Chapter 15: The Heart of Justice
Simon had never seen glowing mercury, but he saw it now. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The molten mercury glowed softly, slowly condensing into a larger and larger ball, and after several tentative attacks, they found that it was useless and stopped.
Hinclair took out a few bottles of healing potion from his dimensional pocket for everyone.
"It seems to be a protracted battle, so let's recover while you're free."
Simon returned the healing potion to Sinclair.
"I don't need it, give it to someone else. Is there a potion that can restore mental power or magic ability? ”
Sinclair laughed and said.
"The potion you mentioned is there, but it's very expensive. I've heard of a meditation potion that restores the mental power consumed by casting spells, but I've never seen it with my own eyes. ”
Vanessa followed suit.
"You also think too beautiful, if a mage can continue to cast spells, wouldn't it be too terrifying, I'm afraid that no matter how many warriors besiege you, you will win, after all, the power of spells is too strong, especially high-level spells."
"Oh? Do you also know about advanced spells? ”
"Of course not, how can I have the energy to learn the knowledge of spells, I just heard that high-level spells are powerful and weird, as for what spells they are, I don't know."
Simon turned to Aphrodite in disappointment.
"What about the gods? The books of the Church must have written about powerful divine arts. ”
"Magic?"
Aphrodite drank the healing potion and thought for a moment before saying.
"It's not easy to read the church's books now, after all, they are all guarded by monsters. But I've seen the manuscripts of my predecessors in the church, and they do record some powerful magic. ”
"For example?"
"Manipulating the weather, as the name suggests, can change the local climate, but it must be in line with the local territory and climate characteristics, in simple terms, you can't rain in the desert, you can evoke tornadoes, thunderstorms, blizzards, hurricanes, torrential rains, hail, extreme heat, cold, and so on. But you can only control the general situation of the weather, such as the direction or density of the wind, and you can't manipulate every part of the weather in detail, such as selecting lightning targets or planning the path of a tornado. In fact, a mage or warlock can also learn this spell, but it is more difficult than the priest, and the best at this type of spell are the druids, who are the messengers of nature. ”
"You can manipulate the weather."
Simon was pleasantly surprised, the power of the spell was beyond his imagination.
"If you can manipulate the weather, won't you be able to see the sun?"
Vanessa's words silenced everyone.
The sun is obviously a thing that we are used to, but we only know its preciousness after losing it.
"Yes, in order to see the sun tomorrow, we must win!"
Sinclair suddenly stood up and encouraged everyone.
"That's right, for the sun!"
Simon was the first to stand up in solidarity.
At this time, the mercury ball not far away finally changed, and everyone hurriedly got up to be on guard.
The smooth, shiny mercury ball darkened in color and began to concave inwards until a new humanoid form formed.
It was a peculiar human form, as if the superfluous bones had been removed, leaving only the most important torso, a kind of extreme simplicity and beauty. And unlike the previous texture, the pure white human figure is composed of light, like an angel. The humanoid figure slowly straightened up with its knees in the air, and its back actually grew straight and sharp wings like blades, and its toes tapped the ground, and the whole person seemed to float in the air without weight.
"What is this?"
Vanessa voiced the doubts in everyone's minds.
This is definitely not as simple as an undead creature, everyone feels that it has an indescribable sense of sacredness, life and death are skillfully combined in it, reason and madness are mixed into one, it looks at everyone, it has no eyes, but it seems to see everything. The slender body is like a wind that will drift away, so fragile but harmonious.
"What the hell are we fighting against?"
Although Simon didn't say it, everyone also had a guess in their hearts, because the divine figure was too much like the legendary angel.
"Give it to me, and don't interfere."
Aphrodite said in a deep voice.
"But?"
"No, please."
Aphrodite interrupted Sinclair.
"I'm going to have to do it myself."
Aphrodite pointed her sword at the winged skeleton, her eyes glinting.
"Why did the old gods abandon us and the world?"
Aphrodite asked the winged skeleton with every step.
"What is the purpose of the evil gods?"
"Is there any hope for us?"
"Who the hell are you?"
The winged skeleton didn't say a word, just watched as Aphrodite kept approaching.
"If you don't say it, let my sword ask for me."
Aphrodite swung her sword at the winged skeleton, but was blocked by an invisible force field in front of it. Aphrodite slashed several more times, but was still unable to break the protective film.
The winged skeleton seemed to have just come to its senses, and with a slight wave of its hand, a gust of wind blew Aphrodite straight away. Aphrodite rolled on the ground three times before she stood up, but she still didn't give up, and turned back to attack the winged skeleton.
Strangely what the winged skeleton was doing now, it seemed to be thinking all the time, looking up at the dome of the temple.
"Why don't you fight me, don't you look down on us humans?"
Aphrodite frantically slashed at the winged skeleton's protective membrane, and finally she pierced through the protective membrane with a single sword, slashing at the winged skeleton's body.
But like a phantom, Aphrodite's sword passed through the winged skeleton's body without hesitation, slashing into the floor, leaving a deep sword mark.
"What?!"
The winged skeleton remained immersed in its own world, ignoring Aphrodite beside him.
"What is this, completely ignoring what I mean."
Aphrodite's displeasure was at its extreme, and she stepped back and said loudly.
"Now that the Old Gods are gone, don't linger here for the remnants of the Old Gods! What the hell are you going to do! ”
"Okay, don't you say yes, I say."
Aphrodite looked solemn and swore earnestly.
"I hereby declare that I will completely renounce the faith of the old gods and will no longer obey the will of God!"
"From now on, I will fight for public justice and for the will of the people!"
"I will never fight against evil again for the sake of the righteousness of the gods, I will use my own eyes to distinguish between good and evil, distinguish between right and wrong, I will guard my homeland, protect the old and weak, women and children, and fight for justice against injustice and evil!"
"I am more willing to fight for people's desires, joys, happiness, appeals, sorrows, sufferings, and regrets than the so-called will of God, for which I have a clear conscience!"
With Aphrodite's loud declaration, a faint glow began to emanate from her body.
"What is this?"
Vanessa looked at the scene in front of her in amazement.
Simon didn't talk, but kept his eyes on the development in front of him.
Aphrodite raised her sword aloft with a growing light.
"Even if there are no gods, justice will live forever! Justice resides in everyone's heart, it is never absent, it is only late. ”
"It's only fitting that I'm going to wield the first sword of righteousness, and that the target is the remnants of the Old Gods."
"Man is by no means a plaything of God, nor is he a slave."
"I believe that one day in the future, the brilliance of humanity will overshadow divinity and become the most brilliant splendor in life!"
"Take it, Break the Evil Slash!"
Aphrodite swung his sword downward, like a sword of light slicing through the air, igniting the void, and a crescent moon rose in the dim temple, a blow full of Aphrodite's faith, invincible.
The winged skeleton rippled as it was struck by the sword, and it awoke from its contemplation and stared at Aphrodite.
"You are indeed not an evil creature, as evidenced by the fact that the Evil Slash has no effect on you at all."
Aphrodite said with relief, but she would never regret wielding the sword, and she now revered the Old Gods but no longer believed in them, because she was about to embark on a special paladin path of her own.
The winged skeleton suddenly said a word, and everyone didn't know what language it was, but they could understand the meaning of that word, as if a large number of kind, optimistic, happy, and upward words were combined into one word, which was the supreme good mantra.
A huge amount of positive energy exploded, and through the special structure of the temple, it was constantly strengthened, and everyone felt as if they were standing in a sea of light. Everyone found that all their injuries had recovered, and although they couldn't see their surroundings clearly, they didn't feel any uneasiness, as if they were in their mother's arms, and they felt very warm.
At this time, Aphrodite was different from the others, she was surrounded by winged skeletons with wings, and she stood face to face, her forehead against each other.
Aphrodite's brain seemed to be washed by a torrent of knowledge, endless symbols, images, and figures poured into her brain, and Aphrodite could not comprehend the meaning of this information, and she felt that her brain was about to be full, and she felt extremely painful.
"Stop!"
Aphrodite said bitterly.
Aphrodite felt more and more pain, feeling like her head was filled with hot molten slurry, and she couldn't continue to think.
Eventually, the winged skull shrank back, stopping feeding Aphrodite.
But just as Aphrodite breathed a sigh of relief, the winged skeleton melted into a glittering silver liquid, wriggling like a living being, covering Aphrodite's body.
This time, not only was it painful all over her body, but it was also itchy all over her body, and Aphrodite tried to move but found that she couldn't move even a finger. Aphrodite stiffened, wrapped in a ball of silvery liquid.
Aphrodite, who suffered inhuman pain, lost consciousness and fainted.
When the dazzling light dissipated, everyone found Aphrodite lying on the ground, and the skeleton disappeared without knowing where it had gone.
"Aphrodite, Aphrodite!"
Simon ran over and shook Aphrodite's body.
"It's not life-threatening, it seems like it's just a loss of strength, just take a break."
Vanessa said as she pressed her hand against Aphrodite's neck.
"Looks like we've passed this hurdle, Vanessa, you stay here to take care of Aphrodite. Simon, you and I split up to find the library, and then whether we find it or not, come back here in an hour to meet, understand? ”
Hinclair then walked over and said.
"Well, let's go."
Simon glanced apprehensively at Aphrodite and walked towards the altar in the depths of the temple.