Outside the battlefield, the allies processed Yvonne's message for them to sit this battle out and just observe the war. Of course, many of the Gods were worried about the Great Aetherium, but the leaders noticed Haru's intentions and stopped them from joining the battlefield.
Christine, the leader of the Beast God Pantheon, frowned, "If it's His Majesty Kazehaya's command, we shall obey. If the Imperial Army falls behind, we move."
The Goddess of War gripped her sword, "Our allies are outnumbered five Supreme Gods to three. How do we just *watch*?"
"Because His Majesty is not an arrogant man." Selene, Goddess of Hunting said. She was considered the eldest sister in the Nature Pantheon after Elunara and Amelie (the Aurora Goddess). When she spoke, the others listened, "He's not turning us away out of pride. He's confident. We should wait."
The Goddesses held position. Selene turned her attention inward, back to the source of the Divine Law she'd been cultivating since Haru returned her Natal Artifact in the Aetherium Empire.
The source had grown more complete since then, the threshold of the Supreme God Tier, for her, was now closer than it had ever been. She would be ready to fight today, if it came to that.
…
Haru suddenly felt something happen. Celestia has successfully ascended. She was a peak Supreme Goddess now, the highest level below the God Monarch Tier, surpassing every other God on the Endless Continent.
She had descended on the battlefield already, moving through the outer edges with a specific target in mind: the Titan Lord Varkath, who was hiding in the dark, waiting for his critical moment.
With Varkath neutralized, the equation changed entirely. The Evil Pantheon's hidden ace was gone. What remained were five Supreme Gods against Haru, Yvonne, and Nova. With Haru's combat power, it was easily a winning fight. He smiled.
"Go." Malakar gave the order at the same moment. The million-strong army of Evil Gods surged. All five Supreme Gods moved simultaneously towards their targets.
Malakar and Skarion vs. Haru.
The Lich Lord vs. Yvonne.
Micteya and Mordra vs. Nova.
The logic was clean: suppress the three Supreme Gods first and the two hundred thousand True Gods beneath them could be harvested at leisure.
Haru let them come and said with a smile, "Yvonne, go kill that bag of bones. Nova, manage the hags. I'll give these emo boys a beating."
The assignments weren't arbitrary, only Haru had the power to simultaneously hold those two back.
He turned and nodded at Lysandra, who understood the signal and roared, "Kill."
The Imperial Army answered. The Angel Army released cascading holy magic across the imperial formation, the Holy Light Temple's buff already active, attack and defense raised twenty percent across the board.
Then Eveline, the Eighteen-Winged Fallen Angel, led the Fallen Angel Army directly into the Evil Army's front lines. They were the first to charge, hitting before any other unit moved.
Fallen Angels ran stronger than the Orthodox Angels at equivalent rank, and both outclassed local True Gods of the Endless Continent at the same tier. The Evil Gods had been told they were suppressing a castle force, what they got was something considerably more dangerous.
The twenty percent buff on top of the superior quality made the gap even worse. Evil Gods who expected to trade blows were dying in three moves.
Then Haru's Divine Power detonated. It hit the combined Divine Power of the two ancient Supreme Gods and broke it apart like it had struck open air.
Both Malakar and Skarion stopped, "No fucking way! We're both at the same tier! And even if that's the case, how is his output—"
"Nothing is impossible." Haru's voice was calm, "You came here to destroy my empire. You should have prepared for the consequences. Back in my home planet, we had a saying called 'Fuck Around, Find Out' and guess what, we're currently at the 'Find Out' stage."
His Divine Power dipped in the Space-Time Law expanded and sealed the battlefield. Every god inside, be they from the Great Aetherium or the Evil Pantheon, felt the lock close around them. There were no exits, no retreats.
"This battle ends one way." Haru looked across the sealed field at Malakar and Skarion, "Either my empire becomes history, or your Evil Pantheon does, and don't even think about trying to escape."
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