BXBX NOVEL Chapter 191 Clash Of Two Sides (4)
The power of the Life Fire originating from such a powerful Legendary Level Professional like Elder Ariaoth was not something to be trifled with, especially when the Life Fire contained some bits of the Destruction of the Lineage of Bael, making it even more dangerous than average Life Fire.
Fortunately for the Inquisitor Jaeng, his cocoon shield out of the Void was strong enough to block the intense heat that had already melted down a whole bunch of Legendary-Grade Artifacts like they were made out of snow.
"You are indeed too dangerous to be left alive... how many of those like you are born through one Epoch? Ten? Twenty? Every single one of heritage like yours is destined to become Holy Legendary and even have a solid chance at achieving Transcendence."
Suddenly Inquisitor Jaeng said to Elder Ariaoth, but it seemed like just stating some facts. Normally the demons who were descendants of the Daemon Lineages, like direct descendants, meaning that they inherited some of the Abilities from their Primogenitros through the Bloodline, never married those who didn't share their blood.
Such cases like Elder Ariaoth, being the progeny of two Daemon Lineages, was extremely rare and only a very few such cases happened during each Epoch, to the point where the ones that happened could be counted on one hand. Normally it was because the existence of such a descendant who inherited the Bloodline of two Primogenitors could seriously disrupt the fragile balance between specific demon tribes and species, something that the ones on the top of the said species and tribe didn't like to see.
Everyone from them was obsessed with maintaining the equilibrium, even though it was that equilibrium that made them stagnate as the cross-breeding of various Lineages made them many times stronger, like the case with the Elder Ariaoth. Even though the Elder's progress was slower than many others Golden-Horned Demons, he was many times stronger than any other Golden-Horned Demon tribesmen at the same Level.
"Not many... yes... it is a shame... descendants between various Lineages are proving to be more powerful, especially when they inherit both Bloodlines and manage to awaken the Innate Abilities of both Lineages; unfortunately, most of the Holies and the rest of the old coots that are still kicking in the Material Plane are more interested in maintaining the status quo between various demon species and not changing anything... if there is one thing that is race as collective desperately needs it is the change."
Answered him, the Elder of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe Ariaoth, with a solemn voice, because he was one of the few who realized how backward the demons truly were compared to the rest of the Material Plane and sooner or later, the time would come when they wouldn't be able to depend on their overwhelming numbers to win their fights.
It was not today; it won't be tomorrow or the day after, or a century later... maybe it won't be even this Epoch; who knows? But there was one thing that was for sure, and that was... the times were changing, and only those who adapt will survive and those who do not perish.
"Yes... your species is on the same level as orks... maybe a bit better in cases of more advanced tribes and races... but in the end, you will soon be broken beyond repair in a state where you won't become a threat to the glorious Kadath for a very, very, very long time."
Stated Inquisitor Jaeng as he brandished his twin daggers, swirling the power of the Void around them, while he melted into nothingness and appeared behind the Elder Ariaoth, slashing at his neck with his twin dagger.
In a split of a second, amidst the trajectory, he changed the course, as he dodged the incoming flaming sword as the Elder Ariaoth predicted that his foe would try to attack him once more from behind. Dodging to the right side, he agilely leaned backward while he threw one of the daggers at the Elder Ariaoth, who barely managed to dodge the incoming dagger, not noticing that Inquisitor Jaeng jumped away while stabbing the second one in his right leg.
He twisted the stabbed dagger as the elderly Golden-Horend demon screamed in pain, as his flesh was being twisted and corroded by countless poisons that the Inquisitor of the Hall of Kadath's Inquisition was using.
Then before the Elder Ariaoth could counterattack, he pulled out the dagger, jumped backward and while he was still in the air, he caught the second dagger, which he threw after the Elder Ariaoth; as he landed onto his legs, several tens of meter away from the enraged Golden-Horned Demon.
"That was the second dose... by this, your body should be crumbling away... and not only your body."
When the Elder Ariaoth heard Inquisitor's words, he suddenly noticed that his burning flame of Life Fire inside his soul, which was previously pure crimson red, now had countless strains of grey in it, as it seemed like it was struggling against something.
"Void."
Not only during the time when Inquisitor Jaeng stabbed the Elder Ariaoth, he managed to inject some more of the poisons into the Golden-Horned demon's body, but he also manipulated the Void as he directly attacked and infected the man's Life Fire.
Because the Elder Ariaoth was using the Life Fire to fight, it was not protected as he took it out from his very own soul, meaning any soul protection treasure that the Golden-Horned Demon was using to protect his soul from attacks was virtually useless to protect the Life Fire.
And now the Life Fire had the honor of being turned into food for the Void. Suddenly he felt like all the flames dancing around him started being extinguished as his control over the fire decreased at a visible speed. At the same time, the contamination of the Void inside his Life Fire continuously increased until it didn't devour the entire Life Fire.
"Shame that your Life Fire would be extinguished... for once, I would want to bring back Legendary of Phenex Lineage with intact Life Fire. It would be indeed interesting research material; the ones of Solheim and Scientia would pay a tremendous amount of money for even part of the intact Life Fire."
Muttered Inquisitor Jaeng with faux sadness as he wanted to bring back the corpse of the Ariaoth with his Life Fire intact. That would not only give the Hall of Kadath the opportunity to study Limit Legendary Professional Demon of the Phenex Lineage, but also they could sell some of it to the Solheim Civilization or Scientia Hierarchy which would pay almost anything to obtain a sample of the Life Fire.
Normally when someone was fighting the demons of the Phenex who were from the Fenixian Tribe or the Fenixian Demon Species as they were called, it was night impossible to obtain the intact Life Fire of the Fenixian Demon. The main reason for it was that, in their death, the Life Fire was almost always destroyed.
Naturally, when it came to the Legendaries of the Fenixian Species, it was even far more challenging to obtain the intact Life Fire from them. The highest recorded obtained Life Fire of the Fenixian demon was from one who reached Advanced Stage Legendary Level, and it was only through the cooperation of an entire team of the elite Magic Users from the Magisterium who managed to obtain it through some obscure ritual.
If not for that, they wouldn't be able to obtain the Life Fire out of the Advanced Stage Legendary Level Professional. Naturally, the Life Fire was an extremely precious resource that could be used by those with fire-related anything, abilities, bloodlines or anything else to advance their strength and uniqueness with the Life Fire of the Fenixians.
Slowly but surely, Elder Ariaoth was dying at visible speed and right now, he could hardly even move as his Life Fire was being consumed by the Void. As the Life FIre was being consumed by the Void, it meant that his regenerative capabilities were being weakened at the same time, which also meant that the poisons inside his body were more and more effective, as they essentially killed him, when he dropped dead down... lifeless.
"Hmm... that was a good one... one mistake would cost me my life."
Inquisitor Jaeng muttered as he took out a small vial from his Dimensional Ring and poured it over the corpse of the Golden-Horned / Fenixian demon hybrid as the poisons that were corroded the corpse were being dispersed and neutralized.
Inquisitor Jaeng wanted the corpse of the demon hybrid to be in the as best state possible... if that was even possible, but whatever. Letting the poisons in the corpse would only deteriorate and decompose it even further, practically destroying it for anything meaningful and useful.
As the poison master, he knew exactly how to mix a mixture that would almost instantaneously neutralize them to preserve the corpse. After that, he stored the corpse of the Elder Ariaoth into his Dimensional Ring while he looked at the incoming Star Demons and Moon Demons who finished killing off the ones from the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe and their vassals.
"The deal is complete."
Inquisitor Jaeng stated to the leaders of the Star-Moon Coalition before his body melted into nothingness and he left the 8th Floor entirely, while the two demons, namely of the Star Demon Tribe and Moon Demon Tribe, looked at each other and sighed in relief.
The time when they realized that someone from the Kadathian Inquisition was present, it made them extremely nervous because members of the Inquisition were not people to be reasoned with. It wouldn't be weird for the Inquisitor to turn his blade at them when he was done with the Elder of the Golden-Horned Tribe. Even worse, they were weaker than him by whole margins, so they wouldn't be able to put even some resistance against the Inquisitor.
"Fortunately, he is done and we are alive... not to mention, the whole bunch of enemy Legendaries are dead, including one of the ELders of the Golden-Horend Tribe and we even won the conflict on the 8th Floor. So this entire operation could be considered a massive success."
Said one of the Moon Demon Tribe after some time, while the other from the Star Demon Tribe just nodded his head that they had indeed achieved a great victory in their conflict against the Golden-Horned Tribe.
With this, the demon unity was broken and the Demon Council fell.
In its place, the Star-Moon Coalition and Atraksan Demon Empire rose into the province, though they were not the only ones, as some of the demon species descended from the various Transcendental Daemons, be it Pillars or others, either decided to pursue independence or created their own factions.
So in a certain sense, the Demon Breaking Plan of the Hall of Kadath was successful before it fully began.