331: Distinction (4)
Am-Lenson was at peace as he passed through the half-plane barrier, because it was all going to end today.
Hoffman, do you think that by cooperating with the undead and placing the ceremonial venue in the half-plane of the revenant, you will be able to escape and let your legacy of sin continue?!
No, I'm going to stop you! I will not let this legacy of sin continue! I will kill you and the evil gods in you!
Faith burned in him, and when he hit the ground, a half-grown child, with a huge war hammer that did not match him at all, appeared in front of him.
The last apprentice...... Marin Gayat.
This name, even in subspace, Amm has heard of it.
Because he is the most favored child of Anonymous.
How could old Hoffman dare to steal such favors for his own use.
Child, you're here to see me off for the last time.
The whisper from the soul startled Am, and then he saw the emaciated figure kneeling in the center of the ritual circle behind Marin.
The figure raised its head, and in the shriveled eye sockets, a red soul fire ignited as the eyelids opened.
I'm glad, Am, that at this moment I finally understood how real the joy on my mentor's face was when he saw my brothers return.
The figure slowly stood up.
Am, my child, come, let me see how the power you embrace differs from the knowledge I have inherited.
The next second, Amm found himself in a fighting arena.
The Hoffman in front of him was transforming, unknown flesh was filling his body, and black hair was growing on the top of his originally bare head.
"Kid, what are you waiting for?"
The figure in front of him opened its mouth, and the crimson soul fire in its eye sockets gradually condensed into eyeballs.
Looking at the familiar human form, Amm also laughed, his smile full of madness and joy.
"You have not been stolen by the evil gods! You're still Hoffman! β
"Of course I am, I have always been, I am, I am, and I will always be."
After the young man in front of him finished speaking, a long sword and a revolver appeared in his outstretched hand: "Behold, child, two hundred years ago, the mentor of the sect used the longsword to fight with the crossbow and Chaos, one hundred years ago, the mentor of the sect used the long sword to fight with the front-loading musket and Chaos, and today, I use a better and newer weapon...... Come, my child, let me see your growth, let me see, your strength. β
In the next second, the two of them were close to the limit, the long sword and the sword clashed, bringing out a large number of sparks, and Hoffman, who was staggered with Am, shook off the revolver in his hand, and fired without aiming at all, the bullet crossed an arc trajectory in the air, and was finally caught by Amm with his thumb and forefinger.
"How can a false thing outside the body confront a powerful origin, leaving you, I feel the truth of this world, this world of the jungle is far more beautiful and magnificent than the hypocrisy and beauty you created in the orphanage!"
Am's flesh and blood wings spread out behind him, and a maniacal smile bloomed on Chaos' face: "It's finally over!" Hoffman! The despair and misfortune that you and your sect have inherited will be put to an end today! β
"You see the dogmas and sacrifices of the sect as despair and misfortune, and I understand you because I love you so much......" Hoffman sighed, and the next second, he swung his long sword in front of Am, who appeared in front of him, and Am, who had no time to block at all, could only choose to parry with his flesh and blood wings in a rapid retreat.
Then the flesh was directly cut by the wind pressure brought out by the long sword.
Amm landed on the ground, looking in horror at the mentor who had returned to the top in front of him.
"I love you so much, I am afraid that you will be hurt and hide all this, and you, knowing only a little fur, think that all this is but hypocrisy, and I regard you as containers...... I'm sad, Am, I thought you'd understand me, just like Masson. β
"Masson believes in you to death! Even when you were killed by that Marin Gayat, I still believe in you! And you just want to use it as a container! β
"There is a difference of nearly seventy years between you and Masson, have you ever thought that you are not suitable to be a container at all." Hoffman was silent for a moment when he said this, he looked at the angry face of the apprentice in front of him and shook his head: "You don't understand, that's why you fell under the whispers and deception of chaos, I pity you, Am, you were defeated by the fear in your heart, you and the faith in your heart...... Not worthy at all. β
In Am's eyes, the shadow cast by his mentor on the earth was completely distorted.
"Nope! I must defeat you! Abort the ceremony! No subsequent children will be imprisoned by you and your sect! Amm roared to his feet, swinging his sword at his mentor, but without surprise, his mentor parried his straight slash with an understatement.
Then with the same pleasant motion, he unslashed his slash.
"You don't even know what the ritual is about, and you're trying to beat me, stupid boy...... Come, look at what happens next, don't you want the truth, I'll give it to you. In the next second, the mentor in Am's eyes only used a light slash to knock Amm directly into the air.
As he retreated, Amm saw his mentor laugh maniacally and spread his arms, pitch-black wings unfolding behind him.
"Finally...... Get out of trouble! β
"Thank you! Am! You stupid apprentice! Hoffman chose to drag you into this half-plane of deathmatch in order to protect his last apprentice, and he ran out of energy ahead of time because of this, now! Let me fix you! Then I will go out and spread death and decay all over the earth! β
Amm fell to the ground, and he grabbed his head: "This can't be! Isn't this a lineage ceremony?! β
"This is the final gift! Rubbish! He wanted others to destroy me, and you saved me! As a thank you! I will kill you mercifully and quickly! After saying that, the evil god swung his long sword and appeared in front of Amber in an instant, and he cut off Am's left arm in front of him with a single sword.
Amm howled, and the power of chaos wrapped around his wound and began to heal itself, and his opponent obviously wouldn't give him this chance, and the next second, his left leg was severed, and the killer took advantage of the situation to separate his right leg from his knee.
Seeing Amu fall to the ground, the evil god laughed wildly: "I've changed my mind, I've been able to get out of here, I'm just going to take you out, so you can watch the devastating results of the ritual process you have changed!" β
In the next second, Amm fell to the ground, losing a hand and both legs, he struggled to get up, looking at the two sides that had stopped fighting, and the old man who had risen from the center of the ritual circle.
"Thank you, Am! You will be one of the stupidest chaos in the world! β
Hoffman...... No, it was the desolate god who laughed wildly and opened his arms, and an invisible aura stretched from beneath his feet.
The paladins resisted the erosion of chaotic energy with divine energy, but it was still one or two kobold paladins who fell in the howl.
And the Chaos began to distort, until finally they became Chaos Eggs one after another because they could not complete the ritual.
"My men! Kill them all! The evil god pointed to Marin's side.
Marlin plunged the spears of the four World Tree twigs into the ground beneath his feet.
My half world!
Ayers' wails echoed throughout the half-world.
His divinity is yours!
Watching the grass expand wildly beneath his feet, Marlin responded to Ayres in a whisper.
The Chaos are bound by thin grass branches when they come into contact with the grass, and they pierce the Chaos body, infusing them with divine energy until they are ignited.
Marlin saw Am, the chaos that didn't react when it was stabbed into his body by the branch, as if he was dead.
The evil god wielding Hoffman's shell screamed in frustration - the barren world was transforming into a garden world.
"Nope! You false god dog! I'm going to beat you! I'm going to kill you! Behind the screaming evil god, a large number of materialized undead appeared, trying to fill the sacred area in front of them with numbers until the branches could not handle it.
Marin dug the spear in front of him a little deeper.
In the next second, the skeletal hands lifted the turf, and the undead who crawled out of the ground had pure white soul fire, and the weapons and armor they brought out of the ground were repairing, and they put on the griffin helmet in their hands, and one of them knelt down towards Marin.
Salute to the living, we return to the world and honor your commands.
"Purify them!"
Marin let go of his hands after speaking, and the spear was automatically burrowing into the earth.
The undead representing different factions collide together and begin to deal with each other efficiently.
Branches of divinity poked out of the void, bringing Marin an unpretentious sword.
The surviving paladins saluted.
Ayres was no longer screaming, but Marin could hear his whispers.
Pale Justice, in My Half World...... My home is gone!
Marin took the sword, then looked up at the evil god who had taken over his mentor's body.
"Do you think you can beat me! Mortal! β
"Mortals must be self-aware, and know that human beings will eventually be exhausted, but as human beings, they will never bow to evil and despair, never give in, never merge with others, and never betray their self-esteem and pride as human beings."
Looking directly at the evil god in front of him, Marin didn't feel any discomfort, maybe because of the long sword in his hand, maybe because of the pride of being born, maybe ...... Maybe it's just because Marin saw this evil god and felt that he was just a poor worm who had been imprisoned for 10,000 years.
In the previous era, there were already legends who were able to seal him, so in this era, there should be someone who can purify him.
Maybe it won't be me, but I'll definitely try.
"Come on, let's get this over."
In the next second, the long swords of the two sides collided together, and positive energy and negative energy replaced the blades, exploding black and white sparks.
Marin, who was holding on to this slash, was amazed at his strength, and then he took advantage of the situation and pushed the evil god in front of him away.
"My strength! No! The world is devouring my power! "The evil god soon discovered that there was something wrong with himβthis half-plane was devouring its power.
He began to fight back frantically, but Marin parried his attacks again and again.
The evil god became more and more insane, and it attacked Marin again and again, but his mental attack was equal to none for Marin, although Ayres had been influenced to tell the story of his childhood, and the paladins were swept away by the branches of the World Tree.
By the way, Colin's side has already been pulled out of the half-plane by the mother tree in the first place.
As for the physical attack of the evil god, Marin has become more and more aware of his spare power - the power of the World Tree is systematically transforming this half-plane, and as a desolate evil god, the evil god in front of him is completely unable to gain power from this world.
The only regret is that Ailes has been pitted - the sect has been inherited for too long, and the history has been broken, and he has not even been able to understand the divinity of the evil god, only remembering that he is the evil god who has destroyed the region.
The divinity of desolation and destruction is not like a fish in water on Ayers's side.
Fortunately, there are World Tree twigs connected to the mother tree, which directly transformed this half-plane.
Having lost his home advantage and facing the pure positive energy of the World Tree, the power of this evil god became more and more unsustainable, and finally he fell to his knees.
The branches of the World Tree swarmed up and strangled it to death.
Marlin walked towards him with a long sword.
"All this will come to an end, there will be an end to suffering, and there will be an end to pain."
Marin sighed.
The god struggled, but he couldn't stop Marin.
The land beneath his feet was already full of greenery, and in the distance the walls were covered with branches, and in the distance, huge shadows of trees appeared.
"Mentor, I'm here to see you off on one last ride." Marin smiled, stood behind the evil god, and raised his sword.
The branches pulled the god's head low, exposing its neck.
There are no gods and emperors in this world, and they never rely on any savior.
For some reason, Marin hummed the lyrics and laughed self-deprecatingly.
The sword fell, slicing open the god's body.
For a split second, Marin seemed to hear the Mentor's thanksgiving, and seeing the evil god's body finally dragged into the void by the branches of the World Tree, Marin stabbed his sword into the ground.
We have completed your order, Your Excellency.
The remaining Bone Guards, led by their leader, knelt in front of Marin in a knightly salute.
"Freedom."
Marin looked at them.
These indomitable souls began to dissipate, their bones scattered to the ground, sinking to the surface.
Ailes was dragged by the branches and appeared in front of Marin.
Dear Lord Marlin, can you make them lighter.
"You are free." Marin said, and the branches let go.
Ayres immediately stood up, then took Marin's hand like a decent man and began to kiss the ring on Marin's ring finger.
You're great, you're an evil god.
"History is on my side, and then, there's this."
Marin threw the Divine Core to Ayers.
The latter was silent for a while, eventually throwing it aside.
The divinity jumped a little or twice on the ground, and finally turned into a cake, which was rolled up by the branches and handed to Ayers.
Marin finally laughed, "You've been recognized by the World Tree, Mr. Ayres, that's your trophy." β
Wow, this is the best gift I've ever received in my long life.
Ayers looked very happy, he took the gold cake to his mouth and took a bite, and then looked like he laughed very happily.
Marin nodded: "Yes, it's been a long time, it's been almost seven hundred years since you wet the bed for the first time." β
Hearing this, Ayres mechanically turned his head to look at Marin.
What else I just said.
"I've heard the story of you and your dwarf princess, and I've got to say you're a straight man of steel, and she's begging you to take her away, so why should you abandon her."
She has a beard! His beard is longer than that shameful demon! There's a lot of sweat under the armpits!
The bone lich holds his head in both hands.
Marin raised his hand and pointed at Ayers.
I know what you want to say! I'm just discriminating!
Ayers screamed.
"No, I was going to say why you know she has a lot of sweat under her armpits." At this point, Marin shook his head as he looked at Ayres who was screaming in despair, and finally stopped telling stories about him and the halfling boy.
At this moment, four of Marin's shoots broke through the ground, and they returned to Marin's forearm.
"That's right...... This half-plane ......" Marin turned his head to look at the world and saw that it was already full of life.
I've sent you, but don't tell me what you've heard in the future.
Ayres, who stopped screaming for a moment, looked at Marin and said.
"No problem, little Ace." Marin borrowed the nickname of Sister Kobayashi Jing for Ayers in the story.
Once again, the Bone Lich is in a desperate situation.
Marlin shook his head and turned his head at the same time, the feeling of being watched made him do so.
He saw a young man, who smiled at him.
It's like old Hoffman when he was younger.
Marin watched him turn and walk into the distance, and at this moment, the distant city wall disappeared, and Marin saw an endless field.
A young girl came up to him and held hands with him.
Marin noticed her appearance and looked like ...... Sophia?
But she didn't speak, just walked away with Hoffman.
Marin watched the scene quietly until more and more figures appeared in front of him and her.
Squinting, Marin couldn't recognize who they were, only to see them make a welcoming move.
Then all this was gone, and the walls appeared again.
A somewhat melancholy Marlin reached out and patted Ayers, who was still whispering.
What's wrong.
"I'll call you next time I have a job, and the Chaos Soul will definitely be enough." Marin said.
Should I say that the cooperation is pleasant.
"Of course, Ayres." As Marin finished speaking, a branch burst out of the ground, opening a portal for the new owner of the half-plane.
Marin glanced at Ayers, "Where are you going?" β
"Imprint City, let's have a drink first." Ayres said as he lifted his robes and placed the divine gold cake in the pouch of space fastened to his pelvis.
β¦β¦ The Bone Lich is an interesting kind of undead.
Marin sighed, then walked through the portal.