Chapter 185: Ritual and Struggle
In a tributary of the River of Everdarkness.
The wandering figure of [Underworld Emperor] Salinger suddenly turned his head and cast his gaze towards the gray-white stairs, towards his offspring, Azik Eggers.
But before He could do anything, He suddenly became unsteady on His feet.
He turned his head and looked towards the depths of the river, towards the huge figure of [Ancestor of the Phoenix] Graygari.
At this moment, the figure began to become restless.
Immediately, Salinger on the water surface turned all his attention to Graygari. The water of the [River of Everlasting Darkness] began to riot, and countless blood-stained dead immediately rushed to Graygari in the depths of the river.
And Graygari's already decayed eyes seemed to radiate contempt and disdain, and then emitted a bronze light.
Under this light, the dark river water began to boil, instantly evaporating the blood-stained dead.
A distant voice sounded in the River of Eternal Darkness, carrying the echo of ancient times, passing through a perdition longer than death, and echoing in Salinger's ears.
[We can't imitate… We…]
[We are His enemies...You are just His puppets...]
While the two Death Gods were fighting in the [Eternal Darkness River], Azik on the gray and white steps had already completed the opening ceremony.
He placed the bird-shaped golden ornament into the center of the ritual array. As the ornament was placed in, the array began to light up, and the candles around it lit up with pale flames, emitting wisps of white smoke.
Looking at this scene, Azik knew that he needed to take the next step.
Then, He took out various materials that had been prepared long ago, and began to drip the essential oils extracted from those materials onto the candles. As He continued to move, various scents began to fill the room, making people drowsy.
And the next step is the most important one.
In addition to the ritual magic circle, there is an additional huge triangular magic circle, and at each triangle of this triangular magic circle there is a circle.
The mouth seems to be used to hold sacrifices.
And Azik also offered sacrifices to it without hesitation.
In the first triangle, He placed the fang of a demon wolf; in the second triangle, He placed a broken Sword of Dawn; in the third triangle, He cut his own wrist and sprinkled his own blood inside.
After completing these, the triangular magic circle began to emit a dark luster, and Azik began the final step of the ceremony.
That is the chanting of the Name.
"Son of God born in Hades.....
"You are the priest who governs death...
"You are the lord of a corner of the underworld..."
"You are the endless pale warrior...
"You are wandering in the [Eternal Darkness River]
"The supreme Archon of Death of the Balam Empire, the great Azik Eggers."
"I beg you to look at me, I beg you to look at me, I beg you to...
"...…Return to the real Azik Egg
On Sri Lanka. "
Underground, the two gods of death are still fighting.
Continue to turn the [River of Eternal Darkness] upside down.
The Azik figures who were originally wandering in the distance suddenly turned their heads and looked towards the gray-white stairs.
In fact, unlike the original world line, at this moment, there are only a few Azik Eggers left wandering around aimlessly.
These Azik seemed to have heard the call and began to walk slowly towards the gray-white stairs, towards the battlefield of the two death gods.
Obviously, their actions did not attract the attention of the two [Death Gods]. After all, these two Death Gods had both surpassed the sequence and reached a state beyond [0].
Worker's bodythe unusual behavior of an angel is not worth mentioning at all.
Or, even if they discovered the unusual movement, they would not have the energy to intervene. After all, neither of them dared to leave the opportunity to each other.
Then, with the disguised cooperation of the two [Death Gods], these Azik figures walked out of the [River of Everlasting Darkness], walked up the gray-white steps, and walked towards the center of the ritual magic.
The moment they entered the ritual magic, their bodies began to twist, curl, and fold, until they turned into a small drop of pitch-black liquid and fell into the bird-shaped golden ornament, one by one, one by one, starting to fill the volume of the ornament.
This is what Azik has, a factor that Klein and the Goddess of Night in the original world line do not have: a deeper understanding of the Death Mark in the [River of Everlasting Darkness].
Thanks to the Antarctic trip to fill in the gaps in his knowledge, as well as the unique knowledge possessed by Callemgard, and Azik's own countless death experiences.
He successfully developed this ritual magic to salvage his own death marks in the [River of Everlasting Darkness]. By recovering these death marks, he was able to remember all his forgotten past.
Not only that, the death mark that permeated the water of the [River of Everlasting Darkness] even repaired his soul that was torn in half by the [God of Death] to a considerable extent.
Because of this, nothing went wrong after He removed the bird-shaped gold ornament that the God of Death had sewn into His soul.
Unless you count the headaches.
This time, Azik added a bird-shaped golden ornament to the ritual, and used this ornament from Gray Carrie to collect the remaining water from the [Eternal Dark River] on the death mark that was not salvaged last time.
"Hmm..." Azik looked carefully at the collected water droplets in the ornament and made a rough estimate. "It's a little more than I thought."
"This should be able to be used 10 times. If diluted, it can be used at least 20 times... Let's not consider the issue of dilution for now."
"It's time to go back. Klein is still up there.
After saying this, He put away the golden bird-shaped ornament, opened the [Gate to the Underworld], and rushed straight up to Karlond.
Large pieces of confetti floated down, and Klein's figure appeared on the side.
Those were his last few paper figures. The difficulty of the spirit world predators was beyond his imagination.
A violent scream mixed with smoke and dust burst towards Klein, and his left hand once again became noble and evil, facing the incoming scream.
The surging scream immediately began to [distort],
Even so, blood still flowed out of Klein's seven orifices. It was obvious that he was unable to completely resist it.
He grabbed the air with his left hand fingers, as if catching the incoming scream, and swung it violently, completely deflecting the scream.
The Death Knell pistol was immediately pointed at the direction where the scream was coming from. There was a flash of fire, and demon-hunting bullets burst out, blowing up a house in the distance.
"Bang bang bang!!!"
More bullets poured out, blasting buildings like cannonballs. Another demon-hunting bullet came and blew up the top of a white pillar.
A pale stream of fire broke through the smoke of the explosion. In another place, a white stream of fire emerged, and a spirit world plunderer jumped out from there.
"The soul-splitting battle is almost over," Klein said.
He aimed his gun and scanned the surroundings, using up all his demigod-level power.
.
'The rest is just procrastination...!
"Click."
A sound came from behind Klein, and he immediately turned around and raised his hand to shoot.
The demon-hunting bullets blew up that place, but there was nothing there except rubble and gravel. There was no figure of a soul, and no trace of pale flame.
"A fake move?" Klein immediately concluded, "It wants to wear me out. The final blow must be
'That's exactly what I want. If we delay a little longer, Mr. Azik will come back and it will be dead by then."咻一
A huge pale pillar of fire attacked from the side. Klein immediately noticed it and quickly stepped back.
"boom!!"
The pillar of fire exploded the ground nearby. Klein raised his hand and fired a shot in the direction of the pillar of fire. The bullet pierced through the fire and flew away.
On the other side, another pillar of fire struck down.
Klein avoided the pillars of fire, but more pale pillars of fire came from all directions, forcing him to dodge continuously, constantly avoiding the pale explosions.
"Bang!!!"
Dodging another column of fire, he fired back, blowing up the high point.
"Bang bang bang!!!"
More bullets exploded in higher places, but none of them hit the target. Under the jumping flames that far exceeded Klein himself, Klein's bullets only hit empty space.
"boom!!!"
Klein raised the muzzle of his gun and turned to point it in the direction of the loud noise, but the place had already exploded and was already burning in pale flames.
"Bang!!!"
The bullet blasted away the flames. No matter what tricks the Spirit World Plunderer was going to play, Klein had no intention of playing along, so he fired another shot and blasted away the flames.
Then, something seriously hidden came to light.
It was an invisible man with transparent worms covered with strange patterns all over his body.
"boom!!!"
Just one glance and Klein's mind exploded completely. He fell to the ground, his vision went dark and his head felt like it was about to explode.
"Incomplete... mythical creature form
Before Klein could finish his thought, his mind became stagnant and his spirit body was immediately controlled by the spirit world plunderer.
Its manipulation speed was faster than that of the most powerful [Master of Secret Soul]. In just a few seconds, it had taken initial control of Klein's spiritual body and was about to turn him into its own secret soul puppet.
But at this moment, it found that its prey was smiling.
Klein's eyes suddenly turned to the side, looking at his clothes that were stained red due to the bleeding shoulder. He immediately began to tremble all over, breaking through the control of the spirit line.
Because this time, Deathstroke brought him
Afraid of blood.
"Bang!!"
The death knell burst into flames again, blasting towards the spirit plunderer who was unable to dodge. The demon hunting bullet blasted it away, and a big hole was blasted in the clothes floating on its body.
This was far from enough to kill it since it lacked a physical body. It immediately stood up and hid in the fire, intending to attack it again and completely finish off Klein.
However, it found that its flame could not escape at all. The already pale flame became even paler.
The spirit world plunderer shuddered and began to tremble instinctively. Only then did it notice a figure approaching from the distance.
That is the shadow of Azik Eggers. 2
sense of oppressionMenus Chapter 186: Death's Legacy
"You fought well, Klein," Azik walked back carrying the dead Spirit Plunderer, "I can see that you had a fierce battle."
"If you had come back a little later, I would have been dead, Mr. Azik," Klein stood up weakly, "I was almost turned into a secret doll by it, and my spiritual power was almost exhausted..."
"That's pretty good. After all, this guy has divinity, and you don't."
As he said that, Azik threw the Spirit World Plunderer to the ground. A little bit of dim light emerged from its body, and the Spirit World Plunderer suddenly split into countless illusory bubbles, which shattered one after another.
Presumably, its characteristics will be completely revealed soon.
"Let's go faster." Azik summoned a spirit, which immediately occupied the body of the spirit world plunderer and accelerated the release of extraordinary characteristics. "We are in a hurry."
"I'm afraid I need to rest for a while, Mr. Azik," Klein looked at his hands helplessly, "My spirituality...
"Don't worry, we won't need to trouble you too much next time," He paused and continued, "We just need to find the Admiral of Hell next time. You don't need to fight, just watch."
"Find the Admiral of Hell?" Klein repeated, "Is it for that ring? The so-called... Death Ring?"
"Yes," Azik nodded, "I have a strange feeling that the ring is real."
"If that's the case, I can find the real [Treasure of the God of Death]."
"And I also know exactly what the treasure is."
At this point, Azik's eyes suddenly darkened, making Klein a little nervous.
"The so-called Death God Treasure is the uniqueness of the Death God's path and a copy of the Pale Emperor's Sequence 1 characteristic. It is also the means for my father to be resurrected."
"As long as I, the Admiral of Hell, have gathered all my rings
"With your finger and the copper whistle I gave you, you can unlock the treasure and start the process of resurrecting your father."
"I won't let Him revive." Azik clenched his fists, "He will definitely revive in my body, and then I will die...
"There is nothing wrong with being filial to one's parents, but I don't think it is necessary to go to this extent."
"The God of Death's back-up plan for resurrection..." Klein murmured again, "But, Mr. Azik, how exactly do you plan to do it? No matter what, the God of Death is a real god."
"I plan to do it in two steps," Azik said, "First, find the treasure hiding place and use the things inside..."
As he spoke, he took out the bird-shaped gold ornament and shook it.
"...First, I must suppress the broken other half of my soul in the uniqueness. That was torn from me by my father and then sewn back on. It is currently being taken by the Spiritual Cult [Artificial Death God Sect] to be transformed into an artificial death god."
After hearing this, Klein probably understood one of the reasons why Mr. Azik didn't want to resurrect the God of Death.
"After suppressing the uniqueness, I took the opportunity to grab the Sequence 1 characteristic, and then left. I found a deserted place, completed the promotion and stabilized my state, and digested some magic potions by the way."
"This will take about a year. After a year, I will come back to subdue the Uniqueness and contain it, and become the King of Angels."
Klein nodded, probably understanding Mr. Azik's plan.
All in all, there wasn't much that needed Klein to intervene in this matter. The only way he could help Mr. Azik was to find Admiral Hell and obtain the ring of the god of death.
As he thought about it, he saw the remaining bubbles of the Spirit World Plunderer floating in front of him, constantly emitting extraordinary properties and constantly combining with those light spots.
Specks of gray dust fell onto the pale floor tiles, and along with the falling dust, a transparent object that seemed to have no weight also fell to the ground.
The thing was the size of a palm, and was made up of worm-like things entangled together. It was roughly human-shaped, and was filled with colorless liquid. Bubbles often came out of it, emitting fine rays of light.
Klein didn't dare to look closely, because the weightless transparent object had a richer structure in the details, forming indescribable patterns and symbols, which seemed to directly integrate concepts such as knowledge, power, change, secrecy, weirdness, and madness into it, making them no longer abstract.
This caused Klein to feel extremely dizzy, and he even felt as if his spirit was about to collapse and his soul was about to lose control.
"The real soul of the spirit world plunderer," Azik also saw these things, "and the corresponding dust, about 100 grams, should be enough for you."
"Leave Kahlrond first. If you stay any longer, you will probably be irreversibly transformed into the dead, wandering forever in this ancient kingdom of God."
Klein responded, took out the container on his body, and put away these extraordinary materials. Azik casually cast a seal to prevent these materials from merging with the container and turning into magical items.
After completing these, they also left the city of Karlond and left the country where Graygari once lived.
Perhaps, in the more distant future, this city will welcome visitors again?
"You will be his secret puppet for one year. When the time is up, you can return to the spirit world."
"Yes, the great Archon of Death."
When Klein and Azik arrived on the Black Tulip, everything developed in the same way as in the original world line.
Admiral Hell surrendered, offered the ring of the god of death, and under the order of Mr. Azik, gave up resistance and became Klein's secret puppet.
And Klein finally got his second secret doll.
"Mr. Azik, I actually have a question I've always wanted to ask you," Klein said as he returned the copper whistle to Him, "It's about Ince Zangwill."
"The rebellious archbishop?" Azik took the whistle and looked around. "Just say whatever you want. I have released [Secret]. Now no one will know what we are talking about."
"Even the pen wouldn't know."
"He has recently been possessed by an evil spirit, a very powerful evil spirit," Klein recalled Leonard's letter, "his name is Soren Einhorn Medici."
"What kind of a name is this?" Azik frowned. "These three guys wanted to eat each other alive. Who has the bad taste to name an evil spirit like this?"
"In fact, this evil spirit is the three of them.
A hybrid of a... Klein explained, "According to some intelligence sources, this hybrid evil spirit had been trapped in Tudor's apotheosis place."
"Ah? Are they really them?" Azik was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, "Haha...the three of them merged together, indistinguishable from each other?"
"Hahahaha...I just can't imagine it
How did they spend these thousands of years?
"Mr. Azik," Klein hurriedly pulled back
To the point, "This will make Ins even more powerful, and it will be more difficult for me to seek revenge on him."
"What can we do to combat this evil?"
Ling, weaken Ins's power?"
"Design a trap," Azik put away his smile, "Use the high-sequence hunter characteristics as bait."
"The status of these three guys is extremely high, and the combined evil spirit they form must be very strong. Because of this, they must be extremely eager for high-level hunter characteristics."
"I don't believe that a mere Ince can
Suppress the appetite of these three guys combined." At this point, Azik shuddered as if he had remembered something.
What He remembered was the corpse of Graygari, the Ancestor of the Phoenix, in the palace of the Hades Emperor Salinger in the underworld.
"Never underestimate the dead's obsession and greed for the word 'recover'." He looked at Klein, "regardless of whether it is recovering the body or recovering the power."
"You can't imagine the lengths they would go to [get it back]."Chapter 187: A Fate Destined Thousands of Years Ago
"You will be his secret puppet for one year. When the time is up, you can return to the spirit world."
"Yes, the great Archon of Death."
When this conversation was telegraphed back to St. Samuel's Church, Archbishop Anthony closed his eyes.
"German Sparrow... [Death Reign]
[Official] ... Saint Anthony repeated these two names and slowly walked deep into the underground, to the third underground floor.
That's where the Level 1 Seals are stored, but there are more than just Level 1 Seals stored there.
The extremely dangerous Level 0 sealed object is sleeping here, waiting to be awakened.
[1-29] and [1-80], the power of the two level 1 seals was suddenly removed, and [0-17]'s eyes opened instantly.
In a flash, the angel's body was erased like a stick figure, turned into a secret world, and disappeared on the spot.
"Goddess, please give me your power." Anton
Ni was on the third floor underground, praying quietly, "Destroy Gehrman Sparrow, destroy Azk Eggers..."
"Destroy all hope of resurrection of the God of Death."2
How much does an archbishop know?
"The remnants of the southern continent will eventually be eliminated, and the traces of the heretic god will eventually be wiped out."
"When the night covers the paleness, when the crimson drowns the dusk."
"All that remains is peace."
[peaceful?]
A female voice came into Anthony's ears, and Anthony suddenly turned around and looked towards the place where the voice came from.
That's where the Antigonus family notes were.
[You said Oman &@¥%*....will bring peace?]
"You are......" Anthony's eyes widened.
[I am a note, I am a legacy, I am the man in the mirror, I am Antigonus in the mirror. ]
My wish is... Azik Eggers
Sensing that Nephilia (Mother of Heaven) is about to arrive. ]
On the Black Tulip, Azik's body shook violently, and he turned his head abruptly to look at a distant place.
He sensed the coming of the enemy in that place.
It was so familiar that it was unbelievable, so familiar that "He" immediately pulled Klein into the spiritual world.
"Mr. Azik!!" Klein grabbed
Ludwell Secret Doll, "What happened?!"
Klein's question went unanswered, or rather, Azik's eyes, flashing with pale flames, said it all.
Klein opened his mouth, then closed it again, being tactful not to disturb His thoughts.
Because Klein saw Azik's current
From his expression, I understood His silent response.
A powerful enemy is coming.
The fire in Azik's eyes overflowed, shining
The beads of sweat on His forehead were shining, but this was definitely not sweat from fatigue, because at this moment, He did not feel the slightest bit of fatigue.
The reason He sweats is because...
[fear]
Fear, this doesn't seem to be what should happen in Ah
The words in Zik's mind were about becoming the King of Angels and liberating the southern continent. Having already walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he should not have any fear.
In other words, the new dream He pursued did not allow Him to have the slightest fear.
But even so, He was still afraid, as if He had betrayed His dream at this moment.
As if he had betrayed the southern continent that he had vowed to liberate.
Of course, He did not betray His dreams and wishes, nor did He betray the southern continent He vowed to liberate. Not even a little bit, the reason He feared
Because, just because of the strong dark atmosphere now
The breath reminded Him of the past.
دdecision. Recalling the last battle of the Pale Era
On the battlefield filled with corpses and blood, countless pieces of land turned pale and lifeless under the wash of the dark waters of the Styx.
Even the red blood cannot dye the pale land red, and even the tears of the Holy Spirit cannot wash away the resentment in the land.
At that time, Azik Eggers stood in front of the dark gate of the underworld. Amid countless corpses kneeling in worship, he stepped over the corpses of the saints of the Church of Evernight and walked deeper into the northern continent.
His father, his god, has issued an order for him to wash the northern continent with blood and make the gods in the star realm lose their anchor in the human world.
And Azik always carries out his father's orders.
"That's it."
Azik stopped, raised his head, and looked at the angel floating in the sky.
The angel covered his eyes with a gorgeous blue eye mask and wore a layer of blue silk clothes. He stood in the dark sky, looking down at Azik Eggers on the pale land underground.
"Angel of the Night?" Azik narrowed his eyes.
eyes, "You.....I have heard your name."
"[Angel of Lament] Aravius, son of the god Amanesis," Azik said, and the Black Water Sword condensed in his hand and pointed at Him, "Are you going to challenge me alone?"
"You should know, right? I have defeated many
Angel, you have defeated three of them in the Church of Darkness. In fact, in the entire Church of Darkness, besides your goddess, you are the only one I have not defeated."
"I know," Alavis said calmly, "I know it very well."
"Let's do it."
Lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating a corner of the terrifying battle between gods in the sky.
Under the sky, the terrifying battle between angels also echoed on the earth.
No history book recorded this war, nor did any witnesses watch it. Even the seven lights in the spirit world could not catch a glimpse of this battle.
Perhaps only the seven gods in the astral world can
Know the full picture of this angel war.
No, there was another one, that was Azik Eggers, who experienced the war personally. No one knew what kind of battle he had with Alavis.
The only thing we know is that this is the last battle of angels in the world during the Pale Age, and it is also the last time that Azik Eggers challenges the angel of darkness.
And everyone knows one thing.
Azik Eggers was defeated by Alavis.
"This is impossible..." Azik struggled to stand up, but the injuries on his body did not allow him to stand. "How could you be so strong...
"You…are not just Sequence 2?" Azik's eyes widened. "Sequence 1 [Knight of Disaster]? No, it's impossible. There are true gods in all three paths. You can't be Sequence 1!!"
"Of course I'm Sequence 2," Alaves said.
The usual quietness, "It's just a little different from you."
"You go."
"What did you say?" Azik raised his head in astonishment. "You won't kill me? You won't seek more angel characteristics for your church?"
"God's will is my will. God has not commanded me to kill powerful enemies."
Having said this, Alavis turned around and glanced at Azik. For some reason, Azik seemed to feel pity from the eyes covered by the blindfold.
"Let go of the past, cherish ignorance, enjoy life
Life, accept your weak self"
"Because your future has already been determined."188 What He Said Is Destined
"Let go of the past, cherish ignorance, enjoy life, and accept your own weakness"
"Because your future has already been determined."
"I thought it was just a declaration from Alavis as the winner."
Azik traveled through the spirit world at high speed, as if he was avoiding some ferocious beast.
'It was not until now that I finally understood that the mercy He showed me at that time was genuine.
"He already knew that the night had laid out a huge chess game."
'And I've already been in the game...
"Mr. Azik? What's going on..." Klein asked anxiously, "What happened?!"
It was too abnormal. Azik's current behavior was too abnormal, too frightened, too anxious, as if that enemy was someone he could not defeat no matter what.
Everything supports this argument, because this time, the speed of traveling through the spirit world was unprecedentedly fast, and Klein was almost unable to open his eyes due to the raging waves of the spirit world.
"Give me the copper whistle," Azik's voice was more serious than ever before, "Quick!!"
Hearing this, Klein withstood the scouring of the waves of the spirit world, stretched out his hand, reached into his pocket, and took out the copper whistle. Azik also grabbed it and stuffed it into his pocket.
Azik's speed surged again, like a comet
Star lightning rushed forward and rushed away.
"Where are we going?!" Klein felt that he could no longer bear it. "Didn't you say that I didn't need to be involved in the follow-up?!"
"The plan has changed. Let's go hide in Antarctica first," Azik said without looking back. "The Goddess of Night has descended using the body of the [Mother of Heaven]. If I go to the treasure of the God of Death now, she will just snatch away my Sequence 1 characteristics and [Uniqueness] on the spot."
"God's descent?!" Klein's eyelids trembled upon hearing this word. "Isn't this too exaggerated?!"
"Don't worry, as long as I don't open the treasure, He will never find it. Let's go to Antarctica and hide for a few hours. When Mother of Heaven's body reaches its limit, He will have to give up this divine descent and wait for the next opportunity."
As he spoke, Azik accelerated and rushed deeper into the spirit world.
"Antarctica is filled with the power of the three ancient gods.
And the seal, not only that, there is [that thing] wandering around, even the real body of the night dare not easily mess around in Antarctica, as long as it can get in, it will definitely not be able to find us......"
Before He finished speaking, a scene like a historical image appeared.
The murals just floated past Him.
Azk's eyes widened, he stopped immediately and turned to look at the mural behind him.
Klein also leaned out and looked at the painting on the wall.
The mural depicted a huge gate. Outside the gate, two people, one tall and one short, pushed open the huge gate.
A huge hand stretched out from the sky, reached into the door, and grabbed the treasure chest on the platform.
Azik turned his head sharply and accelerated towards the South Pole again, but as he shuttled, more murals passed by him on both sides.
Klein used his eyesight to try to see the pictures clearly, but Azik was flying too fast for Klein to see clearly. Even so, he could still barely make out some of them.
There was one, a simple sketch, of two people, one tall and one short, handing a treasure chest on a platform to an angel in heaven.
There was one allegorical painting, in which a feathered serpent-shaped key was inserted into an open door, and a giant wolf walked in, picking up a pitch-black sickle.
There is another one, which is an abstract painting, but it can be seen that its theme is a skeleton and a wolf, and the wolf seems to be standing on a coffin.
besides....
Countless paintings are like a film strip, constantly being played and reflecting images.
Every portrait is saying or suggesting
Zik will open the treasure of the god of death, each knot