The Ruinous Powers

Kilith had been in conflict with a cult from the Chaos realm, this cult was one of the hidden forces that was encroaching and intruding on the celestial realm's territory, she and other angels had already destroyed many of their branches on different planets using them as a source of soul coins to expand her power.

400 years of experience had made Kilith proficient in war tactics and strategy, in the last 50 years she had intentionally spread news of her pregnancy and weakness, many times her enemies fell into the trap thinking that she was giving birth and attacked only to be slaughtered like live stock.

However, this time Kilith was really about to give birth which would be her weakest state, so she had spent most of her soul coins getting some 4 winged centinels, 4 winged centinels were as strong as the power angels that were known as the warriors of the celestial realm.

These 6 centinels had cost her more soul coins than 40 000 third circle centinels, they were the trump card she would rely on to catch the big fish, this time she got really lucky with the cultist's opening a portal to the Chaos realm she could harvest a lot of soul coins from killing all these weak chaos creatures.

With Kilith using her flying speed to impale some horrors with her spear, her guards could go on a rampage in the Battlefield, the 4 winged centinels were targeting the most troublesome and powerful Chaos creatures to alleviate the pressure on the other centinels.

All of kilith's troops were engaging in this war, from the territory guards to the soldiers and even the merchants, Disabled and weak centinels were using long range attacks while other centinels formed a line of defense that operated like a meat grinder against the forces of chaos, all troops stationed or sent to battlefield in out worlds were recalled using props.

From time to time one could see centinels being teleported back to the territory from out world and directly joining the battlefield, Kilith was ignoring the cultists for the time being, she was more focused on harvesting as many souls as she could, with her speed she could reach the cultists very fast, but she didn't want them to close the portal for now.

Noticing that the angels didn't attack them for the time being, some of the cultists that were not maintaining the portal ventured closer to the battlefield, Kilith noticed that they were gathering the remains of the fallen monsters and dead centinels, with a grin on her face she ignored their movement.

The robed figure with old voice among the cultists seamed to be presiding over a second ritual that aimed to sacrifice the flesh and blood they gathered to some kind of existence in the Chaos realm.

" Oh great Morathy, Demon of pain, champion of Chaos, Torturer of flesh and soul heed my call, we offer this tribute in your name, grant us the power and glory of your mercy " said the old cultist while taking off his robes, what came into view was a Goat headed man with a Black crystal encrusted in his chest.

The crystal started glowing a deep red before it separated from the cultist and flew directly to the pile of flesh and blood, it grew tentacles that spread like a virus, consuming all the fallen bodies, This crystal was a Chaos crystal used by chaos demons to spread their filth in other realms, if not destroyed it could corrupt the land and turn all flesh and blood into Horrors.

The chaos crystal was transforming all the dead bodies into more horrors that would later on join the battlefield, Kilith had not stopped it as it was a means to turn waste into more soul coins, who would want to get rid of some bodies in exchange for more soul coins.

What ever chaos demon these cultists worshiped had responded, using the chaos crystal as a medium the demon was constantly consuming part of the flesh and blood to transform the majority of the sacrifice into chaos creatures.

For Kilith this was an opportunity, while the demon was using his power to create souls and reanimate and transform the dead bodies, she would sit back and harvest even more souls, it's not every day that you can find such a generous demon.

With 6 second circle centinels she had nothing to fear from a small band of cultists, they did not have the power to summon any powerful creatures, and she knows it from the many confrontations she had with this organization, high ranking cultists were not something an angel of her level could attract.

Some of the Dead centinels had been turned into abominations powered by chaotic energy some had their limbs replaced with claws, jaws, sword bones, sharp tails and even their wings were mutated, noticeably one of the Dead centinels with a complete body was slowly being engulfed in a fleshy cocoon with the Chaos crystal inserting its self in his chest.

 Kilith noticed this anomaly, and she understood that what ever Demon was controlling this chaos crystal it wanted to create a powerful abomination to cause as much chaos as possible, she would let the demon succeed her goal was to get souls with the least amount of losses, she instructed her forces to abandon the defense formation and to simply attack with all their might.

Flying high in the sky, kilith got into a trowing stance with her spear that started glowing with a silver light, the battle was still going on, but nobody noticed that kilith was missing, the cruelty of the battle had intensified.

A deafening heartbeat sound was reverberating on the battlefield, the source of the sound was none other than the flesh like cocoon, centinels had abandoned all care for defense, and they started getting closer and closer to the cultists mowing down all oposition, 3 of the 4 winged centinels had used a flanking maneuver to suddenly appear behind the robed figures that were maintaining the portal.

With a swift hack and slash, the portal made the last spin before closing, the stitched up abominations were now protecting the cocoon from all the centinels as they felt the ever dwindling number of their kin, but now that the portal was closed they were no match for the artificial angels.

The abominations, as if instructed to buy as much time as possible for the cocoon to hatch, would stop at nothing to achieve their goal, but chaotic creatures were not the best at coordination and cooperation, contrary to the angels that had an excellent sense of coordination.

When the last and strongest abomination fell under the combined blow of the 6 second circle centinels, the heartbeat sound stopped with a shock wave that sent all existences close to it flying into the sky, the cocoon now a truck sized lump of flesh burst into a gory mess.

From within, a chaotic being rose slowly to the sky, this being had 4 fleshy red wings on his back, a dark tattered armor on his body with spikes poking out of different parts of it, his face looking like a possessed human, bulging vanes full of black substance, eyes a fiery red, sharp teeth worthy of a rage filled dog, this creature had a chaotic crystal inside its chest with a small part poking out of it.

" Suffer my existence " spoke the monster in a voice that would make a mortal feel as if blades were rubbing against his skin.

Suddenly, a silver shooting start collided with the beast, shattering the chaotic crystal while leaving a gaping hole in its chest area, the second circle centinels ceased the moment to approach the beast that was still alive but disorientated after the blow.

The centinels tore apart the wings and limbs of the beast in a swift display of martial prowess, Kilith slowly descended from the sky looking at the creature that only had a head attached to its torso, stretching her armored hand she summoned the silver spear back to her hand, the spear flew back from the pit it left behind when it pierced the beast and destroyed the chaos crystal.

The silver shooting start that ended the debut of this chaos spawn was none other than the full power blow that Kilith had been brewing in the sky since she had ordered her forces to go on the offensive, when the spear returned to her hand, Kilith looked deep in the monster eyes that were still moving.

She knew that the demon from the chaos realm was observing her with that unwilling look on the limbless monster in front of her.

" Incompetent fool " kilith slashed the head of the beast flying into the air, before power punching it into a blood mist in a swift 2 combo move that did not even take 1 second. 

Kilith was an accomplished warrior, and even in a weakened state she knew how to use the minimum amount of power to achieve the best results, this small attack on her territory resulted in her making a huge profit that replenished her coffers, this wealth in soul coins was equivalent to 80 years of hard work in an outer world war, her losses were minimal only 1300 first circle centinels were lost.

These cultists always fell in her trap, thinking that they would be taking advantage of her a lone weak angel that just started her territory not long ago, only to find that they had been misled and outsmarted.

Kilith turned her attention to the old cultist that was playing dead, this cultist was the one that held the chaos crystal and started the ritual, from the moment the crystal separated from his chest the old goat faced cultist had been playing dead to avoid being spotted, maybe he was waiting for the right moment to escape.