Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 420 Pig teammates

Jianhai County, Beldan.

This is a typical resource-based city, which rose and fell because of coal mining.

In the world war that just ended, as the only direction that was breached by the coalition forces of Feysac and Intis, Jianhai County suffered huge losses. Located at the most superficial part of the war, the second largest city in Loen, the capital of Jianhai County, Conston City, was ravaged by the war. By the time it fell, more than half of the buildings had collapsed or been destroyed.

As Belldan was an important node on the invasion route of the Feysac people, it was not difficult to imagine what happened to this city during the war.

As a result, the war has just ended, but now we are once again plagued by the uniqueness of the Judge's path.

It cannot be said that it was a time of disaster, it can only be said that the fate was bumpy.

Trier to Beldam is thousands of kilometers away, but for Roselle, the process only took him one second.

For an angel, many things are just that easy.

But there are exceptions, such as the city in front of us.

Russell stood beside a railway track, one end of which connected the city and the other end led to the end of the horizon.

Bernadette frowned slightly:

“The city is repelling us.”

Russell shook his head slightly and said:

"Not us, everyone."

As the only thing that is activated, 0-02 has a considerable degree of self, which makes it instinctively protect itself. Using its extraordinary ability to create an environment that is beneficial to it is undoubtedly the best choice.

As a Sequence 0 of the Black Emperor Path that was once adjacent to the Judge Path, Roselle was not unfamiliar with this. After all, the Black Emperor Path was actually similar to the Judge Path. The latter mainly created rules that were beneficial to itself, while the former used a rather alternative method to fully distort the existing rules to achieve its goals.

But the two are essentially the same, both are "creating" rules.

One is to add new rules based on existing rules, and the other is to directly distort existing rules.

There is a difference, but not much.

Because whether adding rules or distorting rules, similar effects can be achieved to some extent.

For example, the extraordinary people of the Black Emperor Path can "take advantage" of the rules to make a certain state last longer or end it early, making the rules more favorable to themselves. For example, after jumping into the air, the state of leaving the ground can be prolonged to achieve the effect of "flying".

The Judge path can directly add the rules of "flying" or "floating" to achieve the goal of "flying".

Therefore, these two approaches can both complement each other and "offset" each other, and can be considered each other's natural enemies.

After all, for the extraordinary people from other paths, if they want to defeat the extraordinary people from these two paths, they must first fight against the rules. As for them, the Black Emperor can distort the rules made by the Judge, and the Judge can also invalidate the rules distorted by the Black Emperor by making new rules.

Love and hate are just like this.

This is the situation now. In order to protect itself, '0-02' chose to distort the entire rules of Beldan.

This is to isolate the city from the outside world, so that people inside cannot leave and people outside cannot enter.

In this case, even angels cannot enter the city unless they break the rules set by '0-02'.

Of course, there is no way to leave.

The advantage is of course that it can eliminate interference to the greatest extent, but the disadvantage is that it is not hidden enough, the changes are too obvious, and it is easy to attract attention.

After all, although Beldan had fallen into decline, it was still an important railway node in the Kingdom of Loen. If it suddenly disappeared from the map, everyone would be able to sense that something was wrong. This was also the reason why Roselle knew that '0-02' was in Beldan.

And now Roselle was standing outside Beldam City, facing the same dilemma as the other angels - he had to find a way to get into the city first.

If you can't get into the city, then everything you do will be in vain.

But as the Angel King of the Black Emperor Path, how could Roselle be blocked outside by a rule?

Roselle's eyes moved slightly. In his eyes, Belldan was covered by some invisible barrier.

It blocks the entry of all external things and also prevents internal things from leaving.

But when Roselle looked at the barrier, the originally airtight barrier was quietly "corroded" with a big hole, because the rules had been twisted invisibly - Belldan prohibits all living beings from entering and leaving, except for the railway line.

"Follow me closely." Russell turned around and reminded.

He didn't understand why Bernadette had to come in person, but he knew that Bernadette must have her reasons for doing so. So as an old father, he had no choice but to believe in his daughter.

Of course, trusting Bernadette doesn't mean he will just give up.

How can you be a father like this?
Bernadette followed Roselle quietly, and the two of them followed the railway line into the city of Beldan.

When they entered the city, the holes that had been corroded in the barrier had been repaired, the distorted rules had been restored, and the city had become isolated from the outside world again.

Russell did not deliberately bend the rules to maintain that 'hole', which had no meaning other than draining his strength.

If the city can't restrict him, he can always open another 'hole'.

And if he can't break free from the constraints of the rules, then this hole will be repaired sooner or later.

If that’s the case, why does Russell keep it?
Following the railway line that showed obvious signs of repair, Russell came to the platform where traces of artillery fire remained.

If it were usual, this place would be crowded with passengers preparing to board the steam train, and it would be very lively. But now it is empty, with neither steam trains nor passengers. Looking around, the whole city is desolate and dead, and there is no sign of any living activity on the streets. Judging from the fallen leaves and dust piled on the streets, this has been going on for a long time.

Bernadette said softly:

"I can feel that there are still many living creatures here."

They just don't dare to come out and appear on the streets.

Roselle turned his gaze thoughtfully to the sign in front of the city hall.

In the center of the notice board, a slightly yellowed white paper covered the other notices. On the surface, it was written in black ink and Rune:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am your new consul. "Now, I issue three new decrees:
“The first rule is that without my permission, no living being can leave Beldan, and no outsider can enter Beldan.

“Second, all beings are equal before the law. Even angels can be killed by ordinary people.

"Article 3: Anyone who commits the following crimes shall be subject to severe punishment, up to and including the death penalty:
“1 kill;
“2 Stealing;

"3Recite the Name of the Deity completely;
“4 Sacrifice to evil gods;

“5 fraud;

“6 Leaks;

"..."

"Ah."

Russell couldn't help but laugh out loud. From the formal style of the notice, it was not difficult to judge that the activation level of '0-02' was not as high as he imagined, and this 'trip' might not be as dangerous as he imagined.
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Above the gray fog, Klein kept an eye on Roselle's movements until he entered Beldan City.

There was some strange power in this city, and the barrier it formed could easily block even the prying eyes of the gods. But with Roselle's strength, even if the Kingdom of Disorder showed up in person, Roselle would have a way to break that barrier and pray to the Fool.

As long as Klein receives this kind of prayer, he will have a way to get Russell and the others out, so there is no need to worry about their safety.

Of course, this is also based on the fact that the "Lost Country" really appears. After all, it is only confirmed that Beldan is related to the Lost Country, but it is still impossible to determine where the Lost Country is, nor the degree of activation of the "Lost Country".

If he only relied on the seal 0-02, Roselle could easily handle it alone.

From Klein's perspective, he certainly hopes that everything goes well.

And if everything goes well and Roselle successfully obtains the uniqueness of the Judge's path, then becoming an Old One is basically a foregone conclusion.

Of course, this takes time.

What he lacked the most now was time. In Klein's opinion, as long as Russell could obtain this uniqueness and become a dual-path true god, it would be better than anything else. Although his control over this uniqueness might not be strong enough, as long as he could use it, it would be fine.

After all, there is only one month in total. We can't expect Roselle to become what he was in the past overnight, right?
This is not realistic.

But to be honest, Klein didn't want Russell to become an Old One so quickly - because he had a hunch that if Russell got ahead of him, it would definitely not be a good thing. Although he didn't use a loud speaker to announce to the world that he had become an Old One, it was probably not much different.

At least based on Klein's understanding of Russell's character, he could really do such a thing - well, although the reference material is Russell's diary, and the current Russell should be much more stable than when he wrote the diary.

But Klein had already formed a prejudice, and the image of Russell in his mind was not so easy to change.
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In the astral world, a stone square floats in the vast void.

Pitch-black stone pillars support a magnificent and sacred church. Every pillar, arch and dome here is inlaid with skulls of different races. Most of them are pale, densely packed together, with empty and numb eyes.

There are also transparent, distorted, painful faces on the walls, windows and doors of the church.

In front of the huge cross, there are rows of black chairs with backrests.

From any perspective, this is a magnificent church that can rival the headquarters of major orthodox churches. The only flaw is that no believers come here to pray.

Adam, wearing a simple white robe and with a light blond beard, sat in the middle of the left bench in the first row. He had a silver cross pendant around his neck, which he was holding in his hand, against his forehead.

He lowered his head and closed his eyes, as if he was in deep thought or praying devoutly.

Suddenly, He seemed to sense something, slowly opened his eyes, looked up at the high stained glass, and murmured:

"The country of disorder..."

There are three portions of source essence from outer gods, accounting for one third of the total, which is a considerable amount.

But Adam never thought about these three sources. One reason was that these three sources involved the old days and the risk was too great.

Secondly, among the six paths corresponding to these three sources, only one belongs to Him.

And this path happens to be the abyss path, and even its owner is a greedy undead snake - Lakkad even wants to eat Him.

Adam was sure that if he showed any signs of weakness in the battle, Lakkad would eat him without hesitation. Even if they were allies now, even if they were already at a disadvantage and were about to lose.

So Adam never trusted Lacade, nor did he ever place his hopes on Lacade.

For the 'Dreamer', he usually plans everything in advance, and the best case scenario is that everything goes according to plan. Even if there are occasional changes, they will be within his plan and will not exceed his expectations.

But it is useless to just predict what will happen. He also needs to be able to respond to various situations at any time. To do this, He needs enough allies who are reliable enough. The Lord of Steam and the Primordial Witch belong to this category, but only Karad, although He is powerful enough, is completely unreliable.

If he had no choice, Adam would not have chosen Lakkad.

In fact, He chose the dark side of the universe at the beginning, but He did not expect that the dark side of the universe had been swallowed up by Lacade. For Adam, who had not yet become a god, cooperating with Lacade was a helpless measure.

But now, Karad, who only has the strength of Sequence 0, has become a burden and is difficult to get rid of.

The price to pay for killing him is too high, but if we continue to cooperate with Lakkad, we must be prepared to be betrayed by him at any time.

This is really a dilemma.

In comparison, the situation on the other side is much better.

The path of the Goddess of Night to become the Old One is unimpeded, and although there are some obstacles on the path of the Mother Earth, they cannot bring her the fatal threat as before. And now, even Roselle is on the path to becoming the Old One, and has even begun to contact the source substance "Land of Disorder".

This source essence has always been quite stable, and the path it corresponds to also has great potential. Even compared to the Perfector and Hermit of the Lord of Steam, the Black Emperor and the Judge are even better in potential.

Even though Roselle is a rising star and his potion digestion ability is not as stable as that of the Lord of Steam, it is still unknown who will win or lose in a real fight.

If they wanted to ensure that everything was safe, they had to prevent Roselle from obtaining the Country of Disorder, or even prevent him from obtaining the uniqueness of the Judge's Path. However, judging from the current situation, it was probably useless to rely on the Country of Disorder.

The Son of Chaos can't be relied upon. He has not made any movement in thousands of years. He is completely incomparable to the Fallen Mother Goddess and other beings. It's as if he doesn't care about the lost source essence at all.

Therefore, if you want to stop Roselle, you have to do it yourself.

(End of this chapter)