Hate me, Miss Witch

Chapter 74: Here, the gods are forbidden

The royal capital of Cangting, the Grand Duke's residence.

The sky is falling and the earth is falling.

This is not an exaggerated rhetorical device, but a solid reality.

Five hundred tons of TNT-level explosive clay completely blasted through the large cavity thirty meters underground in the Grand Duke's residence.

This core area of the Cangting Principality, the symbol of the Brunstadt family, is gradually collapsing.

First the foundation was shaken, then the walls, tiles, and eaves.

Spreads out, then peels downwards.

There was a heavy roar in the wind.

After just a few dozen breaths, this magnificent mansion slowly sank into the ground like the ancient city of Atlantis swallowed by the sea.

Char's body appeared on a high point that had not collapsed, silently watching the end of this magnificent building complex.

His spiritual power spread out, penetrating through the layers of building debris, grains of sand, earth and stone.

Then, he reached the deepest part of the ground directly.

In the lowest layer of the collapsed rock formation, there are several extremely weak life qi machines that are rapidly weakening and slowly disappearing into nothingness.

However, at that moment those few breaths of life completely disappeared.

Suddenly, a new breath of life sprouted.

At first, the aura was very weak and twisted, as if it contained elements from many different life races at the same time.

But then, the originally weak aura grew vigorously in an instant and expanded rapidly.

Cover the sky.

next moment.

boom--

A twisted, bloody behemoth broke through the crumbling rock ruins.

And with that behemoth breaking out of the seal.

The endless halo of dim light, with unimaginable momentum, seemed to envelope the entire world.

Dusk falls.

The originally bright night sky with stars suddenly faded out and turned into a depressing, solidified haze.

The stars disappeared, leaving only a crimson full moon hanging high above the dusk curtain.

A series of gray metal textures covered more than half of the moon. The paleness and blood were intertwined, making it look strange and depressing.

"I'm alive!"

The bloody Norton burst out with an earth-shattering roar, and the solidified dim yellow light around him trembled with the roar.

No, to be precise, it is not accurate to use the term "Norton" to describe the twisted life form in front of me.

Because the real Norton is actually dead.

He died in the violent explosion in the large underground cave.

Even the peak of the fifth ring, a strong man who is only one step away from the title level——

When the mental power is interfered with by the blood of the sage, trying to stand at the center of the explosion and resist a big explosion equivalent to 500 tons of TNT is just a dream.

Even if he was lucky enough to survive the big explosion, what would happen to Norton later——

There was also the holy water of the Sun Church that was sublimated into steam in an instant, and the collapsed earth and rock formations that were dozens of meters thick.

This is the cemetery carefully designed by Char to bury Norton.

Unless he has the ability to move in the space system instantly, even a sixth-level beast master would have a narrow escape in the face of such a desperate situation.

What's more, Norton's ascension ceremony was interrupted just now, and his soul's origin circuit was also destroyed.

and so--

In the gap between the explosion.

Norton gave up.

He gave up the plan he had planned for many years, and also gave up the so-called road to becoming a god.

Norton broke free from the control and suppression of the divine power of dusk, and chose to actively embrace the pollution and ravings of the ancient god.

He took the initiative to dedicate his demigod body, which had been infused with the divine power of dusk and was already extremely compatible, as the carrier of the awakened ancient consciousness.

Because only in this way can Norton survive the desperate situation that day.

The cemetery used to bury a human beastmaster could not bury the resurrected half of a god.

Yes.

Him now.

No, maybe He is more appropriate to describe it.

It's just an ancient god walking in the world who has retained part of Norton's consciousness and revived with the help of Norton's body.

……

The twisted life form that retained Norton's consciousness made a deafening roar at the sky shrouded in dusk, and the blood moon mixed with iron patterns trembled.

His fuzzy and ferocious flesh was mixed with dark shadows and twisted beast torso. At this moment, there was still thick white smoke coming out of the flesh and blood. The fuzzy flesh and blood was continuously burned and burned by the brilliance of the sun, and then grew again. out.

That is the trace left by the holy water vapor. The holy water of the Lieyang Church is harmless to ordinary people. It can even cure some minor diseases and make people feel energetic after drinking it.

However, once it falls on a cultist or an abyssal race, it can cause damage equivalent to facing the power of the blazing sun.

In order to allow the newly found host to survive the explosion, the ancient consciousness used the soul covenant to swallow up all of Norton's pet beasts in an instant.

Then, the flesh and blood of those beasts were fused with Norton's body, and a twisted life form was forcibly sewn together.

Ferocious, ugly, but extremely powerful.

"Char!"

"And Sylvia!"

The roar was extremely furious.

At this moment, Norton's consciousness still dominates his body. The seal set by the legendary strongman is very strong. Even the shocking explosion just now did not completely destroy it, only a gap appeared.

The ancient god under the seal is still in the stage of slowly awakening from his long sleep, which requires a process.

If we really wait until the resurrection of the dusk god is completed, then Norton's mere fifth-ring self-awareness will naturally be swallowed up without any power to fight back, but before that, he still has the last time.

If he can find Sylvia's key before the ancient god is fully revived, then he can still rely on the divinity and authority on the key to barely maintain himself, and then start a tug-of-war with the revived ancient consciousness. This is Norton's last chance. .

and--

Finding Sylvia is equivalent to finding Char.

For this rebellious chess piece that had repeatedly ruined his plans and made him fall into dust from the clouds with his own hands, Norton just wanted to kill Char with a thousand knives.

Norton's scarlet eyes swept across the ruins.

But the next moment, Norton suddenly froze.

Because in his expectation, after doing all this, Xia, who should have used his space ability to quickly escape from the scene, might have to spend a lot of effort to be caught.

At this moment, he was actually standing on a raised rock not far away, looking at himself with his silent eyes.

"Little bastard!"

"How dare you show up in front of me instead of running away!"

The moment he saw Char's figure, Norton could no longer control his rage and resentment.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you!"

"I will leave you a breath, and then eat the flesh and blood of that little girl Sylvia bit by bit in front of you."

"You can only helplessly watch the girl you love being swallowed up, and feel the pain and despair swallowing up your body and heart..."

Norton's vicious curse ended abruptly before he could finish speaking.

Because the next moment, he saw that Xia Ya's dark eyes turned into pure golden color at some point, like flowing lava.

And in front of Xia Ya, a dark metal book page appeared at some point.

The metal album suddenly spread out in mid-air and made a sonorous sound.

Then, on the metal page that looked like it was made of black iron, a line of pale golden ancient text was written majestically and squarely.

"The Black King's Order——"

"Here, the gods are forbidden"

At this moment, the pale golden field spreads.

Thousands of illusory chains emerged from the void and crossed across, tightly locking Norton's twisted and bloody body.

Those chains are all red gold in color, embodying the rules of royal power.

This is the result of the interaction between Char's "Realm of Royal Power" and the "Judgment Order" he obtained from the second princess. The two fit together beyond Char's expectation.

Perhaps it’s because the law prohibiting gods resonates with the true heart of the Black King, the first guardian deity of the Foresta Empire and the beast of order.

With the blessing of "Judgment Solemnity", the effect of Char's royal domain has also been improved, achieving the effect of one plus one being greater than two.

"I see!"

Norton, who was penetrated by red gold chains, was still roaring.

In the depths of Norton's soul, the ancient consciousness seemed to sense the aura of a familiar old opponent. At this moment, violent mood swings came, suddenly accelerating the recovery process.

"Foresta's legendary guardian beast, the first generation Black King!"

"I see, you are a person sent by the Foresta Empire. Did Augustine II send you here?"

"Mingming claims to be a "godless country." It relies on iron blood and order as the foundation of the country, and believes that human power can surpass the gods. "

"Now I can't hold back my loneliness after all. Are you coming to spy on the authority of the ancient gods?"

"As I said, I am just a hero driven by interest, without any identity or background."

"I don't know that Augustine II, he's just an antique in the history books."

Charia fell lightly from the stone pillar where she was standing before and looked at Norton, who was penetrated by thousands of chains of rules.

"Don't misunderstand anything, otherwise you will attract enemies of the empire for nothing, and Isadella will be in trouble when the time comes to settle accounts with me."

Xia Ya's words were still very calm: "Oh, but it doesn't matter if you misunderstood."

"Dead people can't cause trouble anyway."

Faced with Shayana's taunt that directly sentenced him to death, Norton's expression suddenly froze.

Immediately afterwards, his expression began to change rapidly.

Desperation, madness, and struggle emerged one after another.

After a while, the expression on Norton's constantly distorted face finally stabilized.

And his frantic hazy eyes were a little calmer at this moment.

"You are so arrogant." It is clear that the twisted flesh and blood body is still bound by the red-gold rules, but Norton's words are no longer the violent and incompetent rage, but have a sense of profound ancient calm. .

Xia Ya raised her eyebrows: "Twilight?"

He could feel that in this twisted body of the Stitch Monster, the soul of the careerist like a clown had disappeared.

Instead, there is some kind of ancient existence that has mastered all of Norton's memories, but is deeper and more difficult to fathom.

"I have many names. Dusk is indeed one of the names given to me by mortal believers. It comes from a certain authority that I control."

Norton, no, it should be said that the incarnation of dusk that occupied Norton's body spoke again.

It was obviously the same voice, but it was like the ringing of a bronze bell, simple and profound.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank you."

"If you hadn't interrupted this person's plan, my body might have been replaced in his long sleep and used as someone else's wedding dress."

"Thanks to you for taking out the item containing the power of the Black King, my sleeping consciousness was awakened one step ahead by feeling the breath of my old enemy."

The dark, deep gaze of Dusk's incarnation was locked on Char's body.

"You are very capable. Whether it is scheming, talent or planning, you are far stronger than this madman named Norton."

"For us, the subordinates of the Fifth and Sixth Ring are not unusual. We can make them at will as long as we are instilled with enough power of faith."

"But you are different."

There was no emotion in Dusk's incarnation's words, but he did not hide his admiration for Char.

"The road to legend is not fake—"

"The birth of every legend is a unique and unrepeatable miracle in this world."

"And you have already embarked on your own legendary path."

The ancient sound like a bronze bell paused slightly.

"Become my beloved."

"I can help you reach the legend as quickly as possible, and even touch the higher divine realm above."

"Don't worry, for a rare legendary seed like you, I will not use the same rough brainwashing methods as ordinary believers, but I can allow you to retain your complete self-awareness."

"Believe me, this is only good for you. It is a deal that benefits both parties."

Listening to the invitation from the dusk incarnation in front of him, Xia Ya shook his head: "Not interested."

It seems that he is really a piece of cake. Any evil god wants to win over him as his favored one. The Lord of Ashes before also wanted to make him his son.

It's just that although they all say, "The man has gold at his knees, now is the time to cash it out."

But Xia Ya's valuation of himself was still very high. This second-rate evil god who could have half his body sealed for more than ten years could not get into his eyes.

"That's really a shame."

The incarnation of Dusk shook his head slightly and gave no further persuasion.

Not unlike Norton himself.

As a resurrected ancient god, he knows very well that every being who walks out on his own legendary path is a determined person, and once he makes a decision, he will never waver.

In other words, those who are half-hearted and not firm enough will not be able to lead their own legendary path.

Therefore, He did not waste any more words to persuade.

"You have many tricks, many beyond my expectation."

"Holy water blessed by the blazing sun, highly concentrated explosive materials, and alchemical materials that I have never seen before that can directly interfere with the original circuit of the soul."

"You even got the scroll that sealed the power of the Black King."

"But none of this actually makes sense."

"Even the Black King himself couldn't kill me, let alone, it's just a scroll containing some of his power!"

The dim light lingering on the sky suddenly fell down at this moment.

Then, rushing into the flesh and blood that once belonged to Norton.

The body of the dusk incarnation was wrapped with chains of royal power rules one after another, but he did not kneel down like the cultists who were directly crushed into powder by Char's royal power domain before. Instead, he stood up with the chains on his head.

He has made a decision. Since Char is unwilling to become a favored one, he will wait until after defeating Char and then transform him into a favored one.

Although such a forced transformation will undoubtedly deplete Char's potential to become a legend in the future, it may not be irreparable.

And as long as Char is transformed, He can also rely on Char's guidance to find the key named Sylvia.

Then, fill in the last trace of your missing divinity.

The incarnation of Dusk knows very well that his resurrection will inevitably attract covetous attention, not only from the righteous gods on the side of order, but also from other evil gods who will not let go of a piece of flesh like him that has no power to resist.

Therefore, in order to deal with all this, He must restore his state to its peak before those divine descendants occur.

But most of his power is still sealed, and the only one who can move freely at this moment is the body provided by Norton.

but--

That is the moment when the incarnation at dusk instills all the remaining divinity and authority into this body without reservation.

He saw Xia in front of him, and the light in his golden eyes lit up little by little.

"Since all the remaining divinity and authority have been infused into this body."

"Then, if you want to hide it again, it shouldn't be that easy..."

At that moment, Dusk Avatar understood Char's eyes.

That's the look in the hunter's eyes when he sees his prey take the bait.

Everything before that——

From Norton's ascension ceremony being interrupted by a shot of sage's blood ammunition to the explosion in the underground square, Norton was forced to give up himself and become the carrier of dusk in a desperate situation.

When the "Judgment Order" was launched, Norton was suppressed by the rules of royal power, and Dusk's consciousness revived in advance under the stimulation of the Black King's breath, occupying Norton's body.

Even until this moment, the incarnation of Dusk has invested all its divinity and authority into this incarnation in order to break the situation.

All these changes were actually in Xia Ya's imagination.

He took the initiative to arrange all this, quietly waiting for all the divinity and authority of dusk to converge in this body, which is the time for the prey to enter the trap.

But how dare Xia Ya?

Dusk incarnates at a loss.

After several rounds of twists and turns, He has indeed been greatly weakened.

The injuries caused by the blood of the sage and the holy water of the Church of the Burning Sun are still affecting this body to this day, and the chain of royal power brought by the "Black King"'s Judgment Order is still restricting the actions of the incarnation of Dusk at this moment. The slightest move will be restricted by the "god-forbidden" rule.

But after taking away this body, even if he lost all his pet beasts, he was still the fifth-ringed person.

And unlike Norton when he was a human, this is His home court.

As time goes by, there is a steady stream of abyss power seeping out of the damaged seal below for Him to mobilize.

In his own home court, why should Xia cross two levels of status to hunt him?

As if he had seen through the thoughts of the incarnation of Dusk, Xia Ya's faint words sounded.

"Yes."

"This is indeed your home court."

Xia Ya's eyes slowly turned to the dim sky around him.

And above the night, the blood moon is soaked in iron-colored textures.

"Even if someone stronger than your current incarnation arrives, they will be suppressed."

"So, if I want to defeat you here."

"Then, I can only become like you -"

"No, it's probably something more evil and closer to the abyss than this ancient god like you."

Char's hands.

A bottle of silver-white potion appeared quietly at some point.

Then, the cap of the bottle was opened, Charia raised her head and drank the silver-white liquid in one gulp.

"Advanced Armoring Secret Medicine"

Then, red light flashed.

Chi Hong quietly appeared beside Xia Ya.

Then, the little silver spirit, which took on the posture of a star spirit body, gently closed its eyes.

At this moment, the culprit who killed its parents and forced Chi Hong to experience such a miserable childhood, the culprit named "God", was right in front of him.

When Xia Ya contracted it, she promised to give it a chance to avenge the murderer of its parents.

Chihong originally thought it was just a casual joke. Anyway, Xia Ya didn't agree on a time. Even if it was implemented decades or even hundreds of years later, it would not be considered a breach of contract.

But Chihong never thought that after just half a year——

This opportunity for revenge actually came to him.

then.

Between the master and the slave, the fluctuations of the souls reached a resonance in an instant.

One hundred percent soul compatibility.

The next moment.

"Armored."

At the same time that Xia Ya spoke those calm words, the pale silver light fell.

The metal body of the little silver spirit slowly melted.

It turned into two flowing beams of silver and red, slowly building around Char's slender figure, and finally took shape.

When the glow dissipated, what emerged was a pair of blood-colored full-body armor.

Every corner of the bloody armor has sharp arcs, like the horns of a demon.

And behind the heavy armor, a long sword made of red metal stretched out. The bloody metal merged and spread out, turning into a ferocious sword wing.

Contrary to people's traditional impression of the holy wings of angels, the two pairs of sharp metal sword wings behind Char only remind people of the demon lord under the abyss, the purgatory king in charge of death and disaster.

Above the earth, under the stars.

Char, who was covered in blood-colored armor, stretched out his hand slightly.

next moment.

Red light condensed on Xia Ya's right hand covered with gauntlet.

Then, it turned into a one-handed sword that was as bloody as ink and reflected a clear light.

The one-handed sword reflected Char's demonic and ferocious appearance at this moment, as well as the glow of the blood moon above the sky.

Just like——

The sword demon under the blood moon.

　Second update in a row, there is another chapter to follow

　　
　
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