Chapter 481 Causes and Consequences
Two days later, after the morning sun rose and the gray fog had just dissipated, Crown, accompanied by Purinton, took a carriage to the capital of Budamia.
He pretended to look toward the road, but actually summoned a wall of gold.
These days he spent all his time studying magic arrays, and it seemed that he had finally gotten the hang of it. He was in excellent condition, and his knowledge of magic arrays had improved a lot in a very short period of time.
[Magic Array: 101825/200000; Level 5]
At this moment, in the Moon Temple, Eunice, wearing a laurel crown and the Pope's robe, looked around at the cardinals:
“When Eliza visited me some time ago, I invited Duke Clown Moya of the Farouk Kingdom to come to the Moon Temple for friendly consultations at my invitation.
Yesterday, the head of the McLean family, Purinton, came to report to me that the Duke of Clown had arrived at Dehar Manor and would visit the Moon Temple this morning. "
Eunice paused and continued:
"Plinton brought an unexpected news. Clown confessed that he has advanced to the Stigma Gold level."
The eyes of many archbishops shrank at the same time and they looked at each other.
Throughout human history, every ten thousand years is an era, and at the beginning of each era, a huge spiritual energy tide occurs.
As the tide of spiritual energy gradually reaches its peak, the spiritual concentration in the material world will slowly reach a peak value, lasting from ten to hundreds of years.
In every era, there are about a handful of people who can achieve the status of gods from the silver rank.
"Your Majesty, will the other party lie? You invited him to discuss something. If the interests involved are big enough, it would be reasonable for him to lie about his advancement to a god in order to gain more say.
As far as I know, if a sixth-order transcendent at the pinnacle of the sixth order possesses the core components of a broken artifact, it can emit divine-level aura fluctuations, which must be guarded against. "
"Yes, so many direct descendants of golden bloodlines have been able to charge towards the sixth-order transcendent with the support of their families. How can he, an herbalist with ordinary bloodline, advance to the level of a god? I think Archbishop Ross's analysis just now makes sense."
There was much discussion in the temple, and the archbishops were skeptical.
A female bishop with silver hair frowned and agreed, "I also think there is something hidden. Your Majesty, it is so difficult to advance to the Golden Stigma level. Moreover, the spiritual concentration in the world has not yet reached its maximum. Clown actually said that he has advanced. Is there something else going on?"
"Archbishop Paramina, if you have any doubts, feel free to speak up."
The female bishop coughed and cleared her throat: "From our intelligence, we know that Klauen is suspected to have awakened his golden bloodline and experienced blood reversion. Even so, it is difficult for him to advance to the Stigma Gold at this time.
I have heard that some gods seem to have disappeared, but as long as there are descendants alive and often worship and call upon their names, there is a chance that they will return.
What I mean is, is the current Clown still the original Clown? A powerful ninth-order god can be reborn with the body of a descendant of pure blood. "
"That's impossible. Throughout the history, I have never heard of a ninth-level god appearing."
"We have no way of knowing how many eras this world has gone through. Isn't it too one-sided to only look at our records? You know, humans are only the overlords of the last few eras. Before that, dragons, elves, and trolls, these no longer glorious species, were the overlords of the continent.
In human history, haven't other races ever created ninth-order gods in the years when they were dominant? "
A group of people started arguing about a historical issue. Eunice clapped her hands and said impatiently, "Enough, there is no point in arguing about this issue.
We cannot tell whether Clown advanced to Stigma Gold on his own or relied on artifact fragments to release divine energy. I don't care whether Clown is the original human being. We just need to make sure that he has no hostility towards our church and this world.
So I plan to ask the gods for help in judging things. In two days it will be the night of the red moon, and the space barrier between the spiritual world and the material world will be much weaker. When I communicate with the gods, I will bring Clown with me. "
She paused and said sternly:
“When receiving, everyone should behave with the same respect as when praying to the Moon Goddess.
If he is a fake god, we have plenty of ways to deal with him afterwards, but if he really achieved the Stigmata Gold with his own strength and harbored resentment towards the church because of the attitude of some people, I will never let him off easily. "
“Your Majesty, everyone knows the importance of this matter. No one dares to disrespect a living god.
Even if people have doubts in their hearts, they will not reject it until the truth comes out.”
The carriage stopped steadily, and Purinton exclaimed, "We have arrived at the Moon Temple."
He jumped off the carriage first, and then held the door like a waiter: "Your Majesty, please get off."
Ever since learning that Clown had advanced to Stigma Gold, he and everyone in Dehar Manor have been addressing him as "Your Majesty" with great respect.
Clown also understood that because of the suppression of the source of life, he would no longer have any companions among the people of the world.
Soft and ethereal bagpipe sounds were heard as he stepped out of the carriage. What came into view were the members of the Moon Goddess Church lined up in their best attire.
Eunice took light steps and walked forward gracefully, touching her chest with her hand and nodding slightly:
"It is a blessing to the world to learn that the Duke has achieved the Stigma Gold. On behalf of the entire Luna Church, I congratulate His Majesty on his accomplishments and his everlasting fame."
She bowed with the courtesy of an equal, because the Pope represented the incarnation of the gods on earth.
Crown returned the greeting: "I am just an explorer who has taken a step ahead on the path of the extraordinary. I am honored to be invited by His Holiness the Pope."
"Your Majesty's words put others to shame. Ordinary people can't even see your back."
Eunice turned around and held out her delicate hand: "Please come in and have a chat."
"Please," Crown and the other walked side by side, with the bishops and priests lined up on both sides of the road.
After entering the temple area, Clown immediately felt the difference. The rich Taiyin Law flowing inside was much stronger than the effect in the Yuepo Spiritual Light Array.
However, it is still daytime and the sun is shining brightly outside. At this time, the Moon Soul Spirit Light Array is controlled by the Sun and Moon Altar to flow in the opposite direction to form the Sun Law Field.
"As expected of the abode of the gods on land, the power of the Moon Temple astounds me."
Clown was generous in his praise. The sun and the moon changed, and there was no trace of the power conversion. He could feel that this place could turn into a killing array at any time.
He had never felt such a powerful magic array in St. Peter's Basilica of the Lord of Fire. It should be that the other party did it deliberately to show off his own strength.
"Thanks for the compliment," Eunice smiled. Today she specially opened the magic circle that she was reluctant to open normally. She deserved such praise.
The magic circle can cleanse the blood, calm the mind and soothe the spirit, and it is especially beneficial to the Moon Goddess bloodline.
Everyone continued walking along the road and entered the real Moon Temple.
Different from the square layout of the core building of mainstream churches, this is a circular dome hall. The dome imitates the dark sky, with a bright full moon in the center and sparkling stars around the moon.
A huge statue carved from moonstone stands in the center, it is the statue of the moon goddess Elune.
The goddess stood in the Moon Well, her face full of love and compassion, holding up a disc with both hands. The disc was slightly tilted, and sparkling spring water flowed in the low-lying area.
The Moon Well is filled with steam, and the concentration of spirituality in the temple is several levels higher than that of the outside world.
Clown bowed gently with equal courtesy. The Moon Goddess was a deity from the last era and had been in the spirit world for ten thousand years. Normally speaking, her current strength should have reached the eighth level, or even stronger.
Because he himself had completed half of the seventh-level accumulation in a short period of time, there was no reason why the other party, as a god from the previous era, had not made any further progress in such a long time.
"Please go this way, the side hall is the meeting room," Eunice walked in front, and only a few cardinals followed her.
Several people entered the meeting room and sat down as host and guest. The Pope coughed lightly and said gently, "Eliza came to visit a few days ago and we had a very pleasant conversation. Because there are some things that are inconvenient to convey, I invite your Majesty to come over.
I never thought that Your Majesty has already advanced to the Stigma Gold level, otherwise I would have gone to visit you."
It was indeed somewhat disrespectful to have a god come to visit. In name, she was the god's spokesperson and her status was equal to that of the god, but in reality, she was marrying above her station.
Clown waved his hand gently: "Don't worry about these empty formalities. I come from a humble background and cannot stand such restraint."
Eunice covered her mouth and chuckled: "Your Majesty is open-minded, but etiquette cannot be abolished.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Another point is that Your Majesty cannot avoid these red tapes. You will definitely establish a church in the future, and these etiquettes will definitely be formulated. "
After the greetings, Yunica got down to business and said solemnly:
"Your Majesty, I invited you here this time to tell you the news from my Lord.
My Lord said that the erosion of the gray fog in the spiritual world is more serious than that in the material world. Except for the sun god, all other gods have lost contact with her.
In addition, my Lord had sensed the presence of evil on the night of the red moon two months ago.
This evil aura is extremely powerful, close to the ninth level. Ninth-level extraordinary creatures can be seen as a collection of laws, immortal and eternal.
Considering what happened to the Kingdom of Farouk, the Kingdom of Ribia and other countries, my Lord suspects that the Lord of Fire, the God of Knowledge, the God of Harvest, the God of Life, and the Lord of Storms have all been corrupted to varying degrees and thus controlled by more powerful evil gods.
On that red moon night, the evil god used unknown means to temporarily break through the space-time barrier between the spiritual world and the material world."
After a brief silence, Clown spoke calmly:
“Actually, I have this guess as well.
The city of Bly was destroyed and turned into ruins by the powerful force of laws, which manifested itself as the explosion of flames and the corrosion of pollution laws.
The facial features and some of the actions of the evil god entrenched in the ruins are very similar to those of the Lord of Fire."
He briefly described the evil god's message and exhaled softly:
“It is sad and lamentable that thousands of years of accumulation are lost in one day.
Let's assume that the Moon God's speculation is true. Now that five of the gods have fallen and the evil god is about to revive, what plans do the Moon God and the Sun God have?"
At the end of the last era, the evil god descended, and the human gods paid a huge price to delay the spiritual energy tide to recede. Now a new round of spiritual energy wave is coming, where will humanity go?
“My Lord discovered that after the Red Moon Night two months ago, the speed at which the spiritual world and the material world overlapped suddenly accelerated, and the day when she and the Sun God would return was greatly advanced.
The gods told me that I just need to preserve my strength as much as possible, and when she returns, I can join forces with the sun god to protect the two kingdoms without any problem.
The two gods have comprehended completely different laws, and can work together to release attacks with extremely destructive power. The reason why humans were able to resist the attacks of the evil god in the last era was because the two gods put aside their differences and fought the enemy together.
At that time, my Lord did not consider the possibility that new gods would be born among humans. With your joining, humans have a better chance of winning. "
It seems that the Moon God has improved a lot in the spiritual world, but what happened to the gods like the Lord of Fire? They were corroded by the gray fog and turned into minions of the evil god. Klauen thought a lot in an instant. He frowned and said solemnly, "The pollution in the spiritual world is so serious. After the two realms are connected, doesn't it mean that the material world will also suffer from stronger pollution? If the law that can pollute the gods appears, will there be any future for mankind?"
Eunice shook her head gently: "Your Majesty, don't worry about this issue. My Lord inferred that the reason why the Lord of Fire and others were corrupted was because their own kingdom of God was polluted unknowingly, but they were unwilling to make drastic measures to remove the polluted part and instead wanted to save it.
Unexpectedly, more and more areas of the Kingdom of God were polluted, and finally the situation became irreversible, and it was too late to give up.
The gray fog in the spiritual world is indeed very strong, but it barely reaches the sixth level, and the sixth-level protective magic circle can isolate it.
My Lord believes that there must be an evil god who is fanning the flames, otherwise the gray fog alone cannot pollute the kingdom of the gods."
Crown nodded slightly, thinking that this made sense.
There is a more powerful evil god hiding in the dark, making secret moves when the gods aren't paying attention, and the evil god's true power is stronger than that of human gods, so the chances of successful corruption are very high.
The reason why the Sun God and the Moon God were not corrupted was probably because they had comprehended the laws of nature.
Crown knew clearly that the solar law was the most yang and the most rigid, while the lunar law was the most yin and the most flexible. Both laws had extremely strong resistance and purification properties to the pollution law.
Eunice continued:
"The situation in several countries including Namibia is very bad now. The evil god has established a new force on the ruins and is expanding outward. Although I support it, I am powerless.
I don't know what the situation is like in the Farouk Kingdom. With you in charge, it should be able to maintain stability, right?!"
Budamia is quite far away from Faro, and the news is very delayed, so she is not aware of the latest intelligence.
“The Farouk Kingdom is now entering winter and the situation is stable.
The evil god that was entrenched in the ruins of Bligh City has been driven away by me. I don't know where he escaped to.
The blood and flesh weapons factory he built with great effort was uprooted by me. Now there are only a few minions of the evil god roaming around in the kingdom. The winter cold is very unfriendly to them. I think Farouk will have a relatively stable life this winter."
Clown's expression was calm, but he was quite proud in his heart. He was able to have such combat power not long after advancing to the Stigma Gold level, which indirectly proved his strength. This was considered a subtle display of muscle to the Moon Goddess Church.
"The evil god was driven away?"
Unica was stunned and felt that she needed to re-evaluate the other party's strength.
Not only her, but all the cardinals sitting beside her were stunned.
(End of this chapter)