Crimson Hell

After running a distance through the desolate, barren, and ruined Fourth Epoch Trier, Lumian's abdominal injury was brought under control thanks to his powerful self-healing ability, and it should not worsen in the short term.

Under the Sunlight, he and Franca and the others were completely disoriented. Sometimes they would enter a narrow, half-ruined street, only to find themselves surrounded by a magnificent, red-roofed building complex. Other times they would follow a landmark, only to find themselves getting further and further away from it, no matter how they changed direction.

Fortunately, the four of them were close together, and none of them got lost or separated from the group.

Just as Lumian thought it was about time and was about to find a place to hide, a large number of raging Light Fragments appeared before them.

This appears to be a direct transfer of power from a distance, generated by the stimulation of Fourth Epoch Trier.

For Lumian and the others, this terrifying Storm of light was not unfamiliar; they had faced it once before in the Wilderness, a power emanating from Gardner Martin's Silver-White Full-Body Armor.

Gardner Martin Lumian stopped in time, refraining from rushing into the still quite dangerous Storm of light, which, though weakened, remained dangerous.

Franca's expression became quite complicated; she didn't know whether this was a stroke of luck or misfortune.

As the light subsided slightly, she saw Gardner Martin's head, dragging a long, blood-stained Spine. She saw her former Lover's mask was incomplete, his face covered in charred and gruesome wounds, the side of his Skull dented and cracked along with his helmet, revealing Gray-White brain. His eyes, staring in this direction, were Cavern and unfocused, filled with dizziness, as if he had suffered an exaggerated shock from a powerful Impact.

Gardner Martin's adversary was a body clad in Full-Body Armor Silver-White armor, headless, with a bloodstained, gaping wound around his neck.

He raised his hands, which coalesced into a giant Axe made of light.

This cannot be used to unleash "Storm of Light," but it is sufficient for normal combat.

Franca gazed at the familiar yet unfamiliar, tragic face, sighed, took out a Mirror, and reflected its image.

At this moment, Gardner Martin regained some of his senses, and what came into Eyes, besides his own headless body, was Franca's seemingly calm, Lake-Colored, beautiful Eyes.

Franca pressed her right hand, Burning in black Flames, against the Mirror reflecting Gardner Martin's head, and whispered, "I'll free you."

Gardner Martin, who had not yet fully recovered from the enormous blow to his body, was instantly engulfed in Black Flame, his spirituality Burning from the inside out.

He wanted to scream, but no sound came out. He wanted to pray to the Great Will for help, to use his own special abilities to awaken the power given to him by Fourth Epoch Trier, but there was no response.

With a soft thud, the headless Gardner Martin swung his radiant giant axe, cleaving through the head's face, shattering much of the missing mask, and embedding itself into the Skull.

Lumian had already taken a few steps to the side, raised his right hand, and sent a Reddish-White Fireball hurtling towards Gardner Martin's sunken Skull like Cannonball.

It landed on the crack, exploded with a thunderous roar, and tore apart the unprotected, Gray-White brain.

Under the relentless attacks on his own body, his Lover, and his subordinates, Gardner Martin's head bulged out, his eyes filled with resentment Pain.

With a snap, the head detached from the helmet and fell to the ground in a half-shattered state, lifeless and motionless.

As the Silver-White helmet landed, Gardner Martin, clad in armor, turned around, raised his radiant giant axe, and charged towards Lumian and the others.

Upon seeing this, Lumian slightly bent over and strode forward to meet him.

With each step he took, his body seemed to grow larger, until, by the time he was close to the headless Gardner Martin, his clothes and trousers were already taut.

The power of the "Ascetic"!

While hiding and waiting on the edge of Fourth Epoch Trier, Lumian had been "Accumulation" some power, which is now erupting.

He hadn't accumulated a lot of power, but it had Change him somewhat. Coupled with the improvements in speed, agility, and physique brought by the "Bloodsucker’s Arrow," he was confident he could block Gardner Martin's attack, who was wearing Silver-White armor.

Just as the two were about to clash, Lumian dodged to the side, letting the giant axe of light cleave past him, and then punched the headless Gardner in the wrist.

With a loud bang, the headless Gardner dropped the radiant giant axe, clenched his fist covered by a metal Gloves, and clashed with Lumian.

Lumian swayed slightly, while the headless Gardner remained as immovable as a Mountain Peak.

Lumian pulled his left fist back and flailed it around in the air to ease the pain, while simultaneously throwing out his right fist.

Just then, Franca, who had already disappeared while Lumian was running towards the headless Gardner, appeared behind the enemy wearing full Silver-White Full-Body Armor.

She raised the Iron-Black ring on her left thumb, and two Lightning- like glints flashed in her eyes.

She didn't know if her headless body could still be harmed by "Mental Piercing," but she felt it should be, because as long as there was a spirit, it would be affected by "Mental Piercing."

In an instant, the headless Gardner froze, the exposed skin and flesh at the severed neck and broken armor on his chest twitching.

Because she needed to chant Incantation and use materials, Jenna was a little slower than Franca, also arrived. Not too close to the headless Gardner, she revealed herself and her image, causing black Flames to condense and fly out, landing on the enemy's bloodied neck, which was not protected by the Silver-White Full-Body Armor. This Burning the enemy's spirit, which was in excruciating pain.

Thump, thump, thump, Anthony Reid ran past Jenna, closing the distance between himself and the headless Gardner.

Then, he raised his Eyes, which then turned a pale gold.

"Frenzy"!

Flames suddenly erupted from the headless body within the Silver-White Full-Body Armor, scorching its own flesh and blood.

Seeing this, Lumian leaned back and pushed off the ground with his right foot, "flying" away from the headless Gardner, while simultaneously conjuring several small Reddish White Fireball around himself.

The Fireball roared out, flying one after another into his body through the severed, unprotected neck.

Rumble!

The Fireball exploded from the inside out, causing the Silver-White Full-Body Armor to tremble violently, turning the headless body into charred pieces of flesh and blood that "coated" the inner layer of the armor.

Boom!

Lumian, which was flying backward, was pushed further away by the blast wave and landed on the ground.

At the same time, the Silver-White Full-Body Armor crashed to the ground with a deafening thud, like Mountain Peak collapsing.

Lumian had just gotten up and was about to praise Franca and the others for their good teamwork when he suddenly felt the sky turn blood red.

Raindrops began to fall.

No, that wasn't rain, it was Flames, Blazing White Flames.

Amidst the rain of fire, drops of blood were also seen.

Franca immediately rolled to the side of the building, using its extended roof to escape the Blazing White rain of fire. Lumian, Jenna, and Anthony did the same.

The Blazing White Flames and drops of bright red blood fell faster and faster, staining the surroundings red and completely setting buildings ablaze.

The Burning buildings merged into one, turning into a sea of fire.

As Lumian seriously considered whether to activate the "Blood Emperor" aura to see if it could bring about other Change in order to deal with the current terror, the image of the "Magician" Lady, wearing a bow-tie blouse and a beige Long Dress, appeared in his eyes.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The dazzling starlight illuminated the scene, carrying them, along with the "Pride Armor," Gardner Martin's Corpse, and other items, away from the street and into the ever-shrinking Golden Vortex high in the sky.

The Blazing White Flames, mixed with blood, fell like rain, but passed right through Bernadette Gustav, failing to ignite her.

The Angel seemed to have vanished.

He continued to observe the thick Gray Fog and the various forms of Corruption in the city. After a while, his body suddenly became transparent, turning into a pile of foam that reflected the firelight.

The bubbles burst, Bernadette also left Trier in the Fourth Epoch.

As the two elegant and Fascination Women approached the thick, wall-like White Fog, they discovered that the sky had turned the color of blood, and a dense rain of Blazing White Flame was falling.

Just as they were looking for a place to hide, a Golden Sun suddenly appeared in their eyes.

In the blink of an eye, they were completely purified.

In other parts of Fourth Epoch Trier, guests who entered the "Hostel" here either had already undergone Mutation and died in Monster form, were set ablaze by Blazing White Flame, or saw the Sun.

Madame Pualis took refuge in the doorway of a relatively intact, asymmetrical house.

She saw the Sunlight in the distance, and saw Blazing White blazing on the nearby buildings, but Flames darkness inside the door was so deep and terrifying that she dared not go in to hide.

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her head and heard an almost unreal baby crying.

That was the sound of her child crying; it was like a fragment of a memory, yet also seemed to be echoing nearby.

Following that strange feeling, Madame Pualis stepped into the endless darkness behind the door.

Amidst the countless Blazing White Flame that crashed down, Vazan Sanson, who was located in the collapsed Square, was also ignited, but he quickly returned to his original state.

He immediately foresaw his Destiny of being purified by the Sun.

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a figure emerging from behind a Grayish-White Stone Pillars at the edge of the Square.

It was a Translucent Blurry Lizard-Like Creature.

The creature's cold Eyes stared at him silently.

In Fourth Epoch Trier, numerous buildings were set ablaze by Blazing White Flames, stained red by rainwater that turned to blood, and charred black.

The "Red Angel," Medici, clad in blood-stained black armor, walked from the Wilderness into this city that was both beautiful and dazzling, yet filled with a sense of destruction.

He walked among the charred and collapsed houses, through the falling, Blazing White Flame, and through the blood-like raindrops, with an undisguised smile on his face.

The two deep, rotting wounds on his face that were still visible to the bone had begun to heal, leaving only mouth-like marks.

Splash!

Flames and blood cascaded down from the sky, illuminating Trier in the Fourth and Third Books and engulfing the ruins, turning it into a crimson Hell.

After 2,081 years, Medici has once again become the Angel King.