Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 212 The supreme will is not supreme
"Legend has it that a five-fingered divine envoy came to Nimgofu with the oracle of the supreme will. He declared that the furnace of life in the form of a tree was the grace given by the supreme will, the 'original golden tree', and canonized the dragon god Heraris as the The only true god in the border area, Dragon King Platon Sanks, is the King of Elden. At the same time, he uses the endless runes contained in the furnace of life as the source of power to cast the meteor into the initial ring and give it to the two majesties."

"With the Initial Ring, the Dragon King and Dragon God can mobilize the power of the Life Furnace, in which the 'gold' color of the furnace represents the power of life, and the 'red' represents the power of death. With the blessing of the Initial Ring, the already extremely powerful The dragon clan quickly became the ruler of the world, and with the full support of the orcs and the Storm Dynasty, they built an unprecedented miracle of civilization - the sky city Fam Azra, which means 'Eternal Lighthouse'."

"Not to be outdone, the flame giants cast an equally unparalleled cauldron of fire on the top of the snow-capped mountains. The Eternal Ancestors also built an eternal capital on the Yatan Plateau that was comparable to the first two. At that time, thousands of Orc warriors, storm knights and storm eagles jointly guard the Ancient Dragon Holy City. Countless mages and sages gather in the eternal capital, fully developing technology and magic. Barbarians and giants who yearn for wildness and freedom are entrenched in the towering On the top of the snow-capped mountains, the fire burning in the cauldron is enough to light up half the continent."

"Even today's royal city is not worthy of being compared with the Eternal Capital of the past," the Queen sighed. "It was an era of constant strife, but it was also a prosperous era when a hundred flowers bloomed and all races contended."

Lucia suddenly opened her eyes wide and said in disbelief: "Your Majesty just said that the five-fingered envoy?"

The queen took a deep look at him, nodded and said, "Yes, today's two-fingered divine envoys, and even the supreme will behind the divine envoys, are only part of what they were back then."

"The living beings of the Star and Moon Era once regarded Him as the supreme being among all gods. Even several other gods had to bow humbly before Him. It was not until after that taboo battle that we finally realized that the Supreme Will does not If it is not 'supreme', it will never be supreme."

"2000 years ago, the Eternal City was the intersection of foreign civilization and local civilization, and its development was changing rapidly - Black King, White King, Night Witch, Crystal Man, Rare Man, Origin Magician, Dragon Tribe, Ude Man, The Horned People, the Storm People, and even countless hybrids and demi-humans, the wisest sages and the most powerful warriors from all the races you can think of gather in this holy land in the center of the continent, every day A large number of unprecedented prayers, magic, combat skills and industrial technologies will be born here."

"You should understand that Rodel's prosperity today is completely based on the explosive development after the integration of civilizations. However, even I can only achieve a limited integration of those civilizations recognized by the Supreme Will under the Golden Order. , This is completely different from the grand occasion of the Eternal Capital back then.”

"In just a few hundred years, with the rapid development of the Eternal City and the Sky City from the north to the south, the entire border area quickly transcended the barbaric era of living with hair and blood, and once advanced to a height that is difficult for us to reach today."

"Mathematics and precision mechanics, which are regarded as the crown jewels of Rodel scholars today, were just children's enlightenment books when the Eternal City was at its peak. The pyroxene magic, which was regarded as the standard by countless mages of Rhea Lucaria Academy, was in those days Even street performers disdain to use juggling tricks. For the magic world of that era, only by mastering intermediate-level origin magic can one initially enter the realm of the mage."

"Magic dolls, magic machines, and war golems. These technologies are widely used in Rodel's people's livelihood and military fields. More than [-]% of them are the legacy of our predecessors excavated from monuments and ruins by later generations. They are the glory of that era. Even if it spans thousands of years, it is enough to illuminate the way forward for future generations, but it is the too bright light of mortals that arouses the fear of the gods."

Lucia tried her best to calm down the turmoil in her heart, and asked in the calmest tone possible: "So, this is the source of the forbidden war?" "Yes." Queen Malika said softly.

"Five Fingers has been watching the junction. The development of the world seems to be prosperous, but it makes him deeply dissatisfied - the conflicts among multiple civilizations under the interference of many external gods are constant, which is contrary to the absolute order he pursues. His authority is limited to It is within the jurisdiction of the Dragon Clan, but the Storm Dynasty and most of the ancient dragons only believe in and pay allegiance to the Dragon God himself, not the Supreme Will."

"The initial ring's blessing to the Ancient Dragon Dynasty was originally a transaction in which each took what he needed, but the potential of mortals was far beyond the control of the five fingers. The planned transaction did not bring the harvest he wanted, but instead became nothing. It is a unilateral 'payment' of the Supreme Will. Whether it is the dragon clan with a long lifespan or the people of the storm who always follow ancient rituals and burn their bodies with spiritual fire, the runes that can be fed back to the Supreme Will are very small."

"So Five Fingers couldn't sit still. He asked the Dragon God and the Dragon King several times to launch a unified war and annex other faiths in the border area. At least the death god faith that wasted Rune must be eliminated first. However, the two majesties believed that all living beings have the right to choose the way of death. Refusing Him again and again on the grounds of rights.”

"This undercurrent of prosperity lasted until the end of the Star-Moon Era. Just when everyone thought that such a beautiful era would last forever, an epoch-making breakthrough in the field of magic came without warning. It shattered this peace and became a turning point in the history of the entire junction."

"You may have never heard of this name," the Queen said with a smile, "Eternal Darkness - the master of the laws of darkness and chaos, a fusion of the wisdom of all races in the Eternal City, with the ability of mortals to surpass the power of gods. miracle."

"People at that time had not yet fully mastered the skills of using this magic. Every time it was released, the magic power of at least ten origin magicians would be drained. However, its effect was too powerful. The moment the dark force field opened, all areas were destroyed. The magic and prayers within will be swallowed up and transformed into power that can be driven by the caster. It is like the opposite of the golden meteor dropped by the supreme will. Even the divine magic of the gods cannot escape the swallowing of darkness."

"Everyone in the world thinks that I was born during the War of the Gods hundreds of years ago. In fact, I was born at the end of the Star-Moon Era, and witnessed the last afterglow of that unprecedented prosperity," the queen said with a painful look, "I still remember eternity. On the streets of the capital, people rushed to tell each other, cheering and celebrating the breakthrough in the magic field, but they did not realize that the footsteps of destruction were approaching."

"The Supreme Will was furious over this. The Five Fingers visited the Sky Temple the day after the Eternal Darkness was completed, conveying the Supreme Will's oracle requesting the destruction of the Eternal City, but was once again rejected by His Majesty Herares. Finally, the Supreme Will directly summoned the evil god symbolizing destruction from the depths of the starry sky."

"In later generations, we will call it - 'The Abandoned Son of Darkness' Esti."

(End of this chapter)