Chapter 221 The darker the night, the brighter the stars

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The pitch-black realm enveloped the entire royal city, and everything was encompassed by this realm, and the god of fear, who had turned the huge soul of the perfecter into his own and occupied the body of the god, was unimaginably powerful at this moment.

Unlike the previous "kingdom of God" that collects fear, strengthens its strength, and continues to expand slowly, what the god of fear does now is to release his own power, and then forcibly drag everyone's souls into his "kingdom of God".

In all corners of the royal city, people fell to the ground by mistake, whether it was a great knight, an archmage or an ordinary person, it was the same result, their souls and wills were too small in front of the god of fear at this time.

Dead silence, dead silence, no sound can be heard in the royal city, within the kingdom of God, silently, in ruins, the sea of dead silence, mercilessly and equally flooding everyone.

Thin threads spread out from the body of the person who fell to the ground, and stretched to the god of fear who occupied the body of the god above the sky, and it was the power transformed by the growing and spreading fear intent.

"How long is it going to end! I don't want this, I don't want this, let me die, let me die! ”

"No, no, no, is anyone there, anyone, please, kill me..."

"Woo woo, why, why can't I pass out, so desperate, numb, let me be numb."

The desperate wails of the soul echoed through this space, and the black mist that manifested as a physical body swirled through the kingdom of the god of fear.

In that bottomless, endlessly sinking sea of dead silence, time is stretched to a distorted scale, and every second of the external material world may be an hour for those whose souls are pulled inside.

There is only dead silence, eternal sinking, and in this ocean, except for a glimmer of extremely dim sky light overhead, you can only see the endless darkness of the deep sea world below.

Perhaps the souls trapped in this ocean can imagine that there are terrifying sea trolls beneath this ocean and be slightly terrified by it, but perhaps the imagination of these sea trolls will make people feel a little better because of it.

Because the great terror of this ocean is not unknown, not dangerous, but the eternal loneliness that can be glimpsed at a glance.

The soul will drift forever in this sea of nothing, tormented by loneliness and despair, and thus perpetuate fear of the unknown future.

Some people pray for numbness after despair, but they can't, and the power of the god of fear repairs these souls who are heading for collapse due to despair, maintaining their thinking ability and sensitivity to external things, so that they can "live well".

There is no point in seeking to indulge in their own world, to escape from the eternal cage of this dead sea of memories and fantasies.

While the body is still there, the soul can curl up in the body, under the protection of the body, in the shell of its own and home, to maintain its own illusory imaginary world.

But now, without a body, the soul is nakedly pulled out and thrown into this sinking sea, which cannot even be plunged into its own world, and its consciousness is uncontrollably watching this ocean, and is desperate and panicked by the eternal immutability and monotony of this ocean.

The power of fear is rising, and the surviving things in the royal city are still unknown, and they are also dying out at a rapid rate.

Above the palace, an ornate translucent silk canvas manifests at the top, forming a circle of realms that shelter the palace from the Banner of Themis, Arestler's ultimate means of defense, which is neutralized in a range of physical, magical, spiritual, and even magical.

But even so, at this moment, this one exudes a soft light, and the magic loops and runes inside are too dense and diverse, and have become giant flags decorated like pattern lines.

It is also under the erosion of the realm of the God of Fear, gradually dimming, I don't know how long, this final barrier will also die and be broken.

Under the shadow of the royal city, all the other areas have collapsed, and all the inhabitants have been dragged into the dead silence of the god of fear, turning into living fear generators, nourishing the god of fear who is still growing stronger and expanding the coverage of his realm with the constant fear generated by his soul.

Only the Night Church, the tiny dome supported by the power of the Night Lady, is still struggling to support under the erosion of the power of the god of fear, which is not a powerful divine power, under the overwhelming of the god of fear, crumbling.

"My dear believers, I may not be able to answer your prayers for a while, until then, I will turn all my strength into a shelter, I don't know how long it will last, and please don't give up hope."

"I have watched you from time to time and have witnessed what you have done, and for this reason I love and believe in you, and if there is still a chance to wake up, I hope to see you again, and remember that the darker the night, the brighter the stars."

The cultists of the Night Lady were now looking squarely at the shelter of the Night Lady, who was constantly being suppressed and contracted by the power of the God of Fear, and they kept praying for the Night Lady's power.

Avia's face was pale, perhaps the cultists thought that the Night Lady was a being as powerful as those of the ancient gods.

But the girl knew that the power of the Night Lady was ridiculous in the face of the real old gods, like a newborn baby facing an adult.

Just as the believers kept moving closer to the middle, praying and protecting themselves with the power that the Night Lady had descended before, the Night Lady's voice appeared in the minds of every believer here, flat and firm.

"Is it the voice of the Night Lady, who has answered our prayers once again?"

"Great, a god as generous as the Night Lady will definitely not abandon us, the realm of the night has grown!"

"No, no, I can't feel the prayer network anymore, we've lost contact with the Night Lady."

"Really, really... How so! ”

"No... No, isn't it ......"

The first moment they heard the voice of the Night Lady, the believers rejoiced from the bottom of their hearts, and they were even more excited and happy when they found that the shelter of the Night had suddenly expanded at this moment, and the Night Lady would not give up on them.

But when they realized something else in the Night Lady's words, the believers began to panic.

First they felt that they had lost contact with the prayer network, and then they felt an incomprehensible emptiness in their hearts, and that one of the objects of their faith had disappeared.

"Lady Daknis..."

Avia silently recited this name that only she and Wang Yu knew, and a feeling of sadness filled her heart.

……

"Mr. Garcia, the connection between us and the prayer communication network has been broken, the magic is currently unusable, and our connection with the Night Blade of the Royal City has been completely severed."

"The magic communication device has been blocked a long time ago, and the only prayer communication network that can be used is now broken, and, it seems, our contact with the Night Lady has also disappeared."

Garcia, who was riding on a pure-blooded war horse, waving his whip and driving the horse back to the royal city as fast as possible, listened to the report from Kevin in the magic communication device, and his face was difficult to see.

After the descent of the gods that preceded the royal city of Sevent, and the unstoppable ritual in the royal capital of Seventen, the Alestalite army on the expedition to Seventan began to rush to the return journey desperately.

Obviously, it was supposed to be a triumphant return from the defeat of the enemy country, but not even a soldier's face was good-looking, the rituals performed by the king of Seventan, and the information from the royal city of Alestale, let them know how dangerous the form was at this time.

Garcia, as one of the Grand Knights and Commanders, along with many other powerful knights, rode the best horses in the army, and had been painfully fed by their owners to activate the potion of life potential, and rushed to the royal city as a vanguard.

The soldiers who had known that Wangcheng had successfully released one of the final weapons, the "Divine Remains of the End", breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, and in any case, it bought them time to rush back to Wangcheng.

But just now, all the news in Wang Cheng was cut off at a certain moment.

The last message from the prayer communication network was:

"The god of fear has taken the body of the god for himself, and all members of the Night's Edge have launched a death charge, please hurry up and return, Wang Cheng, the danger is at stake."

"God of Fear, why this damn thing."

Garcia rode his horse wildly, but the deepening despair in his heart could not be erased from there.

As the one who guarded the Misty Forest with Avia's aunt Lilia, and as a student of Father Fang, he was well aware of some of the nature of the God of Dread.

The destructive power of this thing is not very strong, but the contagious and inextinguishable nature makes the god of fear extremely special, give him a suitable environment, he will continue to spread and grow, fear, one of the most terrible plagues.

Garcia really didn't dare to imagine the speed at which the God of Dread had gained the body of a god, he was afraid that when he arrived at the border of the royal city of Arestler, he would see a homeland that had been completely covered by the kingdom of the god of fear.

"It's too late, it's too long, our speed is not fast enough, half a day, this is the limit, beyond this time..."

Muttering to himself, Garcia clearly understood that there was little hope, and it would take at least more than a day for them to rush back, and the time was completely insufficient.

"The reinforcements of the Conjuringr's Tower are on their way to Alestale, Mr. Garcia, someone is looking for you by name."

"They shouldn't be too far from your location, about fifteen kilometers to the east, go quickly, they are preparing for the arcane jump, they should be able to bring your group of people to the border of the kingdom together, at least half the distance."

Garcia was stunned for a moment by the message from the communicator, and then, urging his horse and whipping his horse, he ordered the team to rush in the direction of the Spellbinder's Tower, cutting the distance by half, the time was still short, but the hope was not gone.

……

In the city of King Aleister, perhaps he is alone in the scope of the power of the god of fear at this moment, and the only guy who has not been affected in any way, Wang Yu, is not in a much better situation.

The surrounding pitch-black realm was really obscuring the light this time, and Wang Yu couldn't see it now, so he could only run in the pitch-black royal city with ripples and his five senses.

"Peng!"

One didn't react, Wang Yu crashed into the wall in the corner in front of him, the masonry shattered, and the wall cracked a big hole, Wang Yu took two steps back, hit it, it was no big deal, but this was not the first time.

"Grass! Endless! ”

With a scolding of rage, Wang Yu continued to run, and in the pitch-black realm of the God of Fear, reality had been distorted, dead and silent, dark and lightless, and even the flow of air and even vibration were gradually being erased.

Wang Yu now feels like he is running in a cave on earth where he can't see his fingers, and he doesn't know when he will hit a wall.

Moreover, the knight's keen five senses have gradually become difficult to support him in judging the direction and avoiding obstacles in this space.

The only one who was not affected was Wang Yun, who was no longer able to receive the blessing of the void at this time, and the effective range was only about 2 meters of ripples.

This thing ignores any influence of the power of the God of Fear, and as always, it can find out what lies ahead for Wang Yu.

However, this unaffected is also relative, and Ripple probes everything it touches and feeds this information back to Wang Yu.

And now Wang Yu's brain is a little insufficient, and ninety-nine percent of the information fed back by Ripple is some meaningless crazy screaming and crying.

It was the howls of fear from souls dragged into the sea of death, the ripples of their souls' sorrows, echoing in the kingdom of the god of fear, superimposing, reverberating, and intensifying as more and more fear arose.

For Wang Yu, more and more of the things that ripples fed back became these meaningless screams and screams.

Yes, for him, these crazy sounds that were enough to drive normal people crazy did not affect his spirit in the slightest.

However, this meaningless information drowned out the information he needed about the obstacles ahead.

He has to constantly extract the useful things from this pile of screams, Wang Yu's brain is not as good as Avia's, this kind of behavior that requires computing power is getting harder and harder.

He didn't doubt that if he continued like this, he would soon be lost in the kingdom of the God of Fear, even if he would not be directly affected by the power of the God of Fear, but the "leftovers" of the power of fear would be enough to trap his weak existence.

"It's almost there, it's almost there, concentrate."

Silently muttering in his heart, Wang Yu's mind, which had never been anxious, completely calmed down, and concentrated on selecting the content he needed from those invalid information.

He wasn't too far from the big hole in the center of the royal city, and he should be able to enter the royal city shadow from there if he advanced a little further.

"Huh?"

Wang Yu's steps to continue running stopped, and two meters away from him, Ripple detected something, that is, a human figure?

In addition to the screams, more and more news was transmitted back by the ripples, and within the circle of Wang Yu's body, more and more black shadow figures began to appear, they were physical and real, surrounding Wang Yu in the middle.

“……”

Wang Yu didn't know what these beings wanted to do, so he drove the Bloody Fury Knight Secret Method, and blood gushed out of the Bloodbite Ring, turning into a blood giant snake, surrounding Wang Yu and sheltering him.

And around Wang Yu, who was surrounded by blood, within the God of Fear Divine Kingdom, a large number of black shadows appeared around Wang Yu, densely packed, countless, and Wang Yu could only observe those within two meters.

In fact, at this moment, all the black shadow figures that had appeared in the Fear God Divine Realm before had already gathered here, surrounding Wang Yu in the middle layer by layer, observing this abnormal existence.

Sometimes, it's too special, it's not a good thing, Wang Yu, a single guy who can still maintain normal activities within the range of the power of the god of fear, is like a firefly in a dark room, a glimmer of light in the deep sea, too eye-catching...

……

"Boom"

The golden blade of light fell from the sky, splitting the suspended black sun, which was much smaller and weaker than at the beginning, and destroying it along with the rocky platform suspended above the void below.

"Uh, ahem."

Holding his abdomen, that is the location of the Dou Qi Vortex, named Rod, the inner dive is the legendary knight of the Black Sun, gasping and coughing with difficulty, the inner dive was forcibly shattered by the absolute force, which implicated his Dou Qi Vortex and his body were severely damaged.

Not far away, Father Fang, whose upper body was naked, and his muscles were covered with blood and wounds, turned his head abruptly and swung his fist back, the light on his fist flashed, colliding with the sharp claws that suddenly appeared behind him.

The light burst was generated, and the cracked claws could no longer withstand the collision of such forces, and exploded into a pile of hard and sharp fragments, falling to the ground.

"Whew..."

After colliding with Father Fang, the legendary knight Galie, who was a perfect beast inside, quickly retreated a few steps back, staring at Father Fang who was still firmly walking towards Rhodes, who had lost his ability to fight, and gasped heavily.

The legendary knight, whose body was covered with the characteristics of a demonic beast, had already cracked most of the sharp teeth in his mouth, and the sharp claws on his hands were either broken or shattered.

The scales covering the skin on the body have been large and missing, revealing the hideous wound underneath, and the tail of the earth dragon behind it, cut off from the middle, looks slightly ridiculous, and the creator of all these injuries is none other than Father Fang, who walked towards Rhodes.

"Whew!"

Let out a roar of all his might, and the sound wave shook the air, and the fluctuations became visible with the help of the dust in the air, and slammed into Father Fang.

Galie's body also disappeared at this moment, leaving a hole in the ground that was created by the force, and it appeared again, already behind Father Fang.

Contracting his leg muscles, Galie aimed at Father Fang's head, kicked his leg out hard, and the claws on it were still intact, at least ......

"Bang!"

The meteor hammer formed by the Holy Book of Light, which fell from above, smashed Galie into the ground as he tried to attack the priest from behind.

"Boom."

Father Fang turned his head and slammed his fist into the door of a trance Galie who had been hit by an abrupt attack, smashing the powerful legendary knight to the ground and fainting.

"Ahem, that's an incredible power..."

Rod looked at Father Fang, who had completely lost his combat effectiveness and was uncertain about his life and death, walking towards this side, struggling to sit up, and said helplessly with a hint of self-deprecation.

It's not that the two legendary knights are weak, but that Father Fang is too powerful, one person fights two legends, and all these two legends can do is delay, so that Father Fang can't take the gap to get out of this space.

"You won... Fang Stuart, kill us, and then go and save your kingdom, if you don't go, it may be too late, this war between kingdoms, we have lost. ”

Rod gasped, facing Father Fang, his words were calm, and he did not panic because of the impending death.

"It's a kingdom, and it's not as fragile as you think."

Father Fang squatted down, looked at the man in front of him who was gasping for breath, and said quietly.

"A kingdom is still too fragile, like Seventan, and while I know the plan, for me the kingdom of the past is gone."

Rod responded with a wry smile.

"No, to be precise, Sewintan is still there, except for the royal capital, the remaining residents are fine, as long as they are still there, then Sewintan will definitely not be dead."

Father Fang repudiated Rod's words.

"In that case, don't you kill us, Fang Stuart, it's really too late."

Rod shook his head, obviously not taking what Father Fang said seriously, just urging Father Fang to kill him.

"No, I won't kill you, the Cult of Light is not on any side in the first place, and the army of Alestre can't deal with you, and I have taken action in order to reduce casualties, which is already considered my selfishness, and as for killing you, this is not what I should do."

"After all, I can see the small actions that Alestaler has done to you in private over the years, and I can understand some of the actions from your standpoint, but as a believer in the God of Light and an Alestale, I must stop the continuation of this war."

Fang waved his hand and continued to look into Rod's eyes.

"There's really some style of your Cult of Light."

He was a little surprised, but thinking of the deeds of the Cult of Light, Rhodes was also relieved.

"As a legend, you are still supporting the decisions of Sewintan, is there any reason, those priests of the Cult of Light have actually been observing the situation in the royal capital of Sewintan from the beginning."

"Although the upper echelons of Arestler are similar, at least the lives of the residents are not bad, but you can also see the tragic situation in the royal capital of Seventan, I think you should have your own judgment, right?"

Father Fang asked Rhodes casually like a chatter, and did not show that he was an enemy of each other.

Legend, a realm that has to go through how many life and death tribulations, how many adventures, and how much hard work can be reached, legendary powerhouses have their own hearts.

It is basically impossible for a kingdom to want a legendary powerhouse to serve them at all costs, and the legendary knights do not want to be killed, and almost no one can help them.

This also makes the legendary knights mostly unrestrained, and sometimes even homeless, while Rhodes and Gare, at this moment, are willing to give their lives for Seventan.

“…… I know some decisions are wrong, but I just don't want to see the former Seventan disappear, some ridiculous beliefs, and some slim hopes, that have made everything that has made it happen. ”

Rod was silent for a moment and gave his own answer.

"The kingdom of the past, well, it was indeed a nostalgic time, it was completely different from the present, and Alestaler was actually similar to you, the last question, how is the Abyss Gate now."

Father Fang's expression was slightly reminiscing, and then he replied, and asked the last question seriously.

"Stooge..."

A nasty word was spat out by Rhodes with irony, as if he were talking about the Abyssal Gate organization, as well as about himself and Gare.

"It's a pity, it's obviously an organization that came out of that era, the blade of the night, the gate of the abyss... There are not many people who have come together for the sake of pure ideals, as they have always been. ”

Father Fang stood up with a little regret and regret in his tone.

"Go quickly, it's a little later, the power of the god of fear will engulf the whole of Alestale."

Rod waved his hand with difficulty, urging Father Fang.

"The soul is the most precious thing of all intelligent beings, and even the gods cannot fully understand the power contained in it."

"The god of fear is indeed powerful, and his fear is enough to dye the soul of mankind black, like the depths of the lightless sea, the eternal black starry sky, and draws strength from the fear of the soul."

"Even if the God of Light comes in person, it probably won't be able to completely eradicate the God of Fear rooted in the emotion of fear, but on the other hand, there are some things in the soul that cannot be completely erased by the power of the God of Fear."

"What is born of the soul under fear will be purer and more powerful, maybe the strength of one person will not be enough to resist the power of the overwhelming god of fear, but together, there will be no problem, just do the same as you did, gather the fears of the Seventans."

"The God of Light is a very special deity, and his will is more like a collection of thoughts, at least he can collect these beliefs."

"What I want to do is to find a suitable person to carry this strength, and coincidentally, I know a very suitable person."

Walking out of the gap in space, Father Fang didn't care about the two legendary knights of Seventan who had been disabled, but just prayed to the god of light in the direction where the royal city of Arestler was located.

"It's too early for humans to face the gods alone, so let the gods help you until you're ready."

There is still one place in the royal city that has not been eroded by the power of the god of fear, and that is an unusually simple chapel of the god of light.

This place is not well known, and few people know that there is a church here, and Wang Yu and a few members of the Night Blade have come once, which is the place where Wang Yu first met Father Fang when he came to the royal city.

The statue of the muscular god of light placed on the table by Father Fang emitted a faint golden light, sheltering the small, empty church.

With Father Fang's prayer, above the church, some golden threads pierced through the kingdom of the god of fear and spread towards all parts of the royal city, where the fallen inhabitants of Alestale were located.

In the void, golden points of light were scattered in all corners of the royal city, like stars.

The darker the night, the brighter the stars.