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The shattered space soon returned to its original state. Compared to outer space, the space of the Endless Continent was extremely sturdier and its recovery time was also extremely fast. This was because it was protected by the world's laws. If the space shattered in the void, it would most likely form a cosmic black hole before it recovered, but that possibility was infinitely close to zero in the Endless Continent.
There stood a hundred meter tall giant in the sky. that was nearly a hundred meters tall. It was Tigranov's body whose soul had been stripped away. Even in this state, it still possessed vigorous vitality. As long as Tigranov's soul returned, he could get revived immediately.
In fact, even if it permanently lost Tigranov's soul, it would slowly condense a new soul but since Celestia had already received Haru's order, she did not 'kill' him. Instead, she summoned Lysandra, Mary, Seraphina and other high-ranking Angels from the royal capital.
"I'll leave it to you guys! Understood, Your Holiness Celestia!" The Angel Goddesses didn't hesitate at all and unleashed their Divine Spells to destroy the vitality of this Divine Body.
After some time, with the combined efforts of the high-ranking Angels, the vitality of Tigranov's Divine Body disappeared and at the same time, a large number of Power Stones, blueprints and even Divine Artifacts appeared as drop items.
Meanwhile, Lysandra, Mary, Seraphina, Eveline and the other Goddesses who have joined forces to attack the Divine Body, were all enveloped in a golden light. Even Sylvana, the Dryad spirit of the Elven Mother Tree, was among them. She was the only Goddess in the Aetherium Kingdom that was not an Angel.
"As expected, the exp gain from killing a High God is extremely abundant!" Looking at the Goddesses getting promoted, Celestia nodded with satisfaction and then her gaze landed on the corpse.
"The corpse of a High God is very useful!" With Stella guarding the Goddesses who were getting promoted, Celestia did not stay any longer. After she put away the drop items in her storage ring, she brought the corpse back to the capital. At the same time, she used her Divine Power to purify it, in order to prevent it from becoming an undead creature.
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Back in his palace, Haru also received a notification from the GM.
[Congratulations, 'Divine King' Kazehaya Haru, your Aetherium Kingdom's subjects have killed the High God Tigranov, a God of Faith from the Beast God Pantheon. Energy value +200 Million, Power Stone +5 Million, Blueprint +1, Divine Artifacts +2]
[Congratulations to the Divine King, your Aetherium Kingdom's influence and reputation in the Endless Continent have greatly increased and it has become famous throughout the Endless Continent!]
[Special Reminder 1: You killed a High God from the Beast God Pantheon of the Faith Faction, causing their hatred towards you to increase greatly!]
[Special Reminder 2: The Gods of Truth have begun to pay close attention to your Kingdom!]
[Special Reminder 3: The Gods of Faith have begun to pay close attention to your Kingdom!]
[Special Reminder 4: The local empires from the central region have begun to pay close attention to your Kingdom!]
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With Tigranov's fall, all the powerful forces of the Endless Continent focused their attention on the Aetherium Kingdom. After all, this was a High God who was quite well known in the circle of Gods. His death caused these factions to seriously re-examine this up and coming kingdom.
This was completely different from Urznar as he was only a peak Lower True God. Aside from a few Beast Gods, nobody paid any attention to his death but Haru was in no mood to care about any of these two deaths. At this moment, he was also enveloped by a dazzling golden light. As a Castle Lord, he had also passively gained a huge amount of 'exp'.
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After an unknown period, the golden light dissipated from Haru and the intensity of the Divine Aura around him directly skyrocketed tens of times, reaching a whole new level.
"The exp from killing a High God is terrifyingly enormous! I directly went from an early-stage Lower True God to the early-stage of Intermediate God Tier!" Haru's smile was thick as he examined his status panel.
[Castle Lord: Haru]
[Identity: Lord of the Holy Kingdom of Heaven]
[Rank: Early-stage Intermediate God Tier]
[Strength: 1,000 points of Divine Power]
[Divine Power: 1,178 Points]
[Laws: Space]
[Equipment: Scepter of Sovereignty, King's Ring, Moonlight Armor, Holy Ring of Light, Astral City]
[Power Stones: 23.5 million]
[Magic Crystals: 450,000+]
[Divine Crystals: 404]
(T/N - A little clarification I think might help, the Divine Power of 1,178 points is his reserves of his Divine Power while the strength of 1,000 points is the maximum amount of Divine Power he can output on his own without any Divine Artifact.)
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"An early-stage Intermediate God with the output of a thousand points of Divine Power, plus the Laws of Space. My current strength seems to be insane…" Haru took a deep breath. The smile on his face immediately became incomparably brilliant.
Of the billions of Castle Lords, which one of them could compare to him? Be it their personal strength or their armies, nobody was Haru's match. At this stage, most of the billions of Castle Lords were only at the Saint Tier.
The few Castle Lords who had joined forces to attack the dynasty-level forces in their own regions had risen the fastest, but even among them and only a select few elites had become Demigods.
Even Aria, who had been following the Aetherium Kingdom's army and had even taken down many dynasty-level forces including the Naga Dynasty, was only at the intermediate-stage of Demigod Tier.
'In the world of Gods, an Intermediate God is not weak. In addition to the dozens of Angel Goddesses under my command, as well as the High God Tier Celestia and Stella, the current Aetherium Kingdom could be considered to have truly established itself on the Endless Continent! I might even be able to stand my ground against the local empires for some time!' Haru thought to himself.
Compared to the local empires, Aetherium Kingdom's biggest disadvantage lay in the population and army's size which easily counted in billions. If he dared to start a war, any local emperor probably wouldn't even blink an eye to allocate a billion troops against him while Haru only had about three million subjects.
"Once I have tens of millions of troops, I can try to start a war with the local empires in the central region!" Haru already had a simple war plan in mind. His first target was the Havenloch City which was the nearest city to Haru, located about 230,000 kilometers away from the Aetherium Kingdom, at the border of the Light Empire and the uninhabited wilderness.
It was the first line of defense against any invasion from the [Dark Forest], the [Endless Prairies], the [Andes Highlands], and the [Death Swamp]. If Haru wanted to start a war with the Light Empire, the first thing he had to do was take it down and then gradually spread the war on multiple fronts.
After taking Havenloch City down, with the uninhabited wilderness as a natural barrier, he could protect Angel City from the flames of war. Of course, this was a matter for the future. He had no intention of going to war with the Light Empire now. After all, he had not even occupied the Endless Prairies and the Andes Highlands.
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