Chapter 4: Soldiers of The Gods

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Overlord: Celestial Crusade

It was morning

All the Bafolk gathered along with the elder in order to bid farewell to Aethaion and Themis "Are you sure you don't want to stay a little more?" asked the elder Aethaion who took a step forward.

"Thank you for your offer, but there are some matters to attend to." he said refusing politely, much to everyone's disappointment and then coughed "However, that doesn't mean I won't see you again." he said and they gasped in pleasant surprise, with him grabbing a red orb from a small portal he formed in his hand "If anything happens, throw this orb up and throw something to smash it and then, I will come." he explained while giving it to the elder who was carefully holding it in his hands.

Aethaion then flew with Themis and had a Gate appear in the sky, much to the surprise of the villagers, and the two then appeared on the throne room where Jasmine and Marie welcomed them while bowing.

"Welcome back, Lord Aethaion and Lady Themis." they said in unison.

"Thank you, but you can stand up now." he said while doing a gesture and the two stood up, with him going to the throne where he sat down while the two sisters got each to his side "Themis, I want you to keep an eye on that village. It's our only familiar place in this unknown world." he said and Themis bowed her head.

"As you wish, my Lord." she replied while doing a curtsy and also holding her dress's edges.

"Also, I came to like them. I expected them to be more savage and hostile." he said with satisfaction in his voice, something that pleased Themis and the attendants.

It was afternoon

Back in the village, there were Bafolk that were harvesting surrounding plantation while some were carrying hunted animals and as three of the residents were on lookout, they began seeing something "Notify the Elder" said one of them, with one running at the Elder's house.

Meanwhile, the men with red robes and red veils on their faces were marching towards the village of Bafolk, with some men holding flags of light blue that depicted in deep blue a six-branched candelabrum surrounded by laurel, and in front of them was waking the man with red priest robes and a mask shaped like fire who was holding a priest staff. Their appearance made the villagers nervous and when the elder looked better at the flags, he gripped his spear tigher and was gritting his teeth in anger.

"Slane...Theocracy!" he said in a low tone of anger but before he could rally the villagers to prepare for a fight, a ball of fire was thrown towards his location and while it hit on the edge, the explosion sent him and the three watchmen back generally unharmed. The elder got up by leaning on his spear which he struck on the ground "Everyone, we are under attack from Slane Theocracy! All capable men, prepare for battle and the women must hide themselves along with their children!" he instructed with a loud voice and a small panic occured, with all men coming near the elder while the women grabbed their kids and closed themselves to their houses.

"Half of you, stay with me and the others go and infiltrate the village. Kill everything you see!" ordered the flame masked priest and many men unleashed balls of fire at the direction of the incoming Bafolk, with the spheres causing a lot of smoke from the explosion. The bafolk passed through the remaining smoke and needed half a minute to reach the squad.

"You shall pay for coming to our land, Slane Theocracy!" shouted the elder who was leading the charge with spear in hand.

"Filthy goats, our Holocaust Scripture shall purify you, **Conjure Minor Elementals!**" he shouted and hit his staff on the ground, summoning four, child sized humanoid fire tornadoes to the shock of the charging villagers "Incinerate them." he ordered, with the four elementals rushing towards their enemies.

"Do not fear them, attack!" shouted the elder and he along with the others thrusted their spears to the elementals, but to no avail as their spears simply passed through them, with the four elementals breathing fire in retaliation at the villagers who were set ablaze and were rolling on the ground to put out the fire.

"Foolish creatures, do you think you can harm elemental spirits with simple weapons?" asked the head priest in a cocky and mocking tone.

Back at the village

The red colored priests were at the village and were unleashing balls of fire everywhere and the mothers were running while some along with their kids were falling down, screaming from the fire that was consuming them. "Burn in the name of the Six Gods!" "We, the soldiers of the Gods shall purify you!" were the things that could be heard from the priests that were wrecking everything with excitement.

A mother and her two children quickly entered the elder's house, with the mother seeing the red orb Aethaion gave to the elder and grabbed it. The door violently opened, with the priests dragging mother and children out "Please, spare my children!" she pleaded, only to be hit on the head by a staff.

"No, mom!" shouted the saddened kids that were also hit in their bellies.

"Shut up, as if we would let inhuman abominations like you live!" shouted one of the men in disgust and annoyance.

The mother then gathered all her strength and threw the orb high on the sky "*Please, Lord Aethaion*" she prayed internally while one of the men destroyed it, with the orb unleashing sparks of varying colors much to everyone's confusion.

Themis was on the edge of Elysium Fortress, looking at the direction of the village and she saw the colorful sparks, with her eyes narrowing.

"Lord Aethaion, we have a problem."