!!???" I yelled out at the top of my lungs. I couldn't take this. I couldn't stand the people I knew dying one after the other for no reason. Is it because of me? Am I a bane to those who are around me? Am I some kind of plague that no matter where I go brings nothing but death and destruction to those I care for? Will my own family be next?

"Heh…. Hahaha!" My mind slowly sank into nothingness. I felt cold, and I felt the world around me slowly descending into darkness. "You dare…. You dare harm my people!? You dare harm the ones I care about!?"

"Faith!" I could hear Diablo calling out my name, but I was in no mood to listen as I shot into the air.

In my mind's sea, I sat in the white space curled up into a ball. In front of me, smiling away, was another me. "Do you want revenge? Do you want your enemies destroyed? Let me take over, and I will destroy everything that stands in your way."

"Leave me alone. I will not let you have my body." I replied, but I could already feel my mind sinking deeper. Through my eyes, below me was a massive hole that was tens of miles wide in all directions, and coming from that huge hole were millions, maybe even billions, of undead. They were flooding out and moving in all directions attacking and murdering everything and everyone they came across.

I waved my hand and cast a barrage of fireballs into the hole, but they were stopped easily by a strong barrier. "Haha!" A familiar laugh came from within the hole. I looked down to see five figures slowly rise up from the hole. Each one with purple lines on their skin. "It's been a while, my little friend, but hmmm… You are not very strong now, are you?"

"Faith!" Diablo showed up beside me as well as Iena and Freidinia. When Diablo saw the man in the middle of the five people, his brow furrowed: "Azengrade!"

"That it is. I am happy you still remember me. I am the General of the Altorians. It is a pleasure to meet you officially. To think that we would meet so soon, well… Maybe not since I had planned to wait a little longer, but I got word you are using an interesting bit of technology and wanted to check it out for myself. Of course, this is just a lie" Azengrade smiled a toothy grin.

"Why? Why are you killing innocent people!?" I yelled out. I should be attacking. I should be trying to stop these bastards, but I still did not understand they would kill so many.Please visit 𝒾𝒏n𝗿𝒆а𝑑. 𝘤𝘰m

"Hmmm? Cattle to the cause are nothing more than a means of fulfilling our goals. You see. We only want one thing." Azengrade slowly raised and pointed his finger at me as he smiled sinisterly. "We want you to die."

I was confused. I did not understand why he wanted me, of all people, to die. This made no sense since I had never met him before the time in the dungeon. "Me? Why me? What have I done?"

"What have you done?! You do not know!?" Azengrade expression turned cold. "You, of all people, should know what you have done. Because of you…. Because of you…."

"General! Why waste time!? Let's just kill her now!" Teladeadja cried out as his hands changed into sharp claws.

"I will not let you!" Diablo suddenly shot forward with Freidinia. I wanted to reach out and stop him, but a voice in my head was screaming at me. Screaming so loudly that I couldn't even think straight.

"Shut up!" I yelled out as I held my head and stumbled backward. The ancient will in my mind was crushing my thoughts.

"Let me out! Let me out! You can not handle them! You will only kill more of your people!" The other me yelled out over and over. My head was pounding. The pain was stopping me from taking any action.

"Shut up! You are in the way!" I yelled out as I shook my head and hit it with my fists. If I could, I would reach in and rip the bitch out of my head!

"Faith." Iena, who was at my side, called out to me. But as I looked up at her concerned face, I saw it…. A splash of blood and a claw pierced through Iena's chest.

"Iena!? Iena!?" My eyes went wide as the hand retracted and Iena's body fell limp into my arms. I turned and looked at Teladeadja, who was standing there licking his bloody claw with a smile on his face. It was then that the world around me turned blood red…..

All around me was blood red. I sat there looking through eyes that were mine yet not. The ancient will, or maybe I should say the other me, had finally broken free. "Hahaha! After millions of years, I am finally free!"

Hovering in the air, the other me stood there in the sky confidently. The power flowing from my body was not something I could ever exude in my current state. She looked down at Azengrade and the other Altorians with a bloodthirsty smile on her lips.

"Trinity!" Azengrade called out a name I have never heard before as he gritted his teeth and looked at the other me. "You dare show your face in front of me!? After everything you have done!?"

"Hahahaha! So what!? What does what I want to do have anything to do with you? You are only lucky I even remember your race because of how powerful your leaders were. They are the reason why I have been sealed in the first place. I arrived on your world to have some fun and destroy a few things, and your leaders had to get in my way! Do you really think you alone are powerful enough to stop me?" The other me asked as she waved her hand. My body which was now out of my control became clad in a black skin tight suit. It covered every inch of my skin except for a diamond shape in between my chest that revealed some of my cleavage. Along with it, a black and blood red trimmed cloak with a hood appeared as well and fluttered in the breeze.

"I have long wanted to finish cleaning up the trash that dared to seal me away. I only destroyed half your world, and you made me fall into a system of reincarnation over and over. I had to sit and watch in disgust as my body did so many stupid mundane things! What is the point of having power if you do not use it freely and do the things you want to do with it? Why sit back and let others walk all over you when you can easily trample them with overwhelming power? Stamp out those who resist. Kill everyone who dares to turn against you. This is how everyone should live. If you see something, take it. If you are bored, destroy a world or two. What is wrong with this!? Hehehe…." After saying all these messed up things, the other me giggled and bit the tip of my finger, and looked at Azengrade provocatively. "How did it feel when your loved ones burned in my starry flames? How did it feel when you were forced to watch all the ones you cared about slowly die? All because of me?"

"You! Trinity, you bitch! I will kill you now and get revenge on the billions of my people you destroyed. I will take my revenge for my family! We had planned to slowly build up our forces, but since you are out now, I will do my people a favor and kill you now!" Azengrade seemed to have lost his mind as his bloodshot eyes looked at the other me as if he was trying to tear her apart with his eyesight alone.

"Hahaha! This is why I chose your planet. You and your kind are parasites in the first place. You did not even belong to that planet! You want to blame me for destroying half your race, but then what about the people your kind has thoughtlessly destroyed? Not that it matters because even if your kind was not there, I might have still destroyed the planet. Hahaha!

"The cries of pain. The look of horror on their faces. Is not thrilling!?" The other me asked as she waved her hand. A large black scythe three times the size of me formed in her hand. Its sheen reflected the moonlight in a murderous light. "I will finish up what I did before. I can not let your race, which is like a bunch of cockroaches, live. Otherwise, I might have to destroy this world as well."

"You!" I called out. I did not want to be the cause of death for my loved ones. Iena…. She was already….

"Humph! You whine too much. You should thank me because I already saved your little lover. But Now I am going to play whether you like it or not! My time is limited." The other me's voice rang through the white space. I looked up at the images in front of me and realized that maybe, just maybe, the other me was not all bad…. Because in front of my eyes was Iena, floating in the air surrounded by a green light, and the hole in her chest was slowly healing. Even Diablo and Freidinia seemed to be trapped in some kind of barrier. I had noticed any of this until now. "Now that you know. Hold your panties and watch as I show you what true power is."

*Ding!* *Ding!*

"The bells toll for those who are about to take their trip down the yellow river." The other me said softly as two loud bell rings rang out through the air. At the same time, the area around the other me suddenly turned into a hellscape where billions of hands were reaching up out of the ground.

The sounds of cries of pain and help could be heard all over the place. The sky had turned colorless. Azengrade seemed to have gone on guard as he looked warily at the other me. I have no idea what she was planning, but it seemed that whatever it was was not something Azengrade and the other Altorians did not want to have any part of. 𝓲n𝗻𝗿𝙚𝘢𝘥.＆nbsp;𝓬𝚘𝒎

Across the sky, a yellow river slowly formed. The arms below began reaching for it frantically, seemingly wanting to make their way in and follow the flow. "As those who have sinned are unable to set sail. I come and show them that true terror has arrived. The starry night sky."

The sky suddenly lit up with billions of stars as Azengrade, and his people all looked up in horror. "Are you really going to cast that here!? You will destroy more than just us!" Azengrade yelled out. But the sinister smile that formed on the other me's lips sent a chill down my spine. Was the other me really going to kill more of my people? Was she going to destroy everything I cared about? Would I even be able to live the life I lived before if she did such a thing!?

I could only helplessly watch as she grinned from ear to ear with cold eyes as she slowly said: "The starry fire descends upon the masses….."

*Boom!*

"Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed out with everything I had, but all I could do was watch as beams of light fell from the sky, destroying everything they hit. The lives of billions of people gone just like that. My mind was sinking even more. I did not want this. I did not want any of this. I just wanted the people of the empire I loved to live peacefully, so why!? Why must it come to this!?

"No… It won't end like this… I will not allow things to end like this…." I stood up in the white space, which was slowly being consumed with red, and closed my eyes. I slowly opened them again as my eyes lit up with a light so radiant that I never thought would ever be imaginable. "Stop….."

Everything in the world slowed to a stop. The other me who had been destroying the empire I was working hard to make better and defend suddenly appeared in my mind's sea. "Why!? Why did you stop me!?"

"Why!? Why the hell would you kill my people!? Why would you kill the citizens of my empire!? Are you fucking dumb!?" I yelled out, cursing at the top of my lungs. I could no longer take it. I could not allow this. I would not allow my people to die so needlessly. "You think just protecting my loved ones was enough!? Look what you are doing! How are you any different than the Altorians!?"

"I am doing this for you! You are weak! Sometimes a loss must be made in order to deal with the unexpected! If I do not use this power, I can not defeat Azengrade and his people with my current strength! Only this spell will hurt them enough to make them fall back! But to do that, sacrifices must be made!" The other me told back. Her eyes were bloodshot with anger, but I did not care.

"So sacrificing billions of lives is your way of solving the issue? I wonder…" I reached out and took the other's me's hand, and pulled her close to me. In her shock, she did not even know what to do as I tilted her head and sunk my fangs into her neck. In a muffled tone, I said: "Since you are so powerful, let me borrow that power."

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I held on tight to the other me as I sucked her blood. My level was increasing by one hundred every second. "Get off me! What are you doing!?"

She struggled in my arms until she finally used her foot to push me off, but by then, I had already jumped up to level 1428. This was different than before. When I sucked the blood of my wives and husband, I could taste their blood, but from her, it was hard to describe. I could feel the power within her, making me stronger by the second. I did not taste anything. I just felt a surge of power flowing into me.

"You bitch! You actually stole some of my power!?" The other me yelled out. She looked at me in surprise and anger. I wiped my mouth and sneered.

"Heh… I did not think it would work, but I am glad I did it. To think you were at such a high level yet need to use such a strong attack to get rid of your enemies." I snorted as I looked at the world outside, still frozen. I had used a large scale cosmic magic to stop time for the entire capital. Everyone was frozen at this time, including the undead. "But let me make one thing clear. The lives of my people are not things you can just destroy without my consent. No one is allowed to harm the people of my empire. I would not have taken up the role of empress if it was not for the fact that I love this land I grew up in that was so welcoming to me."

"Trinity, was it? I guess this is your name. We will talk more when I am finished fixing what you have done. When it's over, the two of us will have a nice chat." After that, I disappeared from the space. I could only hear Trinity as she cursed me left and right. When I arrived in the time frozen world, I was still wearing the same clothes that Trinity was wearing.

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[Skill Acquired: Armor of Infinity(LVL 1)]

[When worn adds: Lesser instant regeneration, +2,000,000 Health]

[Side effects when taken off: Weakness, all stats lowered to a level 1% of current level for 300 hours.]

"Oh? I guess this is why I could so easily steal some of her power. She is currently in a weakened state of her weakened state. I do wonder what level she is at currently." I rubbed my chin and wondered if I should have more of a feast later. But I guess all of this will have to wait for the time being.

I looked down at Azengrade and the others, who were not fully stopped but in slow motion with cold eyes. I took a deep breath and spoke slowly as I said: "Rewind…."

The world around me began to slowly reverse. The beams of light that were raining down began to rain up until they disappeared, and the destruction and death they had caused disappeared with them. The undead that had also arrived all disappeared back into the hole they came from, with the city being returned back to its original state. The only thing I did not rewind was Azangrade and his people. Or more like I couldn't.

With a snap of my fingers, the world around me returned to normal. Azangrade and his men all looked around in confusion. I snorted once more as I yelled out: "Azengrade. No matter how much I wish for you to die, I can not allow it to come at the cost of billions of lives. Leave now."

I was making a gamble. I was currently wearing the same armor as Trinity was, so I could only hope that I would be able to fool him. Azengrade looked at me and then around at the untouched city around him in somewhat of a daze. After a few seconds of thought, he looked back up at me with a cold expression as he said: "To think the great Trinity was so magnanimous. But do not think this will be the end!" With this, he turned and created a strange blue barrier around him and his comrades that began to shrink down and disappear from sight.

I let out a sigh of relief as I stayed there frozen in the air looking out over at the sunset that was starting to rise. I only reversed time for the capital, so it was already good enough that I could do this much. I looked out over the horizon that was slowly growing brighter and tried to smile. Yet, no matter how much I tried, I was unable to.

"Faith? What just happened!?" Diable, Iena, and Freidinia all stood at my side and looked at me in confusion. I did not reverse time for Diablo or Freidinia, just Iena to make sure she was fully healed.

"I…. It's hard to explain, but for now, I need to take care of a bigger issue." I had no time for an explanation as I used detection magic to see the entire undead army still under the capital. After taking another deep breath, I used dimensional transfer to arrive in the middle of the mass of undead and then used aura healing to kill them all instantly. Holy spells were really handy against the undead.

With the undead taken care of, I put the entire empire under lockdown with a barrier before returning to the castle with Diablo and the rest.

I was mentally exhausted. But I still had to push on. The world around me was becoming more dangerous. Much more dangerous than I have ever imagined. Five of the same race, the Altorians, and there were probably many more than them out there. Not to mention Trinity, the other me said something about them being parasites which probably means they can turn other beings into their race. I am not sure about this, and I will only know when I speak to Trinity if she is currently willing to speak to me. After all….

[Humanoid Form]

[Name]: Faith Cyrilia

[Age] 17

[Level] 258 → 1428

[Race] Drakani Demigoddess

[HP] 701500/701500(2701500)

[MP] ∞

[Attack Power] 1233950

[Magic Power] 233950

[Status Points] 0 → 5850

[Strength] 123395i𝘯𝓷𝚛𝐞𝓪𝐝. 𝓬𝐨𝚖

[Vitality] 70150

[Intelligence] 23395

[Mind] ∞

[Agility] 23395

[Skill Points] 171 → 1341

[Limit Break( 1/3)]

Total Domination

[Skills]

[Appraisal (LVL 10(MAX))] [Military Command (LVL 10(MAX))] [Military Tactics (LVL 10(MAX))] [Business Tycoon (LVL 10(MAX))] [Acting (LVL 1(MAX))] [Enslave Demon (LVL 10)] [Charm(LVL 10(MAX))] [Dimensional Transfer(LVL 10(Max))] [Blood Frenzy(LVL 1(MAX))] [Blood Manipulation(LvL 10(MAX))] [Shadow Meld (LVL 1)] [Shadow Clone(LVL 1)] [Blood Enhance(LVL 1(MAX))] [The Starry Night Sky (LVL 1)][Armor of Infinity(LVL 1)]

I am now level 1428, and this means soon, when all my stats reach their mana drip max, they will be another 35100 points higher than before. This is such a boost to my prowess that I am feeling a tiny bit better about the future. If I can get Trinity to let me steal more of her power, then I can grow even stronger.

But I highly doubt she will let me get closer anytime soon. But I find it funny that her power was quickly reduced once she entered my sea of consciousness. I guess she never realized it. This was lucky for me. And luckily, because I gained two of her abilities as well, I was able to pretend like I was still Trinity. I guess the reversal trick just now was a shock to him. He was probably having a hard time understanding what had just happened.

"That is what just happened. I know it is hard to believe, but it is the truth." I said as I looked at the officials and generals, who were all staring at me in surprise. "Right now, none of my generals or the people of the lower capital city would be alive. I was able to turn back time to before the attack happened after chasing Azengrade and his men away. But now we are left with a crisis. Things will not be so easy in the future. The enemy may be able to turn our own people into their allies, making them part of the Altorian race, which seems to be a parasitic race. I will not go into details about how I know of all of this, but please understand what I have said just now is one hundred percent true."

"If what you say is true, then we really are in for a rough future. How should we handle the undead nation now that you have destroyed their army?" General Briggs asked.

"I will give them an ultimatum. Be destroyed or form an alliance with our empire. I will not take no for an answer, and any hostility will result in the entire annihilation of their race." My words caused everyone's eyes to go wide, but this was my last straw. Unlike other races, the undead did not give birth to new undead. Undead came from the corpses of the dead. So I did not mind saying I will wipe them out. Maybe my mind has been affected slightly by Trinity now that I think about it because…. I would have never said such words in the past….

It was very unlike me to resort to wanting to kill off an entire race when my purpose is to bring us together without discrimination but…. Well… So be it… I will just play it by ear and see how the undead race really reacts to me asking them for an alliance.

I know I should not do such a thing to a kingdom that had suddenly attacked us or was planning to attack us, but as of now, after I just reversed time, they had yet to flood into my city just yet, and I have already killed the ones who were under the capital.

--AN) Chapter might seem late, but it is Daylight saving where I live, so it is still the same time for me.--

"Your Majesty, is this right?" One of the officials asked. "The Undead have been around for thousands of years. Their strength is not small." 𝓲𝑛𝗻𝗿𝘦𝒶𝐝.＆nbsp;ᴄo𝗺

"I know!" I gritted my teeth. I know there were probably some powerful forces within the undead kingdom but still… "We will put this aside for now. For the time being, I will make a trip soon with Iena, Freidinia, and Diablo. We will see just what the Undead King has to say about the invasion of my empire. Meeting adjourned."

I stood up and walked off. Diablo and the others followed behind me. I had to converse with Trinity and find out exactly what the Altorians wanted and what they were capable of. If she was even willing to talk to me. Right now, besides Azengrade and his people, she was my most powerful foe, and worst of all she was within me.

We all returned to my room, where Adel and the others were waiting. "Faith, what is going on?"

"I will explain more when I figure it out myself. Right now, I need to enter my mind's sea." I said before walking over to the couch and lying down. Before closing my eyes, I looked at Freidinia and Diablo and asked: "Please look after my body. If for any reason Trinity comes out, stop her at all costs even if it means you need to destroy my body."

"What, no!" Adel cried out. She had no idea what was going on, I know, but I had no time to explain. Before anything else happened, I needed information, or I could not prepare for what was to come.

"Adel, stop." Sophie walked over and pulled Adel who was standing in front of me with her arms spread out wide in a protective stance. "There seems to be more going on than meets the eye, so we will have to trust Faith."

"I will explain," Iena said as she pulled the girls to the side. I gave her a grateful look before taking a deep breath. "Put a restraint on my body now. Just in case I wake up and am not me."

As long as I allow it, I can be secured in such a way. This way, if Trinity does somehow come out when I talk with her, she will be restrained to an extent long enough for Diablo and Freidinia to do something. At least, I hope. "Don't worry. We will make sure nothing happens."

"Thanks, Freidinia." I nodded and closed my eyes. I was still wearing the Armor of Infinity because I did not want my spirit body to suddenly become weak. I needed my strength.

After closing my eyes, the world around me became white and red. It was half and half. It seemed letting Trinity out had caused my inner world to become a place that was being controlled by both of us. This was definitely not a good sign.

"Oh, you came back?" Trinity walked out from the red area with a mocking smile on her face. "I know what you want. After all, I am you, and you are me."

"No, I am not you. You are someone who was willing to sacrifice billions of my people just to kill five. No matter how powerful they are, there is always another route. Or at least a way to evacuate as many people as possible so that more people could live. You went straight for a kill instead of taking everything into account. Whether this was the right choice or not, you and I both know it was not!" I yelled.

"Hahaha! Deny it all you want. Who just said they wanted to annihilate an entire race? Admit it, you are just as bloodthirsty and as crazy as I am! Do you think I do not know what is on your mind? How many times you thought it would just be easier to kill everyone you hate? Do you not know what is truly deep in your heart, screaming to come to the surface? Your fake facade that you show everyone. If anything, you are nothing but a walking lie!" Trinity yelled back.

"Everyone has moments where they wish to kill someone. I am no exception to this. I will admit that! But…. this does not change the fact that you wanted to kill billions of lives for five people. Why? Why would you do it? If you say, I am you, then why would you do something that you know would hurt me!? Wait… no…. I don't even care. What I want to know right now is, what are the Altorians? How are they so powerful? And what is the best way to fight them and keep the people of my empire safe? After what you did, I think you owe me this much." I did not wish to fight semantics with Trinity, who did not have the same mindset as me.

While yes, the current her was messing with my own thought process now, I still had enough control over my own mindset to try to avoid turning into a bloodthirsty killer. I have killed many, but all with good reason. I do not want to kill innocent people if I can help it.

"Humph!" Trinity looked at me and crossed her arms across her chest. "I think I paid you back enough, did I not? Stealing so much power from me…."

"You can consider that rent for using my body. Now you are paying the price of almost annihilating my people. If I was unable to reverse time as I did, billions of lives and families would have been lost or in mourning. How can I explain that to my people? The lives of the citizens of my empire are not for you to take, especially not with my own body." No matter how you look at it or how much I deny it, Trinity was currently part of me. I just had to figure out a way to get rid of her or somehow cut a deal with her not to do anything rash anymore. However, this is probably only my wishful thinking.