Latis couldn't believe what he saw, and the thigh-thick chains hung from the six huge metal discs in the air, the pile of brilliant crystals as high as a rockery, could it be the crystallization of faith he had obtained before?

He will not admit the rich and restrained aura of faith, the only difference is that the color of the faith crystals on each disc is different, the faith crystals of the Lord of Radiance that he has obtained before are pure gold, and these are all kinds of colors, but the crystals of each color have a golden luster, the same brilliance and purity.

If it weren't for the wrong situation, Latis estimated that he would have been unable to pounce on it, right?

"What the hell is this?"

"You read that right, these are all crystallization of faith, except for the God of Light, the crystallization of faith corresponding to the other six gods, a very large number, isn't it? ”

Augustine affirmed his idea, but Latis wondered even more: what the hell was going on? The chief consul of Zelotta was amused, or was he actually a two-and-five, secretly preparing to finance the enemy?

"I wondered why he was preparing this, because the gods were our enemies, and the empire at that time was a completely faithless country, so I didn't need these things at all, and then I continued to investigate and found out his purpose······"

Speaking of this, Augustine paused, suddenly turned his head and asked, "Do you know where these crystals of faith came from?"

"It must have been snatched from the enemy, right? After all, the Crystallization of Faith is a strategic substance of the Church, isn't it?Since you are at war with the Seven Gods, it should be normal for you to get these things······"

"If there is only a small part, of course it is normal, but if it is on such a large scale, it is not normal at all, there are indeed seized faith crystals, but the vast majority of them are made by him, and they are ······ in a cruel way"

"Cruel?"

"The territory conquered by the army of the empire has a large number of believers in the original seven gods, on the surface he has achieved gentle ideological correction to these people, but the change of faith is not so easy, the vast majority of people and stubbornly worship the gods, I know this very well, but I didn't do anything, just hope to change their minds through time subtly, he has no objection to this, but I have never known, secretly he is carrying out cruel rituals on a large scale, these believers and prisoners of war from the alliance of the seven gods are the sacrifices of the ceremony。 ”

"He tortured these believers who believed that the gods would save them in the most cruel way, inflicting fear and pain on them day after day, making them suffer in boundless despair and empty hope, even if they died, the souls of the believers could not escape this endless cycle of pain, until they were numb enough to accept this hopeless situation, until they developed an endless resentment towards the gods who did not save them, and the kind of targeted resentment that emanated from the depths of their souls would in turn devour their souls, tangled with their original pure faith, and the crystallization of faith after adding his own power was the most violent for the gods, the most incurable poison. ”

Latis's pupils dilated, and he looked at those brilliant crystals of faith again, his eyes were already full of horror and anger: "You mean, these are ······"

"Yes, it seems that these are the same as normal belief crystals, but they have been deeply polluted in nature, even the gods can't see the difference, if these faith powers are contributed to the gods to which they belong, no one knows what will become of them, but I think that maybe at that time, they will also be pulled down from the throne by him like the god of light at that time······"

Is this the way to kill gods? Really······

It must be admitted that this information had a great impact on Radis, he gritted his teeth and asked with an unkind expression: "Hmph~, so what? In that case, why did you lose later? Don't you already have the means to remove the biggest obstacle?"

Augustine looked back into his eyes and replied in a bland tone, "Because I terminated his plans······ Or the word 'sabotage' would be more appropriate. ”

Latis was stunned: "You?!"

Isn't it his life's wish to kill all the gods?

"I thought about stopping his atrocities, but after a vague conversation with him, I gave up the negotiation, and the facts proved that I was right, at that time he was no longer an existence that I could fight against, let alone the saint I imagined to bring hope to the world, and I gradually understood this when I began to pay more attention to his behavior.

The Empire's army is undoubtedly powerful, but the power he secretly transforms and manipulates in inhumane methods is far more powerful than the Empire's army, and he can even increase his power endlessly by devouring lives and souls, and all the blood and conquests of the Empire along the way have made him too strong - until then I knew that he is the greatest enemy of the whole world, the real demon! From the beginning, his purpose was to destroy!

I don't dare to act rashly, but I can't let him continue, I am already an unforgivable sinner who single-handedly made him, it is too late to atone for my sins, at least I have to end it all, even if I give it all······

Under my deliberate arrangement, the army on the surface of the empire began to retreat one after another, and at the same time, the only strength in my hands could return to the empire, and I secretly arranged for more and more rebels of the empire to unite because of his tyranny, and guide them to form an alliance with the Seven Gods to put pressure on the already decaying empire;

I arranged for the leader of the human rebels to receive the godhead left after the fall of the god of light, the young man who resembled me before, and I left hope for him;

He began to be in a hurry, and he became more and more irritable, and he no longer even concealed his power, and wantonly used evil methods to corrupt the people of the empire, transform everything that could be used by him, and frantically increase his inhuman minions······

At that time, I had lost my prestige in this decaying empire because of many defeats, and he had stripped me of my power and treated me like a puppet at his mercy, but what he didn't know was that even so, my subordinates still had subordinates who were willing to die for me!

He was careless, and I finally found an opportunity to successfully launch a surprise attack, snatching almost all of the tainted faith crystals he had been preparing, but alas, not all.

With these indestructible crystals of faith, I wanted to find the Seven Gods Alliance and tell him all about it, but I still underestimated him.

At that time, the people of the Seven Gods Alliance found us first, but I didn't have any chance to explain before we were met with head-on attacks and endless assassinations, and we were almost completely annihilated by the Temple of Death, which had the lowest presence among the original Seven Churches and had been unable to work······"

Speaking of this, he paused again, and when Latis heard this, a spiritual light flashed in his mind: "Temple of Death!"

Augustine looked at the disc with dark gold crystals piled up in mid-air, and sighed leisurely—it was obvious that the number of faith crystals in this pile was much smaller than any other color, almost less than a third. ”

"At that time, I didn't understand it, but I tried my life to escape with the crystallization of faith, and I hid it for a long time. Fortunately, the seed planted before finally germinated, and the young man grew up, and was supported by countless people, and became his strength, among which there seemed to be some mysterious people named Deacon of the Holy Mountain helping him, and his power was so strong in a short time that even the demon began to fear it, so that the demon could not spare his energy to find me, and gave me a chance to breathe.

After that, the young man who had already stepped on the throne to become the Lord of Radiance defeated him and sealed him, and the decaying empire finally collapsed, and it seemed that everything was over, but I didn't believe it, because he was so defeated that I couldn't believe it.

He couldn't have been defeated so easily—— I was convinced of that, and after a period of immersion, I gradually figured out the question, why did the Temple of Death find us so quickly at that time, why did they go out of their way and were so desperate to kill me, why was the only enemy at that time, the Temple ······of Death?"

A series of questions allowed Radis to come up with an answer that was enough to make the world stunned based on his own experience.

"Perhaps, these tainted crystallization of faith are not just for the purpose of killing gods. ”

Augustine sighed and said the answer.

Ratis shuddered, and he almost figured everything out in an instant: therefore, as early as hundreds of years ago, the Lord of Death and his Temple of Death may have been secretly corrupted by the demons with a huge belief polluted by demons, and became pawns in the hands of demons, and the demon gods who were sealed hundreds of years ago may have already laid out their backhands in unknown corners, turning from light to darkness, waiting for a comeback, and the most terrifying thing is that the world is at a loss to know about it······

He couldn't help but ask, "Since you know everything, why don't you tell the world about this, maybe······ At least ······"

Halfway through his words, he gradually lost his voice, and could no longer ask questions - these things are really difficult to do if you think about them.

Augustine reached out and pressed it on the top of his head, though without the slightest weight.

"What is the title you called out just now after you found out who I am? Demon Emperor? ”

Latis lowered his head and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry······"

Yes, Demon Emperor, with this title, who would believe what he said? Not to mention that there is a Temple of Death and demonic minions who don't know where to hide, if he rashly exposes it, I'm afraid it will only allow the demon to get the bargaining chips to destroy the world again······ No, not to mention that he was exposed, it was already extremely difficult to survive their search!

Thinking of this, Latis asked curiously, "How did you hide from them until now?"

Augustine looked at him and asked, "I just said this is my domain space, do you know where this space is?"

Latis's eyes rolled, and suddenly a flash of inspiration: "Excalibur!?"

"That's right, I fused my realm with my own space props and mixed into the space where Excalibur sealed the demon. The Temple of Death clashed with the divine magic of the Lord of Light, they couldn't get close, and the life that received the power of the demon was even more terrified of the extremely condensed divine power, and I once drank the blood of the God of Light, as long as I abandoned the power given to me by the demon, then the divine power of the Sealed Land was not unbearable for me, hiding here, they couldn't think of it and couldn't find it. ”

I see! No wonder!

Latis suddenly realized, but he didn't know what mood to use to face the old man in front of him, admiration, pity, should he be grateful for everything he has done for the world, but all this is also because of him, it is impossible to say that he is innocent, but in fact, he is only bewitched by the devil······

Who can tell the difference between right and wrong?

Latis sighed, took a few steps back, looked at him seriously, and asked, "Your Majesty, Augustine, you can tell me now, what do you want me to do by guiding me to you? Do you want me to spread the truth to the world, or do you want to cover you from the threat of demons?"

Augustine was silent for a moment, and said to him sincerely: "Child, I don't mean to repay the favor, I just hope that you can do something for the safety of this world, I know that this responsibility is too heavy for you, but ······ In fact, I have to tell you that I don't have much time left for you. ”

“······”

Hearing this, Laceis frowned.

Augustine raised his head, looked at the dim sky through the gap in the ruins, and explained heavily: "I can feel that he has come out, I don't know how much he has done in the past hundreds of years, but with what I know about him, it should not be long before he can recover to his heyday,

What's worse is that without the cover of the seal, I don't know when he will find me, it may not be long, and even he may have found me now, I only have a remnant soul left, and I don't even have the strength to leave here, I can't stop him from getting these tainted faith crystals, you must uncover his plot before he recovers his strength and really does something dangerous to the world!

The only thing I can help you with is to send you out of this mountain range safely, and if you promise, I will pass on my remaining strength to you, but that is only a meager strength, and the rest can only be left on your own. ”

Laceus looked into his eyes, and he could sense the sincerity and pleading in the pair of old pupils, but instead of agreeing, he asked in a low voice, "How far do you think I can go among the other party's minions all over the world?"

The old Demon Emperor was silent, he also knew that there was little hope, but ······

"I'm sorry, but you're already my only hope······"

Latis nodded noncommittally, and then turned his head to look at the huge disc hanging in mid-air, his eyes were unusually calm, which is the look that only you have when you have some kind of enlightenment: "Actually, I can do more than you think." ”

"Huh?"

"I have an idea, would you like to hear it?"

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