Chapter 155: Power-up

3rd person view

The golden barrier then wavered, the golden armor was then sucked into Perseus' ring, Albert tried to keep it up but Perseus' ring devoured all of his mana that he released.

-Stop it Albert, if you keep going, you'll lose all your mana- Aenon warned him

Albert then stopped using his ability. The mages was shocked but one snapped out of it and used lightning magic to shoot out a lightning bolt at Perseus, but what's next shocked him even more, Perseus grabbed that lightning bolt and ate it, bit by bit.

"Like pop rocks but not as sweet, cool" Perseus grinned "But that's enough for today, we're leaving now since there's no more spatial disruption"

Perseus then opened a warp gate to which his bonds entered first.

"I also came prepare you know, since I sort of expected this to happen" Perseus chuckled "Bora, Terra, scare them!"

The clouds then darkened and the ground shook as vines climbed up to their bodies, rock golems then started to rise out of the ground as the sky crackled.

"Don't worry, Perun isn't here today, I got him to defend the base, so hopefully you can deal with these 2, good luck" Perseus waved at them before also warping away

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"From the look on your faces, I assume that you're not bringing me any good news" The king muttered

"No sir" the mage answered as he kneeled "The guardians got defeated, it was a one sided victory"

"How one sided?"

"They have purposefully not kill any of ours, we were toyed with, but they left a bit after, their goal was merely to scare us, and a few got frightened but all can still continue to fight"

"It seems like we need a power-up like the seekers too "

"But your majesty-"

"If we don't we'll lose again, we might face backlash after this, but it's the only way to stand up to them, we need corrupteds of our own"

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1st person view

"We left them alive like you ordered" Bora reported "We should've killed them off before they get any stronger"

"It's fine, though that would be my usual tactic, leaving them alive is good for now, if we leave them alive, it'll show them that we pitied their attempts at retaliation, despite having the strength to kill them, it'll scare them more that way"

"And here I thought I was cruel" Bora replied "But we're off for several more days right?"

"Yep, you should enjoy your free time for now, I'll call if I need any help"

I then ended the call and called Jake.

"How are you doing over there?"

"Everything is running smoothly on my end" Jake answered

"Then you can take a long vacation if you like, maybe use some of our resources to travel somewhere, you have my permission"

"What will you be doing?"

"I'll train for a bit, I'll most likely get to the top 2 of the vampire kingdom's with my current equipments, but I need to be strong without them as well"

"What if I train you instead?" Jake suggested "I can improve your swordsmanship and aura while you learn magic from your fellow executives"

"I'll take that offer then"

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3rd person view

Albert and Aenon was in the royal training grounds along with the king, Eleanor and several mages.

"Isn't this forbidden magic?" Albert asked as he holds the corrupted pill in his hands "Can't we just fight them normally?"

"You witnessed Perseus didn't you?" The king argued "He was stronger than you during his time as a student, but your powers weren't that far off. Now he far surpasses you, and if he's the lowest ranking among those executives of theirs, we can't imagine the true power of the whole organization, especially with the alleged Andrius Thames as their leader"

"Alleged? Perseus admitted that he's the man behind all this" Eleanor retorted

"But we can not believe everything he says, that's why I say alleged" the king replied "But as for the pill, you do not have to worry, no lives were lost in the creation of that pill, but there is one disadvantage, the corrupted energy of this pill isn't as strong as the ones that the seekers have, so you will have a power boost but not as strong as you expect from the forbidden one"

"But the process and experiments until you can achieve this product" Aenon said "Lives were definitely lost during the process"

"Well we used plants instead of animals or human lives, we use those weaker life energy to create this" the king explained "It cost more but at least we didn't have to kill anyone, we already got it approved by the majority of the continent leaders"

"So why am I the first?" Albert asked 'If this one is the prototype, shouldn't you give it to someone more valuable"

"That's because you and Perseus are similar, like that sword of yours, only you and Perseus can wield it, so you are our best chance at this" The king answered "You have the highest chance on controlling the power of a corrupted, if you lose control, these mages and fellow colleagues will stop you, but the chances of losing control is only about 1 in 5"

-Helena? Thoughts?- Albert asked

-Don't worry, your chance of losing control is almost impossible- Helena answered -So is Aenon since he is your bond-

-I'll support your decision no matter what, Albert- Aenon said

"Albert, you can't do this, I know it is somehow morally right, but there's still a chance of you losing control, my father maybe king but you can still disobey an order like this" Eleanor reasoned with him "Perseus is a naturally turned corrupted, maybe we can wait till the researchers find a more natural way where our lives aren't at risk"

"She is right" The king nodded "Your life is the one at risk here, you can deny our request"

Albert hesitated but consumed the pill anyway and his vision darkened as he felt unbearable pain.

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"Well the guardians or whatever you call them, at least half of them are corrupted like you" Nova reported "The other kingdoms are also carrying out similar projects"

"The corrupteds, how strong are they?"

"The white cores are still in the white core, Aenon the dragon is also still in the white core, but his strength have improved greatly"

"What about the church followers? How was their reactions once they find out that I'm with the seekers?"

"They were very disappointed, but I came to your rescue, so if you find yourself in Gloria, you can seek help from them like usual." he answered

"Thanks as usual, you're the best"

"I know, you won't find any other god who is as great and mighty like me" he replied proudly

"No wonder you're twins, you both are somewhat arrogant"

"Not like you're any different" Nova smirked