Here, the ocean pours down from a steep cliff at nearly ninety degrees, forming a scenery more majestic than any waterfall.
At the end of the waterfall and the cliff, a huge olive tree grows out of the water and reaches into the sky.
According to legend, the tree is an altar to the Skyrim god Kruphix, and also symbolizes the health and destiny of the entire world.
But now, the originally green leaves of the olive tree have been dyed black, and are shrouded in a thick and cold black fog.
In the black fog, you can vaguely see twisted and terrifying insects of all sizes lying on the trunks of olive trees, sucking juice, or gnawing the originally lush leaves into a mess.
There is no doubt that the black fog and twisted terrifying insects are the manifestation of the continuous fall of Theros time and space towards nightmare.
At this moment, Ansuoko was standing in front of the tree, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised to reveal his undisguised joy. The strange shadow of his hair, which formed a V shape from his nose and wrapped around his head, seemed to be burning like a black flame.
Because his planeswalker spark has been completely connected to the core of the world beneath his feet, countless mortals and even gods are sinking in fear, continuously offering almost unlimited black and blue mana.
Once Theros completely becomes a nightmare world, he can use a spell at any time to make mortals in any time and space fall into eternal sleep and nightmares and cannot extricate themselves.
"Tremble...
Despair...
Release all the most intense emotions within you!
Then it completely became my spiritual food!
Not all nightmares can be gotten rid of by waking up!
Not all fears can be overcome with courage!"
With a creepy whisper, Ashiok slowly opened his arms as if to hug the olive tree.
Although his appearance always gives people a terrifying visual impact, his behavior is unexpectedly elegant and full of beauty.
No one knows the true identity and origin of this mysterious planeswalker, let alone whether this appearance is the result of racial characteristics, magic or the result of the ignition of the planeswalker spark. Even his gender is very vague.
The only thing that is certain is that Ansok claimed to be a member of the Nightmare Clan, but no one has ever seen a second person besides him.
Most importantly, mystery and the unknown represent, to some extent, the source of fear.
Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that all of this was deliberately created by Ashiok. He wanted to gradually turn himself into the source of fear and nightmares for the entire multiverse.
Just as Zuo Shisi wants to turn himself into a symbol of evil in the multiverse, Ugin seems to want to be the representative of wisdom and rationality, and Nicol Bolas makes no secret of his endless desire for strength and power.
Although there is more than one path to becoming the strongest planeswalker, the process is similar, which is to abstract and philosophize what you believe in.
Only by understanding this can the power of sparks be released to the maximum extent.
From this perspective, Ashiok is undoubtedly superior to 99% of the planeswalkers, and even looks down on the gods from a superior position.
Just as the Nightmare King was standing in front of the olive tree at the edge of the world admiring his masterpiece, a humanoid nightmare creature shrouded in black smoke and shadows appeared out of thin air on the water just a few meters away, and a creepy sound came from its mouth, as if it came from hell and the abyss.
"The one you've been waiting for, here he comes."
"Oh? Really?"
Ansuoko stopped all his movements instantly, turned around slowly, and his tone revealed undisguised surprise.
"Yes, I can already feel his presence, and that faint connection that seems to be there and not there."
As it spoke, the nightmare creature slowly walked out of the thick black fog and shadows, revealing a face that was almost exactly the same as Zuo Si's.
But the difference is that his body is not in human form, but a mixture of the characteristics of a devil and a dragon, as well as large areas of mechanical structures formed by the infection and transformation of sparkling oil.
Especially the pair of huge wings covered with metal scales behind him, and the huge power acceleration system built by the sparkling oil engine near the wings, and the arms, tentacles, and electronic eyes extending from the sides and spine that are a mixture of machinery and the flesh and blood of the ancient gods.
It looked like the reincarnation of Yawgmoth, the creator, god, and supreme ruler of old Phyrexia.
There is no doubt that this is the strongest nightmare that Ansok has extracted and shaped from the fear of Jingitaxia, and it is also his greatest reliance to realize his grand plan.
For the old Phyrexian creatures born from the sparking oil, Yawgmoth has always been the greatest fear in their hearts, a fear that even surpasses failure and death.
Although the new oil has stripped away Yawgmoth's thoughts and consciousness and replaced them with Zuo Si's own thoughts and consciousness.
But the awe, fear and worship contained in the underlying sense have not disappeared, they have just changed the object.
Therefore, in the subconscious of the New Phyrexian Judge, there is always a complex mentality of both expectation and fear regarding the new Overlord's complete transformation into the second Yawgmoth.
And Ansok, with his unparalleled talent, keenly grasped this point and extracted the perfected image of Zuo Si, turning it into a powerful nightmare creature under his control.
Looking at this creature that had successfully planted the first seed of fear in the hearts of the gods of Theros, he waved his claw-like fingers and continuously pulled out threads that symbolized spirit and thought and asked softly, "Do you think he will come to find me?"
"Yes. Not only will he choose to start a war, but he will also kill you with his own hands."
Nightmare responded in a tone devoid of emotion.
But after hearing these words, Ansuoko was not nervous or afraid at all. Instead, he laughed happily.
"Hahahaha! Isn't that just perfect?
A stronger power means that there must be greater darkness and fear hidden within.
If you can tear down his psychological defenses, you can dig out the most powerful nightmare from it.
I wonder what the father of New Phyrexia fears."
"So you are ready for war?" Nightmare continued to ask.
"That's right! I'm ready for war.
Now is the time to completely transform Erebos, the god of death, and Athreos, the god of the dead, into my own nightmares.
Go, use your power to send all their last believers and priests into nightmares.
I need to recruit soldiers and get a few powerful servants before the real war begins."
After saying this, Ansok suddenly released the silk threads that symbolized the spirit in his palms, which wrapped around the olive tree at an extremely fast speed, and finally formed a cocoon like a fruit at the top.
In just a few seconds, shrill screams and cries for help filled with fear and despair came out from inside continuously.
Then its volume began to expand from the size of a grain of rice.
Sudden!
A huge figure with four arms and a body as bright as the starry sky appeared out of thin air, roaring angrily: "Shameless blasphemer! You are not satisfied after killing so many gods and making all the mortals in the world fall into nightmares. You still want to erode the core of the world controlled by the domain of Nyx?"
"Ah! Isn't this the great sky god Kruphix? I thought you would hide from me till now."
Ashiok bowed gracefully towards the star giant in front of him, placing one hand on his chest.
Obviously, this giant with a star-like body and four arms is one of the origins of the birth of gods in the plane of Theros, and is also the supreme ruler of the realm of Nyx.
As long as Kruphix is willing, he can even close the passage between the divine world and the mortal world, preventing other gods from descending.
In contrast, his sister Klothys, who was born with him, became an eternal seal, imprisoning the first Titans in the underworld, and rarely appeared in the sight of mortals and gods.
"Hiding from you? Stop being so self-righteous, arrogant foreign planeswalker.
You have no idea how many people like you have been born in Theros over the endless years, and how many planeswalkers have visited this world.
But in the end they all have to submit to the rules I set.
I am the embodiment of the will and order of this world!
And you are destroying and distorting it recklessly!"
Kruphins was obviously completely enraged. Every word he uttered was accompanied by a violent vibration in space, as if destruction would come in the next second.
But Ansuoko seemed to be fearless, and did not take the anger of this powerful god seriously at all. He still had a faint smile on his face and responded: "But I am different from them, right?
At least other planeswalkers can't do anything to the Realm of Nyx that you control, so naturally they can't really shake the foundation of the gods of Theros.
Because even if the original gods died due to the decline of faith, new gods would soon be born one after another due to the needs and desires of mortals.
As the ruler of God's Domain, you can always rest assured and continue to maintain the existing order.
But I'm different!
The nightmare I created was reflected in the realm of Nyx, which was composed of dreams and subconsciousness, making the bright starry sky symbolizing the gods dim, and the area of the shadow continued to expand.
Your power and authority have been diminished, just like the olive tree.
So you are afraid, afraid of the ultimate nightmare that is about to come for yourself and the world.
And your fear will strengthen me.
It's like a spiraling vicious cycle, and you are the prey trapped in it, unable to move.
Just watch, it won't be long before I completely drain you dry and condense into a delicious fruit."
After eating it, the world will be completely mine."
"No!!! You are dreaming! I will never let you succeed!"
With a deafening roar, Kruphix finally couldn't bear it any longer and chose to take action.
Although strictly speaking he is not the creator god of the time and space of Theros, even the title of the first generation of gods is debatable (the real first generation of gods should be the terrible flesh and blood incarnation of the original species - the Titans).
But it is undeniable that after establishing the Realm of Nyx, he definitely has the power to reshape the entire world.
So when Kruphix slapped down, the entire sky shattered, and endless energy poured out from the Divine Realm of Nyx, as if he was willing to destroy the Nightmare King in front of him at the cost of destroying the world.
But faced with such a devastating attack, Ansok's reaction was just to hook his finger.
In a flash!
A large shadow also emerged from the divine realm, like a curtain that enveloped all the energy that had previously emerged, even Kruphix's huge arm was no exception.
In just a few seconds, this most powerful god was firmly bound to the spot, unable to move.
That miserable appearance did not seem like that of a supreme ruler who could make the gods of time and space of Theros bow down to him.
Ansuoko, however, acted as if he had done something insignificant, and taunted him with a condescending tone: "In your current state, you actually want to kill me? How naive!
The source of your power, the Realm of Nyx, has become filled with the fears and nightmares of mortals.
And this power allows me to influence and even control you to a certain extent.
Ever since the world began to fall into a nightmare direction, you have no longer been able to pose any threat to me.
Now just stand here and watch me drain the power of the Divine Realm of Nyx and condense it into the Fruit of Fear.
Compared to you stupid and arrogant gods, I am more looking forward to the competition with another opponent.
Now, kneel down."
As the last word came out of his mouth, Ansuoko suddenly raised his hand and made a downward motion.
boom!!!!!!
Kruphix's ridiculously huge body knelt down and lowered his noble head to the Nightmare King like a servant. The bright starry sky that was originally presented by his body quickly became dim and was quickly covered by a layer of shadow and black mist.
With things developing to this point, the gods of the Theros space-time may no longer have the slightest chance of turning defeat into victory except to release those sealed Titans.
Of course, even if it is released, it may not be useful.
After all, once the fruit of fear condenses and is eaten by Ansok, he will become the supreme controller of this world and can wipe out everything by simply changing the rules.
Even powerful Titans like Uro, the Skywrath Titan, and Kraksha, the Dark Nightmare Titan, are no exception.
…
At the same time, Zosi formed a new alliance with the god of lust, Xenagos, and began hunting the remaining gods of the plane of Theros.
The first one to be targeted was the sun god Heliod's good brother and biggest rival - the god of forging, Purphoros.
After all, the place where he lived was so conspicuous, right in a large lava pool at the deepest part of Mount Virus.
The forging sound that echoed in the surrounding sky along with the volcanic eruption could be heard from far away.
Faced with this violent and bloodthirsty god, Zuo Si did not choose to transform him through believers and sacrifices, but chose to kill him directly and transform him into an immortal evil god.
Right now, this battle between the demons has razed everything within a radius of dozens of kilometers around Mount Virus to the ground.
The towering mountains have turned into plains and even deep pits of varying sizes. The rocks melted into a huge sea of lava under the collision of divine power and quasi-divine power.
"Pruphoros! Do you know that you look like a lost dog?"
Xenagos kicked the man to the ground, grinning and making full use of his talent for sarcasm and ridicule.
He had long been filled with anger towards these arrogant native gods, and now he had finally found a way to vent his anger.
In particular, the Forging God and the Sun God both regarded him as a thief who usurped the authority of the gods, which made the new God of Joy quite unhappy.
"Shut up! You despicable villain! Even if I die in battle, I'm still ten thousand times better than you!"
Prophoros struggled to stand up from the lava, his body covered with wounds and scars of varying sizes. The wound in his chest was the most fatal, almost piercing his heart.
No doubt, like the other gods of Theros, this once-mighty forge god has been greatly weakened by the sharp decline in the number of believers, priests, and worshipers.
At present, he has even fallen to the point where he cannot even defeat Xenagos.
You have to know that in its heyday, the battle between Purphoros and the sun god Heliod could tear the sky apart, and even the aftermath could easily bury a city-state completely.
But now, his divine power was firmly confined within these mountains, and he couldn't even transmit it out.
He was also very clear that he would probably not be able to escape today and would follow in the footsteps of his mortal enemy Heliod and become one of the native gods to be killed.
However, the real death threat did not come from the god of pleasure, Xenagos, but from Zuo Si, who held a long sword flashing with dazzling golden lightning and remained silent from the beginning to now.
The latter's every move displayed an extreme sense of oppression, and his sword skills were as light, graceful and deadly as dancing, leaving Prophoros completely unable to fight back.
What's more, the other party's appearance is so similar to the powerful nightmare that killed the sun god Heliod that it is hard not to connect them together.
"Who are you?"
The God of Forging stared at Zuo Si's eyes, which remained calm and deep even in the fierce battle, and questioned.
"You can call me Soth. As for the rest, I don't think it's necessary to explain too much to a dying god."
Zuo Si gently shook off the hot divine blood that was stained on the sword, obviously not taking the other party seriously at all.
Because after the battle test just now, he has basically confirmed that the gods of the Seros space-time are completely slaves to faith.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that these guys looked like decent guys in their heyday. They could unleash devastating power with every gesture.
But once faith and worship begin to diminish, their power will almost lose its power at a speed visible to the naked eye without any lag.
When completely forgotten by mortals, this so-called god will truly disappear completely, without even a corpse or remains left.
This is why the gods of the time and space of Theros always appear, fight, and deliver various oracles so frequently.
They are more afraid of being forgotten by mortals than the gods in other worlds, just like those celebrities and internet celebrities who are always trying to show their presence and attract traffic.
"Thoth? What is your relationship with the nightmare summoned by Ashiok?" Prophoros continued to ask.
Zuo Si answered nonchalantly: "That nightmare is me, or rather, it is the fear projection of one of my demon judges in his subconscious mind, and he possesses some of my powers and abilities."
"So you came to Theros to kill Ashiok and destroy the Nightmare?"
The God of Forging seemed to understand something and subconsciously tightened the war hammer in his hand that was emitting scorching flames.
Zuo Si nodded slightly: "That's right. This is indeed one of the most important purposes of my trip."
"If that's the case, then why did you team up with Xenagos to kill me? If it was to deal with Ashiok, we should be allies."
Purphos' tone was full of doubt and confusion.
"Sorry, I'm very picky about my allies.
Unfortunately, you and your brothers and sisters happen to have both.
As the gods who rule the plane of Theros, you have neither protected this world nor blessed the mortals who offered their faith and worship to you.
What's the point of having such trash? So I plan to kill all of you gods one by one before I go to settle accounts with Ashiok.
Don't worry, you may be the first, but you will never be the last.
After I kill you, I will make you into an immortal evil god and use you as a high-level cannon fodder and slave."
When saying this, Zuo Si did not conceal his intentions at all and completely released the strong malice in his heart.
“永生煞神？”
普罗烽斯的脸色顿时变得异常难看。
毕竟习惯了高高在上的他，怎么可能接受得了突然被人当面嘲讽是废物这样的侮辱。
“你可以理解为是一种神明版的亡灵生物。而制作它所必须的材料中，恰好有一个是活生生的神。”
伴随着最后一个字脱口而出，左思整个人瞬间消失在原地。
下一秒……
噗！ “啊啊啊！！！！！！”
普罗烽斯只感觉胸口传来一阵剧痛，低下头一看，发现自己的心脏居然被直接刺穿了，宛如铁水般滚烫的血液顺着创口喷涌而出。
“不！！！！！！！你休想！我绝不会成为任何人的奴仆！”
熔锻之神咆哮着挥舞铁锤想要在临死前做最后一搏。
但遗憾的是他显然忘记了，左思从来都不是个喜欢玩一对一公平决斗的人，而是更喜欢建立压倒性的优势以多打少。
只见贪欢之神谢纳戈斯直接大踏步的冲上来，一把抓住普罗烽斯的双手将其固定在原地动弹不得，狞笑着嘲弄道：“这可由不得你！乖乖认命吧，您们这些傲慢自大的原生神明即将迎来最后的黄昏。而我将取代你们成为新时代的神王！”
“放开我！无耻的篡位者！就凭你永远也别想成为塞洛斯的众神之王！”
普罗烽斯疯狂的挣扎想要摆脱束缚，即便贯穿心脏的利剑将伤口因此扩大了好几倍也没有半点想要停下来的意思。
可是很快，一阵令人毛骨悚然的咒语吟唱声便从耳边传来。
他猛地转过头一看，发现自己所剩不多的神力竟然被左思以极快的速度从身体乃至尼兹神域中抽取、剥离。
没过一会儿功夫就虚弱的失去了所有反抗能力，只能眼睁睁的看着自己的生命被一点一点的抽干，直至死亡的降临。
当熔锻之神死透变成一具干枯的尸体时，左思这才重新将抽取出来的神力灌注回去，并加入大量代表死亡的黑色法术力。
渐渐地，一个又一个神秘邪恶的符文开始在神尸上复现，最终彻底覆盖全身，永生煞神就算彻底制作完成了。
还没等谢纳戈斯反应过来发生了什么，普罗烽斯遮天蔽日的巨大身躯就已经彻底消失的无影无踪。
确切地说是变成了一张小小的旅法师卡牌。
【生物牌：永生煞神——普罗烽斯（亡灵/神祇）】
【LV30黑色卡牌（不可升级）】
【卡牌品质：唯一】
【效果：召唤永生煞神普罗烽斯为您服务，直至被杀死为止。
他不仅拥有几乎生前绝大部分的力量，而且还保留着完整的意识、记忆和战斗经验，就像真正的神明一样强大且不可战胜。
当永生煞神被召唤出来之后，每杀死一个敌人你都可以额外获得一些法术力作为补充。
杀死的生物数量越多，普罗烽斯的力量就会变得越强大。
作为曾经的熔锻之神，他拥有锻造各种各样神器的能力，以及操纵和免疫火焰伤害的特性。
但必须注意的是，当永生煞神的力量成长到超越旅法师的时候，他便有可能会脱离控制。
你最多只能制作四张永生煞神的卡牌。
如果制作第五张，那么必须从之前的四张中挑选一张作为废弃卡牌处理掉】
【使用该卡牌需要支付一千五百点黑色法力值，或者一千五百点通用魔力】
【永生煞神的核心是扭曲死亡的神性火花，因此只要它还存在理论上就可以被无限修复，可一旦神性火花被损坏就意味着彻底消失和死亡】
“棒极了！现在我拥有两个永生煞神了……”
左思看着卡牌上的文字描述，抿起嘴角露出了满意的笑容。
要知道普罗烽斯可是仅次于天际神克罗芬斯之外，处在第二梯队与太阳神赫利欧德、死神厄睿柏斯并肩的强大神明。
其锻造神器的工艺水平绝对是最顶级的。
艾紫培曾经所使用的【承阳剑】就是他的杰作。
只不过现在已经被左思改造成为专门杀戮神明的虚空之剑。
“你把普罗烽斯制作成了一张旅法师卡牌？”
谢纳戈斯瞪大眼睛几乎不敢相信自己看看到的事实。
虽然他也曾经是个相当强大的旅法师，但却从不知道有哪个旅法师能把神明变成自己的召唤生物。
左思笑着反问道：“不然你以为我花费如此多的时间和精力猎杀神明，就是为了让你登上众神之王的宝座吗？ 别自作多情了，亲爱的谢纳戈斯。
你应该很清楚我们之间的合作是建立在拥有共同利益的基础之上。
我通过杀死这些神获取自己想要的东西，而你则可以剪除更多的竞争对手和敌人，为以后垄断信仰成为至高无上的神王扫清障碍。”
“哈哈哈哈！说的也是！毕竟我们都是不折不扣的利己主义者，只有傻瓜才会牺牲自己的利益去成全别人。”
贪欢之神顿时发出了洒脱的大笑。
不过很快他就止住笑声，直截了当的问：“下一个狩猎目标是谁？屠戮之神墨癸斯？风暴神刻拉诺斯？还是海神塔萨或城邦神厄芳拉？就我个人喜好而言，更倾向于先干掉海神塔萨。”
左思笑着摇了摇头：“不，不，不，你太急躁了，我的朋友。
这场游戏可不是这么玩的。
我们杀掉普罗烽斯实际上就相当于向安梭苛递上了战书。
接下来就要看他会做出怎样的反应。
如果不出意外的话，这位梦魇之王应该也会挑选一个神将其杀死或者转化成自己手下的梦魇作为回应。
也就是说，我们会把塞洛斯时空当成猎场，而这些神则是标记好的猎物。
当我成功猎杀一个之后，安梭苛也必须猎杀一个。
直至最后只剩下你，真正的决战才会开始。”
“以猎杀神明作为开战前的热身？你们还真是有够疯狂的！”
听完左思的解释，谢纳戈斯只感觉头皮一阵发麻，完全不理解这两个旅法师究竟经历了什么，居然可以把自己的力量提升到如此程度。
早知道旅法师也能变得如此强大，他当初就不会轻易放弃自己的火花转而成为这个世界的神。
“呵呵，不瞒你说，其实我很享受这场游戏。
毕竟除了尼可·波拉斯和乌金之外，已经很少有其他旅法师能让我感到些许紧张和刺激了。
你最近也小心点，没事最好别乱跑，否则被安梭苛抓住干掉就太令人遗憾了。
如果没有什么别的事情我就先走了，再见。”
左思直接启动传送魔法消失在原地，只留下贪欢之神站在一片滚烫的岩浆中发呆。
……
另外一边，艾紫培正焦头烂额的试图安抚和控制小安妮。
因为这位拥有强大类神力的小祖宗，在其亲生父亲左思离开之后，直接把那个笼罩在城邦头顶巨大的类似上古之神造物硬生生给抓过来，强行通过不知名的能力重塑外形变成了一只相当瘆人的玩偶。
尤其是从内部散发出来的暗影能量，在一瞬间就能让十几个大活人变成倒在地上残缺不全的尸体。
眼下在距离安妮不远的地方，就躺着十几个已经死翘翘的半人马。
而他们死因也很简单，就是表露出了一丁点的恶意，想要将女婴抢走然后卖掉换钱。
结果还不到一秒钟，玩偶就现出原形大开杀戒。
此时此刻艾紫培才终于理解，左思之前关于女婴的描述究竟有多么准确。
这的确是个无比恐怖的小魔星。
最重要的是她没有意识和善恶观念，所有的举动都完全遵从本能、感觉和好奇心。
“小安妮最乖了。来，把你手上那个东西给姐姐好不好？”
艾紫培故意摆出一副和蔼友善的模样，诱导这个小家伙把手里危险恐怖的玩偶交出来。
“不不不不不！”
只可惜，小安妮根本不吃这一套，毫不犹豫的摇头表示了拒绝，并且把那个瘆人的玩偶紧紧抱在怀里。
眼见这个小不点柴米油盐不进，即便是向来好脾气的艾紫培也忍不住有些抓狂，嘴角在不受控制的抽动。
她以前总认为自己是喜欢小孩子的，尤其是肥嘟嘟的可爱婴儿个个都是纯洁无瑕的小天使。
但现在，她的观念和想法明显有了一些变化。
这就好像养宠物，永远是看别人养最有意思。
一旦换成自己，各种各样的卫生、拆家、折腾、随机大小便问题就会随之而来，活生生把一个人逼疯。
同样的道理，养孩子也是一样的。
别看小孩子一个个的很可爱，但其实在他们的内心之中都住了一个小恶魔，只不过大多数时候你没有亲自养看不到而已。
“我感觉自己快要疯了！阿耶尼，你有什么好办法没有？”
艾紫培头也不回向自己的好朋友寻求帮助。
But instead of trying to help, Ajani Goldmane quickly stepped back, waving his hands in panic, "Please, please spare me. If I get any closer, this little girl will try to control me with her magic and turn me into a big cat to ride on. It's terrible!"
“Hahahaha! I never thought that a fearless and brave lion warrior would be afraid of a baby who was just born not long ago.”
Elspeth couldn't help but laugh out loud.
There is no other reason, it’s just that the huge contrast is so interesting.
You have to know that Ajani is more than two meters tall. Not only is he tall but his lion head also makes him look extremely fierce.
But who could have thought that such a strong lion man would be frightened by a baby only the size of his palm and retreat back and dare not even get close.
"Damn it! You still have the mood to laugh! Hurry up and contact Soth and ask him to come back. The two of us can't handle this scary little guy." Ajani rolled his eyes in annoyance and urged.
"Don't worry, wait a little longer.
Soth said he was going to meet an old friend to get some information. I think we should give him some more time.
After all, Ashiok is the most powerful planeswalker enemy we have encountered so far, except for Nicol Bolas.
And considering the current dire situation in Theros, we can only place our hopes on him."
After that, Elspeth threw a wooden doll carved from a dagger to little Annie, trying to attract and divert her attention, but as expected, she failed.
Because of her divine powers, little Annie is not as easily tempted by all kinds of new things as ordinary babies, and can often tell the value of most items at a glance.
This means that it is not easy to deceive her.
Ajani sighed helplessly, "Alas - I know it even if you don't tell me.
Especially the nightmare created by Ansok, who looks almost the same as Soth and is extremely powerful.
And it has no soul and cannot be affected by my spells.
Sometimes I really hope this is a nightmare and it will all be gone when I wake up.
By the way, what about the merman planeswalker Kiora we met earlier? Is she willing to join us?"
Elspeth smiled bitterly and shook her head. "Unfortunately, Kiora refused without mercy. She is a planeswalker from the plane of Zendikar. She doesn't really care about the life and death of this world except her own hometown."
"Well, that's to be expected. After all, fools like us are only a minority." Ajani said self-deprecatingly with a slightly sarcastic tone.
Just when he was about to say something, a portal suddenly opened out of nowhere, and Zuo Si's figure appeared in front of the two of them.
Just when Elspeth was about to pick up little Annie and return her to her, the latter teleported directly in front of Zuo Si, threw herself into her father's arms, rubbed against him and giggled.
"Oh my God! You're finally back!"
Elspeth heaved a sigh of relief and rubbed her face, which had become numb from her efforts to maintain a friendly smile.
"How about it, do you feel the horror of this little devil star now?"
Zuo Si kissed his daughter's forehead and then asked in a half-joking tone.
“Yes, I have learned that.
No wonder you chose to keep her with you.
I couldn't imagine what kind of mess it would have caused if it had been left in the care of anyone else.
Also, you'd better pay attention to the doll in little Annie's hand.
It was made from the twisted monster that had been hanging over this city."
Elspeth kindly reminded him.
"Don't worry, I will handle it properly."
Zuo Si undoubtedly noticed the "new toy" in his daughter's hand at the first moment, but he did not take action immediately.
Because in his opinion, this thing is far from being dangerous.
At least it is not the most dangerous of the various toys that little Annie made herself, and it is still within the controllable range.
Even he had to handle those that were truly dangerous with caution, otherwise they would cause unimaginable terrible disasters.
"That's good. Now let's get down to business. What do you know about Ashiok?"
Elspeth changed the subject instantly, and her expression became serious and solemn.
Zuo Si answered very straightforwardly: "I don't know much about him. I only know that he is good at creating nightmares, playing with the fear in other people's hearts, and materializing fear into nightmare creatures. In other words, the greater the fear in a person's heart, the stronger the nightmare creature he can create."
"Like that monster like you?"
Ajani couldn't help but interject.
"Yes, just like that monster like me. And I can tell you very clearly that this nightmare creature was born from the fear of one of my men. He possesses some of my abilities."
Zuo Si gave a straightforward affirmative answer.
"Then can you defeat him?"
Elspeth raised the issue that concerned her most.
Zuo Si smiled and nodded: "Of course. When have you ever seen a counterfeit product beat the original one? In fact, I have just handed over a declaration of war to Ansuo Ke, and he should respond soon..."
(End of this chapter)