Riding and Slashing

Chapter 360 Find a Cannon Fodder
The main building of White Hart Castle.

In a small room on the top floor.

This room was the warehouse where Li Ang used to assemble grenades, but now it has become a temporary prison.

In the temporary cell, two large rice dumplings were being held.

The whole body of the two prophets was tightly wrapped, leaving only two heads outside, and even their mouths were covered with ropes and cloth heads.

"Two prophets, let me tell you some bad news first—your older sister, Ms. Anna, has been sealed into the gate of the abyss, and no one can save you..."

Li Ang didn't want to talk nonsense with the two prophets, so he mentioned Anna straight to the point, and then pulled the rope off their mouths.

"Spit! Li Ang, don't try to fool us! Without the Forbidden Tower, no one in the entire continent can seal Anna..."

Midea spit out the cloth ball in her mouth, expressing her disbelief.

Li Ang didn't speak, and pointed to Roland beside him.

Roland didn't speak, just nodded.

This paladin would definitely not lie, and the two prophets also knew Roland, so he would not lie under any circumstances.

Midea's face changed: "Who did it?...Who else has this ability?"

"The Forbidden Tower in Sarleon City originally suppressed the gloomy eye that first escaped from the abyss—the one that almost destroyed the Buckley Continent more than 300 years ago. You should know that guy. Your goddess Ereda also wanted to expel it just left the earth...but it was released by you again..."

Li Ang didn't answer, just shook his head and said to himself: "That's the powerful demon that forced the two goddesses of justice and darkness to leave the earth... It must be much stronger than the one we encountered in Lion Lake City! Shouldn't you Do you think that Anna alone can deal with it?"

Midea froze for a moment.

"This is real?"

The prophet's voice trembled a little.

"Otherwise, do you think that High King Kavala was full to build that tower back then? Now there are many Noldor elves in White Hart Castle who participated in the construction of the Tower of Forbidden Demons—in order to build that tower. Kavala himself and many Noldor nobles have contributed their blood!"

Li Ang sighed: "In the garden of the tower of the Noble House, there are flowers blooming all year round. Why do you think that is? Besides, the prophet Madigan also died there... Do you know why he died under the tower? ? That place is not an execution ground! — because Madigan is a Noldor! His blood can ban demons like Wendy!"

This is not Li Ang's speculation, these are all facts. Li Ang has already asked many Noldor elves in White Hart Castle, including the elf king Felgas'an.

More than 300 years ago, the Elven King Felgas Anel took many nobles of the Fenwe family to the original city of Kavala.

Many of the designs of the high towers of the Noble House in the Pendor Kingdom were designed by Noldor—at that time, it was difficult to build such a tall stone tower with the level of human architecture.

In the era of the Pendor Kingdom, that tower was the House of Nobles;

During the reign of Sarleon, it was the king's private residence!
No one had ever been executed in such a place, no matter what the crime, but only Madigan had been publicly killed there.

Madigan died 150 years ago, when Alfred, the first generation of the lion king, was old, and Alfred destroyed a lot of historical materials before he died-the usurper must know a lot of inside information, he should be He didn't want to waste Madigan's blood with the ability to suppress magic.

Ever since he gained a strong perception ability, Li Ang has understood that Madigan must have a strong magic power and has obtained super perception.

In addition, the Noldor elves are born with well-developed hearing, and the elves with strong magic power have stronger vision and hearing than ordinary elves—just like Wendy.

This makes Madigan have to cover his eyes and wrap his ears, otherwise he will receive too many messages at the same time, and his brain will not be able to process them in time, and his mind will be confused, and he may even go crazy.

The magic power in the body of the Noldor elves is probably not inferior to that of the Sindarin elves, but they are born with forbidden magic and cannot use the magic power in a concrete way, but the magic power still exists to strengthen the body's immunity and senses, so they live long and are not easy. get sick.

The magic tower built by Kavala at the beginning used the blood of many elves and nobles, including Kavala's own blood-a blood pool was buried at the bottom of the tower, and the blood pool suppressed the original abyss demon!
Where Madigan died, flowers bloom all year round, which is also caused by those magical blood.

At the same time, this is also the reason why Elf King Felgas'an has always had a good impression of Kavala's descendants.

This elf king was Kavala's comrade in arms back then, and they fought against the Grim Eye together, which was the first Egrim that appeared on the earth.

However, after Kavala's death, many nobles in the Kingdom of Pendor began to covet the beautiful Noldor elves, which led to 300 years of continuous hostility between humans and Noldor.

"I said it a long time ago! The Forbidden Tower should not be destroyed..."

Circe next to her gritted her teeth and said, "But Anna just won't listen! This stupid woman! I have to find Ulrik's soul!"

"Goddess...we are guilty! We failed your sacrifice..."

Tears welled up in Midea's eyes.

The Ereda goddess was banished to the void in order to expel the gloomy eye, and the three prophets all knew this—they were the messengers Ereda deliberately left behind to guard the gate of the abyss.

But they destroyed the Tower of Demon Taboo and re-released the gloomy eye, which is tantamount to reimbursing all the efforts of Eredar...

No matter how evil the three prophets are, they are loyal followers of Eredar after all, and they still have feelings for Eredar.

It's just that there must be a big problem in their understanding of the dark goddess' teachings.

For a long time, the Goddess of Darkness has been misunderstood by people as a heretic, hunted down, and hostile... The Three Prophets have held grievances for a long time but could not justify them.

From being misunderstood to being broken, the psychological imbalance, coupled with the ambition and desire that have been gradually bred without restraint for a long time, made them gradually go to extremes.

It was only in recent years that the three prophets had the idea of ​​"becoming gods themselves", so they didn't kill people at Barkley at will 30 years ago, they just wanted to protect the dark goddess.

Banished to Pendor, they became cunning and cruel.

They are angels, and they are misunderstood as heretics, and they don't care much about the lives of ordinary people-in their concept, the body and skin are just tools.

In the eyes of 'God', people's beliefs, lives, and everything they own are just consumables.

However, for humans, they are cruel demons and evil spirits who ignore life.

But in any case, the three prophets still respect the dark goddess Eredar.

The goddesses lost their freedom in order to expel the gloomy eyes, but they released the gloomy eyes again...

Now, they are really starting to panic.

Especially Midia, she even started to cry silently without saying a word, looking very remorseful.

"Anna destroyed the Forbidden Tower to find Ulrik's soul? Why?"

Seeing that Midea was a little closed, Li Ang turned to ask Circe.

"Why else... She fell in love with Ulrik! Ulrik never complained to her until he was killed by her, instead he kept defending her..."

Circe was quick to answer.

"Wait... how did Anna escape from Sarleon City? You shouldn't be able to bring the corpse back to life, right?"

Li Ang remembered how Anna escaped.

"I don't know... Anna doesn't want to tell us."

Circe shook her head: "But Anna said that Ulrik's spirit body was sealed in the Forbidden Tower, so she insisted on destroying the Forbidden Tower... Midia also felt that destroying the Forbidden Tower would have Chance can occupy Amy's body and directly control the entire Sarleon Kingdom, so Midia also supports Anna's idea...these two idiots!"

Of course Li Ang knew why Ulrik's spirit body disappeared—at the moment of dying, Ulrik was summoned by Althea to the island of the Creator God...

But he really didn't expect that Anna's destruction of the Forbidden Tower was out of love?
"It's really touching love... In order to find a lover, I would rather destroy the whole continent..."

Wendy said something with some feeling.

"Why do I feel... Anna may have been cheated..."

Li Ang suddenly understood what was going on - it was Kavala who lied to Anna!
Because only Kavala can help Anna escape from Sarleon City—only he can drive the corpse, otherwise Anna would not be able to stay on Ulrik's corpse at all.

Kavala may have learned from Ulrik that the two couples had true feelings, so he deliberately told Anna that Ulrik's spirit body was sealed under the Tower of Forbidden Demons—for Anna, this Much like the truth.

Kavala lured Anna to destroy the Forbidden Tower.

It was built by Kavala himself, he knew that the gloomy eye was inside...

In other words, Kavala released the gloomy eye on purpose!

Was he deliberately trying to put Pendor Continent in a state of panic about the demons of the abyss?
It's also possible...

When is faith most likely to appear?

A time of misery and panic, of course!
In the face of a crisis, people will pray devoutly—to the goddess of order, and to the hero Kavala who once suppressed the demons of the abyss...

But how can he guarantee that he will be able to deal with the abyssal demon?

This gloomy eye is a terrible demon that caused the two goddesses to be exiled and failed to kill, and Kavala now does not have the body of more than 300 years ago, and has lost the ability to prohibit magic...

Even if he becomes a god, he may not be sure, right?

Moreover, Kavala is not an abyss demon, he is an aborigine of this world, and he obtained the power of faith through idol worship in an orthodox way. If he becomes a god, he will definitely be restricted by the rules of the creator god— —When he gets the power of faith, he should no longer be able to use his physical body to fight in person, otherwise he will be exiled...

Hiss... wait!
He also has another identity... the first high priest of the Snake Cult!

What if he could use the name of the serpent 'Az Dahaka' to transfer the beliefs of the Snake Cultists to himself?

This is very possible, otherwise, what would he do with a snake cult?
Azi Dahaka is not a god, this is just a magical creation made by the Sindari elves, and it is definitely not restricted by the rules of the creator god.

Besides, there is Martis... This is the Sindarin elf, who was born before the gods appeared!And it would be magical...

If Kavala can use Azdahaka's spell, or use Maltis' body, then he can really avoid the rules of the Creation God!

No wonder he tried his best to create the Snake Worship Cult instead of directly creating the 'Kavala Cult'. The Supreme King must have considered various possibilities...

Li Ang tried to substitute himself, simulating Kavala's life...

Demons are rampant in the Pendor continent, and a hero appears. Under the care of the Goddess of Order, he conquers the North and South to unify the continent, becomes the Supreme King, and makes the Goddess of Order the official belief of the Pendor Kingdom.

Kavala then proceeded to destroy the codes of the various gods, at Eunomia's request.

At that time, Kavala was the hero chosen by the goddess and the invincible king in people's hearts, but he was still just a pawn in the hands of the gods.

When he was old, this chess piece was not satisfied with such a life—he didn't want to die, and he wanted to be a chess player!
So he began to build his own statues and temples to gain the people's faith.

But it is estimated that he soon received a warning from the Goddess of Order—after all, he was a close comrade-in-arms for decades. The Goddess of Order probably told him a lot about God's restrictions first, hoping to dispel his thoughts. After all, the Goddess of Order does not want this world God appeared again.

So Kavala bypassed the mainland of Buckley and found Gwendarion Island, the hometown of the Sindari elves. From there, he found the Sindari elf Maltis, an elf body that can use magic and has a long lifespan.

At the same time, he also found a magical creation, the serpent 'Azidhaka'.

Eunomia will definitely become an obstacle for Kavala, so he lures the big snake out to hunt him down, forcing Eunomia to violate the rules of the Creator God, and drags Aziz Dahaka into the void.

This process must be more difficult and dangerous. It is estimated that Kavala's physical body died when he was attracting monsters.

However, the goddess of order is not so easy to fool. After Kavala's death, the soul lingers, and Eunomia must have discovered the problem, so before the goddess of order was exiled, she sealed Kavala's soul in the temple...

But Kavala was not expelled from this world after all, the statues he built on the Pendor Continent made him have eyes and mouths everywhere, and he could still control many people remotely.

Then Kavala probably remotely controlled the expeditionary army to establish the Snake Cult, and also defeated the Third Army of the Bacchus Empire, and established the Dread Legion with Martis as the leader.

Moreover, Kavala personally served as the first high priest of the Snake Cult—since Kavala could speak through his statue, Li Ang felt that maybe the first high priest was actually a statue, so he kept wearing a mask...

Compared with other beliefs, Snake Cult is quite special.Because snake believers often don't really worship snake gods - this is a pure brainwashing religion, and it still uses snake heart stones and drugs, preaches fear, despair and suffering, and pursues "afterlife" and "god" country'.

Even the former priestess Alyssa only devoutly believed in the "future of the afterlife" and rarely mentioned Azdahaka.

Kavala must have shifted the logic of belief in this way-he no longer used God himself as an idol like other gods, but used an illusory belief to make Snake Worshipers voluntarily give everything to the organization.

Faith must flow to doctrine, and whoever represents doctrine can reap faith—just like justice, order, harvest, etc., these gods use themselves to represent doctrine, which is traditional idol worship.

But in the Snake Cult, it is not the snake god itself, but the rules of the Snake Worship Cult, or the high priest—in the rules of the Snake Worship Cult, the high priest is The role assigned to 'Blessings of the Next Life', and the High Priest has the right to interpret the teachings...

Snake worship is not idol worship, but functional worship driven by faith.This is also the typical logic of a religious country - the 'messenger of God' is more authoritative than the god himself.God is just a totem, only fools believe in God directly, and most people believe in leaders.

This is probably the way Kavana transferred the power of faith to him. The god who was introduced was the serpent Aziz Dahaka, but the actual controller and the one who gained the faith were the high priest.

In other words, he will never become a god, and he will not be restricted by gods, but the benefits are not less...

It's just that the accumulation of faith takes time, but Kavala should not be able to keep a statue alive for a long time. Something happened in the middle, so the high priest of the Snake Worship Cult 'died' very suddenly, leaving no heirs.

Later, since there was no statue of Kavala in the Amara Continent, it was difficult for Kavala to directly control the Snake Cult, and this religious country gradually lost its original vitality.

Coupled with the fact that the life span of those priestesses was too short, the four-year transition they made must not be enough for the high priest to gain any power of faith-there is no TV these days, and the believers change people before they know them well. up...

But even so, the Snake Cult still occupied almost the entire Bacchus continent, and it was not until the last few years that the Ashborn counterattacked.

In other words, Kavala is a double-faced false god, one is the invincible former king, the other is the high priest of the Snake Cult... neither of them is a god, but the power of faith he gets should not be better than that of ordinary gods. few.

So Kavala doesn't care about releasing the gloomy eyes at all...

Anyway, the gloomy eye has nothing to do with him. With the power of a god, of course he can adapt to all changes in Sarleon City without change. By the way, it can also make people miss the former king...

No wonder he has been quiet. If he is left alone, who knows how many undead and fallen people will appear in a few days?
It must be restricted, otherwise Kavala must accumulate troops faster than himself...

But Li Ang couldn't storm the Lion City. Even if Kavala didn't use any magical skills, he would still be the invincible Supreme King. When it comes to fighting, no one is as experienced as this old guy.

Need to find some cannon fodder first...and get other countries to move too...

"Two prophets, do you want to rescue Anna?"

Li Ang asked suddenly.

"what are you going to do?"

Midea is still autistic, and it's still Circe who is asking the question.

"I intend to ask you to provide some help to Anna so that the three of you sisters can reunite."

Li Ang seemed to be very kind to reunite the three sisters.

"Do you still trust us?"

Circe looked in disbelief.

"Of course I don't believe you, but I believe Wendy and Roland... If you want to rescue Anna, you must first kill the guy who sealed Anna—that false king in Sarleon City. Besides, Anna didn't want to Are you looking for Ulrik? Ulrik is also in his hands."

Li Ang looked at Circe: "Plus you have the responsibility to get rid of the gloomy eye that ran out of the forbidden tower... So, I hope you let Cliff Bay declare allegiance to Sarleon City and bring all the troops with you Go 'Defend Sarleon' - don't you tell me you can't control Cliff Cove..."

(End of this chapter)