What did you do with the dice?

Well, since the God of Truth wanted to give it to her, Rusalka didn't hesitate to be polite. If the power was bad, then just give it to me and I would use it to do good things.

[Receive a gift from the True God. Your "True God's Blessing" is upgraded to "Power: Iron Curtain of False Illusions"]

[False Illusion Iron Curtain: During wartime, friendly units (including buildings) on your battlefield will be shrouded in a permanent black fog. Enemies will be unable to see buildings and soldiers more than 20 meters away through non-magical senses such as sight and hearing. The effect is equivalent to a one-way "Darkness" and "Silence."]

Darkness | Second-Level Evocation: Designate a point within range, and magical darkness fills a 15-foot-radius sphere around that point. This darkness spreads around corners, and even creatures with darkvision cannot see through it. Non-magical light cannot illuminate the area.

[Negative effect of power: Your troops and cities will lose their deterrent power against the enemy, and the enemy's morale will decrease at a slower rate.]

[Note: No matter what color the cat is, it will be black when the lights are turned off.]

Rusalka: The note this time is not good. If it were me, it should be "No matter what skin color a person is, he will be shot when the lights are turned off."

Sanitta felt that if his good brother died, the number of Hell Lords might immediately become seven.

Sani Iron Tower: (How subtle! Why would the God of Truth choose this power effect? ​​No matter how I look at it, it seems completely inconsistent with what He has always done. He never fights head-on, so where would He get His army? And this effect is just too powerful. Forget about defending a city. Anyone familiar with Iron Curtain will understand. When attacking a city, you can use the black fog to obscure vision and set up some loose formations. The entire city is pitch black, and the opposing defenders have no idea where to shoot. Retreating is even more powerful. Even Cao Gui wouldn't dare chase this invisible army.)

No wonder he kept it for Rusalka; it was indeed the most suitable. He had to admit he was quite daring. Whenever one of his twelve subordinates possessed military authority, the cost-effectiveness of this ability shot to the top, along with the noble bonus to allied units across the battlefield.

Rusalka: (Ah, why are there negative effects? Who will make up for the lack of deterrence in my army?)

Sanita: (You expect the human army to scare off the demon army? Why are you invading Hell?)

Fine, I'm only responsible for fighting anyway, so whatever the commander thinks is good is fine.

-

Rusalka returned to reality smoothly, with a cat lying beside him. The cat had become accustomed to his occasional disappearance at night and was waiting for his usual return.

But what he and Sanitta didn't know was that the God of Truth didn't actually leave him alone and say these words, but did the same to every remaining seat, creating an atmosphere of "everyone was left alone."

He repeated the same words to Taurus and Libra as to Rusalka, hoping that they would actively fight against the end, and then

They were also given their own powers.

Even Theresa, the biggest "inside ghost", was left alone.

However, the content of the conversation between the God of Truth and her was completely different.

What He wanted Theresa, the messenger of the end, to do was not to make her turn back from her ways as He had said before. The entire passage revolved around one core point.

—Killed Rusalka.

Chapter 471 Resurrection of spiritual energy

"I know what you want, Messenger of the End," the God of Truth said to Theresa. "You still lack the faith of the End, and some faith from that Gemini Rusalka, right?"

Theresa smiled fearlessly and said, "It's still exposed. It turns out that breaking the contract and killing Capricorn is a bit too radical. So, what do you want to do to me?"

"Actually, the faith left in the Lord of Hell by the End can also be plundered, and you, the Messenger of the End, need to collect half of it, right?" The God of Truth said slowly, "But Rusalka only needs to collect one, because he is a believer in the End."

Theresa wasn't too surprised to hear the news. After all, Rusalka had used similar evil powers in Alice City before.

But demonic power is incompatible with the power of other systems. If there is a demonic power in the world that is compatible with other systems, then we can only guess that it is the power of direct faith in the false god of "the end": "So what? I have the joyful faith he needs. He will eventually find me."

"No, what I mean is that if you had taken away the one copy of the Ultimate Faith that he had obtained, it would have been enough. You wouldn't have needed to risk getting three copies yourself."

The black mist in the hands of the God of Truth slowly flew towards Theresa, revealing a triangular spike within. "He's very powerful, and the six lords of Hell are no less powerful. Therefore, when he and the lords of Hell are both wounded, this is the best opportunity. Kill him, and you'll get everything you desire."

Theresa frowned slightly: "Why?"

The God of Truth: "Because he is the heaviest weight on that person's scale. And I want a reform. Well, do what you must do."

As He finished speaking, before Theresa could ask any more questions, her body fell from the fog.

When she regained consciousness, she was back in her private room within the cathedral.

The black triangular spear in his hand exuded a hint of coldness.

-

A week passed in the blink of an eye, and was gone in the preparations for war. Everyone was busy with their own things.

Even Rusalka was completely overwhelmed by Sanita's work schedule. He was working from 9am to 9pm seven days a week, a 997 schedule that showed how much he had to deal with. If it weren't for Phoenix, he would have quit long ago.

Fortunately, when he was freeing his mind to think and copy, he could also chat with Sanita to relieve his boredom.

Rusalka: (If I ever have children, the first thing I'll do is teach them to write. So why write so many letters? And why go to Alice City? Isn't there a rule that the Grand Duke is not allowed to enter the Imperial City?)

Sanitta: (It is the Grand Duke's army that is not allowed to enter the city, but of course I can go in. Forget it, I won't tell you that you don't read the Noble Handbook. Anyway, after the last meeting, I took a look at this book left by the God of Truth, and I feel that the power of the demons was underestimated before. Moreover, our Sinidi is the front line of the battlefield of the Seven Sins Domain. I am afraid it will be difficult to defend. If our friendly forces are gone, our Pearl Tear Territory will also be in danger.

Therefore, I would like to gather all the nobles of Sinidi and, in this final year, work together to build the strongest joint defense line at the border of the Seven Sins Territory.

Rusalka: (M...Maginot Line?)

Sanita frowned, and his good brother really said: (You have so many bad internet memes in your head, don’t you have any auspicious historical knowledge?)

What Sanita said was true. Rusalka didn't have much historical knowledge, so she asked tentatively: (Or, Normandy?)

Sani Iron Tower: (No one can defend it, right?)

Rusalka immediately came up with a new one: (Verdun! Verdun is fine. I vaguely remember that the defense of this place took a long time.)

Sanita sighed: "Verdun is not as good as Maginot. At least the former is slightly more favorable for the defenders. And you are moving further and further into the plains, almost out of touch with the fortress. Is this all you know?"

Rusalka: (How about this? I'm more familiar with localization. Let me think about it. Let's call it Shanghai Fortress. That thing can even stop the alien Trisolarans. Cricket demons are nothing to worry about. Mage, go build me an Earth super cannon!)

Sanita: (You are so stupid! I deprive you of your right to name someone.)

Rusalka: (Ahem.)

On June 30, 548 of the Royal Calendar, with the successful test of the last magic connection circuit, the Pearl Tear Territory Mage Tower was officially declared completed.

Under the command of Archmage Sanita, two portals were constructed, one leading to the Sea Tribe and the other to the Forest of Elves. The previously preserved Esdi portal was then relocated to the tower's teleportation hall and reactivated, finally connecting to the portal in the southwest Mage Tower in Alice Magic City. This gave Silver City four portals.

From left to right, the first road leads to the Forest of Elves, the second road leads to the Kingdom of Elegy, the third road leads to Light City, and the fourth road leads to Alice City.

There are four blocks next to each portal.

Signs of different colors have the corresponding locations of the portals written on them. The green one corresponds to the Forest of Elves, the blue one corresponds to the Kingdom of Elegy, the gold one corresponds to Light City, and the white one corresponds to Alice City, so as to prevent some people who "just slipped accidentally and are not necessarily stupid" from going through the wrong door.

The above sentence comes from Rusalka, who was planning to go to the Elf Forest to find Alila to ask what Alijie's father's name was, but came back from the other side soaking wet: "It's too hot outside. I thought water has a high specific heat capacity, so it would be nice to soak in it before going to the Elf Forest."

At midnight on July 1, 548 in the Kingdom Calendar, many exhausted mages who were meditating and resting in the Mage Tower suddenly had a clear mind and broke through the bottleneck they had been stuck in for many years.

Starting with the first wizard shouting "Hey! I'm a wizard now!" and then waving his wizard robe and knocking on the doors in the tower, many wizards ran out of the room one after another, taking off their clothes and shouting as they walked. For a while, there was cheering in the wizard tower, as if it was a carnival for the clones of Rusalka.

"It must be the manifestation of the Supreme Master of Arcane!"

"I think it's because we built this Mage Tower that Master Sanita, the earthly messenger of God, gave us this reward."

"From now on, I will enter the realm of the Great Master. Who dares to mourn me? Who can mourn me?"

"Mom, I've made it!"

Sanita looked at those wizards in the tower who had completely forgotten their dignity as wizards. From the gray-haired wizards to the young apprentices, they all ran and experimented with new spells without restraining their excitement.

He frowned slightly: collective breakthrough?

He looked up at the brilliant starry sky outside. Above the sky of Esdi in the east, there seemed to be a faint stream of light emerging.

-

In the silent wilderness, the man who kept swinging his sword at the scarecrow had words that made him feel confused and lost echoing in his heart.

"If you still haven't passed the aptitude test by the age of 20, it may be difficult for you to become a glorious paladin in your lifetime."

"But if you do good deeds and persist in training, perhaps one day God Light will show you some extra favor. After all, there are many naturally awakened paladins in Esdi. I heard that there is a lord in Snidi to the west who was also naturally awakened."

"But for some reason, such rumors seem to become less and less common year by year, and those people are all geniuses without exception. You...sigh..."

This man, who still insisted on swinging his sword a thousand times every day, sweating profusely, suddenly felt a tremor all over his body. The next moment, golden light emerged from the iron sword in his hand.

Tears and sweat mixed together as he knelt on his knees, raised his head, and prayed devoutly: "I have finally been favored by you! Thank you, God Light. From now on, I will abide by your teachings and become a paladin who is no less capable than others!"

In a solemn church, brilliant golden candlelight flickered on both sides, and a cardinal was standing in front of the statue of Wright, frowning as he listened to the report of the elderly nun behind him.

"Are you saying that all the nuns you taught awakened the power of the Holy Light overnight?"

"That's right! Even the youngest child, only 15, has truly used the power of Holy Light. I saw it with my own eyes, and there's absolutely no falsehood." The old nun said excitedly, "This must be a miracle from the God Light, foreshadowing that He will lead Esdi back to its former glory!"

"You should go back first and comfort those newly awakened cultivators... Priests. Ask the War Priests to come over and teach them as much healing and defensive skills of the Holy Light as possible."

"Isn't it a bit too fast to teach these things directly? How about starting with prayers and blessings? And if I want to officially become a priest, I remember I need to go to villages and towns around to gain experience..."

The cardinal's voice was very steady. "This is a special case. Let's put the training on hold for now. Just let the local war priests start teaching these things. I will report to the Saint."

"Okay, good night, Your Majesty. I'll be going back first."

The old nun walked out of the church with a brisk pace, humming a little tune, and she didn't feel tired at all from getting up in the middle of the night.

However, the cardinal turned around, looking at his own blurry shadow in the candlelight, and muttered to himself, "This is already the third person to report this. So many people have awakened to the Holy Light overnight. However, the brighter the light, the deeper the shadow. This matter must be reported to the Saint as soon as possible, or the world will soon be in turmoil."

-

Sanshui Xinyu glanced at the clock, which had only reached 6 o'clock. She cast a refreshing spell on herself and channeled her magic power into the humming stone in front of her. "Why are you contacting me so early?"

A tired but excited voice rang out from within: "Lord Hemorosi, I want to report some good news to you. Ever since that airship from Snidi destroyed our fleet and breached the tower's defenses, we've been working on reverse engineering it. Although progress was slow before, we've recently achieved a breakthrough!"

"What progress?"

"We've developed a combined magic pattern technique. While its individual effects aren't strong, they can be multiplied exponentially through resonance and alignment. If deployed on an airship formation, the eight airships could achieve a combat efficiency at least ten times higher than before! And this is just a conservative estimate!"

Sanshui Xinyu didn't take it too seriously, but a breakthrough was also a good thing: "Really? That's interesting.

Think about it, let’s go to the Twin Towers.”

After she hung up the phone, she lay back in the chair and took a deep breath. Suddenly, she felt as if something in her chest had broken, and the magic circuit in her body suddenly activated on its own.

Her eyes were instantly covered by a golden light. She suddenly stood up from the chair and unfolded the barrier, but found that there was no one around.

She was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand, and a golden rune chain emerged from her palm, following her thoughts.

"Mo Wujue's oath? Why would I..."

The words of the God of Truth flashed through her mind. Counting the days, it was exactly one week since the last meeting, which meant that it was exactly one year away from the demon invasion predicted by the God of Truth.

Considering what the alchemist just said, could this be a kind of "last gasp"?

As she was wondering if this was just a coincidence, the stone on the table began to vibrate again.

"Hey?"

"Lord Hemorosi, good news! The experiment to fuse a new magic-resistant material that can be mass-produced has been successful! Are you or any other council members free to come and provide guidance on the processing plant?"

Oh, interesting, is this also part of the gods' plan...

The corners of her mouth raised slightly.

-

Rusalka jumped up from the bed and was about to do a somersault to celebrate the end of her prison term when she suddenly found a rare Phoenix lying next to her.

"Haha, Phoenix, you have a day to sleep in too! Very good, I'm going to complain to Sanita right now. 997 is too much of a blessing. Even our Pearl Tear Territory's chief assassin can't handle it. Shouldn't we all be given a month off to rest properly?"

Just when he was about to laugh at Phoenix for oversleeping today and use this as an excuse to argue with Sunita and get the work done, he saw a "pure black" Phoenix walking in from the door, holding a plate of breakfast and placing it next to him.

Although there were no details about the facial features and fur, Rusalka could tell at first glance that it was Phoenix. The aura was exactly the same: "Oh my god, how come there are two cats!"

Phoenix opened her eyes, jumped off the bed, and when she stood still, another black cat came in from the door and stood in a triangle with her, surrounding Rusalka.

Oh no, it’s the Cat’s Triangle Kill!

"Shadow Warrior."

After Phoenix finished speaking, as if to make Rusalka understand the function of this thing, she first made a gesture, and all the shadows followed suit. Then she changed the gesture. This time, the two shadows made a different gesture from hers.

Rusalka: I understand, Advanced Shadow Cat.

But this shadow warrior seemed to be different from the skills. There were no restrictions or consumption. Phoenix had no intention of taking them back, so he sent one of them to cook and the other to work, while he slept.

It’s so useful. How much is this thing worth? It makes Rusalka want to order one too.

"Wait, then you'll have to spend three times as much as I did on equipment? Cat, look at what you've awakened! You little loser..."

Before she could finish her words, Rusalka realized that not only would the equipment cost three times as much—the number of tails would also be three times as much.

Chapter 472 Mechanical Drive Night

"Oh my god, the global spiritual energy has revived, and the whole nation has officially entered the era of cultivating immortals. Is the national destiny about to change? Although there are no Chinese dragons in this world, my Pearl Tear Fish Group will not lose!"

Rusalka laughed to herself after she finished speaking, while Sanita said helplessly, "They're just laughing foolishly over there. We know the reason for the change."

"I understand. It's called synchronicity." Rusalka spread her hands. "But isn't this a great thing? This way, our chances of winning are even greater. What's wrong with having fun together? Think about it: we've been preparing so hard for so long, but it's nothing compared to the gods having a flash of inspiration, waking up, and the world's strength increasing a hundredfold..."