It took Aeron six minutes of meditation to recover his Prana fully after emptying it. Prana recovered automatically, but sitting in meditation and performing breathing exercises sped it up.
So he acquired 15 Tier-4 Hiveborn Creatures every six minutes.
Fortunately, no one came to disturb him for 35 minutes, so he managed to gather his legion of 100 Tier-4 Hiveborn Creatures, 20 of each class.
Now, it was time to go on a hunt.
He had sent rangers and assassins to trace the footsteps of the army, so he already knew the direction and location of the Boryan Kingdom.
So he took back all Hiveborn Creatures, turning them into cards except for one Hunter Skyrift, on which he sat and flew towards the kingdom.
Aeron arrived there in minutes, as Hunter Skyrift was fast, capable of flying at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour, and it was not its maximum speed.
After arriving there, he saw that the kingdom was calm.
The general people didn't know their king and queen had died.
Aeron went straight towards the royal palace, the largest and most luxurious building in the kingdom.
As soon as he landed in front of the palace gates, he summoned his army.
And also summoned the Katana in his right hand and Tommy the Reaper in his left hand.
His appearance attracted the guards and other powerhouses as Aeron sensed Tier-2 and Tier-3 lifeforms heading towards him.
"H-Harbinger! He is the Harbinger!"
"Where are the king and queen?! Could it be that they were killed by the Harbinger?!"
"Attack him! Bombard him with Arcane Arrows!"
The giant crossbows atop the palace and in the towers lit up with magic, all aiming at Aeron.
A second later, all the arrows shot at him.
However, all twenty Colossus Anchorbux glimmered as they raised their giant shield-arms, and translucent light brown barriers expanded, covering the entire army.
Skill: Barrier Builder!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
All arrows arrived and struck the superimposed barriers, exploding loudly but not penetrating the barriers in the slightest.
After the volley of arrows was over, Aeron spoke, his voice enhanced by Prana as it reached far and wide loudly.
"Listen! I am here for only one thing, and it's called Almighty Raal! Tell me where I can find this bitch!"
A collective gasp of disbelief and rage rang across the kingdom.
How dare this person call Almighty Raal a bitch?!
"KILL HIM!"
"ATTACK!"
The royal guards and other Tier-3 powerhouses rushed at Aeron and his army, hurling projectiles and wielding weapons.
Their eyes didn't look sane at all.
Aeron frowned. 'What the hell is going on?'
'Even that king and queen began to look strange when I insulted Almighty Raal. Same with that apostle. At first, he was begging for mercy, but when I called out that bitch Almighty Raal, he flipped.'
'These people…' Aeron's eyes glinted. 'They are being subjected to some kind of influence. Complete brainwashing and forceful control.'
They were attacking him, but no attack could get past the barriers created by Colossus Anchorbux.
His entire army was close to peak Tier-4 lifeforms. A hundred of them.
He could lay waste to the entire kingdom in a minute.
However, he didn't feel any anger towards these people. Only pity.
Pity that they were brainwashed, unable to decide right and wrong for themselves, and letting everything be decided by a single entity.
'Reapers. Go and grab those two Tier-3 powerhouses.'
Two Reaper Umbrisks slipped into shadow and emerged from the shadows of two Tier-3 military generals. The two generals were instantly disabled with Phase Strike at low damage lest they get killed, and the Reapers used Umbral Cloak to get away since they couldn't use Shadow Slip while carrying someone.
Aeron then commanded the Hexer Elemancer to use Element Shift: Ice, and used Spell Weaving to freeze everyone within a one-kilometer radius.
Fwooosh!
A burst of frosty mist spread quickly, freezing everything and everyone instantly.
He made sure that the ice would melt after one minute, keeping everyone alive.
Now that he was done here, he took back his legion, except for one Hunter Skyrift for him to ride away and two Reapers who were carrying the generals.
Two kilometers behind the kingdom, in a hilly area, Aeron met with the Reaper Umbrisks.
He then slapped the two Tier-3 middle-aged men.
Pat!
"Wake up."
Pat!
Both of them woke up and saw Aeron, which instantly filled them with fear.
"Y-You will die! No matter what you do to us, you will die!"
"Almighty Raal will kill you!"
Aeron picked his ear. "Stop with that bullshit and answer my questions. If you do that, I'll let you go."
"Over my dead body!"
"Go to hell!"
Aeron frowned.
He summoned a Hexer Elemancer to him and froze their entire bodies except for their heads.
"Listen carefully. The faster you answer me, the quicker you'll be free of the pain."
Spell Weaving: Lightning Shock.
"ARGHHH!"
"ARGHHHHH!"
Aeron's eyes sharpened. "Give me something. Tell me where I go to get close to this Almighty Raal, or you will suffer here more than you will in hell."
"Screw you!"
"ARRGHHH!"
After three minutes of torture, Aeron stopped.
The eyes of the two men were even more crazed despite the pain. They refused to speak anything, as if they were controlled in some way.
'It looks like I'll have to blindly go around until I meet someone strong like an apostle.'
Suddenly, Aeron felt cold, and he looked up.
A crack in space stretched, and from it, a female wearing a white dress and having a pair of white wings emerged. She wore golden jewelry and an embroidered dress, oozing elegance and holiness.
She was powerful.
A Tier-5 at least.
Aeron gulped. Tommy the Reaper was on his left hand, which he silently reloaded with Despair Bullets by consuming 100 Prana.
"So you are the vermin that is tainting Almighty Raal's beautiful world."
The woman descended with complete disdain and disgust in her eyes, stopping a meter off the ground just so she could look down on Aeron.
'Great. Thank you for coming close.' Aeron's pupils shrank slightly, his mind focused.
"You are strong. A Tier-4 lifeform, and you also have three Tier-4 servants. No wonder you managed to kill Beelir."
The woman snapped her fingers, and instantly, Aeron was trapped in a metal prison with two-inch gaps between the bars.
"Why am I considered a Harbinger? Who is Almighty Raal?"
Hearing Aeron's questions, the woman chuckled. "Submit to Almighty Raal, and you will no longer be considered a Harbinger. But if you remain an infidel, you will receive a fate worse than death."
"Submit? How so?" Aeron raised his eyebrows.
"I am taking you to the nearest House of Raal. You will earnestly pray and submit to his will and laws. If you do that, you will be spared."
Aeron looked at her for a second before taking a deep breath. He de-summoned his Hiveborn Creatures and Tommy the Reaper.
"Alright. Take me there."
"Smart." The woman smiled. "Don't worry. You are not the first Harbinger to convert. After all, it's better to live than die."
And so, the woman flew away, taking Aeron with her as he followed behind, caged in the prison.
Aeron's eyes glinted. 'Let's see what the deal is with this world.'