Endless Horde: Through the Eyes of a Godking

Chapter 217: More Developments

Days turned to weeks and Cedric remained immersed in his busy schedule.

He wanted to do a lot of things due to the rising tension between Humans and Demons. Amongst all things, Cedric didn't like the idea of being unprepared.

Cedric knew that now is not the time to be stingy. He used all of the resources he had to ensure that his projects were done accordingly. He also worked closely with the House of Light because he needed their manpower.

One of the few projects he wanted to complete soon was the very first project he started even before becoming a student of the Academy - it's the Demon Soul Purification project.

Even before he became a Sage, Cedric was already researching a way to get rid of the remaining impurities within a Demon Soul. He started small and had minimal success, however, that was hardly enough for his requirements.

After becoming a Sage, Cedric discovered that using Sunfire and Sunlight to kill Purgatory Demons causes their residual souls to be purified, turning into Essence Souls that were safe for consumption and more effective than ordinary Demon Souls.

He never stopped researching this. It was for this very reason that he studied Symbols, Smithing, and Alchemy. He had long since mastered the skills, he just needed to finalize the idea and he could start mass-producing the equipment needed for the purification.

Oh, and by the way, he had already patented this invention of his, and he already received Acala's recognition. The only thing that's left to do is to introduce this to the public soon.

The House of Light was already informed about this project and they had been testing it for a couple of days now. In the end, the invention was called: the Demon Soul Purification Altar. Currently, it can purify Demon Souls up to the Planar Traveller Stage, anything beyond that would be difficult. Cedric still needs time to research that.

He also decided to give the House of Light the authority to use these altars on his behalf. What this means is that, on the surface, it would seem that the House of Light was the one who invented this. Technically, this isn't wrong since he's their Holy Son, though the truth is that Cedric created this all by himself.

The plan was to create as many altars as the House of Light's branches, that way each branch would have one and people could go to the nearest one to them to purify their demon souls.

Aside from this, Cedric also finished all the array discs needed to replace the light source of all the Lighthouses within the civilization. It's been a couple of days since that happened and the concentration of sunlight during daytime increased massively.

All residual corruption has been flushed from the civilization. Even the ones hiding in the shadows have been purged completely at this point.

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Sunlight energy isn't static. Even if an area hasn't been illuminated by sunlight won't escape its reach due to the permeating heat it's accompanied with. So if there are any traces of corruption left before this, they'd be gone now.

But once again, Cedric felt that this was nowhere near enough to satisfy the needs of people, especially with the rising tensions around it.

That's why he added another project to his list, one that he had been thinking of for quite some time now.

The Sun Disc project...

This is undoubtedly a large-scale project. One that might take months, if not years, to create. Just the materials needed to fund this project would cause anyone's skin to crawl, but if there's anybody who could shoulder the cost of something like this, it would be Cedric.

He proposed the idea to Acala, and to say that she's supportive of it would be an understatement. She even asked if Cedric wanted to spread the word to people to make this a priority project, but Cedric refused.

That will cause too much activity, something that can't happen right now since the current status quo is sensitive. This has to be a secret for now and while that might cause the project to be delayed even further, it's better that way instead of this becoming the spark that started the war.

Aside from these projects, Cedric also created some contingencies just in case something bad happened. Beyond those, he threw himself into his training. All of his side projects would be meaningless if he didn't have sufficient strength to use and maintain them.

Right now, he's no longer rushing through the levels. He advances steadily without damaging his foundations.

While he could technically rush towards Tier 9, he didn't do it since that would cause his foundation to be unstable. If he did that, he would encounter a bottleneck that would make it extremely challenging for him to advance to the Planar Traveller Realm. Even if did manage to reach that stage, his future prospects would be limited.

Cedric obviously has lofty goals so there's no way he'd be fine with that.

Cedric spent the majority of his free time at the real Sword Communion Hall. Through the help of the Law Communion Sword, he immersed himself in the Concept Laws he knew, deepening his understanding of them and advancing steadily.

From Tier 6 and above, one's Concept Law comprehension must be their priority. They can't slack off since if this aspect of their strength fell behind, they would be in serious trouble.

Cedric's goal was to reach the Intermediate Stage for any of his Concept Laws; Sword, Fire, and Astral Laws, and gain a 3rd Trait from them. This will massively increase his strength and give him more edge in case of emergency.

Right, there's also this 'Slaughter Intent' of his.

'Slaughter Intent' isn't considered a 'common' Concept Law, but it does contain profound aspects similar to one.

He comprehended this amidst his Hell Dive. He was in a particularly bad mood at that time and he wanted nothing more than to bash a couple of skulls in, preferably the Demon kind.

Using nothing but his raw strength and pure sword skills, he unleashed a terrifying massacre that caused demon blood to form rivers and corpses to turn into mountains. By the time he recovered from this state, only he was left on the battlefield surrounded by a dark crimson cloud of his killing intent which later then transformed into a flower petal.

Cedric still has much to learn about it but currently, his Slaughter Intent increased his attack by 30%. The more he understands it, the more benefits he will unlock.

Amidst his training, Cedric never forgot to check on Chrissy and Erica's status.

He gave both of them a necklace that would protect them in case of emergency. Each locket contained a concentrated mass of both Sunlight and Vivic Flames. If they're in danger, these lockets would explode and engulf everything within a 5-kilometer radius in a sea of gold and unwhite flames, but that's not all it does.

He also left a function that would allow him to see their current health states. The locket is connected to a device that could receive signals indicating their status, kind of similar to how the Monitoring Chips worked.

From what he got so far, the girls were fine. They weren't hurt or injured yet. Cedric had no idea what exactly they were doing because he couldn't add that kind of function yet but it was already enough for him to know that they were okay.

**

A couple more days passed and one morning, Cedric woke up to a rather disturbing news...

"What the hell...?" Cedric muttered in surprise.

Reading the news article online, he learned that apparently, all the 'criminals' of the Risk Management Centers were currently being transferred to the Army Camps.

Cedric read that again and again just to confirm it. It clearly states that 'all Risks' were to be transferred to the army camps. Meaning that there would be thousands, if not more, of people going there.

'Risks' are people who constantly fail their Hell Dives. They are called 'Risks' because if they fail their Hell Dives three times in a row once their Monitoring Chips turn red, they would turn into a 'Node' that Demons could use to infiltrate Prime Earth.

Cedric was once like them, and it was only through sheer luck that he managed to turn his life around. Despite suffering 7 years of torture and solitude in the RMC, he sympathized with the 'criminals' because if he hadn't inherited the Eyes of a Godking, he would've remained a 'criminal' still.

Yet now, all 'Risks' are being transferred to the army camps. This isn't just a handful of people. There are at least a hundred people in each Risk Management Center, and there is at least one Risk Management Center in a city.

If they're transferring everybody to the army camps, we're looking at tens of thousands of people at least. Each one was desperate and crazed from the isolation and psychological torture they suffered within the RMC.

"What the hell are they gonna do with all these people?"