Chapter 527 - The Vampyres' Fearsome Defense
Edrusim watched with a complicated expression as he saw a minute location in the Dark Expanse occupied by the Celestials in their second battle, his gaze landing on the being shining in gold as he asked himself if it was worth keeping this piece of their in play if it would cost them losses of strongholds at the expense of not losing too many lives.
He saw the ingenuity of this being to save all those tens of thousands of beings that others thought he had killed, and he knew that if it was another Celestial Legion, even more deaths might have occurred before one side retreated or called for surrender.
He steeled his heart as he only saw positives with this being called Crixus, seeing the manner that he ended the battle while calling for no more loss of lives as they simply began to occupy the three stars and bring them under their influence in the coming days.
"Let us discuss things like this in advance next time."
He voiced out to the medallion that connected him to Vladivostok, his voice carrying enormous weight as he and the many beings in this Mage’s Tower accepted the first loss in this war, and it was a loss that came from one of their own forces.
Could it really be considered a loss though?
These armored Vampyres gave off a different feel that many expected, even their eyes showing a light of determination and strength that awed their allies. This was because within their bodies, they carried the reinforcement of two Supreme Laws, the boosts of the two Guider Type Abilities stemming from Noah increasing their strength to a great degree as they prepared to show their newly rising Progenitor that they were worthy of such strength.
Devilishly handsome figures with flowing silver hair, their determined eyes gazed forward as the appearance of a Celestial Legion unfolded in front of the Mist Domain, tens of thousands of beings starting to erupt out of the Warsh.i.p.s as yet another battle was about to unfold in a separate location of the Dark Expanse.
This Celestial Legion was led by three World Rank Commanders, which matched very well with the single World Rank Infernal Lord and the leading Vampyre and Wizard Commander that were also at the World Rank. Those distributing the Celestial Legions had found it fit to send this specific one to the Mist Domain after ascertaining the level of opposition they would face with Fate Discernment.
But on this day...what they discerned would not go the way they planned as in the battle for the obscured planet that was called the Mist Domain, the Celestial Legion was met with a shocking fire power not from the Infernals or Wizards, but from the forces of Vampyres as they showed never before seen levels of strength and resiliency!
Their attacks carried with them horrendous damage that broke through the defenses of Celestials, and their bodies seemed especially resistant to the attacks that carried the essence of Fate that the Celestials released.
Fighting with strength and nobility that had not been seen for hundreds of years, the force of Vampyres pushed back against the invading Celestial Legion as the shocking results of Celestials retreating came to be. A single Celestial Commander had managed to escape, with one killed and another captured!
This battle resulted in another loss for the Celestials on their conquest as the higher ups reviewed the scenes of battle and planned more for the future, knowing that these first initial battles were only a prelude to the many small wars to come.
But the newfound strength of Vampyres was first shown in this battle in the Mist Domain, and many would come to realize that such a level of strength was actually widespread among the Vampyres, the strongholds they protected being those where the Celestials would face the most losses in the future to come!