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A grotesque and eerie scene happened.

There is only one god ceremony of the "Black Emperor", and there is only one person who has collected three copies of the sequence and is accommodating the uniqueness, but at the same time there are two "Black Emperors" who are being promoted, and two "George Augustus III"!

One is being crowned, undoubtedly the emperor.

And the other one is in the process of becoming a god, and there is no doubt that he is also the Black Emperor!

……

The scene of the king snatching the crown and crowning himself left the crowd in a state of collective bewilderment.

In the hearts of all people, the divine right of kingship is inevitable, just as the very existence of God symbolizes authority. It is a deep-rooted belief that the ruler of any country must reach a tacit agreement with the church in order to succeed to the throne, and that the church will also choose the subordinate ruler it needs.

There was a small commotion in the crowd, and the followers of the God of Thunder expressed their disapproval of the king's actions in disbelief.

How can a mortal emperor be qualified to crown himself! How can the secular imperial power be above the divine power?!

"Medici", who was standing in the crowd, also frowned strangely, and subconsciously rubbed his chin with his fingers:

“…… This George III has been hiding himself? ”

"She thinks that she is as supreme as the emperor and the true god, and she can't hold back in the godhood ceremony, if she bows her head to the big octopus and waits for the crown, it means that she's the 'emperor' behind the gods, so she will snatch the crown?"

"But she's been patient for so long, the requirement of the godhood ceremony is to take a potion in the mausoleum, what's the point of letting this false doppelganger snatch the crown, just to show her tough side to the people?"

"This act doesn't make sense at all! Instead, it will anger the tyrant......"

The unusual and incomprehensible scene made Medici, who was far away in Trier, frown slightly, and she narrowed her eyes, projecting more power from the psychic link, and raised her head in the midst of the crowd with their heads bowed, observing the apparition on the high platform without leaving a trace.

The Angel of War's brow furrowed.

"Not a phantom......?"

In the eyes of the Angel of War, the high platform is not a phantom or a utopian creation, as Crane said, but a collection of authority, a center of gravity where shadows converge, a truly distorted singularity!

In other words, it was the real George Augustus III!

How could this be an apparition? No one in this world can make an illusion that is strong enough to contain the authority of the true God!

"Is this the real George III? No, she should still be completing the godhood ceremony! The people have yet to hear the proclamation of the Emperor's return, the proclamation of godhood on a global scale has not appeared, and the symbol of the astral plane has—"

Medici looked up.

"The symbol of the astral plane has not fully risen either! Her godhood ceremony hasn't ended yet, when did she get it back? ”

The war seasoned angel smelled something was wrong, and she was keenly aware that something beyond her imagination was happening—Medici didn't think that Crane had lied to her, and that this conjecture didn't even survive two seconds in the war angel's mind. Because Crane lied to her would only make her misjudge the situation and put herself in danger, and the "Ancient Scholar" who held the Source Fort would not be able to be deceived!

Connected to essentia, he only needs a divination to know if it's true or not!

"In other words, before the kid left, all the phantoms on the high platform were ...... But now...... Came true? ”

Medici's heart suddenly became in crisis, put down the stilted Erlang's legs, stood up suddenly, and said into the air:

"The wandering Heroic Spirit, the eyes that gaze at fate, the scroll of the true Creator!"

"Great snake! Big snake! ”

Medici smacked his lips and said directly: "The plan has changed!" Give that kid a little good luck and give me a little more! ”

Before Ulorius could reply, Medici raised her leg and kicked at another figure who was sitting beside her looking at the ledger, but the latter quickly dodged it: "It's time to inform the Death Archon, that kid!" Hurry up and help! Something is not right! ”

"Your Excellency the Archon of Death said that her students would summon her historical projections, so it may be the religious leaders who have come to help."

Richard finished the accounts, turned the few tons of flour and wheat seeds he had just bought into a small package of extremely dense substantial, and then reached out and grabbed a friendly creature of bad luck to drive, and entrusted it to bring this package to the southern continent and give it to the bound god or Barranca.

Then she put the notebook away and smiled heartily at Medici:

"I'm not good at strategic planning, you can just point in a direction, where do I go?"

Medici laughed: "Not good at strategic planning? A hundred years ago, the popular support rate was 80%, and the United Spirit Order fought in the south and north in the southern continent, and was finally surrounded and suppressed by the northern continent, who was the leader of the temperance faction who had to bow his head? Could it be your person with the same name and surname? ”

"I'm just good at assassination, and I have to fight with the Northern Continent at that time." Richard waved his hand, "I'm not a big person, and I'm still a little popular in that small place in the Southern Continent." ”

"The demon of knowledge doesn't care about this matter, no one on our side can stop the big octopus."

Medici moved his muscles: "Don't worry, I will make good use of each of your combat power." ”

……

"Heh, this crown is good, but it's nowhere near as good as my own."

"Then again, one of the uniqueness of that guy is also the crown, even though he has no land and subjects, it's really unpleasant......"

The phantom muttered in a voice that only he could hear.

Through occult connections, she is constantly plundering the power of the true George III that is holding the only nature in the mausoleum, distorting the distinction between the two of them, sharing and reclaiming the authority that is already her own.

Endless shadows converge towards her location, and the Emperor is descending into this world.

And the one in the mausoleum became an apparition, a stand-in – or, rather, to her, George III was like a not-so-elaborate gift, a container for what she wanted, like a glass bottle of decent workmanship.

Since the bottle itself has limited talents, it needs to be decorated with identity and bloodline to appear less bad.

But she was kind and egalitarian, and she would not dislike George Augustus just because she was not good enough.

After all, a container is a container, and it only needs to be done to fill what she should have, protect it, bring it to her, and then break it.

Although she snatched the crown from Pope Gad II to crown herself, the "Wishing Lamp" did not think that she was invincible in the world, she just couldn't bear such behavior at all - the dignified black emperor actually needed another god to promise, approve, and let an angel crown her, such a shameful and joke-like situation actually existed!

She couldn't have imagined that this George Augustus would feel honored and proud!

George III could bear it, and she wouldn't accept it.

However, after doing this, His Majesty the Emperor still needs to make peace with the natives on the earth for a short period of time, and when the uniqueness of the "Inquisitor" path and the three sequences are all attracted and her true body is revealed, she will not have to endure it anymore.

It's good that William Augustus was dead before she succeeded in confusing George III, the first sequence of the Augustan family's "Inquisitors"!

As soon as George III kept this sequence in a good place, he only waited for the ceremony to end, and then went to war against Fursack, snatching the "Trenthorst Brass Book" that was activated by the uniqueness of the 0-02 - "Inquisitor" path, becoming a dual-path true god, and officially among the first echelon within the barrier!

Hehe, Trensost...... What a nostalgic name.

"Is the 'Ghost Empire' still floating on the sea? Haha, that guy is really cautious, and after discovering that something is wrong, he would rather take me to the grave than put this level 0 seal on the 'Ghost Empire' for future generations...... Hehe, in the end, the miracle didn't happen. ”

The phantom's body gradually coalesced, becoming solid.

The world around him seemed to be darkening minute by minute, and the figure of the emperor gradually sank into the shadows, and even space and light were distorted.

If Trensost had been tricked by me into handing over the "Wishing Lamp" to the fleeing descendants, I would have done everything in my power to ensure that they boarded the "Ghost Empire", and then plotted for the ship's share of Sequence One, but unfortunately, she was not fooled, and became crazy again, and after being polluted by the "Land of Disorder", she did not believe my words again...... At the time, I was really in a hurry and wasted time, but fortunately, it's not too late......

Thinking of this, she squeezed out a gifted smile to the Pope in front of her, whose face was as gloomy as the sky, and said reluctantly:

"Greetings to you, sorry, I was a little too excited."

"It's definitely not ...... For your dissatisfaction with the Church of the God of Thunder, please believe that I will still fulfill my promise and accompany you. ”

"Oh, yes, Russell Gustav did the same when he was crowning himself at the White Maple Palace in Trier, and I was impulsive under the influence of extraordinary properties, and once again I am very sorry, I hope you don't get me wrong."

She almost burst out laughing.

Gad II's face looked a little better, but only a little.

The long career of the lamp god has somewhat taught her to shrink her head strategically, and she thinks that the current situation is just a delaying tactic, which does not mean that she is really afraid.

"Now that the coronation is complete, let's move on to the next phase of our ceremony."

A pleasant smile appeared at the corners of her mouth, and her words carried unquestionable authority, and the eyes that had turned pure black in the depths made everyone bow their heads to her, not daring to look directly at the emperor's honor.

The bands playing on the terrace at the rear looked at each other, frightened by the sight of the king snatching the crown, which nearly brought the scheduled performance to an abrupt halt, while a modest man hidden in the crowd quietly calmed them down, turning their fear and confusion into a slight uneasiness, and continuing to complete the coronation soundtrack.

"No, the Emperor, His Majesty's behavior pattern is somewhat different from before......" The hidden "spectator" Angel carefully observed her side face, and thought to himself uncertainly, "Is it because of the changes brought about by rituals and godhood?" ”

The scheduled fifteen-minute coronation process ended unexpectedly.

With that, she didn't look at Gad II, but turned around abruptly and strode towards the high platform.

George III was still dying and trying to fight her erosion, and the rite of godhood was strangely prolonged. Therefore, she still needs to do something to further strengthen the people's perception of her own identity and completely seize everything that George III has.

Gad II was so angry that his beard trembled slightly: "Lord......! ”

The Pope of the Church of the Night looked left and right, too lazy to figure out the emotions between the Pope and the Emperor of the Friendly Church, and led everyone to the rear.

Scarlet cloaks and expensive white mink fur roes a breeze on the spotless marble countertops, and the people had finished their prayers and looked up at their rulers, awaiting the proverbs of the newly crowned emperor.

In the hearts of all people, the sense of belonging to the Rune Empire was stronger than ever, even the commoners, laborers, and homeless people who did not come to the lecture and watch the ceremony all felt awe in their hearts at this moment for His Majesty Emperor George Augustus III!

The Emperor's piercing gaze scanned the crowd below, savoring the devotion of the ants, and then sighed deeply, long.

"—I'm sad."

Her words silenced the excited crowd in their doubts.

"As you can see, our vicious neighbours to the north have invaded our land in the open, and they have torn up the hard-won peace for despicable reasons, allowing the flames of war to burn in the Amanda Mountains, to our city-states, and to devour our people."

The god, who had the appearance of George III, lowered his eyes and said slowly in a chanting tone:

"On the borders of countries, brutal wars are stalemate. Seven times the sharp sword of Fersak has struck against our country, won three times, and on three occasions displaced countless people, buried countless lives in our land, and soaked the land with the blood of the people who ravaged the kingdom blessed by the gods, destroyed the churches of our gods, abducted pious and good people, insulted chaste women, and greedily drank the blood of innocent children. ”

"Everywhere I looked, there was pain, sorrow, and poverty."

"The economic downturn due to the war, unemployment one after another, mothers crying with hungry children, birds unable to find wheat grains from the fields."

She raised her head, looked at the sky, and exhaled softly, her voice equally soft, but reaching everyone's ears:

"I've seen enough of this suffering."

She held her head high, her black eyes swept over everyone, and whispered:

"Is this our fate?"

No, of course not! This answer suddenly came to everyone's hearts.

Even Audrey, who was standing in the aristocratic area, couldn't help but clench her fists, trembling slightly with excitement, and then she reacted quickly - she was affected by this extremely clever fan, if she hadn't become an experienced psychiatrist, I am afraid that she would have become a member of the people now, and she would have mobilized her emotions!

"Is there some original sin on our part?"

Audrey thought so, and suddenly heard George III on the high platform ask again.

The emotional feedback around him was even faster, and even his father and mother couldn't help but clench their fists slightly. Audrey turned her head to look, only to see that her eldest brother Hibbert had already tensed her body, as if she had been aroused by the king's speech and her fighting spirit and pride, and muttered to herself that she was unwilling to flee to Intis!

This, this is -

She looked around frequently, but no one rebuked her for ignoring etiquette, because no one looked at her at all.

All eyes were on the emperor, everyone was waiting for the emperor's speech, everyone was eager for something.

For the first time, Audrey felt small in the crowd.

"Are we to be so content with the status quo, complacent about the temporary retreat of the enemies of Fersak, licking our wounds like trapped beasts?"

After a moment of unspeakable silence, before the sorrow in everyone's hearts was aroused again, her voice suddenly raised:

"Nope! It should never be so! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the time for you and me to fight back!"

"If you remain indifferent, your innocent fellow citizens will die even more in the wars to come, so I encourage you and implore you—not for God's sake, but for my own encouragement, my subjects, my messengers! In the name of the Emperor, I will urge all knights, and indeed all knights, soldiers, rich and poor, to quickly come to the aid of our army. ”

She waved her fists, opened her arms, and made a gesture of embracing everyone and embracing the world:

"O my pious, kind, loyal subjects! Let us engage in a holy war – to put an end to all the sins and sufferings that come with it, to ascend our own quest, to reclaim our victory from that wicked nation! ”

"Drive the vicious enemy out of our territory and let them remember! Proclaim our strength, proclaim our justice! ”

"This is the Emperor's declaration and God's will!"

As soon as she finished speaking, someone in the audience quickly shouted emotionally:

"Praise to His Majesty the Emperor!

！ ”

"May our empire be eternally great!

”

"The Fursaks must be made to pay the price......"

……

A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and the emperor stretched out his hand and pressed down slightly, and the shouts of the people gradually subsided, waiting for the following.

"Subjects, I know that to this day, even now, you are still uneasy about the future and doubtful about victory."

She turned her body in the direction of the ruined Queens and part of the palace, and raised her arm:

"Look, the ruins and ruins brought by the catastrophe have destroyed our cities, destroyed our cultural relics and ancient buildings, trampled on our history, and left us with indelible scars."

"And a miracle is about to happen, and everything will be back to normal."

"Close your eyes, my subjects, and pray earnestly to my miracle, George Augustus III, who is about to perform a miracle!"

With magic in these words, the crowd gradually quieted down, and countless people clasped their hands at this moment, with endless anticipation, closed their eyes and prayed.

She smiled slowly, as if she had seen herself fulfill countless wishes in an instant.

And all of these wishes are "restored to the original"!

……

"This is definitely not the original George III! Whoever can't see who is stupid! After hearing this speech, Medici almost jumped up, "If George III had such eloquence, he would have persuaded those gods to support her a long time ago, why do she need to do it to the people secretly!" ”

"What about the Grim Reaper? Really dead? Why don't you do it yet? Are you going to beat this fake George III by playing the repechage? ”

Richard observed the situation in the distance:

"The situation is not good, do you have any ideas for the Angel of War?"

Medici smacked his lips and said, "The real George III is afraid that she is going to die, let the Grim Reaper give her some small help, so that the fake one will not complete the ceremony so quickly, although it has been completed more than ninety percent." ”

"I'm afraid there's a big problem with you-the mausoleum, and it's even more impossible to expect you to assassinate the one on the high platform. You go do a favor and get Crane out of here, and don't let him die. I'll be in charge of the rest of the matter, and I have an idea, but I don't know if it will be implemented smoothly. ”

Richard nodded, "No problem." ”

Without any hesitation, she entered the spirit realm and left this place.

Medici looked at the gloomy sky in the distance and hissed:

"I really didn't expect that, perhaps, the big octopus would become our most powerful helper in this operation......"

……

Near the "No. 1 Ruins" on the outskirts of Beckland, a figure lifted its invisibility and appeared.

She has black hair, a slightly round face, a beautiful appearance, a little sweet, and an extremely outstanding temperament, which is the witch Trissy.

As Triss approached Ruin 1, she also took out a metal vial and used the blood inside to draw the symbol provided by Mr. Door.

An illusory door quickly took shape.

"The mysterious symbol provided by Gelman Sparrow really has the effect of opening the door......"

Without hesitation, she quickly passed through the illusory gate.

There was a powerful and extraordinary force in the mausoleum that could not be ignored, and her body twisted slightly uncontrollably. Triss resisted the warps as expected, guarding against possible blockers as she walked towards the warp center of gravity.

Soon, she sensed something and looked down.

Triss's eyes widened suddenly, then closed suddenly.

Her body trembled involuntarily, trembling with fear, trembling from getting too close to the soon-to-be-become Black Emperor - the ground beneath her feet suddenly vanished here, the masonry and the stepped path all twisted into a spiral shape, the steps on the walls, on the zenith, high and low, they intertwined with each other to form a picture like a grotesque dream.

And in the deepest depths that none of these stairs could reach, a terrifying shadow was wriggling, sticking out tiny tentacles and eroding upwards.

"Help me—"

"Help me—"

"Give to me—"

"I am your Emperor!

”

There was no one in the mausoleum, and the shadows in the depths let out a terrifying and angry roar, and a huge wave of air slammed Triss away.

"Heh, hehe, haha...... Hahaha! ”

Triss sat down on the floor, and after a few seconds of silence, she closed her eyes, trembled, and burst out laughing in fear.

"What emperor, hahaha, what sacrifice...... Edsak, you really should take a good look...... What killed you......"

"That's what your revered father is!

！ ”

……

In Ahowa County, near the Secret Mausoleum, Crane arrived here in seclusion without alarming anyone.

Although time was already pressing, he still did not recklessly approach the mausoleum and draw a symbol to open the door, but reached out his right hand and grabbed the air in front of him.

After five consecutive blows, Crane's arm muscles tensed suddenly, as if he was pulling something extremely heavy.

As his right hand retracted, a figure quickly outlined.

Azik Eggers quickly appeared beside him, and it was not the first time that the two had worked together, and after nodding to each other, they approached the door of the mausoleum in tacit agreement.

On the way, Crane reached out again and grabbed into the void.

This time, he didn't seem to be holding anything back, but he had actually summoned himself more than ten seconds ago, himself in a state of secrecy!

Crane then threw a metal vial to his projection, and sent the body into the historical pores of the gray mist.

In the past, in his body, his consciousness suddenly came to life and became extremely agile.

Azktor looked at Crane's movements and nodded approvingly.

Seeing that Crane had finished his preparations, Azik immediately opened his arms, and his body suddenly expanded into a huge feathered serpent, as if in a historical projection, spewing out white flames that almost completely covered the black mausoleum in front of him!

At the same time, Crane felt that the spiritual world around him seemed to give him some protection and concealment, and the aura of the underworld quietly enveloped his body, further helping him to hide his true body, and he could retreat into the underworld at any time under the occult connection.

At this moment, a little bit of a slightly deep light flew out from the inside of the mausoleum, so that the pale flames that rushed like a tide could no longer move forward.

They then formed a figure, which was none other than Derrick Augustus of the Sequence 2 "Balancer" rank.

As soon as he saw her, the hidden Crane suddenly became dull and stiff, and could only act according to instinct, because Crane's body had returned from the hole in history, outside the secret mausoleum.

Then, Crane teleported directly to a secret mausoleum in the lower reaches of the Tasok River, took out another metal vial, and used the blood inside to fly out with a spiritual pull in a secret state, outlining the symbols.

In a few seconds, the symbol resonated and turned into a gate, and Crane walked in with his secret mates, Chunas and Enyuni.

Of course, outside in the rivers and forests, he still has the secret puppet that he has just transformed.

But at this moment, Medici's words suddenly sounded in his ears:

"There's a problem with the godhood ceremony! There's a problem with George III outside! ”

"There may have been changes in the mausoleum, I asked someone to help you, don't die so soon!"

And the moment he heard this, Crane just took the secret puppets Chunas and Enyuni through the illusory gate.

Before he could think about the meaning of the words conveyed by Medici, the spiritual link of "War Red" was suddenly severed, and a picture suddenly appeared in his mind:

The dark chapel with a steeple stood in front, and the wide doors opened to reveal a man in a suspender, a gentleman in a top hat, a girl with ruffles on her cuffs, and a young lady with lace on her skirt......

They were all suspended in mid-air, motionless.

"Ahh "Ahh "Ahh

Black crows hovered over the spire of the church, making heart-warming calls.

Without the slightest suspicion, Crane felt like he had fallen into a rift in a frozen lake, chills all over his body, his hairs standing on end.

Countless thoughts surged wildly in his heart, and they collectively shouted out a name:

Zarathu!

tbc

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Of course, the door opening symbol is obtained by contacting the door, which is not detailed in this article, after all, the god of lights has been running for a long time.