Chapter 39: Changes (Part 1)
After hearing the sound of Lucien discovering the "divine brilliance", Douglas, Fernando, and others all inspired specially made items and saw the five "divinity".
At this time, the lid of the iron-black coffin placed vertically fell to the ground, stirring up a faint haze, revealing the "master" inside!
In the face of such changes, the spells of Douglas, Fernando and others were ready to be released, and Lucien also had an extra silver-white pocket watch in his hand.
In the black iron coffin stood a handsome man with blond hair and white robes, tall with his eyes closed, and his arms clasped together on his chest, in the shape of a cross.
There was no life in his body, as if he had been dead for many years, but his skin was shiny and delicate, and there was no decay to be seen, and the biggest feature on his face was the hooked nose that made his image a gloomy.
"Ivan?"
Suddenly, Lucien heard the slightly shocked voices of Douglas and Fernando at the same time from the telepathic connection!
Ivan?
It was a very ordinary Shahran Empire name, which could be put together with the quaint crosses that surrounded it, and Lucien remembered only one person:
St. Ivan, the first pope of the Northern Church!
St. Ivan, the "culprit" who caused the division between the North and the South!
Let St. Ivan, the capital of the Shahran Empire, bear his name!
How did he end up here?
His thoughts were racing, and in just a moment, the "Ivan" in the black iron coffin suddenly opened his eyes, which were bluer than the sea, sadder than melancholy, and clearer than gems, so deep that they seemed to absorb all the light around them. This resulted in a brief period of pitch blackness.
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Fort St. Ivan, St. Ivan's Cathedral, a secret prayer room.
Beerkovsky, the current pope of the Northern Church with a big nose in the standard Shahran style, was praying at the cross, when suddenly, his eyes opened suddenly, and a blue color quickly surged into the depths of his pale yellow eyes.
"Who broke into the 'Holy Spirit Chamber'?" he said in a low and muffled voice, and then his body gradually melted into the air, unreal, as if it melted into the air and froze there.
And the cathedral of St. Alexei, St. Felix, St. Uriel, St. Gono. The four saintly cardinals opened their closed eyes in prayer at the same time.
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The ball of divine light in front of Ivan's coffin suddenly flew into his body. Let him spread one after another divine wings behind his back, holier than angels, purer than the sun, brighter than the stars!
His nose grew taller and bigger. Like the most common style of shahran. His eyes gradually became yellowish. And in the back of his head, the divine brilliance seemed to conjure up faces, including the St. Ivan he had just seen. There are also many strangers that Lucien doesn't know.
Bang bang, in the coffin lying flat, the lids of the three bodies were lifted by the corpses inside, and three men in white robes flew out, floating in the air, merging with the divine light ball above, spreading the wings of the divine.
The other coffin remained motionless, but it was as if something had flown into the divine ball of light above it, causing it to grow and grow into an angel of light with golden eyes.
A record suddenly flowed through Lucian's heart: "...... The six cardinals, Ivan, Alexei, Nikon, Uriel, Gono, and Felix, raided Wilfrid's half-dimensional magic tower, killed him after a fierce battle, and destroyed the life box he was hiding...... Among them, Nikon was killed by Wilfrid ......"
"Cardinal Gono was besieged by the evil magician Wilfrid when he was on his deathbed, and the energy of death was inseparable from the entanglement of the soul, and seven years later he fell in the holy city of Reims......"
“...... On that very day, the eyes of the true God were fixed on the Holy City, and the four saints Ivan, Alexei, Uliel, and Felix, and the seven priests of the Holy Spirit, including Soth, Anreist, and Siritius, stood up in the light of the golden light and accused Gregory of being the incarnation of the Lord of Hell......"
For a moment, the whole chamber was dazzling and holy, forming an eerie contrast with the dead and monotonous black, white and gray.
"Advanced Time Stop!"
"Storm Barrier!"
"The Body of Death!"
"Legendary Transfiguration!"
"Puppets!"
"Vengeful Gaze!"
The sound of six spells sounded at the same time, although it was not clear what had changed, but it was obviously a bad development, and it must be stopped immediately, without the slightest hesitation!
At this moment, the arms of "St. Ivan" opened all of a sudden, as if embracing the world and this filthy world.
Suddenly around him, countless tiny angels appeared, singing hymns of praise, similar to the "Hallelujah" that Lucien had heard in his previous life.
And the monotonous black, white and gray above broke a avenue, and the projection of Heavenly Mountain emerged, and the light flowed into the body of "St. Ivan" along the line of the divine light ball, making the divine wings more dazzling and more brilliant, and the breath rose rapidly, surpassing Fernando, surpassing Douglas, and reaching a level close to that of a god!
"Divine Grace"!
In the midst of such changes, time and space are shaken, the secret room is shrouded in sacred colors, and the legendary magic of Douglas, Lucien and others is eliminated before it can be released!
"Whoever blasphemes the holy will be judged. Ivan, whose blue eyes glowed with a pale yellow, stepped forward and solemnly pronounced the sentence, and the holy light poured out like a tide.
Lucien suddenly felt that the time and space around him had changed, and it seemed that he had left the black, white and gray necromancy and entered the vast starry sky, with bright stars in the distance, and Fernando, Erica and the others next to him could no longer sense it.
At this moment, Douglas's solemn and gentle voice sounded: "Gravitational cage".
The deep darkness of the void appeared, and the vast starry sky disappeared, and Lucien realized that he had been displaced, and he didn't know which palace he was in!
"Your Excellency the Speaker stopped 'St. Ivan'?"
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In the sky above a large hall of the Necronomicon Temple, one object after another, one wall after another, unable to withstand the terrifying pressure, twisted and shattered, and in the deep black of nothingness. The clear wings of divine brilliance did not seem to be affected much.
"I'm very curious to hear that you've found the god-like path through general relativity. "St. Ivan" smiled, spread the five fingers of his right hand, and with a slight press, the gravitational cage was shattered.
"Star Heaven!" Douglas added a strangely shaped planetarium in his hand, and a little bright light lit up, making the surroundings truly plunge into an endless starry sky, boundless, dark and deep.
This is his exclusive legendary item, which can directly create the "Star Heaven" puzzle. Lift yourself. Suppress the enemy.
At the same time, his mental power fluctuated slightly: "You are not Ivan!"
It was precisely because St. Ivan split the church that gave the Magic Council a chance to rise, so Douglas and Fernando had a lot of dealings with St. Ivan. After a brief discernment. It soon became clear that something was wrong.
The wings of the divine brilliance behind "St. Ivan" flapped gently. Smash the stars that fell from the locks: "What does it matter? We have become one, and when we truly gain immortality, I will be Ivan." Ivan is me, and I'm a lot of people. ”
"The inheritance of the power of the force?" the well-informed Douglas seemed to grasp something, "No wonder only four coffins were opened, because the remaining one belonged to Gono, who had completely fallen a few years after returning to the holy city of Reims, and could only pass on the power of his inheritance through certain items!"
"No wonder the proportion of saints in the Northern Church is so high!"
Saint Ivan smiled, didn't ramble any more, and exerted his strength close to the gods, suppressing Douglas, who was assisted by the Lost Lock.
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Within the storm barrier, a black hurricane swept wildly, and countless huge lightning bolts slashed, shattering the rich dead air and solidified black, white and gray, alternating between blazing heat and bitter cold, destroying everything nearby.
"Alexei, Uriel. Fernando's red eyes seemed to have a stormy realm, and anyone who saw it would suffer unimaginable horrors, and his storm barrier surrounded two white-robed men and the Lich King, who didn't know when he was ready to sneak attack.
Fernando is no stranger to these two white-robed saints, they are two of the three saints who followed St. Ivan to split the church, and the other is obviously Felix.
The black-haired and black-eyed "Uriel" shook his head and said nothing:
"The Light of Judgment!"
The wings of the divine brilliance closed together, and a light that seemed to descend from the highest place of the Heavenly Mountain judged everything in the world.
It's a pity that even if he and "Alexei" have the fusion of divine light balls, they are only close to the peak of the legend, and the two joined forces, plus the assistance of the Lich King, but they only fought to a draw with Fernando, fell into a fierce battle, and even had the upper hand, and the aftermath destroyed the nearby palaces one by one, triggering terrifying howls in the Necronomicon Temple.
In another palace, Vicente, the Lord of the Revenant, met with "Felix", and was slightly suppressed by him who briefly fused the divine light ball, and Erica's rainbow dragon and the angel of light transformed by the divine light ball in front of the coffin of "Gono" were sometimes in the sky, sometimes in the lake of evil spirits, and the battle was very fierce, although the rank was one level behind, but she was assisted by legendary items, and the other party had nothing, and she could still support it for a while.
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"Even 'St. Ivan' is only close to god-like strength under the 'Divine Grace Technique', and he can't kill His Excellency the Speaker at all, but he is a man who can fight the Pope, a god-like person, and retreat with his whole body, at most he will be suppressed for a short time, and when the effect of the Divine Favor Technique disappears, it is difficult to say whether he will win or lose. Lucien was not worried about Douglas, and the same was true for his teacher Fernando, "The teacher is a true legendary pinnacle, even if he is besieged by the other four, he is sure of a safe escape." ”
The movement when fusing the divine light ball is too big, allowing Lucien to judge the strength of the enemy at a glance, the Angel of Light is a legendary third-order, and the other three saints are close to the peak of the legend, all of them are besieged, and at most they will suppress the teacher, although when the four legendary third-order necromancers come to help, the teacher will definitely be in danger, but the teacher is not a fool, and will watch the other party's reinforcements arrive.
"When you reach the peak of the legend, in a dangerous situation, you can go as you want, unless there is a person of the same level who is entangled. Lucien sighed slightly, it was himself, Erica, Klaus and others who were in danger, even if a great arcanist like Vicente died here, it was difficult to say when he would be inexplicably resurrected.
Thinking back to the past, Lucien probably knew who was inside the coffin: "Five saints...... It seems that the one who did not open the lid of the coffin was Gono, and he was already dead, so he dealt with it in another way?"
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In the secret room, under the influence of the divine magic of "St. Ivan", everyone was separated and moved, and the place fell into silence again.
Suddenly, the lid of the coffin of "Gono" was opened, and a white-robed man with pale red eyes slowly crawled out, his rotting muscles peeling off and growing new flesh and skin.
He looked at the direction in which "St. Ivan" and Douglas were fighting, the corners of his mouth hooked, and a sarcastic smile appeared, and then walked towards the entrance of the depths! (To be continued......)
PS: Change first, then change