Chapter 37: The Kingdom of Heaven Is Nearing
The blood-colored divine power began to instill into Doris's body, and she could feel that her strength had easily broken through the grandmaster and become a legend.
Whether it is the sixth sense or the real vision, the things that were unattainable in the past are now at her fingertips, but she does not have any joy, but is like falling into an ice cave.
She gradually lost control of her body.
"Hmm~ This time it's a woman's body, to be honest, it's really a big gamble to give up the body directly, but obviously this time I won the bet."
The man's voice came from a woman's body, and this feeling was not normal people, even Doris felt shuddering.
Of course, this biting coldness comes more from the fact that this woman is herself.
"You lied to me."
"Liar? The relationship between the Darkmoon Sage and the Blood Church has never been very good, so do you need me to teach you this Blood Deacon? ”
Carter makes no secret of his banter, and Doris understands where the problem lies.
That egg.
"You're not human anymore."
"People? We are God's servants, so why bother with the inferior life of man? ”
Carter has lived for hundreds of years, and for a legend, this age can be said to be in the prime of life.
However, as a scholar, Carter always plans for a rainy day, and although his qualifications are not bad, if he has to be distracted by alchemy, then becoming an apostle becomes a bit stressful.
"The body is just a medium, as long as the spirit can be passed on all the time, then it is eternal life, this is my answer."
Carter quietly felt the power of blood surging in his body, and the generosity of the Lord of Blood was already known in the industry.
God stupid money comes quickly.
"Of course, the things I give you to drink these days are not potions to suppress insect eggs, but potions to promote its growth, to be honest, I still really want to thank you for your cooperation, if it weren't for your regular taking of medicine, it would be a bit difficult to control a grandmaster in such a short period of time."
Doris no longer had any intention of refuting Carter's ridicule.
At that time, if you didn't drink it, you would die, and this result seemed to be Doris's naivety, but in fact, she had no choice at all, and her strength was absolutely weak.
You don't need the help of the gods, and you can take it at will.
Fate is like this, the shackles of the weak, the toys of the strong.
"Leave me alone, aren't you afraid of stealing the power of the gods like this, aren't you afraid ......"
"Don't be afraid."
Carter directly interrupted Doris's plea for mercy, and at the same time there was a slight pity in his eyes, which was pity for the ignorant person.
"Unlike the Blood Church, there are only seven Darkmoon Sages, so all seven of us have heard the whispers of the gods more or less, and we understand what humans are to the gods."
As if to make Doris's death a little clearer, Carter seemed to talk a lot.
But talking too much is not his problem, now he needs to absorb the divine power as soon as possible, Anna has not completely gotten rid of the Driller Worm, and it will take a little time for Joshua to come over.
Idle is also idle, so he will be merciful and be a commentator.
"Unlike those sentimental false gods, there is no essential difference between humans and ants in the eyes of our gods, and they give us the opportunity to evolve in order to save us from this lower life form."
Ants are human when they evolve, and things that refuse to evolve or fail to evolve are just rubbish.
Sweeping it into the trash is their greatest mercy.
"Got it? Believers are just tools, if they are broken, they will be replaced, and you will care about the life or death of the tool? In other words, do you remember how many loaves of bread you ate? ”
Doris certainly couldn't remember how many slices of bread she had eaten, and even if she knew, she couldn't tell.
In the face of the suppression of a legendary magician, her soul has been eaten away, and she has no strength to recover the other party, and the gods who gave her power don't care about these at all.
The coming of the Son of God has become a foregone conclusion, and His divine power has been given, and whether Doris herself can receive it is not a matter for him to consider at all.
"My God......"
These are Doris's last words in life.
"Ha~ I've already gone to heaven."
Carter, on the other hand, made a sincere mockery of this poor man who could not recognize his identity.
As Doris's soul dissipated, Carter was able to better grasp this power, and he had a peculiar temperament at this time.
It is an inexplicable feeling, but it separates it from ordinary people, which is characteristic of being an apostle.
That's what Carter was up to.
"The Divine Son of the Lord of Blood? Although I am not a member of the Blood Church myself, after all, I have become an apostle with the power of the Blood Lord, so bringing you back to the Blood Temple is a must. ”
Carter looked at Jessica, who was shrouded in blood, a little girl who had just begun to learn magic, and whose body certainly could not withstand the power of the Blood Divine Son.
At this time, the divine power was transforming her body, and when the body transformation was completed, she would be able to come in handy.
"Doris, take your hands away."
An unfamiliar female voice came, but after devouring Doris's soul, Carter knew who the voice was owning.
"Anna, you're finally out of trouble."
Carter didn't need to look back to see the Drill Worm that had been cut into several pieces, and even more so the bright red blood that danced with the Sword of the Branches.
Some of the blood was Anna's, but more of it was from the Drillers, and they gathered in mid-air like dragon claws, trying to tear apart the creatures in front of them.
Justice cannot be left in place because it is too late, it must come to judge sin.
"Heretic Knights? Or a war knight from the same origin as the Blood Church, this is the arrangement of fate, Anna, your life will end here. ”
As a well-informed scholar, Carter knows the history of the major cults well, but he definitely knows more than the average person.
In that period of history, known as the "Dark Ages", too many truths were buried, and the four heretical knights lurking in the Dark Sanctuary were one of them.
"You have sworn allegiance to the Lord of Blood, but now you have betrayed your oath and returned to the false gods, and the cause and effect of the knights of war will be fulfilled in you."
Carter turned, blood-colored lines echoing around him, though it was awkward for him, a believer in the Void Moon, to use the Blood Lord's divine power.
Even so, it is not too simple for an apostle to kill a grandmaster.
Dangerous.
At the last moment, Anna caught the feeling in the dark for a short time, hurriedly changed her moves, and manipulated those blood to defend the vital points of the whole body, and in the next moment, red light pierced the night sky and then disappeared.
The menacing blood curtain was directly cut into rags and scattered to the ground after the red light flickered, and several deep scars appeared on Anna's body in it.
The war knight is a knight who kills the enemy with blood to nourish his body, originally such an injury was not fatal, and it only took some time to recover, but this time this strong recovery power failed.
"Don't be so surprised, I know you don't know the origin of the War Knights, and you can simply understand it as the price of a long time ago has been fulfilled in you."
Carter has no interest in repeating the history of the War Knights to the dying man, the Lord of Blood is a vengeful god.
For the betrayer in front of him, he has already mixed his divine power with the "poison" of the blood knights.
At the same time, belated heroes are always one after another.
The endless vacuum blade slashed at Carter's back, but was intercepted by a transparent barrier before it could reach Carter.
"Meet again, Lilith still has ...... Joshua. ”
Carter didn't put much of his energy into Lilith, and although the saint had a hole card that made the goddess of light drop her doppelganger, the current situation was simply unusable.
The fall of the Vulcan has caused a corner of the original defense to be missing, and even if the pseudo-gods have a backup preparation, there is absolutely no room to descend the clone now.
Then the only thing worth caring about is Joshua with the power of the moon god.
"Joshua."
Anna lay in a pool of blood, blood flowing out uncontrollably and mixing with other blood.
The power of the Blood Lord made her unable to control her body, and she could only watch as her life began to enter the countdown.
"Do you want me to give you time to say your last words? Don't look at me like this, but I'm still very kind. ”
Carter was in no hurry to attack, the apostles' strength was not yet solid, and it would be better to be a little more stable against the unfathomable Joshua.
["Joker, what are you doing? ”】
Well?
Carter frowned slightly, just now he was sure he heard Joshua's voice, but as far as his perception was concerned, there was no vibration in the air.
It is not a physical voice, and there is no mental power to transmit words, so where does the source of this voice come from?
Inexplicably, Carter became a little uneasy.
"Lilith, how many people can be saved?"
Joshua covered Anna's wounds but to no avail, while Lilith understood that Joshua, who seemed calm, was on the verge of exploding.
First, the body of the old priest who had the grace of adoption was desecrated, and then Anna, who was dependent on each other, was on the verge of death.
The ice of Joshua's heart lake finally couldn't hold back the boiling water.
"I'm sure except Anna, but that guy won't sit idly by."
Lilith immediately returned to Joshua's side as soon as she couldn't do so, and she looked at the people who were bleeding, fear filling his heart as time passed.
"Save us, Father."
"Father, we don't want to die."
"Father Joshua."
……
For the townspeople and children who had no idea what was going on, the only thing they could trust at this point was Father Joshua, a native priest of the town.
But will Joshua be able to defeat the terrifying "woman" in front of him?
I don't know, but that didn't stop Joshua from being their last straw.
"I see, I'm going to drag Carter and you'll save the people who are pinned to the wall."
Although Joshua did not understand medicine, he also understood that if too much human blood is lost, his life can be in danger.
They must be saved.
Joshua knew that as long as the barrier of the Lightless Night remained, they would not be able to leave even if they were saved.
At this time, the most correct choice is undoubtedly for him and Lilith to join forces and fight for the same death with Carter with the mentality of a fish to death.
But the right thing is not the "best" choice.
["Let me think about what is best for this clown. ”】
"I do my best."
This time Lilith heard a voice in her ears that was less arrogant and bantering, and this time the voice was colder than any other.
The killing intent made Lilith understand that this time Joshua was really angry.
Although Joshua said "delay", Lilith could hear the determination to kill, but with such a huge gap in strength, does Joshua still have the hole cards to turn the tide of the battle?
Where are your limits?
Lilith could only sigh like this, and at the same time use healing techniques to stabilize Anna's injuries as much as possible, but due to the interference of the power of the Blood Lord, it is almost impossible to recover.
"Joshua, I want to ......"
Anna stretched out her hand weakly, and she seemed to feel that her life was coming to an end, so she said her last wish.
"Speak to me again, okay?"
"Okay, what do you want to hear?"
"Joshua's favorite passage is the one I want to hear right now."
Anna was always like that, and Joshua liked what she liked.
"Okay, then we agreed that you must not die until I finish reading the scriptures, okay?"
"Well, yes."
In a pool of blood, the boy and the boy hooked their fingers and made an oath between the two.
Joshua knew that he had a way to save Anna, but the process would be interrupted by Carter, and the only solution was to kill Carter before Anna died.
"Juno, let my voice reverberate through the town, and I want anyone alive to hear me."
"Now on, let's collect faith."] ”】
Juno didn't understand the use of letting Joshua's voice echo through the town, but in this situation she had no choice but to say yes unconditionally.
She was once her follower, and now she has committed such a disaster, and she must take responsibility.
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Joshua spoke, his voice not loud, but it echoed through the town of Black Mountain, and fell on Anna's ears, on those who were slowly walking towards death.
Listen, what are you going to listen to?
"Come unto me, all ye who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you peace."
Joshua slowly rose into the sky, and a bright moon appeared behind him, and as the moon rose higher and higher, a bright moon hung in the lightless night.
"Joshua, you finally can't control your emotions, and your anger declares your true nature as a human being."
Carter smiled as he approached Joshua, disputing the sound he had heard earlier as auditory hallucinations, after all, he had become an apostle at this point, and there was no way he could lose to Joshua.
If it weren't for the fear of internal friction caused by the appearance of two selves, Joshua would not have even been able to kill Carter, who was still a legendary magician.
"Say ...... as you go"
["Yes, I'm angry, but have you thought about a question? ”】
Even as Joshua chanted, another word reached Carter's ears, proving for one time that it was not an auditory hallucination.
["Once I am angry, is the world ready to meet my anger? ”】
The pale blue flames spread over Joshua's body, and the flames were not warm but had a slight chill, and what was even colder was Joshua's eyes and his words.
"The kingdom of heaven is near."