A certain forbidden technique master, in order to counter a certain evil Uchiha's strongest ability Susanoo, thought of a method.
By infinitely summoning explosive tags to destroy from within, but the difficulty was that the caster himself couldn't withstand such massive destructive power.
Then he had a flash of inspiration - since the living couldn't handle it, why not use the dead? Thus the Impure World Reincarnation technique was born.
But later, a certain ninja world scientist studying this forbidden technique suddenly thought, why must it be combined with other techniques? If the resurrected dead were strong enough, why bother with self-destruction?
Thus came the Impure World Reincarnation army in the ninja world war.
From the name alone, everyone who mentioned this technique would condemn it for defiling the souls of the dead. But the so-called defilement was merely that those revived by Impure World Reincarnation would be forcibly controlled by the caster.
But after Impure World Reincarnation, except for sealing techniques and Six Paths-level attacks, they were immortal and indestructible, with infinite chakra. Aside from individual exceptionally powerful individuals, they were actually stronger after Impure World Reincarnation than when alive.
Charles sensed the state of the dead revived by Lucius. Although he didn't know how strong Yami's father had been in life, he could see his magic had definitely been enhanced considerably.
But unlike Impure World Reincarnation, Lucius should have achieved true resurrection. That person was already a genuine living being - meaning he could be killed.
However, after being modified by Lucius, the resurrected dead could no longer be considered human, with magic power so vast it made no difference from infinite.
In summary, though troublesome, they could be defeated.
And Lucius definitely hadn't only resurrected Yami's father - those battling the Seven Dragon Zen Warriors and Black Bulls at the camp should also be such resurrected dead.
Charles finally understood why Ryudo Ryuya had sent residents to another town in advance - he had long foreseen the attack.
Divine Eye was truly a convenient ability - all things that had happened or were happening in this world could be seen without spatial limitations.
In other words, no intelligence in this world could escape that eye Ryudo Ryuya had traded all his magic power for - truly genuine omniscience.
Though unable to see through the future, with sufficient intelligence assistance, future developments could be deduced.
Knowing this ability's effects, Charles couldn't help but salivate. Having such a divine skill's assistance made Charles feel more at ease in battle.
Previously he had considered so many things out of necessity, but ultimately Charles was Igneel's child - he preferred straightforward combat.
This time Charles could let loose and only think about defeating enemies. Others were watching other situations!
Thinking thus, Charles had arrived at the camp that had become a battlefield.
What surprised Charles was that the enemies weren't normal humans, but a group of special beings that looked like church sculptures - like angels in religious murals.
However, Charles could sense they were also resurrected dead, except unlike Yami's father, these monsters hadn't retained consciousness from life and were purely war weapons.
Two monsters spotted Charles. One released scattered light beams at him, while another unleashed surging flames.
These two monsters' magic level was quite high - in the Magic Knight squads, only Senior Magic Knights First Class had such ability. That was a rank just below Grand Magic Knight.
But looking at these monsters' appearance, they seemed to lack reason, actually using flames against Charles.
Charles extended his hand and scattered all the light beams aimed at him with his bare palm. Lucifero's body could ignore even Mereoleona's flames and Jack's slashes - the current Charles had somewhat that same feeling.
Then Charles opened his mouth and swallowed all the surging flames.
The two monsters completely lacked human emotions, so naturally wouldn't be shocked by the scene before them. They would only single-mindedly launch attacks.
But before they could act, Charles had already grabbed their heads with his hands.
"Thanks for the meal!"
Charles said this as blazing flames erupted from his palms, reducing both to ash.
After dealing with the two monsters, Charles suddenly reached back and grabbed a hand clawing toward his heart.
"If you want to ambush, restrain your killing intent a bit. I'm not so dull as to not react to this."
Charles exerted force with his arm and directly threw his attacker out, then saw the opponent's appearance clearly.
It was a long-haired young man who, like Yami's father, had a pearly white body with sharp horns and a halo on his head.
The young man grinned, "Found you - the target Lord Lucius designated! Just by defeating you, Lord Lucius's dream can be realized. This is also the mission of us Holy Knights!"
Charles said disdainfully, "Holy Knights? You really dare boast, clearly just a bunch of monsters!"
A cold glint shot from the young man's scattered hair as he said coldly, "I, Holy Knight Yurul, will make you pay for those words!"
Saying this, his grimoire flipped open as a pitch-black monster appeared beside him.
White mist swirled around this monster, quickly enveloping it and rapidly expanding.
Yurul said proudly, "Phantom Beast - it can awaken memories of humanity's deepest fears and manifest them.
Humans are all weak and have things they fear. No matter how strong, people will tremble and be unable to move when facing their fears. Experience that feeling yourself!"
From the white mist, a claw covered in black scales extended, heavily striking the ground before Charles. What emerged next was a black dragon head covered in purple stripes, followed by pitch-black wings covering the sky above Charles.
Charles's eyebrow twitched as he said, "Really looks authentic - can't find flaws in either magic power or aura."
Charles understood the phantom before him was manifested from his own memories, so naturally he couldn't see flaws. What Charles hadn't expected was that his fear was Acnologia.
But soon Charles understood - what made him fearful wasn't Acnologia itself, but that scene from the original plot where he destroyed half of Igneel's body.
So Charles didn't tremble all over as the young man imagined. Instead, heaven-burning flames erupted from his body.
"Do you think... I've been constantly getting stronger all this time for what reason? It's precisely to defeat this guy!"
The Phantom Beast transformed into Acnologia felt that neither fangs nor claws nor black scales could protect it. When facing Charles, even its instincts screamed for it to flee.
The Phantom Beast that had always awakened others' fears experienced the deepest fear itself this time. It instinctively canceled its manifestation, trying to escape magical constraints.
But the next moment Charles grabbed its throat, and it became a ball of flame. It didn't even have time to scream before turning to ash.
Yurul's body completely froze. From when Charles erupted, he couldn't control his body until the Phantom Beast was destroyed and he successfully retreated.
Breathing heavily, Yurul lowered his body as his face emerged from between his hair.
"Beast Magic - Sacred Beast's Hunt!"
Yurul's body muscles writhed as his head's outline seemed to become elongated and pointed, his entire being transforming like a canine.
Stimulated by the power Charles released, his beast fighting instincts were instantly aroused, unleashing his magic's most powerful force.
Transformed into a beast, Yurul suddenly vanished, leaving afterimages as he moved rapidly around Charles.
"See that! This is the power Lord Lucius granted us Holy Knights. Humans can never defeat Holy Knights - can never defeat Lord Lucius!"
Yurul's voice surrounded Charles, but his body had reached Charles's rear flank, launching an attack on Charles's vitals.
But halfway through, he saw Charles's turned head and those eyes that had become vertical pupils.
He was like a hyena barking wildly, only realizing when approaching that his opponent was a giant dragon.
Before he could react, Charles had already pressed his hand on his face, directly pressing him into the ground.
With a thunderous sound, the ground where Yurul struck directly cracked as flames erupted from the fissures.
Ignoring the charred Yurul, Charles looked up at the man in midair.
Charles showed a thoughtful expression - this scarred man looked quite familiar. He should have seen him somewhere.
The man was also a Holy Knight as Yurul had mentioned, with magic power exceeding Yurul's.
"Yurul failed? What a disappointment to Lord Lucius. Let me realize Lord Lucius's aspiration of establishing an equal world!"
Saying this, the man raised his hand as his grimoire began turning pages.
"Ice Magic - Sacred Ice Spear!"
The strongest ice magic user Charles had seen in this world was the twentieth Magic Emperor Edward's Ice Wedge Magic.
The magic the man used even reached that level.
A massive ice cone appeared in midair, then shot directly toward Charles.
The ice cone pierced straight into the ground while Charles had already jumped up, stepping on the ice cone to face the man in midair.
"This magic... I remember who you are."
This person was clearly Shis, the Eye of the Midnight Sun magic user Charles and Asta had encountered during their first mission after joining the Black Bulls.
Back then, to collect magic stones, he had attacked Sosshi Village with three subordinates, running into Magna, Noelle, Asta, and Charles who were there on a wild boar extermination mission.
At the time, he and his three subordinates had used combination magic, making the four work quite hard to defeat them.
Later, to hide Eye of the Midnight Sun intelligence, Shis had activated a magic tool pre-embedded in his body to commit suicide. Unexpectedly, Lucius had resurrected him too.
Charles said, "I never expected someone who constantly spoke of magic power supremacy could say the word 'equality.' How surprising."
Indeed, compared to Impure World Reincarnation, Lucius was the one who truly defiled the souls of the dead - he had actually twisted the dead's cognition and concepts.
Even though Shis's previous wrong concepts were his own will, Lucius forcibly twisting them couldn't be considered correct at all.
Charles sighed and continued, "Let me help you find peace!"
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