Death is approaching

The so-called "Eye of God".

Used to refer to eyes that have the same authority as God. God knows everything and can do everything, so the eyes that can see through illusions and the future are also called "Eyes of God".

Andy covered his eyes, the intense pain seemed to tear his eyeballs out. Blood and tears kept flowing out, making him feel terrified and scared.

What is the origin of that guy...

The white-haired young man's face turned pale, and his eyes were soaked in bright red. This was a backlash from fate, warning him that he had touched something he shouldn't know.

But how could an ordinary person trigger a warning of fate?

He pressed his right eye, his fingertips sinking into the eye socket, as if he wanted to dig it out directly. Andy calmed down, fumbled to take out a glass bottle, and poured out the blood inside. The black gauze was hanging in front of him.

The white-haired pope knelt on one knee and whispered, "I have formed a bond with him. With this blood as the medium, I want to see his true self."

At the same time Andy said this, outside Xinye City, the sky above shook violently.

The whole city watched the veil of night with nervous eyes, and only breathed a sigh of relief when it became quiet again. The defenders gathered their spirits and held on to the precarious defense line again.

The Queen smiled, a smile that was charming and full of contempt.

Only the weak would rejoice in this. For the Queen of Insects, the role of the artifact has already been achieved. The moment when the gods cannot see is enough for her to show her strength.

He landed from a high altitude, and the insects immediately retreated like a tide, and prostrated themselves behind him respectfully, just like a ceremonial guard holding up the king's back.

The Queen of Insects looked at the blond knight and chuckled, "Are you Christine? I like you very much. As long as you leave with me, I will let this city go. How about that?"

"You should know that if I really take action, this city will not be able to hold out for long. It will be enough for me to deal with it before the gods find out about the problem."

His voice was clearly heard by everyone. This was undoubtedly a conspiracy: if Christine refused, the citizens would be alienated and even attack him because of the death of his family. But if Christine really agreed, he would become a prisoner of the queen.

The guards on the city wall shouted angrily: "Don't be fooled by him! Lord Christine, you are a knight favored by God, you cannot succumb to such a monster!"

"Hehehe... What naive humans are. They cheer for you on one hand, and push you into the fire pit on the other. Do you really believe what they say now? Guess, will they change their attitude at that time?"

At this critical moment, Christine smiled and said, "No, you are the one who was fooled. You don't really think I am unprepared."

The Queen of Insects had a cold expression on her face, and her murderous aura almost pierced through her skin: "You really don't know what's good for you."

"I'm really sorry, there are only twelve places for marks on my body, and there is no place for bugs."

Christine suddenly pulled away, and the place where he was standing sank deeply. The Queen of Insects smiled slightly, looked at him charmingly and tenderly, and said, "It's okay, I can help you carve it myself."

A chill ran through the blond knight's back, and he subconsciously dodged to the right. The opponent's attack was so fast that Christine was completely unable to think and could only dodge instinctively.

"Aren't you going to get rid of me? You won't achieve your goal by hiding like this. The whole city is looking at you, counting on you to help them solve their problems. As a knight favored by God, how can you let them down?"

"Is this all you can do? It seems like the favored ones of the gods are no more than this."

"I like people like you very much. I get excited when I think of you crying and begging for mercy. Why do you want to run away? You want these people to survive, right? If you kneel down and beg for mercy now, I will consider letting them go."

Christine naturally didn't believe the other party's lies, but humans have an instinctive process of parsing language. The Queen of Insects has a very accurate control over humans. Although it only takes a short time to think, the blonde knight's movements inevitably slow down.

It wasn't long, but it was deadly enough at this critical moment.

Christine was not paying attention and was hit hard by the huge force. The queen's front legs stabbed into his body. Christine turned his body and hurriedly avoided the vital parts. He forced a circle in the air and landed safely.

Blood spurted from his lower abdomen, causing others to scream in surprise. In this battle, ordinary people had no chance to intervene. They could only anxiously pray that Christine would not lose.

Christine, standing next to him, was concentrating on grabbing the other person's limbs tightly, with a slight smile on his pale face.

"I got you."

At the same moment, a long sword pierced the queen's back from behind.

The Queen of Insects suddenly widened her eyes.

Let's go back to before this battle began.

Before Oreius could leave the temple, a paladin took the initiative to stop him.

"Please come with me. His Holiness the Pope wishes to see you."

Andy wants to see me?

This was not surprising, after all, it was the clue he provided. The red-haired young man followed him out openly. The paladin led him through a series of complicated corridors and stairs, and finally arrived in front of a closed door. He leaned forward and waited.

Aurelius understood what he meant, opened the door and walked in.

Behind the door is the highest point of the temple. It is a wide platform with no cover. Looking up, you can see the vast sky. Groups of white clouds are guarding the sun. The sky is blue and clear, as if you can catch a wisp of wind with your hands. If it is night, it must be a vast scene of stars flowing.

The floor is paved with a special black mineral. If you look closely, you can see clear light flowing through it, as if the night sky has been solidified.

"This is a star stone, which is said to contain the power of the stars and can gather starlight. The temple uses it as the floor of the observatory to strengthen the astrologers' resonance with fate."

The Pope, standing in the center of the platform, spoke slowly. He turned his head and stared at Oreius with his holy eyes, as if he wanted to see through everything about him.

"You are here at last, Aurelius. Christine asked me to tend to your wounds."

The red-haired young man was a little surprised: "Did Christine ask you to do this?"

"Although he has many friends, it would be a big mistake to think he is a casual person. The grace of the gods has given him great power and eyes that can discern the truth. No lie can deceive a knight of the gods. He had already noticed the abnormality of your wound and asked me to examine it."

Andy walked towards him and said, "Show me your wound."

Oreius unbuttoned his clothes, revealing the wounds from the previous battle. The wound on his wrist healed first, and the wounds on other parts of his body healed quickly. In addition to the wounds he suffered in the battle with the insects, his honey-colored skin was covered with scars and wounds, which made him look extremely hideous.

Andy reached out and touched the wounds. Oleus vaguely felt a force touching him. He quickly withdrew his hand and said:

"The reason why your wounds are taking so long to heal is because you are rejected by the World Tree."

"Rejected by the World Tree...?"

He suddenly remembered the last world tree that appeared when he used the Canaan vest to fight the beast god. Under his gaze, the vest immediately ran out of power and left that world.

Andy's words confirmed his thoughts: "The World Tree is the pulse of destiny. It records the changes of the world from its beginning to the destruction of the last stone. Being rejected by it means that you are not in destiny."

"This sentence may be a little difficult to understand. For example, when a human is born, he must have parents. How he grew up and how he became his current personality. If fate is one, every page you open will have a record. But you are different. There is no record of you on the world tree."

This statement almost exposed his origins. Oreius quickly thought about how to explain it, but the other party just brushed it off.

"So I'm going to give this to you."

He handed over a wooden box. The red-haired young man recognized the familiar style at a glance, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Is this the leaf of the World Tree?"

"It is well known that the goddess of fate, En, once gifted New Leaf City with a leaf of the World Tree to reward the astrologers for their piety. But few people know that New Leaf City actually has two leaves of the World Tree."

"When an astrologer with the [Eyes of God] is born, he is destined to become a believer of the goddess of fate. The goddess predicted his future disaster, so she gave him a second leaf of the world tree. This is also a secret in the church, and only a few people know it. What is written on it will surely become a reality. As long as you write down your [past], the world tree will recognize you."

"....Why did you give this to me?"

"Because you, like Christine, are trustworthy."

"Is that all?"

"Is it just because of this...?"

Andy repeated his words and suddenly smiled. His smile was accompanied by a faint sigh: "This is the decision of fate."

"Christine believes in you. You two are very similar people."

The red-haired young man's Adam's apple moved slightly: "What exactly is fate?"

"That is the torrent of the times, which is unstoppable. That is the decision made by all living things in this era, which is irreversible. So-called fate is not a decision made by one person, ten people, or even a hundred people, and it is also impossible to rely on a single person to reverse it."

Andy said, "Even so, there is still a ray of hope in desperate situations. That is the destined heroes, like Christine, and like you. Because you have the power to lead others."

"Only fate can fight fate. Of course, this is a precious gift to me, so I want to exchange two things from you."

With this gift alone, anything would be enough. Andy smiled and said, "I want to exchange a relationship with you and a drop of blood. The former will connect us together, and the latter is something I have always been curious about. If you are willing, this leaf of the world tree will be yours."

Aurelius naturally agreed. After accepting his blood, Andy handed the wooden box to the young man.

"You can use it right here. You won't have time to use it after you go out."

"...Thank you."

The Pope was indeed very thoughtful. Aurelius opened the wooden box, bit his finger, and wrote on the leaf without hesitation.

He knew exactly what to write. As he wrote, a huge and calm will transcended the barriers of time and space and fell upon the red-haired young man.

He is the origin and end of the world, and the recorder of fate. The World Tree looked down and examined the story he wrote. The wounds of the red-haired young man began to heal quickly, and his blood was under control again. At the same time, the young man sensed some distant existence.

They were concentrated in a certain place, and seemed to be observing him curiously. Oreius soon realized that they were the Rolandage clan, and at this moment, he was finally fully recognized.

As the last punctuation mark fell, time crossed over a long distance, and a distant picture flashed vaguely before the young man's eyes.

It was not long after they came into contact with the World Tree. In order to retain his parents' titles, Mason used the Oreius vest to obtain the earl's permission, and went to the town in charge of Ronald with Orihe and Rambo.

The red-haired young man talked about the spirit of chivalry, and Ronald was surprised to ask about his background. When no one knew how he knew these things, Rambo suddenly said, "There are indeed people who fit these statements."

"Christine is said to be the last Glorious Knight of the Age of God's Blessing, and also the only God's Blessed Knight."

The words on the leaves of the World Tree turned into invisible hands, stirring the pulse of fate. They were integrated into the mind worm's thoughts in a substantial way. He stared at Oleus, revealing an extremely excited look for the first time.

"Legend has it that Christine once accidentally entered a mysterious place and brought out the people who originally lived there. They possessed incredible powers, which was also the origin of the Roland Ag Empire, the overlord of the continent."

"Are you from there too, Mr. Oreius? You never told me your last name because it was the imperial family name? What happened to you after that? Why were you chosen by the World Tree? And all of you——"

"Degenerate."

"Did you really kill him for power?"

Oleus finally understood why he was able to get through so easily and why Rambo took the initiative to propose a solution for him.

If you think about it carefully, his reasons were indeed full of loopholes. But because what happened afterwards was too incredible, and each of the vests had extraordinary power, this was accepted by people.

And at the very beginning - even he himself had forgotten this.

Why?

Why did you believe him so easily?

There just happened to be such a knight, and Rambo just happened to point it out, and Ronald just happened to be the descendant of the knight who followed the other side, and the Luo family just happened to have a connection with this knight.

So he, who was coming into contact with this world for the first time and knew nothing about it, naturally stepped down from the stage, naturally pretended to be a member of the Luo family, and naturally came into contact with the Luo family.

He slowly widened his eyes, and a scene flashed through his mind like an electric current.

That was after he used Canaan to solve the problem of the goblin Pika, and Pika specially wrote one for him.

When he returned from the past, the church members told him that they had found a book about Canaan in the library, which confirmed his identity.

The past and the future are interconnected. The goddess of fate herself said that all pasts lead to the same future, which is why this road ends.

In other words, the Dark Ages actually reflects all past possibilities.

However, there must have been conflicts in the past. For example, if someone in this world died, but he or she in another world is still alive, what is the final result, life or death?

If there is something that exists as common sense, it cannot be simply constant based on life and death. Each world has a different understanding of it, so what will be the final result?

The red-haired young man looked at the leaves of the World Tree that were already filled with words, and answered silently in his heart: This is the answer.

Every fate vein has a world tree, and the leaves of the world tree record fate. If two leaves conflict with each other, one must be stronger!

Thus, the stronger power covered the weaker side, becoming the reality of the Dark Mist Age.

The Age of Darkness does not eliminate the possibility of other endings, but integrates all endings!

The stories he wrote now affected the future, so Rambo said something that seemed very unreasonable at the time, but no one objected. After that, [Oreus] and [Canaan] both used their abilities to gain recognition from others, so the anomaly at the beginning was ignored by everyone.

At that time, he accepted this role in a daze, but Mason never thought at that time - why did everything happen so perfectly?

Now he finally got the answer.

The Leaf of the World Tree recorded this history and directly fine-tuned the Black Mist Era. It made Rambo "just happen" to remember this record, and others "just happen" to believe these words. After the vest proved himself with his strength, even the most outrageous words became credible. After people believed the origin of the vest, the Leaf of the World Tree "just happened" to make everyone ignore the source. All of this is actually not a big adjustment, but just a fine-tuning based on a certain possibility. However, it helped the confused Mason find a step, gave the vest an identity, and successfully solved his own identity problem.

And it all comes from the stories he wrote at this time.

[A member of the Roland Agger family, he has a connection with Roland Agger I and is a disciple of Christine. His story is lost in history and no one remembers it, but when it comes to the other two, Oreius is the shadow who killed Christine and was buried in the light...]

He wrote the complete origin of the vest he had come up with on the leaf, and from that moment on, the last piece of the puzzle fit in, and Oreius became Oreius, and came here to write his story on the leaf of the World Tree.

After writing the last word, the red-haired young man let out a long breath. He looked at Andy and said sincerely, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. I'm just asking someone to do this for me. Christine is waiting for you outside. Go now."

The red-haired young man nodded gratefully and carefully put away the leaf of the World Tree. When he walked out of the church, he saw Christine leaning against the door. He waved to him cheerfully: "You're back? It seems that the treatment was effective."

"The injury has completely healed. Thank you for helping me contact Andy."

"You're welcome, just doing what's necessary." Christine shrugged. "You're going to carry out your plan soon, and I guess you have something to say to me before that, so I'm here."

"I do have something to tell you, and it's something only you can accomplish."

Speaking of business, Oreius became serious: "The Queen of Insects is stingy and likes to bully her enemies. She will run away if something goes wrong. If we really let her run away, we will fail. So we must create an illusion of defeat and seize the opportunity to capture her."

The smile on Christine's face faded slightly: "Catching the Queen of Insects... This is really not an easy task."

Even if it is a foreign god who is not accepted by this world, under the cover of the artifact, he can still exert a powerful force. Even if his life is in danger, the Queen of Insects can come and go freely.

To complete Orelius's plan, three requirements must be met: first, the Queen must be sure that Orelius is not present, and after he launches the attack, he will quietly return as a mysterious and powerful man; second, the biggest bait, Christine, is in New Leaf City, and the church is willing to cooperate; third and most important, Christine must restrain the Queen and not let her leave.

Therefore, whether it was deliberate provocation or luring the enemy deeper, with Christine's sacrifice, he finally succeeded in capturing the Queen of Insects. The only problem was that the Queen was too powerful, and he had to pay a heavy price.

The long sword blessed by the [Holy Arms] successfully broke through the Queen's defense and pierced into her back. The blood turned into a red spell that corroded her body, bringing unbearable pain.

The Queen of Insects swung her right hand and threw Christine away. The blond knight groaned and covered the wound with an ugly face. The mark of God's favor on his arm was slightly hot, and the wound began to heal.

"That bunch of useless guys..."

He quickly realized what had happened, and his expression was very ugly. The sound of the watch rang, and the wound of the Queen of Insects healed. He attacked Aureus without hesitation, and the two of them crossed each other, and the sound of sharp weapons colliding continued to ring. Aureus became more and more excited, and he didn't care that he was in tatters all over. The queen had to distance herself from him, and her face became very ugly.

The power of the artifact is limited, and it cannot be wasted here. Fighting the person in front of him is completely asking for trouble. He did not intend to fight Oreus now.

"It will do us no good to continue fighting, so let's make peace."

The queen took the initiative to speak, her words full of temptation: "If we leave, this world will inevitably fall into darkness. You and I are both people who know the future, and we can definitely change this world. You don't want to watch these humans die. As long as you are willing to cooperate with me, I can share the artifact with you."

"When you return to the future, they will be people living in the past. But if you stay, their future can change."

"I prefer to take things back myself."

The red-haired youth remained indifferent and attacked more fiercely. The Queen of Insects was furious and sneered while fighting.

"You damned fellow, you stupid human being, you have no idea what will happen in the future and you are making such a fuss here! Do you really think that this human plan can succeed?"

"You don't understand what you are facing. When you become stronger, He will also become stronger. The entire black fog is His territory, and you are just struggling desperately. The era of mankind has passed! The era of the gods has passed! Next will be the era of monsters, the era of black fog, and the era that belongs to Him! This is fate, this is reincarnation--"

A huge breath suddenly burst out, and the sound of insects hissing rang out. The half-human, half-insect monster was very fast, and intense pain burst out along its nerves. He chewed on his left hand that had been torn off from his mouth, and his eyes were full of resentment.

"You have no way to escape. He is watching you. If you leave here, you will die!"