Chapter 520: Shadow of Death
In the study, Nick was talking about teaching:
"The diocese under the jurisdiction of Archbishop Leo has already built the Moon Soul Spirit Light Array. Now in our direct jurisdiction, only the cities of Danlei City under the jurisdiction of Archbishop Drago and Loch Modan City under the jurisdiction of Bishop Soren have not yet built the array.
According to the current construction speed of the magic circle, it is estimated that full coverage of the magic circle can be achieved in two and a half months.
The duration of the gray fog continued to increase, and those cardinals who had not surrendered to us requested to join the Ming Cult one after another. Many people poured into Shattrath from other places, causing great trouble to the city's public security. "
Those who are able to escape must be those who are qualified to take the airship.
Ordinary people definitely cannot board the airship at this point in time.
"How much daylight hours are there in a day now?"
Klauen frowned. If the gray fog lasted longer, it would mean that the entire continent would be completely destroyed.
The area under the jurisdiction of the Ming Cult is still okay, and the royal cities of the Kingdom of Budamia and the Kingdom of Arashi should be fine too, but other areas may face a catastrophic disaster.
Without food, the protective array gradually lost its protective function, and the situation was almost unsolvable.
"Only about five hours left."
Vlad continued:
“The entire continent has reached the most critical moment. With five hours of sunlight, crops can only sustain one harvest per year.
Moreover, as the growth time increases, various other unexpected problems will arise.
If the food production of the entire continent is reduced by half, the consequences will be
He didn't say anything else. Everyone knew the seriousness of the matter.
Crown's fingers drummed on the table, like the beating of war drums in everyone's hearts.
The room fell silent, everyone subconsciously held their breath, leaving only the knocking sounds echoing.
“In order to prevent the array base from being damaged, we will reserve 10% for storage every time we create an array.
Now there is still a set of magic array available in the church's warehouse. Take this set of magic array out and build it for Drag first.
In this way, the magic circle can be built for the city of Loch Modan next month.
Once all of our directly-administered areas are covered by the magic circle, we can then accept the submission of other areas.
We will proceed from near to far, accepting the cities closest to Shattrath first."
Clown let out a barely perceptible breath. He knew that with the decrease in food production, more and more conflicts would inevitably accumulate among humanity.
In recent years, the expanding human population will decrease rapidly, dying of hunger, or dying from fighting for food, etc.
Another problem that the extended duration of the gray fog brings is that those fifth-order protective arrays will have to bear more challenges.
The spiritual concentration of the world has risen to the sixth level. The gray fog will slowly penetrate the fifth-level magic circle. In that case, those humans who are not rescued in time will most likely face the risk of being contaminated and mutated.
I wonder how many people's fate will be affected by this decision he made.
"What about those who escaped and didn't follow the rules? How should we deal with them?"
Nick hates these people. He cleans up their messes every day, and they don't know how to behave themselves even after fleeing here.
"Kill them. Death will make those people sober. If the blood of others cannot serve as a warning, then use their own."
Crown knew that this kind of thing should be dealt with vigorously as soon as there were signs of it.
"Your Majesty, something is wrong."
Flanders paused and continued, “This is too unfair to those who have not committed crimes punishable by death.
Moreover, we have always emphasized that only by uniting more people can we defeat the evil forces that are about to come."
Those who can enter Shattrath under such circumstances all have certain strength. He is worried that blindly attacking them will easily cause those people to feel a sense of hatred towards the enemy.
Clown shook his head and stretched out his right index finger and shook it: "You can't rely on these people to fight against the evil god. They don't follow other people's rules and instead follow their own temper. It's a joke to rely on such people to fight against the evil god.
Janice, I order you to mobilize the Argent Dawn Guard to eliminate those who do not follow the rules.
Of course, we must first inform these people of our rules and then implement our wishes the next day.”
The time given for rectification was a bit short, but it cannot be said that they did not give it.
"Yes, sir," Janice straightened her back.
Flanders sighed inwardly and stopped objecting.
Crown looked around at everyone: "Anything else?"
Eliza said:
“Yesterday afternoon, Rivigaz conveyed to me the wishes of Pope Andre. He intends to lead his relatives and close followers to surrender to us, hoping that we will take him in.
I didn’t answer on the spot. I came here today to hear your opinions on this matter.”
Hearing her words, everyone started talking.
As the Pope of the church, Andre was willing to lead his relatives to join the Ming Cult, which made people feel proud.
This shows that in the eyes of Andre and others, the future of the Ming Cult is bright, stable and worth looking forward to.
Janice didn't look too proud. She frowned and said:
"Did Andre tell us why he came to us?
There must be a reason for doing things. Why didn't the other party choose to surrender at the beginning of the Ming Cult? I think there must be information that we don't understand. Only by finding the reason can we make a more accurate judgment. "
Nick agreed, “I agree with what Archbishop Janice said. The other party must have concealed some key information.
If the other party is unwilling to tell us, I will vote against it."
Flanders said, "My advice is to accept the other party's surrender. No matter what the other party has in mind, as long as they are willing to become a part of the church, they can be accepted."
To this day, he still maintains his idea of uniting all those who can be united to overcome difficulties.
Everyone expressed their own opinions and refused to give in to anyone.
Eliza pressed her hand down to end the debate:
“Although Rivigaz didn’t say it explicitly, I know that something must have happened in the Kingdom of Sintland, otherwise Andre wouldn’t have decided to run away again.
But these are not important. My original intention was to discuss what would be the pros and cons if we accepted Andrew? For example, would the other two True God Churches be afraid of this and make some unwise choices? "
Crown rubbed his temples. He knew that he would have to make the final decision on all these matters.
He was not afraid of the reactions of the other two churches, but he quickly analyzed in his mind what impact it would have on the current power structure of Shattrath City if he accepted Andre's surrender.
He quickly figured out the key points and said, "If Andre is willing to accept Mingjiao's orders and give up exerting influence on his old subordinates, I can accept their surrender.
If the other party is still attached to the power in his hands, let him ask elsewhere. "
After hearing the words from the gods, everyone else fell silent, as if the fierce argument just now had never happened.
"Anything else?"
Crown asked again, but no one answered.
Upon seeing this, Eliza adjourned the meeting. At this point, all the major issues that had accumulated over the past month had been resolved.
After the bishops left, only the Crowns, Nick, Janice and four others were left in the study.
"Nick, go tell Geralt to come over. Everyone else please step aside."
Several people responded and agreed to leave.
After a while, Geralt walked into the study, looked deeply at the God of Light, and bowed:
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
At that moment, his gaze seemed to penetrate the mist of time and return to that night more than ten years ago.
A small mountain town in late autumn.
An accidental encounter between two people in an ordinary tavern changed their lives.
At that time, he had already become a second-level demon hunter, and the other party had never entered the extraordinary realm.
He saw with his own eyes that ordinary boy become a transcendent and advance to the second level.
Later, the two separated and met again. The other party had advanced to the silver level, while he was still at the third level. The past events were still vivid in his mind. He never thought that an encounter could change the fate of his life.
The advancement of Demon Hunter was extremely dangerous, and he had no intention of stumbling down this path now.
"No need to be polite, please take a seat." Crown said with a smile.
After advancing to the eighth level, he was able to perceive the other person's true emotions through the connection between himself and the Golden Light Dao Seed.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Because the matter was not suitable to be made public, he did not tell anyone, because no one likes to have everything about them seen through.
He could clearly feel the changes in the other person's emotions, from confusion to sighing, struggle and faint jealousy, and finally turning into determination.
He paused, looked at the other party and said in a deep voice, "Archbishop Nick has told me your request. If you want to make further progress on the path of becoming a transcendent, what price do you want to pay?"
"I am willing to be under the throne of the God of Light and be at his disposal."
Geralt knew what loyalty he could offer. As a mere fourth-level demon hunter, he really didn't have anything to show for himself.
He now has something to care about and is no longer the lonely and arrogant white wolf.
He wanted to stay by his lover's side longer, but he couldn't do it without strength.
The fourth-level extraordinary people are too weak in the future when the evil god comes.
It is difficult to protect oneself, so how can one protect others?
He wanted to become stronger so that he could use the sword in his hand to gain more living space for himself and his lover.
"If you take one step closer to becoming a transcendent, will you stay in Shattrath City forever to protect everything here?"
Clown could see the friendship between him and Yennefer, so he vaguely guessed the logic behind the other party's desire to make progress.
The demon hunter does not believe in gods. He thinks that even if the other party becomes his believer, he will only be a false believer.
Therefore, the other party's simple words of "let me do what I want" could not make him feel at ease.
Without waiting for the other party to answer, he asked again: "Will you abandon Yennefer and stay in Shattrath?"
Geralt was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice:
"No, I will not abandon Yennefer, but I can convince her to come to Shattrath."
Clown raised his eyebrows and said with a smile:
"How can I trust you?"
He wouldn't believe in promises like this.
"I can show it to Your Majesty first."
Geralt knew that he had gained a lot from the relationship between the two, so it was normal for the gods to be worried.
Clown sensed the other's emotions and nodded slightly;
"Think carefully, if you become a member of the Ming Cult, it will be impossible to quit.
I believe you have the resolve, but is Yennefer willing to leave the Brotherhood of Warlocks for you?"
"meeting!"
Geralt's eyes were firm.
A witcher in love, I can’t imagine it being Geralt.
The corners of Clown's mouth twitched slightly:
"I hope I'm not wrong about you. If I am, your end will be death."
He transmitted the Mingyu Jue breathing and the fifth-level visualization method of the Golden Light Mantra to the other party using the Golden Light Dao Seed and patted the other party on the shoulder.
"Go and pursue your happiness. It would be best if you are willing to return to Shattrath. If there is a place where you can feel more at ease, you can stay there."
There are thousands of Golden Light Dao Seed holders. One more White Wolf won’t make much, and one less White Wolf won’t make much either.
"Your Majesty, I will be back."
Geralt stood up and left. He didn't expect that he would get the payment for his life first.
Klauen smiled ostentatiously: "When you come back, let me see what kind of power White Wolf Geralt possesses."
He used the Tao Seed to contact Janice: "You can send Soraka over."
Soraka followed Janice closely. The two of them entered the study and bowed together: "Your Majesty!"
Clown nodded slightly and said directly, "Soraka, show me how to practice visualization."
Soraka looked at Janice, who nodded affirmatively.
"Let's get started. His Majesty wants to check your progress. Just show your best performance."
Soraka nodded obediently and knelt slightly towards Crown:
"Your Majesty, please give us your guidance."
After saying this, she sat cross-legged on the floor, her hands in a golden seal, her still childish face showing a solemn look.
Janice walked to the wall and turned off the lights in the room, plunging the room into darkness.
A few minutes later, Crown saw a layer of faint silver light emerging on the other party's surface, like the bright moon shining on a jade statue, elegant and refined.
After a while, the silver light dimmed, and golden light shone through the body, and the originally dark study room gradually became brighter.
"Very good, we can end it now."
Crown said gently, his voice containing the power of the Purifying Mantra.
The opponent's Golden Light Spell had actually reached the second level, which made him even more curious about the opponent's qualifications. This was the level I reached when I used cheats back then.
Janice turned the light back on and the room became bright again.
Soraka immediately felt refreshed, much more so than when she had visualized it herself.
Clown took out a golden seed and held it out, saying in a deep voice:
"Now, Soraka Nelson, are you willing to believe in me, become my swordsman, and protect the Ming Cult?"
"I do," Soraka picked up the golden seed without hesitation, raised her head and swallowed it.
She had never thought that she would have the opportunity to face the gods of the world. She was very excited.
Clown felt that a star suddenly appeared in his sea of consciousness, and he immediately injected meditation methods and various spells into the star.
Then he turned around and said, "Janice, you will be the one to test her homework from now on."
(End of this chapter)