Chapter 552 Preacher And The Prostitute
Octarion Ceasar jumped towards the heavens with great rage in his heart. He was Octarion! He devoured and defeated his nine brothers and became a powerful man, born to conquer the world! He fought against Lynd and soon learned about the Aragarians and found a new challenge to face.
But then, he was taken in by the Empress. He became her slave and followed every word, every work, down to the pettiest tasks. The words of Eagle somehow became words that pierced his heart. He felt anger at first, then sadness as he knew he couldn't be free from the chains of the Empress.
But when the Empress started to call out and use her power to affect other people, Ceasar finally felt an unburdening of the crushing control of the Empress. And finally, at the right moment, he made an attack against the Empress!
With the Tyrant Empress being pushed far beyond what her current strength can summon, and as more and more were breaking free from her control, she was also losing grasp of everything else.
It began with Octarion Ceasar.
The powerful link that allowed the Tyrant Empress to control Octarion with this lust was cut off. And like a small hole that caused water to spill out of a dam, so was the loss of power that the Empress felt.
Octarion's departure caused a chain reaction of many people suddenly realizing the crazy decision they had made in risking their lives for a woman they never met!
Eagle could see many start to waver and some began to flee.
"Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain! Why risk your life for a woman who will not even remember your name? You are but a passing tool for her!" Eagle used his powers once more and everyone was drawn by the words of Eagle.
Just as the Tyrant Empress's beauty placed everyone in a trance, Eagle's words had awakened them back to reality. Objective truth revealed the emptiness of the desired fantasy of these soldiers.
The dreams of many who believed that they could touch the soft red lips of the Tyrant Empress realized that they would die if they could.
The desire to see the raw, unclothed beauty suddenly lost its value. These were the things that these men realized that wasn't worth fighting for!
As the Tyrant Empress lost her grasp, she then started to see the source of her power.
"Their lust... I can see it...! And all of them... They are disappearing?!"
WARP!
Eagle suddenly appeared directly above the Tyrant Empress.
The rest of Eagle's allies quickly attacked and sent their forces to protect Eagle who began to preach before the Tyrant Empress.
The power of attraction allowed Eagle to harness gravity with the help of the sciences from the Void Assassin, he was able to teleport closer.
There was a certain hint of arrogance in the eyes of Eagle.
"You! You're not affected?!"
"Surprised? Of course, I know my limits. I waited for you to reach this point. If I had done it earlier, then I wouldn't have the strength to stand in front of you and not be affected. But now... You should be in immense pain, correct? Your vanity is your weakness! It must hurt you whenever someone looks at you in disdain and is not captivated! How much more when those who followed you turn away from you? Your heart must be in taters!" Eagle laughed.
And as Eagle just said, the lust and charm that Quera Sapphire released had bound her soul to many. And now, the many whom she bound were severing ties with her causing unimaginable pain to her heart.
"No! My beauty surpasses truth!"
"Lust is a fleeting thing! How many times have men and women felt disgusted after they gave in to lust? Be it in pornography, or even when they allow themselves to have these fleshly desires, do they not feel tired or wearied? I too, am tempted and have given in to lust! Lust blinds you of reality. This desire takes over your reasoning. Have not men and women given in to these lust and realized that their escapades were not as glorious as they imagined it to be? Don't they turn away in disgust and walk the walk of shame?"
"How can your words do that?!"
"Because I used something that can renew the wicked fleshly desires of people! In your weakened state, your beauty is nothing compared to the empowerment of the Holy Spirit!" Eagle laughed as he took a few steps forward and brought him closer to the Tyrant Empress.
"See the souls and the dimensions of emotions! Looking at you causes a ripple in these dimensions as those that see you are taken captive. But now, no more, Quera! You are no longer a tyrant or an empress to the hearts of everyone!"
At those words, a severe shaking in Quera's soul began.
"You... You lie! I will not believe you! I am beautiful! The universe will bow to me!"
"Lying? Me? I only speak the truth. Lying is Lowengren's power." Eagle laughed.
While the two were just hovering next to each other, and Quera wasn't even using the powers of Sound, Wind, and the rest, the battle that had done was immense.
Along with Nogard, they had both abilities that were closest to the Soul Body that Enderks had created.
Their souls were clashing and creation itself was being altered at their meeting.
Quera's power in taking over the Paths of the Overcomers was getting weaker and weaker.
"Kill... him!" Quera commanded and Eden and Zulu sent their teams to engage.
"Are you sure? What's a preacher compared to a warrior?" Eagle smiled.
"Die! Behold the strength of ten men!" Ceasar rose to the highest points of the battle with a single leap. And he punched out towards Quera.
The army that the Quera commanded felt powerful kinetic energy.
It was as if the power of ten Overcomers were fused into one. The mega might of Ceasar exploded out and a force pushed out of his arms.
At the punch of Ceasar, they might be so strong that it fractured the dimensions and caused them to bend.
Everyone felt an intense shock occur as the space itself moved at Ceasar's most powerful punch.
With his focus and anger returning, Ceasar managed something that he couldn't under the grasp of Quera.
He Overcame.
"Souls of the dead on me!" Zulu shouted and called forth all the souls of those who he had captured. This was his ace. His version of using the soul as a technology and a Path.
Nogard had one powerful soul that surpassed all the Overcomers. Tiana was a Necromancer who could control souls and summon them back to existence. But Akahs Zulu was a seed of the Progenitor with the powers of Shaman Magic. He could call on the souls of others to curse, attack, and do his bidding.
But now, he channeled several souls he had bound to himself and turned them into energy.
A massive skull formed around him as he dove down to meet Ceasar.
Eden also used her power as she could feel the strength and sheer power of Ceasar.
With her as the source of power, the plants and vines connected to her began to grow and she became a large tree.
The two fought and released their strongest attack to match the attack of Ceasar.
Quera continued her battle with Eagle.
It was then that Quera realized that her Path was very close and similar to Eagle! Both drew others to themselves.
The battle had been for Quera to pull Eagle onto her control. But Eagle was attracting Quera to Eagle's ideology!
"You wish... to convert me?!"
"Here I stand. I can do no other! So help me God! Amen!" Eagle answered.
"Your words mean nothing!"
"You don't believe that! My words have caused your army to crumble!"
"No... How can your words cause them to all... cut ties with me?!" Even with all the evidence laid out to her, Quera still refused to believe that the departure of those who served her was because of Eagle's words.
"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart! Did you really think that your beauty can fight Scripture? I was just the mouthpiece! For God has promised, that when Scripture is preached, 'so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.' This is the Word!" Eagle boasted.
Quera shouted and shouted as she commanded every cell in her body to reveal the peak of her beauty.
"I will not cave to your power! If you want to fight, then let's fight! I, the Tyrant Empress will defeat you, preacher!" Quera shouted.
"Tyrant Empress? No. You're more like a prostitute, Quera." Another voice was heard and Quera turned to see Richie standing next to her.
The power of sound trembled.
"Repent!" Richie shouted and the power of vibration attacked Quera.
BOOM!
A spear of vibrations shot and threw Quera off. At that moment, the colors and light around the world noticeably changed. What many didn't notice was that the space around them was bowing to Quera and making her the center of attention.
But at that moment, this strange warping of the environment had ceased.
Quera fell from the great heights and none of her powers remained.
Eagle reached out and the speed of Quera's fall began to decrease and soon she was like a feather flowing through the wind as she safely landed on the ground.
Zulu and Eden suddenly lost the power that had taken them captive and they could think clearly.
The surviving armies of the Presiders all stopped and the ongoing war was slowly stopping as more and more people came to their senses.
Arthur watched from the Many Mansions they had retreated to and he could not help but sigh in relief.
"We won. After a long time, we finally bested Quera Sapphire."