Chapter 550 The Sacred Empire
"Shit! Why did the Otref Kingdom decide to ally with that country full of filthy beasts? Now we can't touch them!"
An old man with a white beard punched a table blowing it apart.
"Rumors say that it is related to the Blacksmith Prince. It seems that he even gifted a lot of weapon to them. However, even with those weapons, it shouldn't be a problem eradicating them if we attack."
An ugly middle-aged man spoke.
There were ten persons in the room, and each of them looked ugly despite all of them having the power to change their looks at will.
They were humans, but they had a twisted aesthetic sense that made them think that they were extremely well-looking like that.
On the other hand, they would consider people like Yale or Tofesh, extremely ugly.
"Idiot! This isn't a matter if we can win against that country or not. It is a matter that we can't afford the revenge of the Otref Kingdom afterward. That is a country of inferior humans, so they are inferior to us, superior humans, but the father of the king is a Minor God serving a member of the Council of Gods, we can't face them."
There weren't inferior or superior humans, but their culture differentiated them based on the looks.
"Maybe they won't retaliate since their ally would already be dead."
The next to speak was an ugly woman.
"You are also an idiot! The Blacksmith Prince gifting so many weapons isn't just to strengthen that country's army. That is a way to tell the rest of the countries that the Otref Kingdom would go all out to protect those filthy beasts!"
The old man with a white beard was the supreme leader of that country, and he was also the only person who dealt with external affairs. Having met with the other nine strongest people in the country was just a show because no one could disobey him, or they would be executed without exception.
"I thought that this was a good chance to show the world that it is a blasphemy that beasts could obtain wisdom and even take forms similar to humans, but now no one would attack. We, humans, should be the only ones with wisdom and chances to become immortal. Anything that isn't pure human should disappear forever!"
Everyone in the room nodded after hearing the old man's words.
That was what their religion said. Only humans could have wisdom and reach immortality, and anyone who wasn't pure human was a being that should be destroyed. Moreover, inferior humans could only live as slaves of superior humans.
However, they had been unable to expand their ideals to outside their country because that would lead to a war with countries that supported the equality between species.
They were strong, but they couldn't afford such a big war. Especially, the Otref Kingdom was the opponent they feared the most because of their background.
The founders of that country came all from a lower universe. There, after turning strong, they killed all the beings in their universe that weren't pure human and castrated all the inferior humans to create what they called a superior race.
Their universe creator wasn't a pure human, so they also killed him after having prepared a way to escape to another universe of the same level, where they did the same before ascending.
"Anyway, we can't touch them right now. However, we can execute everyone who called those filthy beasts cute. How could aberrations like them be considered cute? Traitors! Let's quickly prepare the public execution, so everyone learns what happens if they show any kind of goodwill to the filthy beasts. Words of praise are death punishment!"
Everyone in the room nodded again because they really thought like that old man.
No one on the country complained about the public execution, not even the family and friends of those who were executed.
It didn't matter how they thought, if they complained, they would just be executed like the others.
They were even insulting their family and friends and accusing them of traitors to prevent that the government would suspect that they could have any kind of thought that didn't belong to the mainstream thought permitted.
That was how that country made that everyone had the same opinion. Everyone feared death, and they knew that they couldn't go against the government since there were ten ninth level immortals there.
Thus, they decided to follow every order of the government, and eventually, they treated those ideals as their own.
A lot of them even go hunting any non-human being to bring them back to their houses and put the heads there. Of course, that included humanoid species like elves or beasts in half-beast or human form.
Having inferior humans as slaves were also considered normal, and not having at least one would make others look down that family.
The next day, the old man seemed in a better mood. His mood always improved after public executions.
"How is going the next batch of smuggled Existence Erasers? We need more of them if we want to proceed with our development of the Existence Eraser Bomb."
They had a vast quantity of smuggled Existence Erasers that looked identical to the one the Supreme Garbage used against Yale, but their quality was superior.
"We should be contacted soon, but we won't be able to make great advances with this batch. Maybe in another thousand batches, we will be able to progress."
Their country believed that it was better creating high-tech weapons like that was better than letting their citizens train.
After all, they could control the weapons they give to the citizens, but if a citizen turned too strong, it could rebel against them.
Of course, citizens weren't given Existence Erasers, but guns with crystalized powers on them so they could shoot elements like fire or water.
The training was far more efficient than developing that kind of weapons that even a mortal could use, so it was something usually neglected. Moreover, relying on external power too much would be bad for future training.
"Not bad. Once we finish it, we will be able to conquer this universe. We just need to be patient. Those aberrations could live for a bit more, but they are doomed to disappear forever."
Any of those bombs could erase a whole city, and the old man wanted to mass-produce them.
Developing them wasted too many resources, but once they knew how to make them, it shouldn't be that difficult.
"The Goddess is contacting us!"
The air distorted, and a shadow appeared there. The shadow was just made from energy and could reproduce the words of the Goddess, but it didn't show how the Goddess looked.
"Your batch of Existence Erasers is ready. However, we need to change the payment."
No one in the room dared to complain about anything that the Goddess told them.
"Don't worry, you will like it. I want you to exterminate that new country in your world, Yale's Kingdom."
That Goddess was the same that created the Existence Eraser of the Supreme Garbage and sent people to different universes to look for Yale's whereabouts.
"If you are worried about the Otref Kingdom, don't worry. I am stronger than the father of the king, and my husband is from the Council of Gods."
That was a blatant lie because she didn't have any relationship with the Council of Gods thanks to the change that Great God Kroh made to the story, but she wouldn't be alive without that change.
She didn't mind if the Otref Kingdom or its backers destroyed that country full of uglies which she despised so much. She only had dealt with them for business, she would never rally back them or protect them.
"We, the Sacred Empire, will follow the Goddess wishes. It would be great if you could give us more Existence Erasers to develop our bomb so we can ensure victory."
After the old man told the whole story to the Goddess, she agreed to help since she liked the idea. She never thought of making anything stronger than the Existence Erasers she was gifted, so she planned to steal the production method after they finished it to sell the bombs herself.
While they were discussing the terms, they were unaware that a person had been spying them from far away. In the same world, but in a different space-time.
"Again, they are planning such evil things, and I can't do anything to stop them. They didn't have enough destroying my universe and killing, and my family and friends, they want to kill even more innocent people... However, I already tried millions of times, and I can never stop them. I can't win, but my curse won't let me lose. Trying to fight will just put me into an endless loop, so I can only avoid the fight. Sorry, I can't fight anymore."
That man was handsome, with blond hair and golden eyes. Moreover, he had a pair of wings on his back.
On his universe, he was of the dominant species while humans were a minority living in just one planet, but they weren't oppressed at all. They had been protected by the dominant species, so others couldn't harm them.
However, after being attacked by the old man's group, all the humans rebelled and helped the invaders to destroy the rest of the species of the universe.
That man was the only survivor, and after fighting a lot, he had given up.