Blood tax

immortal!

The protection that once appeared on the Egilum Warlord appeared on Erza. There is no doubt that this is the pollution and miracle of the woven fabric of life in the virtual realm. Anyone who witnessed this scene, even perceived the vaguest outlines behind it, would definitely feel that it was a confusing and hopeless mess made up of a series of elusive emotions, memories and impressions.

The shocking ancientness makes people think that the distortions and mysteries outside the world are stretching out their tentacles towards reality. Even though he was prepared for the truth, Griffith was still horrified by the scene.

The light spear thrown by Erza was so fast that people couldn't see clearly, but what was certain was that this attack had some characteristics of blood, like a scarlet flash of light.

"boom!"

Erza, who attacks in the air, is like a goddess announcing the end. The second luminous spear followed, tearing the other Extraordinary into a shower of blood.

The suffocating sense of oppression indicates that the next round of blows may come at any time. Griffith's brain was running rapidly, thinking about all possible options——

Fight back?

No, the existence controlling Erza is seeping into reality through her. When she reappears from the mysterious stamen, the aura that distorts reality and makes the laws of nature seem grotesque and alien becomes even more real. If this flower blooms once or twice again, the alien gods will come to reality!

Asking for help?

No teammates. Aaron and a few men left the battlefield and headed for the pyramid; Commodus stood with his sword in hand, and the others were fleeing in all directions.

So run away?

Erza's sniping in her mythical form is enough to kill or severely damage most creatures that approach her. However, there is a limit to the number of targets she can attack within a certain period of time. You can use the undead to attract fire, and then use the terrain to escape the lock...

Before Griffith could make up his mind, a red snake-like thunder suddenly fell not far from him. The terrifying current even made his limbs feel paralyzed.

However, this blow was directed towards Commodus. Even Erza didn't track the next target after throwing this attack.

As the smoke cleared, Commodus stood motionless, not even evading. The lightning penetrated the nearby ground, causing bursts of thunder underground.

The thunder failed!

There is an astonishing aura behind Commodus, and in the illusory, seemingly disordered and chorus-like chanting, it is so strong that it almost condenses into a solid entity. With the blessing of this power, Commodus's cold lips twisted into a smile:

"You're not the only one planning this, little sapling."

Griffith just glanced into his eyes and fell into a spinning dizziness. Distance, time and position were confused and moved every moment. Commodus is there, but not there...

Perception is skewed!

After realizing that her attack failed, Erza focused her attention on Commodus. The lightning in her hand was also transforming, from a beam of light into a physical scarlet spear.

As soon as Griffith made a dodge move, a bone-eroding chill swept over him.

He heard a strange ticking sound, like water droplets, or like the hands of a clock being moved. An extremely clear idea came into my mind——

Reality is distorted and subverted.

Erza hadn't even thrown the spear, and the sight of a hit had already appeared on Commodus's heart.

Reverse cause and effect! The "cause" of the throw is determined by the "result" that must hit. Because the result is already determined, the avoidance of perceptual bias becomes meaningless!

Hit, throw.

When the sight of the hit is connected with the illusory red light thrown, the reality of Commodus being hit is declared complete. There was no way to avoid it, not even the ability to deflect perception given by the God of Dreams could dodge Erza's throw that subverted cause and effect.

However, when the Scarlet Throwing Spear hit Commodus, it began to dissolve! The spear stabbed in front of the heart and disappeared into ashes, but the tail behind continued to rush in under the action of inertia, and then continued to melt! It was so silent, so unremarkable that it turned into ripples on the water and disappeared.

Commodus, who had clearly been hit, was once again unscathed.

Griffith looked on in shock. Commodus' authority actually has the ability to distort reality - to erase the reality that has happened that is not good for him, and to neutralize any attack! This has gone beyond the categories of power and speed, transcended reality, and reached the realm of God!

Is it possible that two people with different extraordinary sequences possess the same type of authority?

"Follow me, knight!" Aaron called loudly on the steps leading to the top of the pyramid. "The huntress's psychic power comes from the pyramid. If we cannot destroy the core, she will only get stronger and stronger until the ancient god comes! "

Griffith immediately rushed straight to the pyramid. Erza's personality has been invaded; Commodus used divine power so wantonly, and the pollution is close at hand. When beings of this intensity wield miracles to fight with each other, even the hand of God must be avoided.

At the bottom of the pyramid, Erza looked at Griffith, who was running away faster than a rabbit, and did not stop her. She just smiled lightly at Commodus:

"We could fight like this all day,

"Your psychic powers won't last that long."

Commodus snorted: "Your body in the pyramid faces the two hands of God alone, Aaron and Griffith. Three self-righteous clowns, the chess pieces being played thought they were chess players,

“Fight, fight, just fight!

"I'll beat you until your spiritual energy is gone and your personality will be shattered. I'll beat you until the virtual realm invades and destroys the world. I just want to play with your lives together."

……

The top of the Zulhaqa Pyramid is a semi-open altar.

Here, Griffith saw more and more detailed murals. The owner here is the blood-eater Domon who looks like a flying snake, the evil god of the southern continent, a terrifying existence from outside the sky. He has a giant snake-like body and terrifying wings. Tentacles grow from the cracks in his body, sucking the blood of sacrifices.

The bloodthirsty gods gave the trolls power, making them invincible. But He demands more and more in return. This cruel god demanded soul sacrifices, and when the number of captives was insufficient, he asked the trolls to sacrifice their own people.

The trolls recognized the despair and terror brought about by the god they so diligently worshiped, and rose up to fight against it. The most powerful tribes revolted against Domon the Bloodeater and his loyal priests. The horrific wars that took place between Domon's followers and the troll tribes left only abstract records on murals. The trolls destroyed Domon's incarnation and banished it from the material world. His fragments condensed into the flowers and leaves of the Eternal Staircase, which continue to provide the trolls with great power.

In this underground world, the core territory of the troll kingdom, the trolls built a great pyramid for the god Domon - the Temple of the Blood Eater, passing down history and power...

Aaron took a handful of people with him and walked with Griffith. Every time he advances a small section, he will carefully scout. By this time, Aaron was still very confident in himself:

"I was originally planning to lead you to attack the outer city of Zulhakar, where I would kill Yeklik and prevent Domon from coming. However, the situation has changed.

"I felt that the pollution from the Outer God was intensifying, and there was a powerful being trying to mislead my calculations. Therefore, some adjustments were made to the operation."

The only people present were Griffith, Aaron, Overseer Ekirum, Sister Sin Sadie, and Archer William. The aftermath of the earth-shattering battle outside the pyramid brought earthquake-like shaking, causing this huge building to shake from time to time.

"If you could tell us in advance that the situation would get so bad, I would feel better," Sister Xin Sadie said dissatisfied, "Now, with just a few of us, how can we defeat the ancient gods hiding here? "

"The highest mystery of the trolls, the Stairway to Eternity is at our feet. Let's go down." Aaron raised his foot and stepped on the floor and said to Griffith. "According to my research, it was during an ancient heavenly election." The divinity descended in the sacrifice of the dead.

"The Domon revered by the trolls is a flying snake that has been polluted and mutated by divinity. When its body is annihilated, the remaining characteristics lie dormant here in the form of an eternal ladder close to that of a plant. The trolls have always been extracting extraordinary things from it. Characteristics, choose kings and warriors. Their purification technology is very bad, causing many biochemical disasters in history.

"It wasn't until the trolls came into contact with the adventurers of Byellan that technology from the civilized world opened new doors of knowledge to Ye'krik and some of the priests.

“They discovered a way to extract the twisted spirit body of Domon, and tried to create an ‘ancient egg’ through sacrifice to resurrect this ancient object and control it, thereby usurping Domon’s authority.

"Seizing the Ancient Egg has become the key."

Aaron pulled out a mirror. A scene appeared in the mirror like water waves——

There was an altar in the boulder building, and the troll kneeling next to it looked familiar.

"This is Priest Kiraka. I have long regarded him as one of the key surveillance targets. He carried the ancient egg and entered the Bloodeater Temple with the help of some kind of power," Aaron told Gerry Faith said, "Pay attention, there is a will giving him orders. My one-way magic mirror can observe the situation below. Be prepared, let's rush in!"

There is no choice now... If we don't go inside the pyramid and kill the Eternal Staircase, the out-of-control Erza outside will kill everyone who wants to escape.

Griffith gripped his weapon and looked at his sunglasses with the others. First, an illusory and majestic voice came from the mirror. Then, a shadow wearing a black robe appeared.

The unfathomable aura, so sublime it was clearly a god, made Griffith tremble even through the mirror.

Is this a hermit? …

"Come here, Kilaka, and place the ancient egg on the altar," the hermit said in a calm voice.

The old troll, who had been missing for some time, appeared in the mirror. Holding a box in his hands, he fearfully came to kneel before the great Supreme Being.

"Supreme Master, your servant, has brought the Ancient Egg. Follow your great will, everything is according to your plan."

"Fine," the hermit's voice expressed satisfaction, "except someone is looking at you."

Aaron's heart palpitated. That mysterious existence actually noticed his own existence in the mirror.

"Turn off this mirror!" Griffith shouted. Everyone else present was too frightened to speak.

Aaron tries to end the mirror's projection. But no matter what he tried, the image in the mirror was still a hermit.

His face was mostly covered by black robes, with a kind and gentle smile on his lips. Along with the rhythmic tapping like footsteps, the invisible will fell down and enveloped the top of the pyramid.

The passage of time stopped in a daze, everyone's eyes widened in fear, and they were frozen in place.

Unable to move, Aaron stared at Griffith, opened his mouth, and shouted silently with only one meaning - "Griffith, use the power of your war knight to break the cage!"

Griffith had no reservations, and the power of the army broke through the confinement. At this moment, two red triangles that kept jumping suddenly flashed and were aligned with Griffith, followed by the scream of locked firing. It seemed that a dazzling stream of high-energy fire was ejected from the void.

Rorschach takes action again, targeting Griffith!

"boom!"

A bolt of lightning hit Rorschach, making a loud noise like thunder. Rubbles, vines and fire bloomed like fireworks, deflecting his attack by one point.

A large hole opened in the floor at the top of the pyramid. With a thunderous roar, the ground collapsed. Everyone fell.

The gravel fell on the breastplate and helmet, and the clanking sound was like raindrops. Griffith struggled to get up. The loud impact and shaking of the ground made his ears buzz, and dizziness and echoes rushed through his brain.

He glanced at Aaron. I saw the child of prophecy holding the wand tightly and looking ahead as if he had encountered a natural enemy.

At the end of the sight, Kiraka trembled and knelt on the ground. The hermit in black robes sat on the stone seat, looking at his masterpiece:

"Welcome back to the place of origin, Aaron.

“This is the forbidden realm of gods, the end point of the arrogant and foolish behavior of mortals who claim to be gods.

"What you have been looking for is the last piece of the puzzle guided by the clues left in the ruins, the truth about the fate of the Son of Prophecy. Now, you can know all the secrets here.

"After all, you were also born from it, the artificial ancient god."