Blade of the Goddess-Chapter 181

Ruby and Rayna didn’t say a word for a few moments.

"Who’s stronger?" Ruby asked

"It’s not that simple," Parth explained. "Let’s say we battle, and I win. As a transcendent, our battle will be catastrophic, and the kingdom will take unnecessary damage. You have to take into account public opinion, Ruby."

"Grandfather, we don’t have a lot of options! We’re backed into a corner and have to do everything we can. If the people are upset, then let them cry; they’ll get over it."

Just as Parth was about to respond, a knock came from the door. "Sir! We’ve gotten word that the Church has attacked the castle!"

Parth then turned to Rayna and Ruby. "We wait and strike when the time is right. Don’t worry, victory will be ours in the end."

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"Princess Amber, just as you anticipated, the church has launched a full-scale attack on the castle and has engaged the Royal Army." A messenger informed her.

"What’s the number of their forces?" She asked

"I don’t know an exact number, but I can confirm that they’ve called every one of their members from all over the Kingdom to help them fight this battle. It seems like they’re putting everything they have into this skirmish."

Amber tapped her pen on her desk as she delved into her thoughts for a bit. "And my older brother’s forces?"

"According to my information, they still plan on attacking but are waiting on some kind of device. I don’t know what it is, but we shouldn’t take it lightly."

’A device? Is he secretly working with Zion? No, that shouldn’t be the case. He cut off his arm and embarrassed him in front of everyone. Unless that was all a ploy to make us believe he and my brother won’t work together.’

Amber decided to focus on her current situation and push other thoughts to the back of her mind. "Have the entire Royal Army defend the castle with everything they have. My forces, the noble faction, will be on standby and conduct smaller operations. Once Lapis attacks, send a small team to his grandfather’s house to completely destabilize it. Once that’s done, we’ll strike with our full force."

"Yes, Princess Amber." The messenger bowed, then left to relay this information to the rest of their people.

’Victory will be mine, and once I’m queen, you’ll be mine too, Zion.’ Amber smiled, licking her lips in anticipation.

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"Fucking finally, they’re gone," Zion exclaimed, stretching his limbs after watching a screen for the past few hours.

"Who’s gone?" Alice asked, eating ice cream while sitting next to Lidia.

"The church. I guess things are serious because they just recalled every last one of their members back to the capital to attack the castle. Idiots." Zion swiped his hands, and the holographic screens disappeared.

"So, what do you plan on doing? I hope we will fight!" Ginger was full of anticipation after she had broken through to the Ascendent stage. She had also undergone body reconstruction and was stronger than ever. Her drive to test her power on real enemies was higher than ever.

"Unfortunately, no, there won’t be a fight. We can’t fight someone who isn’t there. But we will be taking over every single location that the church of Arion has a church, shrine, or temple in." Zion smiled and pressed the communication button to the Zion Sky Network

"Is everyone ready?" He asked

"Yes, master." Thousands of people replied back.

"Good. Alright, just in case anyone forgot, I’ll go over the plan once more. Any town, city, village, or hamlet that isn’t occupied by the church, I don’t care if they are in noble territory or not, will be claimed by the church of Luminera. You will build a shrine, temple, or church there and protect that place. If the area is run down, fix it. If there are crimes, liberate the place. And as for the places that already have temples, shrines, or churches, we’ll destroy them and build our own over them."

[Readying the lasers], Tessa announced.

"Wait, Zion," Lidia called out to him.

"What is it?"

"What will happen if there are people in the churches, shrines, or temples when you destroy them?"

Zion thought about his answer for a solid second before answering her. "Sucks for them I guess. Fire."

[Firing now]

The massive satellite that hovered over the Astir kingdom fired a massive, powerful laser beam that split into hundreds of them once it struck the lower atmosphere. The sky shook, and thunderous booms could be heard across the entire kingdom.

People looked up, wondering what was happening, and once they did, they all collapsed in fear. Hundreds of lasers split through the clouds, flying in many directions until they hit their target.

BOOM

One of them landed, hitting a shrine.

BOOM

Another one hit a temple.

Hundreds more booms shook the land until one final laser rained down on the capital, its target? The Church.

BOOOOOM

The church went up in a ball of blazing glory. The holy barrier had shattered under the might of the photon energy, and everything inside, documents, statues, and people, were all vaporized in an instant.

"Now that’s a light show," Zion said, smiling, watching everything go down. "Everyone, move out. It’s time to show ourselves to the world."

"What do you want us to do?" Raven asked

"Nothing for now. We’ll wait for Amber to make her move. Since the church won’t be able to retreat, Lapis will order a full-scale attack as well. Since Ruby is playing the long game, she’ll move more discreetly and try to strike Lapis’s forces when they are least expecting it. Since the church will be wiped out at that point, Lapis and Ruby will fight it out, and whoever wins will have to face off against Amber’s forces. After that, we’ll strike."

"It seems you were already aware of who would win this war, young master," Lacey said.

"Nah, but I knew that whoever managed to claim the castle would win, since I planned on attacking the church of Arion at this moment."

Zaleena cracked her knuckles. "I hope those bastard dukes survive so I can get my hands on them. I want to see their faces when they find out I’m in the Mystic Stage."

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