"How is that possible? Why is Nono here?! ”

Caesar was more at a loss than anger, something he hadn't expected.

He didn't even know that the Black King's resurrection ceremony required a sacrifice of the Frigga bloodline, and he didn't know that Nono had come to this Nibelungen, and naturally he never thought that the family's plan would involve Nono in it.

If he had known this beforehand, he would have either deliberately sabotaged the family's plan, or he would have voluntarily joined the plan in exchange for Nono's safety, and would not sit idly by and watch this happen no matter what.

But he has been kept in the dark, he doesn't know anything, and naturally he can't do anything.

Seeing that the woman he had a crush on was about to be sacrificed to the black well in front of him, Caesar barely thought about it, and was ready to rush forward to rescue the girl.

However, before he could take a step, two well-built guards pounced from behind him and pinned him firmly to the ground.

Bronze Throne of the Spirit of Words.

Under the suppression of this strong body comparable to that of a dragon, Caesar, whose physical fitness was only five or five times that of a polar bear, was completely unable to resist and was crushed to the ground on the spot.

Immediately afterward, without waiting for Caesar to break out of his bloodline, a single Frigga bullet completely robbed him of the possibility of resistance.

At the same time that Caesar was suppressed, Parcy was swelling up with an unparalleled rage in his mind.

Only then did he realize what the elders meant by the great preach of sacrifice before, and it turned out that it was not Naina and the others who he could accept, but Nuno, whom he could not accept, that he could not accept.

Many people are able to sacrifice lightly because they have not yet encountered a price that they cannot pay.

Now, he doesn't know why Nono, who he has deliberately protected under house arrest, appears on the altar, but seeing that she is the only one on the altar, Patcy can probably guess Nono's motives.

It must have been for the sake of her mother, who didn't regard her as a daughter, and the sister she had just met, and in order to avoid their sacrifice, Nono decided to sacrifice her life.

Realizing this, looking at the dark red figure on the altar, Patsy's pupils ached as if they were burning.

He didn't know why he cared so much about Nono before, maybe he thought the female neuropathy was interesting, maybe it was because it was the woman Caesar had a crush on, or maybe she had the aura of [the woman Caesar couldn't get], which made him think that if he got this woman, he could defeat Caesar......

But now, no matter what his previous thoughts were, at this moment, this fiery red figure had been completely imprinted in his heart.

What a stupid woman, willing to give her life for the sake of a false mother and a false sister!

The fiery silhouette is like a moth to a flame, so stupid and beautiful that it can't be more beautiful.

It's like a dazzling butterfly that can disappear at any time......

But he wasn't going to let her die—

"Stop!"

Patsy roared angrily, his usual calm growling and commanding at a loud voice he had never seen before.

"Stop the sacrifice and bring her here!"

Now that the elders were worthless, he didn't have to deal with these old things, and everyone present had secretly sworn allegiance to him, except for Caesar and the elders.

He was the master of these shadows, and the shadows had promised him that they would be willing to die if he gave the order, and he had verified that it was not a lie.

In this case, he can almost be said to have covered the sky with one hand, as soon as he gives the order, the guards on the altar will stop the sacrifice, Nono will be fine, he can change everything - it should be like this.

But why, didn't things go the way you expected?

Looking at the clone guards who were not far in front of him, clearly and really heard his order, but showed a hesitant expression, and did not make any moves, Patsy's eyes were a little dazed for a while.

At this moment, Elder Alpha spoke.

"Let's start the sacrifice!"

He clearly didn't have the right to command, and the clones of the Sacred Palace Medical Society shouldn't follow his orders, but after hearing him say this, everyone looked at each other one after another, vaguely moved.

Seeing this, Elder Alpha added.

"The time is almost up, and if we want Patsy to inherit the throne, this is our only chance!"

As soon as these words came out, the clones immediately moved quickly, and the guards behind the red-haired girl began to urge, but they did not dare to threaten. Seeing this, Elder Alpha issued a warning to Nono.

"Frigga III, you don't want to see your mother have an accident because of you, do you?"

Seeing that although the red-haired girl was dismissive, she did indeed walk towards the figure in the black well, and Patcy came back to her senses.

"I said - stop!"

With a furious roar, Patsy no longer believed in the shadows, and directly activated the dragon's blood, and pounced in the direction of Nono.

With his speed and bloodline, he was enough to stop Nono before she could enter the black well.

At this time, the situation he faced was even more dire than that faced by Caesar, and five or six dark shadows pounced on him, and the hard muscles were like strong chains that bound Percy tightly under the influence of various strengthened spirits.

It's not that there aren't more people on the field, but because tying five or six people at close range is the limit, and the rest of the guards didn't watch it, they all tacitly formed a black oppressive human wall, blocking Patsy's route to rescue Nono.

Attacked by so many people, Patsy's eyes were glowing with a burning gold.

Only then did he understand why these guards surrounded him intentionally or unintentionally, originally thinking that they just wanted to protect him, but now it seems that I am afraid that before this, they already knew the news that Nuo Nuo was a sacrifice, but they deliberately concealed it and did not report it, and even expected that they would stop this matter, so they collectively agreed to stop themselves.

In other words, the elders and these shadows all knew about this, only he knew nothing, and thought that Nuno was well protected by himself.

Just like he had set up the elders before, if these guards hooked up with the elders, he would in turn be deaf and blind.

The king's anger burned violently in his chest, and as the dragon's blood boiled, Parcy chanted directly, ready to crush the guards who were clung to him in one fell swoop.

A dust-free place!

However, as soon as a note was sung, Percy realized that something was wrong.

His realm fell completely silent, without the slightest sign of activation, as if suppressed by the precepts.

What's going on?

Sensing the oddity, he lowered his head, only to see the guard holding him on his chest wrapping a crimson chain around his chest.

Dragon Rope - an alchemical artifact from the primeval period, which can restrain the power of dragons, and they lent it to the Doomsday Sect to suppress the Dragon King Ze, although this is only an imitation, it is enough to suppress his words.

This replica is one of the few remaining legacies of the Gattuso family, which has always been in the hands of the Elders, and now what should have been in the hands of the Elders is in the hands of these clones.

"Sure enough, did you betray you?"

Patsy's eyes were cold, and his black hunting knife cut through his sleeve to reveal his blade, and he no longer showed mercy to the traitor.

"Nope! Young master, we have not betrayed you! ”

Hearing Patsy's words, the stout guard who held the chains bound him shook his head in pain.

He ignored the sharp pain in his chest, and did not look down at the hunting knife that pierced his chest, but desperately hugged Patsy, and explained to him with wide eyes.

"We're not the same people as those who don't die, but we don't want to see you give up your godhood because of a woman! That's not worth it, you have a brighter future ahead of you! ”

Maybe Patsy didn't notice it herself, but in fact, after the elders agreed to let Patsy be qualified to carry out the plan, these elders and the clones of the Holy Palace Medical Society vaguely took the same position.

That is, to uphold Patsy as a god.

And this position is not always the same as that of Patsy herself.

Under Nono's words, they did join forces with the elders, otherwise Patsy would not have known the situation until now, but they did not betray, they just wanted to clear all obstacles for Patsy's godhood.

So, they just blocked Patcy with a human wall, and they didn't have any intention of harming Patsy.

In order for Patsi to succeed in the future, they did not even dare to use the Frigga bullet, and only dared to use their own flesh and blood as a barrier.

Even at the last moment of his life, the guard in front of him did not have the slightest intention of fighting back against Patsy, he just grabbed Patsy's hand weakly, looked at the man in front of him with hopeful eyes, and told him about the future that he could no longer see.

"You are the king of our shadows, the one who is qualified to take the sun and lead us out of darkness...... Be a god! Must be ......."

In the end, his body cooled along with the hot blood flowing from his chest, and finally fell to the ground weakly along with the dragon rope.

Looking at the corpse of the man in front of him, whose name he couldn't even remember, Patcy bowed his head in silence, his expression hidden in the shadows.

On the side, the elders also spoke to persuade.

"Patsy, don't be presumptuous! To become a god, this is a necessary sacrifice! When you become the ruler of the new era, you won't find what kind of woman you want when the time comes! ”

While it is unknown why both brothers are so obsessed with this neurosis, they are never willing to see Patcy and Caesar make the same stupid choices.

Hearing this, Parcy suddenly looked up and saw Nono, who had come to the edge of the black well.

As long as you become a god, what kind of woman can't be found?

No, I'm afraid that the woman who has missed it will never be found.

He lifted the blood-stained hunting knife and wanted to say something, but he felt a little weak when he looked at the corpse in front of him.

After the dragon rope fell to the ground, his speech spirit was already able to be used again, but his body was still firmly held by the five guards, and he would rather die than let him do irrational things.

The ceremony was only a few seconds away, and now it was too late to change the sacrifices, and the guards couldn't sit idly by and watch Patsy save Nono, which would be tantamount to betraying all of their expectations.

In their eyes, Patcy saw the determination of death, and like the dead man, they would rather be hacked to death by Patsy than see Patsy, the shadow leader, ascend to the throne of the world.

Threats make no sense to them.

But if they are allowed to restrain themselves like this, Nono will die.

“……”

Patcy closed his eyes and engraved the corpse in front of him in his mind.

Then he opened his eyes and threw down the bloodstained black hunting knife in his hand.

Before the guards could breathe a sigh of relief, a cold and majestic proclamation sounded.

"Whoever stands in my way, die!"

The moment the words landed, the realm of the dustless land swelled.

"Bang!"

There was a direct conflict between the realm that excluded everything and the will to stop Patsy rather than die, and in the next moment, the stumps and severed arms were scattered everywhere, and five heavy bodies were thrown off the spot.

They weren't dead, at best they were badly wounded, but all of the arms they had tried to stop Patsy were left in place with the tremendous force of the tear.

Patsy already understood that these people really didn't betray and understood their thoughts, but he had what he wanted to do.

He looked up at Nono, who had reached the edge of the black well under the threat of the elders, and was only one step away from falling into it.

"Stop!"

Patcy roared, and he bent his knees slightly, wanting to rush straight through.

With his speed and his words, without hindrance, as long as Nono waited for him for two seconds, he would be able to arrive in time and save her.

However, a pitch-black wall of people blocked his way.

The guards ignored the severed limbs of their companions and silently formed the next obstacle.

Nuo Nuo, who was on the edge of the black well, didn't seem to hear anything he said, and without the slightest hesitation, he stepped directly into the black well, and his figure disappeared completely.

"Nono!"

"Nono!"

Caesar, who had recovered some of the effects of anesthesia, and Patsy, who had not had time to break through the barrier, knelt on the ground at the same time and let out a feeble roar.

Their eyes were split, and they stretched out their hands in the direction of the black well in vain, but they caught nothing.

At this moment, they finally deeply felt the cruelty of reality and their own powerlessness.

While they couldn't see what was happening inside the trunk, they had seen hundreds of times when the serpent had fallen to the treetops and then been absorbed by the World Tree as nutrients.

There is no doubt that the woman they are in love with has turned into a blood mist and has been completely absorbed by the World Tree.

10, 9, 8......

The elders stared at the timer, excitedly watching the final countdown.

As the ritual ended, the red mist that had been permeating the entire island began to gradually dissipate, and the originally flourishing World Tree withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it had supplied all the last nutrients.

Finally, the timer returned to square one, and three days had arrived.

At this moment, the red mist that permeated the entire island completely disappeared, and the World Tree in its heyday also dried up completely.

Throughout the island, almost all the life force has gathered in one place.

That is, the roots of the withered World Tree.

And here, the original blood-red tree fruit has now turned into a dazzling red gold color, as attractive as the gold of the Rhine.

The guards carried the lost Patsy to the bottom of the tree.

They didn't dare to look at the tempting tree fruit more, and seeing that Patcy had not yet come to his senses, they boldly took out a safety box from his arms, took out a colored reagent contained in a nanoglass tube, and injected it into Patsy's vein with a needle under the gaze of everyone.

This is Odin's legacy, a reagent that can only be opened by the bloodline of the Gattuso family, and Caesar chose to refuse this gift before, but now it is naturally used on Parcy.

After the tranquilizer was injected, Patsy finally recovered.

He stood up, and instead of looking at the golden tree fruit not far away, he looked at the elders on the side.

"Didn't you say before, using Naina's blood as a filter, why did you change your plan to Nono?"

Hearing this, the guards all became nervous, and they feared that Percy would be as angry as Caesar would be, and would reject the proximity of the throne.

The elders were also a little worried for a while, but because of the way they had always gotten along, they did not choose to apologize but tried to justify.

"We are also for your good, in terms of qualifications as a sacrifice, that woman is more than ten times stronger than everyone else combined, only if she is a sacrifice, you can get the strongest power!"

"You mean, you don't need to make a promise, and it doesn't affect the plan, but it's just a little less effective?"

Patsy asked.

"Theoretically, but no one has tried it, and the higher the success rate, the better."

The elders were so vague.

"I see."

Patsy nodded, no more asking, and there was no joy in his calm face.

The elders thought that the matter had been turned over, and they didn't pay much attention to it, and their eyes quickly turned to the crimson golden fruit, which was the final product of the resurrection ritual.

According to Norse mythology, Nidhogg is a monster that gnaws at the roots of the World Tree, but nowadays, this description may be reversed - the person who devours the fruit of the root of the World Tree becomes the Black King.

It can be said that the power that surpasses all life in the world is lodged in this golden fruit in front of you.

In the face of such temptation, even the elders who were about to die couldn't help but have a wave of greed in their hearts.

However, no one tried to do anything to it, and they knew they were not qualified to touch the fruit.

Elder Alpha took a deep breath and pointed in the direction of the tree hollow, looking at Patsy.

"Eat that fruit, and you will be like God!"

(End of chapter)