Chapter 178

The sky outside was getting brighter, and the originally gray sky was slightly illuminated by the morning sun. However, the snowstorm showed no sign of stopping.

The strong wind howled, carrying large snowflakes flying wildly, as if it was about to cover the whole world in a vast whiteness.

The atmosphere of the decisive battle was like this blizzard, gradually becoming thicker, and there was a depressing and heavy atmosphere in the air.

But until the end, Aura could not say any words of blessing or concern.

She just stood there quietly, her eyes revealing a complex emotion of worry, reluctance, and a hint of stubbornness.

And Feilun...if she could pray to God, she would have only one wish, and that would be for Ash to return safely - this was the only simple and sincere wish.

Under the influence of Haita, she also has a lot of faith, but now her enemy is the goddess, and she doesn't know who to pray to.

So she looked at Aura's side face that seemed a little melancholy, and softly expressed her wish: "...I think everything will be fine, after all, it's Master Ash."

Her voice was very soft, as if she was afraid of breaking the depressing atmosphere, and as if she was giving herself a firm belief.

Although her face was still cast with an indescribable gloomy color.

When Aura heard her voice, she looked expressionlessly: "...I remember that you believe in the goddess, don't you? Why don't you pray to the goddess?"

Her tone was calm, but it seemed to have a hint of provocation. Maybe she wanted to use this method to hide her inner uneasiness, or maybe she just didn't want to deal with Feilun.

Since Ash once said that this person had a bad personality and was very dishonest, Feilun naturally didn't pay attention and just gently replied in a firm tone: "...At the beginning of the encounter, I was affected by it. That person is a great kindness that can never be repaid in his life, so no matter who dares to hurt Master Ash, I will never forgive him."

"Hey~ Even a goddess?" Aura raised her eyebrows slightly, seeming to be a little surprised by Feilun's answer, but also seemed to understand her mood to some extent.

"Yes, after all, if you just pray, a miracle will happen... everyone will pray, it will not be their turn at all, and there will be no tragedy in the world. I also prayed at that time, but The person who saved me was Lord Ash, not the goddess."

Fearon looked directly into Aura's scrutinizing eyes, without any wavering in his eyes.

This made Aura silent for a moment, and then nodded slightly:

"Obviously I am a terrible guy, but the children I teach are surprisingly good...at least better than the rude Ligne."

There was a rare sense of recognition in her tone.

It could also be that the two of them had a subtle tacit understanding at this moment because of their mutual concern for Ash.

The blizzard was still raging, but the two of them didn't speak anymore. They just stared quietly in the distance in the direction where the figure had long since disappeared.

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Ash flew at supersonic speed, using magical power to detect any suspicious targets along the way.

He just walked through the blizzard and arrived at the royal capital, where he checked out the information that had been accumulated because the blizzard had hindered communication and could not be transmitted.

Because compared to the empire further north, the Kingdom of Esther is closer to the central continent, so it basically receives information from the central and southern countries.

The kingdom's ace, the Magic Knights, were also dispatched, scattered throughout the kingdom and even visited various countries as envoys to arrest those who refused to hand over the holy sword.

During the process, not only did I not encounter any resistance, I even...

The prime minister of Wang Guolin stood beside Sanyi, flipping through the weeping information compiled by (read + in the early morning⊙⊙), and reported:

"Although there were a few people who were unwilling to hand it over, they still handed it over and paid the fine if they were a little tougher. However, in the central countries, there was a report from one area that some people refused to hand over the holy sword, and even directly After escaping, the Magic Knights as a mission are currently searching for him with the cooperation of local soldiers. "

"Give me the map over there, as well as the escape direction, method, and target information. Let me take a look."

"Yes."

Although he was very puzzled as to why he would issue such an order, the prime minister still did not ask any more questions and silently took out the documents he had prepared long ago.

But Ya Xiu simply browsed through it and was able to basically confirm that it was most likely his target.

Because the kingdom's intelligence organization probably sorted out the other party's identity information when he arrived.

As for why it could be sorted out so quickly in this era, of course it is also because the kingdom has implemented a strict household registration system, and in the orders he issued early on, the missing persons in the country were investigated in advance.

When someone goes missing, their parents will naturally report it to the kingdom's security forces. Based on their facial features, it can be basically inferred that it is a girl who disappeared inexplicably some time ago in a village on the border of the kingdom.

Such a suspicious target can naturally be confirmed as a possessed object... otherwise, why would normal villagers leave? Especially the people of the Kingdom of Ester, because it has always been people from other countries who flee to the wealthy kingdom, and no one has ever fled.

Especially in this era, and she is just a village girl... A normal village girl may never leave the village in her life, at most she will occasionally go to the nearby town for a stroll.

Although the other party seems to help the church frequently, she is an ordinary person who has not joined the church, does not know magic and is not a warrior, and it is impossible for her to leave the village alone and go abroad.

There is simply no more suspicious target than this, so Ash quickly got up and left the dragon throne after roughly understanding the route.

The king on the throne below breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but Ash didn't care about him at all, and walked out of the audience hall quickly and disappeared in an instant.

"Well, since Lord Ash has left first, let's continue with the next topic."

The prime minister, who was basically handling the government affairs, glanced at the king who had long lost his power, and silently continued to perform his duties.

Although Ash is a demon, it doesn't matter to him at all... At least he is better than all the previous kings, and he is also the one promoted by Ash.

He has ambitions to be fulfilled, and he can't find any reason to betray this benefactor. Besides, he has obedience magic on him, so he can't betray him.

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The cold winter blocked the northern land, and the cold current went all the way down, covering most of the central continent.

And on the silver-clad land, a girl with a holy sword on her back lived alone in a small house in the forest.

But... While closing her eyes to rest, she could clearly hear the sound of hunters' footsteps around her.

From the memory she got from invading other people's minds silently from a distance, she could clearly get the answer... Although this was in the central countries, it was still within the radiation range of the demon king's authority.

The local king did not dare to offend Ash, and did his best to assist the delegation at the request of the delegation. The armed delegation also issued a reward, and whether it was caught or killed, it would be rewarded with one thousand gold coins.

Providing accurate information on the route and valid information can be rewarded with ten gold coins, and providing the direction of escape can also be rewarded with one gold coin.

Therefore, almost the entire country, even people in neighboring countries, are searching for her whereabouts. After all... people die for money, and birds die for food.

No one cares about her identity and why she is so wanted by the Kingdom of Ester.

This has led to her passing through towns these days. Not only was she tracked, but she was also assassinated by various monsters from time to time, including children and the elderly.

"It's really stupid. She is obviously a human being... She was driven by a demon king just because of money."

Although she was not injured or plotted against, the feeling of being reduced to a street rat made the goddess who kept sending power look particularly ugly.

While trying to use her divine power to transform this body so that it could accommodate her body, she stood up with a gloomy face and planned to change her hiding place again.

This unprecedented strange experience made her emotionally unstable. After all, most of the civilians in this land believed in her.

But there was no way... As a god descending to the earth, she was hunted down by her own believers. No one would be able to calm down.

But this mental instability did not last long. There was a lot of metal friction outside.

Groups of soldiers surrounded the courtyard, led by a dozen foreign knights in armor.

The leading knight captain slashed with a sword from a distance.

The invisible slash, puff! With a sound, it cut the whole house into two parts like a hot knife cutting butter, and the shock wave even scattered the two parts of the building to the left and right.

The knight captain shouted coldly at the girl standing in the house through his full-face helmet: "——Surrender! Witch who got hold of the brave sword!"

"Foolish, helping the tyrant."

Although this young girl seemed to have nothing special, the divine power she exuded proved that she was a transcendent existence. The knight captain was even more displeased: "Do you know who the monarch you are loyal to is? No, you are a direct line of troops, do you know... why?"

"——There is no reason! The kingdom does not need you anymore. The guy pretending to be a hero is pointing fingers!"

"Maybe, I am the real hero?"

"So what? Those who refuse to execute the king's order will be executed!" The real or fake hero has no meaning to the knight captain. He just issued an ultimatum with a blank face: "I know you are not ordinary, but going against Ash is going against the whole world. You have no chance of winning!"

"....Get out, stupid human."

The girl holding the holy sword did not rush into the enemy camp, set off a bloody storm and killed all the knights and soldiers. She just drew out the holy sword and swept it fiercely.

In an instant, a dazzling light burst out from the holy sword, like a lightning that cut through the darkness.

Wherever the light reached, the air seemed to be torn apart, making a sharp whistling sound.

Then, boom! ! The loud noise and shock wave exploded almost at the same time. The sound was like thunder, which made people's eardrums hurt.

The powerful impact spread to the surroundings with the girl as the center. Wherever it went, the snow surged up like waves, forming an astonishing white snow curtain.

The remaining wooden house was instantly reduced to dust by this powerful force, leaving not even a trace of residue behind. The originally thick snow outside the house was also blown away, like a sudden snowstorm.

The soldiers surrounding the small courtyard were frightened by this sudden change. Some of them were too close and were thrown away by the shock wave, screaming in mid-air.

"This bastard! He really did it twice...!"

The knight captain, who was also blown away by the shock wave, stabilized his figure the moment he landed, and was about to summon his men to prepare for a powerful attack at a high cost.

But Ya Xiu's figure suddenly appeared, standing in front of him and raising his hand to stop his reckless behavior:

"Stay back, and leave the rest to me. You go and take away all the guys who may be running around. Don't worry about them if you can't take them away. You can retreat first."

"....As commanded."

The moment he recognized the person, the knight captain stopped talking, silently obeyed the order, and led the people to retreat.

In the messy scene, only two people were left in a blink of an eye.

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After a brief burst of wind, the winter snow fell leisurely again, filling the deserted mountains.

Snowflakes were flying, re-decorating the messy land with some silver, but it still couldn't hide the chilling atmosphere in the air.

The two of them faced each other from a distance, and Yaxiu smiled helplessly for a long time: "In the end, who are you?"

"Your gods, stop playing those petty tricks and obey me."

The girl holding the holy sword, even though she looks and sounds like a girl, her tone and eyes are like an old man who knows everything. There is unquestionable majesty in her eyes: "Or do you want to disobey your creator?"

The girl's words were like cold arrows, trying to overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum.

"Stop talking nonsense, how could you be the creator of the demon clan?" Ashiu, who was completely indifferent to the mythical goddess creation theory, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, sneered and then revealed ruthlessly:

"In fact, let alone the demons, the birth of human beings, this planet, and the entire world should have nothing to do with you, but most things like religion like to promote it like this, but then again... don't you I hope I will be your fanatical believer."

"That's all. It's just a little effort to remove your unnecessary chess pieces from the chessboard."

She had no hope at first, but the girl who said this casually was not surprised by his rejection.

Even though his eyes were full of contempt for such false remarks, and every word seemed to be a challenge to the "divine power" represented by the girl, the girl didn't pay attention to the irony, and her tone was as plain as a statement. An insignificant thing:

"Those who violated taboos and killed countless creatures - are you ready to be judged? As a god, I will still give you some mercy."

"Forget it with a little mercy. I don't deny what you call me. After all, if you want to ask me whether this behavior is good or evil... the behavior of killing must be evil, but - peace built with death , why not?”

"I understand, you are indeed not someone I can communicate with." The girl shook her head slightly, her tone revealing disappointment.

"Both each other." Ashi responded calmly.

"Now, grant you - death."

Before she finished speaking, the girl had disappeared from the ruins of the dilapidated wooden house without a trace.

In an instant, all that could be heard was the sound of the air being torn apart sharply.

The sound was sharp and harsh, as if the space was wailing in pain.

Immediately afterwards, there was an exploding flash of light, like the sun suddenly erupting in front of your eyes, and the place where Ash was previously exploded.

The huge impact spread to all directions, a huge deep pit was blown out of the ground, and dust and gravel were blown high into the sky, blocking the sky and the sun.

That terrifying slash, with golden light, was like a rainbow of destruction, directly cutting through the mountains in the back seat.

The mountain range was easily cut open like a fragile piece of tofu, and the mountains on both sides collapsed to both sides under the powerful force, making a deafening roar.

The golden light continued to extend, splitting the dark clouds in the sky into two, like a sharp blade cutting through the thick black curtain. The clouds rolled and surged, as if they were trembling with this amazing power.

However, Ash's figure has already flown into the air, standing in the wind and snow, showing a primitive posture, letting the surroundings be filled with things that dye the world into darkness... It is no longer a substance that thunder can speak of, showing a distant Horrors far beyond the human realm.

In the face of this overwhelming force, all lives will lose hope and can only tremble under the drive of instinct, praying that they will not be noticed or involved.

It seemed that the world was about to turn into a devil's cave filled with despair, and then where the girl was... it was a different scene.

The girl holding the holy sword was surrounded by strong divine power.

Everything in the world seemed to be silently surrendering to it. Even the dark clouds in the sky dispersed naturally, allowing the golden sunshine to fall on her body, as if she was the savior of it all.

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"You are trying to save the world, but you don't know that you are the devil who brings greater disaster to the world. Today, I will order you to fall!" The girl's voice was like a loud bell, echoing between heaven and earth.

She waved the holy sword and soared into the sky in an instant, rushing towards Ash.