In the geographical center of the Southern Continent, on the ridge across the continent at the junction of Star Plateau and Harvest Plain, the figure of Angel walked out from Mirror World.
On the top of a thousand-meter-high mountain, strong winds blew and the temperature dropped sharply, but her black dress was not affected by the environment at all. Instead, it hugged her body tightly, outlining her beautiful body that could make everything fall to the ground.
Looking around, his eyes rested for a moment on Harvest Plain, which was formed by thick fog, and Star Plateau, which was a large area of barren land. Angel took out a palm-sized Brass Compass from his arms and lowered his head to play with it.
This is a piece of Grade 1 Sealed Artifact provided by Church of Steam that is not recorded in the numbering system. Under normal circumstances, it can indicate to the user the direction of the thing he desires most, and it will tremble at different frequencies according to the distance to ensure that he can find the specific location of that thing.
However, during use, Church of Steam discovered a problem. The "most desired thing" insisted on by the Sealed Artifact holder may not be what he truly desires. Some experimenters are not even sure what they need most, leading to being misled by the compass and heading towards dangerous places.
In addition, the negative effects of Brass Compass will make the user unknowingly fall in love with someone they should not love, and have the urge to release their inner desires. Even Saint is difficult to persist for too long.
Angel suspects that this Sealed Artifact is a relic left by a certain Saint who was contaminated and died out of control. Since the internal information of Church of Steam is not detailed, the source of the contamination is most likely Outer Deity, such as "Mother Tree of Desire".
Of course, none of this has anything to do with her. The only purpose of the compass in her hand today is to track the information hidden in the body of "Abomination" Suah and lock its location.
This can only have a short-term effect, and then "Abomination", who is proficient in curses and Anti-Divination, will clear this information in the body and immediately transfer locations. The believers with "Primordial Moon" will continue to hide under the protection of Mother Tree of Desire and other Great Old One.
A short time is enough...
Angel played with the brass compass in his hand, with its surface covered with fine scratches and faint green patina, waiting for the signal to start the action.
All her "Witch Church" Saint and Angel took action, stationed at the Southern Continent with their own or temporarily assigned Sealed Artifact and major cities in the Rhoside Islands, to protect believers at locations with Demoness and Church of the Fool, to prevent the evil cultists from jumping over the wall in a desperate attempt to deal a major blow to her and Klein's anchor of faith.
When we raided "Ideal Land" last time to solve the problem of "Hidden Sage", these Great Old One drove the evil spirits who believed in them Great Existence The believers attacked many cities, especially Intis, Loen who believed in "God of Steam", and some churches of "Fool".
This round of siege against "Primordial Moon" believers can almost be regarded as the "last battle" within the barrier. After that, no matter whether Angel can become a god or not, Klein and Amon Whoever wins will lose. Once again, the Earth side with many God will strengthen the barrier to prevent Great Old One's power from penetrating into the interior. It will be difficult for their Angel-level combat power to appear on the earth again.
Therefore, "Mother Tree of Desire" and other Outer Deity will inevitably protect "Chained God", Tolzna and Suah, at least They must use this opportunity to severely damage the inside of the barrier and prompt Apocalypse to arrive in advance. Otherwise, their originally "must win" situation will tilt to the other side because of the birth of the real Great Old One inside the barrier.
As for the North Continent, all God will protect their own believers. Who asked you not to support me and Klein in establishing a church? Until now, Witch Church Only Saint Triss Church of Backlund paid for it with the royal family's money, and the land was designated... Sigh, I hope the attacks by countless evil god believers in various places will cause fewer casualties... Angel muttered in his heart.
She thought again of the "Tree of Shadow" Gray said before. This plant had been planted on the ruins of Fourth Epoch Trier since the late Fourth Epoch, before the new Trier was built, next to the seal jointly built by Eternal Blazing Sun and God of Steam.
And because he was in a hurry to build a city and stabilize the underground seal, he had to go to Astral World as soon as possible to maintain the fragile barrier after Four Emperors War and Pale Calamity. Even Two Gods did not find this sacred tree, which was just a sapling at the time and had no abnormal aura at all.
And in the following more than a thousand years, nourished by the Indulgence, desire and joyful songs of the city above, "Tree of Shadow" has long been integrated with the entire Trier, just like the main body and Mirror Person are completely connected, unless the metropolis is destroyed and all the residents inside are destroyed, the arrival of True God will not be able to truly destroy the giant tree.
Of course, according to Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun's speculation, there is another way. As long as Intis Republic is moved to the capital, Trier and the millions of residents inside it will be moved to other locations, so that the Tree of Shadow below will lose nutrients and gradually wither. In this way, after decades, the sacred tree can be safely eradicated without threatening the corresponding millions of people.
But even Apocalypse only has 16 years left. Under the attack of Great Old One, it may even be earlier. There is no time to clear out "Tree of Shadow", and this giant tree may mature at any time, using Trier people as nourishment, and produce When it grows into Astral World, it disintegrates the barrier from the inside, or the root system breaks through the seal of Fourth Epoch Trier downwards, releasing the Sefirah pollution inside. It can also be used as a sacrifice to achieve certain things that Angel cannot do...
It can only be weakened so that the believers of "Mother Tree of Desire" cannot use its power... This is the task of Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun who is good at using sunshine and fire Purification. They are the only ones who have not sent Angel Orthodox Church came to the Southern Continent... Everything went according to plan... Angel gathered his thoughts and stopped thinking about things unrelated to this battle. Instead, he emptied his mind and waited in the cold wind.
Suddenly, endless gray mist appeared in front of her eyes, and the steady voice of Klein came:
"It's time to start."
Snap, Angel squeezed the Sealed Artifact in his hand. The surface of the ancient-looking compass had twelve complex symbols that represented both time and direction. In the center was a Distortion pointer that grew by itself like a branch.
Touched by Angel's Spirituality, it quickly pointed to one location, and then another, turning back and forth as if being misled by some force, never stopping.
The thing I long for is not in Physical World now... Angel chuckled, and a piece of information representing the location coordinates appeared in his mind.
That's what a compass is really for!
Following this piece of information, she immediately disappeared into Mirror World and quickly shuttled through the deep and dim passage. In an instant, she came to a space with glass crack-like lines all around, as if it was about to completely collapse.
Crash, the sound of the mirror breaking was heard, and Angel stepped into reality again, arriving in a dark forest where the sunlight could not reach.
It is said to be a forest, but all the trees within sight have completely withered, and the dry branches Distortion are pointing to the sky, like praying hands; the air is filled with the stench of blood and flesh corruption, which is so rich that it almost turns into substance; the sky is densely covered with dark red clouds, blocking the sunlight and the peeping from Spirit World, Astral World. Only the blood-red moonlight can illuminate this land.
If you don't have the specific coordinates and enter this place by Mirror World, even if Angel flies over this forest, it will be impossible to detect any abnormalities inside.
This is not just the help provided by "Mother Tree of Desire" Great Old One. After all, he is still outside the barrier and cannot penetrate too much power into reality, but "Chained God" Tolzna can rely on his own authority to control "Chained" Uniqueness to seal and isolate this area to avoid being discovered and invaded.
Only in this way can the believers of "Rose School" and "Primordial Moon" who can take the initiative without being driven away from their base camp, be able to fight against the Seven Gods for many years without being completely eliminated.
Of course, due to the contribution of "Abomination" Suah, this line of defense has now been torn apart.
Following the source of the power that protected this land, Angel looked into the sky, and saw a huge figure in the dark clouds, shrouded by Crimson Moon, and was constantly Affliction squirming.
It was a mummy that was pierced by countless huge brown branches and wrapped in yellow bandages. A large number of thorns and thorny roses were entangled between the bandages and branches, constantly regenerating and dying.
That was "Chained God" Tolzna who Angel had seen his true face on the battlefield.
His abdomen sometimes bulges and sometimes shrivels, with face or palm-like protrusions on the surface. It seems that a monster is being conceived, constantly churning, but for some reason it has been unable to be born.
But the power of the curse that seemed to be substantial and blocked the entire area remained undiminished, still demonstrating the power of King of Angel.
At His feet, there are countless creatures that look like humans but are deformed beyond recognition. They suffered a death curse just because they were close to King of Angel. Their facial features were misaligned, their bodies oozed pus, and they even turned into the shapes of pigs, sheep, rabbits, etc., but they still knelt down to Tolzna and kept praying.
It is impossible to identify how many of them actively believe in "Chained God" and how many are captured ordinary people.
In the middle of them, "Abomination" Suah, like a giant tree Distortion watered with oil, was dancing with fewer arms than before, directing the believers to perform a sacrifice.
Suah, who already knows that this place was exposed due to his own negligence, needs to take advantage of the gap between many Orthodox Church Angel to quickly move his position and leave here.
His Spirituality suddenly sounded a warning, and the countless bloodshot black and white eyeballs on his body and arms turned to look somewhere in the forest.
There stood a terrifying Demoness who had repeatedly launched attacks but never succeeded.
"..."
He issued the silent Shriek, while praying to "Chained God", issuing instructions to the deformed believers, and directing all curses at Angel.
But the next second, his figure disappeared out of thin air and was transferred to Mirror World by Angel.