Chapter 256 Holy Order
"Ok, let me explain it to you a little bit more properly this time." Alex said as he pointed his finger, more specifically at the kimono woman, the little boy and the bratty teen. "You see the three of them? There"s something that they should have been doing now, yet they are still not doing it."
"You mean…"
"Yes, these three, even if they have the chance to attack right now, are not doing it." Alex said as he glanced at the Travelers. "That, in itself was already suspicious."
Alex then continued talking before Alina could give a retort.
"Sure, the kimono woman made an attack earlier, but she did not make another attack after that. Why would she stop attacking, especially when she has the chance to do so with all of these free time?"
"Maybe she is just biding for time?"
"No, she is not biding for time. That"s too wasteful." Alex replied as he shook his head. "Do you really want to know why those three are not attacking now? The answer to that is just simple. Those three right now, cannot really attack as freely as they could. That"s just as simple as that."
"Alex, how did you arrive to that conclusion? Maybe you are just doing wild guesses here."
"Nope, I"m fairly sure this time." Alex replied as he looked at the enemy Traveler Team. "In my opinion, these people that we see above are copies of the original, which I already explained earlier. Since they are copies, there are bound to be some weaknesses from these copies. And one of that weakness could be…"
"The quality of the copies." Alina said before Alex could finish his sentence. "There is no way that the original object will have the same power as the copy, since the copy was just an imitation of the original. Sure, it can have the same abilities and actions, but its power and quality will never be the same as the original."
"That"s right. Copies must have been fundamentally weaker than the original." Alex replied as he smiled wryly. "That is the reason why these Celestials could not even make a dent on our s.h.i.+eld earlier. Their power was just weaker than the usual. We did not notice it since we are too preoccupied with defending ourselves."
"As for the Traveler Team, they do not have that kind of safeguard." Alina nodded as she cupped her chin. "If they attack right now, we will surely feel that their attacks are weaker, and once we discover that, we could gain the courage to fight them."
"Exactly. As for the attack by the kimono woman earlier, she only did that to throw us off-guard, to make us panic for some time." Alex said as he let out a deep breath. "That strategy of hers worked, and if it were not for your eyes, we might not have discovered about the truth."
Now that Alex was sure that these people above them are just copies and are weakened version of the originals, he felt both worried and relieved.
Alex was worried, because of the fact that these Celestials had decided to use some fakes to attack them. Why attack them that way? Are they planning on doing something different?
Alex on the other hand was also relieved, since with the confirmation of the enemy"s weakness, Alex now had the confidence to attack and annihilate their invaders.
"Since they are just copies, there should be no problem if we go all out and kill them all, right?" Alex thought to himself as let out an excited smile. "Hehehe, now I can-
"Boom!" Alex"s thoughts were cut-off as he heard a booming sound behind him.
"Alex! We have planted it already!" Queen Mother and Professor Frances, who both looked worn out right now, said as they gave Alex a thumbs-up, indicating that they were done with their task.
"Good!" Alex replied as he nodded to the both of them. "Okay, now that you are done with that, let me deal with Lingo right now. He needs to be used already."
"MILORD, I CAN HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING…." Lingo, who looked slightly pale from what he had went through, looked at Alex intently as he seemed to let out a sigh. "MILORD YOU SEEM TO BE IN A PINCH. DO YOU NEED MY a.s.sISTANCE FOR THIS?"
"h.e.l.l yes, of course I have to use you now." Alex replied as he glared at Lingo. "Otherwise, what use would you be for me?"
"AS EXPECTED, MILORD REALLY IS SO STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT"S AN HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE YOU!" After Lingo said these words, Alex suddenly felt the appearance of chain, with its one end tied to Lingo, and other end tied around Alex.
The chain seemed to be both material and ethereal, with Alex feeling unsure if he should touch it.
Before Alex could make the decision regarding these chains, he heard Lingo"s voice above him.
"MILORD, THIS CHAIN THAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE REPRESENTATION OF THE UNBREAKABLE PACT. SINCE THIS IS ONLY A REPRESENTAION, ONLY US TWO CAN SEE IT."
"…"
"ONCE WE MAKE THE PACT, WE WILL BE CONNECTED BY THIS CHAIN. IF SOMEONE OF US VIOLATES THE PACT, THIS CHAIN WILL BRING US TO OUR DEATH."
"Ok, ok, I already get it. Can we start now?" Alex said, as he saw their s.h.i.+eld getting more and more cracks again, which was not a really good case right now.
"EHEM IN THAT CASE, I, LINGO OF THE DIVINE RACE, HEREBY PLEDGES LOYALTY TO MILORD ALEX AND I EXTEND THIS LOYALTY TO HIS ALLIES. I WILL NEVER USE MY POWER AGASINT HIM OR HIS ALLIES, AND I WILL ALWAYS BE OF HELP TO HIM. SHOULD I BREAK THIS PLEDGE, MAY THE CHAINS OF OUR PACT BE MY UNDOING." Lingo said all of these words with unmistakable solemnity, which made Alex feel respect for this man.
"Ok, ok, since you made that pledge, then I pledge to be a just and proper master to you. Should I break that pledge, May The Chains of Our Pact be my Undoing!"
"Sklink!" After saying these words, Alex immediately felt the sensation of something warm entering his chest.
He looked down, and he saw the end of the chain entering chest, seemingly finding itself inside there.
As he watched what was happening, he saw the chain disappearing in his sight, although he could still feel it exisiting inside him.
It was a weird feeling, as if your body was being penetrated by something that you cannot see, but you can still feel it.
Alex did not dwell thinking about this as he looked at Lingo.
"From what I can see, the pact is a success."
"OF COURSE MILORD. WITH YOUR MIGHTY PRESENCE, THERE"S NO WAY THAT IT WILL FAIL!"
"Enough with the pleasantries. So, how should I free you now? Do you want me to cut those chains?
Of course Alex was not sure if he can really cut the chains, but still he had to ask Lingo.
Lingo seemed to be just calm at Alex"s question as he slowly replied,
"MILORD, THERE"S NO NEED FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT EFFORT. SINCE YOU MANAGED TO COME AT THIS PLACE, IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU HAVE THAT KEY THAT CAN FREE ME. USE THAT KEY, AND I WILL BE FREE ALREADY."
"Wait, when you said key, are you talking about this one?" Alex hurriedly pulled out the Blue Key, which was laying dormant on the storage earlier.
To Alex"s surprise, he saw that the Blue Key is glowing again, which made him look at it with incredulity.
"THAT"S IT MILORD! THAT IS THE KEY! NOW QUICK, PLEASE USE IT ON ME!" Lingo shouted with urgency as he stared at the Blue Key hungrily.
"Wait, where should I even place this? Do I have to go underground for this?"
"YOU DON"T NEED TO DO THAT MILORD. JUST DESTROY THE KEY, AND THE CHAINS BINDING ME WILL DISAPPEAR."
"Wait, I have to destroy this key? Are you sure that doing that won"t be detrimental to us?"
"MILORD, I a.s.sURE YOU THAT EVERYTHIGN WILL BE FINE. I AM NOT PLANNING ON s.c.r.e.w.i.n.g YOU OVER HERE. WE ALREADY HAVE A PACT, RIGHT."
"He"s not lying Alex." Alina muttered behind Alex as she kept a tight hold on her katana. "Just… follow what he said."
"Well then, here we go." Alex said as he covered his hand with Destruction Aura, then used his hand to crush the key inside his palm.
"Crunch."
Alex expected the key to last longer, but to his surprise, the key only lasted for around a second, before it crumbled into nothingness.
"Wow, that is a weak-a.s.s key. Good thing I did not try destroying it earlier." Alex muttered to himself as he unclenched his palm. "Now then, let"s see what happens to my new servant."
After muttering these words to himself, Alex looked back at Lingo to see what was happening to him, and to his delight, he found a great sight in front of him.
The Origin Devouring Chains, which had been tormenting Lingo for long, had fully dissipated away right now, as if the key"s destruction led to the destruction of the chains too.
Lingo"s body, which was covered with these chains earlier, was now displayed in full glory.
As for Lingo, he looked like he was about to laugh and cry, and he actually managed to do both.
"HAHAHAHUHUHU! I"M FREE! I"M FREE!" Lingo shouted these words loudly into the air, with shockwaves being produced from his mouth.
"HAHAHA, AT LONG LAST, I CAN WANDER FREELY AGAIN!"
"…."
At the instant that Lingo was freed, the Celestials, who were busy attacking earlier, suddenly stopped attacking, with them deactivating all of their weapons.
The Symbolists, who saw what had happened, started to cheer, as if they thought that Lingo"s freedom had scared the Celestials.
Alex also thought of the same thing, at least until he felt something weird coming from the Celestials.
These Celestials, instead of feeling fear, were instead filled to the brim with happiness right now.
It was as if Lingo being free made the Celestials so elated.
The kimono woman, who Alex was wary of, was also feeling extreme happiness too. And beside that happiness, there were also some smugness, as if she had already reached her goal.
"Wait, why are they all happy that Lingo is freed? Don"t tell me... that their plan all this time was to let Lingo be free? Oh s**t!" As Alex made this realization, he looked back at Lingo with panic on his face. "Lingo, follow my command now! Go run away and hide yourself! Do it right now, because if you don"t, then-"
u003cu003cu003cTHEN YOU SHALL BE SLAIN BY YOURS TRULY.u003eu003eu003e Another booming voice, which did not come from Lingo, was heard by everyone in the moon.
The source of this voice this time was another gigantic creature, who was slowly descending from above.
This gigantic creature was a beautiful woman with long blonde hair and 7 pairs of white wings adorning her back.
These wings were flapping slowly behind her, as if they were a.s.sisting her on her flight.
On top of this woman"s head was a golden tiara, which exemplified thus winged woman"s beauty more.
This woman also had a serene smile on her face, which was enough to make anyone feel calm upon seeing her.
But for Alex, he could only feel extreme danger from this angel-like creature, whose blue eyes were staring intently at Lingo alone.
u003cu003cu003cSO, A FOUL CREATURE LIKE YOU REALLY EXISTS HERE. HOW DEPLORABLE.u003eu003eu003e The angel-like woman said as her hair fluttered behind her. u003cu003cu003cYOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN SLAIN BY MY COMRADES BEFORE ALREADY. BUT FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, THAT TASK HAS NOW FALLEN ON MY HANDS.u003eu003eu003e
"…"
Seeing that Lingo did not give any reply, the angel-like woman looked to be extremely infuriated
u003cu003cu003cHMPH, YOU FIEND, SINCE YOU ARE SPEECHLESS WITH FEAR, THEN MAYBE ITS TIME FOR YOU TO SAY GOODBYE TO THIS WORLD!u003eu003eu003e After saying these words, the angel-like woman started to glow white as she pointed her fingers at Lingo.
u003cu003cu003cWITH THE POWER BESTOWED BY THE HOLY ODER PLANE ITSELF, I, THE 14-WINGED ADJUDICATOR, SHALL EXACT A CLEANSING IN THS PLACE!u003eu003eu003e