Chapter 9: Attack on Goblin Nest

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Overlord: Celestial Crusade

In a cathedral like room, there were six figures with white robes while there was a man with a red armor bowing before them "It's true, dear Cardinals. The Holocaust Scripture squad has completely vanished." said the man with a serious face, with the six cardinals being in thought.

"To think that we lost items given by the Six Gods...how unfortunate." said one of them.

"While I don't like that we lost the Holocaust Scripture, losing the items of the Gods is also an equally great loss, if not greater." said another cardinal.

"They were disposable." said a voice and the cardinals looked in front of them "We have dozens of them but yes, it is a blasphemy for losing them by bestowing them to incompetent men." said the figure walking at them and what appeared before everyone was a bald and hunched over old man that was wearing plain robes and was using a walking stick.

"Lord Dunkelheit, with all the respect, the Holocaust Scripture squad wasn't incompetent!" protested the man in red armor while standing up.

"Then, let me ask you this, Sir Faladios. What would you call those wielding items of the Gods and lose to Bafolk?" he asked serious, with Faladios trying to say something only to be paused by Dunkelheit raising his stick "Before you say anything, even if they were ambused or underestimated the Bafolk, they could have used the items to turn the situation around, or do you mean to say that these brute demi-humans could overpower fire elementals?" he asked and then looked at the cardinals "Dear Cardinals, I believe that all of this is simply the Holocaust Scripture doing a mistake that cost them. However, if you want, I can keep my eyes and ears open in that area." he ended up suggesting while smiling.

The cardinals then looked at each other for a moment and then at Dunkelheit "Ok, we are leaving this to you, Sir Dunkelheit." said one of them and he bowed his head, with him leaving with a smile.

It was morning

Aethaion was sleeping with just his t-shirt and one bed sheet covering him and the sun's rays were showering him from the window, with his eyes twitching and was trying to wake up.

However "AHHH!!" shouted Aethaion upon glimpsing Emmef sleeping right next to him while hugging him, with his back now touching the wall and his scream waking up Emmef who smiled at him.

"Good morning, my Lord." she said in a happy but sleepy voice while rubbing her right eye.

"W-W-What are you doing on my bed?" he asked buffled, with her chuckling.

"Oh my, you sure are cold, my Lord. You never said I *can't* sleep on the bed. Also, would you let a delicate woman sleep on that *very* cold and rough floor?" she ended up asking him in complaint but with a very playful tone, making Aethaion sigh.

"As if *you*  will have any problem with that, Emmef." he said with a grumpy face, only for her to put her hand on her mouth shocked.

"Lord Aethaion...I just...I just wanted to make you feel safe and comfortable!" she said and started crying cute, with him feeling uncomfortable.

"Well, I kinda felt like that..." he mummbled, with Emmef jumping on him and throwing him down.

"I knew it!" she shouted excited "You have feelings for me, right my Lord?! When and how you want our wedding to be? How many kids you w-" she began saying and asking like crazy, only for Aethaion to get her off himself.

"Stop it, Emmef! I created you, so I'm technically your father!" said Aethaion in protest and before he could say anything, a voice in his head was heard.

"Lord Aethaion, it's Themis." said Themis telepathetically while flying.

"Yes Themis, please tell me what you found." asked Aethaion serious.

"There are about a hundred goblins and around ten ogres in the same camp. Should I do something?" she calmly asked.

"There is only one thing." he said smiling and Themis smiled too upon hearing it.

Night came

The goblins were dancing and eating around a big fire while the ogres were sleeping. "So, how do you think we must attack, Lord Aethaion?" asked Emmef indifferent while seeing them from above.

"I just got the perfect idea, **Triple Magic: Summon Angel 3rd!**" he shouted and then, three magic circles appeared from which fully armored angels with protruding wings and swords of light came forth "Archangel Flames, kill the goblins and ogres in this settlement!" he ordered.

Two goblins were sitting on two rocks outside the entrance and were yawning "Huh? What's?" asked one of them while looking to the sky, with it along with the other one being swiftly stabbed by two angels and the third angel went inside and the others followed it. The goblins inside then saw the angels and a handful of them got beheaded before they could do anything while others quickly grabbed their weapons and attacked them, with their weapons simply not doing any damage and the angels quickly eliminated the attackers.

As the goblins and the now awakened ogres were being slaughtered, a goblin entered an illuminated cave "Boss, Boss, intruders!" shouted a panicked goblin that was burned by a fireball. As the fighting was going on, a goblin that was bigger than the others appeared while wearing a wolf's carcass and holding a wooden staff.

"Angels? How dare they? **Triple Maximize Magic: Electrosphere**!" shouted the goblin leader who unleashed three spheres of lightning that shocked the angels who flinched "Ha! That's what you get for-" he tried to brag, but the smoking angels began flying again "N-No! That was my full power! How could they-!" he tried to say shocked and terrified.

"My angels are special, dear Hobgoblin." said Aethaion who landed along with Emmef some feet away from the goblin leader "You see, because of my power and abilities, my summoned angels are stronger than normal." he casually explained much to the leader's disbelief. He then had a realized look "Oh yes, time for a little experiment!" he said and brought out from of a small wormhole a purple book with three red gems that was enveloped in purple flames "*The Book of Azrael, a World Item that records any killed monster and can give either XP from the Book of Death function or MP from the Book of Life. Let's see how it works here.*" he thought and raised the book up, causing the three gems glowing and then every dead goblin and ogre was consumed by purple flames, with numerous orbs of blue light emerging from them and being attracted to the book whose gems stopped glowing once every orb was absorbed, much to Aethaion's visible satisfaction.

The Hobgoblin leader became terrified upon seeing all that "P-Please, spare me!" he begged on his knees while sweating, with Aethaion's eyes being cold.

"I have read about what you and your men did. You have raided two villages, killing and devouring even children." he commented and he was tightening his fist greatly from anger "Normally, I may have spared you, but you don't deserve it,so die." he said coldly, with the goblin leader running in panic inside the cave "Electrosphere!" shouted Aethaion as he unleashed a sphere of lightning in his arm and threw it, with the leader falling on the ground dead and with a greatly burned body, with a blue orb emerging from his body and being absorbed into the book.

"Excellent my Lord, as expected." said Emmef who got near him, with Aethaion looking at something that got him mesmerized.

"Emmef...behead all goblins and then destroy the angels...I have to do something alone...no questions!" he said serious and she bowed her head after a minute of momentary surprise and went out.

"You...how in the world are you here like this...Mimir!?