Hate me, Miss Witch

Chapter 71: One shot through the clouds! (Six thousand chapters, first order requested)

Xia Ya stood up slowly and looked down at the dense crowd around him.

In those red-gold pupils, the stern imperial power appeared.

It was obvious that Xia Ya's figure in the windbreaker was very thin at this moment, but in the eyes of the cultists, he seemed to be sitting on the high throne, followed by thousands of troops.

Circles and circles of light golden ripples spread out under his feet.

Intangible and qualityless, pure red gold appears at the boundary, quietly spreading out in all directions with the base point where Char is standing as the center.

Be it elemental fluctuations, energy, or slashes...

All attack skills, while touching the red-gold field, quietly dissipated without causing any waves.

The eyes of the leader of the Dusk Cult leader reflected an incredible light.

He raised his head suddenly and moved the corners of his mouth slightly, just about to say something to Xia Ya.

But the next moment.

boom--

The figure of the leader of the cult suddenly collapsed and he lay prone on the ground.

The leader's withered hands were pressing convulsively on the ground, and all the joints in his body were trembling and making clicking sounds.

It's not that the owner of the golden eyes is so majestic that he can make him prostrate himself in worship just by his aura.

As the leader, his belief in Dusk is much firmer than that of ordinary cultists, and he is not easily shaken.

But he had to crawl.

The hard ground beneath him made a cracking sound and was cracking.

It was as if some huge power was exerted on the leader's body, forcing him to worship.

If he did not kneel down, the spine of the cult leader would be directly crushed.

And his condition is already the best among everyone around him.

Many of the less powerful followers had been squeezed to the ground and lost consciousness.

Blood mist exploded from their bodies. Under the unimaginable gravity that was dozens of times greater than normal, the bones supporting the human trunk were broken, and the capillaries throughout the body were also shattered and deformed.

Whether it is a beast master or a summoned pet, there are no exceptions in the red-gold royal domain.

Are they domain skills...?

However, in order to maintain such a large area and suppress so many high-level beings at the same time, he must consume a lot of mental power.

It may even be that opening this area has consumed all his energy, making it difficult to launch a strong attack.

And we have a large number of people. Even if he takes this opportunity to kill some, as long as it is delayed until the collapse of this field, then there will be an opportunity to counterattack.

For the Lord’s resurrection, any sacrifice is worth it.

Such a thought just flashed through the mind of the cult leader.

next moment.

In the ears of the cult leader, a language that was as sonorous and powerful as metal, yet seemed to come from ancient times.

The meaning of that word is——

"die".

One ten thousandth of an instant later.

The order was given to all life forms covered by the royal domain, except Char himself and Sylvia in his arms.

thump--

thump--

The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground sounded one after another.

A deathly silence returned to the entire neighborhood, save for the creaking sound of flames scorching the houses.

Xia Ya's red-gold eyes slowly faded away, returning to the original indifferent darkness.

He didn't say much and walked forward in silence.

Char's figure passed through one dead body after another, and then stopped in front of the leading cult leader.

He squatted down and rummaged around the other party's body for a while.

Then, he took out a faint yellow crystal.

"Is this the thing that makes those ownerless beasts in the wild lose their wisdom and rationality, and turn into bloodthirsty and violent beasts of disaster?"

Xia looked at the hexagonal crystal.

Under the reflection of the firelight of the surrounding towns, this crystal reflected a dim yellow luster, looking strange and mysterious.

You can tell it's worth just by looking at it.

"If you sell it to the Holy See of Dawn or the Shadow Council, the guaranteed price will probably start at thirty or forty thousand Rhine gold coins."

Xia Ya chuckled slightly and exerted some force on her fingers.

Click.

The dim yellow crystal made a crisp sound, and cracks appeared on it.

Then, it completely shattered.

And accompanied by the fragmentation of this dim crystal.

Among the ruins of the distant town, the steps of those huge beasts suddenly stopped.

The halo of dusk that originally shrouded their eyes disappeared, and they returned to their original clarity, with a little bit of helplessness.

But at this moment, Xia Ya, after conveniently smashing the source of the rampaging beasts, no longer paid attention to everything in the city.

At this moment, he has more important things to do.

Xia's pace didn't seem to be fast, but the scenery around him was changing rapidly.

Soon, the surrounding low bungalows disappeared.

Instead, there was a huge, silent, dark and deep mansion.

The Grand Duke's residence occupies the most central position in the Cangting Royal Capital. It exists independently and is surrounded by a small river. It is not connected to the external residential areas.

So at this moment, the prairie fire in the outer city has not yet invaded the interior of the Grand Duke's residence.

And those huge dusk disaster beasts seemed to have sensed some kind of crisis, or received some kind of instructions, and consciously avoided this place.

Because of this, this silent mansion and the ruins of the city burning with fire outside presented two completely opposite scenes.

Although there is only a gap between the two rivers, it seems to be separated into two worlds.

……

Char's footsteps echoed in the empty and silent Grand Duke's mansion.

On weekdays, even at night, the mansion is a brightly lit scene.

The family of a majestic grand duke would naturally not be short of money for energy storage crystals used in magic lamps.

But at this moment, the interior of the Grand Duke's residence was dark and silent.

It was as if there was some kind of dark and deep abyss lurking within it.

Xia's steps stopped in a deep room.

Through the heavy door, Xia Ya smelled a faint smell of blood.

Xia Ya stretched out his hand and knocked softly three times on the heavy iron door. After a slight pause, he knocked twice again.

"Come in."

Norton's voice came from the door.

Char pushed the door open and entered.

Without the cover of the metal door, the originally faint smell of blood became rich and pungent in an instant.

Norton's old figure appeared in the shadows, but he was no longer as stooped as he usually showed to family members.

The thing called ambition was nourishing his whole body, making Norton's body that had been eroded by time become straight, and little by little he returned to his youthful appearance.

He was playing with a bloody dagger up and down in his hand.

In the shadow behind Norton, a dark shadow was staring at Xia who pushed in the door with eyes full of murderous intent.

It wasn't until Norton waved his hand that the eyes full of murderous intent disappeared, and the energy locked on Char's body also dissipated.

This old Biden is not simple!

Did he eliminate the elders within the family who were opposed to his ambitions, as well as the strong men among the Twilight Cultists who specially sneaked into the Grand Duke's mansion in an attempt to unlock the underground seal?
  Xia Ya secretly cursed a few words in her heart.

A considerable number of the elders of the Brunstadt family are fourth-level beast control masters.

And the strong cultists who can be sent to sneak into the mansion should also be of the same level.

Unexpectedly, they all rushed to the street so quietly, without even making any noise.

But yes, if he didn't hide such strength as a source of confidence, how could Norton, an old man, dare to imagine such a shocking ambition.

If Norton’s plan to usurp the power of the gods really succeeds——

That's not just the human camp on the Order side, even the Lost Kingdom and the Abyss will not tolerate him.

How could a cult that regards evil gods as supreme beings allow a mortal to peek into the supreme authority and divine throne?

Norton glanced at Char, who was expressionless and completely unharmed.

Then, he lowered his eyes and looked at the girl sleeping peacefully in Xia Ya's arms, and nodded with satisfaction.

"You did better than I imagined."

"After I ascend to the supreme throne."

"Maybe you can not only be the emperor of the secular kingdom of God, but you can even go one step further -"

"Become the Vice-President of Heaven, the Right Hand of God."

Good guy——

Are you starting to open the champagne at halftime?
  But also, he had eliminated all the strong men from the Brunstadt family and the cultists, and the rest were all Norton's own people——

Now Norton's mentality is probably: "How can I lose if I have a flying dragon riding on my face?"

Xia Ya complained in her heart again, but she still didn't show any flaws on the outside.

His face trembled slightly with the pie of the "Vice King of Heaven" and "Right Hand of God", and he spoke in a voice that suppressed longing:
  "Lord Norton, I have never expected so much."

"As long as I can follow Lord Norton, I will be satisfied."

"You don't have to do this in front of me."

Norton's words were a little gentler and he patted Char on the shoulder.

"The so-called human beings are beasts driven by desire."

"It's just that in daily life, due to various external restrictions, we use meaningless rules such as morality, interests, and shame to bind ourselves to them."

"However, it is the existence of desire and ambition that promotes the progress and development of civilization."

"There is nothing wrong with chasing strength, embracing power, longing for beauty, and harboring the ambition to reach higher places."

Norton used his indifferent eyes to stare at the dagger in his hand soaked in the blood of countless people.

"Among the family elders, there are also some who are powerful, and even have talents and strategies that are not inferior to mine."

"But now they're all dead and I'm still alive."

"This is the price paid by those stupid people who are willing to trust that illusory and unreliable human nature."

He looked at Xia Ya and spoke word by word.

"Remember, my child."

"If you lose your humanity, you will lose a lot." "If you lose your bestiality, you will lose everything!"

"In order to become the Lord of the Kingdom of God and my right-hand man in the future, this is the principle you must learn."

Is this also Vader?
  Do you really think of yourself as an understanding brother? An old man from the Middle Ages actually educated me on my three views.

Xia Ya's face remained calm, and he bowed slightly: "Sir, this subordinate has learned a lesson."

"very good."

Norton nodded with satisfaction.

He had just completed such a grand and shocking project, so naturally he needed to find someone to express his pride and satisfy his desire for expression.

But Norton's smile quickly faded away again.

He pushed open the metal door in front of him and walked towards the secret passage deeper into the mansion.

And Xia Ya followed closely silently.

The two of them walked in tandem, and Norton walked leisurely in the secret passage. From time to time, he passed a gate with a mysterious warning circle.

However, every time, Norton was able to take out something that looked like a token from his arms and disarm the red warning circle.

They went all the way down and passed through one sealed door after another made of heavy bronze and fine iron, and the tokens and tokens in Norton's hand also changed to seven or eight one after another.

Norton didn't stop until according to Char's mental perception, they were already more than thirty meters deep from the surface.

What came into view was a dark and dark square.

The extremely majestic formation, dozens of meters long and wide, was outlined by pale golden divine patterns and occupied the entire surface of the square.

As soon as he entered it, Xia Ya noticed some unspeakable majesty, which was fluctuating intermittently under the mysterious sealing formation in the square.

Here is the biggest secret of the Brunstadt family.

Deep underground in the mansion, there is a statue sealed—

The living half-body of an ancient god.

"This is the place where dusk is sealed."

Norton straightened his back, his old eyes glowing with heat.

"He is such a great being, representing the supreme divine realm above the legend that has never been touched by anyone since recorded history."

"However, in the face of such an opportunity, both the legendary powerhouses and the family heads who came to help just chose to escape from the seal..."

"And all of this is just because they are worried that the loss of control caused by studying gods may affect innocent civilians around them."

"How cowardly and ridiculous!"

"If the lives of thousands of humble people can be exchanged for the coronation of a king, then it is worth it."

"In this world where the weak eat the strong, you can only climb to the top by absorbing nutrients from the people at the bottom by any means possible!"

"History is written by the winners. When you become the only winner in the world, then everyone will only regard you as a saint, no matter how many people's bones you step on along the way!"

Norton took a deep breath, and his old face returned to tranquility: "Let's get started."

"Yes."

Xia Ya nodded and walked slowly to the corner of the formation.

Then, he gently placed the girl in his arms on the formation eye outlined by the pale golden divine pattern.

Xia Ya quietly exited the scope of the sealing formation.

Norton, on the other hand, did not hesitate and stepped into the other eye of the sealing formation.

The next moment he stood still.

One after another, dim divine light emerged from his feet.

This is a seal set by a legendary beast master and several title-level beast masters.

Theoretically speaking, unless a strong man who is also a legend comes, there is absolutely no possibility of being defeated by external forces.

However, it is said that foreign thieves are easy to stop, but domestic thieves are difficult to guard against.

After spending more than ten years secretly planning the layout, Norton, as the acting head of the family, has already mastered every pass and every detail of this sealing formation.

So at this moment, after finding Sylvia's only key, Dusk broke the seal.

It is not as imagined by the cultists that an absolutely powerful external force can be used to forcefully break through the seal and allow the majesty of dusk to return to the world.

Under the steps carefully designed by Norton, the dusty divine power only seeped out at an extremely slow rate——

Then, after purification, it flowed into Norton's body bit by bit.

A dim halo of light rose up little by little around Norton, but his eyes remained clear.

Under Norton's control, these twilight powers did not brutally turn them into lunatics who only knew how to praise dusk like brainwashing cultists and beasts, but instead gently transformed his body.

And the energy around him was also rising steadily with constant ups and downs.

A look of ecstasy appeared on Norton's old face.

The calculation he had planned for more than ten years was not wrong.

He truly embarked on a path to godhood.

Although what was sealed underground was not the complete god, but only the half body of the ancient god of dusk.

And because it has been sealed for a long time, that magnificent divine power has also lost a lot over time, and is less than one-tenth of what it was when the god descended.

Even if he absorbs all the divine power sealed underground in the Cangting King's capital, Norton can only reach the level of a legend.

However, it is different from ordinary legends.

This is indeed the real, incomplete authority of God.

As time goes by, we can only rely on a long period of time to gather the power of faith and fill the vacancy of incomplete authority——

Then he can transcend the legend and truly touch the divine realm.

……

Familiar power fluctuations slowly awakened Sylvia from her deep sleep.

She opened her eyes from the cold ground and glanced around.

The crazy surging around her was the twilight power that she was extremely familiar with - and the ecstatic Norton, who was closing his eyes tightly and accepting the transformation of the twilight power.

Sylvia understood everything instantly.

Elder Norton…

Is he the culprit who caused this betrayal to happen to him?

Frankly speaking, Sylvia's impression of Elder Norton was pretty good in the past.

Because Norton is one of the very few family elders who will not show hatred when facing her, and will even ask her about her current situation with concern.

But now it seems——

It's all fake.

That's just a chess player's pretentious attitude towards his own chess pieces.

The life named "Sylvia" is like a drama that has been arranged by others.

All her joy, sadness, light in despair, longing and hope... are actually all lies carefully designed by others.

The girl who longed for light ran clumsily in the darkness, waving her arms in an attempt to catch the meager ray of light.

But the people who planned this drama just stood behind the scenes, watching the clumsy performances of the actors on the stage and pointing.

Sylvia lay quietly on the cold ground, feeling the power of the bronze cross in her body, and her own life force was passing away bit by bit.

Wait until Norton usurps all the authority of Twilight.

In other words, it’s probably his own death day.

Yes, in their eyes, they are just the key.

And the key that has lost its use value naturally has the only possibility of being broken in the keyhole.

Sylvia turned her head slightly and looked at the black-haired boy standing silently with her empty eyes.

Brother Xia Ya.

Sylvia spoke silently to herself in her heart.

Although she had already suffered such a betrayal, facing Xia at this moment, what flashed through Silvia's mind was still that familiar title.

There's no reason, maybe just because I'm used to it.

Somehow, in the last moments of his life.

Facing Xia Ya, Sylvia didn't have much resentment and hatred in her heart.

Compared with those tribesmen who have regarded themselves as tigers and wolves from the beginning, and even chatting with themselves for a few words are considered dirty.

Brother Xia Ya, at least he is willing to come to her side and accompany her for a while while acting.

It also allowed Sylvia to experience the scenery of the bright world before she died.

Although it was only a moment of light, she was satisfied enough.

The loss of Sylvia's vitality is accelerating.

On the other side, the dim divine power turned into flames, burning fiercely around Norton's body.

At this moment, Norton devoted himself wholeheartedly to the process of promotion.

Norton had a premonition.

He only needs to take this final step to complete his transformation.

From human, to demigod.

This is an unprecedented feat. Someone in the Western Continent may have done similar things in the past, but there has never been a clear record.

Even if the legendary beast master was present, he would probably have his eyes firmly fixed on Norton at this moment, for fear of missing the moment when Norton crossed the boundary between man and god.

But Sylvia ignored Norton's activities.

She just looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar person next to her in silence.

At the last moment of her life, Sylvia wanted to imprint Char's figure in the deepest part of her soul.

but.

The next moment.

Sylvia's eyes suddenly opened wide.

She saw the young man with black hair and black eyes who had been standing in the distance with his face lowered. He had never even looked at her before.

At this moment, he suddenly raised his head.

Shayana held it in vain.

A silver-white gun appeared out of thin air.

The streamlined barrel of the gun pointed straight at Norton, whose face was full of enthusiasm in the distance.

After one ten thousandth of a breath.

A long finger pulled on the trigger.

click-

Fiery fireworks burst out from the muzzle.

It illuminated Sylvia's empty and lifeless eyes.

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