Section 20: A Thought of Demons
'Bell-'
The ring fell to the ground, and so did the desire.
It was liberated in this moment, and it unleashed its power almost infinitely in this moment.
The power of seduction.
There is a theory in the discussion of the original plot that when Frodo/Essidor takes out the One Ring from the top of Mount Doom, the allure of the Ring will be increased to an unimaginable level in order to ensure its own survival. No known hero, sage, warrior, could resist the temptation of the Lord of the Rings at that moment. Therefore, Gollum must live, because only if it arrives there alive can the One Ring go to its desired outcome.
And now it's falling to the ground.
After the Heavenly Dome cracked, the Great Barrier failed, and the Maia Villa-level combat power tore at each other, almost recreating the present of the battlefield of the Mythical Age, and fell to the unrestrained ground.
Desire.
The waves of desire stretched outward sharply in an instant, sweeping across the entire battlefield. And it seemed that at the same time, except for the collapsing mountains in the distance, the entire battlefield at the moment suddenly stopped.
Weapons no longer collide, armor no longer rubbing, I don't know how many people's necks are ringing softly in the turn, I don't know how many people's eyes are condensed on the golden ring.
The small, round ring that glowed faintly.
The treasure, the treasure, the treasure, which is more precious than all life and honor.
Gotta get it.
It must be put away and hidden in the deepest treasury...... No! How could such a treasure be kept out of sight. It must always be in a place where you can see it, where you can perceive it. It must be kept on yourself all the time!
Breathing became rapid—Zhao Yingkong didn't know if it was his own breathing. The speed of the heartbeat is accelerating, mixed with tinnitus sending out a series of shocks.
She knew that she was closest to the fallen One Ring, and she could even clearly see the beautiful arc of the golden ring popping up on the ground, and could hear it spinning on the ground.
'Bell-'
'Bell-'
Desire came to her heart, and she felt it was very necessary for her to reach out and pick it up immediately.
Yes, pick it up. Not greed, not ambition. It's about fulfilling one's duty - isn't it because you're the best at hiding that you're fit to be an insurer? And the purpose of hiding here is not to ensure that the Supreme Demon Ring, which was judged by Chu Xuan to be an 'important event node', does not fall into the hands of the reincarnators of other squads?
That's right, it's the fulfillment of duty.
The hand seemed to have moved, and the ends of the fingers seemed to have touched the gorgeous golden yellow. The Assassin Maiden could clearly perceive that all the cells in her body were jumping and cheering. Even if she had only unlocked the third-order genetic lock and stabilized at this stage for a long time, she had actually sensed the signs of promotion at this moment!
The power of the One Ring depends on the power of its owner. The top of everything, as long as you wear it, you can compare it to Maiya.
The Assassin Maiden had already seen the future, and she knew that as long as she wore it, she would be able to immediately equip herself with a profession, even a fourth-order gene lock. And with the help of this force, he will completely eradicate it, assimilate another part of his body, and reach wholeness. At that time, wearing the Ring, he may be able to possess Vera's power.
Vera...... Yes, isn't it normal to have Vera's strength?
Sauron himself was the most powerful of the Maia, and wasn't it because he had painstakingly forged the Ring to gain power beyond its original person? And even if it loses the magic ring, loses most of its power, and even its soul, the combat power it has at this moment is undoubtedly equivalent to that of Maia above the average!
- I should have picked it up.
The steps have been taken, and her superior position allows her to rise above all onlookers.
- I'm doing my job...... Maybe you can even eliminate the hidden dangers inside!
Impulses emerge from the limbs. As if she was in a hurry to contain the treasure in front of her, there was another her inside.
She had reached out her hand, her fingertips about to touch the rim of the ring. Her heart was full of determination at this moment, no matter who or what stood in her way, she would immediately erase the other person without mercy.
Yes, it's the same for everyone. The same goes for the natives, and the same goes for the reincarnated.
Even the companions of the Middle-earth team, too-
Also ——?
There is a momentary disturbance in the mind. The inner confusion triggers an invisible barrier. She felt a tingling in her brain, as if she heard the sound of moths flapping their wings. The desire and greed that soon surged up in her heart immediately erased these strange feelings, but even so, she was delayed for a moment!
She heard a roar.
The roar was filled with anger, warning, and urgency.
It was Gandalf, a white-robed wizard with all his hair open. Power erupted from his ring and his staff, merging into a roar that sobered him from temptation.
"Don't ...... Tempted by evil! ”
The feeling of restlessness fades, desire turns into doubt, greed turns into fear. The treasure that was close at hand had become a venomous snake and scorpion in an instant, and she subconsciously kept her distance from it.
But there was a sense of regret in her heart. A suffocating sense of loss and remorse.
- "You know what, you're missing an opportunity. ”
- "A unique, irreproducible opportunity to overtake the man you seek." ”
The voice was like a sigh, but it was sticky and slippery like a snake. It haunted her neck but was far away, and she didn't know how much 'self' it had taken with her.
But she had finally distanced herself.
The ring faded from its brilliance in her eyes, and she briefly gained resistance to temptation. And yet, in the next moment—
'Whew-' blood splattered.
It wasn't her blood, but it was splattered.
The human envoy warrior who had been fighting side by side a few seconds ago slashed off the head of an elf beside him. His outstretched hand to the Ring was immediately severed by a dwarven axe.
The elf's arrow was fired, allowing his comrades to be impaled through the chest by the Ring Spirit, who had been fighting side by side at the previous moment. The white-robed wizard wanted to unleash the Awakening Light again, but the most powerful ranger in the Ringwraith prevented him from freeing up his strength.
An ally is no longer an ally, and a partner is no longer a partner.
The Ghost Army was slaughtering the coalition, but the eyes of all the living were glued to the golden ring on the ground. This huge chaos was obviously much higher than the previous burst of killing intent - or rather, it didn't come out with Liuli's burst of killing intent, which was the biggest benefit of this war.
But who can be sure that Adam detonated the killing intent fluctuations in Liuli's body not to play a chain effect with the Ring?
Nobody knows.
The eyes of the participants who were close at hand were blank. She had in her ears the noise of the clash of psychic powers, and she was squeezed out of the conference platform by the greedy hands.
——‘…… Block ......'
There seemed to be a familiar scream coming from the psychic web.
- 'Be careful...... Betrayal ......'
There was an impulse suppressed in that scream, as if calling for itself to stand beside the abyss.
Stop, be careful, betrayal?
Prevent what? Beware of betrayal or something?
Zhao Yingkong's thoughts, which had fallen into chaos due to unknown resistance, gradually floated up and became sober. She sensed some tangible warning sign. There seemed to be a cold wind hitting the back of her neck.
She came to her senses.
Not because he was awake by the wind, but because a hand had touched the top of the One Ring. Ten hands had already had their fingers cut off before this one, but this one had plenty of strength and dexterity.
"Mine! I've got the treasure! "That hand belonged to an elf, strong and tall.
His fingers nested in the ring the moment it touched it, and his flesh swelled and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye!
"It's ...... My treasure! A heavy layer of pitch-black armor appeared on him, and the moment he waved his arm, he grasped a flail at the end of his palm. Originally, he may have been just a warrior captain, but with his second-order combat power, he reached the peak of the third-order the moment he put on the ring, and this power is still expanding upward!
'Boom——! Dozens of Coalition warriors congested to capture the Ring were knocked away by the flail. But the next moment, blood burst into the elves' eyes. The elven prince who had shined in the original plot loosened his bowstring in grief, his face contorted, perhaps struggling with all his might against the allure of the Ring.
The distorted face calmed in an instant, and the Lord of the Rings easily broke him. However, before he could take a plundering step, a storm of frost tore through the ring-wearing elf and the elf's palm.
[Protect yourself, I can't stop them!] 】
Watch out for the other reincarnators, who have betrayed the Covenant!] 】
Zhan Lan's shattered field finally became effective intelligence, and the frost storm revealed the appearance of Arctic Gunnier. He stared at the One Ring in his hand, his eyes full of intoxication and desire. The cold wind barrier protected him, and he may have hesitated for a moment, but he still put the golden ring on his hand!
'Peng——! The vicious aura suddenly burst out at this moment. His eyes became frantic as he gained the power of the fourth order at this moment!
"It's ...... My baby! His voice spread through the fault lines of the storm. The storm that has spread dramatically is surging in all directions!
"The ...... of the coveted baby They all have to die! ”
…………………………
"Hmm." Kasumi frowned, and her four fingers detached from her palms. The glow of an inch grabbed a slight distraction of her. She paid for it.
"I see." Her opponents seized on the flaw and pressed her tightly to make it difficult for her to regain her hands on her guns. The forced adjustment of tactics gave her an even greater disadvantage, as she dodged a sword, only to be kicked and slammed into a hill.
The hill shattered, but the four fingers that had fallen burst into an unstable glow in the rapidly generated genetic changes. Biomass directly generates a powerful thermonuclear reaction that releases light and heat to the outside.
'Boom——!!! 'Light, heat, little sun.
The King of the Rings was unscathed in the nuclear explosion, but it undoubtedly hindered him a little.
"You're an appliance...... You have strengthened yourself into an instrument. You need to be by your master's side to be able to use the maximum power you have. And your master is trapped in heaven. ”
In the distance, a storm of ice rose in Rivendell. And the new king of the rings is not in a hurry. He watched as the woman in front of him flew up from the hill that had turned into a rift valley, and he knew that her breath was no longer smooth.
"Isn't that weird?" He is willing to waste time because the longer he drags on, the better his odds will be. "The Ring is a part of Sauron, and if he can merge with it and complete the Three Elven Rings, he can equal, if not surpass, most of the living Vera. It's for all Maia...... Or should I say that the allure of all fourth-order powerhouses is almost irresistible. Because it really means an extremely powerful force. ”
Indeed, the more powerful the person, the less dare to approach it. Gandalf of the original texts was almost certain that if he touched the One Ring, he would fall immediately. And even Galadriel, who defeated his desires, relied on his own lair home, and did not dare to touch the form of the Supreme Ring even once the whole time.
"You are also a fourth-order, and it naturally has the effect of seducing you. Even if it's so far away from you, it's enough—"
Speech breaks.
The line of space pointing to the girl's heart.
The timing of words and power was perfect at this moment, and in an instant, the Blade of Mogul wrapped in the heartlight and the Spear of Judgment that could not activate its power collided thousands of times in a row!
The lakes were blown dry, and the silt turned into empty hills in the storm.
The woods were cut off in the aftermath, and the tossed parts were ignited the moment they left the ground!
"—to shake your mind!"
'Bang-'
Kasumi's shoulder is shattered. Zhao Weikong had already found a way to crush the divine soldiers.
The Cutting Spear in her hand also tore through the Ringwraith's breastplate, but she didn't have time to calculate the frequency of the Ringwraith's spirit that changed tens of thousands of times per second, thus inflicting real wounds on him!
"I'm a little curious."
They struck from the earth to the sky. The sea of clouds boiled, turning into dozens of kilometers of red incineration waves. The crimson sky briefly suppressed the blue storm in the distance on the pomp, and even showed some signs of luring it here!
"Your wise men should have figured out early on that there was something wrong with the Ring."
"He should have known that the Lord of the Rings contained great temptation and power."
But he allowed the Great Western Continent team to run rampant in the skies over Rivendell. But he refused to use it to influence the battlefield in the slightest. ”
The number of guns, swords, and encounters is measured in 100,000 times.
The storm and thunder surged in all directions and were immediately dispersed, and the speed at which Kasumi's shoulder healed was forcibly delayed!
"So, tell me."
The sword of Morgul stabbed out suddenly.
"What the hell is this a trap? Or do you not know anything? ”
It pierces through the flaws and points to Kasumi's heartbeat.
The No. 1 machine burned in a solid state and is under repair.
Halfway through the code word of the second machine, the network card is blown up, and then the black screen of the crash is dead.
Now I'm a miserable person who can only update with a tablet_(:з"∠)_
(End of chapter)