Chapter 466: The Struggle for Faith
Chapter 466: The Struggle for Faith
At this time, it was a rather ordinary town, and the Terrans were the masters here.
In the morning, the sun climbed up the treetops, and as usual, everyone in the town was busy with their business, the tavern was about to open, the bathhouse was ready to boil water, and the children who could not enter the academy began to play their games.
Suddenly, everyone's souls seemed to feel some instinctive fear, and involuntarily, their eyes turned to the sky...... I don't know when a black crack appeared in the blue sky, but fortunately, no monsters squeezed in through the crack!
"What the hell is going on, how did the sky crack?"
There was silence, and when the instinct of fear had passed, the town quickly began to bustle, and the cracks began to close.
"No one found out!"
The spiritual power enveloped the entire town, and seeing that there was nothing abnormal, a black shadow quickly left.
Anriel Continent is located at the edge of the radiating plane of the Bright Celestial Realm, and it is a continent shrouded in the brilliance of the God of the Morning Star, except for a very few gods of the Heavenly Realm, all heretical beliefs in this continent have been cleared, even the Cosgar Empire, which was once prosperous and even the emperor was an undead ** division, has also become the smoke of the past under the light of the God of the Morning Star. ”
In the deepest part of the Lost Forest, Alun, who was sitting motionless in mid-air, suddenly opened his eyes, looking at the eastern sky where golden light and dark clouds were entangled...... With a natural commonality of souls, although Aaron is on the edge of the plane, it is only a matter of time to summon Tagul.
"Go and help the old man, and kill the invaders in the future. ”
The Lost Forest is located in the northwest of the continent, intersecting with countless mountains and ravines, coupled with the perennial ice and snow cover, the terrain is quite treacherous, but it is also this natural factor that has almost become the last pure land of the continent's demonic beasts for tens of millions of years.
But all of this, since three years ago, has quietly changed.
Three years ago, an inexplicable evil force descended on the deepest part of the Lost Forest, although this has always been the entrenchment of the strongest demonic beasts in the forest, but in the face of this evil force, all the demonic beasts could not raise the heart of resistance at all, there was no suspense, these demonic beasts all retreated, and this retreat, retreated to a hundred miles away.
In the past three years, the hundred-mile area in the deepest part of the Lost Forest has been completely enveloped by evil forces, and it has become a paradise for the undead, and even the necromancers who have disappeared on the continent have begun to gather here. In an area shrouded in evil forces, these necromancers' strength was at least ten times faster than usual, and they were only in the outer layers of a land of tens of miles. Further inside, the evil power is too strong, they simply can't afford it...
The old man Aaron was talking about was Leoric, the leader of the necromancers. As the former king, although the Cosgar Empire has disappeared for hundreds of years, and the Morning Star Temple has never given up the pursuit of him, this powerful undead ** master has been surviving for a long time. He is also the only one in the forest who can enter the core.
Although the huge death force is at the very edge of the continent, since it can attract necromancers, it naturally can't hide it from the Morning Star Temple, in the past three years. At the behest of the Temple. A large number of adventurers continue to march into the interior of the Lost Forest, and although they still can't figure out the reason for the appearance of the undead power, the existence of Leorik and others has been completely understood by them.
At this time, the battle in the east was the strong man sent by the Temple of the Morning Star to hunt down Leoric.
Receiving Aaron's order, Tagul spread his wings and silently sneaked into the battlefield from the shadows of the forest like a ghost. In his hands. The narrow edge of the death breath was revealed again.
"And help the old man once, if he is really capable of giving enough faith to speak. It is also a good opportunity to completely refine all the godheads......"
After three years of hiding, Aaron has condensed half of his godhead into himself, and at this time, he can be regarded as officially entering the realm of junior gods, and he is still at the middle level of the primary level, but ...... That's the limit for him at the moment!
Without the support of the power of faith, Alun Zhi can condense the godhead, but he himself has a divine body, but after all, his divine body is only condensed by the remnants of the original soul godhead, even if there is a continuous cultivation of the Qi Gathering Great Array over the years, this primary and intermediate level has also reached the limit of Aaron, if you want to go further, in addition to slowly continuing to cultivate with the Qi Gathering Array, you can only build a complete belief system, and completely condense the Godhead with a large enough power of faith, and at that time, his divine body will also operate under the power of the law, and reach the level of complete compatibility with the Godhead on its own。
Needless to say, using the Qi Gathering Array to continue cultivating is self-explanatory, and to establish a belief system, Alun has long been prepared.
On the one hand, through the Blood Clan, he sent a message to the old eighteen servants of the Silent Forest, asking them to assist the Shadow Skeleton in rebuilding the Blood Domain Temple in the main continent.
The power of faith in the main continent is far stronger than that of ordinary planes, and if it is really established, even if it only has a part of the orc empire, it will almost be enough for the current Aaron. It's just that Aaron's team back then was basically slapped away by Gamille, and the others are not in the main continent, and if they want to re-establish, even with the full assistance of Dies's hand, it is not something that can be done in a short time.
So at the same time, he also set his sights on other planes, and Leolek was the first target to appear in front of him.
Leorik was bent on restoring the glory of the Kosgar Empire, but the brilliance of the god of the Morning Star was beyond his reach, and after entering the Lost Forest, he was the first to perceive some mysteries in the depths of the forest, and since then, "O Great God!", "Your most loyal servant Leoric, these words have often sounded in the depths of the forest."
It can't withstand his tireless pursuit, and Aaron is already at the limit, and he does have a demand for the power of faith, and a few days ago, Aaron finally summoned him once.
Leoric was overjoyed by Aaron's Bloodland Divine Might, and he reverently assured Aaron that as long as Aaron could provide him with enough help, when the Cosgar Empire was re-established, he would fully worship the faith of the entire empire in the palm of Aaron's hands.
At that time, Aaron didn't have much interest in this old man who was almost alone, but then, Leolek told all his hidden powers, as the former king, Leolek not only had a group of necromancers under him, but also had a lot of hidden powers on the mainland, and it was with the secret help of these hidden powers that he could continue to escape from the pursuit of the Morning Star Temple over the years.
Helping a lonely person build a new force is a completely different concept than helping a force become stronger, Aaron thought about it for a while, and decided to give Leolek a chance, if he really has that ability, Aaron will also gain a share of the power of faith, and if he can't...... That's a bargain for him to fend for himself!
This booby trap on the strong man who has been chasing Leorik all along, is the first step of the old necromancer, but the strength has reached the level of Aaron, and he doesn't bother to personally attack those ant-like existences, so he casually summoned Prince Tagul over, with the power of this ancient vampire, plus Aaron had given him some blood domain power, there is no problem at all to clean up these so-called powerhouses in the Anriel Continent.
Sure enough, in Aaron's perception, even if the hidden Tagul had approached the battlefield, no one could detect it, and then a lightning attack, nearly half of the strong man of the Morning Star Temple, under his death breath, was divided into two halves, and then the speed was fully opened, like blood-colored lightning, the old vampire easily suppressed everyone by himself, not giving them a chance to escape at all, just for a while, the blood-colored lightning showed the edge, and licked everyone's blood.
Needless to say, Leolek also knew who was helping him, and handed over the matter of cleaning up the battlefield to his men, and Leolek followed closely behind Tagul and entered the depths of the forest again. "The sun and moon are in your presence, the stars are rotating with you, the great god of blood, your most loyal servant, Leoric, thank you again for your gifts......" As the former lord of the empire, Leolek has heard a lot of flattery from others, and at this time, it is also a lot of casual words.
With a wave of his hand, he sent Tagul back to the realm of the undead again, and Aaron glanced at Rioric casually: "Okay, there is no need to say more about these illusory words in the future, do what you planned, when you build the first temple, I will personally give you the status of an apostle, there is no problem that cannot be solved in the future, don't bother me more." ”
Although it was only a casual glance, but Aaron was at the time of condensing the godhead, how could the coercion of the law be something that Leolek could fight, and involuntarily, the necromancer's body bent down.
"Everything is in accordance with your orders, I have asked the people outside to prepare, if it goes well, this time out, I can occupy our first territory for the first time, and then I will build the Blood Domain Temple as quickly as possible, just ......"
As he was talking, Leolek had a trace of embarrassment on his face, what kind of person is Aaron, how could he not see his artificiality, snorted lightly, and said, "Don't do this posture, just say what is difficult." ”
Not daring to slack off any longer, Leolek hurriedly said: "Great God of the Blood Domain, as you know, the Anriel Continent has always been shrouded in the brilliance of the God of the Morning Star, if the Temple of the Blood Domain is built, there will definitely be a big reaction over there, not only the people in the Temple, I am afraid that the God of the Morning Star will also make a move......
With a look on his face that did not move, Aaron waved his hand lightly, and instantly sent Leolek to the outskirts of the forest, and his voice resounded directly in the soul of the undead ** master: "You don't need to think much about this, as the first temple of this plane, I will come in person when the time comes, you just need to do your duty." ”
The God of the Morning Star is not a god that is too powerful, even if there is a confrontation at that time, it will be a collision of the divine power and laws of the two sides, how can Aaron's blood domain divine power not be able to suppress the power of the God of the Morning Star!
The former Cosgar Empire was originally one of the three major empires on the Anriel continent, and even if it had fallen apart at this time, the Kaiton Kingdom rebuilt on its foundation was still one of the most powerful countries in the continent.
To the north of the Kingdom of Kaiton is the coldest snow field on the mainland, which is shrouded in blizzards all year round, and it is difficult for humans to survive, and the ruler of the snow field is the Ice Snowmen, a powerful race with the power of a magical beast and the wisdom close to that of the human race!
In order to defend against the invasion and plundering of the Snowmen in the ice field from time to time, as early as the time of the Cosga Empire, a huge defense system was built in the north, and in this defense system, the fortress of Lasol was the core of it.
"Leoric's old thing has completely failed, if it weren't for the secret help of the family, he wouldn't even be able to escape the pursuit of the Morning Star Temple, father, I really don't understand, for that old guy, do we really want to lose the entire Solomon family? We have to face not only the Kingdom of Caydon, but also the Temple of the Morning Star!"
In a secret room in the military governor's mansion of the Rasol Fortress, the anger in George's low roar has been somewhat irrepressible, the Solomon family has a noble blood and a long history, although in the process of the fall of the Cosgar Empire, they took refuge in the Temple of the Morning Star a little later, but in the subsequent establishment of the Kingdom of Kaidon, they have played a considerable role, and they have always been the core of the Kingdom of Kaidon.
As the first in line to the throne of the Solomon family, George was already one of the key members of the kingdom's northern military system at this time. Rasol Fortress is in charge of him, and in his capacity, all the major affairs of the Solomon family are almost not hidden from him, so although he can't understand the family's secret assistance to Leoric, he also knows it.
"I see what you mean. You sit down first, and I'll tell you slowly. ”
Sitting opposite George was a purple-robed old man, this old man was dignified, and he sat there with his own majesty, it was the Grand Duke Solomon of the Kingdom of Kaidon. There would be no one else who could make George so out of shape besides him.
George knew his father quite well, and it was this understanding that made him unable to understand the relationship between the family and Leoric...... At that time, the Solomon family turned their backs on the Kosgar Empire. Take refuge in the Temple of the Morning Star!
Taking a deep breath, George slowly sat down in his chair, he was waiting for Archduke Solomon's explanation.
Seeing that George was gradually calming down, Archduke Solomon's eyes were complicated, and he first sighed before he said: "Do you remember that at the end of the Cosgar Empire, the family was guilty of treason. One of the worst calamities suffered. Because of that catastrophe, even if Leolek later regained the family's allegiance and deliberately supported him for a while, it took the family a full thirty years to slowly recover. ”
George remembered for a moment, then nodded: "There is a record of that in the family history, but the catastrophe was also given by Leoric......
"Do you know what the sin of treason means to a king? You know why Leolek still has a line. Did you even accept the family's allegiance again and deliberately support it?"
Several questions in a row from Archduke Solomon. George couldn't react a little, and after pondering for a while, he hesitated: "Could it be to balance the forces of other great nobles?"
"If you want to balance the power of the other great nobles, Leolek can support one at will!"
Shaking his head, Archduke Solomon sighed again: "This secret was supposed to be at least ten years before I told you, but since Leorick has advanced the plan, it's time for you to know...... The current Solomon family is actually no longer the Solomon family of the past, our bloodline is more noble, and we are the last inheritance of the Kosga royal family!
In fact, there was no crime of rebellion back then, all of it was just a move arranged in advance because Leolek was not optimistic about the future of the empire, and our remaining line actually had the blood of Leoric, an old ghost, and the purest royal blood of Cosga!
And the family turned their backs on the empire and turned to the Temple of the Morning Star, which is also the choice made by Leorik for the continuation of the royal bloodline!"
Completely shocked, Archduke Solomon's words made George not know how to react for a while, the Solomon family became the Kosgar royal family, and the old ghost Leolek became the ancestor of the family...... It's not exactly messed up!
Watching George change his color, Archduke Solomon knew he needed to calm down...... When he knew this secret, he even reacted much stronger than George!
After a long silence, George finally calmed down, and at this time his position couldn't help but change: "Since the family is the last continuation of the royal bloodline, why should Leolek take such risks...... We can't handle the Kaidon Kingdom alone, let alone the Temple of the Morning Star standing behind them!"
Leoric's plan is to use the power of the Solomon family to take the Rasol fortress first, because this side is located in the far north, few outsiders come on weekdays, as long as the news is blocked, it will not be detected for a period of time.
"Just three days ago, the Morning Star Temple's pursuit group was completely wiped out, and none of the ten Sacred Domain powerhouses and a group of Holy Knights could escape. ”
Archduke Solomon's words seemed to answer the question, but George listened to it thoughtfully: "You mean, the old ghost still hides a lot of power?"
Shaking his head, Grand Duke Solomon's brows furrowed slightly: "It's not that there is hidden power, but that he has found strong assistance, some time ago, he sent me a top-secret message, he said that he has found the strength that can resist the Temple of the Morning Star...... For this reason, he also asked me to secretly send a large amount of supplies to the fortress of Lasol to build some fortifications, and use this side as the first cornerstone of the reconstruction of the Kosgar Empire!"