. Amfels, the city closest to the Grand Canyon, is one of the most famous large cities in the empire.
Although the Empire and the Alliance are two countries with different beliefs, different political types, and different cultures, and large-scale holy wars break out every few decades, private civil exchanges have never stopped during peacetime.
Anfels has a unique geographical location. With the constant flow of people-to-people exchanges, whether it is economy, trade or population, Anfels has always been in the middle and upper reaches of the empire.
Especially in recent years, the Imperial Expeditionary Force has successfully invaded the Alliance, and a large amount of supplies have been transported to the front line here. Together with the millions of believers who responded to the church's call and moved into the Alliance, this place has become a prosperous scene.
With a permanent population of 700,000 and a floating population of more than 500,000, Anfils is a well-known city with a population of one million in the empire.
But now, this prosperous city is completely shrouded in the shadow of despair brought by the undead torrent.
Like Sein City in the Alliance, which is a hub city that connects the north and the south, Anfils is also a city that focuses on economy and trade. Its military construction cannot match the size of the city. Even the city walls are overgrown due to disrepair. Weeds.
Such a city cannot be defended, and no one dares to defend it.
The city¡¯s defense force plus the defeated imperial expeditionary force totaled 300,000 people, but facing tens of millions of undead creatures, such a force seemed too thin.
The advance of the immortal torrent was slow, but the fastest people in Saint Laurent City fled to Anfels in half a day, and at the same time they also brought news of the immortal torrent.
When the fat Duke in the city, who weighed at least four hundred pounds, saw the endless sea of ??skeletons from the magic image. He rolled his eyes and fainted on the spot.
And after the servants rescued him in panic. The first thing the Duke said with an ashen face was: Run! Run!
The Duke blocked the news. Then he ordered his subordinates and their families to pack their belongings. Escape from Anfels as quickly as possible.
Although the Duke wishes he could own all his property. Bronze sculptures including the garden fountain were also brought out. But he also understands it very well. The message won't be blocked for long. It can buy him half a day at most.
??????????????????? Wait until he has just left Anfels. A new batch of refugees from Saint Laurent arrived. The news spread like a tide. Anfils was in complete chaos.
Millions of people fled. People who haven't experienced it can't even imagine it. It is absolutely impossible to evacuate completely in just three days. Just scrambling to escape. Tens of thousands of people were trampled to death and injured.
Seeing this chaotic and tragic situation. The Imperial Expeditionary Force headquarters was defeated and fled. Only then did I remember that I should spread the news.
continuously. The entire empire received a magical message of the invasion of the undead army.
Starting from the major cities west of the Damilada Plain, a wave of fleeing immediately started. A large number of people fled to the Holy Mountain of Light, hoping to be protected by the gods of light, even the capital of the empire was no exception.
Faced with this extraordinary enemy, people are more willing to believe in the Church of Light and the supreme god than to believe in the imperial family.
And in those cities east of the Damilada Plain, the number of believers who applied to join the Church of Light suddenly increased significantly. The devout people who were originally believers even increased the amount of donations in order to pray when crisis strikes. Can be protected by light.
The reputation of the Church of Light suddenly reached an unprecedented peak.
Even in the territory of the alliance, when the news of the overwhelming appearance of the undead army spread. The coalition forces immediately fell apart. The alliance's senior officials, who had doubts about the identity of the Black Dragon Mercenary Group, immediately drew a clear line with the Black Dragon Mercenary Group after confirming the news.
When life and death are at stake, they can cooperate with a weak alien, but when that alien is powerful enough to threaten all mankind, the fear of the alien will eventually prompt them to side with the same kind.
Death at the hands of humans. Much better than dying at the hands of the undead.
The prestige of the re-established Temple of Nature has reached its lowest point in history, and a large number of believers have canceled their worship of the God of Nature. Even those devout believers began to have doubts about natural temples.
Although it has not reached the level of an explosion, there is an undercurrent brewing behind the seemingly peaceful alliance.
They have been following the Black Dragon Mercenary Group to clean up the mess. At this moment, the human coalition forces of the alliance directly turned their guns and pointed them at their former companions. They dare not take action against the Undead Cavalry Group for the time being, but they have refused to accept the message conveyed by the mercenary group.?What command.
The prophet who received this news was not surprised.
This matter was already expected. Even without the appearance of this undead army. Their alliance with humans will one day fall apart, but now the time is just a little ahead of time.
Just reinstated all territories. The strength of the alliance has not yet been restored. When the Stone City was captured, the prophet ordered people to occupy the city and deny entry to others. On this basis, leaving five thousand undead cavalry and several hundred necromancers would be enough to defend this retreat.
It is enough now that the humans in the alliance do not want to take advantage of them. The prophet has no time to care about them at the moment.
The undead torrent advances day and night, slowly but steadily. A month later they entered the plains of Damilada.
The center of the Damilada Plain is where the Holy Mountain of Light is located. The headquarters of the Holy Light Cathedral is located on it. This is the heart of the Church of Light.
The Guangming Holy Mountain is surrounded by several affiliated towns. It was the settlement that the most devout believers spontaneously built and settled here, and after thousands of years of reproduction and reproduction, it was finally formed. In the vast wilderness where water and rain are scarce and the land is barren, supplies have always been insufficient, and the total population of several affiliated towns has remained below 100,000.
The rich and powerful upper-class nobles can naturally find a place to stay here. But most of them are extremely devout believers. They live here with great perseverance and with minimal supplies, struggling to live here. To get closer to their beliefs.
However, after the news of the immortal torrent spread, the total population of these affiliated towns increased to tens of millions, and it is still growing at an alarming rate.
???????????????????????????????????????????? Out of all the people in cities and villages who could leave. Instead of going to the imperial capital, which was not far away and had a wide city and thick walls, these people chose to come to this unobstructed plain.
Because they believe that light can drive away evil!
With the arrival of tens of millions of refugees, supplies that were usually not abundant in the affiliated towns suddenly became extremely scarce. Although the Church of Light does its best to provide. But it cannot meet the needs of tens of millions of people. Tents and bedding are not important, but the shortage of food has begun to cause several incidents of fighting.
Just when a humanitarian disaster was about to happen, a miracle fell from the sky!
After the Eighth Holy War, many military observers from the two countries could not understand the two countries, which had been at a stalemate for tens of thousands of years and were evenly matched. Why did he lose his balance overnight? However, if you know a little bit about the religious history of the two countries, you can probably guess a little bit.
The Church of Light will have a miracle every few years. Maybe it does not benefit the world, but it can make people worship it.
Under the influence of these miracles, the missionary work of the Church of Light is progressing very smoothly, and believers have become more and more devout in their belief in gods.
On the other hand, on the Alliance side, there are at least dozens or even hundreds of natural temples that have not performed a miracle. If it were not for the fact that the Alliance is a country that combines politics and religion, I am afraid that the number of believers would be even smaller.
The population base of the two countries is not much different, but the number of believers is very different.
Even if they are also believers. The believers of the Church of Light are definitely more pious than the believers of the Natural Temple, both in quantity and quality.
So over thousands of years, the temple of nature has already declined.
In fact, Riverist had known about this situation for a long time. It's a pity that he can't help it.
On the level of nothingness, his struggle with the gods of light continues, and he has no energy left to protect the believers in the main plane. It will take a long time before he can occasionally find time to show his face.
But while the Church of Light is fighting with him and strangling the two kings of the other world, it still has the energy to take care of the main plane. It can be said. The gods of light have always fought on three fronts.
But even so, Riverist still felt that the gods of light still had some strength left.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Out of the two kings who have been distracting the gods of light, one of them is haunted by the god of light and has no time to take care of himself. Riverist's pressure suddenly increased, and he died immediately. Once the gods of light draw their hands and show their power, the fall of the alliance becomes inevitable.
It¡¯s just that in this necessity, the variable Black Dragon appeared.
The miracle that appeared in Guangming Holy Mountain this time made human beings truly feel the existence of gods. Countless angels of light and shadow circle and dance on the holy mountain. Like the ethereal singing voice coming from the distant sky, it clearly reaches everyone's heart.
The light of holiness. It enveloped the entire human gathering, and under the illumination of the holy light, everyone's fatigue disappeared. Hungry people feel full, cold people feel warmth, painful people feel comfortable, sick people feel?Strength.
On the Holy Mountain of Light, a majestic voice clearly reached everyone¡¯s ears: Those who believe in me, I am with you!
Tens of millions of people gathered within an area of ??tens of square kilometers, but even the people on the periphery seemed to ignore the distance in space and could clearly see the old figure on the top of the holy mountain.
??The white robe and golden silk, the crown of the Pope, the token of all living beings, that is the spokesperson of God!
For a moment, everyone had tears in their eyes. They knelt down, facing the Holy Mountain of Light, and bowed down to worship with the most pious attitude.
There is no food, but people don¡¯t feel hungry; they are not fully clothed, but they feel like they are bathed in the spring breeze. The humanitarian disaster was transformed into nothing in such a miracle.
Occasionally, someone in the crowd suddenly lights up with a holy light. These rays of light gathered their pre-birth faces above their heads, looking around with a smile.
That smile carries incomparable happiness and relaxation, as well as yearning and longing, making people who see it can't help but get lost in it, wishing they could have this kind of smile themselves.
After looking around, the light and shadow turned towards the direction of the Holy Mountain of Light without hesitation.
It¡¯s a rare return!
Only the most devout believers can return to the embrace of the Supreme God. Only then are they eligible to return while alive.
These people are obviously the most devout believers. After the light and shadow left, although their bodies still maintained their kneeling posture, they had completely lost the breath of life.
Even their family members are only excited and excited when encountering this situation. They are not sad at all for the death of their loved ones, because they know that their loved ones will be happy forever in the arms of the Supreme God.
Even everyone who saw this scene became more and more pious. In this critical moment, they are even more eager to return. After dozens of days. The number of people returning has been very impressive.
Even those who are full of energy and energy do not feel that something in their bodies is actually passing away rapidly.
The moment the miracle of the Holy Mountain of Light appeared, it was felt by all the top beings in the entire plane. But only a being like Riverist who understands the power of faith can feel that there is some kind of power growing rapidly on the Holy Mountain of Light.
Under the Pope's Palace. In the basement where Andrew saw the black and white statue of a human face, there was a passage leading deeper into the ground.
Walking several hundred meters down this passage, you will reach the Holy Ark, the most mysterious location in the history of the Church of Light. Only successive popes can know the existence of this place.
At this time, His Majesty the Pope was walking slowly along the long stairs, through the long and narrow passage, and entered a basement of several hundred square meters.
The four walls of the basement are engraved with complex and mysterious magic runes, completely blocking out all the atmosphere here. In the center of the basement, a huge white crystal is suspended in mid-air, with a holy flame burning inside the crystal. But he stood still, as if frozen.
If the black dragon could see this flame, he would definitely recognize it. This is actually a godhead that exists independently but is sealed.
Directly below the crystal, there is a huge chair. The chair is carved with countless ferocious faces, each with a different but lifelike expression. The chair frame is composed of several thick bones. Every turning point of the chair and the connection with the ground are decorated in the shape of ice and snow, as if the ice and snow are integrated with the entire chair.
If any soul from the Immortal Empire sees this chair. You will definitely recognize it as the Holy Spirit Throne, the most famous chair in the Immortal Empire.
It extracted more than 19,000 souls, burned them in the soul fire for an incomparably long period of time, let them burst out with the most desperate emotions, and then put them in absolute ice, adding secret techniques, and shaped them into this shape forever.
Sitting on it, you can feel the despair of the sealed soul, and feel this emotion for a long time. Can condense the spirit. Let the soul accelerate and grow.
This seat is the throne of the Holy Spirit King Kirchhoff Neruda.
But this is the throne of the king. Now, hidden deep in the secret room of the Church of Light, sits a stunning beauty with skin as white as snow, curvaceous curves, and silky hair.
She looks frail, but sitting upright on the chair, her posture is majestic and full of heroism. Fragility and bravery, two completely different temperaments coexist harmoniously in her, adding to her beauty.
The beauty¡¯s eyes were closed tightly, and her delicate body did not move at all, just like a lifeless sculpture, but her skin color was fresh. Even a newborn baby does not have such delicate vitality as hers. On her head, there were three golden drop-shaped marks.
"If the Black Dragon were here, she would definitely be able to recognize her. She is the four-winged girl who appeared in the depths of the Sea of ??Rest and the Tomb of the Forbidden Land.??Envoy.
His Majesty the Pope entered the room, walked slowly to the side of the throne, raised his head, and looked at the suspended white crystal with half-lidded eyes.
When his eyes came into contact with the white crystal, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a very strange change happened to him, as if the lost vitality returned to his body.
The beauty sitting on the throne opened her eyes, revealing a pair of clear and bright eyes without any impurities and without any emotion.
How long can it be supported? A cold but pleasant voice came out of the beauty's mouth.
After a long while, His Majesty the Pope withdrew his gaze from the white crystal, and his whole person seemed to be much more energetic. He turned his head, opened his eyes wide again, looked at the beautiful woman on the throne, and whispered: Three
His Majesty the Pope is already old. If he were an ordinary person, he would have reached the age where he should be buried. Even compared to previous popes, his lifespan was extraordinary, so long that his body could no longer bear it.
Your identity is the key, try your best to support it. The beauty said expressionlessly.
Can you keep it a secret? Cherimo has transcended our understanding. With such a big movement now, wouldn't he be suspicious? The pope's tone sounded like hesitation and a sigh.
The beauty turned her face sideways, glanced at the Pope coldly, and said in a statement-like tone: You and I are one, but now you are becoming more and more timid. Success or failure lies in one move, there is no room for hesitation.
The Pope smiled slightly and showed a very kind expression: I am not hesitating, I am just making a general impression. If I live with humans for too long, I will inevitably become tainted with human nature. When I see them occasionally, I always feel that if I have children, they should be like my granddaughters. There was a hint of pampering in the Pope's eyes.
Granddaughter? The beauty's indifferent expression finally moved slightly, she looked at the Pope and said: Is human nature really so powerful? Don't forget, your name is Kirchhoff Neruda.
This is my name, but what about your name? The Pope returned to his standard expression, majestic and sacred.
The beauty frowned slightly and showed a hint of anger: You and I are one, and Kirchhoff Neruda is also my name.
Twins with the same origin and the same origin also have two souls after death. I have been incarnated as a human for so long that I can hardly tell whether I am Neruda, Antonio, Augusto, or the more distant Maligos, Gurian, or Teda Roy. The names announced by the pope are all the names of previous popes.
The beauty stared at the Pope silently, and finally sighed: Maybe this is the spiritual power. It turns out that if the soul is divided for a long time, it will create a unique spiritual personality. Who do you think you are now?
You should also ask yourself this question. I don¡¯t remember the old Neruda knowing how to sigh.
The Pope¡¯s words really moved the beauty. She couldn't help but press her forehead with her fingertips, and after a long while she said: "Sure enough, not only angels will be affected by the descending body, but also kings like us."
When the original Holy Spirit King Kirchhoff Neruda was forced to split his soul, he would never have thought that in this situation, the two souls would have separate spiritual personalities after being split for a long time.
When this happens to humans, it¡¯s called split personality. And they have their own bodies and have become two different existences.
A majestic but compassionate elder, a beautiful but cold beauty, thousands of years ago, they were the same soul and had the same world-famous name, Holy Spirit King Kirchhoff Neruda.
The chess pieces we planted thousands of years ago have been activated, and the variable Black Dragon has also been used. However, what we never expected was that Daro Alexik also returned. I wonder what will happen in the end of his battle with the black dragon?
But no matter what, the vanguard of the undead army has entered the Damilada Plain. When the humans gathered here face the terrifying undead souls for the first time, their instinctive fear will amplify to despair. This is our last chance to harness the power of this desperate faith to regain control of our godhead.
The Pope said as he walked towards the exit. When he finished speaking the last sentence, his figure had disappeared outside the door.
The beauty silently looked at the place where the Pope disappeared, with no expression on her cold face.