"Interesting… This fight really shows the Empire's shortcomings compared to those who have been around for thousands of years and our strengths." Victor comnted as he patted Leona's head.
A mont of silence fell around them until Velnorah spoke.
"… Indeed." She sighed. "High numbers of strong Beings, strange technologies that can seal our strengths, and possibly much more that we don't know about."
"To , they're still weak." Siena snorted.
"That's because you're looking at this situation from your point of view." Ruby shook her head. "Think of it this way: How do these Beings compare to normal Beings who aren't us?"
"How would the Humans, Werewolves, Vampires, Demons, Angels, and even Gods deal with them?"
"… They would be completely annihilated," Siena muttered after realizing what Ruby ant.
"Yes. Even though they are 'false' Gods, their strength must still be taken into consideration. Each soldier among them is at the level of a Primordial God. Even if they lack depth, they still have training, and many others like them."
Scathach continued: "Numbers are power… Well-trained numbers are even greater power. Not to ntion that they are an empire spanning who knows how many solar systems."
"It's not an exaggeration to think that they also have their Elites, their trump cards, their secrets. Judging the entire strength of an Empire with just a brief encounter like this is stupid… And this is just one faction. How many more are there in that place?" Scathach couldn't help but smile. Just like Victor, she was very excited for the challenge.
"This brief encounter showed us that the plan to strengthen our numbers is not wrong… And it also clearly showed our strengths." Victor began to speak, attracting everyone's attention.
"Firepower."
"Yes, compared to those Empires, we have fewer numbers, but I highly doubt they have Beings as special as us."
If you looked beyond their beautiful appearance, each of Victor's Wives here was a weapon of planetary destruction, with so of them reaching the level of entire solar systems and others being able to go much further.
And they were not even fully developed yet as their peak Power was still higher than that. The only problem was reaching that peak of Power. After all, the stronger you beca, the harder it was to increase your Power.
What would a fully developed Anna be like? Or a Violet with her Divinity of Order? Or a Jeanne who had reached an even higher level than her forr Power? Or Aphrodite, with her imnse Power of Beauty? What about the Progenitors, Tasha, Lilith, and dusa?
Or perhaps the newly acquired monsters Kali, Dun Scaith, Albedo, and Hela?
Each of them had the potential to reach the level of destroying entire galaxies, with a select few reaching the potential of destroying entire Universes.
The only ones who had visible potential for that kind of future right now were Victor and Azathoth, but that was only the 'now'.
What would they be like in the future? And more importantly… How would Victor's Daughters develop?
Each of them was a monster of potential and needed to be taken into consideration as well.
Similar thoughts appeared in the heads of all the Wives here. Although many of them were wary of sending their Daughters into battle, they rembered who their Father was, and they relaxed more.
"Scathach, if you were there right now? How long would it take for you to end the conflict?"
"If I only took the Imperial Guards… 3 minutes… Maybe more depending on whether there are any surprises, or maybe less if their strength is just 'this'."
"If you had full autonomy from The Empire? And used all your strength?"
"30 seconds," Scathach replied confidently.
"Rose?"
"Around a similar amount of ti, probably taking a little longer than normal," Rose replied.
"Girls?" Victor looked at the older mbers of the group.
"A similar amount of ti," Amaterasu said.
"Sa here," Jeanne spoke.
"A little longer," Velnorah spoke. "After all, I'd probably take my ti to learn as much as possible from them."
Without Victor asking, similar answers began to be given by everyone.
"1 second." Aphrodite smiled, and suddenly everyone went silent.
"..." So won like Hestia, Lilith, and Persephone tried to open their mouths to speak but soon closed them when they understood the reason for Aphrodite's confidence.
She only needed to exist and wish for everyone to beco her slave. Her Power was that problematic.
Victor smiled at Aphrodite's confidence and said, "What if they had ways to block your influence?"
Aphrodite's confident smile trembled. She wanted to shout 'Impossible!' but the possibility that such a ans existed was quite high, considering that there wasn't just one Goddess of Beauty out there.
Laughing again, he said, "Being confident is good… But don't beco arrogant. Don't underestimate your opponent."
"…Yes, Darling," Aphrodite said sulkily as she received a pat on the back from Hestia.
"What about you, Darling? If you were there right now? How long would it take to solve everything?" Violet asked and quickly added, "Of course, you would be using all your Powers without holding back."
"..." An awkward silence fell over them as everyone watched Victor curiously for his answer. After all, they all knew he was very strong, but for a long ti, they had lost track of 'how' strong he was, especially with his new Energy upgrade.
"0.000000000000000000002 seconds."
"......"
"... How would you achieve this feat?" Anna asked very curiously.
"Well, in a hypothetical scenario where I didn't care about the enemy at all, I would just go there, stop Ti in the entire solar system, and annihilate them all with a black hole."
"Or just remove their Souls from their bodies... Or distort Reality and spawn a supernova. I doubt they could resist that... Well, there are several thods I could do." Victor found himself contemplating how he would end it all.
"..."
"Darling, you are so broken. Please Nerf." Ruby shook her head in exasperation.
"No Nerf!" Pepper stood up, speaking. "Do you know how frustrating it is when the protagonist is nerfed for the sake of the plot!? Look at my poor Flash and Superman. They just get hit, sniff, sniff." Pepper 'cried' in pain.
Victor laughed amusedly. 'Never change, Pepper, never change.'
With a more serious expression now, he continued: "Our strong point is clear, and we have countless geniuses in our Empire. All we need is ti and information. And with and Natalia here... Ti is what we will have the most of in the near future."
Natalia smiled gently at Victor's words.
Victor smiled gently at his Wife and then turned his serious gaze to the image: "And with '' there, we will soon have information."
...
"... A Grandmaster..." The enemy Commander swallowed hard. Even in the Empire he served, the existence of Grandmasters could be counted on one hand. That was how important and scarce these Beings who had achieved unimaginable Mastery in their Martial Art were.
The Commander found himself reevaluating his situation. At first, it was just a regular process of acquiring resources for the Empire, but now it had beco sothing more. He could no longer evaluate the Being in front of him as 'inferior'.
A man who, even in front of several spaceships and several strong enemies, remained completely calm with that frightening smile.
'But of course, he's confident. What's a spaceship in front of a Grandmaster? If he so wishes, he can cut through everything in front of him.' He thought. '...But not all is lost... After all, a fight is not asured solely by Power level.'
Even among the Grandmasters, there was a vast difference between those who had just started and those who had been on the path for a long ti. The Commander was certain that this inferior Being was not at the sa level as the Beings of his Empire, so nothing was lost yet.
With his armor completely regenerated, the Commander's eyes shone with Power. His confidence returned completely as more and more space ships appeared, and more of his allies began to appear.
[Activate protocols to fight a beast.] He ordered.
This protocol was activated only when the Empire encountered imnse Beings that required more attention and resources from the Empire. In a way, this was the greatest complint to its opponent.
[Understood]
From the initial 20 thousand, the number increased when all the soldiers stationed in this solar system ca to their aid, and now, they numbered 100,000 warriors.
There were 50 spaceships, with 5 being the enormous variety and the rest being the smaller version.
With such firepower, even if he was a Grandmaster, he would fall.
"Rejoice, God of War… The Empire considers you a threat."
A beam of violet Energy passed by the Commander and destroyed all 5 gigantic ships that had appeared, along with several asteroids in their path.
Not even an explosion occurred, as they were simply disintegrated from existence by the attack that ca much faster than the Commander could react.
The Commander swallowed hard.
Resting his Greatsword on his shoulder again, Victor put his hand to his ear: "Hmm? Did you say sothing?" And made a confused gesture as if he had not heard anything he said.
"I-..." The Commander was going to say sothing, but when the man moved his Greatsword again, he unconsciously took a step back.
A big smile appeared on Victor's face, and both of them knew what that small gesture ant: a simple gesture that indicated the 'fear' and 'failure' of that 'superior Being'.
"That's what I thought."
"What a great 'superior Being' you are." He snorted in disdain.
The Commander's eyes flashed once more, and this ti, anger was visible throughout his entire countenance. Genuine anger was felt by soone so composed. His pride was trampled, and he was humiliated in front of his subordinates.
[Contact the Solus, we'll need our best here.] He ordered.
[Request accepted.]
While this small confrontation of asuring superiority ended with Victor's victory, the man himself was waiting for sothing as he reflected.
'I need to gather more information.'
His purpose here was clear, and he didn't lose sight of it because of his 'excitent'. His senses expanded throughout the solar system, and everything he felt and learned was sent to the original.
'Those annoying looks.' Another reason Victor wasn't showing more of his Powers and only basic things was because he was sensing several eyes from different Beings.
The enemy Commander was completely oblivious, but Victor wasn't that ignorant. Even if he was a clone, he was The Dragon Emperor's Clone, a Being whose nature gave him special eyes capable of observing the Truth of Everything.
...............
Standing there carefree, Victor didn't even care if his speed and ans of movent were limited because, in the end, it didn't matter much.
Because, even if his speed was limited, his actions so far made everyone understand that long-range attacks were completely useless against him. After all, he could reflect everything, and if they just tried to bombard him with Power from a distance, he would simply cut everything like he did with those ships.
'So, Commander, what are you going to do?' Victor thought.
This sa question was being asked by all the soldiers present here. They didn't dare to move until the Commander gave the order since hierarchy was everything to them.
"...God of War, what do you think about joining the Empire?"
The Commander's words caused a small shockwave to the soldiers, but they imdiately composed themselves and observed everything, ready for any order from the Commander.
"Oh?"
"You are a God of War of the highest caliber, not to ntion that you are a Grandmaster. Although you are a sinner, all of this can be forgiven if you serve the Empire. We guarantee you the best treatnt. You can even beco a Solus."
"...Solus? What is that?" Victor feigned curiosity.
"Solus are the Elite of the Empire, Beings that not even you can fight. Their hierarchy goes from 1000 to 1, with those with single digits being the strongest and closest to the Emperor of Light."
"Hmm, Hmm, I see. Is there a requirent to join this group?"
"You need to be a Primordial God in Divinity, that is, have the highest possible Divinity in your respective Concept, and you need to conquer for the Empire. That would be the normal way for you to enter, but... As a Grandmaster, you could easily enter after we purify your Evil."
This casual conversation gave Victor and his Wives many important insights into the enemy Empire.
"Grandmasters are quite valued, huh," Violet muttered.
"It seems that even in the Upper Sectors, it is quite rare to have a Grandmaster," Anna said.
"...His obsessive fixation on the 'Light' is weird... It reminds a bit of Victor's followers... Oh." Natashia said.
"I see. It seems they used the sa tactic we used." Sasha said.
"Control through Faith, but... How much is that 'Faith' reciprocated?" Amaterasu said. "I doubt they are as kind as we are."
While listening to his Wives debate, Victor thought back to the conversation with the Primordial, who was talking about his supposed 'rival', the one who was chosen to be the representative of Positivity.
It seems that the Emperor of Light was this Being. Victor turned his gaze to the System Ranking and focused his gaze on the na
Several thoughts passed through the Emperor's head, thoughts that only he knew, but soon, his attention was turned to the fight.
"Hmm, Hmm, I see." Victor nodded several tis as if he understood everything.
"Right? What do you think-." When the Commander was going to say sothing else, Victor interrupted him by saying.
"You are Beings of the 'Light' as you like to claim so much... Are you sure you can accept ?"
Darkness began to leak from Victor, followed by the sll of death and blood, along with the raw sensations of fear, deep emotions of hatred, and the desolate cold of despair.
It seed that everything Negative was coming out of that man.
"...M-Monster." No one knows who started it, as all they heard was the words of a soldier who took a step back in fear.
They had never seen a Being with so many Negative Divinities. Not even those degenerate monsters from the Darkness Faction made them feel like this.
The Commander's countenance changed completely as he returned to his serious self.
[Activate Stellar Protocol.]
[...Are you sure, Commander?]
[Even if this entire solar system explodes, we must kill this monster. He cannot join the Faction of those degenerates.]
[Very well, request accepted... Starting the process of unbalancing a star.]
"Soldiers." The Commander's words woke all the soldiers from their stupor.
Golden portals appeared, and all the ships in this solar system appeared in the distance, completely surrounding Victor. All the ship's Energy cannons were focused on the man.
"HAHAHAHAHA~, That's what I'm talking about! If I had known that all I needed for you to be serious was to show my true self, I would have done it from the beginning, and I wouldn't have had to deal with your hypocrisy!" Victor twirled his sword and positioned himself with the sword behind him and his left hand in front.
"Co on! Let's dance!"
"Kill this monster."
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