Ascension of the Nephilim

Kyros continued to discuss the plans they had once they returned. Time was slowly churning, and Kyros knew that they only had a few hours at most to stay in this place.

They marched towards the portal that led to the Crossroads and continued to talk about the plans.

Hunter was still lost as Reptilia began to talk with Gojirrah and Midgard about how history progressed and how they remembered it and began to plan what they could do.

While they continued to discuss their plans, Kyros continued to talk to the rest and layout the plans for the future.

"We will be busy for a time. Our weakness has returned, and it will be difficult for us to tap on our powers that can easily demolish Champions. But, of course, with our experience, I doubt there are any Champions in the Lowlands or in Present Time Middle that can challenge or kill us. So, I'll remain with Reptilia and Grandfather to continue to force the other kingdoms to send support to battle the lizards. But now, our goal is to ensure that both sides don't fight and kill each other too much."

"I see. You plan to make an alliance?"

"Yes. If Hunter's task is to unite Middle from the inside, our task is to make the Planesworld Kingdom support them and send whatever knowledge, equipment, tools, and so on to improve the life in Middle." Kyros explained.

"I talked to Midgard and the other survivors of the settlement so they can tell us what had happened. Based on the history that Midgard told me, our actions of sending the various kingdoms in the Lowlands continued. It created instability in the Midgard, and most of the Lizard kingdoms were subdued. But since we disappeared, the humans were unable to conquer Middle as well, and it seems that war lasted for a long time and the Nephilim Sealing Mountain became the war zone." Branze reported.

"So the Nephilim Sealing Mountain stayed for a time..."

"Yes. But suddenly, Midgard said that the Nephilim Sealing Mountain had just disappeared one day. I'm guessing it's because Golem King Petra finally died as he ran out of life source." Branze guessed.

"That's the most likely reason. That Gigantes Core that we saw in there might have kept the Nephilim Sealing Mountain active to seal up the portal to the Crossroads." Kyros nodded.

"Anyway, the day of Apocalypse came when a dark opening emerged from the far north location, and Heralcus arrived and subdued everyone. And that basically led to them being defeated." Branze explained.

"Alright. I guess we have to let Hunter unify the Dark Dependent nations as well. The easiest way for us to conquer is to have the humans in the Planesworld give any support to Alpha Draconis to help Hunter conquer the entire place. But to that, we have to grow stronger and settle the defenses on the Planesworld." Kyros began to wield the darkness that he was projecting above the entire team, and it took the form of a strange tree.

"Is that... the Planesworld?" Scarlet asked.

"Yes, Scarlet. This is the map of the Planesworld."

"So that's what it looks like!" Aron glanced at it.

"You really need to read books, brother. There are books in the Library of the Nephilim that talked about that." Branze shook his head.

"The conflict and movements within the Planesworld are being driven and fueled by the conflict of Beginning and End. Unfortunately, I believe that most in our world, be it mortal of gods, are still unaware of the battle between Beginning and End. They might be aware of Fate and Destiny, the other gods and fallen, but don't know where they are headed. As proof, Calaminus knew very little when I met him."

"Yeah. I learned about this whole Beginning and End thing when we managed to become allies with those Golems." Calamus's voice echoed out of the Time Core.

"And so, this means winning battles and stopping the Eldrich invasion will help in the battle against Destiny. So we are now going to strengthen the Lowlands and fight against the invasion of the Netherworld. Airom is located in this region. As you can see on this map, it's very near the edge of the Lowlands. And our mission is to fortify these kingdoms."

"So I guess we will be moving to each kingdom then?" Aron asked.

"Yes. Just like Hunter, ideally, we should all end up becoming kings and queens of certain kingdoms. That's the best way for us to fight."

"Oh? I'll be a king?" Avary smirked.

"Huh. To think that we started as vampire dhampirs, and soon, we will be kings!"

"So we got a lot to do. If Hunter is to become the king of Present Middle, then you all will have to be the Savior Kings of the Planesworld! The Steele Army will be divided equally among each team. Right now, what we need is to restore our strength. We've lost a great chunk of our souls that even with our Codes, we should only be able to do a level of attack equal to who we were before."

"Yup. I tried it. I don't even have a Champion's might!" Aron laughed.

"Each level up should restore a portion of the soul we lost. This means a single level up could do tremendous changes. And I think this is good. With the Temple, we rose through the levels too quickly as we kept offering high-quality Commanders and our mastery over our Codes made us capable of performing attacks leaps and bounds greater than our current strength. But this also gives us the chance to strengthen our foundations. I hope that all of you won't slack. By the time I reach the peak level of power that I had here, I should have double that power." Kyros revealed with a smile.

"And honestly, I'm being conservative in my estimates."

"Sounds exciting! I'll aim to be a Champion that could fight a Cardinal just like you!" Aron laughed.

"Coven. Your goal is to be as strong as the peak I had here." Martha told the Coven.

"Yes, mam!" The rest of the Coven answered.

"What about the Emberdons? Are they going to remain like this? I mean, they'd get killed by the Addorant kingdom." Mias interjected.

"Show them." Kyros ordered.

Suddenly, Demerus, Triona, and Ressi raised their hands, revealing their former human forms.

"This is still a work-in-progress. I still want to have kids. So we've been working on the way to slowly reverse the [Over Mana] spell and regain our flesh. The body and blood of Eredus helped a lot." Demerus revealed.

"It limits the amount of power that we can bring out. In this form, we go back to being people with Champion power even with our knowledge." Triona chuckled.

"As for Stellya and me, we also used our souls in that fight. So we're basically as strong as we were before we went here. Just as Fate willed it." Faye laughed.

"And that's why we need to get stronger! Father, mother, and Emberdons. Your mission is to seek out the Celestial Code."

"The Celestial Code!" Demerus was excited.

"You plan for us to receive the blessing of Greater God Daradiel? I won't lie, but that power you wielded when you fought Heralcus was amazing!" Diana asked.

"Yes. Actually, you and Father will really benefit from it! The form that I used to fight Heralcus is the power of Celestial Paladin. You could become Celestial Paladins and Celestial Templars with that. And, of course, the Emberdons will become Celestial mages. Originally, I planned to seek that power out myself. But as it turns out, I don't need to now. It's better that I don't receive his blessings. You guys have amazing intellect and research powers. Acquiring the Celestial Code could be a doorway for you all to understand how to wield all elements! You have Astra, after all! And the more you unravel and reveal to me, the stronger I become."

"Lord Kyros is actually trusting us to study something for him?" Ressi laughed.

"This would be our greatest challenge. To think someone as amazing as Lord Kyros would rely on us to get stronger." Demerus smiled.

"You are descendants of Asta. Live up to it and show me the real power. Anyway, we all need to branch out and learn other elements. Father and Mother's power of Molding is necessary to transition our knights from sole Force users to have a diverse skill set. And if we want to fight the Eldrich, that's the bare minimum. But beware, the journey towards the area where Daradiel is will surely be more treacherous now. I'm sure Destiny has sprung whatever traps he left in the Planesworld to hinder us."

"What about us?" Avary asked curiously.

"Aunt Martha, Uncle Aron, Mias, and the Coven will first visit the Bowheart Clan. Some of you must try to turn the entire Addorant Kingdom to support us. Avary, Gregory, Myas, and Scarlet. This should be easy for you. Show them your power. Show them your beauty. Uncle Aron and Aunt Martha will help you for a bit and then will go with Grugnyr." Kyros explained.

"Myas. This will be your training." Martha spoke.

"Sister? You want me to go to my family, which has disowned me, and... practically take over as the Matriarch of the clan?"

"Yeah. That's the easy part. I want the Addorant Kingdom to serve me." Kyros laughed.

"Lord Kyros, you mean for me to restore my Fallen Kingdom?" Grugnyr asked.

"I never thought you were such a schemer. I've been thinking about it. I will bestow to you the power of Charm and the Power of Taunt through our Bloodline. I still don't know how or when I will complete that, but I'm sure you can handle that. Just as before, Aunt Martha and Uncle Aron will help you for a bit. And then they'll be off to their honeymoon."

"A honeymoon?" Grugnyr was stunned.

"Oh? It does sound like a honeymoon for the both of us." Martha chuckled.

"Together, the two of them will help Grugnyr restore the Fallen Orc Kingdom and use that as an entry point to go the Dark Sea. And they will seek out the ancient Black Dragon Tiamat!"