Altercation 20 Plans don't go smoothly
------Before the two armies took action------
In the distance, in a bloodied and ruined forest covered in corpses, a certain gorgon was undergoing an evolution. At the same time, the nearby zergs transported the necessary nourishment to fuel the growth and changes that Mary would be going through.
*Badump*
Morgana caressed the cacoon tenderly, looking forward to her daughter's changes. At the same time, samples of the gorgon were collected to further accelerate their ways of evolution into a much more terrifying degree, as they had more freedom of growth to look forward to!
*Ba-dump*
It won't be long now before they deal with the troubles of her master. While the recent addition had been amassing powerful aerial troops, Morgana was working on ranged and Anti-air units, not because she wanted to kill that Queen fire ant then devour her corpse in jealousy. No, no, that was no, that was beneath her!
She had other ideas, but those would have to wait until the bitch decided to betray the master. Until then, Morgana had to wait until Joseph gave her the signal to attack the armies that could be seen from here.
The sound of something popping was heard before a girl who seemed to be in her late teens had emerged from the cacoon.
She looked very human, but her hair was made of white silk. Her beauty held western features as the girl took some deep breaths trying to get used to her new(temporary) form.
While Mary was made to hunt and kill, there was one thing that this girl wanted more than anything in the world...
Being close to her master, whether if it was engrained or something she had picked up along the way.
Mary's current features made it apparent just how far she was willing to go just to stay near him.
Once she had gotten her breathing down, The gorgon started testing her body's movement limits with a few stretches gradually growing more excited as she was one step closer to her true goal.
But the skies suddenly glowed ominously in the distance, before the two armies struck down!
Being a monster that lacked the understanding of self-preservation and possessing a zealous belief that it was her job to protect joseph from all of his enemies...
...What do you think flashed through her mind upon seeing this scene and knowing that her master was in that area where the spells hit?
Shock?
Fear?
Despair?
Regardless, Mary's emotions went haywire even more so after receiving her new changes, and there was only one word that filled her mind as she looked towards her master's attackers.
"̶̢͓̝̝͕͙̼̌̔͗̾̌͛́K̸͇̺̎̋̋͘͘Ĩ̶̢̗͉͗̏L̷̡̢͔̻̘͕̩̣̎̈͐̿̿L̴̥̠̹̒̏̏̓͝͠!̵̲̟̗̺̙̘́̄͊̑͛̂!̶̢̬̹͚͙̋̽̔̀̉͑͑!̷͔͈͉̳͚̥̬̻̓͜"̵̦͍̗̯͋̌̚̕
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(Sometime before Mary hatched)
A cold chuckle was heard after the brief moment of silence made by the statement of the human below, followed by a snort as this was something unbelievable to hear since humanity had been at the bottom of the food chain for as long as the devil could remember.
*snort*
"heh, hahaha! HAHAHA!!! You? a human? Wishing to change this world? You are quite the riot kid! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!"
A single devil wearing Black armor with red lines that crisscrossed repeatedly, this man was one of the four original satans, who bore the name Lucifer. His words were laced with how foolish he found Joseph's words to be.
Lucifer found Joseph's endeavor rather hilarious. There hasn't been a single human who had been able to stand up against him or his father.
But another boiling emotion stirred within the devil, who spoke out loud as his demeanor changed drastically to what this devil hadn't felt in a long time.
Ä̵̢̼͕̠̍̎͐͒̽͝ͅN̸̦͙̦̝̯̲͑̉G̵͓͈̑́͘E̶̯̠̊́̽̽̕̕͝͝R̷͈͉̯͙̮̜̥̤̦͓͆͋̅̀͠.̷̧͇̥̊̈́͜ͅ
The current Lucifer believed himself to be above others and that it was also his birthright to claim the throne from his 'father!'
Yet!
A human spawn whose race often got treated as disposable enslaved people was acting high and mighty...
This was more than just spitting on someone's face to Lucifer.
It was Infuriating to him. It felt like the human on the ground was trying to trample his pride, his sole goal of changing the world of how HE wanted it to be, while there were other thoughts and emotions...
The original satan didn't say anything else. He was too proud to do so. Thus, with a single gesture, most devils still waiting for their time to attack, knew what that meant. While this was questionable, they still did as their leaders told them lest they attract their leader's ire.
The said devils all grinned widely with pleasure while launching their attacks towards Joseph before a massive explosion happened on the ground!
Countless magic circles formed in the sky as each devil used whatever attack they could since their blood was already boiling from watching the exchange of their weaker devils against the angels and weren't allowed to do anything else until they got told otherwise.
But that wasn't the end. Joseph's declaration was a reverse scale for the angels that loved God more than their own lives, so a good portion of them joined in the assault as spears of light came raining down with other kinds of magical attacks.
The ground below shifted out of place as numerous cracks quickly transformed into deep caverns from the attack!
This continued for a few minutes before both armies prepared to resume their fight; however, the sound of a strong earthquake with the ground crackling caused all of them to stop once more.
Numerous pillars of crimson flames emerged from the ground.
It was like armageddon had started.
But another strange occurrence happened as the fire pillars fused at the tips before a being made from flames and molten rock took form.
They all heard a ghastly sigh before a voice warped from the heat and magic that coated its words boomed out.
"̷̬̌͆͗̓̀Ẃ̶̨͉̣̭̜͕͛̿́h̵̥͖̼̮͇̩͂͌͐͋́ͅy̵̧͉͔̓͝ ̶͖͝͝d̸̰̟̼͐͘͜o̷̖̲̲̦͎̙̬͈͒͂ ̵̰̠͓͚̯̻̝̘̾ͅý̶̮̜̑̀̂͗̐ǫ̷̯̤͔̟͚̤̝͂̓̈́͌̓̾̕͝͝u̴̯͆̊͌̽̍̅̍̄̚ ̸̰͚͓̣̗̣͖̟͉̱̽b̵͚͈̮̳̤͋̚͘ě̴̜̭̖̩̺̭̻̅̌͐͆̆͘ĺ̶̹̞̘̟̦̯̳͎͆i̸̜̠̻̹̓̿̆̀͝ȩ̷͔͉̫̩̱̈̿͂͊̓v̶̨̹̣̔́̊̈́͋̈́̓͆̚ė̸̩͙̖̜̙͇̒͗̈́̾̀͊̽̇̚ ̷̙͈̥͉̣͓͋̊͐̍͐́͂͘y̶͎͒͐̉o̴͔͊̾̈́́̀̈̌͋͒ú̸̻̩̰͉̤͖̳̠͔̹̒̀r̵̩̲̈́͊̕s̸̗̔͑͛͛̓̍̿̿͝ȩ̵͙̺͍̤͈͉͍͛̈́̑l̵̳̈́̔̈̃͛̅̽̈́͂͝v̵̨̝̹̟͍̋̈́͂e̵͎̦̩̯͖̦̿̃̆͝s̷̡̰̟̖̮̣̃̉̓̀̆̓͆̕̚ ̸̝̰͎̔t̶͕̍̆̓̈́ò̶̫̳͕͙̦̿̅̓̆̓̑͘̚ ̵̛̮̼̳͂̄̑́͝b̶̢͈͈̝̝̈́̂̋ę̸̣͍̥̤̘̓̀́̎͛̉̚͝ͅ ̴̢̧̨̛̩̞͚̯̼̲̗͊̆͐͋̓͛̀r̷̡̡͙̗̼͇̺̫̥̈̎̒̄̚u̶͇̲̹̘̫̇̈́̊̽͠͝l̶̢̧̘͚̪̪̋̅́ȩ̶̻̜̲̳͑͂̇̾͗̄̕r̸͍̺̠̗͍̳͕̞̙̭̉ṣ̷̨͉̤͆̾͠ ̵̫̪̯̞̜̳̔̌͋̈̾͑̚͠o̴̧͚͎͙̻̺̘͎͑͐v̷̡̛͙̳̼͓͙̩̲̏̈́̌̿̐̽͋͠e̸̱̦̤͌͊̽r̵̼̀̉̈̎͗̋̕͠ ̵͔̔ḧ̵̠͈̙̗̥͓́̀̏͗̇͘͘̚͜͝͝ư̵̧̢̞͙͙̖̄̏̀̉͆̈́͊͋͝m̶̱͋̉̆͗̾̕͝ͅǎ̸̡̨͚͉̫̰̜̫͚͍̐̃̽̍̍ṅ̶̜͔̭̻̈́̅̑͜͝ȋ̶͈̬̮̺͂́̈̂͠t̶̥͓̩̬̭̫̯́̏̆́̔̒́͐ý̸̫̭̼́̀̈́̈́̿͝͝?̴̢̱͍̍̾̈̆͐"̴̞͋͐̓͠
The scorching heat grew in temperature as magic from this newly formed creature that questioned the position of power scraped at the magical defenses of the devils and angels.
"̸̡̞̟͓̲̰̲̆͆͠Ḯ̵̦̫̣̼š̸̩̰̗̔͌̑̈́̉̌͊̉ ̴̛̻͚͉̬͈̫̳̹͉̾̊̀̓̒͜͝i̵̧̧̙̬͔͈̹͔̒̓̈́͝t̴̢̝̯͊̎̉̽̊̽̒̇͊͘ ̶̗̣̥̖̟̀͋́̑̕b̴̻̊̈ę̵̛̫̖͔̯̱̑͜c̵͍̻̭͇̬̪̫͊̈́̽̍̓́̈́͆̄͜͝ả̴̪̪̗̙̦͙͂͒͒ú̴̡̲́͐̎̓̓̃͠s̷̨̏͠é̷̢͇̱̘̥͍̫̲̼̓̆̒̍̇ ̵̢̡̪̳̹̺̤͖̆͆̃͝͝ỳ̵̨̰͉̳̩͖͔̽̍͗͌ͅơ̸̧̗̠̗̻̺͐̏̈́́̉̓u̶͙̻̘̣̓̓ ̸͔̙̯̝̻͓͍̏̾̍̔͘̚b̶̙͊̌̅̀̌̅̀͒̕ë̶̫̖̬̰͓͈̲́ļ̷̈͌͛̉͝i̷̖͙͔̘̙̕é̶͖̩͕̘̹͇͒̓̀̅̿̀ṽ̸͕̊͋͝è̵̡̢̺̯̲͎̺͎̀̉͆͆͗̂͝͠ ̶̢̨̗̘̣͕̜̲͓͚̉͋̉́̈̈́̄̀ţ̷̹̣̦͕͉͇̹̖̥̍̍̂̿̓́̑̕ḥ̴̛̛̯̭͕͎͕͗̅͛̆̍̽̓ȧ̴̧̂̏̓̃͘t̸̡͇͍̱͖̥̊̋̐͝ ̸̨̝̱̑͊̔͗̅̈́̎́͜͜h̵̜̠̠̠̠̣͓͌͋̌͊̈̐̔̎͝u̴̩̙̻͎̦̱̯̗̥̒͊̿͜m̵̨̡̡͇͍͇̭̈́̄̌́̐͑͠ą̵̗̞̜̟͉̜̀̈̀͑̚̚n̴̛͓̼̠̲̹̰̂͑͗̇̚ŝ̷̤̐̇ͅ ̵̳͇̙̤̱̮̅̾̄͘w̸̩̽̇͗͌̉͋͛̕͝ͅĭ̸̛̺͉̫̥̣̰̈́̄̕l̸͈͕̦̜̱̗̞̙̈́͗̇̈́̽̽͒͊̚͝ḷ̴̦͖͚́͜ͅ ̶̨̨͖̘̖͈̞̥͐͊̾͂̏̊̀͌a̴̐̓̽̋̅̂̇͘͠ͅl̶̡̻̬͇̣̰̯̑w̶̧̲̅̂̕a̷̪̎̈́͘͜y̸̢̨̹̫̲̻̼̳̪͛͂̃̿́̋̀̽͌͠ͅs̸͖͚͎̬̯͍̐ ̶̡͍̦̗͓͍̒͆͑̏̌͝r̵̥̩̰̀̓́̀̓̓͘͘̕ẻ̶͔͍̹͇̗͘͜m̸̡͇̯̳̭̈̔́͑͌̔͜ä̴̫͉̩̞̿̀͝i̷̮̱̒͛̍n̶̠̣̱̜̫̈́̓̓̉́ ̵̢̢̨̹̲͚̻̙̹͆̀͗̆̈́̕͠ḅ̶͙͈͔̙̬̣̱͇̰͋͒̏̽͒͘e̶̻̩͎̯͎̜̬̟͆̏̇̔̂͛́̚̚̕ṋ̵͗̔́ë̶͍̪̖̞̲̦̊̌̋̐ä̷̢͖̘̱̯́̽͆͌͘t̷̙̣͓̼͎̭̹͔̲̗͊̉̀̔̒̿̇́h̵̲̣̫̹̭̻͚̀̏ ̵̱̩͙̩̱̬̬̲̾̈̇͝ỷ̶̧̌ö̶̢̡̧̤͎̟̻͉̗́̀̾̒̒͘͠ú̷̦̘̋͋̚͝ȓ̵̡̢͕̞̠̤̉̉ ̷̧̬͙̬̻͊͆̈͌̓̋̔̚͘f̷̨̢͖̼̻̰͈̮̘͎͑͂̈́͋́ë̴̻̪̗̩̖̀̒̌̋̈́̈́e̵̘̲͍̰͂̐̈̀͗͋̽t̶̛̬͔͌͗͋̈́̃̐̚͠?̸̦̘̰̙̹͚̭̗͎̃́"̶̨̱̲̘͍̥̀̔̒̈́̈́̀̓͌̏̇͜ͅ
It was as if the voices of those who had lived in this world under their tyranny were finally unleashing their locked-away frustrations and anger.
What manifested was not Joseph, but rather a mana constructs created using a particular item with their magic as fuel.
This was the reason for Joseph trying to get them to attack him, and it was due to the creation of his that transformed magic damage done to him into magical energy.
The magic that they were so proud of will be their downfall!
"̵̰͓͊͗͂̓Ő̴̡̻͚̻̙͒̇r̶̬̯͇͑̈́͠ ̴̳̝̠͆̀̃̾̇͆̚ͅí̷̘͕̬̮̯̻͋̓͌̌͜͝ͅś̷̪͕̱̤̜̝͚̲̪̦͊͑̎̋̾̂̂̓ ̶̛̤̱͑̒̀̈̓̋̾i̸͇̜͙̐̊̔̂̾̐̆͐͝t̸͓̺̲̫̣͈̝͑̍͌̒̊͜ ̷̡͉̫͙̲̘͇͈̉̌̿͌͒b̶͔͓́͂͜e̸͉͌͆̓͌c̸̲̳͈̤̭̉̉͛̋̿͒̔̿a̴̠̍̑̓̍̀͌̀̚͘͝ù̴̥͕̣͇s̶̨̛̠̤̲̥͆̎͐ę̸͎̫͙̳̦͆̏̐̈́͂̀ ̸̲̻̞̠͛̉̆̇͒͗͝ŷ̷̖̊̈́o̶̢̞͍̓̇̾̔̽ų̴̩̱͚̙̙̍̒͜͝ ̴̨̹̼͕̦͇̱̮̱͕̽̔͐̚ḧ̴͈͔́͆̀̒̈̚ā̵̛̛͎̣͔͖̯̣̬̯̠̈̚͝v̵̢͔̲̼͚͉̪͉̂́̔͒̓ȩ̴͚͔͔̿̚n̷̨̖̣͇͎͛̀̾͐͒̀̓͒'̵̘̣̦̥͚͎̩̣̠̦͑͛͗̇͆͆͠ţ̷̝̮̙̘͊͊́̃͋̇̆͊̆ͅ ̴̨̢͔̮͖̯̥͖͈͔͐̀̈́̒̚͝f̸̡̳͎̠͓͚̄̀́̾̈́͗̃̄ó̶̼͕̥̩ͅu̶̥̪̩͖̇̍n̸̹͉͑̉̊̂̈́́̊͜ͅd̸͈̜̣͎͇͝ ̶͇͔̣̞̀̉͑͋̾̀́͝a̷̡̠͎̖̍̿͛̎͑̈̐̕͜ ̶̥̲̹̅ͅͅh̷̢̨͕͔̹̟̀̈́͜͠û̷̺͔̭̹̼̑̚ṃ̴̢̡̼̘̥͔̒̅͘͜͝ͅą̷̛̬̮͙̺̥͙̥̫̉̐̿̈́̆̿͝͝ͅn̵̞͉̬͖͍̺̦̘̈́̑͘ͅ ̸̲̥̞̹̦̌͆̆̆̀͌͐͘͘͝ẃ̵̹͉̜̒̌̀̈́̍̈́̐ͅͅh̸͍͑̍̍͆̈́͛̑̍̀͒ớ̵̪̰͚̻̱̬̰͇̱͆͆̌͌̑̾͜ ̸̡̞̻͖͇̺͙̃̿͐̉́̓͂͝c̸̩̲̤̺͈̗̜͍̑͛ä̴̯̫̪̲́̈́̔̉̉̀̑͒̚n̷̤̐̒͘͘͝ ̵̛͕̇̀̀̌b̶̡͙̩̣̦́͜è̷̢̛̘̥̼̬̥̇̒̃̒̌ͅͅā̴̛̩͉̻̣̞̼͈̺̈́͘͠t̸̛͉̫̎͋̐̐̐̑̄̕͝ ̷̮̩̖̮̿̆̒̓̈́̎͠͠y̸͔̫͙̆͋͒̀̄̅̔͒̑̉o̵̗̔̂́̈́̅̕͘ų̷̧̡̛͓̗̺̮̔̃̀͗̾̌͑͜r̶̤̹̣̺̲̺̜̋͊̕ ̷̟͚̅̾͜ạ̶̡̜̩̓̅̇̄s̷̡͓̗̖̀̇̿̽͑̀̀̌s̷̤̮̫̀͒̂̎̈́̃̑̄͠e̶̛̙̓̒̂̏ş̶͓̞͈̯͍̤̻̎̂͝?̴̧̨̲̞̰̘͇̪̄́̂͗͗̔̚͝"̵̨̰͍͇̰̮̪̝̖͘
But after experiencing what could happen if he got stronger too quickly via Laige and other means besides his ring, the man decided to use a unique method of getting powerful.
Even if it meant it wasn't going to be himself!
Powerful yet loyal subordinates were another excellent method of being 'strong.'
Thus he picked a creature that would never get such an opportunity while it would receive the role of a supporter and buffer!
Joseph altered a simple worm into a sandworm that can grow to an incredible size while acting as his catalyst for holding any excess energy that could harm him!
He had its body turned into something akin to a black hole with a capacity that grew with his strength as his new guardian refined whatever magical energy into something usable, thus creating a loop until all of it had been used up.
They were connected simultaneously, not an effect from his 'alter' ability that showed how much it could defy the laws of nature!
The sandworm got called Augmen, as its MAIN characteristic was to enhance the strength of those that are considered allies.
The current amount, at the moment, was seventeen times, and it would gradually increase the more consumed and more magic it refined!
Joseph could hardly wait for how much it'll provide once all of the magic it had just received was refined~.
You could say that the man had died earlier from the combined assault of the two armies, but his body had recovered due to a particular shield, using up only one of the charges that made its wearer immortal!
Joseph was going to do whatever he could to get stronger, even if it meant pissing off two significant factions that had been planning this war for a very long time.
But there was one unexpected problem, one particularly overprotective daughter decided to show up IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEMON ARMY while screaming out in a demonic voice.
"ĐØ₦'₮ ฿ɄⱠⱠɎ ₥₳₴₮ɆⱤ!!!"
He recognized her voice and the mana signature she carried, thus causing him to facepalm due to her hasty actions and the pride and embarrassment that came with it.
One thing is for sure Mary might get herself killed at this rate!
So Joseph called out to her through their connection then threw a copper spear towards the brash child that wanted to help. Hopefully, the new skill that he had given her will allow her to make full use of the spear.
The name of the skill?
Synchronize!