Chapter 514: The Attack of the Ancient Death God
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Inside Feynapotter, the celebration continued, with people listening to the Crown Prince and officials recount the "Founder's" achievements in establishing the Feynapotter Kingdom, commemorating this hero from over a thousand years ago.
At this moment, the emotional resonance of hundreds of thousands of people converged upon the Alhambra Palace, focusing on Philip I, who was sitting motionless on the ground in the midst of the angel-level battlefield.
This gave Him a tremendous boost.
Simultaneously, because the Alhambra Palace was currently shrouded by a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, those outside the palace were mostly unaware that an angel-level battle was taking place within.
However, looking through the barrier formed by that Sealed Artifact, one could see that half of the palace had already been reduced to ruins.
On the angel-level battlefield, Alexei and Akhmatova from the Feysac Empire, Gaard II and Clyde from the Storm Church, and Demps, who seemed to be in poor condition, had made outstanding contributions to the destruction of the Alhambra Palace.
"Hunter" pathway angels often incinerate several palaces with a single stomp.
The flames they summoned at this time were far from simple fire; these flames could even burn angels, and stones would instantly turn to lime upon contact.
Flames at this level had already reached an abstract state, essentially skipping the combustion process; as soon as they touched something, the next second it would be completely burned.
Gaard II and Clyde's main abilities were lightning and storms; the hurricanes they casually stirred up could destroy a building and send it swirling into the sky.
The hurricanes also carried sharp wind blades, often scraping away a layer of topsoil with a single gust.
The destruction of the palace was mainly the work of angels from these two pathways.
The guards and attendants who didn't manage to escape mostly died from the flames and hurricanes.
At the same time, many red trees rapidly grew amidst the raging fire, their trunks and leaves all red, able to withstand the baking heat of the flames for a short time.
These large trees swayed back and forth in the hurricane, blocking most of the wind blade attacks.
Over there, silver-white light and twilight-colored light echoed each other, the silver-white light coming from the battlefield of Dlink.
The twilight light came from Larrion, the "Glory" who joined the battle last; at Sequence 2, He began to master the power of twilight, causing everything under its rays to become dilapidated and aged.
The most crucial battle between William I and Alexei was difficult to resolve for the time being.
Having reached the Sequence 1 level, William I could use most of the "Arbiter" pathway's abilities without speaking, but Alexei could block or evade abilities like "Deprivation" and "Execution" with his own powers.
What actually caused significant damage to the opponent was the "Sword of Order" in William I's hand and the crimson sword in Alexei's hand.
William I quickly calmed down; while fighting his opponent, he took out a crystal scale and threw it towards Philip I.
The scale shattered, revealing a crystal figure; upon closer inspection, it looked exactly like Philip I, except it didn't have the "Brass Book" in its hand.
The mercury figure reached out to Philip I, and Philip I's power rapidly flowed towards the mercury figure.
This one-time magical item could "balance" half of an enemy's power onto itself, until the power within the enemy was the same as that in the crystal figure.
Philip I covered the "Brass Book" with one hand and took out a crimson dagger from his chest with the other.
He seemed to throw it casually, but it hit the crystal figure's head directly.
Crack ~
The crystal figure cracked and shattered into pieces.
This dagger was only a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact, but under the circumstances where Philip I had granted it a rule-based "convenience," it happened to be the nemesis of the crystal figure, so it shattered the crystal with one strike.
He smiled slightly at William I, and the "Brass Book" was once again integrated into him, with nearly two-thirds entering his chest.
… …
After seeing the demigods of the "Warrior" and "Arbiter" pathways besiege Serte, Hobert realized that today's battle might not just be a fight between the Augustus family and the Castiya family.
Immediately, he decided to take action and complete his mission as soon as possible.
"Hobert!"
Hobert was slightly stunned; Ethel, dressed in a military uniform and looking heroic, opened the window of the building Hobert was about to attack and called out to him.
"Princess!" Hobert rushed over, taking advantage of the situation: "Princess, save me!"
Ethel waved her hand, and the guards didn't stop Hobert: "How did you run over here?"
A crack opened in the palace gate, and Hobert quickly squeezed in: "I, I came to protect the princess and the king, but I didn't expect a battle of Saint-level proportions to break out."
"Didn't I tell you not to meddle in other people's business!" Ethel shook her head with a smile: "See if you dare to have such opportunistic thoughts in the future."
"I won't dare again." As Hobert spoke, the corner of his eye surveyed the interior of the palace; the first floor was a hall, and there were no guards at the stairs leading to the second floor, and there was no movement upstairs.
In the center of the hall, there were several chairs, but only two people were standing and sitting, a man and a woman, both displaying full majesty in their gestures.
In the distant corners of the walls and by the windows, there were more than a dozen men and women, either in military uniforms or formal attire, all staring intently outside.
Seeing their posture and the direction of their defenses, Hobert immediately realized that the Sealed Artifact was not here.
And these people in the palace, the two in the middle were demigods, and the others were all Sequence 5; even if the Sealed Artifact was here, Hobert would have decisively fled, because there would definitely be no chance.
Ethel looked out the window and said, "Hide here and go back after the battle outside is over."
"Thank you, Princess!" As the two talked, Hobert pondered: Are these people all protecting Princess Ethel? Although Ethel fully deserves this level of protection, the timing is wrong. The two families outside are fighting a battle of life and death; wouldn't it be better for these two demigods to go outside the palace to participate in the battle?
Hobert immediately realized: Ethel is here for a reason.
At this time, Ethel seemed to suddenly remember: "Where's your father?"
"He first… went to protect the king!" Hobert thought: That was close, that was close, I almost said the wrong thing; Ethel doesn't seem like a princess at all, she's simply a sinister and experienced politician.
Theoretically speaking, Christian is injured and should leave as soon as possible when encountering such a dangerous situation. So Hobert initially wanted to say: He went back first.
But if he said that, he would definitely be exposed immediately, because this is a good opportunity to show loyalty to the king, how could Christian miss it?
"Protect the king?" Ethel frowned and scrutinized Hobert.
Hobert nodded: "Yes."
Ethel took a step back, and a clear look of vigilance suddenly appeared in her eyes: "The king is not in the palace at all."
Hobert was first a little surprised, but then he thought that wasn't it normal? In such a dangerous operation, how could the king be left in the palace?
Then why are there so many guards at Cassia Hall?
Hobert suddenly thought: The Sealed Artifact is in Cassia Hall! Ethel is just a trap here!
If you follow normal thinking, it is known that: People from the Augustus family will definitely come to prevent Philip I from accommodating the Uniqueness, and if they want to break through the barrier shrouded in the Alhambra Palace, they need to find the Sealed Artifact first and turn it off, so that members of the Augustus family can quickly appear in front of Philip I.
In this kind of surprise attack, giving the opponent no time to react is the key, so whether the first batch of attacking forces appears inside or outside the barrier is very important.
Then guarding the Sealed Artifact becomes a very important task, and Ethel is likely to be the commander-in-chief guarding the Sealed Artifact!
Moreover, the force searching for the Sealed Artifact must be a small elite force; if there are too many people, the target will be too large, giving the Castiya family enough time to react.
Ethel has set up a very clever trap, because according to normal thinking, the attackers of the Sealed Artifact, after seeing that Cassia Hall and this palace are heavily guarded, will think that the king will never personally hold the Sealed Artifact, nor will he stay with the Sealed Artifact, then they will definitely choose to attack Ethel here.
As long as the Raiders appeared, Ethel could concentrate her strength to annihilate them, buying more time for Philip I, while ensuring the sealed artifact remained safe.
However, they didn't expect that Christian wouldn't play by the rules at all, directly using a ritual to have William I and the others descend inside the barrier, rendering Ethel's traps useless.
To protect the sealed artifact, the power here was not withdrawn.
Having figured this out, Hobert understood where he had misspoke.
If Christian knew that Ferdinand II was not in the palace at this time, then Christian should probably know Ethel's plan.
This was obviously impossible. For the sake of secrecy, this plan might only be known to members of the Castiya family, and members below the demigod level would only know their own tasks. Only demigod-level members would know the general outline of the plan.
Since Christian didn't know where Ferdinand II was now, then he should be with Hobert. Why was only Hobert seen, and not Christian?
Ethel didn't pay attention to this question at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she definitely felt something was wrong!
Hobert smiled: "My father went to the bathroom."
After figuring out the above questions, Hobert knew that it was too late to say anything now. Ethel was not someone who could be easily fooled!
Ethel took another step back: "The king values your father very much, and I also intend to value you. Why would you do something to betray the royal family?"
One of her hands was already on the gun holster at her waist: "Or are you betraying the country just for today's action? It must have been you father and son who let that group of Loen people in, right?"
"Hehe, good move. You actually spent hundreds of thousands of gold Lire in the territory to make me lower my guard!"
The others in the palace also noticed that something was wrong here, and they began to approach this side seemingly inadvertently.
Hobert spread his hands: "Okay, I don't want to lie to you."
The fighting outside was already like that, what was the point of lying?
"We did let the people in." Hobert said.
"Traitor!" As she spoke, Ethel was about to draw her gun, but the qualities of an excellent politician made her not act immediately, but suddenly ask in a low voice: "Is this also the intention of the 'Creator'? If you tell the truth, I can let you go!"
"No, this is just our personal behavior." Hobert smiled: "It's just that the 'Creator' also doesn't want anyone to accommodate the 'Trunsoest Brass Book'."
"But the 'Creator' still doesn't intend to interfere in this matter, because He knows that the Augustus family will definitely not let such a thing happen."
This was the truth. Hobert was worried for a while when he learned that Philip I had obtained the "Trunsoest Brass Book".
But later he thought: I'm just a Sequence 6 (at that time he was still Sequence 6), even if I'm worried, I can't solve the problem, and it's still early before the uniqueness of the "Justiciar" is used, so let the Augustus family worry about it.
Ethel used her ability and came to the conclusion that Hobert was not lying: "I know."
Then she said to her subordinates who were approaching: "Kill him!"
Hobert was stunned: "Didn't you just say you were going to let me go?"
"Yes, I will let you go, but my subordinates want to kill you, what does it have to do with me?"
Hobert took a step back towards the wall, and suddenly smiled: "You are even more cunning than a 'Lawyer'."
Then he said to the surrounding Sequence 5s: "The princess is joking with me. I just didn't agree to the princess's request to serve her in bed. Now I've figured it out, I agree."
Hobert said these words with a relaxed face and a bit of flattery. Everyone around was stunned and stopped in their tracks together.
Everyone knew that Princess Ethel had exceptionally attended a baron's wedding, and many people had long been wondering if there was something hidden in it.
So the first reaction of the people around was: Let's wait and see.
Seeing that everyone was misled by Hobert, Ethel said coldly again: "Kill him!"
Hobert took another step towards the wall, still smiling cheekily: "Princess, don't make trouble. Have you forgotten how comfortably I served you at your manor in the suburbs last night?
"You also told me that the manor was a castle more than a thousand years ago, so there are so many armors and weapons."
These words made the surrounding people stop again. They all knew that Princess Ethel had a large manor in the suburbs, and only those who were very trusted by Ethel were qualified to enter there.
According to the descriptions of those who entered, there were many armors and weapons hanging in the corridors and rooms of the manor.
So everyone had the same thought: What if the princess is just angry for a while, and I kill her male favorite? If the princess remembers this male favorite in the future, wouldn't she hate me to death! I can't act first, let others kill him.
Everyone was determined to do this, so no one came forward.
Of course, there was another reason why they didn't come forward. Hobert was retreating in the direction of a wall, not towards a window, which also made everyone psychologically feel that Hobert couldn't escape.
A baron, who rose to power through such shady means, should not be very strong.
As for the two demigods, they could sense Hobert's approximate strength, but they both tacitly didn't come over. On the one hand, the family members at the Sequence 5 level were enough to kill a Hobert, and on the other hand, they were unwilling to do this kind of "dirty work".
But Ethel knew that this shameless guy in front of her was also a Sequence 5. How could a wall stop him: "Kill him! Quickly!"
Even at this time, Ethel was still unwilling to break her promise.
Keeping her word only accounted for a small part of the reason. The main reason was that she planned to leave room between herself and Hobert. She had a hunch that the outside was already in chaos, and Hobert had the possibility of escaping.
She knew that even if she acted in time, it would be difficult to stop Hobert, so it was better to simply pretend that she would never break her promise.
Only then did the surrounding people realize that the princess really intended to kill someone at this time.
But Hobert had already created enough space between himself and everyone: "Knight!"
Hant, whose eyeballs had been pressed back into his sockets, but still looked a little awkward, appeared in front of everyone.
Almost at the same time as shouting the summoning incantation, Hobert slammed his shoulder against a wall. Amidst the flying dust, he shouted as he ran out: "Hant, stop them for a while!"
After hearing Hobert's order, the silver-white light on Hant's body and sword shone brightly, and he actually took the initiative to attack the Sequence 5s who rushed over.
Ethel watched as the Sequence 5 level "Imprisonment" and "Punishment" were directly picked open by Hant's sword, and was surprised that the helper Hobert summoned was so powerful.
Fortunately, the two demigods noticed something was wrong in time: "Exile!"
The female demigod's "Exile" expelled Hant from the palace.
Just as several Sequence 5s were about to chase, Ethel said: "Don't chase, immediately support Cassia Hall!"
Their main task was to protect the sealed artifact, not to kill traitors.
Although Hobert's last words made Ethel very annoyed, she still remained calm. Considering that Hobert might have guessed where the sealed artifact was, it was still most important to ensure the safety of the sealed artifact.
The escaped Hobert ran wildly in the palace. At this time, the outside was already very empty. Those who should have run had already run, and those who hadn't run were dead.
Without thinking, Hobert immediately ran outside the palace.
He wouldn't naively think that Ethel would only arrange a few Sequence 5 forces at the sealed artifact. With Ethel's character, there would be at least three demigods at the sealed artifact.
Going there would be courting death. It was better to escape quickly while no one was chasing him.
Whoosh~
A gust of wind blew, causing Hobert to roll several times in the air, and finally slammed heavily into a wall.
Hobert first felt pain all over. He found that his body was covered with thin cuts!
At the same time as falling to the ground, Hobert quickly used a "Healing Spell" on himself.
Lying on the ground, Hobert saw several people wearing the robes of the Storm Church flying towards this side.
He inadvertently glanced at the two people at the head, and immediately felt that his spiritual body had been attacked like a heavy hammer.
Even if the angels didn't show their mythical creature state, just the aura they exuded could cause damage to spiritual bodies below the demigod level.
Hobert quickly turned his face away. He saw Christian.
At this time, Christian was a little embarrassed, and his chest was really seriously injured this time. He reached out and pulled Hobert up: "Run, Castiya is about to merge with the Uniqueness."
...
Time returns to a minute ago, on the angel battlefield.
William I's attack was defused by Philip I, putting William I in a dilemma. He and Alexei were old rivals, and he knew it would be difficult for him to win in a short time.
But his side was short one angel. If someone could help him slightly delay Alexei, he could continuously attack Philip I, preventing the other party from focusing so intently as they were now.
Just then, Dlink suddenly rushed over and attacked Alexei without saying a word.
William I glanced at the battlefield and saw that Christian was blocking Chester.
However, a demigod, even with the help of sealed artifacts, was no match for an angel.
Christian was knocked away by Chester' sword, a long wound appearing on his chest, revealing even his heart and lungs, but he still immediately got up and attacked Chester.
If he didn't rush up quickly, it would be difficult to hold back this angel.
William I, who was attacking Philip I, had already realized that it was Christian who had taken the initiative to block Chester, which gave Dlink the opportunity to block Alexei.
At this moment, William I had already made a decision. Regardless of whether this operation was successful or not, as long as Christian could return alive, he would grant him the promised dukedom and Beyonder characteristics.
Philip I quickly rolled away, dodging William I's attack.
"Deprivation!" William I deprived Philip I of the power to possess the "Brass Book."
"Order!" Philip I quickly used the power of Order to resist the power of "Deprivation", but the "Brass Book" integrated into his chest still retreated a little.
Philip I quickly drew a silver-white long sword from the void and slashed it in front of him, and a layer of film-like substance appeared between him and William I.
This separated the space between himself and William I.
The long sword in William I's hand flickered with silver-white light. He slashed at the membrane, and the membrane was pierced, merging the two spaces again.
But taking advantage of this opportunity, Philip I pressed the "Brass Book" against his chest again, and the Brass Book entered a little further.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, William I stabbed Philip I with his sword. Before he could reveal a triumphant smile, he found that his "Sword of Order" had disappeared.
Philip I smiled and said, "Actually, I've been waiting for this opportunity."
Then William I found himself involuntarily being sucked towards the "Brass Book". To be precise, the Beyonder characteristics of the "Hand of Order" in his body were leaving him and flying towards the "Brass Book."
Philip I no longer had the embarrassment he had just had, but said calmly: "After more than half a year of thinking and exploration, I have discovered many uses of Uniqueness."
"For example, now, for Beyonders of other pathways, the 'Brass Book' is only considered a high-level Level 0 Sealed Artifact."
"But for me, of the 'Justiciar' pathway, even if I haven't completely integrated Uniqueness, it can make my power much stronger."
"You are no longer my opponent!"
Philip I smiled and said: "The reason why I didn't show my power from the beginning is because I discovered that when I hold the 'Brass Book', as long as you are close enough to me, I can use the 'Brass Book' to attract the Beyonder characteristics in your body."
"This is an enhancement to the 'Law of Beyonder characteristic Convergence'. Hehe, the 'Brass Book' in my hand allows me to make small adjustments to the basic laws of this world in a specific area."
"Don't worry, you won't die. I most likely can only absorb the characteristics of your 'Hand of Order'. You may still be an angel, but I will be only one step away from 'Justiciar'."
William I struggled hard, but found that his struggle was of no use at all.
He gritted his teeth, and the ring on his hand shattered. Two mercury snakes, head to tail, appeared in his two pupils.
William I returned to a few seconds ago. His fate and time were briefly restarted.
At this time, he was about to stab Philip I. Because of the memory just now, William I immediately retreated a distance to the rear.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he felt the Beyonder characteristics in his body stabilize.
Philip I secretly said it was a pity, but it would not be normal for William to not have a life-saving sealed artifact on his body.
In fact, he didn't tell the complete truth just now. His current power is stronger than William I, but using his abilities now will affect the process of integrating Uniqueness.
So he wouldn't easily take action.
Even so, William I was unwilling to stay here for even a second longer: "No chance! Go!"
The angels and saints on the Loen side were all stunned, and retreated from different directions while fighting.
For these angels, they had to leave the barrier before they could use their respective abilities to leave Feynapotter City.
The angels and saints on the Feynapotter side did not chase after them closely, but symbolically followed behind and chased them. After all, they were here to help, and helping to this extent was enough.
Only Chester sneered at Christian's corpse: "Overestimate yourself!"
Then, leading the members of the Castiya family, he chased after the fleeing members of the Augustus family.
Soon after he left with his men, the ring finger of Christian's left hand quickly became shriveled, and finally fell off his palm.
Christian took a sharp breath and sat up from the ruins. He took a simple look around and, seeing that no one was paying attention to a "dead" demigod, he crawled up and ran away!
The ring finger of his left hand came from the gift of his friend Rex. It was a one-time miraculous item that was difficult for even the gods to detect, and it could miraculously resurrect a person once.
What Christian couldn't understand was that Rex clearly had such a miraculous item, but he still died.
But now is not the time to think about this. He ran desperately, and the surrounding angels and saints were already preparing to leave, and no one paid attention to this seriously injured "Imperative Mage"
On the way to leave the palace, Christian met Hobert.
… …
Hobert was slightly startled after hearing Christian's words: "Failed!"
Christian nodded, a mouthful of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
Because the people of the Castiya family were not chasing in this direction, he still had time to explain to Hobert: "Philip I also has his own plans, which are almost some calculations on the surface."
Just like William I must come to stop Philip I, and Philip I also knew that William I would definitely come, these are all things on the surface. The only uncertainty is, which helpers can both sides find?
Hobert ran while looking back.
In the distance, he seemed to see Philip I sitting on the ruins, the "Brass Book" on his chest already integrated for the most part.
"No!" Hobert suddenly realized that he couldn't just leave like this, otherwise it would be a huge hidden danger in the future.
In case he had to jump to an adjacent pathway in the future, he would be suppressed to death by Philip I. It would not only be as simple as losing a way out! It may also cut off his path to becoming a god.
"Buy me twenty seconds!" Hobert said to Christian.
Christian looked at Hobert running into a palace that was still relatively intact: "Buy twenty seconds!"
Then he shouted: "Buy twenty seconds! There is still hope, everyone, help buy twenty seconds!"
Although the people of the Storm Church who were retreating in the same direction as him heard Christian's shouts, they did not intend to pay attention, and flew over Christian's head one by one.
Christian looked at Awatoma and Roland, who were chasing slowly from behind, and several saints from the Earth Mother Church. They could catch up in at most ten seconds.
Something had to be done. In his eagerness, Christian suddenly had an idea: "Are you afraid of the angels of the Feysac Empire, afraid of the people of the Earth Mother Church?"
If it were someone else, they would definitely ignore Christian's instigation.
But how could the people of the Storm Church stand this? Gaard II led the people and rushed back. When passing by Christian, the Pope snorted coldly: "Who is afraid of whom is not necessarily true!"
Awatoma and Roland were stunned: What are these irritable old men going to do?
The angels who were retreating from other directions were also stunned. Why did they launch a counter-charge? Could it be that the people of the Storm Church have other tricks up their sleeves?
So at the edge of the palace, everyone stopped the process of retreating and chasing, except for Dlink and Chester who immediately fought again, everyone else was watching here.
William I noticed that Christian was waving his hands and shouting towards this side.
With a wave of his hand, he amplified Christian's voice, revealing that he was shouting, "Wait a little longer, my son has a way, he hasn't given up yet."
William I frowned, "Nonsense!"
What good would it do if a Sequence 5 hadn't given up?
Just then, all the angels seemed to sense something and looked towards the sky together.
Even Philip I looked up, a sense of foreboding rising in his spirituality.
At that moment, a ray of sunlight pierced through the dark clouds, shining on the ruins, not far from Philip I.
The entire royal palace suddenly fell into an unspeakable silence—one second, two seconds, three seconds!
Rumble~
A torrent of power, sounding like thunder, poured down from the sky. The ray of sunlight illuminated the ground, revealing a giant bird. Its body was covered in constantly burning black flames and feathers made of illusory, mysterious patterns. Its eyes were deep black, but within them seemed to be layers of illusory doors overlapping within the darkness.
All the light around it seemed to be veiled in a thin black gauze, turning grayish-white.
Sadness—everyone, including the angels, felt the sorrow that death represented! They all missed their fallen comrades, friends, and relatives.
This giant bird, a good seven or eight meters tall, looked down upon everyone present, upon all the angels.
It was the corpse of the Ancient Death God, released by Hobert and charged with the power of the 'Nation of Disorder'!
All the Saints who accidentally met its gaze suffered irreversible and severe damage to their spirit bodies.
The angels turned away, not daring to meet its eyes.
All the corpses in the royal palace moved in unison, sitting up from the ruins. After piously kneeling on one knee towards the corpse of the Ancient Death God, they stood up and sought out living things to tear apart.
Ooga~
The corpse of the Ancient Death God let out a strange screech. Illusory doors appeared in its all-black eyes, and Alexei and several other Saints nearby instantly vanished without a trace.
Only then did everyone realize: this was a True God-level existence!
…
Meanwhile, in the 'Nation of Disorder,' Hobert sat weakly on the 'Iron Throne,' leaning against the back of the chair.
Just now, he had injected the power of the 'Nation of Disorder' into the corpse of the Ancient Death God. He swore he had only injected a little bit.
But the entire power of the 'Nation of Disorder' suddenly surged, like the rushing current of a maelstrom, violently pouring into the corpse of the Ancient Death God.
At that moment, Hobert was somewhat panicked. For the first time, he had lost control over the power of the 'Nation of Disorder.'
Almost instantly, the corpse of the Ancient Death God before him rapidly expanded, its body erupting with black flames.
It tilted its head and glanced at Hobert on the throne.
In that instant, Hobert quickly threw it into his own star.
Although he had only been glanced at for a moment, Hobert felt that his spirit body had suffered considerable damage. Fortunately, he was the master of the 'Nation of Disorder' and had the protection of its power; otherwise, his spirit body might have been instantly sent to the underworld or shattered by the other's gaze.
Immediately afterward, Hobert realized that the other party was intelligent—or rather, 'intelligence' might not be the right word; it was madness and chaos, mixed with a trace of wisdom.
This feeling was very similar to Hobert's impression of the ancient gods.
He suddenly thought, could he have awakened the Ancient Death God just like that?
Then he shook his head with a laugh: how could it be so easy?
Immediately, Hobert had a bold idea: could a part of the Ancient Death God's consciousness be preserved within its corpse?
At the level of gods, it was impossible to imagine them using human concepts. Perhaps their consciousness was powerful enough to persist in their corpses for a long time even after their fall? Perhaps their corpses were the embodiment of their consciousness?
Then Hobert realized: this was the residual will!
But now was not the time to think about this in detail. Hobert took a deep breath and extended his spirituality to the star representing him.
He saw the corpse of the Ancient Death God wreaking havoc. The angels present were able to stop it together, but these angels belonged to two different camps, and most of them were just there to help. Apart from the two angels from the Castiya family, the other angels did not care much whether the corpse of the Ancient Death God ravaged this land.
So for a time, they did not form an effective blockade.
Through 'True Sight,' Hobert found Philip I, who was holding the 'Brass Book' and dodging the attacks of the Ancient Death God's corpse.
Under the gaze of 'True Sight,' Hobert discovered a small black spot on this uniqueness.
That black spot seemed to resonate with the power of the 'Nation of Disorder' and was slowly growing larger.
The 'Brass Book' was indeed marked by the 'Nation of Disorder'!
So Hobert pointed at the 'Brass Book' through 'True Sight.'
Boom~
In the illusion, something seemed to explode. The Brass Book was immediately covered by a layer of black, illusory light.
…
In the real world, Philip I first felt someone staring at him, and then the 'Brass Book' was no longer under his control, quickly retreating from his chest.
Philip I tried to hold onto the 'Brass Book,' but it was useless. The surface of the 'Brass Book' was covered with a layer of black light, which caused Philip I great pain and even made it impossible for him to stand, forcing him to kneel on the ground.
The 'Brass Book' slipped from Philip I's hands and fell to the ground, like a small iron bead attracted by a magnet, floating towards the corpse of the Ancient Death God.
Philip I weakly reached for the 'Brass Book,' but ultimately failed to grasp anything.
At this moment, there was a rectangular hole in his chest, revealing his heart beating 'glug glug' and his two lungs, which had made way for the Brass Book and were now severely deformed.
Originally, the Brass Book had become part of his body, but now that the 'Brass Book' suddenly left, such a large void appeared in his chest.
At this moment, the flesh and blood in this void seemed to be stained with a layer of black frost, looking extremely hideous.
On the other side, the layer of black light disappeared into the 'Brass Book,' making it look a little older.
Just as it was flying towards the corpse of the Ancient Death God, it was grabbed by a hand.
The owner of this hand was Larrion, the High Priest of the God of War Church. Obviously, Philip I's process of integrating with the uniqueness had failed. He wanted to take the 'Brass Book' back to the church.
But after only a few steps, Larrion threw the Brass Book to the ground, as if dealing with a scorching hot iron block.
The 'Brass Book' opened on its own, and a line of text appeared on the first page: The Trunsoest Brass Book belongs to the master of the 'Nation of Disorder'; no one else may possess it.
Larrion was somewhat surprised that the Brass Book had acquired living characteristics!
Immediately, a rich, twilight-colored light appeared around him, enveloping the 'Brass Book,' and the 'Brass Book' slowly closed.
Larrion quickly picked up the 'Brass Book' and left, not knowing how long his seal would last.
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Hobert on the 'Iron Throne' saw all of this, but even if he deployed the 'Hundred-Eyed Devil Monarch' and the 'Holy Infant King,' it would be difficult to seize the 'Brass Book' in a short time.
The key was the two angel-level combatants, who could easily end up fighting the corpse of the Ancient Death God.
So Hobert did not stop them, because he knew the subsequent trajectory of the 'Brass Book': the God of Combat Church would reapply a certain seal to the 'Brass Book.' After the war of the gods ended, Larrion would escape with the 'Brass Book' and be encountered by Klein.
There would be many opportunities to obtain the 'Brass Book' in the future, but that was something to consider later.
Hobert tried to retrieve the corpse of the Ancient Death God, but seeing that it was impossible at this time, and knowing that the corpse of the Ancient Death God could not last long—the power of the 'Nation of Disorder' would completely dissipate, and there was the protection provided by the sealed artifact in the Alhambra Palace—he simply decided to let it be.
He returned to the real world somewhat wearily. Now, escaping was the most important thing.
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