Eldritch Creature's Guide

"I would assume that this was something that the Hall had their fingers in, right?"

Yvraine asked as Samiel just nodded because he was aware that in terms of brute power and numbers of Legendaries alone, the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe had more than Star Demon Tribe and Moon Demon Tribe combined, not to mention that the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe had many vassals and cultivated countless of them.

"Naturally... it is in our best interests for the demons to be in a state of constant war and when they created their High Council... it was a sign of the thing which we all feared would happen. Their unification... but with the situation right now, that is a no longer viable option."

Samiel stated as he looked at the Selangrad for a moment before he lifted his head and looked at the sky. Soon enough, the entire Tower and then even the entire Material Plane would be talking about this because this would be the first grand war in the Epoch.

The war between the Golden-Horned Tribe and their forces and Star-Moon Coalition would shake the entire Material Plane to the core as countless Worlds would be burned to the ground. Naturally, such a thing as this war won't end just between the demons themselves, but rather, soon enough, countless third parties would join in, either on the side of one or another.

Both of the factions had countless enemies, someone would take the opportunity, especially when the tides of war would be turning into a disadvantage for one of the sides. Naturally, there was a high probability that some of the Gates or one of the major factions that are controlling the High Worlds.

"This is escalating really, really quickly... probably far more than it should."

Yvraine muttered because once it started, the peaceful era of the Material Plane of the Cosmos had ended. Now the turbulent times of endless wars and strives would be starting, and that was not something she was eager for. Contrary to Samiel, who would naturally welcome something like the time of endless strives, as that would mean more slaughter and killing for him.

"Yes, and this is good because the war would mean far more opportunities for fast growth."

Samiel stated as they then continued watching the battle for the Selangrad; as the forces of Star-Moon Coalition had already advanced enough to the Outer Layer and were near the Inner Layer, where the Golden ones had already fortified their position enough to put on some strong resistance against the incoming forces of the Star-Moon Coalition.

Meanwhile, both sides were also preparing to use their Gold-Tier Professionals, as none of them had used their strongest troops yet. The Golden ones were fortifying themselves in the Heart of the City while they were going through all documents that the Human Brotherhood left there, sending them back to their superiors and then subsequently destroying everything that could bring some advantage to the Star-Moon Coalition.

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Outside of the 8th Floor of the Tower, around the same time during which the Star-Moon Coalition started an attack on Selangrad City.

Outside of the 8th Floor of the Tower, countless Legendaries were observing the happenings on the 8th Floor of the Tower and the fact that the forces of the Star-Moon Coalition had disappeared from the sight of the Legendaries; this was something that had been bugging many of them, especially the ones of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe and their forces, as they sensed that something nefarious was happening in the shadows.

Among the 72 Pillars, the Lineages of Bael, Vassago and Agares were those who inherited the most cunning and were relatively close to the devils in that aspect, as most of the demons didn't really use their brains as much as they used their muscles.

Right now, among many of the Legendaries that were impatiently watching the things that were happening on the 8th Floor of the Tower, while the Legendaries of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe and their vassals were cheering that the Lord General Qais of the demon army under their tribe took the Selangrad and ended the war on the 8th Floor a man wearing a long black leather coat was observing all from the shadows.

He had pitch-black hair and a short black beard, with several scars running through his face. Just from a distance, he looked like a handsome middle-aged human man, though with his outfit, he was giving out weird and yet dangerous feelings from his persona.

"Inquisitor Jaeng, everything is ready... the attack on the 8th Floor will start in exactly 1 minute and at the same time, the Legendaries of the Coalition will make a move on the Golden ones and their goons, your orders?"

Reported the masked person who appeared behind Inquisitor Jaeng, who didn't bat an eye and just nodded his head while looking directly at the Legendaries of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe. He was a member of the Inquisition of the Hall of Kadath and was a Level 94 Legendary Level Professional and someone who was one of the top experts of the Hall of Kadath.

Among the Legendaries that were gathered around the 8th Floor of the Tower, he was one of the strongest, if not outright the strongest, one because nobody of his own stature would have bothered to come here and watch squabbles of mortals.

Most Legendaries that were here were only Adanvec Stage Legendaries; at most, there were a few Supreme Legendaries, but that was it. In truth, this was a too low-key thing to attract the attention of the truly mighty Legendaries who were high-end experts in the Material Plane of the Cosmos.

Aside from a member of the Inquisition.

The Inquisition was one of the three branches of the Hall of Kadath, aside from the Ecclesiarchy and the Holy Templar Order. Each of the branches had its specific purpose and order and the domain where they operated.

The Ecclesiarchy was responsible for the administrative things related to the Hall of Kadath, spreading the religion, creating Apocalypses in countless worlds, gathering souls, preaching and other things.

The Holy Templar Order was the military arm of the Hall of Kadath, responsible for wars against other factions or the natives of the world that proved to be powerful. They were basically the soldiers of the Hall of Kadath and were following quality over quantity. Led by their Grandmaster, they were the sharpest sword of the Hall of Kadath that cut its enemies and the strongest shield that protected it from threats.

And then, there was a third branch that wasn't even known to the broader Cosmos. They were the ones who operated in the shadows of the darkness; they were not know; they were the ones who remained forgotten and unseen. Yet, their deeds were known by everyone, as they often changed the political landscape of the entire Material Plane.

On the Material Plane, only a very few people knew about their existence and their purpose and those who did could only hope that they would never become their enemies. For them, if they chose someone as their target, then death was the only possible outcome; there was nothing else that could happen after they choose someone to be their enemy.

They were the Inquisition.

The Inquisition was the strongest branch of the Hall of Kadath that was tasked with fighting the strongest and most powerful enemies of the Hall. They were the dagger in the shadows that was removing threats before they became threats or those who were too powerful to be removed in a conventional way, or those who needed to be removed as silently as possible.

All Inquisitors of the Inquisition were best of the best, strongest of the strongest and were fanatically loyal to the Hall of Kadath, even far more than the average Cardinal of the Ecclesiarchy. They would stop at nothing to carry out their mission which was assigned to them, as nothing was more important to the Inquisitor of the Inquisition than the mission he was assigned and the glory of the Kadath.

"Star the operation the moment the attack starts. I will be taking care of Arioth personally."

Inquisitor Jaeng stated neutrally as he looked at the elderly Golden-Horned Demon who was surrounded by other Legendaries of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe and other Legendary Level Professionals. Ariaoth was, in fact, one of the Elders of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe and was Level 95 Legendary, one whole Level above him.

While in the Mortal Level, this would be considered an insignificant difference, in the Legendary Level, this was considered a distance like between heaven and earth. Naturally, Inquisitor Jaeng was not deterred by this, and instead, he looked at this like a challenge, a challenge that he would gladly overcome and prove victorious in the battle as he would kill the Elder of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe Ariaoth for the glory of Kadath.

His mission on the 8th Floor from the Lord Inquisitor Ardyn Tiberrius was simple as a day. To assist the forces of the Star-Moon Coalition in killing as much Legendaries belonging to the enemy camp as possible, preferably kill Elder Ariaoth and if he couldn't kill Elder Ariaoth, then at least stall him long enough before most of the Legendaries belonged to the Golden-Horned camp are dead.

Naturally, Inquisitor Jaeng would kill the Elder Ariaoth because he had been preparing for this meticulously and had everything that he needed. Also, killing one of their Elders would be a great hit to the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe.

Inquisitor Jaeng prepared his twin daggers, which were specifically crafted for him and not only were they powerful artifacts on their own, they were tempered in several types of poisons, some of which were deadly even to the Holy Legendaries, depending on their race.

The most dangerous poisons in which the twin daggers were tempered were the poison from the hatchling of the Nine-Headed Nightmare Hydra, which was a Holy Legendary Magical Beast from its birth and reached Transcendence at Adulthood, typically living only in extremely poisonous areas in the Higher Dimensional Worlds and also poison from adult Holy Legendary Basilisk that was not far from the Transcendence.

These poisons which were infused into the pair of daggers, allowed them to reach the standard of the Holy-Grade Equipment, making them one of the most powerful weapons in the Material Plane of the Cosmos and only by the sheer amount of luck was Inquisitor Jaeng able to find something like this.

And then he started counting the seconds.

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'Now.'

Instantly after sixty seconds had passed, Inquisitor Jaeng unleashed his full power and appeared in front of the Elder of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe Ariaoth and slashed at his neck with his twin daggers, forcing him to conjure a shield of golden-like energy, which blocked his daggers.

Instantly after the sixty seconds have passed and the forces of the Star-Moon Coalition have started their ambush on the army of the Golden-Horned Demon Tribe and their vassals, the Legendary Level Professionals of the Star-Moon Coalition did the exact same thing and ambushed the enemy Legendaries.