Tay was cold to Anne after locking Loki up forever.

She him off.

"Tai......" said his apprentice, placing the black gem containing the soul of Gwen Haifa in the bag containing the spell components. Are you sulking?"

"No," replied the wizard.

"Yes," Kumagan said with a laugh.

"You're responsible for this." The necromancer angrily told Anne that he was heading into the depths of hell. The tall hallway seemed to spiral into the funeral chamber deep in the plateau, reminding the Undead Titan of his own dungeon. Could it be that Nastron and this place were built by the same people a long time ago?" The apprentice should be able to explore a new path that the master had not considered, but in my opinion, this is a terrible mistake. ”

After meeting Loki, Mrs. Selt remained silent, and she was deeply shaken. However, despite Tye's anticipation of this, the former priestess remained quite determined and dignified, even after learning the abominable truth. Unlike Medlot, who descended into madness after her worldview was destroyed, she kept her sanity and tried to assess the situation rationally. Perhaps it was this iron heart that made Tae always feel close to that woman, even though their ideals were very different.

The necromancer had considered offering her powers again, especially now that she had aligned her destiny with his ideals, but he knew better. He just had to wait for her to sort out her thoughts and realize that he was the best option; She would go to the necromancer out of her own free will. He just has to wait.

Finally, after seemingly walking for hours, Tye felt a primordial source of magic ahead of him. And not magic of any kind.

Sorcery.

"We're close to the goal," he told his allies. "You stay behind and let me clear the way ahead for you. Hagen, covering Mrs. Selt. ”

"I don't need protection," the priestess insisted, even though the lack of support from her former gods prevented her from using most of her arsenal. "Although I can't pray, I can still sing."

"I'm sure he'll bow down before your perfect voice, ma'am," Hagen scoffed, though his hand still held his scepter. "Listen to the director, I'll take care of the rest."

"I'm coming, Walter." Anne stubbornly insisted.

"Unlike Hell, I can neither summon nor teleport in the dungeon." Tye warns his apprentice. This is Haile's territory, and her rule is absolute here. "I can't bring more troops to protect you. If you're still going to participate, stay behind and support me with a spell. ”

The witch nodded, and Tye walked straight out of the underground hallway.

His footsteps echoed as if entering a buried temple, opposite a round marble wall surrounded by towering crystalline stone columns; From her with her sibling Jo

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's death, Haier's deeds are engraved in stone. The source of the undead energy was behind these murals, but Tai's gaze fell on the pillars.

He chained the undead members of the Pale Serpent to them.

The necromancer recognized many familiar faces; From Striga, a vampire with a half-charred corpse, to the night of winter, who was raised by him in the tragic days of the fall of Castle Black. From initiates to masters, they all attended this terrible gathering; Each of their decomposing corpses was bound in silver chains, and their hands were nailed to crystal, like slaves on a cross.

Tye finally noticed Duke, his chest pinned to a pillar by a pitch-black arrow, and even a man dressed in Sbuker's clothes, covered in sword wounds. It seems that he brought the mummy back to life and turned into a flesh-and-blood man, only to brutally kill him again.

Target approach. He uses Tai's allies and servants as targets for practice.

"Damn," Darken said, a little distraught, as he walked into the room with his ghostly horse. Even Anne covered her mouth with her hand, while Selt watched from afar. In the end, she understood Helheim's unfairness. "I expected it to be like this, but ......"

"Calamity" approached his dead lieutenants, barely holding back his anger. While the undead can't be resurrected twice, he has a perfect solution; He can bring them back. “[Naglfa

]。 ”

Glowing with purple light, [Necro Stone] summons a force capable of resisting death, making contact with Duke's lost soul and pulling it back into his remains. The body will be rejuvenated, and the dead nobles will be reborn.

The spell failed.

The soul is gone.

The news sent shivers down Tye's rotten spine as his spell failed to find Duke's soul. The soul should be impossible to destroy; There's always something left behind, even if it's a fragment.

Is it the arrow that interferes with the spell? Tay tried to pull it out, but the projectile burned his dead skin like the venom of the dangerous Hydra as soon as it came into contact. He had to use telepathy to safely remove it, and even then, [Nagel's Method] still failed to activate.

He has found a way to destroy their souls, or keep them away from him.

Tye felt necromancy ignite again behind the mural, and his heart filled with rage as he stole through the circular wall. His massive body causes the marble to collapse under its own weight, like a man walking through a paper door.

The Calamity walks to the heart of Hull's dungeon, a spacious circular room covered in ancient runes, glittering crystals, and symbols from forgotten civilizations. The room was filled with a biting chill, and the power of death completely controlled this small piece of the dungeon. Hull's divine energy is focused on maintaining a strong presence.

In the center stands a five-meter-tall green crystal obelisk, pulsing with energy. A skeletal-faced ghost flashed in and out of its range, a powerful soul unable to manifest a new body due to Hale's dark magic.

Amulet of Asclepius.

The wise of the wise, the lich ensured that the container of his soul was completely indestructible. Instead of putting it in a painting or a gold coin, he sealed his immortal soul in a massive crystalline metal fragment, an alien substance from a planet beyond the Nine Realms. This fabled metal, even before it was empowered by the Lich's magic, was used to create the most powerful artifacts like the Sword of Kings, which was almost impossible to destroy.

However, a group of four men was doing their best, stabbing their swords into the sheath; Each blow releases a purple necromantic energy into the air.

Note that it is inappropriate to use the word "human" to describe them. With one exception, Take

u, most people are monsters and not people.

Tai immediately recognized Prince Arthur among them, and he slashed the magic with a corroded King Arthurian sword. Like his sister, Haile turned him into some kind of undead, removing his eyes, leaving only smoke oozing out of the hollow. His white armor had turned black, and his fingers were haggard. Instead of being calm or arrogant, he exudes a single-minded absolute rage, ignoring the necromancer and continuing to attack magic.

In this mission, he is assisted by another swordsman; Although he wields a bloody katana instead of a normal midgard sword. He wears a strange crimson armor and wears a terrifying demonic mask that seems to be grafted into his face on the lower half of his face, but his dark eyes still have a human glint in them. He turned to look at the necromancer, who had apparently controlled his ability to think.

The third member is the only woman among them, a pretty, twisted redhead. If it weren't for one particular flaw, she would have had the vision of a sexy beauty: although her upper body was sexy, her flesh began to rot at the waist, leaving only bloodstained bones. She wore a wide cloak and a crown of magic, and was clearly a magician.

"You! The red-haired woman among them snarled when she recognized Tye, her fingers crackling with magic. "You bastard......"

Tay looked at her with magic, even though he recognized her.

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Genre: Death Hero (God/Immortal).

Level: 70

This is the real Morgan Westgrinder. Not a shell inhabited by an evil demon, but a primitive shell that was killed by a vampire and thrown to Helheim.

"It's all your fault!" She growled at Tay. “[Supe

fla

e] !”

She unleashed a violent explosion at Tye, who had to admit that it was quite powerful; It's clear that her level has improved since they last met. Despite this, "Calamity" lazily reduced its counter-spell to nothing, allowing Tai's allies to storm the room and the two groups face each other.

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ga

e ?” Anne recognized the Hero of Death, her eyes widening. "Is it big? Take

U, are you okay?"

The archer's eyes raised their heads, which had turned bloodshot red. Of the group, he was the only one who looked somewhat "alive", but instead of his usual expedition suit, he was wearing a pair of light Vajra armor. However, the mist of Helheim seeped into his skin, as if taking possession of the boy, forming a cloud around him.

"Annie......" the archer shouted, his voice nothing more than a whisper in his throat. Anne ......"

"An automaton". Mrs. Selt frowned in horror, and turned pale at the recognition of Arthur.

taku

U's soul is still there, but even Tai's mind-reading can't touch it. The ghost seems to be buried under a thick fog, and the power of evil takes over the empty flesh. Maybe Haier can't make this proud earthling obedient, or maybe he's too loyal to the living to bend his knees. So she possessed him, turning his sacred bow into a terrifying weapon capable of shooting arrows of shadow.

It's the weapon that killed Duke.

"Where are the souls of the other Pale Serpents?" Tay asked, his eyes glowing dangerously crimson.

"We let Taki and Ryoma destroy them all to test their filthy weapons." Morgan replied with a cruel smirk. Unlike Zhuyu, she doesn't seem to have been brainwashed; She must have surrendered her fate to Haier out of her own free will. "You're not immortal anymore, are you?"

The necromancer was furious. "Can you understand that you sacrificed human knowledge and ingenuity for your stupid revenge, stupid child?"

"Stupid revenge? You killed me, you selfish lunatic! Do you think you're a victim?" Morgan's angry eyes intensified, and her gaze fell on Tay's companions; Especially her old classmates. "Annie, he killed me, he killed Gwen!" Why are you with him?"

"I ......," Anne didn't know what to say, but she finally understood. We can bring you back to life, Morgan!" We can make up for it!"

"I know how to make amends, Annie." Morgan replied, ready to cast a spell on Ty. "If we kill him, we'll be able to enter Valhalla!"

Valhalla Temple?

She fought to get into Valhalla?

She didn't fight to regain her right to live, and Tai might sympathize with her. But what about a better afterlife? For better slave treatment?

A second later, the necromancer's wand struck with a loud bang, knocking Morni through a marble mural. It seems that no matter how powerful her magic is, she is still a weak mortal at close range.

Tai is an immortal god.

Immediately afterward, the whole room was in chaos. Kurogen rushes towards the swordsman of the earthlings, Arthur stops his frantic attack on the tree, looks at the surroundings, and is possessed by Take

Without saying a word, U immediately shot an arrow at Tye. His projectile pierced the Calamity's chest and passed across the other side, ignoring all magical defenses, leaving a hole in its path.

It hurts.

Supe

Effective Damage! The big tainted Ultimate Death Bow bypasses your damage reduction!

Cursed Earthlings and their powerful equipment!

To make matters worse, their metamorphosis seems to have given these fools new powers; Morgan has recovered from the blow and stands in the rubble while Take

U walks around the battlefield, ready to attack again.

"Abominable knight!" The earthling's swordsman raised his scimitar at Kurogen. Tai finally recognized the weapon, and the Durakhanids took it as a trophy before mysteriously disappearing during the first cult attack. "I challenge you to a duel and avenge your insult to me!"

Hagen was close to answering the challenge, with a pause. "Excuse me?"

"You don't know me anymore?" The swordsman asked, his eyes widening in disappointment. The blow was enough to interrupt his attack.

"Should I?"

"You murdered me in the dungeon and stabbed me in the back!"

"Oh," Durahan said, but that obviously didn't help narrow it down. "Don't take it personally, but after a while, you adventurers start to blur."

"It's Ryoma." Tae recognized him, and before the shooter could shoot another arrow, he slammed Takeryong into the wall with telepathy. Morgan uses a fireball volley to support her allies, but she fails to bypass the Necromancer's buff. "Because he was rude, I gave him diarrhea medicine."

"Ah, by the way, that's the guy who in the dungeon!" Kushine finally remembered, giggling to himself. “Dumpboy !”

This insult caused the swordsman on Earth to thunder, and his sword collided with Kurogane's mace to no avail. His sword is powerful and creates a shockwave on impact, but Durahan has the benefit of a mount that can take advantage of his weight.

Meanwhile, Anne tries to reason with her former classmates, even when she starts casting spells. "Morgan, we can raise you!" She shouted. "It's like Gwen! I have her soul too!"

"Gwen?" Morgany's eyes became stern and bitter. "I don't care about Gwen!" She could have taken the entire kingdom into her own hands, but she gave up everything just to take that stupid dungeon! Now, before you die like her, get out of the way!"

"Oh my God, Morgan!" Anne cursed, responding to the threat with her own spell. "You've always been an unpleasant bastard!"

The two warlocks exchanged a row of cannonballs; Morgan was clearly superior in firepower, her furious fireballs overwhelmed her opponent's spells, but Anne had the foresight to speed herself up before the fight began. Tai's apprentice moved fast enough to dodge the attack, and Lady Thor, after thinking about it for a moment, began to sing. Her songs brought strength to Tye's side, especially to Anne.

"Betrayal ......" Arthur's frenzied shell whispered, hellish flames flashing in his empty eyes as he saw Harawen. His thoughts vanished, replaced by furious rage, and he raised his sword of kings and charged towards Durahan. "Betrayal!"

Realizing that the situation was out of control and anxious to eliminate the opposition without retaliation, Tye decided to freeze the battlefield. "The clock stops."

Time slowed down and then stopped for almost everyone. Hagen, Death Hero, Annie, Selter, are all trapped in their current actions and unable to act.

With the exception of Arthur, he continued to move in the time he stopped, rushing towards the paralyzed Hagan.

This takes Tye by surprise, and he panics and creates a chain of shadows beneath the mad ghost. They burst out of the darkness and surrounded him from all sides, immobilizing Arthur.

As the necromancer suspects, the prince's scabbard can only protect him from direct magical damage. Objectified objects can still restrain him.

"Vengeance......" Arthur hissed like a mad dog. Lancelot! Lancelot!"

Tay uses the time-stopping effect to mentally invade Arthur's mind in an attempt to figure out what went wrong. with Take

u is different, the prince's mind is not obscured or buried.

It's just broken.

Unlike his more capable sister, Arthur's mind collapsed. Perhaps battered by repeated betrayals, or by the weakness of his character, he did not endure the torture of Hale as Gwen Hifar did. His resolve was shattered like his sanity, and only a mad dog bound by the will of the goddess remained.

The proud prince was reduced to a beast, leaving only a shell of his former majesty.

Tai has some sympathy for this stupid prince, albeit only a little. Even though Arthur was his enemy and held a grudge against his friend Hagen, Hale deprived him of his dignity and deprived him of his life. She gave the prince eternal life, but deprived him of the ability to enjoy it; This is a personal insult to the necromancer himself, and he will not go unanswered.

Tay telepathically attacks Arthur's remaining thoughts, wanting to erase them, make them docile, and free him from this miserable state. When the calamity entered his memory, the knight let out a terrible wail, and the venom of a snake flooded his brain.

A powerful force erects a spiritual barrier to protect Arthur's mind and push Tye back before he can finish off Arthur.

"That's enough, my darling. The time has not yet come. ”

Arthur stopped, like a dog frightened by his hostess.

The "clock stop" effect has not disappeared, but has been prolonged by another force. A familiar woman emerges from Arthur's shadows and waves her hand, breaking the chains, but startling the mad prince.

"My slave," Haile said to Tay with feigned affection. "If you want to go home, just open your mouth, not destroy my castle."

The necromancer ignored her and instead scanned her with magic to confirm a theory. The goddess was amused and did not try to hide her personal information; In fact, she seems to be enjoying it.

Calamity Underworld.

Genre: Death Incarnate (Hallow / Sorcery)

Level: 100.

"Do you like it?" Glancing at the servant, she asked, "I think it's funny for you to fight your own victims." This is...... Strangely poetic. ”

"You're not a goddess," Tye reproached her, and his theory was confirmed. "You're a disaster."

"I'm neither nor I." The madwoman replied, clutching Arthur's head like a dog. Seeing this, his sister is likely to be disgusted, and even Tae is upset. "I'd rather people call me 'Fate's Handmaiden.' In this big drama, I don't take sides; I just make sure it happens. ”

"You can turn on Ragnarok whenever you want, as long as you release your father and join him." Tye realized. "So Odin generously bribed you with his soul to let you go"

"A foolish hope born of an old man's false fear," Hale replied. "All souls are destined to come to my kingdom. Some people come later than others, but the destination is always the same. This is the nature of death. ”

"Is it the same as before?"

"So do you remember the past cycle, Nihogg?" He didn't answer, he smiled. "Nope. Your soul is still pure, pure, and beautiful. ”

"Not like yours?" Tay laughed at her. "You remember."

"Both," she admitted, sounding a little nostalgic. "Every time I was reincarnated, I carried the weight of the old universe on my back. After all, it was I who ensured that it all happened and kept the wheels turning. This is the will of Georgia. ”

When the whole picture was clearly presented in Tai's mind, the pieces of the puzzle were assembled in his mind. Why Haier's loyalty is still ambiguous, why she trampled the undead under her feet, why she pitted Esil and Calamity against each other.

She is an agent of fate itself, a servant of Igdrasil, ensuring that the cycle continues.

"You collect the souls of the dead and reincarnate them in another world after Ragnarok cleans up the Nine Kingdoms," Tai came up with a solution.

"Not exactly. Have you never wondered where the source of life comes from? Or why does one of them exist in Nastrón, a city ruled by death and despair?" His smile widened. "Just as the corpse fertilizes the earth, so the soul of the dead renews the water of life. They feed the World Tree, and through its power, they are reborn in the next iteration. In this eternal cycle, my role is to facilitate the cycle of life and death of the World Tree, removing the rotten stuff before it spreads throughout the garden. ”

A symbiotic relationship. Yggd

The ASIL system gives power to mortals, and mortals become its food. The soul is the crucible of magic, the source of all spells, levels, and special phenomena in the Nine Realms.

This used to be a fair deal, but with eternal life in sight, humanity no longer needs it.

"The immortal 'rot' will be the salvation of this world," said Tay, proud of this great work. "We want to dominate nature, not bow to it."

"Your selfish dreams are the embodiment of madness, you fool," Haile replied. "Without circulation, the World Tree will rot, but it will never regenerate. Your future is a time of endless decay without revival, as the souls you seek to save will fall into madness and emptiness. One day, the Nine Kingdoms will be reduced to ashes, leaving nothing behind. ”

"Even if you're telling the truth, I doubt it, we'll figure it out." "We have all the time in the world."

"Would you selfishly trade the assured survival of this world for an uncertain future?" She smiled and shook her head. "This cycle is truly immortal, Walter. Maybe not what you want, but eternal life is the same. Disasters play an important role in this cycle, but you, snake, you forget yourself. You selfishly renounce your responsibilities and become a parasite, putting your own existence above the larger whole. ”

"If that's the case, then why didn't you kill me when you had the chance?" aspect of the answer. "My previous incarnation may have been too powerful to die at the hands of earthlings and starve in my own cathedral, but I ...... When you see my soul, you must understand. ”

"Yes," she agreed, her smile widening.

Why? Even though her duty required him to be taken away, why let him run away? Does she believe Tye will fulfill his destiny again? Do you believe that fate is absolute? But why let him use the undead and Naglfa

To "pollute" this iteration? It makes no sense.

Unless her motives are no more rational than Loki's.

Then Tay understood. "It's no longer a matter of cycles."

"No, Walter. It's about us. ”

"We?" He didn't like her possessive tone, as if he were her property.

The underworld giggled. "Do you know how old I am, Walter?" How unfathomably ancient? I watched the play repeat itself endlessly. My father made the same cruel jokes, Odin tried and failed to change his fate, men fought for the love of women, and peasants toiled under the ridicule of the aristocracy. I did everything worth doing, read all the books, played all the games, until I lost interest in everything. Eternal life is an empty experience. ”

"Because you're always on the same page and unimaginative." Tai can't imagine having nothing to do, especially when there is no other choice.

"Even so, nature never changes. Gods, mortals, giants...... They are all bound by the same stupid passions, greed, and fear. The torture I inflicted on them was only a senseless punishment for their existence. This cycle was the first time I had been so committed to myself, yet everything seemed ready to repeat itself. My life was dull and lacked joy. ”

She looked at him fondly.

"Until you show up."

When Hale said these words, an ugly, crazy glint appeared in the eyes of the mad goddess.

"You're not like everyone else. You fight the river and bring about change; Although small and meaningless. When I tried to puncture your hopes and make you follow the rules, you insisted on disobeying me and choosing the unexpected. I didn't feel anything when I tortured these mortals, but your pain brought me joy. You make things fresh and interesting. ”

A dark obsession as absolute as Medelló's love for his wife. Something primitive and primitive, its intensity silenced the necromancer.

"When you enter my territory as an adult." "When I see your pale face, the cold flame on your face, the spark of keen wisdom...... When I see your flawed perfection...... I felt something...... Something I've never felt before. "My heart was pounding. I never understood why Elsil complained to me about saving that bald pig, but now ...... Now I understand. ”

When Hale came to see me, Loki's words echoed in Ty's mind, and she saw your face.

"I love you, Walter."

Tay was silent for a moment.

"I don't know," he replied coldly.

"You will learn," the goddess replied in the same tone. "We still have a long way to go, my slave"

"This only applies to one of us."

When he tries to kill the goddess on the spot, Tae activates the [Necronomical Stone], an artifact that exudes divine power.

Her skin peeled off her flesh, forcing her to take a step back; As Tai expected, it also affected the Heroes of Death, albeit to varying degrees. Arthur writhed in pain, but raised the king's sword.

His mistress put a rotting hand on the prince's neck and pulled him like a hound.

"We're shy, aren't we?" He laughed at Tay, but she sounded disappointed. "Why don't you worship me, Walter?" When I give you warmth, your contempt fills me with cruel rage. Really, there are no boundaries to your selfishness. ”

"I just want you to get out of my way," Tai replied angrily.

"It's okay." She shook her head. "It's clear that you'll only give in when I've crushed all your dreams into fine dust. Maderot will put history back on track, and when your kingdom of the dead collapses, when your last hope is dashed, my Heroes of Death will finally purge this world of vermin. The irony is that your former victim ruined everything you built for my amusement. But what about you, Walter?"

She stared into his eyes.

"You can never escape death."

Time had returned, but by the time it had returned, Haile and her slaves were gone.

Tay glanced at the battlefield, and Anne and the others were confused by what had just happened. From their point of view, their enemies disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Apprentice?" Asclepius' spiritual voice came from the crystal, a faint but familiar whisper.

"Grandmaster," Tai replied, touching the necklace with his hand. "I'm here to help."

The answer is not expressed in words, but in a vague sense. Relief and victory, a long-term plan has finally come true.

"Where's Severog?" Tay asked, missing her among his victims.

“Med

Aut's wife?" Asclepius replied inwardly, his mind in confusion. Trapped there for decades, his soul was hurt by Hale's kindness, and it may take him a while to recover. "She's long gone."

He had already killed the last hope of convincing Medero.

As she had warned, the goddess gave him hope, but once again shattered his soul.