"Knock-"

"Knock-"

The sudden sound of a heartbeat in the wilderness caused all the creatures in the vicinity to freeze for a moment.

The sound of the heartbeat seemed to come from far away, it sounded vast and ancient, but it seemed so close that the pressure from it almost stopped their blood flowing.

This is the suppression of the blood, just like in the presence of lions and tigers, weak animals hardly even have the idea of escaping, but only freeze in place and wait to be killed.

The owner of this heart was undoubtedly such a being, and at this time, all the creatures who heard the sound of the heartbeat were slowly clenched by a pair of invisible hands.

With a little exertion of these hands, their hearts will turn into a cloud of red mist like a pinched tomato, and they will be killed on the spot.

For Cynthia, the mercenaries present, the sensation only lasted for a moment, fast enough to make them think it was a delusion, and then everything returned to normal.

And just a momentary coercion is enough to make their faces pale, especially for ordinary mercenaries.

The moment they felt their hearts beating, many of them immediately fell to their knees, covered their hearts, sweating profusely, and couldn't even speak in pain.

Even when they entered the demon realm before, their performance had never been so unbearable.

Cynthia could shelter them from demons, but not from the beating of the heart.

Roy stood quietly behind Cynthia, his eyes turning brilliant gold uncontrollably, his gaze past her, looking directly at the demon lord who was only ten meters away from him.

The moment his heart was beating, he felt something pass through his body, but the next moment, a supreme authority swept through his body with endless power, filling his still weak body.

The Heart of God had said that it held the cycle of life and death, a vague description, but now he understood the concept.

Roy reins his authority and focuses all his attention on the Demon Lord.

Yes, he felt it.

Whoever is alive can be killed.

Demons don't have hearts, but the "heart" itself is just an image, and their demonic core is their heart.

The golden eyes stared indifferently at the demon lord, and Roy slowly stretched out his hand, and then, clenched.

He held the Demon Lord's "life".

And what he has to do next is to crush its "life" and transform it into "death".

All living beings have a desire for life and a resistance to death, and demons are no exception, and at this time, the core of the demon lord erupts with an extremely powerful force, trying to repel his interference with the core.

Even so, his palms are still slowly clenching and clenching, like a bicycle going uphill, you know that there is a lot of resistance to the uphill, but you have to press the pedals with all your might, or you will fall back to the bottom of the slope and lose all your efforts.

Finally, before reaching a tipping point, Roy stopped, his hand unable to clench an inch more.

The reason why it is so difficult is not because the authority of the heart of God is not enough, but because he is too weak as an executor of power.

He did have a sledgehammer in his hand that could change size at will, it was large enough to crush the Demon Lord's heart to smithereen, but he wasn't strong enough to lift a sledgehammer of this size.

"Hey, Godheart, what are you kidding!"

Roy gritted his teeth, "The mouth blows quite fiercely, why did you pull it across as soon as it came to the actual battle?" ”

"Do you know how many orders of magnitude your strength is behind the Demon Lord?"

God's Heart chuckled, "Since I promised you that you can do anything, then naturally everything can be done, this is a death match with your life at the risk of your life, if you can't win now, then just add more chips."

"You see, I've built a portal with you, and I'll take your price and turn it into even greater power.

"Now, let's push the chips up as much as you want—

"Until you reach your goal!"

"That's what you said, does everything have a price?" Roy also laughed, and then his tone became hideous, "Yes, just what I want!" ”

A huge amount of "chips" were channeled from Roy's body into the heart of God, and he sensed that something important was being lost and was gone, but he didn't stop it.

The heart of God beats vigorously, and the blood pumped from it cleanses his body over and over again, increasing his strength and authority.

Until a moment, he seemed to feel something in his heart.

Not only the Demon Lord, but even Cynthia on the side was in his hands at the moment.

It seemed that with just one thought, he could easily deprive these two top powerhouses of their lives.

He finally completely grasped the authority of the heart of God, and now he is the god who controls the cycle of life and death!

There was no sadness or joy in Roy's eyes, his brilliant golden eyes just looked at the demon lord indifferently, and then firmly clenched his hands into fists.

No creature could defy the will of the gods, and as he clenched his fists, the Demon Lord's form trembled in front of him.

The dark blue phosphorus fire in its eye sockets throbbed violently, and immediately extinguished, and at the same time, the demonic realm that contracted and covered its body like a black cloak also collapsed at this moment.

Cynthia raised her sword again.

She had been watching the Demon Lord's every move, and seeing its aura quickly dissipate at a strange speed in an instant, she did not hesitate to attack again.

The sword struck the Demon Lord again with the sharpness of the ninth-order skill "Baptism of Divine Intent", and this time she easily cut his body in two.

Then her pupils narrowed.

She didn't have the real feeling of shattering the Demon Core, and as she had guessed, the Demon Lord was dead before the Baptism of the Holy Will was struck.

Its core was silently crushed into a puddle of debris by a magical force.

Even with her experience, it was completely unclear how this was done, and there was no precursor to this great power, as if death had randomly crossed a name from the list.

Then the unlucky guy died without noticing...... Makes sense, right?

But that's the Demon Lord that even she can't kill!

How could such a thing happen!

No, she remembered...... There was a precursor, and at the very beginning, her ears sounded like a long and heavy heartbeat like a death knell, maybe others thought it was just an illusion, but she didn't think so.

This heartbeat did not belong to her, let alone the Demon Lord, unlike the confused people, at this time, as a ninth-order inheritor, she could vaguely figure out where the source of this power came from.

Cynthia looked back, and then, she saw blood spilling from the corner of Roy's mouth and fainting to the ground.

Cynthia's expression quickly alternated between shock and bewilderment as she heard Arya's exclamation, and then she turned her head back to the bone dragon that had lost its owner.

All doubts must be left for later, this is the battlefield, and now her mission is to clear all the enemies in front of them.

……

It was as if he had had a long, long dream, in which Roy was in a scene he had never seen before.

Sometimes, he was armed with a sword and clad in armor, and behind him was an endless expanse of soldiers, and he took the lead, charging into battle without hesitation;

Sometimes, when he ascended the steps surrounded by the crowd, the remnant of the World Tree obscuring the sun from the heavens, he waved his arms and spoke generously;

At other times, he lingered in the palace with a strange woman, and he could not remember the appearance of the woman, but he knew that she was beautiful and moving, and her eyes were as moving as a pool of autumn water.

He stared blankly at the woman, feeling that she seemed to be incomparably familiar, and at the same time, more memories that did not belong to him came flooding in, squeezing his head into a mess.

He felt a little depressed, and the woman held him and gently rested him on her lap.

Her slender white jade hand gently stroked his forehead and his cheek, over and over again.

He calmed down a little.

“…… Feeling better? The woman asked.

The voice sounded familiar, and Roy reached out to take her hand.

Then, when he opened his eyes, the woman's blurred face gradually overlapped with the girl in front of him, and Arya's haggard face came into view.

It was as if she hadn't closed her eyes for a day and night, her eyes were red and swollen, and her complexion was not good, and she was holding a wet towel in her hand and covering Roy's forehead.

"Young master, you're awake!" Arya suddenly looked delighted.

"How long have I been asleep?" Roy stood up, and Arya brought the backrest from the side.

"Soon after, it was one night, and it was ten o'clock the next morning." She said.

"But you've been having a high fever since you passed out in the wilderness, and everyone is worried about you."

Looking at Arya's tired look, you can know that she has been taking care of herself all this time, Roy held her hand, thinking that she should thank her, but felt that with their relationship, it didn't seem necessary.

He pulled Arya over and kissed her lightly on the forehead:

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

"Uh-huh......" Arya leaned into her arms and whispered to him about what had happened since yesterday.

Cynthia killed the Demon Lord and the Bone Dragon, and escorted everyone back to the Black Flag C4 Gathering Place, where they now live.

By last night, Sidney's reinforcements had been teleported from the waypoint to the C4 gathering place, and the rescue and clearance mission in the wilderness was immediately launched.

The vast majority of them were well-trained inheritors, including many high-level inheritors, and by this morning, the situation had become clear.

Perhaps because of the killing of the Demon Lord, the number of demonic beasts that poured in from the depths of the wilderness was effectively reduced, and the demonic beasts that had already invaded seemed to have become leaderless and confused.

It was without the hindrance of the Demon Lord that the progress of the rescue and clearance of Sidneya was so rapid, the conspicuous herd of demonic beasts had been completely wiped out, and most of the refugees had been contained.

As for the subsequent clean-up of the lone monsters and the search for the remaining refugees, it will take about a week or so to completely deal with them.

But this does not mean that this war between humans and demons is over, on the contrary, it has just begun.

Arya is a lawyer, so she was asked to sit in on the battle meeting, and according to the information she had learned, referring to the siege of the city six hundred years ago, there would never be only one demon lord in the demon army attacking Sidney.

They had defeated the advance force of the demon army, probably because the speed of light rout of the advance force had alerted them, and the demon army had not yet shown its head.

But in any case, they must be prepared to fight a protracted war.

Sidney has passed a decision at the Council of the Temple, and the C4 colony at its feet will be expedited into a well-equipped, heavily guarded satellite city.

In the near future, this will be the first line of defense against the demon army.

"Oh yes......"

As she spoke, Arya seemed to remember something, "Mistress Cynthia said that when you wake up, she wants to talk to you.

"But young master, you haven't eaten since yesterday afternoon, I'll bring you breakfast first, and then call her."

Roy closed his eyes and felt the condition of his body, and said, "I'm not hungry for the time being, go and call her first, don't make people wait for a long time." ”

"Okay." Arya left the room.

He was the only one left in the room, and Roy lowered his eyes and asked in his heart, "Godheart, are those things in my mind fragments of memories from the original oracle?" ”

"It's not a fragment. Just as I was already able to read your memories, you can now read the memories of the first oracles. ”

The Heart of God replied, "But you are not strong enough to grasp the authority I have given you, and you are not able to fully read the memories left by the first oracles.

"When you become stronger in the future, you will naturally be able to gradually recall all the contents."

"Authority......" Roy muttered to himself.

He raised his right hand and threw a punch into the void.

In an instant, the sound of breaking the air sounded, and Roy slowly withdrew his hand, thoughtful.

As soon as he woke up, he noticed that he was different from before, his body seemed to be stronger and his concentration became more focused.

Both physical fitness and mental strength have grown tremendously, and this rapid growth is still going on until now.

Even if a berserker of the same level fights with him now, I'm afraid he won't be his opponent.

"Is this the authority of the heart of God?"

Roy smiled wryly, "You're not the heart of a god, you're the heart of a beast, are you?"

"What about the power that controls life and death, why can't I feel it anymore?"

"Eat the rice one bite at a time." The Heart of God chuckled, "Life and death depend on the body and spirit, and you are laying the foundation now, as for the authority of life and death...... Do you really think you can grasp the second-order one? Don't be too ambitious, young man.

"The reason why you were able to use this power temporarily before was not because you chose to merge with me, but because you paid an additional price after merging with me.

"You should understand what I'm referring to, of course you can overdraw your body and continue to use this power, but I don't recommend you to do it."

"The price ......," Roy silently.

He got up and got dressed, then stood in front of a mirror.

The handsome face of the young man was reflected in the mirror, with black hair and brown eyes, and his eyes were firm and deep.

He moved closer to the mirror, tilting his head slightly.

Sure enough.

At his sideburns, there were a few strands of hair that should have been jet black and shiny.

At this point, it has become gray.