Chapter 21: The Imperial Covenant

Rod slowly approached the altar, and it wasn't until he got close that he really saw the altar.

"The altar of the Lazy Lord Vercreek?"

Rod's eyes widened, and he carefully looked at the quaint and bizarre altar not far away. He recognized the altar as a being, and the confusing, unconscious, peculiar blasphemy inscribed on the side of the altar had revealed the identity of the altar's worshippers.

"Glory to the darkness, my silent master, the sloth spreader, the great demon lord of the abyss, Phreklic!"

It was the blessed language proficiency around the altar, and it made Rhodes recognize for the first time which being the altar was enshrined.

As everyone knows.

The Abyss is a chaotic, twisted, terrifying place filled with a myriad of bad, evil, and terrifying existences.

And the Lord of the Abyss, who is widely recognized by the diverse races of the Ash world, is undoubtedly the most powerful existence in the Abyss-the Tanari Demon.

The Tanari Demons are the largest, most numerous, and most powerful race of the Abyss, though the near-infinite diversity of the Abyss means that there are certain areas beyond their reach.

But they are indeed the strongest population in the abyss.

Before the ancient Tanari Demons, the master of the Abyss was the ancient Demon of Obiris, known as the First Demon.

Legend has it that when mortals appeared, their souls also came to the bottomless abyss, and after Chaos and some other ancient demons of Obiris, they tried to transform these souls into evil, and eventually created a new kind of demon - Tanari.

The first Tanari (Demogogan), born from the initial fear, was considered a failure, an ugly monster with long serpentine arms, two baboon-like heads, reptilian legs, and a twisted tail.

After Chaos, he did not hesitate to discard this failed product and continue to carry on other transformations. Compared to the failed product, the subsequent Tanari was much better - a succubus was born out of desire, a seduction was born from jealousy, and Alkilith was born from laziness......

The Lazy Lord Verklic is the original Ta's demon species, and it represents the pinnacle of laziness's power.

As one of the most negative emotions in history, the power of the Lazy Lord Vercaric is undoubtedly comparable to that of some of the most powerful gods in the Pantheon.

Yet actually.

The entire Ash plane has experienced many great wars, the ancient era, the Nether era, and the holy war era, round after round of war, so that many ancient gods and demons have gradually disappeared and even fallen.

While many gods and demons who have been declared dead often make sudden returns, the Lazy Lord Verklic is not one of them.

He is an ancient demon who has indeed been proven to have fallen.

It is inconceivable that this ancient demon, which represents a symbol of some kind of power, was found by Rhodes on his altar here.

The Lazy Monarch is like his power, he is a very lazy existence, in fact, he has not done many great things in the entire Ash plane, such as Rose the Spider, the Dark Lord Glazt and some other rising stars, they do things much louder than this ancient demon lord.

It is such an obscure, but powerful existence, that there is a mysterious altar here.

"Is this the altar of return for Lord Lazy Vercreek?"

Rod secretly complained in his heart.

He had never heard of any followers of this lazy character, let alone of the need for sacrifices for such a rule, and since the fall of the ancient being, not many people in the entire Ash plane remembered him.

And back to the altar!

That's an amazing thing.

It was a means for many gods and demons to be resurrected in order to prevent them from falling, in fact, in many holy wars, many gods and demons have fallen, but there are also a large number of gods who have returned to resurrection through special means.

Transcendent creatures such as gods and demons are extremely difficult to kill, and unless something particularly large fluctuates in the Ash plane, this kind of creature that represents rules is immortal to some extent.

If this is the return altar of the Lazy Lord Vercreek.

Not to mention the current Rhodes, even if some gods with weak divine power come, they probably have to kneel here.

In a sense, the Lord of Laziness Verkarik is the embodiment of laziness.

This kind of ancient existence can be traced back to the existence of some kind of rule, and if it really leaves any behind, it must be a mass grave, the kind that has killed many people.

Buzz!

Just when Rod was very cautious, there was a movement on the altar in front of him, and an incomparably holy light swayed out, it was definitely the light of order representing the camp of order, and Rod, who had seen the arrival of the heroic spirit, was very sure that it was definitely the light of orthodox order.

"What's the situation? The light of order shoots from the altar of demons representing chaos and evil? ”

Rod was stunned to see the changes in front of him, and just as he was about to take another look, the black fog around him surged towards the altar in front of him as if it had been pulled by some force.

A thick black mist almost turned into substance, pouring into the altar.

At this time, Rod saw clearly.

The altar representing the Lazy Monarch constantly released some kind of ritual power, and all those black mist were actually absorbed by that altar.

Wrong.

It's not like absorption, as if those black mist and the altar originally belonged to the same source of power, and they should be fused.

Boom!

A loud bang sounded on the altar, and a huge "egg" wrapped in black mist appeared on the altar that fused the power of countless black mist.

The egg appeared as if out of thin air, and after the altar had absorbed enough black mist, an egg wrapped in black mist slowly emerged from the center of its altar, the size of which was about half the size of Rod's man.

"It's!"

Then, in Rod's shocked eyes, he saw that the pitch-black egg actually bloomed with an incomparably pure light of order, representing that the light of order had just been released and was pressed down by the black mist wrapped in the outer layer, and the black mist was like a membrane, constantly compressing and eroding the light power inside the egg.

It wasn't the egg that surprised Rod the most.

Instead, at the moment when the egg released its light, the whole egg seemed to turn transparent, and a humanoid presence could be seen sleeping inside the egg faintly through the black fog layer.

"Fear Angel ......"

Although I didn't see the appearance of the humanoid creature clearly, I thought of the post I had read before, and at that moment, the opposition between black and white, light and darkness was intertwined, and the familiar sense of power was extremely similar to the feared angel in his previous life, who was so strong that the gods and demons retreated.

"Could it be that the Dread Angel was born here?"

Rhodes looked at the altar in disbelief.

There is no doubt that the power of the altar itself comes from the Demon Lord, but it is still the oldest Demon Lazy Monarch, and since that egg can fight in front of this ancient power, the power it represents on the side of the Order must also be extraordinary.

If any Celestial Heroic Spirit is thrown into this altar.

Under the erosion of the power of the Lazy Lord Vercarik, it is estimated that it will not be long before the faction shift in strength will occur, and this altar should be some years old, and it can last so long without being assimilated by the demonic power, which shows that this egg itself also has extremely high-ranking order side power.

If this were how the angel of terror was conceived.

Then it makes sense that she was so strong in the later period, nonsense, one side comes from the original power of the lazy lord, and the other side comes from the power of order of a certain god. In particular, the Lazy Monarch has also fallen, and this egg has almost directly stolen the power of laziness.

These two powers are incredible, and the two are born by merging, and this terrifying angel is really not small.

"Huh?"

Just when Rod was still thinking about the altar, the egg on the altar was slowly sinking, as if it had absorbed enough of the power of the black mist, and the egg was going to be silent for a while.

At this rate, the egg will be completely submerged in the altar in a few moments.

Looking at the egg, and then thinking of the strength of the Dread Angel, Rod couldn't help but itch, anyway, it seems that he is now lost in this black fog cave, if it is really the egg of the Dread Angel in front of him, then since the Dread Knight O'Neill can sign a contract with her, then Rod can also try.

Dry!

Seeing that the egg was about to sink into the altar, Rod was quick to bite his fingertips, and a drop of blood fell on the egg.

Bite!

An incomparably complex dark gold pattern magic array burst out from Rod's fingertips, it was a magic array with three layers inside and outside, the whole was dark gold, and the runes in the magic circle were exquisite and full of simplicity, so there was a sense of imperial dignity in the air.

"—Imperial Covenant!"