Chapter 965: Secrets: The Once Sacred Empire (4000 words)
Chen Rui bowed to the pseudo-angel and said, "It turned out to be an angel from the church! ”
"Don't listen to their quibbles, Lord Kuller!" the voice of the chief inquisitor Hughes rang out, "and when we arrived here, the ruins were opened, and only this man and woman were among them, there is no doubt that they are the descendants of sin!"
Descendants of sin? This word, which was repeatedly emphasized by Xius, caught Chen Rui's attention -- in this way, "black-robed chief" is the so-called "descendant of sin", what do these four words represent?
The pseudo-angel Kule's eyes were murderous, and in an instant, he had already condensed a huge amount of kingdom power, and Lola felt the strength of the other party, revealing a solemn look, and the liliang of the six element kingdoms also began to rise rapidly.
At this moment, two silver lights lit up from Chen Rui's hands, these were two silver-white chains, which seemed to loom, but even the strong light around Cook could not hide the brilliance of these two silver-white chains.
When Cook saw these two chains, he was immediately moved, and blurted out: "The chain of thoughts!"
The appearance of these two chains made the pseudo-angel's attention completely shift to Chen Rui's body.
"My lord, I said, it was just a misunderstanding. ”
"Lord Kuler!" Hughes didn't understand the meaning of these two chains, and felt that Kuller's murderous aura was rapidly decreasing, and hurriedly asked.
Kueller ignored Theseus, just stared at Chen Rui with burning eyes, and asked, "...... There must be one more thing. ”
Chen Rui didn't answer immediately, but just looked around: "Don't you think, there are too many people here?"
"Hughes. Kuhler immediately said: "Let everyone evacuate." ”
Theseus was taken aback and didn't dare to ask more. Orders were immediately given, and all the referees quickly left the ruins.
Chen Rui already had an extra badge in his hand. The round ring badge, this time even Xius recognized it, and exclaimed, "Holy Ring badge!"
This badge is not an ordinary thing, it represents the Supreme Three Angel Raphael, according to the understanding of Xius, only the patriarch of the Holy Temple, the Holy Lady Eudora, has one, I can't imagine that this "descendant of sin" actually has one!
"Sure enough, it's you!" Cooler had completely reined in his breath, "Why are you here?"
Chen Rui smiled bitterly: "I also told Master Xiusi before, but I was just passing by. It was a complete misunderstanding. ”
Theseus was shocked in his heart, and asked cautiously: "Your Excellency Kuller, who is this Excellency ......?"
"You should call him ...... Under the crown. Kuhler smiled, "Even though the official sealing ceremony has not yet taken place." ”
"It turned out to be ......" Xiusi finally understood, no longer had any doubts, and immediately saluted Chen Rui: "Your Majesty Arthur!"
Hughes is a high-ranking member of the Church, and naturally knows that the new owner of the Crown of Thorns, Prince Arthur, has been inspired and canonized by Raphael, and is about to become the Son of Light of the Church. At the same time, he is also the successor of the next pope.
The Inquisition is a direct line of the Pope, so Theseus has shown considerable respect for the future head of the Church and his immediate superior.
"Don't dare to be! I haven't been officially ordained yet, just call me by my name. Chen Rui seemed to have thought of something. He said to Lola, "Help me undo the Transfiguration first." ”
Lola pretended to be very cooperative and waved his hand, and Chen Rui changed back to the original appearance of "Arthur" and returned the salute to Xius. He said, "I was originally rushing to the Lanyao Empire this time, but I was assassinated in the territory of the Yangshao Empire. He also fell into a trap set by the other party and was almost killed by the dwarves by mistake. So I decided to divide my troops and find someone to pretend to be me and the escort team to continue to advance, and I went by another route. ”
"I see. Kuler nodded approvingly: "Sure enough, he is resourceful, and he is worthy of the talent that Lord Raphael values." ”
"Lord Kueller has overrated. Chen Rui said a few words modestly and changed the topic back: "I arrived in Cloud City in the afternoon, and I heard that there are strange things here at night, so I wanted to come to find out what was going on accompanied by the guardians, but I unexpectedly ran into Lord Xiusi just in time, which caused a misunderstanding. ”
"Your Guardian...... The strength is considerable. Kuhler glanced at Lola, showing appreciation, the guardian of the ancient civilization is really extraordinary, but since it is the guardian of the "Holy Son", it is also equivalent to the liliang of the church, of course, the stronger the better.
Lola tilted his head slightly to Kuller in respect. Although Miss Fairy Dragon is already quite close to a demigod, approaching a demigod and reaching a demigod are completely two different concepts, and if you really want to fight one-on-one, Laura is definitely not Kuler's opponent, and it would be good to be able to escape.
But then again, if the two sides really want to make a move, Chen Rui can destroy everyone, including Kule, with a "Red Pole Star Change", and the reason why he chose to show his identity as a "holy son" is because of his own considerations.
"In fact, before Lord Hughes arrived, we had fought several black-robed men, and one of the black-robed leaders fled without being able to defeat my guardians, while the rest of the black-robed men committed suicide without even a single survivor, and the means were quite decisive...... Where did these people come from?"
"This is a secret of the Church," Hughes thought for a moment, then glanced at Cooler again, and replied, "but for Arthur's crown...... Well, Your Highness, sooner or later I will have to get hold of this information, so I don't have to hide it. Does Your Highness know about the Yunteng Empire?"
"Yunteng Empire?" Chen Rui's heart moved, and he nodded, "Lord Gralin once told me about some of the past of the Yunteng Empire. ”
Human Shijie once had three holy empires coexisting, namely the Longhuang Empire, the Blue Yao Empire, and the Yunteng Empire. The crown of thorns that Chen Rui currently possesses is the holy relic of the Yunteng Empire. However, the fate of the Yunteng Empire is very tragic, all of them are completely controlled by the Black Death, and the people of thirty towns in the country are all brutally and secretly sacrificed in secret, which shocked the entire human race after being revealed by the survivors who escaped. Under the call of the church, led by the Longhuang Empire and the Lanyao Empire, almost all the countries united to wipe out the Yunteng Empire and defuse this terrible disaster.
"Since that's the case. I won't go into details. Cloud City is the ruins of the Yunteng Imperial Capital, which was once the center of worship for cultists. Gathered the resentful power of countless blood sacrificers, due to the special dark ritual of the beginning. As a result, these resentments have not been able to dissipate for countless years, and to this day, this area of Cloud City is still full of terrifying spirits, which will spread every night, affecting all living creatures. Originally, after being rebuilt, it was a prosperous city, but for this reason, it fell into decay step by step, and now it is the Kingdom of Turin, Cloud City. It's already down. Every week this week, the liliang of resentment deepens, and according to the latest findings, it is man-made. Because this time period is the day of the fall of the Yunteng Empire, that is to say, the remnants of the Yunteng Empire that were completely eroded by darkness back then...... It is likely that the descendants of the royal family are deliberately carrying out some kind of evil ritual, so I specially invited Lord Kuler to lead the elite of the Inquisition to this place to prepare for an ambush. Unexpectedly, I actually ran into His Highness. ”
Festival, the royal descendant of the Yunteng Empire, the leader of the black robe......
Hatred, blood sacrifices......
In the memory, the sentence seemed to ring in my ears again: "This is all fate, my fate, it has been destined since birth."
Suddenly. Chen Rui figured out something.
"It's a pity that I didn't catch that leader, I'll try to dispel the resentment here. Chen Rui's mind turned fast. A crown of thorns appeared on his head, and divine breath was released. The surrounding resentment immediately began to drop significantly.
"Divine favor!" Theseus's eyes lit up, and Culler bowed slightly. Worthy of being the approved master of the Crown of Thorns, the owner of the Radiant Body, although it is only a lowly strength of the scholar level, it is able to exert such a powerful power of divine favor.
However, when the power of the Crown of Thorns' "divine favor" disappeared, the resentment began to regain its original concentration, and it showed no signs of abating.
"Arthur, don't waste your efforts. Kuler shook his head: "Although the liliang of divine favor can restrain the resentment here, because the 'amount' of resentment is too large, and the ritual of the year left many hidden dangers that are unknown, so the crown of thorns alone cannot get rid of these evil liliang." ”
Chen Rui showed a look of pity and asked, "Lord Kuler, when I cast the Crown of Thorns just now, I got some strange feedback, it seems that there are words like 'soul transformation', 'blood sacrifice soul', 'abyss master', I don't know what it means?"
This question is the real intention of Chen Rui to "get close" to the people in the church and show the crown of thorns.
"How can such a thing happen?" Kuhler was shocked, revealing a look of shock: "What is the specific feedback?"
"I don't know, it's fragmented, and I think I have to figure out what those words mean. ”
Kuhler looked at Hughes, and Hughes immediately understood: "I'll organize the referees first to clean up the mechanisms and altar-related things in this area." ”
After Xius left, Kueller set his eyes on Lola again, and Chen Rui smiled slightly: "My lord, this Miss Lola is the supreme guardian of my inheritance civilization and my wife, and she will never betray, so there is no need to avoid it." ”
Kuler groaned for a moment, and finally spoke, "There are some real ancient secrets involved, so I have to be cautious...... You've heard Gralin talk about the Empire, so you should know about the Black Death. The Black Death worshipped all evil creatures, known as the 'Abyss', or 'taboo' in ancient sayings. ”
Chen Rui nodded, when he asked Tetnes about the "abyss", the old man with a 10,000-year-old knowledge inheritance thought for a long time, and his answer was only the word "taboo".
"The beliefs of these heretics are extremely terrifying, especially the fanatics, the madness is terrifying, there was a terrible blood sacrifice in the Yunteng Empire back then, countless living people were slaughtered, blood flowed like a river, and life sacrifices were given to abyssal creatures. The creatures of the abyss are not in our shijie, but are sealed somewhere, and the purpose of the Black Death is for these creatures to break the seal, enter this shijie, and destroy everything. ”
Chen Rui has a deep understanding of this, the ancient alchemy civilization he inherited was destroyed by the abyssal creatures, and he thought of a new term he had seen in the Heavenly Wheel, and immediately asked: "By the way, my lord, there is another term, what is the 'main plane'?"
"You should know that this shijie is in addition to the ground shijie where we are, there is also the demon world, legend has it that these two shijie were originally one, the gods have descended here many times, and the vitality here is the most powerful, collectively called the 'main plane'. However, in addition to the 'main plane', there are many 'little shijie' in different dimensions, and some shijie have intelligent life races similar to ours, but basically no miracles are seen, and the abyss is sealed in a certain small shijie. ”
If Chen Rui realized, he already had a rough structure map of the universe as a plane in his mind. The gods descended on the main plane, and the rest were small shijie, and the abyssal creatures are now in a certain small shijie, trying to use various methods to return to the main plane.
Kuler has already gone on to explain: "The supreme ruler of the abyss is the master, who can drive the army of the abyss, and there are three masters, named after hatred, fear, and despair. Some of the Black Dead Apostles with special strength or constitution are able to carry the will of the Dark Master, and then undergo some kind of mutation, which is called 'soul transformation'. Soul variants are divided into high and low, the lower ones are affected by the will of the master, and the highest level soul variants can be transformed into terrifying creatures of the semi-abyss or the full abyss, and can even break away from facilities such as altars, directly reflecting a powerful projection with the dominant part of Liliang. As for the bloodstained souls...... It can be understood as the existence of the Abyss Lord to transmit the soul through the main altar and strengthen the control of the will. In other words, the more liliang sacrificed at the main altar, the stronger the will of the master to pass on to the soul variant, and the stronger the strength it exerts. ”
"The main altar?" Chen Rui noticed one of the key words.
"The main altar is an altar that is sacrificed directly to the Juggernaut, containing special rules and the most powerful liliang that can automatically absorb the sacrifices of all secret abyss altars. Theoretically, each lord corresponds to only one main altar. ”
Chen Rui's eyes lit up: "In this way, as long as you destroy the main altar, you can cut off the master's control over the Black Death...... Especially the control of the soul variants?"
"At least it can be greatly weakened," Kuhler sighed, "but it's easier said than done, the Main Altar has always been the Black Death's greatest secret, and for so many years we have tried to find and destroy the Main Altar, but we have never been able to do so...... The information you get from the Crown of Thorns can be quite important, so be sure to keep an eye out for it if it continues to appear in the future. Actually, what I know about the abyss is quite limited, if you have more questions, you can consult Master Raphael in the future. ”
Chen Rui nodded, his eyes glowing with a strange look - at least he could already determine what the biggest task of the clone Shura was to stay in that mysterious church now. (To be continued......)
PS: The child had a fever in the afternoon, and he still had a low-grade fever after the drip, and it seems that some of them survived tonight......