Chapter 315: Eat a beautiful girl to suppress your shock (5.8k)
Half an hour ago, in the Royal City of Arcadia, somewhere in a remote house.
Along with the floating starlight, Hippomenes walked out from the bronze altar engraved with star patterns and Hermes text.
Looking back at the blood energy gradually dissipating over the Arcadia Mountains, he couldn't help but feel deep fear in his eyes.
Thousands of artificial life larvae that were spawned in advance, as well as flesh and blood raw materials accumulated from several battles on site, were actually going to be consumed so quickly? That guy is so terrifyingly strong!
It seems that we can only make that move in advance!
Hippomenes confirmed that there was no one around, with a stern look in his eyes, he immediately put on the star-and-moon robe beside him, picked up the double snake staff in the magic array, pulled up the hood that hid his face, and walked out of the knotted building. The courtyard of the boundary.
"Master Cult Leader? You are back!"
Several Hermetic believers who were standing guard outside the door heard the movement and turned to look at the figure that exuded a familiar aura, with expressions of surprise and admiration on their faces.
Among the major sects currently operating in Greece, the Hermetic sect was a late starter and was not officially established until after the Holy War of Olympus.
In just a few years, the Hermetic Sect was able to gain a firm foothold in Arcadia, a place where all things are flourishing and flourishing, and spread rapidly, and the [Cult Leader] in front of him played an indispensable role in this.
On the one hand, his alchemical attainments are extraordinary, and he has completed the two ultimate projects of "The Fifth Element" (Philosopher's Stone) and "Artificial Life" (Holm Cruise);
On the other hand, he won the trust of the King of Arcadia and provided a convenient official environment for the development of the sect.
Coupled with his identity as a descendant of Hermes and his gentle and approachable attitude, the Hermetic believers highly respect and respect this leader.
But after a short period of excitement, the faces of the gatekeepers showed a trace of doubt: "Didn't you go to the Arcadia Mountains with the church members to quell the beast disaster? Why are you alone now?"
Hippomenes said solemnly: "There is an accident in the crusade. I must enter the palace immediately to meet His Majesty!"
Several Hermetic believers suddenly looked stern when they heard this.
We gathered all the divine blood heroes and magicians in Arcadia to crusade, but they still failed to succeed. Doesn't it mean that...
"Why panic? Things haven't reached the point of no return yet."
Hippomenes spoke calmly, then looked at everyone and asked in a deep voice.
"How are you doing with the preparations I asked you to make before departure?"
The surrounding Hermetic cultists seemed to have found a backbone, straightening their bodies and answering in all directions.
"It's all done!"
"It's all arranged according to your requirements."
"Moreover, in order to live up to your trust, we have mobilized almost all our brothers and sisters."
After hearing the enthusiastic speeches of the believers, Hippomenes nodded with satisfaction, but the corners of his lips raised under his hood outlined a cold sneer.
What a bunch of idiots!
He actually dug the grave where he was buried with his own hands, thinking that it was a path to the light.
"You did a good job." Hippomenes praised calmly, then tapped the double snake staff, took out several pottery bottles from the magic array, and distributed them generously to the people in front of him, smiling. He said, "Drink, you deserve this."
After removing the cork and looking at the red liquid in the bottle, everyone was excited.
The fifth element liquid!
In the field of Hermetic alchemy, a kind of "invisible and intangible" fantasy substance has long been conceived. It is different from the four basic elements of "fire, air, water, and earth". It is called the "fifth element" and is closely related to the soul and the origin of life.
Legend has it that once an alchemist drinks this red liquid made from the fifth element, even if he cannot obtain eternal life, he can greatly improve his alchemical attainments and extend his lifespan.
At present, the only person in the entire Hermetic Cult who knows how to refine the fifth element is the leader in front of him.
Although he possesses this precious wealth of knowledge, he never keeps it to himself. Instead, he generously distributes the refined fifth element liquid to members of the congregation who have contributed to the sect.
For example, this time, the leader gave a batch of fifth elemental liquid that he had refined in advance to the Hermes cultists who were preparing to go to the Arcadia mountains to fight against the beasts, so that they could increase their strength.
It is precisely because of this generous and selfless act that he can secure his current position and gain widespread support from the Hermetic believers.
The believers looked at the precious fifth element liquid in the bottle, and drank it down excitedly under the expectant gaze of the leader.
However, they did not notice that there seemed to be some kind of floc that looked like white larvae floating in the red liquid.
Hippomenes, who witnessed all this with his own eyes, sneered in his heart.
As he always emphasized, only life can exchange life.
Likewise, only life can give birth to life.
Therefore, this elixir of immortality refined from the Philosopher's Stone is actually the culture fluid used to breed artificial life larvae.
The reason why those Hermetic cultists in Arcadia were at his mercy and became his puppets to stop the enemy was because they had taken the fifth element liquid that was pregnant with the larvae of artificial life before setting off.
There are not so many free meals in the world, but God's gifts are often marked with price the moment they are given.
After quietly eliminating potential dangers, Hippomenes began to make arrangements in an orderly manner: "The situation is urgent. Inform all believers to gather at the palace! By the way, call the group of people from the Eleusinian religion!"
"Those people from the Eleusinian cult?" The Hermetic cultists on the side looked puzzled.
"Yes, now that the situation has worsened, it is the moment when everyone needs to work together to overcome the difficulties. Give them my handwritten letter, and the group of Eleusinians will come."
As Hippomenes spoke, he took out a letter branded with fire paint from the magic circle and handed it to a Hermetic cultist in charge of the communication.
The reason why he is so sure is that he is not only the [leader] of the Hermetic religion, but also the [leader] of the Eleusinian religion.
Like this group of idiots from the Hermetic sect, the group of Eleusinian believers could no longer resist the temptation of immortality from the moment he took out the Philosopher's Stone, and unanimously elected him as their leader.
Unfortunately, it had not been long since he had officially ascended the throne in the Eleusinian religion, and he had not yet had time to preside over an Eleusinian secret ceremony in person.
Otherwise, when distributing Hukeron wheat porridge to those idiots, they can pour the prepared [red liquid] containing artificial life larvae into it together.
Hippomenes shook his head, then stood up and walked out of the courtyard, heading straight to the palace.
As soon as he entered the door, the guards and maids welcomed him into the palace meeting hall with ease.
The King of Arcadia, who had been waiting for a long time, was already looking forward to it. The moment he entered the door, he couldn't wait to pounce on him.
"Master Cult Leader, medicine? Where is my medicine?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my incompetence..."
Hippomenes lowered his head, looking ashamed.
When the King of Arcadia saw this, his face was filled with astonishment, and his voice suddenly rose several degrees.
"What did you say?"
"Sorry, I didn't expect that there was a Typhon Temple buried in the Arcadia mountains. With the protection of the Demon Ancestor, the intensity of the [Beast Disaster] far exceeded everyone's imagination..."
"I asked you where is the medicine?!"
The King of Arcadia interrupted Hippomenes' explanation, grabbed the other man's clothes, and pressed him regardless.
At this time, he could no longer hear any irrelevant sounds, his ferocious face was full of madness, and insects the size of rice grains were faintly visible swimming in his red eyes.
"I handed over the army to you, and handed over those people to you. You will bring me the medicine and let me advance to a god, as you promised!"
The King of Arcadia fell into madness, gnashing his teeth and roaring, and there seemed to be countless earthworms crawling under his bulging flesh, eager for this transformation together.
Looking at the completely distorted face, which began to show strong murderous intent, Hippomenes spoke slowly.
"Your Majesty, although I don't have medicine now, I have enough materials here. As long as you allow me, I can make new medicine for you at any time."
The King of Arcadia followed Hippomenes' gaze and looked at the thousands of households in the royal city. He instantly understood what the leader meant, and a few traces of struggle could not help but appear in his eyes.
"this…"
"The crusade has failed. The beast tide is about to come back. You must not fall at this critical moment. Only if you are alive can you save more people, right?"
Hippomenes spoke quietly, and his low voice was like slippery snakes, burrowing through the King of Arcadia's ear canals and entering his brain, stirring constantly.
"This is a necessary sacrifice, and Arcadia will remember their sacrifice..."
"Yes, this is all for Arcadia!"
The King of Arcadia murmured and nodded, took out a bronze coat of arms engraved with the moon emblem from the magic array, and handed it to Hippomenes.
Each city-state has its own patron saint, and the gods will protect those who believe in their country.
Unless, they give up voluntarily...
Hippomenes took the bronze emblem, bowed jokingly towards the King of Arcadia on the throne, stood up and walked towards the main hall, arriving at the highest astrological platform in the palace.
A group of Hermetic believers and Eleusinian believers have already gathered here, standing on different star maps.
Upon seeing this, Hippomenes stepped over the steps engraved with Hermetic inscriptions, climbed onto the high platform, raised his hand and crushed the bronze emblem in his palm into a ball of powder.
The holy fire in the Moon Temple went out with a pop, and the sky above the royal city suddenly cleared, as if some kind of barrier had been broken.
Hippomenes smiled with satisfaction, opened his arms, and sang the ancient holy words together with the believers gathered here.
"When the stars are in the right position, the circle of reason appears here. The origin is very small and expands to infinity. The celestial body is the void. The void is the void. God exists in the void!"
Along with the chanting in unison, countless stars in the sky were lit up, and the intertwined lights created a dense and vast star map, covering the entire Royal City of Arcadia from top to bottom.
Everyone in the city subconsciously stopped and looked up. They were surprised to find that the stars in the sky seemed to be spinning constantly, and the intertwined and flowing starlight was like a huge whirlpool, swallowing their thoughts and sucking out their souls.
Bang bang bang bang!
After a moment, one figure after another fell to the ground softly, and tens of thousands of spiritual lights gathered towards the rotating starry sky.
The believers in front of the altar saw people all over the city falling one after another, and they suddenly looked at the figure in the center of the altar in shock.
Aren't you going to fight against the beast tide? Why is it different from what was promised?
"teach…"
The two nearest Eleusinians were about to ask, when Hippomenes raised his hand and grabbed it from the air.
The bodies of the two men exploded immediately, turning into a cloud of blood mist, which converged into Hippomenes' body.
After receiving this nourishment, Hippomenes opened the corners of his mouth, showed a ferocious smile, and raised his hands high in front of the horrified eyes, singing the final chant.
"My Lord, arise!"
In an instant, tens of thousands of spiritual lights turned into a strange blood tide, sloping down from the whirlpool of stars and instilled into Hippomenes' body.
Under the influence of blood, dense **** light patterns appeared on Hippomenes' body, and black scales spread on his skin.
At the same time, the surrounding air gradually became extremely viscous, and the vast star map suspended in the sky descended to the ground. It seemed as if the surface of the earth was torn apart during the operation, and the thick and cold death energy like water crazily emerged from the cracked abyss. It spurted out to a height of several feet.
Everyone looked around and saw red and black light mist spurting out from all over the city of Arcadia. As far as the eye could see, the thick blood-colored mist spread, causing the surrounding air to twist and squirm, and the scenery in front of them changed accordingly.
Dark red water seeped out from the dark cracks in the ground, gradually converging into five surging rivers. On the red wilderness with blue phosphorus fire, thousands of undead were on the plain full of daffodils. Cruising blindly.
Three huge bronze doors tied with chains are standing at the end of five large rivers of dark red and dark yellow. The twisted and ferocious faces boil and roar in the river, turning into black branches like snakes and pythons, gradually spreading to the bronze On top of the giant door, there is a rune chain piercing it.
"Bang! Bang!"
In an instant, the tightly entangled dark golden chains burst apart, and the three closed bronze doors slowly opened. The cold breath that froze the soul was wrapped in the stinking yellow mud flow and countless twisted resentful spirits mixed in it. Rushing out of the abyss, surging forward.
Accompanied by the roar of the giant dragon, the soil squirms, and the pale skeletons of beasts, birds, and humans can vaguely see the biological characteristics. They wake up from their slumber with the smell of decay and death, looking for and cursing the fresh things in the world. Living things.
The door to Hades is open!
If the abandoned old gods are not allowed to step onto the surface and enjoy fresh life.
Then, pull this land into Hades and let it give birth to new life in decay!
Looking at the **** world in front of him, feeling the surging vitality in his body, Hippomenes took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, they turned into red-black snake-like vertical pupils.
Finally home!
Then, let this be the first cornerstone for this king to ascend to the throne of God!
Just as Hippomenes was murmuring, a golden light belt soared into the sky from the southeast of the royal city, tearing a corner of the blood-red sky and bringing a moment of light.
Dozens of figures on the street broke free from the starlight vortex and suddenly came back to their senses. They looked at the unrecognizable world in front of them in shock and horror, as well as the several skeletons running towards them smelling the smell of strangers.
"boom!"
The dull sound of pushing the door woke up dozens of people who were in a daze on the street.
"It's dangerous outside! Come in quickly!"
A beautiful blond girl with a wand in her arms stood in front of the open door of a small courtyard, waving anxiously to everyone on the street.
Everyone woke up from a dream and rushed towards the small courtyard shrouded in golden light.
Hippomenes, who was on the astrologer's platform, frowned deeply when he saw this situation.
Aren't all the elites from Arcadia sent to assess the beast disaster? How can anyone stay awake in the refining formation?
The power that interfered with the operation of the formation just now seemed to come from the gods?
And that girl...
The red-black snake-like vertical pupils swept across the small courtyard that exuded a faint golden light. They shrank suddenly, and a ferocious smile immediately appeared on Hippomenes' face with red and black scales.
The bloodline of the God King, the descendant of Zeus!
good! very good! Let her be my first meal when I wake up!
Hippomenes raised his hand slightly, and several stunned Hermetic cultists in the star map let out shrill screams, and twisted artificial life forms burst out of their flesh and blood and crawled out.
"You guys, bring her back!"
"Ho~!"
Dozens of artificial life forms roared to take orders, and then jumped down from the astrological platform. The two arms they spread out turned into a thin layer of wing membrane, leading them to glide all the way to the tower that had been forged into an array. The breached courtyard.
Seeing his hunters dispatched, Hippomenes suppressed the hunger in his belly and sat on the altar with peace of mind, continuing to absorb the strange red tide falling from the sky. The life breath in his body was rising steadily, and the red and black scales It also gradually changes from virtual to real, spreading and growing on the surface of the skin.
"careful!"
In front of the courtyard, Helen dragged the little girl who had fallen on the roadside behind her, raised the wand in her hand, activated the spell bullet, and blasted a jumping skeleton into debris on the ground.
"Thank you... thank you... you are such a good person..."
The girl's mother rushed forward and hugged her daughter excitedly, thanking Helen incoherently.
"Stop talking so much, come in quickly!"
Helen hurriedly urged, looking at the dozens of skeletons on the street attracted by the movement, sweat dripping from her forehead, and the hand holding the wand was trembling slightly.
Because the danger of the beast disaster was beyond expectation, her brothers refused to take her to the Arcadia Mountains, so before setting off, they asked her to stay in a safer city. In order to ensure their own safety, they also paid for this A protective spell was placed in the small courtyard.
Although Helen was a little reluctant, she still stayed in the yard obediently, waiting for the triumphant return of her brothers and the adult.
But because the process was too boring, she fell asleep without realizing it.
When she woke up, she found that the entire royal city had changed beyond recognition, and the so-called safe area suddenly became perilous.
If it weren't for the protective spell outside, I might have been deprived of my spirituality by the weird magic circle above along with those lying on the ground outside, right?
Helen was frightened and looked at the thin layer of golden light on the outermost side in front of the door, frowning slightly.
Strangely, the aura of this magic circle does not look like that of my brothers, but...
"Help, help!"
While Helen was lost in thought, several frightened calls for help came from the street.
A mother holding a baby in her arms was stumbling away.
And behind them, dozens of white skeletons were chasing after them.
When Helen saw this, she gritted her silver teeth and shouted loudly.
"Quick, come here!"
The mother in the distance was surprised when she heard this heavenly sound. She immediately quickened her pace and rushed towards the shelter that exuded golden light.
However, something went wrong while she was busy. The overly excited mother accidentally stepped on a deep hole in the ground and stumbled to the ground. The infant child also cried loudly because of the pain.
Suddenly, there was a sound of friction from the densely packed bones all around, and Helen's scalp felt numb.
Perhaps, giving up on them was the best choice, but looking at the swaddled baby, Helen gritted her teeth, rushed out of the door with her wand, blocked the mother and child, and chanted the word "Dispel" at high speed. ceremonial incantation.
A burst of white light flashed through, and a crowd of roaring resentful spirits and resurrected corpses exploded, turning into tiny specks of light and dust, drifting away in the wind.
Unexpectedly, the etiquette mantra that I had not mastered for a long time was actually understood at the critical moment.
Helen wiped the sweat from her forehead, quickly picked up the mother and son on the ground, and prepared to retreat towards the shelter behind her.
However, following dozens of sharp explosions, monsters that looked like piles of white wax fell from the sky, waving two arms that turned into swords and spears, and stabbed straight at her.
Helen subconsciously raised her wand and set up a magic barrier.
However, the next moment.
"Crack!"
The sword-like arm made a clear and crisp sound as it effortlessly penetrated the magic barrier and stabbed towards her and the mother and son behind her.
It's over!
Helen's mind went blank, and her heart was filled with fear.
"boom!"
At the critical moment, a ray of starlight fell, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the diffuse smoke and dust rose into the sky.
And the blazing white starlight that vented was almost the only color that caught her eyes.
"You are dust and to dust you will return..."
The order was issued, and along with the pity of an elder and the sigh of a wise man, the soft white light pattern rippled with the arriving figure as its core.
"Puff puff puff puff!"
In an instant, dozens of artificial life forms exploded wherever the light pattern passed.
At the same time, the dirty mud flow on the ground was washed away, and the torn surface was re-sewn.
Everything is restored as before, comfortable and peaceful.
(End of chapter)
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