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Haru hovered tens of thousands of meters above the ground, surveying the scene and remarked, "They seem to have retreated."
"They've lived in darkness for far too long and instinctively reject sunlight." Celestia explained, "When night falls, they'll swarm out again."
"We won't wait that long." Haru issued orders, "Tell Lysandra and the Imperial Army to clean up the battlefield. After the evolutions and resurrection of the fallen troops, we descend into the underground world and clear it layer by layer."
Following his orders, the thirty legions began their work. The commanders distributed the Bloodline Evolution Blueprints according to the rules, enhancing the growth potential of their troops. Beyond the Angels, the Elves, Dragons, Golden Beamons, and the Legion of Light also received blueprints.
These forces had lower growth potential than the Angels, so their success rates with lower quality evolution blueprints were higher. Most achieved peak Demigod or even True God Tier potential, yet one exception emerged. Among the Angels, thousands of light balls gathered together. This collective evolution was triggering another mutation.
Celestia's eyes narrowed, "My Lord, it looks like these Angels are all transforming into Fallen Angels."
Haru nodded. This evolutionary mutation seemed to require a specific catalyst—an Angel of Death. Azrael, the Angel of Death, was among the ones evolving this time. She was an adult Angel with ten wings, her strength at the early stage of Intermediate God Tier. Under her influence, thousands of adult Angels were undergoing this mutation.
A smile crossed Haru's face as he imagined a whole legion full of Fallen Angels. He had seen their power in the battle against the Gods of Faith. Dozens of Fallen Angels had slaughtered nearly five times their number, terrifying even the Evil Gods into retreating. Later, those Gods had refused to face the Fallen Angels at all, turning instead to attack the Beast Gods led by Christine.
"It is good news." Haru declared, "When their transformation ends, reorganize them by forming Fallen Angel Legions led by Eveline and Thessaly (Sixteen-Winged Fallen Angels). Deploy them to the second layer. I want to see if my Fallen Angels alone can suppress those demons."
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Half an hour passed and thousands of evolutionary balls merged into one massive orb of light. An hour later, cracks spread across its surface, and then it shattered, causing thousands of Fallen Angels to emerge.
They possessed beautiful faces and powerful physiques, standing nearly ten meters tall, far larger than the traditional Angels. Black armor encased them. Their wings, both physical and ethereal, were jet black. An evil aura radiated from them, darker than any Dimensional Demon's presence.
"These Fallen Angels…" Yvonne, the Divine Punisher Angel spoke suddenly, "…betrayers of the Lord."
Her wings erupted with thunder so intense that even the sun above seemed to tremble. Only Haru's authority restrained her from immediately annihilating them.
Haru turned to look at her and found that she was staring at the thousands of Fallen Angels gathered in the distant sky. Her beautiful gaze was cold with indifference and murderous intent, just like Celestia when she first saw the mutation.
She held no affection for Fallen Angels, which was perfectly normal. Let alone a Divine Punisher Angel like Yvonne, even the traditional Angels were holy beings of light, while the Fallen Angels were creatures of evil. Without Haru's intervention, Angels like Celestia would never coexist peacefully with them.
In the illusory Angel Realm, Celestia had even suppressed Fallen Angels without hesitation, throwing them into the Angel Reincarnation Pool for reincarnating. Now Yvonne harbored the same impulse.
Before Haru could speak to defuse the tension, Celestia intervened, "Yvonne, the glory of the Lord embraces all things and all spirits! Fallen angels are also creatures created by our Lord. They hold firm belief in him. Like us, they are believers. My Lord is merciful!"
Yvonne retracted her gaze and lowered her head toward Haru. As a Divine Punisher Angel, her emotions weren't as rich as other Angels and she only understood her duties. If the Lord could accommodate these Fallen Angels, she didn't maintain her rejection of them.
Haru smiled, "Celestia is right. The Fallen Angels are also my followers. When we conquer the Abyss, I plan to let them manage it and rule the demons there."
It was the perfect arrangement. Just like the demons, Fallen Angels were also evil creatures. In fact, the evil aura on Fallen Angels surpassed even that of the demons. When Haru first met the Ice Queen Eira, she would have suspected them to be creatures from the Abyss, had it not been for the absence of that distinctive aura.
In Haru's view, everything in the universe required light and darkness. Light without darkness had no meaning. As a future God Monarch, he needed a 'dark hand' and the Fallen Angels would fulfill that role. Compared to orthodox Angels, they were better suited for some tasks that couldn't be conducted in the light.
"We will follow your oracle, Lord Almighty." Yvonne said, kneeling respectfully.
While traditional Angels bowed when facing Haru, only Yvonne knelt—not because the others respected him less, but because she saw herself as a mere tool. In the illusory Angel Realm, Divine Punisher Angels had the closest relationship with the Lord and even served as his spokesperson.
They were only seen when the Lord needed to convey something to the Eighteen-Winged Seraphim or to deal with the strongest of the betrayers. Even Celestia herself rarely saw them during her rule. Created directly by the Lord's hands, they were formidable, second in power to Celestia herself. All of them were at the Supreme God Tier.
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