73. Sacrifice (1)
“...... As long as we let them die here after we have gained the power of the Most High God, the great people who come up high will not care about this trivial matter. I heard that the first god was just a lowly slave before, and when we gain power, we can kill him and master the entire cult, and then we will be the gods here. Viscount Brown avoided the temptation of the serious, and in just a few years, he seemed to have forgotten that not long ago he was only a pariah in a slightly better position than a slave.
With the shallow knowledge of most knights, they don't really understand the difference between a mage and a mage apprentice, but this can't be hidden from the Knight Kyle: "Lord Viscount, even if it is a mage apprentice, but they came here from the legendary mage academy, can you guarantee that their death will not anger those adults......?"
Viscount Brown rudely interrupted Grand Knight Kyle's words: "Enough, Kyle, listen, my son, Quentin Brown, he is also a mage apprentice, but he is dead, and the murderer is standing in front of me intact!"
Grand Knight Kyle gasped, he finally knew why the nouveau riche viscount in front of him suddenly had such a crazy idea of joining the Cult of the High God.
"Mage, they are so high up that they don't care about the lives of the inferior, and the same goes for the lives of the apprentices!!" Viscount Brown roared loudly, his right fist clenched and waved non-stop, not even caring if his nails were inserted into the flesh, he needed to vent his anger in this way, or he would feel like he would go crazy.
But Viscount Brown apparently did not realize that people are different from each other, not only in strength, but also in status.
"Ladies and gentlemen, don't you want to change your fate? Don't you want to master the power of the supernatural? The Cult of the Supreme God has ruled the west in less than two years, and that group of untouchables has gained strength that even Duke Alfred cannot resist by sacrificing to the supreme depth, are you, knights and grand knights, not as good as those untouchables?"
The knights' hearts were moved, and someone hesitated: "But, wasn't that god killed by Duke Alfred?"
Brown breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was moved, but he was afraid that you would be indifferent, and he hurriedly said: "Knight, remember my words, those gods are just pariahs. You see the Duke's injuries, right? The untouchables can all have the power to kill the Duke with a single click after being blessed, think about it, what if it were you?"
"But they still have four more ......"
Viscount Brown turned around sharply and asked, "How many years has the Duke been practicing as a mage?"
The knight replied, looking at him in a daze, not knowing what to say.
"I don't know, but the south was the duke's domain decades ago, that is to say, the year when the duke practiced mage may be longer than the life span of the four of them combined, think about it, even the duke is injured, how can those four young people be the opponents of the Supreme God Sect?!"
"Follow me to the Cult of the Supreme God, and we will become the masters of the entire continent!" said Viscount Brown feverishly.
Probably because of the wisdom brought by the years, or the sensitivity brought on by countless battles, Grand Knight Kyle felt that it would not go as smoothly as Viscount Brown said, and he even felt that if he took one wrong step, he was in danger of death.
"Sorry, I don't think it's a good choice. ”
Viscount Brown's expression froze, and he turned his head and stared at Grand Knight Kyle fiercely: "Are you going to betray me?
Grand Knight Kyle pulled the reins, sat down and slowly retreated: "I didn't swear allegiance, so it's not a betrayal." He clenched the knight's spear in one hand and said in a cold voice: "I want to leave, don't stop me, although I am old, I am still a great knight." ”
Viscount Brown's eyes were gloomy, and he ordered: "Kill this old fellow, and then follow me to the west." ”
The knights looked at each other left and right for a while, no one wanted to strike first, seeing this situation, Viscount Brown was even more angry, tightened his reins and charged Kyle, shouting: "Kill him!
......
After breakfast the next morning, the four of them walked together to the outside of the Duke's Palace, the task of the academy was the most important, and now was not the time to grind.
William's face was not very good-looking, probably because the teaching of the Kinetic Meditation Method was not very successful last night, but he did not come to plead with Adam again, because he knew that Adam could not make any changes because of his request.
However, the duke behaved normally, and did not seem to worry about himself at all.
"William, I have prepared mounts for you, as well as a hundred knights, ready to follow you on your journey. The Duke patted William on the shoulder and said gently.
The Hundred Knights is his greatest support for William, the south is large and prosperous, and if there are too many knights going out, it is impossible to guarantee the safety of the territory.
William looked at Adam.
"No, you don't. Adam rejected the duke's kindness.
After talking to William alone last night, the Duke now doesn't dare to use the word 'child' to call Adam, it's really because it's too amazing to escape in front of the official mage and interrupt the mage's promotion by himself, and he has already tested William's strength last night, which is already stronger than him, and it is unbelievable that William actually claims to be the weakest of the four.
"Adam... Sir," the Duke paused and continued, "Although the knight is not worth mentioning compared to the strength of the mage, it can at least reduce some trouble for you, after all, there are only four of you. ”
The devil suddenly appeared, and he became Adam's appearance without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and said in Adam's tone: "The earth chicken and the dog, are vulnerable." ”
The Duke looked at the two Adams in front of him in a daze, and said, "This is a contract creature?"
The devil gave the Duke a lame aristocratic courtesy and said, "Hello, Duke Alfred, you may call me Archduke Garfield. ”
Adam raised his finger, and an extremely condensed electric current shot out from between his fingers, knocking the devil into a chaotic form, and then said to the duke, who was frightened by the power of electricity, "It's rude, but that's the truth, the knights are of no use to us, just a burden, even the mounts," he looked at the three of them.
Krystal said no.
Ophelia shook her head.
William explained to the duke, "Father, the speed of the mount is too slow. ”
The Duke was both relieved and a little stunned, "It seems that you have far surpassed me, my child. Then, I wish you all a triumphant return. ”
Adam took off first, flying directly to the west, followed by Priestel and William, and Ophelia stomped heavily on the ground, advancing in a furious manner, and every time she landed at an exhaustion, she would use her magic to condense the air, and then borrow her power in the air again, which looked more powerful than the way Adam was three.
Not long after the four of Adam left, the Grand Knight of Kyle outside the southern harbor city rushed into the city with bruises, and when he arrived in front of the Duke's Palace, his mount was exhausted and died, he stood in front of the Duke with difficulty and said: "Viscount Brown has betrayed the human race, he led his knight team to the west to defect to the Supreme God Cult, he wants to kill several apprentices!"
"You've made a wise choice, and I'll reward you even though your message isn't valuable, and I think it's a good job to join my Order?"
The Duke ordered someone to pick up Kyle and said to him calmly.
Kyle couldn't believe that the Duke was so lightly compromised, and he said anxiously, "Lord Duke, I mean ......"
The Duke interrupted him with a wave of his arm, and the devil's words sounded in his head, "Dirt chickens and dogs, vulnerable." ”
......
All four of Adam flew fast, flying out of the south a few hours later.
They found that as the distance got farther and farther away, the situation on the ground became worse and worse, and there were people fleeing everywhere, and they could not even form a team, but fled for their lives in a messy way, panicking from time to time because of the slightest disturbance.
Adam did not land, their mission was to exterminate the cult and obtain a medium, and the rescue of refugees was no longer among them.
The other three didn't react, and flew silently behind Adam until two hours later, when Adam suddenly stopped and raised his arm to signal everyone to stop.
"Come out. Adam commanded.
The devil reluctantly walked out of Adam's mind, and he pointed to the ground not far away and said loudly, "There is the breath of evil energy ahead, that is, over there." Then it muttered, "Call me if you have something, beat me if you have nothing to do, this kind of master ......"
However, no one paid attention to what it said, and the crowd landed towards the ground, and soon saw the place that the devil had said.
"Really, damn it!" William said with his eyes wide and furious.
In front of me is a dead field.
Although all the houses were not burned, the entire walls and floors were stained red with blood, exuding a disgusting smell, and a large pit was dug in the center of the town, also blood red, judging by the smell, the killing happened not long ago, but the pit was already full of bones, apparently the Supreme God Cult carried out an evil sacrifice and sacrificed all the townspeople.
All the bones crept toward the deepest point, and Adam noticed a small pit there, apparently having previously enshrined some kind of artifact.
"There is no magical breath, there is no negative energy breath, the smell of this energy is unheard of, is this the power of the natives of the Alien Plane?" Adam turned a blind eye to his surroundings and compared the information he had gathered with the Anti-Mage, finally confirming that this was not the trick of the Anti-Mage, but the real Alien Descending.
A gust of wind blew through the smell of blood, and Krystel suddenly pointed to one place and said, "There are people, no, not people, monsters." ”
William couldn't stand this environment anymore, and condensed a huge fireball, which shot directly in the direction that Krystal was pointing, and the fireball went directly through the obstacle before exploding far away, and then everyone smelled the smell of barbecue.
Then they saw the monster.
It was a pile of wriggling severed limbs, some bodies, some arms, thighs, and some heads, none of which were intact, but strangely alive and viciously devouring, tearing at each other even as they went.
This time Krystal couldn't take it anymore, and countless tornadoes of tiny wind blades rolled up around her, and she raised her fingers to destroy the evil in front of her directly with magic.
"Wait. ”
The voices of Adam and Ophelia rang out at the same time, this was very important information, and it would be a shame to be ruined like this.
The two didn't communicate, Adam took a step back first, and motioned to Ophelia to take it easy, knowing that he didn't know anything about it, and Ophelia was the expert.
Ophelia walked up to the monster, under the threat of her magic power, all the monsters stayed in place and did not dare to move, just like yesterday, she picked up an arm and crushed it directly, and then took out a little flesh and blood from her arms, and after comparing the two and said: "Same root and same origin." ”
"In other words, this is the result of a sacrifice to the same alien being?" asked William.
"Well, I just don't know if it's a coincidence, or if there's just one evil god trying to descend. ”
Cristal grabbed the tornado with one hand and asked, "Can you destroy them now?"
Adam stopped her once more, and then said to Ophelia, "I need some energy samples, can you extract the energy from their bodies?"
Ophelia nodded with his back to Adam, stretched out a finger and wiped it on the blade of the giant sword, and a drop of blood popped out of the cut wound, this drop of blood showed a crushing advantage and violent aggression after it landed, and all the monsters that came into contact with the blood were devoured, and soon this drop of blood condensed all the monster flesh and blood, turning into a large ball of flesh that was constantly wriggling, suspended in front of Ophelia.
Ophelia's two fingers interlaced and flicked lightly on the ball of flesh, and with a muffled sound, the ball shattered, but instead of a disgusting sight of flesh and blood, it withered and rotted like a drained plant, leaving only a drop of blood swirling with a trace of xenogeneous energy.
This scene, if you don't consider Ophelia's identity, is already even more evil than the abilities of the Alien Evil God.
"Miss Ophelia, you ......" Priestel frowned, and couldn't help but say, she didn't know why Ophelia chose such a path, even a body refining mage didn't need to make herself so evil.
"Huh. Ophelia smiled meaninglessly, then bounced the blood at Adam.
Adam thought it was nothing, and was intrigued by Ophelia's abilities and the knowledge behind them, but now was not the time to explore, so he stopped the blood droplets with his telekinesis, then grabbed the devil and commanded it, "Swallow the energy." ”
The devil showed a look of disgust: "My master, you can't do this, this energy is too low-level, smell its disgusting smell, I will have indigestion." ”
"Low-level?"
"That's right, I can't imagine what kind of stupid world would use this low-level energy when the void is full of aether, it is completely made of flesh and blood, not even the fools in the abyss!"
"What is made of flesh and blood?"
Unexpectedly, Ophelia spoke: "Literally, this alien evil god digests the flesh and blood of living beings through special means or organs, and converts the flesh and blood into this low-level energy, and the energy level is probably only slightly higher than the knight's blood. ”
Adam's eyes lit up and then dimmed again, if it was through some means, it would have no value, but if it was through organs, this kind of alien natives would be very valuable for research, but it was a pity that he did not have the ability to conduct dimensional conquest now.
Adam recorded the message, and then regardless of the devil's struggle, pulled it over, and forced the devil to absorb this energy, the devil obviously had no way to resist, but pinched his nose and swallowed the energy, Ophelia's blood was shattered, and the devil turned into a human form and knelt on the ground and kept retching.
Adam ignores its exaggerated movements and "takes us to the source of this energy." ”
When the devil habitually wanted to bargain, he heard Adam's cold voice come from him: "Don't talk nonsense, I know you can." ”
Only then did the devil realize that he had become Adam again, and he did not dare to speak again, and obediently flew up to lead the way.
Before leaving, Cristal threw the tornado out, Adam pointed at the tornado, and the electric current flew out and merged into the tornado, and the energy aura suddenly became violent, and a few seconds later, a loud bang was heard, and everyone looked back to find that the town had completely disappeared, leaving only a huge crater in its place.
The devil shuddered, trembled, and secretly wailed in his heart: "This monster has become stronger again. ”
Adam felt the speed of mana recovery, and found that the efficiency of communicating with the aether was far lower than when he was in the Mage Continent, he took out a large number of energy stones from the space he carried and sent them to the three of them in three parts, although he was not used to this kind of nanny work, but since he was in charge, he would not forget his duties.
After the three of them took it, they continued to fly for less than an hour, and the devil shouted, "Just ahead, there is a lot of disgusting energy." ”
......
"Kill these heretics who do not believe in the Most High God, and then repay the protection of the Most High God with the flesh and blood of the heretics!"
"Kill, kill, kill all heretics, show the way to the Most High God with the altar of flesh and blood, welcome the coming of the Most High God, the Most High God will sprinkle His gospel all over this foolish world, and we, all of us, will become God's people, with eternal life and the power of God!"
In the middle of the town, a young man in a pure white robe was suspended in the air, shouting loudly in a fanatical tone, and around him there were several other people in the same costume, and at their feet, there were blood-red eyes, 'humans' with clawed hair like wild beasts, the voice of the white-robed god contained demagogic power, each syllable made them more fanatical, and then with his hands and teeth, he slaughtered all the same kind who dared to resist without hesitation.
The young man was satisfied, and not so long ago he was a humble slave, but when he heard the gospel of the Most High God, he felt that he had the power of the Most High God, and this power was obsessed with him, and he was willing to give everything for the Most High God, as long as he could get it.
"Henry, there are a few knights on your side in the city who are disobeying the will of God. In the distance, another white-robed deity shouted.
Henry turned his head and looked at the knights who were resisting the killing, and showed a bloodthirsty smile: "Blasphemers, heretics, damn them!" he raised his right hand and chanted an obscure incantation, and then his right hand began to grow longer and larger, and finally the misshapen arm pierced through the body of a knight at great speed. (Make up for it, K9999's super special move in The King of Fighters)