Abyssal Lord of the Magi World

The message surprised everyone but the most shocked were the Rank 3 Magi since Zatiel was able to establish a telepathic link without them realizing it and before they even detect his presence in their consciousness.

All of them were able to send their thought to someone else using their consciousness but the way Zatiel did it was more mysterious and the power was something they could not track or find its origins.

As people that have live hundreds of years, the Rank 3 Magi understood the significance of this power, although the connection he created right now was very weak and could not pose a threat to any of them, if he was able to enhance that power then the link he could establish with his mind could reach the core of their souls, by then, he could maybe slave them.

It did not take long for the figures of Zatiel, Ezequiel, Sophia, Rax, and Kilo to be visible for everybody.

Zatiel, Sophia, and Kilo's appearance had not changed since the last time they saw them, but on Ezequiel and Rax backs there were Heavenly race's wings.

Rax had two pairs of wings, that seem to be made of obsidian crystal. These were the wings of an Angel of Supremacy, the one that was able to injure the father and son duo in their fight in the city and rip one of the wings of his dragon form.

These wings are able to increase the damage of Rax flames by 35% and also increase his physical and magical defense by 20%.

The most impressive wings were the ones on Ezequiel's back. They were the three pairs of blood wings of the Angelic Paragon.

Zatiel had chosen to give the wings to Ezequiel. The wings effect was focus entirely on increasing the user's physical capabilities, and although they would have increased his strength, his battle power was focused on the use of destructive types of energy.

It was on Ezequiel where these wings could show the greatest effect since he uses his entire body as a weapon and crushes his opponent with overwhelming physical might.

The wings increase Ezequiel's physical offensive and defensive abilities by 40%, and he could also use the Blood Diamond Skin that the Angelic Paragon had used to double his physical power.

Since this was the effect of the wings and he had not bloodline of the Heavenly race, the energy consumption is increased meanwhile the duration and the effect of the skill are weakened.

When Dante saw Zatiel he calms down and deactivates the sword tattoo. He knows that the price that Heinz had to pay to create it was huge, so using it to kill a Rank 3 Magus was not worth it.

Zatiel was smiling as he enters the force field, but his eyes were cold as he looks at the old man, and very subtle killing intent was being generated from his body.

When the Rank 3 Magus saw Zatiel and the other four Neo-Demons, he understood that he had underestimated their powers but was surprised him the most was the fact that they all have become more powerful in a very little time.

This not only impressed the old man, as the other Rank 3 Magi were also thinking the same. At Rank 2, if you have a significant increase in power every five years, you were considered a genius, but less than four months have passed since they last saw them and they could feel the changes.

This feeling was especially strong in the man with the blood wings, who now gave them the same sense of danger that Zatiel.

The old man immediately made his energy recede, and as he analyzed the five individuals in front of him, he understood that the chances of surviving a fight against them were too small and at best he could escape.

He looks at the other Rank 3 Magi, but except for one of them with whom he had a previous relationship, all the others ignore him.

'Those bastards, I step forward so we could all obtain wealth and now they are ignoring me!'

The old man looks back at Zatiel, and although he tries to maintain his calm, the killing intent that was targeting him was only growing and fear started to appear on his heart.

"I, Romok, Rank 3 Magus under Soul Forging existence Carik, have broken no rule!" Romok voice was very loud and every person inside the force field was able to hear him.

Everyone understood the intention of the man, by calling his backer and making clear that he had broken no rule at all, if Zatiel were to attack and kill him then he could be considered offending the Rank 4 Carik since he was killing his men without reason.

But contrary to what Romok hoped, when Zatiel hears those words, his smile grew bigger and the killing intent inside him soared.

When this happened, all the Rank 1 and 2 Magi, move away from the old man, and although there was a Rank 2 Magus who did not move at the beginning, he eventually follows his comrades.

Morok and his friend made the energy on their bodies active and were ready to fight when all of a sudden the killing intent disappeared.

Zatiel was no longer looking at the Magus but instead at the magic tower and the force field it was generating and that hid all the army. 

He couldn't care less about the Rank 4 named Carik, but he was not strong enough to kill the man without their fight affecting the magic tower.

He was sure that him opening the portal to the Abyss has made the Dukes of this world use all their power in order to track him and if by any chance they found the slightest clue about his location, then the entire army is doom.

Zatiel turns to look at the rest of the Rank 3 Magi and his face was emotionless making an apprehensive feeling grow in them.

"There is a very good reason why we need to remain inside the force field of the magic tower, and I was prepared to explain it to all of you when I arrived, but since you think you can force your plans I will only say this. I will kill anyone who leaves the force field!"

Zatiel statement was extremely tyrannical and made all of the Rank 3 Magi angry, but when they saw his eyes, none of them dare to argue and just remained silent.

Seeing that his message was clear, Zatiel turns to look at the Rank 1 Neo-Demons and Sunlight Champions and unlike the coldness from before, this time he was smiling and satisfaction could be seen on his face.

 The actions of the kobolds were no surprise since their loyalty has been proven long ago, but he was able to see the unity and resolution on the Sunlight Champions as they were ready to march to a secure dead against the Rank 3 Magus.

He brought these Sunlight Champions to test them. His Animus abilities had allowed him to see their true feeling, and what he saw was exactly what he was hoping for. 

People who see themselves as part of something bigger, part of a home that has given them so much to them, and to those who they love, that they are willing to die for it.

"You have done very well, continue working hard and what you will get is beyond your biggest dreams. In twenty days I will be implanting Heavenly race's wings in all of you."

Unlike the first set of wings that were obtained by the combined work of the Magi army and the Daybreak army, these were obtained by Zatiel, therefore he could give them to whoever he wants and it would not create a negative effect in the army.

When the Sunlight Champions and Neo-Demons hear that, they all cheered. On the Magi side although some of them were showing jealousy and envy, most of them understood that it was obvious that Zatiel will give them to his own people and they only sigh to the fact that they were not part of a clan like that.

Zatiel turned to look at those Rank 1 and Rank 2 Magi and although his attitude was not as friendly as with his own people, it wasn't as cold as the one he showed to the Rank 3 Magi.

"You should also prepare for the time you can explore the continent. I will be creating a special runic set that will be very easy for all of you to obtain as long as you work in groups. That, plus the wings of an Angel will allow you to get at least a seventy percent increase in battle power."

Those Rank 1 and Rank 2 Magi become excited when they hear those words. They have seen at first hand how useful are the runic sets of Zatiel, but even so, they did not think too much about them since the price should be too high for them, but it seems that just like the Heavenly race wings, they could win it just by doing some missions.

With all the army focused on the future battles, Zatiel knew that his job as the leader was done for the moment, and he started to speak to Dante through the core.

"How long until the force field of the tower is able to cover the existence of someone at Rank 4?"

"In one month, the first group of the Soul Forging existences should be able to arrive undetected." Dante's had a perfect understanding of the magic tower abilities so he gave Zatiel an answer immediately.

"Good. Start the creation of the Fiend Essence Extract Chamber, I want it to be done before they arrive, so we can start hunting immediately when the stronghold is truly formed."

"Yes, father!"