"Am I going to die?"

Mano felt the strength in his body draining little by little as the blood drained away, and his consciousness gradually began to drift, and it became more and more difficult to breathe. The proximity of death had made his physical pain subside, and he had begun to lose consciousness, but the power of faith had condensed his spirit, and he felt a great force calling him.

That's the splendor of divinity!

This is a very ordinary encounter, and since the outbreak of the Sage Holocalypse, the battle between humans and demons has begun.

As an officer in charge of the defense of the Wind Spear Hills, it was not the first time that Mano had fought with demons, but this time he did not expect that there were so many enemies, and they had no time to retreat for help.

They won.

It seems like a no-brainer, because the city of Mordor has never failed!

They had their own pride, the pride of the mighty force of the city of Mordor, and even though they were opposed by demons who were far superior in number and strength, they were victorious in the end.

Yes.

They won.

It's like following Lord Sauron to kill the White Dragon, following Lord Sauron to defeat other pirate kings, and following Lord Sauron on an expedition to Treasure Island.

The army of Modo City is invincible!

Mano felt that the vitality was moving away from his body, and his injuries were already very serious. Breathing so hard that he tried to open his mouth to comfort his grief-stricken comrades, but in the end he couldn't make a sound. These are comrades-in-arms who fought side by side with him and were able to deliver their lives on their backs, and they didn't expect him to go one step first to meet those old brothers who had died in battle so soon. As a fierce pirate, Mano is not afraid of death, he only has a little regret in his heart, because he has not yet witnessed the rise of Modo City to the top of the world!

He firmly believed that the city of Mordor would become the greatest city on the material plane!

There is a lot of hope and a future there.

The demons had been slain by them, but the price they had paid was terrible.

A squad of twelve men ended up with only three men breaking out of the encirclement. Relying on sophisticated equipment and tactics, they forcibly killed more than a dozen demons that were being pursued.

The comrades-in-arms around him are already scarred.

Death was getting closer and closer, and he was so weak that he couldn't breathe, and his consciousness was drifting away.

Such injuries are almost incurable.

Unless there was a high-ranking priest who used the restoration technique on the spot, but it was almost impossible now, and he couldn't survive that time. The coming of death lifted his spirit. His faith gathered the power of his soul, and at the moment when his consciousness completely dissipated, he saw a golden light falling from the sky.

A great golden figure appeared in front of him, smiling at him and holding out its palm.

"My lord! ……”

Mano moved his lips with the last of his strength, but he couldn't make any sound, and then he slowly closed his eyes.

Death is coming.

But this is not the end for him, but a new beginning.

………………

Sauron's figure floated in midair.

His expression didn't change much, nor was he saddened by the death of a fanatical believer, because for him it was all just a new beginning.

Mano's life as a mortal has come to an end.

But what he has to do next is a new life. A new beginning.

No mortal can see him at this moment.

The warrior holding Mano's increasingly cold corpse in front of him let out a roar of grief and rage, and then frantically picked up his weapon and slashed at the demon's corpse, as if to vent his anger.

The other man slowly closed Mano's eyes, and dragged his tired body towards the woods ahead.

There were also their dead comrades.

Sauron watched all this silently, and when Mano's breath of life completely dissipated, he slowly stretched out his palm, and with a gentle move, a hazy soul rose from his body. Then it fell into the palm of his hand.

A little bit of golden brilliance emerges.

This hazy soul gradually sublimated under the divine light of Sauron, and faded the gray traces on the soul. It gradually emits a hint of pale golden brilliance.

As a fanatical believer, he was qualified to receive the power bestowed upon Sauron.

Sauron's figure rose into the air, and he waved towards the woods in front of him, and nine more hazy souls fell into his palms. These souls also began to change after falling into Sauron's palm, a little gray trace dissipated, and a trace of blood-red aura faded. Whether they were good or evil in their lifetime, the aura on their souls was erased by Sauron after their death. All of these causes and effects are borne by Sauron, so that they can counteract the pull of the lower planes on these souls.

There are only two places for the evildoers.

One is the lower planes that contain the Bato Hell and the Bottomless Abyss, and the other is the realm of the gods they believe in.

Sauron was bearing on their good and evil causes.

It is only by assuming these aura, which represent cause and effect, as a deity, that he can reincarnate these souls into his kingdom.

A little bit of white brilliance emerges.

It's different from Mano's soul. The other souls turned white when they touched the divine radiance of Sauron, and the good and evil of their lives were erased, and now they are the soul radiance of the neutral camp.

The lower planes will not be able to tow their souls, and Sauron will be free to arrange their whereabouts.

These are not fanatics.

They were Sauron's followers, loyal, but not religious.

Without Sauron's presence, these souls may be drawn to the underworld and distributed by the Death Acolytes, and if Sauron's kingdom is functioning properly, the Otherworldly Emissary will periodically take some of these souls from the Grim Reaper's hands and then lure them to the realm of the gods. Only the souls of fanatic believers and the souls of legendary-level professionals can directly alarm the otherworldly gods and gods themselves, and these souls can be personally lured without even going through the hands of the reaper.

Because the devils steal souls.

Through evil and loophole contracts, the devils have been trying to steal good souls that the gods have not noticed for many years.

Even the gods fought the devils because of it!

The Grim Reaper is not as qualified as they think, because they have so many souls to handle. There are always some souls that are overlooked, and it may also be because of secret dealings with the devil, the gods of death will always miss a little soul, and then they will be taken away by the demons and the devils in every way.

Because of the outbreak of the Sage Cataclysm, the Kingdom of God has now broken the link.

Now no one knows whether the kingdom of God is still functioning normally, or even whether the order of the underworld continues to be maintained. Sauron wasn't going to leave everything to the Death Acolyte, and since he was here, he would simply take the souls with him. These souls were valiant warriors who did not flinch until the moment they died in battle.

They are a group of excellent seeds.

A ray of light emerged.

Sauron's figure vanished in place, and the next moment it appeared inside the temple.

In the palm of his hand are ten souls whose memories have faded, and death will gradually erase the memories of mortals, and only the most memorable memories can remain a little after reincarnation.

Normally.

A mortal can only retain a maximum of one percent of his memories after death.

"My lord! ……”

The figure of the High Priestess appeared outside the temple, and she leaned slightly towards Sauron.

Sauron turned his head to look at her, then nodded slightly, and with a spread of his hands lifted the souls into the light of the temple.

The kingdom of God is not secure.

In this case, Sauron was not fit to send these souls into the kingdom of God.

So he planned to spend his divine power to carve out a small space in the temple, and then temporarily settle these souls in it. Relying on the power of faith gathered by the temple, these souls will gradually change, and if their faith is still strong, these souls will transform into the temple's companions, attaching themselves to the temple in the form of spirits, until Sauron finds a place to settle them again.

As for Mano's soul, he will merge with the brilliance of the temple and transform into a higher-level [Heroic Spirit].

If only he could fuse Sauron's divine powers.

Then this soul will gradually advance to the Holy Spirit, and in the future it will be possible to become Sauron's oracle to receive souls.

……………… (To be continued.) )