Chapter 77: The Dream Man
Finn felt like he was lying flat in the darkness, his surroundings vast and seemingly in a chaotic space.
After some time, the young paladin felt that his consciousness had become a little clearer, and he tried to get his mind back to work in his state of confusion, so that he could know what kind of situation he was in.
In the middle of the day, he tried to let his fingers tap twice on the solid ground beneath him, and then slowly opened his eyes, and then supported him to sit up with his elbows.
"...... here?" The young paladin barely raised his head, his blank gaze quickly scanned his surroundings, and found that the place where he was had somehow turned into a strange temple, the four walls around the temple seemed to be a circle of distorted phantoms that would enclose the area centered on him, the ground under his ass was actually a simulated map of the continent of Ferdia, and the canopy above his head was obscured by a large stone slab.
Finn looked at the scene in front of him for a few seconds, and then as if he had suddenly reacted to something, he immediately raised his head sharply and looked back at the huge stone slab that covered the sky and the sun in the high sky.
The surface of the massive stone slab was carved with inscriptions that Fein could not read, and the delicate inscriptions on it crisscrossed the slate in an orderly manner to form a long text composed in a particular character.
Finn raised his gaze to stare at the huge stone slab, and soon, as if surprised to find something, the two pupils in his eyes widened and said in surprise: "The Tablet of Destiny?!" β
Before the mortal world was born in chaos, the gods who lived in the abode of the gods made a certain degree of compromise with each other in order to gather enough divine power to complete the work of creation, and signed a contract between the gods and the gods.
The gods inscribed that contract on an ancient Philosopher's tablet, which became known to future generations as the Tablet of Destiny - a vow of the gods that recorded the names and priesthoods of the gods.
It's unbelievable that the artifact that I had only seen a few glances at the setting map on the official website of the game in my previous life actually appeared in front of my eyes at this time?
Butβ
"Wait!" Fein took another look at his surroundings and immediately became vigilant.
If memory serves, he remembers that he had fought a group of pirates from Misty Island in Azur Harbor not long ago, and ended up falling into the sea with Lilith, Arya, Arroyo, and Raymond after encountering the sea dragon Metotis in the deep sea area of the San Furon Sea.
So - the question is back to square one, what the hell is this place?
Suddenly, just as the two eyebrows under Finn's forehead were about to wrinkle into an inverted figure of eight in confusion, a voice that he had quite an impression came into his ears.
"Gazteth, the contract on the tablet of fate forbids us gods to directly interfere with mortal things, because the will of the gods can easily dominate the future of a continent, but at the same time, it can easily destroy the laws of the world that we worked so hard to establish at the beginning of creation." The voice shouted in a stern and uncompromising tone, "Yet even so, you made a move on the Crimson Moon - and, blatantly! β
Finn was stunned by the voice.
He immediately turned around in the direction of the sound, and suddenly saw a black-haired man in a purple-black velvet robe standing in front of him four or five meters away.
The man looked to be in his thirties, with long, middle-parted jet-black hair, a mature beard at the corners of his mouth and chin, two deep pupils and a hooked nose under his eyebrows, which gave his countenance a subconscious sense of majesty.
The black-haired man wore a suit of armor carved with elaborate patterns, and a luxurious purple-black velvet robe was draped over it. The man lifted one of his arms, wrapped in robe sleeves and metal bracers, and stretched out his slender index finger to point straight at Finn's brow.
Finn was stunned by the black-haired man's fingers, his eyes blinked unexplained, and a surprised expression quickly appeared on his face.
What surprised him the most was not the man's questioning of himself, but the name he called himself - he actually called himself Gazteis?
Isn't that the name of the God of Justice?
"Hey, wait a minuteβ" Finn snapped back to his senses, and then spoke out to ask the dark-haired man what was going on here.
However, just as he spoke, another voice burst out of his mouth at the same time, responding to the man in a solemn and upright tone: "All I have done, Conspereth, is to curb the sinister and unforgivable ambitions and intrigues of you, Des, Slat, and Britta of your evil gods, and not to tolerate your use of the oath of the Tablet of Fate to run wild in the mortal world!" β
As the words fell, Finn's eyes widened, and he saw another man in golden armor carrying three pairs of gorgeous wings of light, taking two steps forward from where he was standing, revealing a tall back in front of him. The god of conspiracy, Conspereth, the god of death, Slat, the god of killing, and Bretta, the god of tyranny, these well-known names were passed into his eardrums one after another from the words of the golden-armored man.
Finn stared in shock at the tall shoulders of the golden-armored man, and he immediately remembered the statues that were worshipped by priests and paladins in the Temple of the Fourth Order, and then realized that the person standing in front of him at this time was none other than the god of justice named Gazteis.
It dawned on him that his current body was only a translucent figure, and that Gazteth's body had overlapped with his figure a few seconds earlier, and that the black-haired man, the god of conspiracy, was not addressing him, but another deity of equal status.
"But your actions have violated the agreement on the slate." Conspereth raised his fingertips and pointed to the center of Gazteth's eyebrows to continue his questioning, "God of Justice, you are ashamed of the Orderliness camp! β
"Shut up!"
Gaztex glared at Consperes, the three pairs of light wings behind him stretched out violently like an angry lion roaring, and a spear halberd shining with holy light immediately condensed and formed in mid-air with countless golden light particles, and he stretched out five thick fingers and grabbed the palm of his hand.
The god of justice was wielding a blazing spear, and his figure blurred in front of Kongsperes' gaze for a moment, and then flickered in front of him as if he had made a teleportation.
Kongsperes' face trembled at that moment, he obviously did not expect Gazteis to suddenly attack him.
The evil god worshipped by the conspirators in the future mortal world did not have time to respond, and was immediately lifted by the neck with an outstretched hand from Gazteis.
Gazteth's face was obscured by the dignified-looking golden helmet on his head, but this did not prevent his visceral wrath from piercing the chest of Kongspereth through the tip of the blazing halberd, and unreservedly venting it on the evil god he carried in the air.
"Uhhhhββ!h
The divine power of positive energy collided violently in the body of the god of conspiracy. Conscient's expression distorted, and he opened his mouth to let out a cry of pain, but he didn't forget to raise his right hand slightly and open a portal of magical energy into his hand.
Behind the portal was the Void of Chaos, but Constante didn't plan to bring out any powerful reinforcements from behind the door to support him, but only pulled out a wizard's staff inlaid with a black crystal from the magic door, feeling that he was just using this high-level sorcery as his warehouse steward.
The god of conspiracy clenched his staff in his right hand. His wizard level had already helped him gain the name and two powerful wizard specialties, so even if he was choked by Gaztex at this moment, it didn't affect his spellcasting ability in the slightest.
Conspereth's lips moved slightly, and Gazteth's keen perception made him aware that his opponent had cast a high-level sorcery between the two of them, and immediately pulled the halberd out of the latter's chest.
The sorcery cast by Constance Pereth was delayed for half a second, and then a globular shockwave filled with negative energy magic spread out from the air between his and Gazteth's bodies.
The spherical shockwave pushed Gaztex and Constance Pereth away from each other in two diametrically opposite directions, and the terrifying wind pressure flew wildly through the strange temple space, as if the illusory Finn and the two gods who were in the middle of a fierce battle were being attacked by a tornado.
Finn subconsciously raised his arm in front of his forehead, but he soon realized that he himself did not seem to be affected by the things in this place, and then lowered his hand from his sight, and then saw Gazteth half-kneeling on the ground and half-crouching on the ground, carrying the spear halberd that glittered like a flame in his hand on his broad shoulder.
"Stand on trial, Conspereth!"
Gaztex let out a righteous roar, and then hurled forward the blazing spear he carried on his shoulder with his right arm that had completed ninety degrees.
The golden halberd drew a straight line in the air between the two gods, and in the next moment it slammed into the throat of the god of conspiracy with unstoppable force, so fast that Conspereth didn't even have time to cast a defensive spell.
"Hmmββ!"
Conspereth snorted, and the blazing halberd, which Gaztex had thrown as a javelin, flew backwards and was soon nailed to the translucent barrier of the illusory form at the edge of the temple.
The god of justice seems to have defeated the god of evil, but whether it is Finn, who witnessed the whole process of this battle, or Gaztais, who caused the result with his own hands, they all know that the current appearance of Conspereth is not a big problem, although it is embarrassing.
Sure enoughβ
"Hehe... Hahaha...... "Within two seconds, Kongspereth's mocking laughter came out of his throat, which had been pierced by the tip of a gun.
Conspereth opened his eyes, rested his left hand on the hilt of the light spear, and pulled the weapon of the gods out of his throat.
Then, with a shake of his foot, he fell back to the ground from the phantom wall, and the blazing halberd immediately turned into particles of light from his hand and disappeared due to the equipment attribute bound to the master and slave.
"What a pity, Gazteis." Kongspereth looked at his opponent from afar, sneered and shook his head, "Have you forgotten? Although our positions and faction tendencies are different, we are all immortal gods, supreme beings that exist beyond chaos, how can you kill me? β
Gazteis calmly listened to Constance Peresser's words. This time, instead of expressing his anger in front of the evil god, he simply stood up from the ground calmly, but admitted, "Yes, Constant...... You and I are immortal gods, and I cannot kill you until you lose your godhead. β
"Butβ" he continued, "the disputes which God has caused will be ended by the power of God." If the loophole in the ancient laws of the Tablet of Destiny is exploited by the evil will, then I can at least do so......"
After speaking, the blazing golden spear was once again condensed in Gazteis's hand.
Conspereth squinted his eyes as he prepared to defend and counterattack, only to see Gaztex stab his own wrist with the spear in his hand, and then let his blood gush from his wrist.
Those faintly glowing liquids are the blood of the gods, which contain unimaginable powers for mortals, and it is said that the Knights of the Apocalypse in the history of the First Age of Ferdia were gifted with the blood of the gods, so that they obtained the divine power to follow the dragon of judgment, Tiamagos, to defeat the dragon of destruction, Nesarian.
Gazteth's blood crept from his wrist and fell to the ground beneath his feet.
The moment the first drop of the God of Justice's blood fell to the ground and infiltrated the simulated map of the continent of Ferdia, Finn finally felt that his body was affected by an irresistible will that was enough to attract his attention.
The young paladin felt a wave of coercion descend from the sky. He looked up and saw that Gazteth's blood had somehow poured from the top of his head into him.
The blood of the god gradually bathed his body, and then quickly absorbed into his skin, and a burning sensation of swelling and burning followed an uncontrollable rampant through his chest.
Fein felt like his body was about to explode. He raised his arms around him, but for a moment he suddenly realized that he couldn't even shout.
He lost the ability to speak for some unknown reason, but at the same timeβ
"Finn, wake up! Fane! β
He heard a familiar voice in his memory calling his name anxiously, as if to help him drag him back to reality from a dream that had haunted him.
"Hoo ββ!"
Finally, the young paladin's eyes widened and he gasped in horror, and his body sat up as if he had just come out of a nightmare......
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[Annotations]
Justice: The god of justice, orderly and good.
Conspiracy: The god of conspiracy, the wickedness of order.
Death: The god of death, neutral evil.
Slaughter: The god of killing, chaos and evil.
Brutal: The god of tyranny, chaos and evil.
Tablet of Destiny: A contract signed by the gods on the eve of the creation of the world, which records the names and priesthoods of the gods, and is equivalent in nature to an oath between the gods.
[A little off-topic]
As you can see, this is a two-in-one chapter that counts yesterday's account with today's share.
What the? Why is the content of this chapter so visual, you ask?
Well...... That's because the big pineapple is delicious ( Μβ½ Μ)