Endless Horde: Through the Eyes of a Godking

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The news of House of Light's Demon Soul Purification Altar being able to now produce an Essence Soul that can be used as an alternative for Demon Lord Souls surprised everyone.

The announcement was made a week after Cedric's first meeting with Charles Makarov.

The House of Light posted a full disclosure of how Greater Essence Souls worked in their public online account for everyone to read. It even included their partnership with the Lifestyle Guild to make this all possible.

Of course, the very first people to be notified about this were the soldiers. On the very same day that Cedric made the update, Gabriel already received a prioritized demand from the army for the new installment for the altar.

Since then, the soldiers that reached the Planar Traveler Realm have been clamoring to get their hands on Greater Essence Souls. It has been proven and tested to be effective.

Soldiers who had been stuck or deliberately postponed their progress to prepare for their next breakthrough were the first ones to try it out, and to their overwhelming surprise, despite the guarantee, it truly worked—wondrously at that.

None of them had to be on guard with the induced psychosis brought on by consuming Demon Lord Souls. They didn't have to divide their attention into equal parts anymore; one part focused on the procedure of the breakthrough while the other fended for the psychosis.

They could wholeheartedly and single-mindedly focus and enjoy the experience of becoming stronger—something that they never thought possible before, yet here they were.

One has to know that the stronger the Demon Lord Soul is, the more danger it poses. Demon Lord Souls are divided into Early, Middle, and Late Stages in terms of strength, which also corresponds to the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Rank Demon Lord Souls, respectively.

Additionally, the higher one's attainments in their strength—in other words, the stronger they are—the more risks they have to consider before making their breakthrough.

Breaking through the 7th Change Planar Traveler Realm was far more dangerous than attempting the 1st Change. It's just the way it is.

However, with the existence of Greater Demon Souls, which many thought wouldn't appear in a few years at the very least, the risks had almost entirely disappeared. Most had been taken care of for them. The only risk that remains is the loss of focus and concentration from the practitioner, leading to the failure of breakthrough, and this can't be blamed on the altar anymore.

The same could be said for the rest.

Be it a soldier or an unaffiliated person, so long as they have the need for Greater Essence Souls, they are undoubtedly indebted to Cedric, because without him, none of this would've been possible.

That said, most people don't know just how much of a contribution he made. The big shots are deliberately preventing his participation from being noticed after all. It was one of Cedric's requests, and who were they to deny him that, especially when this was to ensure his safety?

As a result, the House of Light and the Lifestyle Guild took the brunt of attention for him, and they're more than happy to do so.

Once again, people surged to the lighthouses to exchange Demon Lord Souls for Greater Essence Souls. As for the Demon Lord Souls they've gathered so far, each one is being converted to electricity, which will later be converted to other types of energy to increase the vitality of their civilization, making it easy for everybody to increase their strength.

The High Marshals had been notified of what transpired during Cedric's first meeting with Charles. They're also aware of the plan to use Demon Lord Souls to not only produce more Essence Souls but also increase the density of energy within their land.

To ensure that nothing goes wrong, a High Marshal personally stationed himself near the power plant that Charles recently built. This is just an additional layer of security because, knowing Charles, he already left all kinds of security measures all over the place to keep it secure.

Charles had been busy too. Cedric has truly given him a lot to think about—and more work, too. He was fixing the issue of the formation they recently built for the civilization. But beyond this, Cedric's behavior made Charles feel that he wasn't trying hard enough.

It's silly because, in truth, Charles has already contributed a lot to the race. He even reached a level of strength that puts him on the same pedestal as the rest of the pillars of humanity. If push comes to shove, he was willing to die for the sake of the race's future.

But Cedric—that kid dreams big, and his vision extends far beyond anybody he's ever met. Cedric wasn't just looking at the possible ways to eliminate demons from their world; no, his goals extend far beyond that point.

As for how far? Charles had no idea since he never asked. But he could tell that Cedric had grander plans than this, and truthfully, he wished that he could be there to see them.

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Cedric was aware that he had made another large splash, though almost no one would trace it back to him.

He had already seen this coming, even before he created the update for the altar. That said, since he's keeping a low profile, this activity was less concerning to him since he had people handling matters for him.

Right now, he's doing something entirely different.

He once again isolated himself. This time, it isn't because he's practicing space laws; he already did that earlier; he has a different reason now.

Cedric sat down and took out the box that Charles handed him a week ago, the same one that contained the Demon Lord Soul.

He released the soul and instantly felt it spreading corruption everywhere. Despite not having a physical body, the fact that it could still influence its environment shows the power contained within the soul plume.

Taking a deep breath, he extended his senses to the Demon Lord Soul in an attempt to study it on a deeper level. The array he used to unravel the details of this lord's soul showed him all he needed to know to make use of it, but it didn't show everything.

Even if Cedric were to increase his mastery over his professional skills, he wouldn't be able to unravel all of the information contained within a lord's soul with just an array of runes and symbols. He's aware of this, and so he decided to still get hands-on experience.

The moment his mental probing touched the Lord's soul, however, a surprising development occurred. The Demon Lord Soul turned into a streak of light and shot to his glabella.

Truthfully, Cedric could've done something to prevent that; he could've even evaded it, yet he didn't. He allowed the Lord's soul to appear within his consciousness.

When this happened, the Demon Lord Soul found itself appearing in a seemingly boundless space. There's a clear ocean beneath and cloudy skies above.

The very first thing it did was corrupt everything on sight. It doesn't matter whether this place was truly endless or not; its job was to spread corruption, and that's exactly what it was trying to do.

But before it could even release a stream—even a thread of corruption—it found itself frozen in place. Try as it might, it couldn't do anything. It's as if an invisible shackle was placed on itself, preventing it from doing anything.

This was when a sigil suddenly showed itself. It released a deep violet brilliance that seemingly stretched everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

This was the 『Aspect of Space』 given to Cedric by Acala.

The moment this sigil appeared, others followed suit as well. The once-clear skies turned into an endless blanket of violet and purple, dotted with sparkling silver. This change was brought about by the 『Aspect of the Stars』.

And on a distant horizon, a half-golden crescent peeked out. Even from this distance, the Demon Lord Soul is extremely terrified of that thing. Its fear was rooted in the very depths of its existence. With whatever's left of its sentience, it knew that the moment that thing rose would be the same moment true death would come for it.

"You demons are really unruly."

A deep and archaic voice echoed everywhere. Then, from out of nowhere, Cedric appeared, but he looked way different from his outside appearance.

Here, his eyes were extremely prominent, seemingly containing multiple swirling cosmos and the very void itself. He didn't seem human either; he's like the personification of a true celestial, the absolute god of trillions of lives. It's like even the most minute movement he makes causes the death and birth of galaxies.

"I wanted to take it slow, but you went ahead and threw yourself in here." Cedric released a helpless sigh.

"This might've been harmful to others, but sadly, you picked the wrong person to mess with." He clicked his tongue as heaven and earth changes transpired around him.

This was Cedric's consciousness, and here, he was a true god, much like the previous owner of his eyes.

"You did this to yourself, so don't blame me. Now..." Cedric then raised a finger and said, "Reveal all of your secrets to me."

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