Chapter 800 Sin Card: King of the Wild Hunt
The lightning turned into a beam of light, directly shattering the corroded armor behind Heleqin!
The lightning that burst forth was only a beam when it left the body, but as it continued to spread outward, it diffused and expanded. It was as if it had transformed into a pair of gigantic, forked lightning wings—the two wings behind Heleqin suddenly blossomed!
Less than three seconds had passed since Aleister first launched his charge.
The tips of their guns were stuck in each other's bodies, and they remained in this frozen position.
The heavy rain washed over them, bringing a hint of silence amid the clamor.
After a brief but seemingly long silence, a loud thunder was heard in the sky.
The dim yellow color on Heleqin's armor faded away, and the storm surging in Aleister's body also subsided.
He transformed into a silver-armored knight once again and voluntarily gave up the beheading spear in his hand.
“…I lost.”
Heleqin's mask flipped upward, and his deep, echoing voice became clear and bright again: "The lightning will destroy me faster than the storm can tear you apart... If we were of the same level, I would die sooner than you. And once I die, the storm will stop."
Because he had no choice.
The skills he taught Aleister were only four in total - two charges and two strikes.
When it comes to striking skills, there are only Thunderfury and Stormstrike.
The former can make the weapon instantly burst out a large amount of high-temperature thunder, which is a very good burst attack and also a long-range damage that melee extraordinary people lack; while the latter can stir up a storm when attacking, thereby making the enemy unbalanced and powerless, blocking long-range attacks from a distance, and further increasing the wind speed with each attack.
In Helechin's opinion at the time, as long as Aiwass mastered these two skills, he could basically deal with most of the enemies.
After all, Aiwass, who was using the body of Heleqin at the time, did not need to master complex and varied skills such as flexible jumping, dodging, charging, and parrying like the lizardman warrior Origen - after all, he had Pegasus and did not need to worry about mobility at all.
As a result, the past Heleqin has now stumped himself.
Aleister seemed extremely resistant to lightning damage... so he could only use Storm Strike. With his vast experience, Heleqin chose the most effective combat method—piercing Aleister's body and striking from the inside, thus maximizing the effectiveness of Storm Strike.
If Aleister had retreated even a little at that time, she would have failed.
The spear was already embedded in Aleister's body. Even if she transformed into a bat, she would be swept back and ripped apart by the tornado. The best way to deal with the Moon Child's immortality was to control him. Even though Heleqin didn't know any magic, he knew how to control the Moon Child.
But Aleister chose to fight with his life in exchange for his life!
She first launched the more explosive [Thunder Fury] at herself - at that moment, Heleqin knew that he had been defeated.
The subsequent part was just that he wanted to see if Aleister could still use Thunder Fury despite the pain of the storm.
When Helechin admitted defeat, Aleister transformed into a bat again and reassembled.
The vitality in her body was becoming increasingly weak—visible purple spider webs appeared on her skin, and she was gasping for air. If she died one or two more times, she would probably die completely.
"...You have a really heavy hand, Heleqin."
Aleister complained.
For a moment, she thought she was going to die.
Because after she canceled the Thunder Spear, her affinity for lightning had actually disappeared.
If Helechin had not reacted and continued to use "Thunder Fury", Aleister would probably have been reduced to ashes.
It was precisely because Helechin had sufficient combat experience and quick reaction speed that Aleister won.
——It’s like choosing to go all-in when you’ve been dealt four cards and it seems like you could make a straight flush.
“This is my respect for you…”
Heleqin paused and added the address: "Master. I remember the bet, and I will never break my oath."
But all in all, the result is good.
No other method would convince a pure warrior who fought to the death. Even if he won, he might have simply chosen to obey out of consideration... Only through this method could Heleqin truly be convinced.
Seeing the battle over, the Night Demon, who had been waiting nearby, finally breathed a sigh of relief and transformed back into a crow. The bloody rain in the sky also dissipated, leaving only a lighter, but still torrential, downpour that quietly washed over.
Her mentality was also very complicated - on the one hand, she was happy for Aleister's victory, and on the other hand, she was jealous of having a new colleague.
Aleister rested for a while and then started the sealing ceremony on the spot.
——But it’s slightly different from the previous plan.
Originally, the attribute that Aleister assigned to the Wild Hunt King Helechin was the earth attribute.
Because back then, Heleqin looked like the former world boss, a vengeful hero roaring with rage. His armor was pitch black, as thick as the earth, as deep as the abyss. He himself was an undead spirit of the Dusk Path, endearing to the earth.
But now, Aleister has a new idea.
Heleqin is indeed a ghost—
However, his personal will was now completely awake. He had also received the Lord of Scales and Feathers's blessing, possessing the power of a warrior. His own fighting style was storm and thunder... It was like the Griffin Knights of Avalon.
Although, in terms of causality, it's fair to say that the knights of Avalon were imitating Helechin. After all, the Knights of the Round Table, led by Arthur, revered the former hero Helechin. Helechin's transformation from a wraith to a wild hunt was also related to Merlin's ritual.
Considering this point... maybe Heleqin is not suitable for the earth attribute, but is more suitable for the wind attribute!
"Your sealing, was it done with Tarot cards?"
Heleqin came over and looked at Aleister who was selecting a card: "Which one am I?"
"You'll need two, and that'll have to wait until tomorrow—I no longer have enough mana to seal you in battle."
Aleister said casually: "I want a tarot card that represents you, and then a tarot card that represents the pillar god that can suppress you."
As she spoke, she revealed the first card.
That is the upright Judgment.
The card depicts an angel blowing the trumpet of the Last Judgment, allowing the dead to be redeemed, even the souls of sinners to be redeemed. This is exactly the same situation that King Heleqin of the Wild Hunt is in now.
This card foretells resurrection, recovery, reunion, miracles of love—all good omens. It is also a celebration of Helechin's return to sanity.
"As for the Pillar God who suppresses you... I chose Wei Zhe, and the Tarot card is the upright [Pope]."
It was a card that could awaken kindness, perfect for Helechin, who had regained his composure. Meanwhile, the Pope was also an interpreter of the unknown, possessing all-seeing observations... and, corresponding to the Emperor, they represented the rulers of the material and spiritual worlds, respectively.
This exactly corresponds to the relationship between Zhigaotian and Wei Zhe!
"See you tomorrow, Helechin."
Aleister bids farewell to the King of the Wild Hunt.
She used horn powder and sapphires to infuse the two cards with magic power, and then went to Eagle Point Village to stay overnight.
At dusk the next day, Aleister used the Thunder Halberd to summon Heleqin again.
At this point, she had completed all the preparations for the ceremony.
"I call upon the Great Master, the God whose sacred number is four, the God who sees the truth, the God who remains silent—"
"Please watch over my heart and make it like a storm that never stops..."
“—I respectfully invite the Fallen Angels!”
Aleister declared without pause: "Minister of Sin, Minister of Fall!
"I know my sins—I accept the brand of wrath!"
The prayer ended on its own due to an error, but two completely different auras had already flowed into Aleister's hands!
The next moment, an eye suddenly opened in the dark clouds above her head.
A bolt of lightning struck Aleister directly!
At that moment, Aleister felt that the world around him fell into complete silence.
Countless mysteries rushed before her eyes, all the secrets of this world from the beginning to the end. Aleister's eyes widened, but those things flowed through her mind like water through her fingers.
Nine pitch-black nails emerged from the void, accompanied by bursts of lightning, and hit Aleister's head one after another!
With each nail that fell, the knowledge flowing in Aleister's heart diminished, like the surface of a rushing river dropping. When all nine nails fell, she regained consciousness.
And she immediately began to call out to Heleqin: "Lord of the Wild Hunt, Heleqin Dragonflame!"
"I call out your name now and brand you with wrath!
"My life is your life, my fate is your fate—
"—Obey me, Phantom Demon of the Dusk Path!"
As soon as she finished speaking, another bolt of thunder crashed down!
This time, scenes of Helechin's death emerged in Aleister's mind.
She finally understood the full story of Heleqin's death:
——It was a despicable conspiracy and a shameful betrayal.
"Wildfire" Utgarochi prepared a conspiracy - he transformed into a human, pretended to be a survivor and lied to the humans in the human settlement.
He claimed, "Herchin did protect the village for a short time, but he couldn't have stayed here forever. Once he left, the giants would have immediately launched their revenge - and because of this, 'his hometown' was destroyed. He is the only survivor."
He then encouraged those who were easily shaken in the gathering place to surrender, and turned back into his original form to treat them kindly. He swore in the name of the Most High that if they were willing to return to their loyalty to the giants, then as long as they stopped betraying him, the giants would not kill them, would not eat them, and would give them food.
These villagers, who were slaves not long ago, became timid and wavered. Then they surrendered and betrayed.
So Utgaroch gave them poison and asked the villagers to put it in the food of Helechin and his followers.
When Utgaroch returned, Helechin had lost his fighting power.
He fought desperately, but still could not defeat the well-prepared Utgarochi.
They were all captured alive, tortured, and publicly beheaded.
Afterwards, the giant threw the bodies of Heleqin and all his followers into a large pot and cooked them. The blood from the fresh corpses mixed with the dried corpses and stewed them into a pot of foul-smelling broth.
The resentful souls sank and floated in the cauldron—a giant cauldron created by the Supreme Heaven, preventing their souls from reincarnation or reaching the Dream World. Instead, they were all boiled into their bones. At that time, their souls were still alive and had memories.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Endless murderous intent, anger, and hatred all echoed in the pot.
Their flesh was devoured by the giants, celebrating the death of this formidable foe. Those humans who had betrayed Heleqin were each given a bowl of soup—the soup of the heroes who had tried to save them, only to be betrayed. Each bowl contained a head, the promise of "food" from Utgaroch; refusing to eat would be considered "treason again."
Some may have known about the betrayal but chose to remain silent; others disagreed from the outset. And many were completely unaware of it—those who chose to betray for the sake of the village's survival were pushed into pits and stoned to death by the angry masses. Those who betray others will ultimately be betrayed by their own people.
People tried to collect the bones and offer prayers and burials for Heleqin and his followers. However, the seal of the Supreme Heaven was not so easy to remove, and ordinary funerals were simply unable to liberate their souls.
These heroic spirits, filled with anger and hatred, roam the wilds at night, killing the humans they once protected.
——Until Merlin used the Wild Hunt transformation ritual to transform Helechin and his followers into Wild Hunt.
Even so, he remained furious. He should have been self-aware, but the wisdom he gained from the Wild Hunt pact couldn't suppress the lingering rage within him. Day after day, he lived in a daze, caught between life and death, nearly forgetting who he was, yet never forgetting the hatred within him.
Until that promotion ceremony.
He briefly became "Herchin" again, and finally remembered who he was.
Looking at himself in the photo, Aleister's perspective overlapped with Helechin's perspective in the past, and then separated.
Looking at Helechin who was looking at the photo in the cabin, Aleister raised his right hand.
A huge, horizontal black magic circle instantly appeared from the ground, wrapped around Heleqin and rose rapidly upwards.
But when it reached its highest point, a Pegasus pattern appeared in the sky.
A deep blue circular mark was imprinted around the Pegasus pattern—then the magic circle began to collapse from the outermost circle, and finally only a blue ring with a diameter of about one meter remained.
Two brand-new, enormous tarot cards were slowly printed out of thin air, one above the other, floating on the upper and lower sides of the circle. A brilliant blue electric light connected the two cards, drawing them closer together as if by some magnetic force.
[Judgment] became [Eternal Tribulation], and the angel blowing the trumpet became a triple body of overlapping light, shadow, shadow, and color, symbolizing the past life, present life, and the afterlife.
The benevolent and gentle Pope, with his hands raised high, becomes somewhat frightening. Behind him is a mirror-like halo, and above his head are nine spikes adorned with roses, poised to fall. The throne behind him is an elephant and an ox, symbolizing burdens. Beneath the enormous Pope stands a tiny goddess, holding a bow in one hand and a sword in the other. In the very center of the painting, a pentagram—with a newborn child nestled within it.
Finally, as the two cards gradually formed and became clear, they slowly moved closer to the center.
The moment the two cards were closely combined, it suddenly burst out with a brilliant flash of lightning - the illusion shattered instantly.
When Aleister opened his eyes again, he found a transparent card made of blue crystal slowly rotating in front of him. On the card, a Pegasus pattern was outlined in dim yellow.
Aleister reached out and wrote Aiwass's name.
And its properties immediately became apparent.
[Sin: Lord of the Wild Hunt (Naraka, Pope)]
[Level: 50 (Suppressed)]
[Twilight Path, Wind Attribute]
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