283. Zeratul's Journey: The Collapsed Fata
The Outer Gods and the Old Gods
It represents the rules and will of a world, and is an extremely powerful being.
For example, [Azathoth], which represents the malicious side of the universe, represents time. Space, the [Yog Sotos] who knows everything, and the [Cthulhu], which represents water, which everyone is more familiar with, was knocked over by a fishing boat.
In the universe in which they live, they are extremely powerful beings, so powerful that ordinary beings will go crazy when they see their appearance, or gain knowledge about them, and see their words because they cannot understand and receive them.
In their world, they are almost invincible beings.
But only in their world.
In the Upper Realm, there are countless worlds and countless different gods.
Many gods even have the ability to destroy a world in an instant, which means that those of the old rulers or outer gods who can do whatever they want in their own world will not be able to do whatever they want in the upper realms.
Outer Gods. Because of their characteristics, the old gods and the old gods have not been in the upper realm for a long time, but many have died.
For example, there are a total of five Azathos who came to the upper realm, but three of them were killed by various decent or villains as soon as they went up, and there was also a clever point that tangled up a group of gods from the chaos camp to make trouble, and then happened to be the recognized [first] god passing by, and then killed them with a backhand slap.
And now, Azathoth, who has begun to accept the rules of the gods of the upper realms and has begun to learn ordinary ways of communication, used to be beaten every day...
Another example is the dead Cthulhu, this is the fourth generation, and the worst death is the second generation, which was made into an octopus siu mai by a bunch of sea gods from different worlds... And the Diver Dried Fish...
The one who is better alive is Yug Sotos, who has never died and has fused himself with four different worlds, ranking fifth among the strongest known gods of time and space knowledge.
So far, all the outer gods. The Old Gods and the Old Gods have accepted the rules of the Upper Realm and are willing to abide by them...
Sixty percent began to learn ordinary ways of communication, and thirty percent of them began to actively communicate with other gods and develop believers in a normal way.
And it is clear that now this Yog Sototh has become interested in the [Nether Game] of the gods of the upper realm, and wants to participate in it a little...
So, he projected a phantom to Hideyoshi's world and changed the timeline, causing all the accidents and developing a small interest in Hideyoshi.
Located in other worlds, he could not predict the future in a hidden situation, which gave him a sense of the unknown and the potential of the human being.
However, this time, we say that it is not him, but Zeratul, our Dark Patriarch, who is traveling, exploring the prophecy of the end of the world.
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A million light-years away from the Black Howling Dragon's galaxy
SII - Planet 214, Blue Star High Altitude Orbit.
Squeak——!
Shout!
Two Protoss armed transports and the Void Seekers owned by Zeratul appeared in orbit high on the planet.
After experiencing the hybrid event on the planet SII-024, Black Howling Dragon said that he attached great importance to it, and sent a two-and-a-half-hand transport-like attack ship to support Zeratul's journey.
Before the first helpers had arrived on the planet that had been ravaged by the Hybrids and Emmon, and had begun to help rebuild the planet's civilization, Zeratul had left to continue his journey.
"The transition is over, and the routine check begins."
"All indicators are normal, start radar scanning."
As the Void Quest began to scan, everything in this galaxy was roughly known to Zeratul.
"A planet with a second-level technological civilization?" Zeratul said, looking at the data from the scan. "No, there are two different forms of civilization on this planet?"
"Magic and technology coexist? Magic is hidden under technology, developing? ”
"Is that all? There's nothing to be aware of," Zeratul said. "Just collect a little bit of data..."
"Wait!"
At this time, a piece of data caught Zeratul's attention, and he called it up separately and analyzed.
"A world-like being in the things described by my god?" Zeratul said, looking at the data in front of him. "And the note of this high position... Look? ”
"This form of energy... It's not like the record..."
"There are twelve special people with the same form of energy... One short of one..."
"There are different life structures and energy forms on the surface, but the number is quite small for the main organisms on the entire planet..."
"The main creatures are no different from known humans... Is it really amazing, is it the reason why the gods created this world? ”
You know, the evolution of living things is very uncertain, and it is almost impossible to appear almost identical creatures, which can only be done by some gods in the upper realm.
"There's a special location, and here it is..."
A map appeared in front of Zeratul, and a red dot appeared on it.
"This is supposed to be a side of the wilderness, and that place... There is a so-called emanation of magical energy, although it is rare, but..."
The map is zoomed in, revealing the things in the area where the dot is located in front of Zeratul.
It was a group of black towers that had collapsed...
"This is, Fata?"
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Azure Star - Eastern Continent, near the city of Z and H
Woohoo!
Three blue rays of light appeared, followed by Zeratul and two other Dark Templars.
"This time it's some of my personal matters, thank you for coming to help, Sha. Shadow. ”
"It's our pleasure to serve you, Dark Sect." Sha Zhili responded.
"I wonder what makes the Dark Sect so concerned?" Shadow asked.
"It's something about magic," Zeratul said. Let's go, let's go to the destination. ”
Dozens of minutes later...
"This is one of the three pagodas..."
"It's spectacular..."
"It's a pity that the last Fata also collapsed." Zeratul said, looking at the ruins in front of him. "Is this the end of the magic and magic on this planet..."
Looking at the ruins of the massive tower in front of him, Zeratul fell silent.
"You are on guard here, and I will go in and see for myself."
"Dark Sect, this..."
"I want to witness some knowledge and civilization that I have never seen before." Zeratul said as he walked towards the ruins. "Rest assured, I know the most about this system of magic."
“... Please be careful..."
Zeratul entered through the collapsed entrance, and Brake and Shadow vanished into place as they watched Zeratul enter the ruins.
Inside the ruins of Fata
With the glow of the light knife on his wrist, Zeratul watched everything around him.
Paintings, sculptures, withered plants, burned corpses and books...
"A civilization has perished like this," Zeratul said, looking at everything in the ruins. Is it the so-called Holy Land? ”
Zeratul walked over to a shriveled skeleton and crouched down
"Didn't you give up your resistance even to death?" Zeratul said as he looked at the half-cut staff on his left hand, the only remaining of his bones, and then looked at the writing on his dusty robe.
[The sixteenth graduating wizard, the war wizard - the fool, the half-gold elf - Ita (the text on the back is burned)]
“......”
Zeratul stood up and continued to walk forward.
Along the way, different corpses can be seen piling up, and it is clear that two different camps are separated.
"The saints of the Holy Land have invaded Fatah, and the wizards have resisted to the death, but nothing can be done," Zeratul said as he walked past the corpses. Well? ”
At this moment, a large skeleton caught Zeratul's attention, as if he was protecting the gate against which he was leaning.
"It's... Bone Demon? Zeratul held his light knife aloft, illuminating the massive skeleton.
【Absolutely... Want... Guarding this... Wizard's... Treasures...]
"Huh?!"
The sudden sound alerted Zeratul, who noticed that the skeleton's eyes were glowing green.
But soon, the light dissipated and the sound disappeared.
“......”
Zeratul was silent for a moment, then saluted the skeleton and paid his respect.
"You deserve to be respected..."
With that, Zeratul turned into a black mist and slipped through the crack in the door behind the skeleton.
The room behind the door
"This is..."
Although it was dilapidated, the magic lamp still emitted a faint glow, and the whole room could not be seen to be in ruins.
Both the floor and the walls are well preserved, and although the magic circles on them have dimmed and no longer work, they can still be clearly distinguished.
And the most important thing in this is books
Books that could not be detailed at a glance were neatly arranged on the shelves, and some were stacked on the floor, almost intact.
"It's spectacular." Zeratul held the light knife in his hand high, looked at the thousands of books in front of him, and exclaimed. "The most precious thing, in the end, is kept."
"This is, the wizard's [treasure]..."Zeratul crouched down and stroked a thick magic book.
[Although the mage is dead, the magic lives on]
"......" Zeratul felt the bumpy words on the spellbook, silent.
"These are the priceless treasures of a civilization..."
According to scans, there are five such places in the tower, and this is the only one that has survived
And this is the only large library, which also has tens of thousands of books, and there are more than 14,000 books here, excluding the transcripts and explanations of the same content.
"Perhaps, if we don't get help then, this will be what will happen to us," Zeratul said as he slowly stood up. Everybody died, only these books. Record, let those who come after you know that we existed..."
【Drop! Drip! Drip! Drip! 】
At this moment, Shadow and Sha, who were outside, sent a communication request to Zeratul.
"What happened?"
"Dark Sect Master, the protists of the planet are approaching here, and they are all armed with weapons!" The sound of the brakes came from the communicator.
"Do you know who it is?" Zeratul asked.
"Judging by the information of our gods and the clothes they wear, they should be the people of the Holy Land." Shadow said in the communicator. "But we can't be sure, because we can't be sure if the situation on this planet is exactly what my god says."
"......," Zeratul said after a silent glance at the stacks of spell books around him. Their goal is these books..."
"Dark Sect, are we going to avoid it?" At this time, Sha asked Zeratul. "We shouldn't have anything to do with the civilizations on this planet, it's not in line with us..."
"I'm going to take these books with me." Zeratul said suddenly. "It's a relic of civilization."
"But, Patriarch, this doesn't fit..."
"I will take all the responsibility and the consequences." Zeratul interrupted Shadow's words. "I'm going to set up a hop here and let the probe carry these books..."
"If the maximum number of probes is put in, it is not surprising that the handling operation can be completed in half an hour..."
"We're going to need to stop those people in this half hour..."
"But the Imam, this..."
"I'm not against the Imam, a civilization's legacy deserves us to break the rules." Shadow interrupts the brakes. "But, Patriarch, what should we do if we bring in a record similar existence to the [Thirteen Holy Warriors]?"
"You know, there is a paladin who has the existence of an energy shield that can break through our mothership in tens of seconds."
"I'll have the people on board cut off their communications." Zeratul said as he set up the folding device. "In order to prevent more information from being known, all went into invisibility."
"Understood!"
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Since the last Demon Slaying War launched by the Holy Land, the last Fata has also collapsed, and the last gathering place of 'heretics' in the world has finally disappeared.
The mad believers reveled for three days, celebrating the demise of another heretic after the vampires.
Almost everyone believes that there is nothing in this world that can 'threaten' their race, and that they have truly become the masters of this planet.
100 dreadnoughts, 80 hammer throwers, 30 butcher nuns...
Two teams of five special nuns, one team of six for wizards...
With such a configuration, even if you challenge some mid-to-high-level aliens, even if you can't defeat the other party, it's no problem to retreat.
Theoretically, it should be fine to perform a small search task.
However, they are now suffering a one-sided massacre.
"Where is the enemy! Where the hell is the enemy! ”
"We can't see them!"
"Someone was injured and fell to the ground! Medic! ”
The bottom combatants were in a mess, because they had been attacked from unknown sources since just now, and until now, they did not know what the attackers looked like.
Not only the low-level personnel, but also the squad leaders who led the team.
"Bang! Where is the enemy?! A middle-aged man holding a large cross at the head yelled at the young man on the side.
"My power can't see them! All I could see was some ripples! ”
"Damn! Is it magic? ”
"I don't know! The Warlock of the Anti-Magic Team said he hadn't seen such spells. The young man named Kun replied. There is no chanting, no movement, no magic book..."
Poof!
Suddenly, a blade of light pierced Kun's chest, and blood flowed from the already charred wound.
"Damn!"
The man waved the steel-plated cross in his hand and threw it in the direction of the attack.
Shout!
The two-meter-high cross swirled through the air, but it didn't hit anything.
Beside him, a faint green light lit up.
Brush!
A faint green light flashed, and the man's left hand was cut off.
Woohoo!
【Venk's Magic Flash】 (Triple Fold)!
Suddenly, three golden magic arrows trailed their long tails and shot towards the middle-aged man.
Dangdang!
An energy shield composed of hundreds of blue prismatic bodies blocked the attacking magic, and then disappeared.
"Is it the [Robilard Mage Armor]?" The spellcaster said. "That's not right! That's not magic! ”
"Be careful!"
While the warlock was analyzing, the nun suddenly shouted.
Void Cage!
A circular cage of spectral energy instantly enveloped the warlock, stunning him.
Shadow Arrow!
Immediately after, a black arrow struck from a short distance and pierced his chest.
"Hmm!"
I didn't even have time to scream the [Holy Land] Warlock, death!
"Damn!"
Enraged by the leader of the wizard's team, he rushed towards the enemy with the Shadow Arrow.
But she didn't see anything...
"Come out for me!" The captain yelled. "In God's name, I will..."
Brush!
Thump!
Before she could finish her sentence, a green light lit up from her neck, and then the human head flew up.
As the battle continued, the mood of the people in the Holy Land gradually changed from anger and fearlessness to fear.
Fear of the unknown!
"Help! Help! ”
"We are under attack by an unknown alien race, call for help!"
"No! Our communications have been cut off! ”
......
Suddenly, however, the people of the Holy Land found that the attack had stopped.
If it weren't for the corpses all over the ground reminding them that it was true, they would have even thought that everything was a dream.
And they will never know what attacked him, and what took all the magic books.
It came like a ghost, and then disappeared like a cloud of smoke...
On the other side...
High-altitude orbit
Zeratul's Void Seekers are leaving the skies above the planet with two armored transports.
On one of the transports, there is a huge amount of magic books...
It was a symbol of the past glory of a civilization, and it was also one of the few relics of wizards in Nafata.
“......”
Zeratul looked at the planet below in silence, and then at the translated text in his hand.
【... We wizards have been cornered, and our pride and glory are gone, and perhaps tomorrow we will be gone. But we're not going to let them do whatever they want! We can't let them trample on the dignity of our wizards! Our knowledge! The wizard is dead! Magic is not extinguished! 】
After a long time, Zeratul's exploration team left the planet completely and disappeared into space.
And not long after that, a trace of spatial fluctuations appeared in the sky above this planet.