As he saw more and more sentries, An Nan's heart grew heavier.
If the princess was really not in the tower, but deep in the palace they were heading towards, then it would be impossible for Ash to come here - there were too many guard posts on the road, and Ash would definitely trigger the alarm. And if she was not mistaken, at least two sanctuaries had just passed by.
Although I knew that the Nabisteen Sanctuary was full of people and legends were everywhere, I didn’t expect that the density of high-level magicians was really so high!
Purple Moth already regretted letting Ash follow the original plan. But according to the situation at the time, splitting up into two groups was undoubtedly the best option. If the princess was still in the tower, Ash could complete the mission directly; if the princess was on their side, she could also notify Ash to come over and finish off the enemy.
However, the guards here are so tight. The good news is that there must be an important person being protected inside, most likely the new emperor; the bad news is that they have to complete the task by themselves.
Annan turned his head slightly, exchanged glances with Panji, Igula, and Harvey, and completed the change of plan in silence. Harvey and Panji held a card in their hands at some point, and once they needed to fight, their cards would summon a coffin and a double ice gun.
It was obviously impossible for the palace to bring in the pancake suitcase. However, not to mention Harvey's coffin, they couldn't just run out on foot when evacuating. They had to use a means of transportation. Whether or not they had space props would have a crucial impact on their survival rate.
Therefore, Pancake dismantled the suitcase and spent a lot of Gospel points to turn it into six cards with space storage function, which can be used by any magician, but the cost is that the internal space is reduced by 90% and there is a durability.
After passing the sixth sentry post, they finally reached their destination: a small ivory-white palace surrounded by violets.
There was a passage leading underground in the palace, and the servants followed the secret guards down in a line. After crossing a certain step, as if passing through a transparent barrier, the faces of the funeral staff changed drastically - the magic spirits were frightened, and the virtual wings were restrained. This was exactly the same personal pressure as when the queen appeared!
At this moment, they were absolutely sure that the new emperor was down there! But they didn't expect that the queen had already transferred most of her power there - could they really kill the next saint who would rule the gospel for fifty years?
The purple moth glanced at everyone with a determined look.
Now that we have come this far, there is no room for retreat!
No matter what, this will be Funeral's last mission!
Igula looked extremely unhappy, and he obviously had no interest in going to die with Annan; Banji had a calm expression, and he had already made up his mind. Only the corners of Banji's mouth curled up slightly, and he was obviously excited.
"Tsk." A disdainful voice came from the front: "Hey, clean it up quickly."
When An Nan and others stepped into the underground hall under the palace, the first thing that caught their eyes was a corpse with an extremely tragic death: the head exploded like a melon, and the pulp was all over the floor. No wonder the secret guards reacted so strongly.
However, if An Nan and the others were feeling heavy and anxious just now, they are now simply terrified!
Because they saw that the virtual wings of the headless corpse were dispersing, and the dispersing virtual wings were silver wings, golden wings, colorful wings, and... dark wings!
The Wings of Darkness are continuously spreading darkness, and all matter swept into the darkness is quickly corroded and assimilated!
This is a legendary magician who has condensed his fourth 'Colorless Wings'. His main magic is the Shadow faction, so he can dye the Colorless Wings with his exclusive color!
This corpse turned out to be the legendary shadow magician who had died not long ago!
Even Harvey, who was most interested in the corpse, did not have any room for curiosity at this moment. Seeing a great magician with a strength far beyond his own being shattered to the ground like a melon was a huge shock to any magician.
However, when they looked up, an even more shocking scene completely overwhelmed their sanity.
There was only one light source in the middle of the underground hall. The magicians sat cross-legged around the light source, with their hands clasped together, as if praying. With just one glance, An Nan recognized many of these magicians: Yi Guan, Mondala, Boethiah, Yabo Li... all of them were legendary magicians who had successfully climbed Ruby Mountain in the past hundred years!
But they could only attract An Nan's attention for a moment, because the existence of the light source in the center completely attracted the attention of everyone at the funeral.
There was a throne, and on the throne there was a man.
But this statement is not correct, because this 'person' is made up of transparent flowing light. He is the only light source in the hall. Purple, golden and silver light flows on his body, making up his appearance.
And he is not 'one', he is like two people put together, one side is a man wearing a dark red windbreaker, and the other side is a beautiful woman wearing a court dress.
Such a strange existence, sitting on the throne, actually makes people want to worship it.
What surprised the funeral troopers the most was, of course, that they knew the 'half' of the men.
Ash Heath.
Half of this figure made up of flowing light actually looks like Ash!
At this time, Harvey and Igulla looked at each other, and Igulla shook his head slightly.
Not only did they know 'half' of the men, they also knew the 'other half' of the women - they couldn't possibly forget her, because it was she and the female swordsman who had killed them in the Virtual Realm Arena, causing them to completely miss the chance to kill the Heroic Soul Commander!
But it's normal to look similar, and so much time has passed, they are not sure if they are the same person, so there is no need to say it out loud.
At this time, the servants had already begun to clean up the traces of the corpses on the ground. An Nan and others naturally did not dare to slack off and hurried to work - at this time they no longer had the intention of causing trouble here.
"It's almost over, why can't I keep my mind focused..." The secret guard muttered, and suddenly opened the gospel: "Huh?"
It seemed that something happened outside, and the secret guards left the underground hall directly, leaving the servants inside. When the footsteps of the secret guards disappeared, Igula suddenly gasped for breath - he was so nervous that he forgot to breathe.
Although there were more than a dozen legendary magicians surrounding them, An Nan and others had a strong intuition: these legendary magicians, like the servants, were just shells controlled by Gospel, so there was no need to pay attention to them.
Harvey looked at the headless corpse with envy: "This corpse..."
"Don't even think about it." An Nan warned in a low voice, staring at the figure on the throne: "What on earth is going on?"
"Don't you know?" Igula could no longer hold back his anger. "I don't have such a big grudge against you, do I? If you want to commit suicide, why don't you just ask Harvey for help? Why do you have to drag us on such a dangerous mission full of unexpected things?"
“That’s a god.”
Banji closed the Gospel and said, "As for what kind of gods they are, the Gospel doesn't say."
"Why does the spirit have Ash's face?" Harvey asked curiously, "This is too disgusting... Hey, look carefully, aren't there more and more parts that belong to Ash?"
Everyone looked closely and found that it was indeed the case. If the light and shadow's body was 60% of Ash and 40% of the woman, then now it is 70% of Ash and 30% of the woman, and Ash's "invasion" speed is getting faster and faster!
At this time, An Nan showed a strange expression: "No way..."
"Do you want me to beg you to tell you the information?" Igula said coldly.
An Nan said, "I'm not sure either... I've seen a long-standing summoning ritual in my family's records before, called "Armored Sainthood." The principle is that the sorcerer imitates the behavior, manners, and appearance of the gods, thereby summoning the gods to himself, and even completely assimilates with the gods, achieving the feat of controlling the gods with a mortal body."
"But this kind of summoning ritual has long since faded away. After all, gods no longer exist in reality."
"What does this have to do with the fact that the god has Ash's face—" Igula was suddenly stuck in the middle of his curse. He seemed to realize something and was completely stunned.
"Humans imitate gods in order to merge with them." An Nan murmured, "So what will happen if gods imitate humans?"
Even as they were talking, the 'Ash' in the light and shadow had successfully occupied the territory and reached 100% perfection!
At the same time, everyone's gospel book popped up automatically.
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Squeak.
A hypocritical groan full of age sounded from the door frame, and Ash and Liz stepped into the princess's room and found that the light was on inside.
The soft bed is covered with white sheets, the cherry pink bookshelf is filled with beautifully bound fairy tale picture books, the carpet is comfortable and tidy, and the teacup with a bear pattern is upside down on the coffee table. All of this tells us that a young girl is living here.
But there was an extremely out-of-place piece of furniture in the room. Not only did the Liz sisters find it out of place, but even Ash thought so too.
In the center of the room, there was an exquisite and gorgeous floor-length mirror facing the door. When Ash and Liz walked in, they saw themselves in the floor-length mirror.
Just as they were stunned by surprise, their Gospel suddenly popped out by itself.
It's over, it's too late, they thought.
However, Liz was not depressed. Instead, she felt relieved. Her body became lighter and her mood even became much better. Since it was too late, there was no need for them to cling to Nina. They had already tried their best.
For the rest of their lives, they will live for themselves and Ash.
But this good mood full of anticipation for the future only lasted for a moment before disappearing.
"No. 10 on the Gospel Chart, and No. 1 in Art."
"No. 9 on the Gospel List: Family Shadow."
"No. 8 on the Gospel List, the source of the conspiracy."
"No. 7 on the Gospel Chart, The Other Side of Happiness."
"No. 6 on the Gospel Chart, the Nemesis of Evil Laws."
"No. 5 on the Gospel Chart: Assassination Nightmare."
"No. 4 on the Gospel List, a ruthless person..."
The Gospel List was updated very quickly, and Ash's heart was falling very fast. When the Gospel List was updated to the last page, Ash had lost the strength to open it.
Bang!
At this moment, fifty fireworks bloomed in the sky of Nabistine. The violent resonance tore open the distance of space. Bright purple spider web fireworks instantly covered the night sky of All Gospel, and All Gospel was shrouded in the rule of the spider web.
"No. 1 on the Gospel Chart, Ya Yin."