Chapter 525 Choice

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The sudden darkness and silence swallowed up the deepest part of Calderon, leaving only the faint sound of illusory water.

In a world completely devoid of light, the God of Death, who resolutely embarked on the path of the ancient gods again, recalled for a moment the uniqueness of the "Red Priest" that he had received.

As early as the "War of the Four Emperors" in the Fourth Age, Sallinger learned the secret of the "hidden adjacent path", and also confirmed through experiments on believers that "corpse collectors, witches, and hunters can indeed In high-sequence interchanges, the harm is only slightly greater than in adjacent pathway interchanges." This argument holds true. Therefore, when the "War of the Four Emperors" just started, the God of Death targeted Alistair Tudor.

After putting in a lot of effort to kill Alistar Tudor, the gods in the northern continent currently have no outstanding "Hunter" path extraordinarys worth cultivating, and no one is willing to come into contact with those who are in the extreme. Time combines the uniqueness and characteristics of the spiritual imprint of "three sequences synchronized together, capped by a crazy true god".

These things were directly obtained by the God of Death who had planned it long ago. He successfully became the last living person and winner of this divine war, reaping the greatest benefits.

Although there is a question mark as to whether he, a true god, can successfully occupy the "hidden adjacent path", the God of Death does not intend to give up this opportunity - it is normal to be nervous and fearful, but what if he succeeds? ——Looking back now, Salinger always feels that his original actions and the final outcome are full of conspiracy, but he is convinced that even if he does it again, he will still choose to seize these things, even if he does not tolerate it. , it will also be beneficial to you to take an extra dip in the River of Eternal Darkness.

Of course, even the God of Death in the Fourth Age who is eager to take this step will not tolerate it rashly - Alistar's crazy tricks are still fresh in his mind, and no one wants to move to a higher level. He died on the road due to bad judgment.

Therefore, He chose to first use part of the power of the tributaries of the "River of Eternal Darkness" to slightly pollute these extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness with his own corresponding source material, temporarily suppressing the four spiritual imprints among them.

However, at the moment when he tried to accommodate his uniqueness, Death still felt like he had swallowed a mouthful of fire, a burning fireball!

How can a soul that is infinitely close to death take on such activity?

Therefore, the God of Death at that time had to suppress the burning emotions by seeking the power of the River of Eternal Darkness, but he did not want to think that he could not get more recognition through this uniqueness. The River of Eternal Darkness failed to help Him find a balance between these two extraordinary powers of extreme activity and extreme silence. In the end, He also ran towards madness, and finally transformed into flames and burned himself like the first two owners of this uniqueness. Burned out.

He took the right path, but not at the right time.

The fear of "death" and "darkness" is the innate instinct of any living being.

In the past world, even the ancestors of a certain civilization who believed that "death is just a state, and death coexists with human beings" would stage dramas to kill the God of Death on specific festivals to vent their fears.

Death and darkness are like two sides of the same coin, and battle, war, and disaster are the roads leading to these two fears.

But this time, after Salinger accommodated the uniqueness and extraordinary characteristics of the adjacent pathway, he did not feel the madness coming for the first time.

There was no sudden outburst of gibbering, no sudden madness.

There is no crazy joy and pain like the last time he swallowed the red priest's banner, as if his body and soul were both burned out by fire.

There was only dead silence.

The extraordinary characteristics that imply the atmosphere of tranquility and dreamland are integrated with the body of the God of Death. His eyes suddenly become dark, and his raised arms maintain a grasping posture, standing still in the darkness like a sculpture.

His will fell into endless darkness, like an inescapable nightmare, leading to the "end" of nothingness.

There was only dead silence.

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When she saw the strange changes on the main peak of the Honakis Mountains, the Earth Mother Goddess had a panicked look on her face.

As expected, just a moment later, the huge demon wolf stood on the top of the mountain of Honakis, heading straight for Calderon with an indescribable aura of terror, bringing his army of marionettes and The dusk lights collided together.

Once he was held back by Antigonus, the God of War really had no chance to defend himself and help him!

What's more, Leodro is determined to take away his Fenebaud. Faced with such murderous intent, Badheir will really be willing to fight for his mother and the God of Thunder, a true dual-path powerhouse. ?

The Mother Goddess of the Earth feels that she no longer needs to take any chances. The ancient forest she built is gradually falling apart under the attack of the God of Thunder... It is true that life and plants continue to grow, but the speed of thunder far exceeds those that are destroyed. How fast trees are growing!

The Mother Goddess of Earth is not even sure whether the other party has used the extraordinary ability of the "White Tower". If not, then the other party is waiting to destroy His hiding place with the simplest means, and then directly simulates the extraordinary ability to target the weakness. Strive to kill Him with one blow.

If gods also have physiological reactions due to fear, then the Earth Mother Goddess would have chills standing on end and goosebumps all over her body.

"I am willing to surrender!"

Faced with this situation, the Earth Mother Goddess gritted her teeth, while squeezing her extraordinary power, she shouted loudly amidst the thunder:

"I am willing to be your god and give the land of Fenebote to Roen!!"

After being merged into the territory of Loen, the citizens of the original countries such as Segar and Lundborg were not severely oppressed. Those small countries still followed the original order and did not modify the laws. In addition to strict control over belief, belief in any god other than the God of Thunder is not allowed - but after all, He still has the title of "God of Truth and God of Wisdom". Since they were not severely oppressed, except for some devout believers and resisters who wanted to restore their country's independence, most people gritted their teeth and accepted the rule of the "tyrant".

"The members of my church are good at farming, planting and blessing. I am willing to provide Rune with any food he needs, whether it is bread, rice or meat! Kill me, and all you will get is a church that is completely dead and injured! I am willing to be your god!"

What He wants is food to ease the internal conflicts in the country, an inspiring victory brought by the gods, and new land, so he shouldn't want to get a completely dead land...

The Earth Mother, or Lilith, knew exactly what her death would bring to her followers.

Different from the previous two battles between adjacent pathways, authority changes rapidly, and faith just changes its direction. If He dies, almost all cultivators will be affected... except those who believe in the "Fallen Mother Goddess"!

The believers of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" cannot be eliminated at all, and they can only rely on the control of the church. If He dies, these believers will definitely receive the message of the real "Mother" and quickly cause trouble... and they will also be controlled. Some of the speakers of the life schools of the "Moon" and "Earth" pathways have disappeared for a long time, and this school has basically been occupied by believers of the "Fallen Mother Goddess".

(There is a child in Backlundry sitting in his stroller, looking blankly at the toy on the roof of the car. No one knows.)

Therefore, Lilith held on to the last bit of luck and wanted to get an answer - He is useful, at least more useful than the God of War.

Not long after, Lilith suddenly felt that the thunder storm had weakened slightly. A burst of ecstasy suddenly emerged in her heart, but a deeper vigilance emerged from her heart, fearing that this was a trap that the other party deliberately led him to check.

But then, Lilith heard the thunderous sound in her ears.

The "Tyrant" looked down at the goddess of the earth and said arrogantly and calmly:

"Can."

"But your country has too many people."

Lilith's joy that had just risen was suddenly extinguished by the "tyrant"'s next words, like a bucket of cold water being poured on her pocket. She thought that it had taken her an epoch to develop into such a large country, and thought of what the tyrant said. "Too much", I felt uneasy for a while.

Too much, how much is too much?

How much to keep?

Nine out of ten, three or four out of five, or... half?

Lilith had uncontrollable fear due to her imagination. The tyrant seemed to see through the confusion and fear in her heart, and once again dropped a bombshell in the heart of the Earth Mother Goddess with a calm voice:

"Leave a quarter."

Boom!

As if invisible thunder struck Lilith's mind, the Earth Mother Goddess's face suddenly lost all color.

Three quarters!

Losing three quarters of the anchor at once! Lilith almost felt that she was on the verge of collapse. Although in terms of the population of Feneport, even if only a quarter was left, it still had a population of one million. It was more than enough to serve as an effective anchor to support a true god, but Lilith could not guarantee that she would survive. After losing such a large population at once, can we maintain our current status?

Know...the "Mother" is always watching Him!

And His condition is not good, this has long been no secret... Apart from the God of Steam and Machinery, He is the only God who cannot even decide who he will favor. Otherwise, he would not have created the "God's Favored One" and "God's Favorite". "Chosen" two differentiating systems.

Just when Lilith hesitated, the sound of the thunderstorm exploded again, even more violent than before. It seemed that the tyrant was expressing dissatisfaction and was already preparing a fatal blow.

Lilith shrank subconsciously, and he looked up at the sky, as if he saw a pair of cold, indifferent and mocking eyes from above. In an instant, Lilith suddenly understood the other party's intention.

In fact, it may not be that the God of Thunder really thinks that there are too many people in Feneport.

It may not be true that a quarter of the population is most beneficial to Loen.

But...

This is the "taming" of the tyrant.

Lilith understood that the path of the "tyrant" was the extreme obedience of the inferior to the superior out of fear, and Leodro was also using this method to make him surrender.

If you don't agree, you will die. If you agree and agree to such conditions that are absolutely impossible to agree to according to your own principles, then what else can you not agree to in the future? If you harbor resentment but are afraid of the other party's power and dare not speak, and can only lower your bottom line again and again, then it means that your body and mind are equivalent to surrendering to the tyrant and becoming a trembling part of the people who fear him.

He represents absolute power, absolute violence, and will make everything in the world tremble and kneel in fear.

——Klein didn’t know that he couldn’t accept the death of Richard and others, so he resolutely chose to follow his own heart and sense of justice and surrender to the Demon of Knowledge, thus escaping Leodro’s “taming” of him.

"I……"

Only then did Lilith realize that when she had the idea of ​​surrender, she had already been affected by the "tyrant".

The Earth Mother Goddess had no choice but lowered her head dejectedly:

"I accept."

A sneer clearly reached Lilith's ears. Lilith clenched her fingers tightly, but did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. He cursed Badheir loudly in his heart, and his hatred for Him reached an unprecedented peak.

Immediately afterwards, Lilith was shocked to realize that she actually hated Badheir, who had no moral ethics as an ally, instead of hating the God of Thunder who directly attacked and threatened him. This made Lilith feel even more angry and helpless.

As the sneer fell, Lilith saw that the silvery white lightning no longer fell in the sky. He waved his hand, and the dense and huge ancient forests around him began to age and decay, and finally turned into spiritual beings and dispersed, as if they had completed a reincarnation and merged into the environment of the spiritual world.

Leodro looked down at Lilith and did not press her further.

Then, he looked back meaningfully in the direction of the southern continent. And he issued an oracle to all his believers who were still there to return to their home country.

Lilith has left the spirit world. Since Badheir doesn't care about her, he has also made up his mind to completely sever this covenant that is entirely maintained by blood identity. He directly chose to join the camp of the God of Thunder - it just so happened that the other party had lost the Mother of Heaven and needed a follower god and a new land to demonstrate his identity and power as a "tyrant".

As soon as he returned to the real world and returned to the sky above Fenebaud, the red moon filled his mind with chaotic murmurs.

Before Lilith had time to issue an oracle to her believers and people, she saw countless dark clouds suddenly gathering in the sky over Fenebaud, firmly blocking the moon in the sky.

The occult connection was isolated to the greatest extent, and the influence of the fallen mother goddess on Lilith suddenly dropped to its usual state.

At this moment, countless thunderbolts suddenly fell from the sky, and the huge thunderlights gathered into an ocean, drowning most of Fenebaud in an instant. Countless people were still sleeping, countless people were wandering on the streets, and countless people were still there. The people working in the factory were turned into humanoid charcoal in the thunder without any pain, and at the same time, no building was damaged.

At the same time, a brass-colored eye appeared in front of Lilith, blocking his vision.

There was a huge number in his eyes that was decreasing rapidly. The single digits kept flashing between 0 and 9, so fast that it was almost hard to see.

In just two breaths, the number representing "ten thousand" dropped by one.

After the deaths of citizens were visualized as beating numbers, it seemed that the guilt and reluctance suddenly disappeared. Lilith looked at this string of numbers, looking at the "ten thousand", and the "hundred thousand" digits jumped one after another.

Soon, the first "million" also decreased by one digit.

While Lilith was horrified by Leodro's behavior, she also seemed to have lost the ability to empathize with what was happening in the real world because of the numbers. The silver-white light that flooded the entire Fenebort could be seen from almost any corner of the northern and southern continents. The white light in the sky kept flashing, and except for the gods, no one knew what it meant.

Among the countless buildings, people who were lucky enough not to be killed by the first wave woke up to the thunder, and found in fear that their family members or colleagues who lived and ate with them had turned into black ash and sticky burnt matter blown away by the strong wind. Mark of.

They roared in despair, roared wildly, or went crazy on the spot from the huge blow, ran onto the streets to end their lives in the light of thunder, or chanted the words of the Mother Earth as if grasping the last straw. Honoring the name, I want to be saved and protected by the gods, I want to wake up from the nightmare, and I want to know whether my relatives and friends have returned to the mother goddess.

And above this country, the Mother Earth stood quietly under the cloudy sky, watching all this with compassionate and powerless eyes.

About a minute or two later, the counting speed in the brass eyes began to slow down. After more than ten seconds, the numbers stopped one after another from "ten thousand", to "thousand", and then to "ten". With the last beat of the single digit, the country's population was fixed at 1.7 million people.

"it's over."

Lilith seemed to hear someone pronounce the sentence.

TBC

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Good night. (End of chapter)