Ascension of the Nephilim

553 Fall of the Harem

The large yellow Golem was created with several different parts.

A sealed left and right arm, a bounded body, and chained feet that were tied into the Fortress.

Dardiel saw it and was amazed. He could sense the power and design of it and how it was interconnected to the Heavenly Abode.

"What an amazing piece of work! This is clearly a replica of a Gigantes! Golems can't bear a god's power, but Gigantes have become Heretic Gods and proved that they could gather the eternal power of us gods! This could work!" Dardiel laughed.

"Exodia was designed to bring out the power of the Nephilim Sealing Fortress. We designed it to release the godly powers of Kyros that have been sealed in Mysterion. But with a little tweak, it should be able to release the power of an actual code. Let this be your temporary body, Greater God Daradiel."

"If you can heal me. The workings of my soul are too much. It would have taken years for my body to be renewed so that I could cast the simplest of spells. So let's see the healing first."

"Then I would ask Greater God Daradiel to board Exodia. The Fortress will heal you and try to help you merge into Exodia."

Dardiel nodded, and his ethereal body moved towards Exodia.

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Greater God Daradiel's soul detected.

Obliterate soul to absorb Celestial Code?

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Branze began to sweat as he saw the prompt that appeared. He nearly confirmed it in his haste to heal Daradiel.

Mezal and the rest also saw the prompt and were amazed.

"I think if we could capture an enemy god or fallen, we could assimilate its power here," Faye suggested.

"It makes sense. When the Blood Calamity's body parts were taken, the Temple, back then, was able to extract the Charmed properties of the Blood Calamity, which would be a very, very small percent of the actual Corruption that was still plucked out and bestowed on Kyros. So we could harness this power if we can bring the weakened Gods or Fallens of Destiny here."

"How is that possible?" Triona asked.

"It's either Solas or Soter's power. The binding powers of unity could be the cause of this." Mezal guessed.

"You saw a prompt to destroy my soul and absorb my Code?" Daradiel asked.

Branze nodded.

"Interesting. Let's hurry. If we can get Sheolrah and Impyernos's code, we could be unstoppable!" Daradiel chuckled.

Branze turned his attention to the prompt and rejected the offer.

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Heal Greater God Daradiel's soul?

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Branze selected yes.

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Insufficient energy to heal the soul.

Unholy energy was detected outside. Allow Fortress to draw out Unholy energy without weakening the stability of the Unholy Abode?

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Branze saw the prompt and quickly confirmed and made preparations to heal Daradiel.

"This place... is an Unholy Abode?" Branze was amazed.

"Yes. This has been my suspicion from the start. But the God of Fallen who used this place seems to have died or is not here. But this abode is directly linked to the Planesworld. It seems to gather certain souls and store them here. I did a few experiments, but not all souls seemed to go here. I'm guessing that the God or Fallen did something around these lands to absorb more souls for Unholy Energy to fuel this place."

"It may have been feeding through those who died in this place. So many experts have tried to move in here after all." Stellya suggested.

"That's possible. But this only means that healing Daradiel has a higher chance now!" Branze turned back to the prompt and selected Yes.

A trembling within the region began. Then, a tremor occurred over the mountain range as the Fortress began to absorb the Unholy energy. The more it absorbed, the more the region began to quake.

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Warning!

The energy required to heal Greater God Daradiel is still insufficient!

Allocate available resources to weaken seals and curses?

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Branze confirmed once more.

A flash of light occurred, and a vast amount of Unholy energy began to gather.

It was as if the group could hear the voices of a multitude as the Unholy energy began to gather.

"Souls? Are there souls in here?! What is this place?" Branze exclaimed.

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Soul of Coven member, Hemsey retrieved.

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Branze and Mezal trembled as they saw the notification. They couldn't believe it! The soul that they thought to have dissipated into nothingness was here!

Hems was in the Midlands and tasked to meet with Aron's team. He was still in a teleportation pad Listrel had revealed to them and was waiting for Aron's arrival. He sensed it. The soul that was dead had returned.

"Hemsey?! You're back!" Hems fell and trembled.

Hunter was on the wreckage of another fortress they had brought down elsewhere. They had returned to the Middle as the war within the world was getting more dangerous.

He was already at Cardinal level, and he sensed a strange tremble.

"Hemsey?!" Hunter shouted in shock. He could clearly feel the power of his brother tremble.

Martha and his team were running from an army. The allure of Charm had somehow caused many in the Dark Sea to be naturally drawn out. It was like Martha had a large target on his back.

Lea was annoyed as her cover was blown, and many servants of the Eldrich were attacking her. The group was forced to change their identity, and Aron could only fight from inside Puff, who would unleash 'breath attacks' but came in the form of massive slashing attacks.

But in the heat of their escape, Martha and Aron sensed it.

"...He's alive!" Martha's eyes teared up. Hemsey had sacrificed himself to save her and died as his very soul was eaten by the Dracanae cells birthed from Puff's original body.

Aron also laughed out in great joy.

Back in the Fortress, another prompt appeared.

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Souls of the passed Steele Family retrieved.

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Mezal trembled in joy as he saw the notification. So these were the souls of the slain family members of Steele! The servants also sacrificed their livese to save Martha in the dracanae pit! He even hoped that the souls of those who died in previous battles were there!

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Soul of Priestess of Fate and Shaman Queen Esther Steele retireved.

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"Mother?!" Branze shouted out loud.

"My... my wife!" Mezal saw the name and quivered in joy.

And then, he quivered in fear as he realized what he had done and how enraged his wife would be.

A strange apparition appeared in front of him.

"My, my, my... You seem to be having fun with a lot of women!" A beautiful young woman appeared.

Everyone was amazed at the appearance of the woman.

"My wife! I'm so glad that you are alive!" Mezal trembled in fear.

"Mother! This poor excuse of a father has been living the life of a lecherous old man! He seduced princesses, married queens, and even those young enough to be called his granddaughter!" Branze snitched his father out faster than Tekashi 6ix9ine could snitch out another rapper.

"Oh?" Esther's expression turned strange, and her face warped into that of a horrifying ghost.

Her eyes turned like dark holes and were like two dark barks. The rest of her face disappeared.

"My wife! I did no wrong thing!"

"You were making a harem of Lowland queens and princesses. You developed a corrupted version of Charm or Zelah's power to attract women." Branze added.

"UNFILIAL SON!"

"Unfaithful husband." Branze shot back.

"Unfaithful?! Your mother was dead! And I was lonely!"

"Wrong. I'm the Shaman Queen. I was just in spirit form! Which means I was alive, and you were just horny!" The ghost of Esther charged at Mezal and released the power of a Cardinal!

BOOM!

Mezal held on as his shield appeared.

The beautiful angelic arms of Esther had turned into horrifying claws that reached out.

BOOM!

The power of the two Cardinals reacted.

"Using Shaman arts against me? The Shaman Queen?! Foolish!"

The surrounding Force Wall began to crack as the power of Unholy turned into nefarious darkness!

"From now on, you will no longer have any harems!"

BOOM!

Mezal was knocked out of the Fortress, and the spirit of Esther chased after Mezal.

"AHHH!" Mezal began to use his powers to block the attack as the two fought.

Diana was horrified at what she saw.