Rowena didn't know that this was the first cultist she had defeated.

The pain in his body had long since become numb with the increase in wounds, and the magic in his body had dried up as he continued to fight.

She knew she had reached her limit, and she hadn't felt death so close to her since she became a clan warrior.

But she knew she couldn't fall yet.

Glancing over the trembling child behind her, she clenched the long sword in her hand, which was already full of cracks.

She was the last clan warrior stationed in Heishui Village.

She had to fight.

She...... That's how it should be.

Furious mana surged in, and the cultist swung his greatsword and slashed at Rowena with a roar.

With a soft click, the long sword in her hand finally reached its limit and broke directly.

Rowena only felt a dull pain in the left half of her body, and she couldn't help but feel a sweet throat when she saw the blood splattering in the sky, and spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Lord Rowena!"

Amid the exclamations and cries of the children behind her, Rowena only felt that her strength was quickly withdrawn, and her whole person fell backwards.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

She coughed violently and tried to get up again, but could no longer control her badly injured body.

Yes, after such a long battle, now that almost half of her body has been cut off, even as a powerful family warrior, she feels the breath of death.

Blood......

I need blood......

Even contaminated blood is fine, as long as it ......

As long as you can enter the bloodline rage, as long as you can activate the last power for a short time......

Rowena trembled and reached out her right hand to pick up the bloodstained broken sword.

But the next moment, her broken sword was kicked aside.

"Hehe, Miss Rowena, do you think we've been fighting you for so long that we don't know your secrets? Want to go berserk with the help of blood? Unfortunately, you don't have that opportunity anymore. ”

Listening to the other party's taunt, Rowena looked up with difficulty.

Looking at the smiling hateful face of the priest of the old gods, she gritted her teeth and said:

"I asked my name, but I ...... refusing to duel with me, but ...... Keep these wretched sacrificers fighting, you ...... Is it humiliating me? ”

The priest of the old gods smiled slightly:

"Humiliation? No, I am merely fulfilling the oracle of my lord. ”

After that, the priest of the old gods took out a parchment scroll from his bosom and read it:

"Rowena, the third generation of the Free City-States Alliance."

"I was chosen at the age of 17, accepted the Blood Oath and became a family, and in 13 years, I was promoted from the Star Rank to the Silver Moon Rank......

Speaking of this, the priest of the old gods closed the parchment scroll in his hand and looked condescendingly at the maiden on the ground:

"To be honest, when I received my lord's oracle, I was very puzzled as to why my lord would ask us to find a clan warrior who would take thirteen years to advance from the stars to the silver moon in this raid."

"However, after watching your battle, I vaguely understand that even if you have no potential in extraordinary strength, you are indeed a powerful warrior."

"You are very lucky, my lord is very optimistic about you and wants to give you a chance."

"If you are willing to surrender to my lord and become a dependant of my lord, my lord will grant you a new life and unprecedented power."

Listening to the words of the priest of the old gods, Rowena snorted:

"A new life? Scold...... Does it mean to be a slave to the Old Gods? ”

"Dream on! I and you, the minions of the old gods, will always be enemies! ”

Seeing the mockery in the girl's expression, the priest of the old gods' face sank.

But soon, he chuckled again:

"Slave of the Old Gods? Oh, the old gods......"

"In my opinion, how can you so-called warriors of the clan not be slaves of Lilith the Blood?"

With that, he shook his head again:

"It's a pity, since you don't want to surrender, then I just have to carry out my lord's second oracle."

"Anyway...... All my lord needs is 'Rowena'. ”

With that, the priest of the old gods took out a dark gray translucent bead from his bosom.

The translucent beads exude a deep and obscure aura, and a faint white mist is constantly circulating within them.

Seeing the strange beads, Rowena only felt a trance, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity and fear rose in vain in her heart.

After becoming a clan warrior, she hadn't felt "fear" for a long time.

No......

Ever since she decided to become a "Guardian" like the Savior who saved her in the Battle of Silver City, she had long forgotten her fears.

But at this moment, the feeling of "fear" has returned.

It is not a fear of life and death, but a fear that is higher than life and death, a more fearful one.

In the same way, this fear also brought her a strong sense of "familiarity".

That feeling......

It was as if she had experienced it and forgotten it.

And...... More than once.

No......

No.

Absolutely not!

…… I've finally come here, and I can't fail again!

In the dark, Rowena seemed to hear a familiar voice in her heart crying anxiously.

She watched the Old God Priest keep approaching, she saw the Old God Priest raise the bead, and she saw the Old God Priest's eyes turn pure white in an instant.

At this moment, she felt as if the priest of the old gods in front of her had become another incomprehensible existence.

She saw the "priest" speak softly, and the voice ...... Cold, detached, high-minded:

"Found you, Node of Confusion."

As soon as she finished speaking, a gray-white mist rushed to her face, instantly engulfing Rowena's vision.

Come to an end...... Is it so?

Your Majesty, it seems that we are ...... this time

It's going to fail again......

As her consciousness blurred, a wave of sadness and guilt poured out of Rowena's mind.

However, at the moment when she sank into darkness, it was as if she saw a crimson light piercing through everything.

At the end of her consciousness, she heard a familiar and beautiful whisper:

"Huh? Is there such a thing here? ”

The warmth and familiarity of the power instantly filled her limbs, but Rowena soon lost her senses.

……

Rowena had a dream.

In the dream, she was chosen by the great god to become His surrogate.

Together with five other friends, she was endowed with powerful bloodline powers, and she also became a powerhouse that roamed the entire world.

They obey the dictates of the gods, they serve the great gods as their fathers and mothers, and they follow the will of the gods to spread the power of the transcendent and bloodline to any part of the world.

However, just as they had completed the task of the great gods, they were ushered in ...... But it was the betrayal of the gods.

"Your mission is accomplished."

"Thank you for your dedication, my ...... The children. ”

In the darkness, gray-white arms kept reaching out towards her, devouring everything she had.

No......

No!

She struggled and ran, trying to escape the endless darkness.

However, no matter how she ran, the gray-white arm was like an appendage, and she couldn't get rid of it.

Rowena could only see herself captured, eaten, devoured......

"No ——!"

Rowena woke up in vain and sat up from her bed.

She gasped for air, her chest heaving violently.

The fear of the dream gradually faded, and the memories of the pre-sleep period slowly revived.

Her face changed, and she quickly lifted the blanket on her body.

What caught my eye was a brand new linen that had obviously been replaced not long ago.

The wounds that should have existed have all disappeared, as if the battle before slumbering was just an illusion.

Rowena was stunned, then suddenly thought of something, and her expression changed.

She hurriedly got up, turned over and got out of bed, but heard an unfamiliar voice sounding on the side:

"If I were you, just lie down honestly, at least until the power of the bloodline in my body is stable."

The power of the bloodline?

Rowena was stunned.

She felt it carefully, and then she realized that there was an extra pure bloodline power in her body at some point, and that bloodline power was not completely absorbed by her, and it was spinning in her body.

She looked at the source of the voice, it was a thin boy of sixteen or seventeen, with black hair and black eyes, fiddling with some inscriptions in his hand, as if he was mixing something.

"Who are you?"

Rowena asked warily.

The boy glanced at him and said:

"My name is Cauchy, a member of the Ancestral Guard, and an Elven Inscriptionist."

"Ancestral Guard? Lilith-sama? ”

Rowena was stunned.

After speaking, she seemed to remember something again, and quickly stood up:

"Oops! Conte, Mihir! ”

"You mean those children in Blackwater Village, don't worry, they have all been rescued, and the raiding Old God Sacrifice Legion has also been exterminated by Lord Lilith."

The boy said.

As he spoke, he put away the inscription in his hand, and his voice took on a hint of sourness:

"You're lucky, if it's a little later, I'm afraid you're going to die, don't you...... It should be said that your luck is really good, not only was you saved by Lilith herself, but you were also able to receive personal treatment from Lilith! ”

Mistress Lilith...... Saved me?

Rowena was stunned.

She felt the strange and affectionate power of the bloodline in her body, and faintly realized the owner of the bloodline power.

"Here...... Where is it? It is the Savior...... Did you save me? ”

She couldn't help but ask.

Cauchy nodded:

"This is the Northern Fortress, Lord Lilith saved you, and asked me to continue to treat you with elven relics, your mental power is a little unstable, coupled with the stability of the power of the bloodline, it is estimated that you will have to lie down for at least a few days."

Rowena was silent.

She looked out the window at the Alliance soldiers who were training, and couldn't help but ask:

Lilith...... What about adults? ”

"She fought with the two old god avatars, and then went to hunt down the escaped old gods herself."

Cauchy said with awe and yearning.

(End of chapter)