For a moment, Loren suddenly recalled the scene when he first stepped into the cellar and met Asriel
At that time, I faced "magic", "void" and "evil god" for the first time, and faced a power that I had only heard but never seen;
On that day, Asriel wore his true identity and told himself "you are different";
On that day, in order to survive and revenge, he accepted Asriel's mutually beneficial "friendship";
That day... When I crossed the world, I really stepped into the door of the world; Leave a mark and become an inseparable part of it.
"Boom --!!"
The roar of thunder echoed in his ears, but Loren's thoughts seemed to become clearer than just now; The dark pupil twinkles with different light, feeling the incomparable tyrannical power.
His eyes can even accurately distinguish who these "forces" belong to and why they have become what they are now.
Desperate to save the patients, but in the end, they can only watch the spread of the plague and even die of illness;
He saved people by killing people and was regarded as a "tyrant" of executioners and bloodthirsty demons;
A "unbeliever" who penetrates the truth at a glance and is scolded to death by people who are unwilling to face up to the reality;
Believe that human nature is evil, see through desire and hate the world
They all tried to save something, but they all failed in the end; From the wanton spread of the void around him, Loren can deeply feel the despair.
Except for complete despair, they had nothing left.
The puppet used by them in despair... Lauren slowly raised his head, glanced at the eagle king in front of him, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
The other party's mood and void reaction at the moment, to be exact... A little like himself and a little like Lucian; The same anxiety, but desperately restrain, keep calm, the same hope and even desire for the miracle of victory.
Even if there is only a little hope, hold it tightly and strive for the bright future that hope shows.
He wants to win, he wants to end all this, and he can pay any price for it;
Unfortunately... Me too.
Perhaps this is the greatest misfortune in the world.
Loren couldn't help sighing.
"Boom --!!"
The deafening thunder blew again, and the black fog boiling and rolling up in the state of mind rose into the dome with the fighting, screaming, crying and cursing hurricanes, converging towards the spiral storm center.
Almost at the same time, the eagle king waving a long knife began to hold his head up unnaturally, gradually occupied the black line of the whole body, and increased at a rate visible to the naked eye; The black line from the marks of the four evil gods completely dyed his eyes black.
The body twitched slightly and trembled as if it had been completely controlled by these forces - even the long knife in your hand was integrated by the thick black line and palm.
Loren's face changed slightly - this guy... The speed at which his spiritual palace was eroded by the force of emptiness has reached the level visible to the naked eye.
I'm afraid that in five minutes, his state of mind and spiritual palace will be completely occupied, distorted, ravaged and destroyed by the force of emptiness... Finally, even his body will be controlled and become a monster like "evil god's body".
"If you get strength, you must pay the price." the eagle king with a light smile, his eyes full of desperate Madness:
"But in order to kill you, I am willing to pay this price - this is the final decision between you and me. Die, Loren Turin --"
With a determined roar, Azor cut down with a long knife.
Purple thunder fell in the roaring storm.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The thunder echoed over the blood skeleton valley.
Surrounded by terrified soldiers, Glenville, Earl of storm castle, looked down at the valley with a completely dull expression.
"This... I'm not dreaming, am I? What the hell..."
Dalton Kander, who was silent on one side, was as calm as ever, but his expression was slightly stiff; Only the little wizard's face showed a little joy.
"What the hell is going on!"
At the bottom of the blood skeleton Valley roaring with the wind, lanmalos, lying on the horse's back, shouted at Lucian opposite:
"Aren't you the Duke's demon hunter captain? You should be familiar with this kind of thing, right?!"
"I said don't ask, I don't know anything!" the grey pupil boy who clenched his teeth was also excited and trembling uncontrollably:
"I only know that whatever it is, it must have something to do with Lord Lauren!"
"Don't you know that?!" lanmalos retorted.
"I say two!" the trembling white horse peak count regrell pulled the corners of his mouth: "is the content of your quarrel the focus now
"What's the point?"
The two men asked in unison.
"Focus..."
Regrell, who twitched at the corner of his mouth, turned his head rigidly, and looked at hundreds of rotten corpses that had just been split into garbage by a falling thunder.
"The point is that no matter who put this thing out, first save ourselves and don't be killed by it!"
"Boom, boom, boom!"
At the moment when the voice fell, another purple lightning fell from the sky, turning the rotten corpse into ashes in their vision.
Even more than that - the whole valley, even the whole blood skeleton Valley, has been completely shrouded in rolling spiral dark clouds and turned into an abyss hell ravaged by storms!
One, two, a hundred, a thousand... Countless purple lightning fell from the rolling dark clouds like a storm, and "made waves" in the demon army, wantonly destroying and ravaging.
The shrill sound of ice crack echoed in the valley. Even if the pieces were blown to pieces by lightning, the rotten corpse demons still stood still.
Only the sharp howling like ice crack, which showed deep fear, sounded in the gray pupil boy's ear again and again, and then was soon covered up by the deafening thunder.
Call————
Another bolt of lightning fell, and with the cold wind making waves, a fire was lit in the valley; The raging fire soon started with the wind, and then it began to get out of control and spread throughout the valley.
The grey pupil boy who widened his eyes was surprised to find that the flames only spread among the rotten corpse demons; Where there are no demons, the flames will soon be blown out and melted by ice and snow.
The demons in the whole valley fell into a sea of fire.
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"How could it be... Like this..."
In a gloomy state of mind, the lost eagle king murmured in a low voice.
"Clang!"
As soon as the palm was loosened, the long knife fell to the ground.
The silent black haired wizard slowly got up and waved away the thin fog around him.
"Why, tell me exactly why..." the eagle king who stared at Loren raised his head hard, and his body swallowed by the black line trembled:
"Why... You are a mere stranger, who has only come to this world for a few years..."
"How many times have you experienced life and death, how many painful struggles, what difficult choices you have made, how many close relatives and friends you have sacrificed, and how much you have paid again and again..."
"And I... the eagle king of the Azores... I struggled hard, fought against the void almost all my life, paid all the price I could pay for the survival of the elves, and even gambled with my own soul and body..."
"Why... Are you the one who won the future... And those imperial people who grovel before the Holy Cross?!"
"Why! I will be the abandoned one of you and me!"
"Why! The Azores who inherited more heritage from the ancient dragon kingdom will be the abandoned one!"
"It's not fair! It's not fair!"
The eagle king, panting desperately and restraining his trembling body, roared with grief and anger.
The dark haired wizard looked at him with a complicated expression.
When the purple lightning fell, it was not himself who blocked the thunder, but the black fog in his mind... At the critical moment, he stopped the last blow of the eagle king for himself.
Although Loren was ready to dodge at that moment, it showed one thing - the four evil gods who supported the eagle king chose to abandon him at the last minute.
Loren had no evidence, but he had a faint feeling that it might have something to do with some blonde boy.
"Ah, ah, ah --!!!"
At the moment when the atmosphere fell into silence, the trembling eagle king suddenly began to howl hysterically.
Huh?!
The suddenly awakened black haired wizard looked up. The twitching eagle king had knelt on the ground, his face twisted and turned the howl into a scream, as if he was tearing his flesh and viscera.
Wait, flesh and viscera
Loren was vaguely aware of something, and his suddenly constricted pupils focused on the eagle king's stiff and twisted face; I saw those fine "black lines" shrinking constantly; And every time they shrink once, they will leave a blood mark on the eagle king's body.
Cheeks, jaw, tip of nose, neck
Auricles, lips, mouth, nostrils, eyes
"Ah, ah, ah --!!!"
Hoarse and full of broken voices, it seems too pale to describe it with "scream" - in less than a minute, the eagle king in front has completely become a "blood man"!
The body trembled violently, and the wailing sound became more and more hoarse and shrill; In the end, the rest can't distinguish the tone and voice, as if it was just the resonance of the chest.
Those "black lines" are still mercilessly twitching, depriving him of the power of emptiness that does not belong to him, and converging into the four evil god marks on his chest, neck and arm.
"Zi..."
The four marks seemed to dissipate from the eagle king like a hot iron, leaving only the ugly scar and the skin crumpled into a mass of rotten meat.
The power belonging to the evil god completely dissipated from the eagle king's body without a trace and was completely deprived.
The bloody eagle king finally stopped trembling and just knelt there motionless.
The dark haired wizard, who seemed to suddenly think of something, picked up the "dawn" sword thrown away by himself from one side, stood in front of him with the sword and waited quietly without saying a word.
Five minutes later, the eagle king finally opened his eyes slowly.
"I lost..."
Deep sigh, I can't feel a trace of resentment, but a kind of relaxed relief.
He slowly raised his head. His calm eyes were like a clear spring. There was no reluctance and tyranny. He just looked at it calmly and defeated his opponent.
"Congratulations, Lord Loren Turin. Although I don't know how you made the four evil gods abandon me, and how you opened the second valve and had the power to surpass me, but..."
"To win is to win; in this duel, you are the final winner; the power of future and choice belongs to you."
"I, the Lord of Azores... Admit defeat in gambling!"
With a long sigh of relief, the eagle king knelt down.
The black haired wizard took a deep breath and met the eagle king's eyes: "you know... What I want is not just that you admit defeat."
"What you want is to take me as a prisoner and force the army of Azores to surrender to you... Right?" the eagle king said quietly with a smile: "I'm sorry, I can't do this - the incompetent eagle king lost my throne at the moment of my failure and is no longer their commander-in-chief."
"Even if you hang me on the wall, only the warriors' bows and arrows and long knives will answer you; you can't force the elves to bend their knees by 'persuading them to surrender', let alone your Lord and the emperor of the Empire."
"He won't be willing to kill the last elf... Right?"
Loren was silent.
Nevertheless, he did not think there was anything wrong - you started the war, you took the lead in killing, and you wantonly invaded.
In that case, why can't the Empire "repay" you invaders by equal harm, even one life for one life?
"So I'm sorry, for this hard won victory, all you can get is my head." the eagle king smiled: "of course, the price is also very heavy."
"The four evil gods told me that although the black cross serliol was exiled, it was far from the degree of strength damage - you opened the second valve and liberated your vision; such a huge void force was suddenly born, which was enough to open the way for him to enter the world!"
"You defeated a strong enemy, but you have to face a stronger one... Is it worth it?"
Is it worth it... If he asked before, Loren might be speechless, but now
"Worth it."
Looking at his "smiling" expression, the black haired wizard said coldly: "for me, whether you or the" black cross "serliol, if any of you win, you will completely erase my existence from the world;"
"For me, you are no different. You are all the enemies of my 'existence'."
"So... What's not worth it?"