020. Mountaineering
Eleven marble temples are scattered on the winding path of the sacred mountain, which are the guardian shrines of the eleven elders and knights of the Earth Divine Domain.
Upward, is the Papal Chamber, and further up, is the Temple of the Creator, the destination of Talos' trip.
At this moment, Talos was coming to the foot of the Holy Mountain by moonlight, preparing to obtain the Holy Sword while the Pope was away.
Looking at the sparse spiritual light of faith above the Temple of the Creator, Talos couldn't help but feel a little absurd and weird, the gods fabricated by the three popes were actually the creators, and gave birth to true faith and divine magic, the whole thing was too coincidental.
What's even more ridiculous is that he, a former mage who doesn't believe in any gods, has to pretend to be a god and pretend to be a pope and a divine envoy in order to strip away his original desires and collect the power of faith.
Thinking of this, Talos was depressed and a little emotional at the same time.
"Who are you? Today is not the day when the Holy Mountain is open to the public, hurry up and leave!"
The Temple of the Creator on the Holy Mountain is similar to the church headquarters of the god Sainz, and is generally closed to the public except for certain groups of people at certain times.
The two Preparatory Divine Domain knights guarding the foot of the mountain saw a figure approaching from a distance and immediately shouted a loud reprimand.
In the past, the devout believers would usually leave very obediently after hearing the reprimands and dissuasions, but this time they did not, and continued to walk as if they had not heard the reprimand.
A few seconds later, an unexpected figure caught the eyes of the two reserve knights, it was a Naga, dressed in black scale armor, with two scimitars hanging from his waist, imposing, and more importantly, a four-armed Naga.
In the Terra plane, the four-armed Naga is as famous as the harpy with golden feathers, representing the status of the Pope of the Sea God Domain, one of the three most powerful people in the world!
The two Preparatory Divine Domain Knights were shocked, it turned out to be the Pope of the Ocean Divine Domain who personally descended on the Holy Mountain, and in their memory, there was no precedent for the Pope of the Ocean and Sky Divine Domain to visit the Holy Mountain, this is a big deal!
Because they were so shocked, the two of them didn't know what to do for a while, until Talos came to them, and one of them reacted and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, we will notify you immediately-"
"There is no need, your pope is not on the mountain, I am ordered by the divine to go to the temple on the top of the hill and allow you to go along. ”
Talos looked at the Knights with a gaze that was both compassionate and loving, as if they were two lost lambs—they were, from the point of view of being deceived by the three popes—and crossed them toward the mountain.
"Wait, Your Majesty, you can't-"
One of the reserve knights hurriedly followed to try to dissuade him, while the other grabbed a bow and arrow, lit it, and shot decisively at a tower not far away.
Bear!
Twelve huge flames rose from the tower, instantly illuminating the surroundings, it was the flame tower of the Holy Mountain that was attacked to warn the knights of the Divine Domain, and the effect seemed to be a beacon fire.
Talos had already noticed the movements of the other reserve knight, but he didn't care, and let the other party do it.
In fact, the more sensation and repercussions there are tonight, the better it will be for Talos' plans from now on.
Twelve flames burned brightly, piercing the darkness and standing out in the moonlight, quickly attracting the attention of the knights of the Divine Domain who remained on the mountain at the moment, and the first to appear in front of Talos was the knight of the Divine Domain who was the first guardian temple, a man with a strong physique like a bear.
Like the two Reserve Knights, he was visibly stunned at the sight of Talos' particularly striking four-armed arms, and he couldn't understand why the four-armed Naga, who had always guarded the Sea God Domain, appeared on the Holy Mountain.
But the identity and responsibilities of the Knight of the Divine Domain made him instantly put on alert, pressed his hand on the long knife, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, please wait in the Guardian Temple, I am afraid you will have to stay here until you receive the permission of His Majesty Claude VII." ”
The identity of the Pope of the Sea God Domain is of course supreme and equal to the Pope of the Earth God Domain, but it is the Pope of Naga, not his.
Besides, this is the Holy Mountain, and everything has to be done according to the rules of the Holy Mountain.
"Your conscientiousness is admirable, knight, but the object of your duty is probably not on the mountain now. Talos didn't feel sorry for the knight's obstruction, and praised the other party in a very appreciative tone.
"What do you mean?" the knight's face was gloomy, which made him look very vicious.
Obviously, it was not for nothing that the Pope ordered him to guard the first patron temple.
"Trust your ears as if you were following the teachings of the Creator, learn to believe in it, nothing is impossible. Ignoring the green tendons that had erupted on the back of his right hand on the long knife, Talos swam forward slowly, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been here under the guidance of the oracle." ”
"You'd better save these words for your conversation with Claude VII, and for now, stay in the Patron Temple, or else—"
Seeing that Talos ignored his warning, the Knight of the God's Domain drew his long knife and slashed mercilessly.
Without looking, dodging or dodging, the Froststeel Scimitar arced under the control of one lower arm, colliding with the long knife fiercely, making the first and last loud bang in the night.
Although it has only been a few days since he was promoted to the third order, the third order is a third order after all, and the quality of the frost steel scimitar is on par with the holy sword that is regarded as a treasure in the Terra plane, just cutting the long knife in the hand of the knight of the god domain into a pile of pieces and scattering in all directions.
The chilling sword light reflected the bright moonlight and the constantly beating fire in the distance, and finally stopped less than an inch from the center of the Knight of the Divine Domain, piercing the opponent's skin, slowly oozing a drop of crimson blood.
With one sword, just one knife subdued the knight of the Divine Domain of the first guardian temple of the Holy Mountain, not only that, but even the weapon was shattered, and the reserve knight on the side was shocked, and opened his mouth, but did not make a sound.
As the most powerful and highest-ranking three people in the world, the Pope basically has no chance to fight, and the reserve knight only knows that the Pope has a terrifying strength that even the elders of the Divine Domain can hardly match, but he doesn't know that when it is presented in front of him, there will be such a huge disparity.
Guarding the first guardian shrine, the god-domain knight nicknamed the barbarian couldn't even stop the four-armed Naga's sword.
It stands to reason that as an unofficial member of the Earth Domain, the Reserve Knight should be desperate to fight the four-armed Naga who trespassed on the Holy Mountain, but only God can testify that what little faith he had had had been slashed to death by that terrible stab a few seconds ago.
Fortunately, he didn't have to suffer from soul torment and faith torture because of this, and the other knights of the Divine Realm who noticed the movement on the Holy Mountain rushed here, including Hernan and Koke, whom Talos knew.
"Stop!"
"Is that you!?" Cork blurted out the moment he saw Talos.
Naga Kok had always been haunted by the Naga Kok who killed Jerome, but the identity of the other party's four arms made him hesitate, and he was not sure if the four-armed Naga in front of him who was suspected to be the Pope was Talos himself.
After all, it had only been half a month since they had last met, and he really couldn't connect a Naga who had ignored the laws of the Supreme Law with the Pope, the supreme defender of the doctrines and codes.
"It's me. Talos nodded at the six Knights of the Divine Domain, and withdrew his scimitar, "Don't be nervous, standing in front of you is the 213th Pope of the Ocean Divine Domain who has received the Apocalypse and received the Oracle. ”
"Listen, a great change is sweeping the whole world, the sea, the earth, the sky, no one can escape. Now, you should come with me to the Temple of the Creator at the top of the hill to save the world for tomorrow. Inform Crouch VII or something, because he is not on the mountain at all, otherwise I would not have come here from Asgart myself. ”
Unfortunately, the status of the Pope of the Sea God Domain of Talos was not very easy to use on the Holy Mountain, and they quickly surrounded Talos, except for Hernan.
"I'm going to report to Her Majesty. Hernan said as she ran quickly towards the Papal Chamber.
Talos sighed and said compassionately, "You don't know what you're doing right now?" In about an hour, all the elders and knights of the Earth God Domain will lose the ability to release divine magic, and it won't be long before the Sky God Domain will be the same. ”
Cork, including the other Knights of God's Domain, had a "what nonsense are you talking about" expression written all over his face.
"Not only that, Claude VII, will eventually die faceless because of the mistakes he made in the past. ”
The last words of Talos fell on the ears of the knights of the God's Domain, which was tantamount to a curse on the Pope, and they all glared angrily, but in the next second, the anger in everyone's eyes turned into surprise and disbelief.
I saw a large cloud of strange mist spread around Talos, faster than the fastest wind, engulfing the knights of the God's Realm before they could react.
Immediately after, a huge force came from the mist, and the surrounding environment changed dramatically, turning from a holy mountain into a lake, and they were soaking in the water.
This is a new ability of Talos to the third order, and the new ability of the surface world after the soul fire metamorphosis, which can drag any target whose strength is lower than that of Talos from the current world to the table world.
The knights of the Divine Domain only have second-order strength, and this is not the main material plane with many masters, so Talos naturally has no scruples about using it.
Whoop -
A huge three-eyed octopus floated to the surface of the lake, waving eight thick and long tentacles, and its densely toothed mouth on it was shocking.
Subsequently, the second, third......
In less than ten seconds, more than forty extremely large three-eyed octopuses surrounded the five Divine Domain Knights.
"Hell, where is this, and what kind of monsters are these?"
"I think there's a bigger problem than that. ”
Looking in the direction of his colleague's finger, Cork saw a beast he had never seen before.
It was a black python the size of a man's head with its eyes alone, coiling around a cliff by the lake, slowly spitting out a scarlet snake letter that was larger than a human arm.
"Oh, shit—"