974

When the shouts were heard, the Hidden Sage was trying to inlay the "All-Seeing Eye" into one of his sockets.

His body, made up entirely of data streams, was silent, not even the words of analysis flickering. After a moment, the huge body that encompassed almost all the knowledge of the two worlds frantically retracted towards the center, turning into a human male figure dressed in Western Continent-style clothing.

The data of the demon of knowledge, "Yang Mo", was loaded, temporarily covering the personality of the hidden sage.

He frowned and looked in Calderon's direction, pondering for a moment, before finally turning in the direction of Klein Moretti, who was still in the spirit realm.

"I didn't expect this to be the case."

"I can probably guess what He wants to do......"

"Although Klein is still different from the mysterious guy, but asking me to go to Klein at this time, isn't it just to consume the little alliance between me and him? …… Oh, but it doesn't matter. The world has become like this, and I can't stay any longer, until I leave the earth and enter the starry sky, and the fool will expect to remember what alliances and cooperation after that. ”

The foundation of goodwill and cooperation built up with the "Western Continent" will depreciate rapidly after leaving the earth, and it is not bad to use it up now.

And I've gotten what I wanted, and no amount of loss is there.

The Demon of Knowledge reached into his sleeve and pulled out a blond rag doll and threw it forward.

The seals and restraints around the doll were dismantled, and its body quickly swelled and grew in size, becoming a young priest with blonde hair and a beard of the same color. He was dressed in a priest's run, his eyes fixed on the outer god who had freed himself.

"Let's go, Adam."

The Demon of Knowledge's gaze stayed on him for two seconds before moving away, and now that his fingers were rubbing the "omniscient eye" that seemed to be cast in brass, the Demon of Knowledge was in a very good mood, plus he didn't need a "dreamer" to control his instinctive dislike of God - even Adam was not happy to be a doppelganger of God, but in the eyes of the old days.

Adam has been out of the "main storyline" of this world for a long time, and still lacks the ability to grasp what is currently happening. He tried to use his extraordinary abilities to figure out what had happened during this time, and the demon of knowledge didn't mind, standing there and waiting for Him.

However, as soon as he tried to enter the familiar "subconscious ocean", he suddenly felt a vision that was far beyond his imagination projected, and at the moment when he was about to be captured by this gaze, the demon of knowledge quickly "deleted" the Adam in the subconscious ocean, and constructed a virtual Adam in an unrelated direction, attracting the other party's attention.

With the assistance of "omniscience", the extraordinary ability of the demon of knowledge and the use of data and information have reached a higher level than before.

Although the use of the robbing method is far less than his own, it is enough to deceive God temporarily—after all, what He has lost is the eye that sees through everything.

Adam was so shocked by what had just happened that it took him two seconds to see what had just happened. Realizing that he was once at the top of Earth's abilities and that his life was now in danger everywhere, he quickly came to his senses and his expression became serious.

He looked at the demon of knowledge, trying to figure out why the "primordial" had appeared in such a grand manner. The demon of knowledge stretched out his hand, and an illusory bird flew out of his palm, encompassing all that had happened after the other party was arrested. It turned into a small stream of data and entered Adam's mind directly from his eyes.

The expression of the "writer" suddenly became extremely exciting.

He looked at the demon of knowledge, his eyes showing curiosity and thought, I don't know whether he was thinking about the nature of "omniscience" and "knowledge wilderness", or feeling that an old consciousness that he regarded as an invader and enemy at the beginning had actually become the object of cooperation on the earth under the expectation and sacrifice of thousands of years in the Western Continent.

All this development is so unexpected that even "writers" need a little time to accept.

"Come with me, Adam."

The demon of knowledge glanced at him, didn't say anything superfluous, and directly used the power of essentia to envelop Adam and move straight towards the coordinates where Crane was:

"I know you definitely don't want to be a part of God, so, there are already people waiting for you."

"Klein Moretti?"

Adam was not very afraid of the demon of knowledge, his expression was still serious, but he was a little relieved.

"He became the Lord of Mysteries, and this is Him, and this is the choice of the Source Castle."

The demon of knowledge glanced at him, "I thought you would be happy about God's affairs first, after all, the human beings of the earth have been protected for eternity. ”

"Happy?"

"Happy?"

Adam was silent for a moment, as if after serious thought, before he spoke slowly:

"God has described more than once the civilization He has led as glorious as the science fiction stories of the old era and the ancient golden age, and has created sweet dreams for me to tempt me to submit. To be honest, if you don't look at the hidden conditions of Heaven, no one should reject such a world. ”

"I actually feel sorry for the happiness of mankind in Heaven. But I don't have a choice right now, so I think I would be happy if God really allowed human civilization on Earth to develop like that. ”

"Therefore, if the half of my body were still there, he would be sad and angry."

……

Intis, Trier.

In the school of the Church of Mysteries, in a certain classroom, the black-haired teenager raised his head in confusion and looked at his homeroom teacher.

"Let's go?" He was in his seat, with a few unfinished papers scattered on the table, and replied blankly, "Where to go?" ”

The other dozen or so students in the classroom looked at the head teacher with the same eyes, and the children who were as young as nine and as young as fifteen were full of confusion on their faces.

The head teacher didn't know what was going on, but she urged the children to pack up their things as soon as possible, line up like a normal school day, and prepare to evacuate the place in order later.

"We're going somewhere else." The teacher said gently, "This is a request from the gods. ”

"Is it the kingdom of God?"

There are children who are not familiar with the world and ask, their eyes are shining, there is no fear but expectation: "Will I be able to see my parents, my brother and my father?" ”

"No, if we want to go to God's side, we need to learn more and improve ourselves to become excellent scholars." The teacher didn't explain much, "We just moved the campus, don't worry, God hasn't abandoned us, we still have a place to study, clean food and bedding." ”

"Kids, get ready."

"Pack it up in fifteen minutes, and then we'll go to church and wait."

"Don't be afraid if anything happens, God is watching over us."

More than half of this classroom, and indeed more than half of the entire school, are filled with only one or two relatives or children who have lost their guardians, who have been rescued by the church to get out of the dark gutters and rubbish corners, and who will be closely connected to the church in the future because of the church's formation. At this moment, the teachers informed the children to evacuate one class after another, and they also quietly began to pack their things, and there was no sound of complaining.

The black-haired, blue-eyed boy quickly packed up his belongings, stuffed the books, papers, homework books, and a few pencils issued by the school into his old patched backpack, and then stood up suddenly:

"Teacher! I'm going to go out, I'm going to find my grandpa! ”

The teacher glanced at him, and was a little impressed by this little boy who depended on his grandfather, so he nodded and instructed:

"Go ahead, meet in the square in front of the cathedral in ten minutes."

"Put your homework book away! You've failed twice this month, and when the campus move is over, I'm going to check your homework! If you still don't pass the test, I'm going to talk to your grandfather. ”

The blue-eyed boy's face changed slightly, and he muttered something and ran away.

He ran out of the classroom and down the hallway, a Western Continent-style school building that sits flat on church grounds. However, as the line of sight gradually narrowed out, the distant land actually folded slowly, and the road was half in the air and half on the ground, perpendicular to each other, and the area seemed to gradually turn into a huge box.

In the distance, more land is being folded, as if to take away half of Intis!

And the scope of the "box" is all the jurisdictions of the Church of the Mysteries in Trier, with the Cathedral of the Mysteries in the middle.

The ground is folded up with the buildings in its entirety, leaving in place neat, empty spaces and remnants of basements.

What's even more surprising is that although the ground is perpendicular to each other, the buildings and humans on it are still walking smoothly, and they don't seem to realize that they are walking in the air, and they can't see the changes around them at all!

Two streets away, in the Cathedral of Light, Hermes noticed something, and he looked up at the window, stunned for a moment by the scene.

"The Demon of Knowledge wants to return to the Western Continent with the property he obtained in the Northern Continent?"

"This is to directly empty half of Intis, and the Abraham family has also been taken away, and there are no underground pipes left...... Did he go into the basement of the Cathedral of Light before and take some things, and then all the losses will be on his head......"

His beard shook a few times, and he quietly turned his head back, pretending not to see what had just happened.

After another two seconds, he couldn't help but wonder what would happen next, only to see that the huge "box" hundreds of meters high outside had been basically folded, and it was constantly shrinking its size and flying towards the sky.

After reaching a certain height, an illusory big hand suddenly appeared and tucked these large and small "boxes" into his sleeve.

"What an extraordinary ability." Hermes muttered, "I'd love to go to the Western Continent...... Forget it, a handful of old ones, forget it. ”

As he spoke, the light of the red moon that had always existed in the sky gradually became faint.

Sunlight has regained its dominance of the planet's skies.

The incomplete Mother Goddess was still slightly inferior to the omniscient and all-powerful, and the plants in the courtyard stopped growing at an abnormal rate. The battle between them did not last long, but it was already decided.

He continued to drink tea and never looked out the window again.

……

Things in the spirit world seemed to be over, and Crane wasn't aware of what was happening in Calderon—it wasn't in his sense in the first place.

He was just about to enter the real world when he suddenly felt a familiar force approaching him quickly.

At the moment when he sketched the image of the person in his mind and the trajectory of his journey in the spirit world, Crane suddenly heard the sound of the wind - he instinctively wanted to resist, but the slight sound contained in the wind made him quiet, restrained the irritability and discomfort of being invaded by other essentia in the space around him, and watched the brightly colored spirit world in front of him turn into a wilderness constructed of information and knowledge in a few breaths, and countless complex symbols turned into various special symbols flickering in the occult sky.

Crane raised his head not at all surprised, and saw the demon of knowledge with the face of the people of the Western Continent appearing in front of him.

Immediately, Crane's gaze fell on the blonde priest who was following the demon of knowledge, and for a moment, Crane felt a narrow-minded mood appear in his heart, and he was a little gloating.

The demon of knowledge only didn't see a smile on Klein's face, and directly gave Adam a look, and asked him to step forward:

"It's your reward for helping me get 'omniscience.'"

"As you requested, I did not erase His ego or restore Him to extraordinary qualities."

Klein didn't expect the demon of knowledge to speak for himself in front of Adam, but other than that, he seemed to treat Adam completely as an object, and it is unknown that he contained a little dissatisfaction with God.

He looked at Adam and looked at those clear eyes, and Crane felt an instinctive disgust in his heart, an instinctive disgust for the "audience" as a way to control the minds of others and to spy on the minds of others. Even though Adam didn't have a direct relationship with himself, he seemed to be annoyed by him as if he had been against him countless times. However, after the influence of the Lord of Mysteries was minimized by the Wilderness of Knowledge, Crane quickly adjusted his emotions.

He nodded slightly at Adam, the corners of his mouth turned up uncontrollably:

“…… I already know who you are, so I don't need to introduce myself. ”

"From now on, you will be my 'fantasy angel' Adam, and I will not deprive you of this title. I will not torture you, nor will I kill you. ”

The implication is that if one day I start taking pleasure in torturing you, it will prove that I have been killed by the Lord of Mysteries.

Knowing that this was the best option at the moment, Adam lowered his head slightly, with the same soft smile on his face as ever:

"Thanksgiving. Praise be to you, 'fool'. ”

The corners of Klein's mouth couldn't be suppressed at all, but fortunately, Adam was very understanding and didn't look up and walked directly behind him.

The demon of knowledge looked at Crane, who was about to lose his nerves, and said, "I have something to tell you. ”

Crane understood, he thought about it, stuffed Adam into the Source Castle, and then quickly said to the Demon of Knowledge:

"Excuse me, wait a minute."

"I also have something I wanted to say to Adam from a long time ago."

975

Southern Continent.

The thick fog squirmed, as if behind the black fog there were countless strange things moving slowly, bringing gusts of breeze.

As if hearing something, he was silent for a moment, and then said flatly:

"I have some regrets."

The incarnation of the River of Eternal Darkness didn't care about this self-talk, as he had already been convinced in the previous confrontation that the enemy was not very powerful, and that the main means of attack and resistance were also the power of the "demonic" path, except for some special curses and seals. Connected to the River of Eternal Darkness, you can summon the dead and the undead constantly, and even if you are killed several times, you can still return from the dead. Coupled with the power of the "Warrior" and the "Demon Hunter", the incarnation of the River of Eternal Darkness did not cost him much to put him in a dilemma that he could not win, but could only resist.

"I'm glad because it's almost over, this world has indeed declined to the extreme, and now every remaining god is ready to leave here and divide up the lives and resources of this planet before leaving."

He was still talking, and there was no expression on the face that still had human features, only impatience.

"It's really good, the 'salvation' that is about to be ushered in here is a new piece of the puzzle that God has turned into a coloring game."

"My blessing has been fulfilled, hasn't it? It's just that I'm sorry that this wasn't the outcome I was expecting, and I wasn't able to make it happen with my own hands, and I wasn't able to participate more in this feast. ”

His eyes were hollow, but he locked on to the incarnation of the River of Eternal Darkness as if he were looking at his prey.

"But it doesn't matter anymore, I can end it too."

After this sentence fell, the avatar sensed that something was wrong - he was not stupid, after all, the souls in the river of eternal darkness could be used by him, but at this moment, he suddenly realized that his connection with the river of eternal darkness was blocked by some force!

Like a kite who suddenly found that the thread holding him was broken, he fell into a brief moment of surprise, and the next moment, flames and golden-red magma burst out of the cracks in the earth, and the blazing flames burned in all directions, burning stones and mountains into hot lava in an instant.

The crimson flames instantly transformed the entire terrain, and the lava that filled every crevice and depression seemed like a pulsating vein on the ground, and the fire continued to spread, as if there was no end in sight.

The spirits and bones of the dead hidden in the black fog wailed, and the flames burned their souls, the heart-rending pain unbearable.

Spirituality is ignited as fuel, the skin and flesh are dried and cracked, the bones are completely scorched and fall off, and the soul is directly destroyed.

The essentia avatar reacted quickly, and a large number of spirits instantly gathered in the direction where he was, ready to resist the opponent's attack, but the other party did not do so, but suddenly retreated a lot, and only one sentence accompanied by a strange curse fell on him:

"The soul is weakened, but the body is strengthened."

The moment the curse took effect, the essentia body standing on the ship of the dead collapsed violently.

His body grew six arms, his legs merged to form a serpent's tail, and the bones behind him towered as if they were about to spread out several pairs of wings, while his body grew in size...... The curse forcibly took the form of a collection of mythical creatures of the three paths. However, his soul suddenly became countless times weaker, and he could not support this powerful body comparable to the multi-path true god, and was directly locked in his body, unable to move!

Sensing the danger of their rulers, countless undead rushed to the essentia incarnate like a tidal wave, using their bodies to hold up the stranded ship and the oversized body of the gods—but the ants were unable to move the elephants, and blood-stained bandages suddenly appeared, wrapping them in mummies of all sizes, as if they had suddenly arrived in the pyramid burial pits of the Highland Kingdom.

However, the uniqueness of the "prisoner" was ultimately missing, and this level of sealing was more than enough to deal with the spirits below the true god, but not enough to tie the incarnation of the River of Eternal Darkness, who was still struggling, so rust and withered vines slowly climbed up his body, imprisoning and consuming his spirit.

"I'm really not good at fighting."

"Because I'm probably better at capturing and sealing alive than that."

……

In the Source Fort.

Crane returned to the old castle in gray fog and saw Adam standing in the morning.

Probably because of the experience of the Quaternary and Tertiary Periods, he was very conscious of being a "god" and a subordinate, and did not choose a high-backed chair to sit on at the bronze table, but stood beside Antigonus in the position of "world".

When Crane arrived, Adam was looking at Antigonus's half face peeking out from under his hood, wondering what he was thinking.

Seeing the master of the source fort returning, Adam also raised his head, and he did not say anything other than hello, which was very worry-free.

"There's one thing I want to ask you."

Klein looked into Adam's eyes and asked in a normal tone:

"You should know that I'm from Tingen, and Ince Zangwille was there with 0-08 and planned a catastrophe that would destroy half of Tingen. Although this catastrophe has become an improvised act of the demon, it is impossible for you to be unaware of the harm that a level 0 seal can bring. ”

"I also know it's part of your plan and that of the Goddess of the Night."

When he saw this compassionate priest again, he couldn't help but bring it up again.

"When it comes to the loss of Level 0 seals, an angel should be responsible, but it seems to be left to its own devices. What happened in Tingen is only one link in the catastrophe that this fugitive bishop and 0-08 has created and is about to create. And at the end of these catastrophes, the extraordinary convergence will bring 0-08 to you and take you one step further. As one of the victims of the 0-08 series of events, I would like to ask you, how many people do you think will die as a result, and how many families and innocent people will be sacrificed on the altar? ”

As his first foothold in this world, the beginning of everything, Klein's heart has never been able to let go of Tingen.

Although Klein had known that he would not be able to live in peace even if Tingen had not been harmed, the way his peaceful life ended was too tragic - he had thought he had let go of the matter, but after seeing one of the original plotters, he realized that he always had resentment in his heart.

Adam also looked into Klein's eyes, and replied with a calm expression and deliberate words:

"In the Tingen incident, what really led to the increase in the degree of disaster was actually the Advent of the Divine Son of the Megaos and the Aurora Society. Although 0-08 is an agreed item between the goddess of the night and me, such a big event as the arrival of the Son of God must be dealt with by saints and even angels. ”

"Ince Zangwill has a very cautious personality, 0-08 and I are very cohesive, and in the best case scenario, the damage will not exceed 10,000 people."

In the worst-case scenario, such as Ince Zangwill's madness, constantly involved in extraordinary events like the Son of God's descent, he will soon be tracked down and erased by the angels of the Night Church. We will keep the damage within a reasonable range and do not make more sacrifices on the premise of sacrifice. ”

He didn't lie.

Klein knew He was telling the truth.

- That's why he had a sense of ridiculous absurdity at this moment.

"Indeed, if the Son of God comes, then someone will indeed deal with it......," Klein said, shaking his head, "but is there a possibility that such an event will not take a few minutes at all, and may not even take more than ten seconds to destroy the entire Tingen?" ”

A demigod already possesses the ability to destroy a city in a short period of time, and the Son of God in Megoos's womb is a true innate mythical creature.

Tingen and the surrounding cities were not destroyed because of luck, not because someone took care of it. …… But to put it mildly, it's not a deal at all but a clean-up, and although Tingen is not a small city, what can these anchors be compared to the overall size of the goddess of the night?

Can it get to one percent?

Perhaps, the death of one out of a hundred believers is indeed enough to make the master sad for a while.

"Yes, you're right, there is no Ince Zangwill, there will be Ace, Reis, in essence, he is a prop, and he can only do evil within the range you delineate with 0-08, and if more damage is caused, you have to use another prop...... Should I praise you for valuing life, or should I call you stupid? ”

Adam didn't defend himself.

"My abilities are limited, and my movements are too big to easily arouse the vigilance of the three gods, plus I am not completely sure, and the goddess of the night is not willing to say that she is on the same side as me when the outcome is unclear. I know it's not perfect, but that's what I can think of. ”

Yes, yes, you are hostile to each other, you have your own positions and interests, you don't trust each other, you are afraid of tearing your face apart, so you can only sacrifice humanity in the end...... Those are your believers!! They grew up listening to stories about how you saved the world and sheltered humanity, they believed in you, they believed in you from the bottom of their hearts that you would protect them, and you killed them like that!

Should I thank you for not telling them, "Your God sacrificed you"?

Even if you kill your own pet or an innocent little animal, you can feel sad and uneasy, right? Do you really have human emotions?

Crane took a deep breath, and even though he had expected the answer, he still felt tired and ridiculous after receiving the answer from the mouth of one of the initiators, and the previous feelings of joy and schadenfreude vanished without a trace.

For a moment, he felt powerless again, even though he was already so powerful, there were still some things he couldn't do, and there were many more such things.

Originally, he still had malicious intent in his heart, and wanted Adam to have a good chat with Leonard, another victim, but now he felt that it was unnecessary, because Leonard and Adam's thinking was not at the same level at all, nor was it in the same channel, and their communication was destined to be meaningless and would break up unhappily.

Of course, Klein also knew that it would be a waste of time to discuss the reasonableness of sacrifice with the pure divine side of Adam, so he skipped the boring topic, and after a moment of silence, he said:

"You're a spectator, you're a psychiatrist, so I'm not going to ask you if you're guilty."

"You are one and the same as the true Creator, and I believe that you share His faith in pure humanity."

“…… I can't forgive you, and I'm not in a position to say things like 'not guilty' to you, but you are not allowed to do that again. ”

Naturally, Adam had no objections.

"I'm really sorry for them."

"It's all because of my lack of ability."

"If I were a true god, I could merge with the true creator and then gradually eat away at the three gods at the lowest cost, but unfortunately I can't."

He confessed it freely.

After all, in the planning and tacit understanding between him and the true creator, if he is strong, he will merge with the real creator, and if the real creator returns to normal first, then he can also send his own identity and uniqueness to the mouth of the human half without hesitation. Of course, the Creator's half-body inherited the arrogance of the Creator, and even after they had died once, they still regarded themselves as the most reliable saviors of mankind, and they took it for granted that they had a responsibility and an obligation to do so.

Moreover, there is indeed no God more reliable than Them on the current earth.

If Klein did not exist, then in the end Adam and the true Creator would have been reunited and returned as half a god before the end of the world to protect the weak planet and the weak gods.

Compared with the whole world that was saved, the people who made Adam die as a god and those who moved the tide of the times are indeed not worth mentioning.

Klein knew this, too, and he couldn't say anything heavier to them, and he didn't want to discern what was true and what was false in Adam's candid confession. If we have to trace the mistakes to the roots, it must be traced back to the bad debts of the Rose of Redemption and the Feast of Betrayal...... At this point, instead of continuing to curse the three gods who are already dead, it is better to throw the pot on God's body and pretend that the stupid trick of "suicide" is God's choice to influence the Creator.

Adam and Klein tacitly put the pot on God's head together.

"You stay here for now." Seeing that both sides had nothing to say, Crane didn't waste any time, "This is my pre-god council, and you can choose a chair here to sit down on - except for the one that already has the 'audience' sign." ”

Adam still doesn't have a single superfluous word:

"Okay."

Crane gave him a deep look, nodded, and left the Source Castle.

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His conversation with Adam didn't take a few minutes, and as he returned to the spirit realm, Crane inadvertently glanced at the real world—and before he could see anything, he felt the wilderness of knowledge once again loom over him. (End of chapter)