Chapter 571 The Chosen Ones (Six Thousand)

In the past eight thousand years, only a few people have been able to leave the Soul Burial Forest safely.

It was from the mouths of these few survivors that the mystery of the Soul Burial Forest was finally unveiled a little.

It is said that the Soul Burial Forest is filled with evil spirits. They are the souls of those who once entered the Soul Burial Forest and died in it. Even though they are dead, their souls are still unable to escape from the Soul Burial Forest. This is their eternal destination.

It is said that in the Forest of Buried Souls, the ground is covered with a thick layer of bones, which are the result of corpses piling up over the past eight thousand years.

All kinds of rumors have not only failed to unravel the mystery of the Soul Burial Forest, but have made it even more terrifying, making people more eager to peek into its true appearance.

What people in the outside world don’t know is that, whether it is the evil spirits wandering around or the piles of bones on the ground, they are just the most inconspicuous scenery in the Soul Burial Forest. No one knows that in the deepest part of the Soul Burial Forest there is a huge mausoleum.

In the entire Dusk Continent, perhaps only one person knows the true secret of the Soul Burial Forest, and that is... Philomena.

The Soul Burial Forest is the secluded place of the Andre family, the heirs of the Guardian of Destiny and a powerful hidden clan.

In the Dusk Continent, the Andre family was once very famous.

Everyone knows that Saint Partridge is a member of the Andre family.

But only a very few people understand that Saint Patrick is just a son-in-law of the Andre family.

This family can be said to be the most mysterious family in the Dusk Continent. It is impossible to guess what kind of background it has. Even many members of the Andre family do not understand how powerful their family is.

They only know how to be very strong.

Perhaps, only those truly core members know how terrifying their family is. They can't even find the right words to describe it. Perhaps, they can only describe it as terrifying.

Within the family, there are ancestors who have survived for thousands of years, some of whom have even survived from the fall of the Twilight Dynasty to the present.

The wealth accumulated over tens of thousands of years.

A secret technique that could drive outsiders crazy just by looking at it.

The equipment and weapons that can only be piled up at the outermost part of the treasury, but taken out are enough to cause a bloody storm on the Dusk Continent.

Most importantly, there is the gift of being able to often hear oracles and the ability to communicate with gods.

All of this makes the Andre family seem so transcendent.

The huge mausoleum is located among the mountains. It is built in a simple and ancient style, yet it also exudes grandeur and majesty.

If you simply look at the tomb from the outside, you might just think of it as an ancient tomb that is quite old. You might even have the urge to rob the tomb, wanting to see how many treasures are hidden in this tomb.

Once such thoughts appear in your mind, then congratulations, you are not far from death.

At the entrance of the mausoleum, countless mechanisms and traps will make you truly realize the dangers of the world.

Not to mention ordinary invaders and tomb robbers, even members of the Andre family had to be extremely cautious when entering and leaving the mausoleum, for fear that they might accidentally trigger a certain mechanism and lose their lives.

If you have the opportunity to pass through the layers of restrictions at the entrance of the mausoleum and really enter the interior of the mausoleum, then you will have the opportunity to see what a true miracle is.

The inside of the mausoleum is a completely self-contained space.

The entrance to the mausoleum is just a passage to enter this space.

The interior of the mausoleum is constructed like a small city, with all kinds of buildings that are not too tall but absolutely luxurious. It is densely packed at a glance, with thousands of buildings of various kinds, especially the towering tower at the deepest part, which is so refreshing that one can't help but want to worship it.

The nearly one thousand meter high Tower of Babel stands in this space like a mountain towering into the clouds. The outer walls of the Tower of Babel are covered with all kinds of mysterious runes, which are interconnected to form huge magic circles. It is these magic circles that support the one thousand meter high Tower of Babel and prevent it from collapsing.

And this Tower of Babel is the place where the ancestors of Andre's family used to communicate with gods.

Of course, gods are not cabbages after all. You can't communicate with them just because you want to.

Although the Andre family is said to have the ability to communicate with gods, this so-called communication is actually one-sided. The Andre family does not have the ability to actively contact gods, they can only passively accept the oracles descending from the upper realm.

But it is obvious that telling this truth may be a little bit indecent, and it is not enough to show the Andre family's style, so the Andre family has always used such an ambiguous term as communicating with gods.

Moreover, even if it is just to listen to the oracle, this opportunity is not available every moment.

There are absolutely no rules when the oracle comes.

Sometimes, several oracles would appear in just one year.

Sometimes, for hundreds of years, the Tower of Babel would be silent, causing the Andre family to wonder if they had lost the favor of the gods.

And now, it is obviously the active period of the oracle.

The thousand-meter-high Tower of Babel has faintly turned into a bright pillar of light. The colorful light covers the tower, making it shine brightly.

There seemed to be Buddhist chanting in the sky.

An indescribable mixture of holiness, grandeur, and dignity weighed on the hearts of every member of the Andre family in the mausoleum.

All around the Tower of Babel, within a radius of a hundred meters, there were densely packed figures kneeling on the ground devoutly, praying devoutly in their hearts. At a glance, there were at least eight thousand of them, if not ten thousand.

These are all members of the Andre family.

As the first family of the Dusk Continent, a behemoth with a history of 8,000 years, the power of this family has reached an unimaginable level. Outside, those so-called rare legendary masters are everywhere here, and are not worth mentioning at all. There are even many who surpass the limits of the practitioners of the Dusk Continent.

The power of the Andre family can easily destroy any country on the Dusk Continent and any race except the dragon race. This is definitely not a joke, they really have such strength.

The kneeling posture has lasted for a long time.

Even though these people are quite strong, they can't help but feel some soreness in their knees.

Obviously, they are all rare and powerful people. If they were in any other country, they would be treated as guests of honor by the king, but here they can only kneel on the ground.

When the oracle descended, they could only use this method to express their respect and loyalty to the gods. Every time an oracle descended, it was a rare opportunity for members of the Andre family. If they could be noticed by the gods at this time and gain their favor, any random gift from them could become an opportunity for them to soar to the sky, and their status and power in the family would rise steadily.

That's right, not only were these people not dissatisfied at all, but the expressions on their faces even showed some excitement and madness.

Even though they were very powerful and had a high status, they behaved in an extremely humble manner. Some of them even pressed their heads tightly to the ground, pressed their waists down hard, and lifted their hips as much as possible, making a somewhat funny but extremely flattering and submissive posture.

They have absolutely no dignity as masters and just want to impress the gods in this way.

Flattery, fawning, servility.

Compared to when they faced other creatures on the Dusk Continent, their attitudes were completely different, one in heaven and one in hell, two completely opposite extremes.

Of course, there are always exceptions.

Among the group of figures kneeling on the ground, there was finally an exception. Although she also remained kneeling on one knee, her upper body was straight and her facial expression seemed quite indifferent. Even when facing the arrival of an oracle, there was no fluctuation at all in her cold ice-blue eyes.

To the woman, it was all just routine and had no special meaning.

She didn't care about the content of the oracle, nor did she care who had the chance to gain the favor of the gods.

She lives in the Andre family, but seems to be living in another isolated world.

This is a beautiful and cold woman, she is tall, with long light blue hair falling to the ground, deep eyes like the blue ocean, and a slender and graceful figure that makes her look very charming. Her clothes are simple and plain, and a light blue long skirt sets off her perfect figure, elegant and decent.

The woman's talent was even more exaggerated, and she was hailed as the greatest genius of the Andre family in the past 8,000 years.

His talent is so strong that he even has the tendency to surpass the founding ancestor of the Andre family.

No matter how complicated and profound the secret method is, you can easily learn it with just one look.

No matter which realm she is in, she can break through at any time. For her, the concept of levels does not exist at all.

Although she was unable to learn the Andre family's most profound and powerful space secrets and longevity secrets because she was a woman, her strength was no less than that of some of the ancestors.

The Andre family has always adhered to the ancient tradition of intra-family marriage. Such a beautiful and outstanding woman would naturally be favored by many men in the family.

Over the years, she has had countless suitors, and even in this solemn occasion, many people's eyes are on this woman.

These male members did not care about the woman's age and seniority at all. For the Andre family, any outrageous thing could happen. After all, even the oldest ancestor in the family had a child with a younger member of the family a few years ago, and there was a difference of hundreds of generations between them.

Among the thirteen ancestors in the family, more than half have expressed their love for this woman and hope to have offspring with her. They believe that offspring who inherit the excellent talents of both parents will surely become the pillars of the new generation of the Andre family.

It’s a pity that even when facing the Thirteenth Ancestor, the woman refused politely and coldly, leaving no room for the other party to think about it.

For a long time, the woman never had any companion.

For Andre's family, which adheres to the ancient tradition of internal marriage and tries to maintain the purity of bloodline and cultivate more outstanding offspring in this way, it is absolutely an intolerable waste that such a brilliant woman has never had a partner.

If possible, they wouldn't even mind arranging eight or ten men for this woman.

But unfortunately, women seemed to be naturally cold and had absolutely no interest in such matters. After trying to force him to no avail, it eventually ended in nothing.

There was no way. This woman's strength was too strong, not inferior to that of most of the ancestors, making all the coercion meaningless.

Buzz.

At this moment, an invisible impact suddenly came from the Tower of Babel.

The members who were kneeling on the ground felt their hearts tremble suddenly. The next second they quickly raised their heads, staring at the tall tower in front of them with eyes filled with madness and greed, and their breathing became uncontrollably rapid.

At some point, the light on the Tower of Babel suddenly increased.

The colorful luster makes it look even more bizarre.

This space inside the mausoleum is illuminated by the complex light, like a dream.

A red purer than a blazing flame, a blue richer than the deep sea, a black deeper than the night sky, rich blocks of color are tangled together in a disorderly manner, like a wantonly splashed oil painting, all the colors are distinct from each other yet overlapping, and a gray light mist begins to spread around the Tower of Babel.

Seeing this scene, countless members of the Andre family who were kneeling on the ground below became agitated. The madness and greed in their eyes surged. Their chests rose and fell rapidly like toads, swelling, and their breathing was rapid and hot.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

In the mouth, an inexplicable liquid was secreted at an accelerated rate, and the larynx was constantly moving, swallowing saliva desperately.

They knew that this was a sign that the gods were about to bestow a blessing.

No one knows which lucky person will be favored by the gods this time. Everyone is praying desperately that the gods' gaze will fall upon them.

Only the girl remained silent from beginning to end, as if whatever happened in this space had nothing to do with her.

Gradually, an indescribable shape emerged around the Tower of Babel. It was transparent throughout, like an ice cube, or as if carved from glass. It was so transparent that it seemed as if it did not exist. Only a strange luster flashed in the position of its eyes. In the depths of its pupils, there seemed to be bright rays of light shining.

His eyes moved and his gaze swept across the entire audience in an instant.

The moment his eyes swept over the woman, her brows frowned involuntarily, and she suddenly felt very uncomfortable in her heart.

It was difficult for the girl to describe the feeling, but it was as if at that moment all her clothes had been stripped off, and her entire body, inside and out, had been seen through.

Before the girl could figure out a way to break free from this strange feeling, the next moment, a beam of ice-white light shot out from the Tower of Babel, drawing a perfect arc in the air and then falling straight towards the girl.

This is... a gift.

At that moment, countless people around the girl became agitated. They subconsciously believed that this time the blessing was going to befall them.

Some people have even begun to imagine their bright future.

Only this girl had a bad premonition deep in her heart that became stronger and stronger. She even had an urge to escape from the scene.

But even if the girl is old enough and strong enough, this is the most sacred place in the secret realm of the entire Andre family after all. Even this girl dare not act recklessly here. She can only desperately suppress the urge to leave in her heart and continue to kneel on one knee on the ground.

In less than a second, with a whoosh, the beam of light hit the girl.

It did not cause much impact. After the beam of light enveloped the girl, all the light suddenly merged into the girl's body and disappeared completely.

When the light completely disappeared, a group of people around stared at the scene in a daze, with only strong reluctance, envy and jealousy in their eyes.

Why, why did this gift happen to her? Does she still need a gift?

Worse still, some people fainted on the ground as they could not bear the gap between what they felt before and what they felt now, while others could not stop crying with tears streaming down their cheeks.

All aspects of life are undoubtedly displayed here.

Only the woman's brows were getting tighter and tighter.

She carefully sensed the changes in her body, but did not notice anything abnormal. She also did not feel that she had received any gift or mastered any new power.

At this moment, the light on the Tower of Babel began to shrink rapidly. When the light disappeared completely, it meant that the oracle had ended.

The door of the Tower of Babel was finally pushed open from the inside, and old men with white hair and beards filed out one after another.

Those thirteen old men were none other than the thirteen ancestors of the Andre family. They were the thirteen most powerful and highest-ranking people in the Andre family. Although the woman's strength was not inferior to nearly half of the old men, she was still far behind in terms of status and power.

I don’t know what kind of oracle these thirteen old men received. I can only see that there is something weird in each of their eyes, as if they are a little surprised by this oracle.

But, no matter what, the oracle must be obeyed unconditionally.

The thirteen old men took a deep breath and then walked towards the girl together.

The one walking in front was none other than the founding ancestor and first ancestor of the Andre family.

His face was wrinkled and drooped, like the bark on the trunk of a tree that was hundreds or thousands of years old, covered with gullies, and the corners of his eyes were drooping downwards. His skin was covered with countless dense black spots and plaques, like corpse spots, emitting a disgusting smell of decay.

At first glance, it makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Although the Andre family has a way to achieve immortality, the Andre family has existed for too long. As the founder of the family, the first ancestor's life span has basically reached its limit.

Nowadays, there are rumors within the family that it may not be long before the first ancestor will die.

But no matter what, before the death of the First Ancestor, he would always be the supreme ruler of the Andre family. Even this unruly woman had to maintain enough respect when facing the First Ancestor.

The old man's narrow eyes finally slowly opened a slit, and his rotten line of sight swept along the girl's body. That line of sight was like a needle pricking her, making the girl frown.

Fortunately, this unbearable sight for the girl did not last too long, and the First Ancestor slowly spoke: "Montericia... Congratulations!"

"You've been chosen."

Montelicia's eyelids jumped suddenly. Being selected?

What does this mean? What will I be chosen to do? Before Montelicia could ask the question in her mind, the hoarse voice of the First Ancestor came again: "Get ready, and hold the sacrificial ceremony in one month!"

…

No one knows what happened inside the Andre family.

At this moment, the situation inside the Kingdom of Spong was completely different.

Lydia has successfully returned to the Spang Theocracy, and with the support of Balk Copperfield, Barumong, and Saint Isabel, she has successfully become the queen of the Spang Theocracy.

Of course, Lydia's position as queen was not stable. After all, the Theocracy of Spang had never experienced a war to completely eradicate the royal family and the nobility, and there were still many opposition parties, both openly and covertly.

It's just that Lydia's supporters are so huge. Not only do they have the support of the former king, but also the strongest nobles and the church. Therefore, the opposition dare not go too far. At present, the Spang Theocracy can at least maintain superficial stability.

As for how long this stability can last and when these hidden mines will explode, that is unpredictable.

Lydia is currently the busiest person, as she has too many things to deal with.

Lydia couldn't remember how many days and nights she had gone without a good rest. It was only because her strength had reached the legendary level that she still had plenty of energy. Otherwise, the long-term hard work would have worn her body down long ago.

But, today is a little different.

Lydia, who was supposed to be busy in the palace, put down all the work at hand and left the palace quietly with her two personal guards, Sharin and Ifrit.

Click, click.

There were only three girls left on the quiet street late at night, and the crisp sound of their high heels stepping on the ground was heard.

Under the bright moonlight, the three of them cast long shadows.

However, none of the three people who were quiet noticed that a humanoid figure quietly emerged from Lydia's shadow.

It is dark all over.

It was like something condensed from pure darkness.

Just after emerging from Lydia's shadow, this dark humanoid mass silently floated towards Lydia's back like a ghost. He raised his right hand, and a sharp spike appeared silently in his palm.

The next moment, with a hiss, the spike pierced straight through Lydia's back, and in an instant the speed increased to the limit. Under the reflection of the moonlight, the sharp blade of the spike flashed with an enchanting blue luster, obviously coated with the most deadly poison.

Sneak attack!

Chapter 1 6,000 words 　　 　 (End of this chapter)