Chapter 44: The Dark Tide is Surging

To the north of the Mediterranean Sea and Syria was a powerful state, the Hittite Empire.

More than ten years ago, there was a serious revolt in the country, when Mursiri I, the successor of Hattushr I, united with the princes and nobles to suppress the rebellion, and quickly reorganized the country, moving the capital to Hatush, after which he set his sights on Babylon, a powerful and rich country in the valley of the two rivers. In 1595 B.C., the Hittite Empire officially captured the Babylonian capital, and after a large number of plunder, they quickly withdrew from the capital, so that Babylon collapsed, and the Hittite Empire became a great power on the Mediterranean coast.

The royal palace dinner, the Golden Hall, relying on the plundered resources, the Hittite Empire has entered an unprecedented prosperity, the table is placed with dozens of fruits, mutton and beef, wine and gold utensils, maids walk through the hall, nobles gather here to enjoy the evening's pleasures, music, wine, food.

The king sat in front of the throne, he fought all his life, quelled civil strife, sacked the stronghold of the Hyksos in Syria, captured the most powerful country Babylon and harvested a lot of resources, and now the country is stable, and the militancy in his blood has gradually subsided, and now a new question has come to him, that is, who will inherit his throne?

Despite the peace and prosperity of the present day, Mursiri I knew that the top of the country was in disarray, and his children and siblings were all secretly vying for his throne "Well, who wouldn't want to sit here?" the king sighed, he had experienced something similar at the time.

"Are you still worried, brother," a man came up with a glass of wine, and he raised his glass to Mursiri.

"Yes, Khantiri, my first and last enemies are my own family, and everyone here is looking forward to the day when I die, and I am afraid that their struggle will eventually kill the Hittites. “

"It's always the case, isn't it," said Khantiri, tilting his head, "no one can escape the change of power, not even the great Mursiri I." “

He smiled all over his face, "But tonight, brother, you should take a break and enjoy this hard-won dinner, there will not be many opportunities in the future." Hantiri then gave him a little drink, and he raised his glass and said, "Cheers." ”

"Cheers. ”

Mursiri I drank the wine in one gulp, and he felt that his brother was right, and that it would be difficult for them to get together after tonight. But suddenly he felt that something was not quite right in his chest, and then the king had a pained expression on his face, and he looked at Hantiri angrily, and Hantiri also looked at him indifferently, "Yes..... Is it wine, why, why are you okay? The king reached out to take hold of Khantili, but he had barely taken two steps before he fell to the ground and died.

"There are too many powers in this world that you don't understand, brother, you are too attached to this throne, he should have belonged to me a long time ago!"

Soldiers poured in, the nobles were terrified, the maids screamed, food and wine were knocked to the ground, Mursili I died in the palace coup, and the current Hittite ruler was officially renamed Khanthiri I.

In the crowd, a woman with black hair in a robe slowly left, as if everything had nothing to do with her, and when she walked outside the court, the woman took off her hood, and it was actually the Black Queen Selenene, "Babylon, that's the country of my students." ”

"Sure enough, you're always haunting places like this. ”

The holy light was sprinkled around Selene, and an angel descended from the sky, he was Malachi, who had noticed Selene as early as the beginning of the party, but he did not disturb Selene's plans, Malachi was curious about Selene's reason for doing so.

"For your organization, or for yourself?" he asked.

"Angel?" Instead of answering Malachi's question, Selene asked rhetorically, "Yes, it seems you know us." ”

"Well, as expected, Malachi. ”

Malachi's eyes narrowed slightly, "You know my name?"

"I know more," Selene then shifted gear, "these are unrelated organizations, just my personal vendettas." ”

Seeing this, Malachi did not rush to talk about the negotiation, but cooperated and asked, "For your students?"

"Well, Hammurabi, you should have heard that he was my student, and that Babylon was his country, and that he created that great age. ”

"So you killed the murderer who defeated Babylon to avenge Hammurabi?"

"Ha," Selene shook his head, "revenge is not yet talked about, this kind of thing is commonplace, it's just that Hantiri found me through a vampire, he was originally plotting to kill Mursiri, I just added fuel to the fire, but then again, it just happened to be the target of Mursiri, otherwise I wouldn't bother to pay attention to this boring human, how could I want ...... Wait a minute. ”

Selene and Malachi looked in the same direction, and a maid who ran out looked at the two of them with a horrified expression, "It's very rare, you can actually see me." Malachi drew an inverted triangle and a cross in the air, and he said to Selene, "It happens occasionally, and some humans are born with this ability, but that's the end of it. ”

The symbol flashed with golden light, and the maid fell to the ground, fainting.

"You cut off her soul?" Possessing great abilities, Selene is sensitive to the human soul.

"I'll wake up in a few hours, now it's time for us to get down to business. ”

Malachi then expressed to Selene the meaning of heaven, and just as he thought, Selene seemed to have expected this, "I will get the news, but you have to be prepared, for I am not sure that the person is willing to accept the interruption of others." “

Malachi was expressionless but slightly displeased in his heart, few people dared to disrespect Heaven so much, especially in front of an angel who did not know how strong that person was, but this kind of statement was a little too arrogant.

"I see," Malachi said, closing his eyes to the sky, and after a few moments he said again, "Master Luther has understood, and she says that the meeting will take place in three days' time, in Canaan. “

"Oh, in that case, I'll go and bring a word too," and then Selene turned and walked out onto the open land, and the sky "boomed" with a thunderclap, opening a red spatial passage from top to bottom, "Goodbye, angel." “

The passage closed, and Selene disappeared in place, leaving only a cloud of dust.

Malachi frowned, and saw that the maid on the ground also spread her wings and flew back into the sky.

.............

The final dogma, deep in the central large vertical groove.

The door of the space opened silently, and Zacharias walked out quietly, even if he didn't need to breathe, he still stared with bated breath, for fear of waking up the figure wrapped in the spectral color force field in mid-air.

For the next half a day, the entire space was silent, like a quiet breath suppressed on the chest of a giant beast.

"Zechariah. ”

Garance slowly opened his eyes, this was the first time in many years that he made a sound, like a bullet piercing through the heavy glass, and the frozen atmosphere was released a little, but even so, Zacharias still sensed that something was wrong.

"Something indescribable," Zechariah said, looking around, "what's going on?"

He felt a calming power envelop him, and a creepy touch to the touch.

"The fruit of life. Garence replied shortly, "Say, what." ”

Every word seemed to carry great pain, and Zacharias immediately noticed the change in Garence and hurriedly bowed his head and said in a deep voice, "As I prophesied, the angel of Luther in heaven wants you to go to Canaan in three days to negotiate the matter of the Ghost Rider. ”

No more explanations, no more words, Zecharias tried to keep the nonsense as little as possible, and the first awakening of Garence hundreds of years later was completely different from what it had been.

Silence, silence for dozens of minutes.

Finally Garence spoke again, "Go." ”

Underground pyramids

Zachariah returned to the Ancestral Floor through the space door, "Whew~Whew~" He sat on the metal table and gasped to calm his heart.

"What's wrong Zacharias?" Ulliel and Aldridge walked over and asked, "I heard you're going to Final Dogma?"

"To be honest, I don't want to go a second time," he said, looking at Ulliel earnestly, "Something is wrong, Lord Garence, he ......."

"What's wrong with him?" Aldridge looked at him quizzically.

"It's like an eye staring at you in the cold universe, like a door, and there are countless souls roaring on the other end, but you can only hear it if you keep your ears close, I don't know what's going on but there's no doubt that he doesn't like to talk now. ”

"What about the negotiations, he agreed?" said Ulliel, hugging his chest.

"Agreed, though I suspect that this time he may need a spokesperson, not only for Heaven, but also for us. ”

meanwhile

On the other side of the universe, the fighting in Asgard has subsided, and Odin looks at his brother who has fallen to the ground, "Does this have to be the result, brother." ”

"Hmph, don't squander your kindness, Odin, you and I both know the outcome of the matter. ”

After the silence, Odin grabbed his brother's collar and walked to the Rainbow Bridge, "In the name of the god king Odin, I put you in the seal for counter-conviction, do you have anything else to say, Orochi!"

"Hahaha," the serpent laughed maniacally, "you know the prophecy, I'll be back again." ”

Serpent then greeted his judgment with open arms, and Odin raised his spear, and a divine power enveloped Serpent and sent it into the Rainbow Bridge.

Earth, over the North Pacific Ocean.

Rainbow-colored energy fell from the sky into the bottom of the sea, hitting the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and the sea surface was shocked by the huge energy that caused a small tsunami, and after a few seconds, everything calmed down and the bottom of the sea returned to silence, and no one sensed the abnormality here.