Lord of The Karmic Armada
Chapter 39: How The Tables Have Turned

Chapter 39: How The Tables Have Turned

Well, the memories of the both of them turned out to be useless, Valtar was lucky that they blurted out those things without knowing, those were probably the most useful information they had in their brains.

Valtar was now controlling the First Guard’s body, he went closer to the wall of the central underground hall and expanded his senses using the sensory perception skill which still worked in possessed bodies as long as he was accessing that body.

Since their discussion was over, all of them seemed to be meditating while sitting, their eyes were closed and they were breathing rhythmically. Except for the slight sound of breathing, no other motion could be detected by his senses. Valtar smiled, with such carelessness things just became easy for him.

He commanded the Third-Elder’s ghost first to go and carefully take over the Second-Elder’s body. These ghosts seem to be able to go through beneath the surface. After it abruptly entered the 2nd Elder’s body, another ghost entered his body as well, Valtar did so to make the possession easier.

2nd Elder’s body shuddered for a moment and then done, it did not take more than 4-5 seconds, possession was successful. Now that 3 more possession was successful he had 3 more ghosts at his disposal for use.

Obeying Valtar’s wish all 12 ghosts started possessing one body after another without the tiniest obstruction, all of them attacked each soul in pairs to make things easier. The 3rd stage ghosts worked in sync and attacked the 3rd stage awakens while taking care of the the ones of 2nd stage or lower.

Eventually, not more than 10 minutes had passed and every single Dark elf except for the First Elder was under his control. Valtar was perplexed, his karmic intuition told him attempting to possess him would fail and he should not kill the First Elder now either that would be detrimental to his plans.

If not for the fact that not more than 2 ghosts can attack a single soul, then even if the First Elder’s mental strength was terrifying he would still become his puppet. So, he thought of something else.

"System, I need you to control them yourself, when the situation demands for it. Make them act as their usual self as much as possible."

[What do you think I am? Ultron. And you’re Tony Stark?]

Valtar’s eyebrow twitched in annoyance, "I don’t care, you need to do it as much as you can. Otherwise, it will be too obvious to the First Elder."

After the Tribe Leader brings me here while I’m half dead and probably unconscious. It cannot be revealed to the tribe leader or First elder that pretty much all the dark elves are already gone, they might decide to kill me immediately since only I can be the culprit whether they can understand what is going on or not.

When he brings me here I need to waste as much time as possible so that I can get the opportunity to heal, not to mention I need to be close enough to the possessed bodies to heal in the first place. So, because of all these complications, such a complicated plan is necessary.

The system replied in its monotone voice, [Understood]

Valtar started thinking, In the worst case scenario if the difference in combat prowess between the Tribe leader and me is too great, even if things go according to plan. First Elder will be here to help him fend off all the possessed ones. While I may win if I use the blood boost on these possessed ones, then I won’t have cannon fodders when facing the Fae folks.

After racking his brains more, he brought up the information of his title.

[ Title - Murderous Devil: The more righteous your enemy the greater they fear you. The skill effect decreases the greater the difference in the stage between the host and his enemy. Can affect multiple targets at once. ]

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Back to the present, The Tribe leader was staring at him vengefully, Valtar was looking at him with a wicked grin as he thought internally,

’That’s right the reason I provoked him to such an extent, to make him fight for a righteous cause, The tribe leader is now fighting against the scum who violated his daughter, making the title effective on him, messing with his mind even more. There seems to be a slight debuff as well on both of them, it’s not something too great but more than enough.’

’The title was effective against the Tribe leader since the moment he realized what I did to Elmyra, I told the system to conceal Elmyra’s lingering scent on me and release it when I ask it to release it {At the end of Chapter 32}. After the Tribe Leader brought me here I purposefully dragged things on. The reason all the Dark Elf’s bodies shuddered fiercely when they were about to leave the underground hall is that the system had released its forceful control over the ghosts, if the first elder or the tribe leader had been vigilant and calm they both would have realized that except for showing various expressions on their faces and making motions with their bodies, none of the dark elves had spoken aloud from the moment the tribe leader came back.’

’How could they all not curse aloud the human who had violated their princess? Then at the right moment when I was healing myself The Tribe Leader was about to attack me. So, just then I made one third stage ghost attack the First Elder who was momentarily stupefied because of everything that was happening all at once. The reason why 9 dark elves came out of the trapped room instead of 11 was because I had absorbed all lifeforce and blood of 2-second stage awakened dark elves to heal myself from the near-death state.’

’Thus, making the Tribe Leader first save the Elder, and how do I know that he would go to save the first Elder instead of killing me first? After my ghosts possessed all the Dark elves, some important memories naturally fell into my hand. The seal of emotion on the tribe leader, the repercussions of breaking that seal, the close friendship of Hansel and the First Elder, and How the cold and emotionless tribe leader cared deeply about his daughter. All of these factors only served to make my scheme even better. Hehee.....’

’There was an even more mind-boggling information, things that shocked him greatly.’

Valtar stopped his inner monologue and snapped his fingers. The moment he did so, all the possessed dark elf’s bodies had a darkish hue surrounding them which served to boost their stats slightly and make their presence stronger. Not only that, unlike when Zhao used the ghosts when they fought like mindless zombies, now they can fight more like the one they possessed and with efficiency. They are not third-rate cannon fodders anymore, they are now first-rate cannon fodders.

Valtar then proceeded to stand up and point his sword at Hansel, both were predators in their own right and no more words were needed as they dashed forward with a powerful stomp that caused the ground to crack. 9 possessed dark standing behind him also dashed forward without further command. The ghosts now had basic intelligence and understanding with Valtar making them much more deadly tools than before.

Not only that the First Elder also dashed forward at full speed at the 28 possessed dark elves in front of him, but both he and the tribe leader went in opposite directions 2 different battles both must win no matter what.

First Elder stated while dashing forward, "Kill that human, no matter what." Hansel also replied, "Don’t die."

The moment Valtar and the Tribe leader’s sword met,

"CLAAANG"

Boooooooooooooooooom!

A loud and powerful metallic explosion unlike any other rang out, that shook the entire underground hall. The 9 dark elves who were following behind Valtar were sent flying from the sheer impact alone.

Unlike their first clash, this time Valtar only took 2 steps back and Hansel was forced to take 5 steps backward.

Valtar noticing this detail chuckled softly and sneered,

"Oh Hansel, How the tables have turned."