Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 525 Choice
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The sudden darkness and silence swallowed up the deepest part of Calderon, leaving only the faint and illusory sound of water.

In a world without light, the God of Death, who resolutely set out on the path of the Ancient Gods once again, recalled for a moment the uniqueness of the "Red Priest" that he had once obtained.

As early as before the "Four Emperors War" in the Fourth Epoch, Salinger had learned the secret of the "implicit adjacent pathways" and confirmed through experiments on believers that "corpse collectors, witches, and hunters can indeed exchange at high sequences, and the harm is only slightly higher than the exchange of adjacent pathways." Therefore, when the "Four Emperors War" just started, the God of Death locked his target on Alistair Tudor.

After taking great pains to kill Alistair Tudor, the gods of the Northern Continent did not have any outstanding "Hunter" path extraordinary people worth cultivating, and no one was willing to come into contact with the uniqueness and characteristics of the spiritual imprint that combined "three sequences at the same time, capped by a crazy true god" in an extreme time.

These things were directly obtained by the God of Death who had planned it in advance. He successfully became the last living person and winner of this war of gods and reaped the greatest benefits.

Although it was still a question whether he, a true god, could successfully occupy the "implicit adjacent path", the God of Death did not intend to give up this opportunity - it was normal to be nervous and fearful, but what if he succeeded? - Looking back now, Salinger always felt that his actions and the final outcome were full of conspiracy, but he was sure that even if he had to do it again, he would still choose to seize these things. Even if he could not accept them, it would be beneficial for him to soak them in the River of Eternal Darkness for a while.

Of course, even if the God of Death in the Fourth Epoch was eager to take this step, he would not accept it rashly - Alistair's crazy look was still vivid in everyone's mind, and no one wanted to die because of wrong judgment on the way to a higher place.

Therefore, He chose to first utilize part of the power of the tributary of the "River of Eternal Darkness" and use his corresponding source essence to slightly pollute these extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness, temporarily suppressing four of the spiritual imprints.

However, in the moment of trying to contain the uniqueness, Death still felt as if he had swallowed a mouthful of fire, a burning fireball!

How can a soul that is so close to death take on such activity?
Therefore, the God of Death at that time had to seek the power of the River of Eternal Darkness to suppress his burning emotions, but he did not expect that he could not get more recognition through this uniqueness. The River of Eternal Darkness failed to help Him find a balance between these two extraordinary powers of extreme activity and extreme silence, and He finally ran towards madness, and finally turned into fire like the previous two masters of this uniqueness, burning out like self-immolation.

He took the right path, but at the wrong time.

The fear of "death" and "darkness" is the innate instinct of any living being.

In the past, even the ancestors of a certain civilization who believed that "death is just a state and that death coexists with humans" would perform dramas to kill the god of death on specific festivals to vent their fears.

Death and darkness are like two sides of the same coin, and fighting, war, and disaster are the paths leading to these two fears.

This time, after accommodating the uniqueness and extraordinary characteristics of the adjacent pathways, Salinger did not feel the madness coming at the first moment.

There was no sudden outburst of delirium, no sudden madness.

There was no longer the same crazy joy and pain as the last time he swallowed the Red Priest's banner, as if both his body and soul were being burned to ashes by the raging fire.

There was only dead silence.

The extraordinary characteristics that implied a sense of tranquility and dreams merged with the body of the God of Death. His eyes suddenly became dark, and his raised arms remained in a grasping posture, motionless in the darkness like a sculpture.

His will fell into endless darkness, like an inescapable nightmare, leading to the nothingness of "the end".

There was only dead silence.

……

When the Mother Earth saw the changes in the main peak of the Honachis Mountains, a look of panic appeared on her face.

As he expected, just a moment later, the huge demon wolf stood on the top of Honachis Mountain, and rushed straight to Calderon with an indescribable aura of horror, and collided with the light of dusk with its army of secret puppets.

Once he is held back by Antigonus, the God of War will really have no chance to defend and help himself!

What's more, Leodro is determined to take Fenaport away from him. Faced with such murderous intent, would Badhair really be willing to fight for his mother and the God of Thunder, a true dual-path powerhouse?

The Mother Goddess of Earth felt that there was no need for her to rely on any fluke any more. The ancient forest she had built was gradually falling apart under the attack of the God of Thunder... It was true that life and plants were endless, but the speed of thunder was far faster than the speed at which destroyed trees could regrow!

The Mother Goddess of Earth was not even sure whether the other party had used the extraordinary ability of the "White Tower". If not, then the other party was waiting to destroy Her hiding place with the simplest means, and then directly simulate the extraordinary ability targeting the weakness, striving to kill Her with one blow.

If gods also have physiological reactions to fear, then the Mother Earth would now have her hair standing on end and goose bumps all over her body.

"I am willing to surrender!"

Faced with this situation, the Earth Mother Goddess gritted her teeth, squeezed her extraordinary power, and shouted loudly amid the thunder:

"I am willing to become your subordinate god and give the land of Feynaport to Loen!!"

After being incorporated into Loen's territory, the citizens of the former countries of Segar and Lunburg were not severely oppressed. Those small countries still followed the original order and did not amend the laws. In addition to strict control over religion, it was not allowed to believe in any gods other than the God of Thunder - but He still had the title of "God of Truth and God of Wisdom". Since they were not severely oppressed, except for some devout believers and rebels who wanted to restore national autonomy, most people gritted their teeth and accepted the rule of the "tyrant".

"My church members are good at farming, planting and blessing. I am willing to provide Rune with any food he needs, whether it is bread, rice or meat! If you kill me, all you will get is a church with dead and wounded people! I am willing to be your subordinate god!"

What he wanted was food to ease the internal conflicts of the country, a victory brought by an inspiring god, and new land, so he probably didn't want a completely dead land...

The Earth Mother, or Lilith, knew exactly what her death would mean for her followers.

Different from the previous two battles between adjacent paths, the power changed rapidly and the faith just changed its direction. If He died, almost all farmers would be affected... except those who believed in the "Fallen Mother Goddess"!

The believers of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" cannot be completely eliminated, and they can only rely on the control of the church. If She dies, these believers will definitely receive information from the real "Mother" and quickly cause trouble... and the speaker of the School of Life, which also controls some of the "Moon" and "Earth" paths, has disappeared for a long time. This school has basically been occupied by the believers of the "Fallen Mother Goddess".

(No one knew that Backland had a child sitting in his stroller, staring blankly at the toy on the roof.)
Therefore, Lilith held on to the last bit of luck and wanted to get an answer - He is useful, at least more useful than the God of War.

Not long after, Lilith suddenly felt that the storm of thunder and lightning had weakened slightly, and a burst of ecstasy suddenly surged in her heart, but a deeper vigilance also spread from the bottom of her heart, fearing that this was a trap set by the other party to lure her in.

But then, Lilith heard the sound like thunder exploding in her ears.

The Tyrant looked down at the goddess of the earth and said arrogantly and calmly:

"can."

“But your country has too many people.”

The joy that had just risen in Lilith was suddenly extinguished by the next words of the "Tyrant", as if a bucket of cold water was poured over her head. She thought about how it took her an era to develop a country of this size, and about the "too much" that the tyrant said, and she became uneasy for a moment.

How much is too much? How much should be left?
Eighty-nine percent, or three-fourths of five, or... half?
Lilith was overwhelmed with fear because of her own imagination. The tyrant seemed to see through her confusion and fear. He calmly dropped a heavy bomb in the heart of the Earth Mother once again:
"Leave a quarter."

Boom!

It was as if invisible thunder struck Lilith's brain, and the face of the Mother Goddess of Earth suddenly lost its color.

Three quarters!

Losing three quarters of the anchor at once! Lilith almost felt like she was about to collapse. Although in terms of the population of Feynaporte, even if only one quarter was left, it would still be a million people, which was more than enough to be an effective anchor to support a true god, but Lilith could not guarantee that she could maintain her current status after losing so many people at once!
You know... "Mother" is always watching Him!
And His condition is not good, which has long been no secret...Except for the God of Steam and Machinery, He is the only god who cannot even decide who to favor. Otherwise, He would not have created two different systems of "God's Favored Ones" and "God's Chosen Ones".

Just as Lilith was hesitating, the sound of thunder and lightning exploded again, even more violently than before, as if the tyrant was expressing his dissatisfaction and was brewing a fatal blow.

Lilith shrank subconsciously, and looked up at the sky, as if she saw a pair of cold eyes that looked down upon her, indifferent and mocking. In an instant, Lilith suddenly understood the other party's intention.

In fact, it may not be that the God of Thunder really thinks that Feynaporte has too many people.

It is not necessarily true that one-quarter of the population is in the best interests of Loen.

But...

This is the "taming" of the tyrant.

Lilith understood that the way of a tyrant is the extreme obedience of the inferior to the superior out of fear, and Leodro was using this method to make him submit.

If you don't agree, you will die. If you agree, agree to this condition that you absolutely cannot agree to based on your own principles, then what else can you not agree to in the future? Holding resentment in your heart, but fearing the power of the other party and not daring to speak, you can only lower your bottom line again and again, which means that your body and mind have already succumbed to the tyrant, and you have become a part of the trembling fear of him.

He represents absolute power and absolute violence, and he wants to make everything in the world tremble and kneel in fear.

——Klein didn't know that he could not accept the death of Richard and others, and resolutely chose to follow his heart and sense of justice to join the Demon of Knowledge, thus avoiding Leodero's "taming" of him.

"I……"

Only then did Lilith realize that when she had the idea of ​​surrendering, she had already been influenced by the "tyrant".

Mother Earth had no choice but to lower her head dejectedly:

"I accept."

A sneer reached Lilith's ears clearly. Lilith clenched her fingers, but did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. He cursed Badhair loudly in his heart, and his hatred for him reached an unprecedented peak.

Then, Lilith was stunned to realize that she actually hated Badhair, who had no ethics of alliance, instead of hating the God of Thunder who directly attacked and threatened her. This made Lilith even more angry and powerless.

As the sneer fell, Lilith saw that the silver-white lightning no longer fell from the sky. He waved his hand, and the dense and huge ancient forests around him aged and decayed, and finally turned into spirits and dissipated, as if completing a reincarnation and blending into the environment of the spiritual world.

Leodro looked down at Lilith and did not pressure her any further.

Then, He looked back meaningfully in the direction of the southern continent, and issued an oracle to all His believers who were still there, asking them to return to their homeland.

Lilith had already left the spirit world, and since Badhair didn't care about Him, He decided to completely break the alliance that was maintained by bloodline. He directly chose to join the Thunder God's camp - just in time, the other party had lost the Mother of Heaven, so he should need a subordinate god, and also a new land to show his identity and power as a "tyrant".

As soon as He returned to the real world and to the sky above Feynaporthe, the red moon filled His mind with chaotic mumblings.

Before Lilith had the chance to issue an oracle to her believers and people, she saw countless dark clouds in the sky suddenly gathering towards Feynaporte, firmly blocking the moon in the sky.

The mystical connection was isolated to the greatest extent possible, and the influence of the Fallen Mother Goddess on Lilith was suddenly reduced to its usual state.

At this moment, countless thunders suddenly fell from the sky, and the huge lightning gathered into an ocean, instantly submerging most of Feynaport. Countless people who were still sleeping, countless people wandering on the streets, and countless people who were still working in factories were turned into human-shaped charcoal in the thunder without any pain. At the same time, no building was damaged.

At the same time, a brass eye appeared in front of Lilith, blocking her vision.

There was a huge number in my eyes that was decreasing rapidly, and the single digits kept flashing between 0 and 9, so fast that it was almost impossible to see clearly.

In just two breaths, the number representing "ten thousand" dropped by one digit.

After the death of the people was visualized as a jumping number, it seemed that the guilt and reluctance suddenly decreased a lot. Lilith looked at the string of numbers, watching the "ten thousand" and "hundred thousand" digits jump one after another.

Soon, the first "million" was also reduced by one digit.

Lilith was horrified by Leodero's behavior, but she seemed to have lost her empathy for what was happening in the real world because of the numbers. The silver-white light that flooded Feynaporte could be seen in almost every corner of the northern and southern continents. The white light in the sky kept flashing, and except for the gods, no one knew what it meant.

In countless buildings, people who were lucky enough not to be killed in the first wave were awakened by the thunder, and found in horror that their family members or colleagues, who had lived and eaten with them, had turned into black ashes and sticky burnt marks blown away by the strong wind.

They roared in despair, growled madly, or went mad on the spot from the huge blow, ran into the streets to end their lives in the lightning, or kept chanting the name of the Earth Mother Goddess as if grasping at their last straw, hoping to get the salvation and protection of the gods, to wake up from the nightmare, to know whether their relatives and friends have returned to the Mother Goddess.

And above this country, Mother Earth stood quietly under the overcast sky, watching all this with compassionate and powerless eyes.

After about a minute, or maybe two minutes, the speed of counting in the brass eyes began to slow down. After more than ten seconds, the numbers stopped one by one, from "ten thousand", to "thousand", and then to "ten". With the last jump of the ones place, the population of this country was fixed at 17 million.

"ended."

Lilith seemed to hear someone make this judgment.

TBC
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good night.