Chapter Fifty-Eight: Past Changes
Further north of the Elven Kingdom is a bitterly cold land, and behind the towering snow-capped mountains is said to be the home of dragons.
When the power of filth came to an end, the dragons sealed themselves at the behest of the true gods to prevent their powerful power from being exploited by the filth.
In people's impressions, the only people who live in this snow-capped mountain are the Anniu people who worship dragons and live here.
But there have been some rumors.
It is rumored that the reason why demon worship is so difficult to eradicate, even if the Western countries and various sects jointly target it, can only make their activities disappear on the bright side, because their lair is hidden in the snowy mountains outside of that civilization.
Hundreds of years ago, most people thought it was nonsense, and even if the Annon didn't care, would the dragon tolerate demon worshippers bouncing right under their noses?
Rumours like this can only be rumours after all, and after the establishment of the United Kingdom, no one will turn over such outdated old ledgers.
The exteritists who had defected from the United Kingdom were now temporarily living in the site of the Mourning Church in the snowy mountains, and they had changed their name from the pastoralism to the Immortal Church.
The initiative of the filth is basically proportional to the prosperity of the area they have eroded, and the more glorious the region, the more the heroes who once lived in that land are exploited by the filth.
Therefore, when the dragons sealed themselves, the only threatening existence in this snowy mountain was the predecessors of the Immortal Church, although this is a bit sorry for the ancestors, but the Immortal Priests who have always relied on summoning past Heroic Spirits to fight will be surprisingly weak once they become the shadows of the filthy men, and they who have lost their summoning ability are almost no different from mortals.
Instead of throwing themselves into the filth when they defected, the Priests of the Heroic Spirits used it as a stronghold after purifying it and removing the filth from it.
The site of the Valhalla Church was founded in large part thanks to the power of the Hercules and the mage Heroes, and the heroes who would never have condescended to do such a work in their lifetimes had a fantastic collaboration under the priests of the past to create this magnificent temple hidden in the mountains.
Even though there is only one gate in the temple exposed beyond the mountain, the four stout and towering statues of blue and white stone alone are enough to shock any traveler lucky enough to see it.
A distinctive cyan light lit up in front of the gate, and out of the teleportation came a young-looking priest and a mage-like shadow.
The priest bowed to the four statues one by one before entering the temple with his own shadow.
Although he has been a priest for hundreds of years, he has not made much progress in discovering the divinity assigned to him by the true God, and he is still a low-level person after hundreds of years of reincarnation, before the defection of the Valhalla Church to the United Kingdom, he didn't even know that there was a temple of this size here, because he didn't know who these four statues were, and the patriarch didn't mean to introduce them, he believed that the low-level priest who didn't know these four people must be more than himself.
He shouldn't have returned here at this time, after that inexplicable explosion, the plan assigned by the Grand Imam was completely disrupted, and now in order to adjust the plan, the Valhalla Church is eager to be a three-person envoy by one person, and his task list is also full.
But he won't be able to come back.
Because the filth has eroded the world's past, the Church of the Immortal has lost its ability to summon Heroic Spirits for hundreds of years, until the Grand Imam discovers that it can capture the shadow of the filth and manipulate it directly with divine magic.
The Grand Imam has also improved the advanced magic of [Realm of Vanity], making it an illusion-like magic that can be used by almost any Immortal Priest.
Although the improved [Realm of Vanity] does not have the ability to change the past, it can use the power of filth to a certain extent to create a constantly circulating and safe illusion in the polluted area.
It was this discovery that led the Grand Imam to the idea of bringing back directly the filthy part of the true God.
But there are some drawbacks to this way of controlling the Heroic Spirit, that is, these shadows are filth after all, once destroyed, the Heroic Priest has no way to re-summon, so he can only find a way to catch a shadow, and the Heroic Priest has almost no combat power without the Heroic Spirit, how can he catch the shadow of the hero by relying on those weak shadows that can be easily controlled?
Another problem is that the filthy power of the shadow will gradually erode the master, and the stronger the shadow, the greater the erosion, so each priest must return to the temple every once in a while to purify himself, otherwise even if there is a divinity assigned to them by the true God, it will inevitably be reincarnated again.
Not to mention how many years it takes to grow up again after reincarnation, once reborn in the way of reincarnation, needless to say, it will also be reborn in the United Kingdom, there are not no women in the church, across reincarnation, there are lovers who have loved each other for more than a hundred years, but there can't be a pastor who has an accident, and he will be born one on the spot, isn't it?
Pregnancy is also a huge burden for female priests, and raising a child after giving birth is also a problem, which can become a stumbling block to the already significantly derailed plan.
The young pastor was very worried in his heart, everyone's tasks were interlocking, and he would definitely cause a lot of trouble to the upper echelons if he came back early.
But he can't do it if he doesn't come back.
The strength of the shadow he controlled suddenly became stronger, and he was almost consumed by the shadow's filthy power.
As a low-level priest, he naturally can't control how strong the Heroic Spirits are, but even if they are weak Heroic Spirits, there are many things that can be tricked.
For example, some of the characteristics of some Heroic Spirits may have been a disadvantage when they were alive, thus limiting their personality as Heroic Spirits, but after becoming Heroic Spirits, the shortcomings no longer exist, and even become advantages.
However, the young priest was not so lucky, he just found a mage who did not leave any merits or legends during his lifetime, and the difference was just one step to the legend.
Mage Heroic Spirit is a good choice for low-level priests, because there are many mages whose strength is quite good in life, and may even be one step away from the obscurity of the legendary mages in their lives, they may have encountered a bottleneck in research, and their strength has been stuck for a lifetime and has no choice but to die of old age, or they may have an accident when they are desperate, in short, they are a group of losers with a little strength.
Even if such a mage is summoned in the form of a heroic spirit, his strength will be weakened by being forgotten and the forgetfulness brought about by no one knowing, but this is also suitable for low-level priests.
Although they have deteriorated, they have reached the peak without anyone witnessing it, and as mages, they are likely to have some specialties in a specific field, and their strength is still much stronger than other heroic spirits of the same level, and they are failures before they are alive, and they become shadows and are easy to catch, as long as they keep repeating a certain period of the past when the shadow begins to repeat their failures, they can be captured relatively easily.
The shadow controlled by the young priest is very good at teleportation spells, especially in terms of teleportation to people, and can teleport continuously for long distances with low cost, which gives him the ability to perform some special tasks.
But now the strength of the shadow has suddenly become stronger.
This is simply unreasonable, if it weren't for the fact that this shadow happens to be good at teleporting, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on here, but fortunately, as soon as he approached the temple, the erosion on his body also stopped, and he was a little more sincere in his respect for the four statues he didn't know.
He did not go into the temple without permission.
Heavy footsteps came from the temple, and a strong man with loose hair and a naked upper body, holding a giant sword, slowly walked out.
"Brother Glio, why did you return without permission?" said an old man's voice.
The young priest Glio was very nervous, this Andari Imam didn't even show up, only let his heroic spirits appear, it can be seen that he is very angry, although he thinks that in such a shortage of manpower, the Imam will not really kill himself, but the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped!
Glio hurriedly said: "Sect Master, it's not that I left my post without permission, it's really a last resort, the shadow of my hand has suddenly corroded me, if it weren't for the timely return, I might have become a newborn in a family in the United Kingdom now!"
He didn't say such a ridiculous thing as his shadow strength becoming stronger, what if the patriarch didn't believe it? And he didn't really believe his own judgment, in case he was wrong, then it would become a ridiculous reason for his gaffe, how could he stand it.
"Brother Glio, you are one of the few people who have not made the most progress in the exploration of divinity in the past few hundred years, you want to say that after this period of tempering, your strength has not only not improved, but has regressed!"
Alas, too, it will be like this!
Glio explained, "No, Elder Sect, this mage's shadow is likely to hide some problems that were not discovered at the beginning of the capture, and this is indeed a mistake in the future, but it is definitely not because of the regression in strength!"
"Hmph!" Imam Andali was eager to let his Heroic Spirit slap this guy who didn't grow up half to death, but since he was willing to admit his problems, Andali was not unreasonable.
The shadow that Glio found that was good at teleportation was very useful, and they had originally considered whether to give Glio some compensation, and to use this shadow from him to more capable people, but this was a bit unruly after all.
And since Grimo was lucky enough to find the shadow of this mage, it was time to give him some chance after being a low-level priest for hundreds of years.
I never thought that this person couldn't seize the opportunity himself, how could he not make people angry?
A man in his late forties stepped out from behind the giant man and held out his hand to the shadow of the mage beside Glio, who wanted to examine the shadow of the Heroic Spirit himself.
But the mage didn't move.
Glio ran away from the shadow without saying a word, joking, where did he get the guts to stay by the shadow's side for a second longer, something that the imam couldn't control?
Andali was also shocked in his heart, this was in front of the temple gate, no matter how powerful the Heroic Spirit was, there was no reason not to be under his control!
Before he could figure out how to deal with this unexpected situation, an even bigger anomaly appeared in the mage's shadow.
The magical aura on the shadow of the mage began to grow stronger and stronger, and it was almost like breaking through the legend!
As a shadow, his power comes from reproducing his filthy power, but the filthy power in the temple has long been purified by the Grand Patriarch, in order to obtain enough power to break through to the legend, first Glio's eroded part of his body was forcibly taken away, and the severe pain made him let out a scream and then fainted, and then even Andari's giant man was also affected, and he was directly taken away from an arm!
"What the hell is going on!" said a young girl's voice from inside the temple.
At this time, the only patriarch who was still in the temple was Andari, except for him......
"Grand Imam, why did you get out of the customs early!" Andari was shocked.
Previously, in order to deal with the future sword god Jor, the Grand Imam forcibly summoned part of the true god's power that had been corrupted by filth, which was severely eroded and had to be reincarnated.
This was an unexpected loss, and no one could have imagined that Joel had not only discovered their trap in advance, but even had the ability to kill one Heroic Spirit after another, even the angels he didn't pay attention to.
Even if such a person does not have the plan of a futuristic priest, he will sooner or later ascend to God, and if it is before the appearance of filth, then Yoel may have been accepted as an angel by the true God before he became an adult.
At that time, the situation was urgent, and the Grand Imam could only be reincarnated as quickly as possible, and Andali found the reincarnated Grand Imam, took the child from the mother who had just given birth, and brought it here.
But because of this, the Grand Imam did not have the opportunity to choose the target of reincarnation, and the most recent child who was about to give birth at that time was a girl.
Although all the priests have been reincarnated for hundreds of years, and many of them have been reincarnated into other genders, it is indeed the gender in which they obtained the divinity given by the true God that can best exert their strength, and it is a great loss for the Grand Imam to change his sex.
However, it is not possible to reincarnate again, and once the Grand Imam is reincarnated in the United Kingdom, it is impossible to hide from the priests of the present and future sects, and it is necessary to flee as soon as possible.
On the one hand, it is very disrespectful, and on the other hand, it is not guaranteed whether it is male or female, and snatching a baby from a mother who has just given birth is already a very inhumane act in itself, and if you do this kind of thing to your companions, it will inevitably affect the spirit of the witness, and once the spirit is shaken, the resistance to filth will be weakened, and the gains outweigh the losses.
The two evils are the opposite, and the Grand Imam has to accept the reality, in short, he first borrowed the magic of the current sect to speed up his own growth without sequelae, so that the body can grow to a time when it can withstand more power.
But this magic has a disadvantage, that is, it can only be used once on a person, otherwise it will inevitably affect the potential of the body, and may even directly lead to disability.
Now the Grand Imam's physical age has only grown to a little more than ten years old before he is out of the customs, and the impact on the future of the Valhalla Church is simply fatal!
Seeing Andali's distressed expression, Grand Imam Enronos continued to say in a childish voice: "Brother Andali, don't you feel the seriousness of the problem?"
She pointed her finger at the mage's shadow, "Loosen your grip on the Sword Saint Cross, and let's see what the mage is all about." ”
Although he didn't understand the reason, Andari still acted according to his words, allowing the shadow of the mage to absorb the shadow of the Sword Master, and was replenished by the power of filth, and the mage really succeeded in breaking through to the legend!
"How can this happen, how can the shadows become stronger, they are a reappearance of the past!" Andali was shocked.
"Someone has changed the past. The Grand Imam could not hide his excitement, and said in a trembling childlike voice, "After the true god slumbered, it was impossible to change the past, but now...... Is there still a remnant of the divinity that belongs to the past of the true God in this world?"
The shadow of the mage is still changing since he became a legend, and although he can only stand still under the power of the Grand Patriarch, he is still evolving what he has experienced in his altered past.
First his costume, and after becoming a legend, he replaced his clothes one by one for more powerful magical items.
Perhaps because of experiments, or because of combat, these magical items were sometimes broken, and even his body was often injured, far more often than a normal mage.
The strange thing is that every time he is injured, this mage will appear very excited and excited, as if he has some special hobby.
Suddenly, the shadow of this mage was reduced to a head!
Andali thought that this was the end of his story, or that he would be reincarnated as a lich afterwards.
But he didn't expect his body to grow again under the effect of some kind of regenerative ability!
After that, he changed into a plain outfit, and his expression became submissive.
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Roth looked at Skeng's virtue and was a little speechless.
After Roth refused to take the opportunity to experience life, Lijielit adjusted the time that Roth experienced in the illusion.
Because she wants to take this opportunity to see what will become of Jieli if she lives as an ordinary human, although this realm of vanity cannot change the past, but there is always no problem with deduction.
The suggestion she gave to Roth also meant that Roth should find a way to pass the time by himself, this illusion was born because of Roth, and he definitely couldn't leave in advance, but although the time in the outside world was out of sync with the illusion, Lijielit felt that when Roth went out, he was at most half a day slower than the Lista who walked in with him, but mentally Roth just had to wait for at least a few decades.
Roth had suggested that he could take advantage of this opportunity to practice his sword, but Lijielit stopped him.
It's not that there are no strong people available in the illusion, but those strong people have a position corresponding to their strength, and they play a very important role in the deduction of the illusion.
And if Roth is really allowed to practice against the air for decades, Lijielit is afraid that he will train himself out of the way.
Hearing her say this, Roth also felt that it might be okay to work behind closed doors for a while, but for decades, he really wanted to train himself to be a fool, so he had to give up, and let Lijielit create a small space for him, so that she only felt that it was about half a year when she watched her side for decades.
He thinks it's okay to practice for half a year.
And then this Skeng came to make trouble.
The teleportation mage who died in the original history managed to survive in this illusion, but he actually broke through to the legend in the past few decades, and even ate the bear's heart and leopard gall to find trouble with Lijielit.
In Rot's eyes, it was said that the good time had not yet arrived, and he was called out of the small space by Lijielit.
"Roth, an acquaintance is here, you come to meet!"
She said that as she walked over with Sken's head in her hands.
"What do you say you're going to die......" Roth recognized the face and smiled wryly at Skeng, who had only one head left.