Chapter 417 Whipping
As the green-robed wizard chanted the incantation, the vine covered with burls on the ground also made a sound like the chirping of insects.
Immediately afterwards, the green tree tumors opened one after another, and scorpions with hideous and strange shapes emerged from them.
"ah!!"
"Be careful, get out of the way!"
The scorpions crawled towards the Red Snake Brigade, causing the natives to exclaim. The guards' shields could not stop the palm-sized scorpions at all.
"Get away! Ugly bug!"
Katrina waved her long whip to drive away the scorpions around her, but some ugly scorpions that kept approaching the brigade still caused a lot of panic for everyone.
"Isn't this too ridiculous?"
Looking at the people in the brigade who were surrounded by lycanthropes and scorpions, Enzo couldn't help but talk. He looked at Katrina who was already standing on the top of the carriage and shook his head.
Judging from the life level, Katrina has indeed entered the category of a second-level life form, but the opponent relies too much on the power of divine magic and therefore lacks the ability to deal with special situations.
Facing a group of lycanthropes and scorpions, she seemed a little helpless, which really made Enzo feel speechless.
"It seems that the life level set by the wizarding world cannot represent a person's actual combat effectiveness." Enzo thought to himself.
As a believer of the Weeping Goddess, Katrina can master divine arts, which has proven her special status. Her mental power has exceeded twenty points, and according to the calculation methods of the wizarding world, she has reached the second level of life form existence.
However, the combat power she displayed was not as good as even a first-level wizard.
Bang!
A sound came from the front, and a burly lycanthrope with a bull's head slammed forward violently, and immediately lifted a red snake native, including the man and his shield, into the air.
There were flaws in the shield defense formation, and everyone in the brigade became even more panicked. The lycanthropes rushed into the crowd and wreaked havoc.
Not far away, Enzo couldn't stand it anymore.
"Shadow Realm!"
Standing in front of the carriage, Enzo murmured softly, and the shadows under his feet spread around like a tide, forming a field in a moment.
"...Your Excellency Enzo?" Katrina, who was originally a little flustered, suddenly seemed stunned when she saw the shadows around her.
The next moment, tentacles emerged from the shadows.
Each shadow tentacle pierced the body of a lycanthrope, and then, the lycanthrope controlled by the shadow tentacles began to attack its companions uncontrollably.
Jingle Bell!
The green-robed wizard shook the bell again, but the lycanthropes could not break free from the control, and the ringing gradually became more urgent.
Enzo's eyes turned cold and he looked up to the opposite side.
In an instant, the green-robed wizard felt as if his brain was being pierced by a sharp cone. He couldn't help but let out a scream and fell to the ground.
"Third level! Definitely third level!"
The green-robed wizard roared in his heart, then raised his head and looked at the spreading shadow. He seemed to recognize this witchcraft, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
"Shadow Realm!"
"He is a wizard! A third-level wizard!"
As soon as this thought came to his mind, the green-robed wizard stood up suddenly, and without hesitation, he transformed into a flash of green light and penetrated deep into the forest.
"We must stop him at any cost!"
Before the green-robed wizard escaped, he gave the last order to the beast-turned-human beings. At the same time, the evil insects burrowed into the soil and soon disappeared.
"...Escaped?" Katrina was stunned.
Not far away, under the control of the shadow tentacles, the lycanthropes fought fiercely with each other. Within a few minutes, they were all dead. The members of the Red Snake Brigade were stunned, and looked at Enzo with a hint of awe in their eyes.
"It turns out that Lord Enzo is such a powerful Chosen One!"
When everything calmed down, Katrina looked at Enzo with a strange look in her eyes, and then ordered other members of the brigade to clean up the lycanthrope corpses around them.
There were many monsters in the forest, and the smell of blood was likely to attract attention. Everyone in the Red Snake Brigade, under Katrina's order, quickly cleaned up the corpses of the lycanthropes and left the place.
Afterwards, the brigade continued on its way.
The green-robed wizard's interlude only lasted for more than ten minutes. Except for the young native who was knocked down and bitten to death by the lycanthrope at the beginning, everyone else in the brigade only suffered some minor injuries.
Therefore, this incident did not cause any serious impact.
In the forest, several Essos giant spiders dragged the carriage forward. Soon, the sky gradually darkened, and the crescent moon quietly rose into the sky.
When traveling in the forest at night, you are likely to encounter monsters in the dark, so Katrina ordered everyone in the brigade to set up camp and prepare to rest.
"Spellcasters who rely on the power of faith to contribute to the gods and control divine magic have serious flaws in their strength!"
In the evening, Enzo was in the carriage, wiping away the voodoo marks in his body while thinking about everything that happened during the day.
As a second-level spellcaster, Katrina was weak and pitiful, which made Enzo think a little bit.
"The strength of a believer may be directly related to the god he believes in!"
Existences that gain power through belief in gods had a unified name in ancient times, and that was the sacrifice of gods.
The strength of the sacrifices is directly related to the gods they worship, because the power they control is completely given by the gods.
From Katrina's strength, Enzo has new ideas about the Weeping Goddess. She is good at spiritual attacks, but her ability seems to be very single.
"As the godhood left by the God of Slaughter in the Lost Continent is obtained by more and more hosts, the increase in the number of the Sons of Slaughter seems to mean that the Temple of Slaughter is about to begin!"
In the carriage, Enzo's eyes flickered.
"A dispute is about to begin. As a sixth-order life form, the God of Slaughter is one of the existences second only to the God King even in the First Era!"
"If the temple he left behind is opened, even the gods of the Lost Continent will definitely be interested and fight for it!"
"Maybe the Goddess of Weeping will also participate..."
Enzo's face was thoughtful, and then he shook his head slightly and said, "But this is also possible. If the Goddess of Weeping acts in a style that avoids any danger, she may not have the courage to participate in the fight for the Temple of Slaughter!"
While thinking secretly, Enzo suddenly raised his head.
Through the shadow crows scattered outside, he saw a figure approaching his carriage, and then heard a knock on the door.
"Katrina?"
The next moment, the door of the carriage was pushed open, and Katrina, wearing red leather armor, walked in. Without saying a word, she began to take off her shoes and peeled off the leather armor on her upper body, revealing her smooth and beautiful back.
Katrina knelt on her knees, held up the thorn whip with both hands, raised it above her head, and crawled at Enzo's feet with a humble face.
"Please whip me, Enzo!"
Katrina's voice was serious, but she said something that made Enzo couldn't help but tear his mouth.
"What?" Enzo suspected that he had heard it wrong.
"According to the teachings of Her Highness the Weeping Goddess, all people in the world are born with sin. Only by constantly accepting punishment can we reduce our guilt."
Katrina said seriously, "Accepting the punishment of the strong is an extremely glorious thing for every Weeping Goddess believer. Enzo has demonstrated his strength, so please whip me as much as you want!"
Hearing Katrina's words, Enzo had a strange expression on his face.
"...What a strange god!"
Enzo was powerless to complain about the doctrine of the Church of the Weeping Goddess. He hesitated and picked up the thorn whip in Katrina's hand and gently whipped her twice.
"Please use more force, Enzo!"
However, Katrina was dissatisfied and said, "Only more pain can make me get closer to Her Highness the Weeping Goddess and become a better priest!"
"...Okay!"
Enzo shook his head and used a little more strength. The thorn whip whipped Katrina's smooth back, and blood marks appeared immediately.
Papapapa!
Katrina bit her lips lightly, uttering a suppressed and painful murmur. With a round of whipping, her face was covered with sweat.
"...Thank you very much for your help!"
After a while, Katrina fell down weakly, with bloody whip marks all over her back. The pain made her body tremble, but her face was full of satisfaction.
Enzo returned the whip to Katrina, and he couldn't bear to look at her directly.
Afterwards, Katrina put on her leather armor and boots and left the carriage as if nothing had happened. Enzo used the shadow crow to keep watching her return to the tent.
"I can't even complain..." Enzo shook his head. He didn't know what to say about the Weeping Goddess, one of the Three Beautiful Gods.
...
At the same time, the Essos Plain.
The vast barren plain had no name, but as the goddess of night descended and established a kingdom on this land, it became the Essos Plain from then on.
Under the night, the plain was silent.
At this time, a faint green light flickered in vain not far away, and a ghost-like figure staggered and fell to the ground.
"Damn it! Damn it!!"
In the dim wasteland, the green light in the eyes of the God of Voodoo dimmed, as if he was seriously injured, but a green flame burned on his head, showing his extreme anger.
"Luciles, you bitch..."
The Voodoo God's eyes flashed with resentment, but the flame representing his soul flickered like a swaying candle.
Not long ago, the incident in the City of Phantom Light ended.
The Voodoo God discovered the existence of the Night Puppet in that ruined city, so he concluded that the killing mark that he had spent a lot of energy planning was taken away by the Goddess of Night.
Therefore, the Voodoo God went to the Essos Plain.
Originally, he planned to communicate with the Goddess of Night first, so as not to provoke a war of gods and let the other party give him an explanation, so that the two sides would not reach the point of completely tearing each other apart.
However, something the Voodoo God did not expect.
As soon as he stepped into the Essos Plain, in the territory of the Kingdom of Night, he was maliciously attacked by the Goddess of Night and asked to leave immediately.
The Voodoo God naturally could not accept this.
Although the Goddess of Night was an ancient god, the Voodoo God was confident that his strength was not necessarily weaker than the other party, so he ignored the request of the Goddess of Night.
Then, the Goddess of Night came directly to kill!
The opponent was just like a madman. As soon as he met the God of Voodoo, he unceremoniously provoked a war of gods. The result shocked the God of Voodoo, because he was not the opponent of the Goddess of Night at all.
The two sides fought for only a few rounds, and the God of Voodoo was seriously injured and had to flee the Kingdom of Night in a panic.
"How could there be such a big difference?"
Even now, the God of Voodoo still couldn't accept it. They were both gods, but the gap between him and the Goddess of Night was almost desperate.
"Could it be... that bitch has become the God of Gods?" The God of Voodoo couldn't help but speculate in his heart.
The hierarchy among gods.
The lowest level of gods is called the God of the World, which is also a fourth-level life form, and the God of Gods represents a fifth-level life form.
When a God of the World successfully ascends to the God of Gods, he will be able to grant the ability to follow the gods, so every God of Gods has at least three followers.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Then, the God of Voodoo shook his head and said, "If Lucyles really has become the God of Gods, then I would have died in her hands in the battle just now, and there is absolutely no possibility of survival."
"Not getting Caesar's killing mark, and offending this bitch, how unlucky!"
The God of Voodoo had a gloomy face, turned back to look at the Kingdom of Night, a cold luster appeared in his eyes, and then he said hatefully.
"Wait, Lucyles!"
"This matter will never end like this. Although I am not your opponent, since you started the war of gods first, don't blame me for attacking your believers!"
"The power of voodoo will spread in the Kingdom of Night, and I must make you pay enough for your actions!"
...
In the early morning, a ray of sunlight spread to the earth.
In the forest, the morning breeze blew the trees, and the dew dripped down, splashing everywhere. After the natives of the Red Snake Brigade simply cleaned the camp, they continued to move towards the direction of the Essos Plain.
Katrina sat on the back of the giant spider of Essos, looking quite happy. After last night's whipping, she felt that the distance between her and the Weeping Goddess seemed to be closer.
Enzo also walked out of the car.
"What's going on?" He was a little surprised.
All around, there were fiery eyes, most of which were young women in the brigade, but there was also no shortage of male natives.
It is the honor of every believer of the Weeping Goddess to accept the punishment of the strong.
When repelling the green-robed wizard yesterday, Enzo had already demonstrated his strength, so every member of the Red Snake Brigade seemed to convey a kind of desire. It seemed to be looking forward to something.
"Girls are fine, but what the hell are men?"
Feeling the fiery eyes around him, even though he had been promoted to a third-level wizard, Enzo still felt a little overwhelmed. He was not interested in whipping those men, so he shook his head and returned to the car.