71. Torture the soul, the proposal of eternal life (II)
The words that came out of the mouth of Lord Thomas Youngson of Blindeye were a sign of weakness, and in normal times, the young regent would have asked Mr. Dish for confirmation before deciding what he should do. But this time was different, and the pain of losing Sir Rodriguez, who was also both a teacher and a father, burned in the heart of Levi Ston with an unquenchable rage, which had to be washed with the blood and lives of his enemies in order to hopefully suppress this heart-rending sorrow and pain.
The young Lord Regent stared at Lord Blindeye with a cold gaze, and then slowly pulled the knight's sword from his upper abdomen, bringing out a dripping of golden-red blood to the ground. Tomad Yangsen's tense expression eased slightly, but before he could continue to agitate his tongue, the knight's sword slashed down again, and the sharp blade ignored the power of the divine fire that protected Tomad Yangsen's body, and bit into the strong muscles of his shoulder, reaching the bone, and almost severing his right arm up to the shoulder.
Tomad Jerson let out a roar of toldness, he did not expect Levi Stern to respond without compromise, and in the next moment he saw a pair of chilling eyes, no pity, no wavering, only pure fear and equal parts anger. At this moment, he understood at least one thing, that is, Levi Ston would never listen to any of his arguments and proposals in such a situation, and only one of the two would survive.
Lord Blindeye had never been an indecisive man, and just as Levi was dragging the knight's sword across in an attempt to amplify the other man's injuries, a colorless flame burned on Thomas Yangsen's body again, and a powerful translucent ripple swept across his side, sweeping away the silver-white chains formed by the transcendent divine power.
Levi Ston, who didn't have time to retreat in the translucent ripple sweep, felt as if he had been hit head-on by a hard stone wall, and with a muffled thud, he flew backwards with a muffled sound, crashing into the back of the throne of the Shining Lord Flandara, which seemed to be carved from a single piece of golden crystal of gem quality, luxurious and sacred, but far harder than ordinary steel. Levi's body even stayed on the back of the chair, which was several meters high, for a moment, before he slid down to the ground, almost landing on the knight's sword in his hand.
"The gods are above, Young Master Levi!"
Mr. Dich's figure came with a zigzag dark purple bolt of lightning, and as he passed by Lord Tomad Jonson, the latter was trying his best to suppress the unstable divine fire in his chest, but still left more than half of his attention on Mr. Dich, while faintly blocking the splendor of Excalibur in front of him.
Fortunately, Mr. Dish did not have the opportunity to take the initiative, or because he judged that Thomas Jonson still retained most of his combat strength despite several successive heavy losses, and the dark purple lightning did not take the opportunity to attack Lord Blindeye when it passed by.
After the dark purple thunder and lightning dissipated, the figure of the old magician appeared beside Levi, he didn't look at a magic gesture, and then a gentle white light fell from the sky, enveloping the young regent's body, "Young Master Levi, how are you feeling?" Mr. Dish asked with some concern.
"I didn't ...... I'm fine!" Levi gritted his teeth and got up from the ground, his face was very pale from exhaustion, but there were no serious injuries on his body, just a few bruises and scrapes, and the white light of the healing technique only lasted for a few seconds, and then it all escaped into the air. "Mr. Dich, Sir Rodriguez...... He, what the hell happened to him......"
The old magician's expression was very heavy, and even his waist, which had always been straight, was slightly stiffened, "I'm sorry, Young Master Levi. His voice was old and weary, and Levi seldom heard Mr. Dish speak in such a tone, and suddenly felt an indescribable fear come over him, and when he confirmed Mr. Dich's subsequent answer, Levi felt a throbbing pain in his heart, and despair filled his whole heart, squeezing out all other emotions, even anger and fear.
"I'm sorry that at this time, I can't use lies to comfort you, Young Master Levi. Sir Rodriguez first burned the Death Origin Power, and then was dealt a fatal blow by Thomas Jonsen with his extraordinary divine power...... His soul had been completely shattered, and even if Valhalla, in the heart of the castle, had collected a few remnants of souls just now, I couldn't think of a way to restore it again. ”
"No, no...... Mr. Des, you told me that the heart of the castle is capable of anything, and that it will surely bring Sir Rodriguez back to life, you said!"
Levi heard a voice let out a hoarse scream...... It was his own voice, and at the same moment, he prayed from the bottom of his heart to the departed gods, for help, to resurrect Sir Rodriguez, or to turn back time so that the outcome of the battle could be rewritten. If defeat is ultimately inevitable, at least Levi will be able to fight alongside Sir Rodriguez until the scythe of death takes all life.
Of course, the departed gods could not respond to Levi's prayers, but even Mr. Dish and Thomas Youngson did not notice that Levi's silent prayers were not entirely ineffective. On a throne of green thorns in the more remote part of the temple of the gods, a godhead belonging to the goddess of life, Arala, was emitting a soft green light, slowly absorbing the wisps of broken souls floating in the void.
Mr. Dish shook his head slowly, it was a very weak and sad action, "The secret of the soul is already involved in the supreme realm that only gods can comprehend, although in the alchemy knowledge I have, it is not without it, but how to repair the soul destroyed by the transcendent divine power has obviously exceeded the limit of alchemy knowledge...... I'm sorry, I didn't...... Way. ”
"Method...... I have. Tomad Yangsen's voice suddenly interjected, the newly promoted demigod looked very embarrassed, although the injuries on his shoulder and abdomen had healed as before, the blood of many gods that flowed out was not so easy to recuperate. Coupled with the fact that he had barely exerted his extraordinary divine power three times in a row, his divine fire had become extremely unstable, and the soul cries and curses that had been far away from his mind had become even louder and more furious, and an ominous dark red aura rose from the colorless core of the divine fire, outlining a strange blood-colored pattern like a spider's web on Tomad Yangsen's skin. "Levi Ston, I have a way to bring that Knight of Damnation back to life!"
Li Wei turned his head suddenly, and the despair in his mind seemed to have been cracked, although it was still dark and sinister like the eternal night of the underworld, but at least it had restored his ability to think about problems.
“...... What to do?" said Levi in a tone somewhere between a dream and a murmur, his eyes hollow like a man in a nightmare. "You...... How to prove it?"
Thomas Youngson breathed a sigh of relief, and although he was already close to Godhead, he was skeptical that with Mr. Dish and Levi Ston in the way, this distance would be unreachable. "I can do what old Dish can do, and what old Dish can't do, I hope to be able to do what I have already ignited. Because we were originally from the same soul and possessed the same knowledge of alchemy, and now that I am immortal, I can certainly perform more and greater miracles than a mere legendary alchemist......"
"Among them is the restoration of the souls of the undead who have been destroyed by the transcendent powers?" interrupted Mr. Dish sharply, "What are you going to do, Thomad Youngson?"
"First of all, I must stabilize my Divine Fire ......" A look of pain appeared on Tomad Yangsen's face, and a trace of blood gleamed in his golden eyes, which he immediately pressed down again. "Old Dich, you should know exactly what I was trying to do...... Now that I can't do it easily, I'm going to settle for the next best thing. Since you can't control all the rules of this world alone, it's okay to assign these priesthoods and godheads. ”
"Assign Godhead?" Levi raised his eyes in surprise, instinctively trying to retort, but Mr. Dish was a step quicker, "This proposal sounds interesting, and it can be considered a little sincere......" There was a subtle strangeness in the old magician's tone, and it was this strange feeling that made Levi Ston not open his mouth to object, but listened silently. “...... Since you made the proposal, how about you also come up with a plan for how to distribute these godheads?"
Tomad Jorson pondered for a few moments, and then carefully proposed, "Restoring the soul of that Knight of Damnation requires the godhead of the Eternal Sleep Guide, but my Divine Fire is not immortal, but darkness...... Therefore the Godhead of Flandara, the Lord of Glory, must also belong to me in order to create a balance in it, and as for the rest of the Godhead...... How about we divide it evenly?"
"After taking away the godheads of the two powerful gods, what is it called equal distribution?" Mr. Deshy's tone was not vicious, but the mockery contained in it was so strong that even a fool could detect it, "What a brilliant distribution scheme, fully taking into account your own interests. ”
The corners of Thomad Yangsen's mouth twitched twice, and then turned into a very reluctant wry smile, "I actually forgot that you and I are from the same soul, old Dich, it seems that there is no need to use this bit of verbal trick." He sighed as he paced two steps to the side seemingly casually, "You know, without the two godheads of light and darkness, you will never be able to reach the supreme godhead, since this is the case, for the sake of balance, how about I choose the death godhead of the Eternal Sleep Guide, Ku Xiyu, and leave the sun godhead of the Lord of Glory, Flandara, to you?"
Mr. Dish groaned for a moment, but just as his attention shifted slightly, Levi Ston beside him suddenly let out a stern snort and raised the Soul Drainer again.
"Far away from the godhead of the Eternal Sleep Guide, Tomad Youngsen, until you can prove that you have not concealed or deceived any of the gods in the temple of gods!"
(To be continued)