The Archangel of Death - Chapter 366

366: The immortal army 366: The immortal army Chapter 366 “Finally, it’s done,” I said as I looked at the last bracelet I made after almost two days of constant smelting and crafting.

I even used my nights to create armor and these bracelets.

The army was supposed to be ready and to leave in three hours so I still had time.

Still, I was once again in marvel at myself.

Making something like this after constant efforts, something that had a high chance of failure.

Well, to minimize that failure, the expenditure was quite amazing as well.

In simpler words, I was broke.

Both in the shop gold and the real time money.

All so I could make these bracelets.

I sold everything in my inventory to the shop and even made a lot of S rank artifacts like swords and weapons and sold them to the shop for coins as well so I could buy the materials for these.

[Blessing of Life and Death] [Rank: Cannot be determined] [Description: A unique artifact made by Gabriel Smith, imbued with the power of both life and death in complete harmony to create a miracle many desire Especially humans] [Effect(s): #1: Due to the blessing of Life, all wounds heal at a fast pace #2: Due to the blessing of Death, all severed limbs or body parts regenerate to prime condition #3: Due to the blessing of Life, all diseases are useless to the wearer #4: Due to the blessing of Death, the wearer is immune to all status Debuffs #5: Due to the complete harmony of Life and Death, the wearer can enjoy the status effect ‘Longevity’] [Once worn, the artifact cannot be taken off ever again] While it didn’t grant any buff or any sort of heaven-shattering power, it still granted a person what they desired the most.

An almost eternal life.

Yep, that was right.

Almost eternal.

Like I may have mentioned before but there’s no such thing as true immortality.

You have to pay a price.

Well, unless one was like me which would be a different category but for other humans, even if they made pacts with the cosmic powers of foundation, they wouldn’t be able to attain true immortality.

So, in this case, it would be the effect of ‘Longevity’.

The life span ratio was cut down by 1:50.

So if others aged 50 years in 50 years, then the wearers of this bracelet would age 1 year in 50 years.

So if the blessed or superpowered people of this world lived 200 years on average, the blessed ones, then with this bracelet, they could live up to 10,000 years.

Of course, they would grow old as well.

Still, not to me, but to others, that was a very, very long time.

So this, right here in my hands, was an artifact war would be waged over and empires would topple.

However, only those I decide could get it.

No one else.

I never had to make many of them before though.

There was never a reason to.

I never cared about someone so deeply before.

In total, I have only ever made five of these.

Of course, those five were made with more resources at my disposal so they had some additional effects, but since I was making six of them at once, I only used life and death for them, nothing else.

Anyway, other than all of this, nothing special happened to me.

I was already immune to fire thanks to my authority so there was nothing to be gained because my skin resisted the effect of heat that melted almost everything in the room.

I even had to imbue the created artifacts with the energy of fire and ice to keep them long-lasting.

Of course, I didn’t add them to the bracelets because four powers in one, well, wasn’t really a good choice.

Especially when two of them were founding powers of the universe.

If there weren’t energies of time or reality in the weapon, any other power would have been devoured so there was no use.

I came out of the smithy to see Sophien and Rose waiting for me.

I sighed and asked Rose, “Please gather everyone here.

Just the girls.” Alicia wasn’t up yet so I had to postpone on giving her the bracelet but the rest of the girls were already here.

“Here,” I said as I gave them all the bracelets, “Put them on.” Rose, Laura, Sophien, Asmara and Sasha did as they were told and put the white and black bracelets on their wrists.

As soon as they did, the bracelets begin to emit intense white and dark hue and before they could even understand what was going on, the bracelets infused themselves with their skins.

The others would still be able to see it but they won’t feel like anything was on their wrists.

“What is this?” Laura asked as she eyed the elegant design.

I could tell the others were curious as well.

Still, with the soul entrapment activated, it was useless to demonstrate by cutting a limb.

However, soul entrapment didn’t prevent status Debuffs so I reached into my inventory and pulled out a sack of venomous organs.

I handed it over to Asmara, and asked, “Can you eat it for me?” “Eat it, you mean…?” She was unsure of my request but she sighed and took the sack.

She didn’t hesitate and bit into the sack, cutting a mouthful of bite and swallowed.

While she should have been poisoned, she wasn’t.

It wasn’t just strong immunity due to her being a blessed and a physical warrior.

Even in such condition, she should have felt some discomfort but she felt nothing.

“For now simply know that these will help you live a long, long life.” I said.

There was the worry of instant death but that was prevented by soul entrapment and as long as I had soul power to renew the skill once a month, they wouldn’t die.

Ever.

But… That was enough.

Now was the time to head to the war.

After a brief cleanup, I put on a new ‘Hartmann’s suit’ and made my way to the plaza where my army was gathered.

An army of ten thousand strong.

It wasn’t much.

It wasn’t anything impressive.

The imperial family had an army of about a million and so did the demons.

The church would also have a very high number of soldiers.

Or would it be clerics in their case?

Well, whatever.

The true advantage of my army lay in another fact.

They were at most around B rank and even the strongest in them were A ranks.

It was nowhere enough to call it a proper army but there wasn’t much time to train them fully.

“Equip.” I simply said, standing before thousands of soldiers who waited for my command.

Like magic, armors and weapons began to appear on everyone in the plaza.

Before they could say anything in astonishment, I said, “War.

Such an ugly word.” Still, silence enveloped everyone.

Behind me, the girls and Max waited for me to speak as well.

Once I saw that I had everyone’s attention, I began, “Do you all know why the first war was fought?” “It was to prove who was better between the two sons of the same father.

Then a war was fought because two men liked the same woman.

Then a war was fought because a man’s neighboring land was more fertile.

Then a war was fought because a man wished to be called an emperor.

Then…” “I guess it would be meaningless to speak any further.

The bottom point is that people wage wars for many, many reasons.

Ironic, is it not?

Such an ugly thing yet mankind, creation, do it over and over and over again until one side, or maybe both, are wiped from existence.” “However, the ugliness of war remains.

Do you know why?

Because it is the only way to protect the ones you love.

If one wishes to protect the ones he loves, one must go to war.” “Today, we go to war as well.

A war to protect someone.

Someone I love.

For my selfishness, I will pull you all into that war.” “And in this war, you will all witness things that will keep you awake for a long, long time to come.

But, this will not be your first level, nor will it be your last.

As long as you’re with me, war would be a usual thing for you.” “And through these wars, I will make you the strongest army to ever exist in this world.

In turn, I will demand your loyalty.

Betray me, and you die.

Give up, and you die.

Run away, and you die.” “In the end, the only way to live is through war.

Wars that will not always have noble reasons behind them.

Sometimes, you will have to kill your own kind.

However, as you stand here, remember, we are your kind.

Forget who you are in this war.

Human, demon, vampire, elf, or whoever you are doesn’t matter.” “On the battlefield, you will be known as only one thing…” “The army of angels.” An inefficient army.

A weak army.

Many, many titles would soon be applied to them as they faced deaths again and again in this war.

However, it won’t matter.

None of it will.

After all, an army that cannot die, cannot be defeated.

Cannot be stopped.

Cannot be conquered.

[Soul entrapment x10,000] CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Bad_Wolf_7811 Creation is hard, cheer me up!

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