Chapter 444 Final Chapter
The Felin Demon Sunflower was completely wiped out.
Everything is as Brian expected. The desert is continuing to regain vitality, and his power is gradually growing. He is accumulating strength and preparing to march into the desert to rebuild an extraordinary world. A general arcane empire.
But Brian can still vividly remember that he once agreed to a deal with Miss Lost.
So after explaining everything, he came alone to the ghost city Sultanza docked on the Shadow Sea.
Brian walked into the secret door and walked down the stairs.
The stairs are very narrow, spiraling in circles and extending downward. I don’t know how deep or far they are.
The City of Shadows was built two thousand years ago by the Supreme King who used the power of magic to cut down the mountain peaks and turn them upside down. If we follow common sense, the height of the entire city would be no more than a thousand meters high.
Based on Brian's speed, if he used magic, he would be there in the blink of an eye.
However, this secret door and staircase were built so secretly, who knows if there might be anything weird in them.
Even though he knew there wouldn't be any danger, Brian was still vigilant and always prepared for emergencies, so much so that he was cautious with every step he took, and even after walking for more than ten minutes, he was still lingering on the stairs.
The secret door at the entrance has long been closed, and the stairs are pitch black. You can't see anywhere you look. Any magical or non-magical lighting methods are useless here.
Not only is there no light, there is no temperature. Apart from the cold wind, there is only absolute darkness.
If you can’t see it, then you are not optimistic.
Brian stopped and thought for a moment, then suddenly pressed down on the handrail and jumped out of the stairs.
The sound of whistling wind passed by his ears sharply. He used the floating technique and fell rapidly like a meteor falling to the ground.
The long, bottomless staircase seemed to suddenly come to an end.
Brian felt as if he had jumped out of the City of Shadows and directly entered the sea of clouds.
It is still dark, but the soles of my feet are light and soft, and it is impossible to be on the mud no matter how I think about it.
By feeling the flow of air with his skin, Brian knew that the place he was in was a large open plain.
The strong and cold wind blowing from hell becomes soft and warm here, caressing the body like a lover's hand, and drifting with the wind.
There are also traces of lingering singing.
The singing voice is gentle and charming, enchanting, touching, and indescribably alluring.
As if recalling something, Brian sighed unconsciously, sat down cross-legged, and listened attentively. The graceful singing gradually came closer and closer, and suddenly turned into a very short moan. .
Weeping and complaining, like pain and bliss, it is enough to bring out the most secret primitive desires in anyone's heart and turn them into raging desires.
Then the song suddenly disappeared again.
In an instant, a faint fragrance floated over and lingered in my nose.
The refreshing aroma does not even seem to enter through the nose, but directly penetrates into the body, penetrates into the lungs, slowly flows through the body, limbs and bones, and merges with the soul.
Brian immediately recognized that this was female body fragrance, and only a stunningly beautiful woman could produce such a touching fragrance.
Faced with this situation, Brian seemed to be intoxicated. He took a deep breath and held it for a long time, until the smell of the fragrance was completely remembered in his mind, and then he let out a long breath.
At the same time, there was also a fragrant breath like orchid and musk, blowing teasingly in the ears.
Brian could feel... someone was coming.
The soft, boneless arms came up like snakes, wrapped around his neck, and then two soft lips came up, stopping only a few inches away from Brian's face.
Very naturally, Brian stretched out his hands and hugged that soft and graceful body into his arms, then took the initiative to press down and kiss the beauty in his arms.
This is a long and wonderful kiss that makes people suffocate...
After an unknown amount of time, the woman in the darkness just leaned into Brian's arms, panting slightly.
Brian turned his head slightly, and even though he couldn't see anything, he still felt his heart beat faster.
He immediately suppressed his impulse, and then sighed: "I never thought that you...would..."
"Don't you like it?" The woman in the darkness He spoke for the first time, and although his tone was sweet and touching, it still seemed to contain a hint of lingering sadness and loss.
"How is that possible, but..." Brian lay lazily on the ground, hugging the woman's slim waist tightly, and said:
"I don't understand. Are you spending so much time just to be like this with me? You should know that I am actually a person who can't stand temptation. Didn't I already agree to your request last time? Why bother? Why is it so troublesome?"
He paused and said in a serious voice word by word: "What is the purpose of you looking for me? Miss Lost, one of the most powerful gods in the kingdoms, Night. Goddess - Shar. "
The woman who was leaning in his arms suddenly froze.
In an instant, the intoxicating fragrance turned cold to the bones again, and the Taoyuan Township with the warm fragrance of soft jade seemed to have really turned into a fatal hero's grave.
Even though he was still unable to see his fingers, Brian felt that the gentle and affectionate character woman in his arms one moment had turned into a deadly poisonous snake that might bite him on the neck at any time. Bite down.
This change did not last long.
But it was already long enough for the person involved. The woman in the darkness finally moved and seemed to open her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Brian again.
He tried to keep his tone calm and said to Shar:
"It's not fair. You can see me, but I can't see you. Give me a little light, and then we can Let’s talk nicely, there are many questions, and you have to give me answers.”
Ms. Lost sighed quietly, took her right arm out of the man’s hand, waved it lightly, and immediately, several stars appeared out of thin air. The blue and white light balls dance like fireflies on the ground.
It illuminated him and her.
Of course she is beautiful, very beautiful.
The black long draped clothes hang loosely on the shoulders, faintly covering the high chest, looming, even more tempting.
In the middle of those unforgettable purple eyes, there are pupils as dark and deep as the night sky.
Her skin is different from the black pearl-like color of the dark elves. It is like a light dark jade, exuding luster from the inside out. It is difficult to tell whether this luster is there originally. Or it was due to the dripping sweat from the lingering love scene just now.
Recalling the scene of his first meeting with the lost lady Shar, Brian sighed and asked: "As one of the most powerful gods in the kingdoms, do you also believe in that thing that disturbs the seed of destiny? The so-called prophecy? Shar. "No matter what you think, it has nothing to do with me. In fact, there is only transaction between us, and I am the goddess of night, not the goddess of love." Ms. Lost's tone returned to being cold:
"Now I have paid the reward. Counting the last time I helped you deal with Fei Lin Mokui, it is equivalent to paying twice. I think we should talk about it. Let’s discuss the details of the transaction next.”
“If you feel more comfortable calling our relationship a ‘transaction’, then consider it a transaction.” Brian sighed: "So, what do you need me to do? Fight against that mysterious 'it' you said?"
"You can't deal with 'it' now, at least not yet." Ms. Lost shook her head and said:< br>
"I know almost all the secrets in the universe, but everything about 'it' is an exception. No god can directly confront 'it'. As long as 'it' is willing, it can make immortal gods become mortals at any time, or make Weak mortals suddenly became the most powerful gods. This kind of control and manipulation is absolutely impossible to escape and resist, except for one god, and his name is the king of the end of all things, the recorder of death: the ancient god of death. "Yager." "What's going on with the ancient god of death?" Brian asked: "The three gods of death?"
"Three Gods of Death? Who are they?"
Miss Lost said disdainfully: "Merkor, Bane, and Baal. They are the so-called Three Gods of Death, crowded into the kingdom of the gods. It's not even 1,500 years old, but they are just three upstarts who got the power of Yeager due to inexplicable luck before the last catastrophe caused by 'it', that is, before the collapse of the Netheril Empire. "
"What is going on? Can you tell me in detail?" Brian was even more interested because of the discomfort caused by being used as a "trading chip". has disappeared.
The Lost Lady waved her jade arms lightly and put on another large black robe, covering her graceful body.
She changed her position and sat down, and said: "Let me tell you a story, Brian. The name of the story is "Fingerbones, Skeleton Rolling Balls, and the Empty Throne". ”
A long time ago, there was a powerful god who was in charge of battles, death, and the dead. He was revered as the 'Lord of the End of All Things', the 'Recorder of Death', and the 'King of Bones'. , the name is Jaeger. His duty is to record the destination of all dead souls and try his best to maintain the order of the world of death.
As the judge of the undead and the god of death, it is said that only Jaeger can know the final destination of each soul and the doomsday of all survivors. No one can escape Jaeger's grasp.
Over time, Yeager's power continued to grow, and even all other gods in the kingdoms could not compare with him. However, at this time, in the human world, the Netheril Empire and the Phaelim Demon Queen The war between them broke out, and the fierce fighting became more and more intense. Both sides suffered extremely serious losses.
The attention of the gods was attracted by this protracted war, but no one could have imagined that it was this war that led to the fall of a great empire and a glorious magical civilization unprecedented in human history.
At this time, three powerful adventurers appeared among mortals, they were Bane, Baal, and Melkor. They covet the power that Jaeger holds and are eager to take his place. So they formed an alliance with each other and traveled throughout the world to find a way to fight against death. They even destroyed a certain ancient god from the Lost Land and gained some weak divine power.
Then they entered Yeager's divine domain 'Bone Castle'. After defeating a large group of skeletons, zombies, and undead legions, they finally saw what they had been pursuing all their lives: Yeager and his bones. throne.
The three ecstatic careerists immediately shouted loudly, claiming to take away the throne and the power it represented. But something no one expected happened! Before they had time to enter the battle, the 'King of Skeletons' had actually stood up from the throne first, and in a lazy and indifferent tone, announced that he would give away all his power to whoever likes it. Not only that, he also offered to serve as steward and guide for the newly appointed God of Death.
The three careerists were stunned, unable to believe their ears and eyes. At this moment, Yeager asked again, who is going to inherit the power he sent out and become the new ruler of death? This issue immediately triggered a dispute in the New Land. The alliance between Bane, Baal, and Melkor immediately collapsed, and they immediately started fighting among themselves. The 'King of Bones' seemed indifferent to their internal strife, but intervened when they were almost dead and proposed to end the fight and divide his divine power into three equal parts, allowing them to use another method to decide who gets which part of the power. .
The three careerists all agreed, so Jaeger brought three skulls and gave them to them as rolling balls. The outcome was determined by a rolling ball game. However, just in the middle of the game, The beast god Mara happened to come to visit Jaeger, and after knowing the reason for the competition, he also wanted to get the power of the god of death.
So the beast god Mara chased the skull to stop the game and let herself join in to restart the competition. Seeing that the game could not go on, the three careerists started fighting among themselves again. Yeager intervened again and made suggestions to use The allocation is determined by drawing lots.
The 'Lord of the End of All Things' broke off his three skull fingers and gave them to three careerists to draw long and short. When the beast god Mara finally came back panting with the skull, the winner was decided. Out of the gate, Bane was the first to get the right to choose. He chose to get the priesthood of strife, hatred, tyranny, and fear.
Then came Melkor, who chose death and the realm of the dead, succeeding Jaeger as the new god of death, and finally Baal, who chose the power of murder and killing. Although the beast god Mara was dissatisfied and angry He yelled, but there was nothing he could do.
From then on, Bane, the King of Tyranny, Melkor, the King of the Dead, and Baal, the King of Murder were born.
They are collectively called the ‘Three Gods of Death’.
And Jaeger only retained the insignificant priesthood of "grave guard" and "grand funeral", and became Melkor's subordinate god.
The originally huge church has also declined rapidly. Now, not to mention the believers who have joined the Yeager Church, there are very few ordinary civilians who have heard of this god on the entire continent.
After the story was told, Ms. Lost paused and asked: "Brian, tell me, what do you think is the most special thing in this story?"
"The special thing... must be Jaeger's behavior. Why did he hand over his power so easily?" Brian said thoughtfully:
"This is the part that makes me most suspicious. , and since you gave up your power, why do you stay and take the initiative to serve as the steward and guide for the new god of death?"
"That's a good question," Miss Lost said quietly:
"What if. If you ask the remaining pastors of the Yeager Church, the answer you will get is: the 'King of Bones' is tired of his position, because he knows everything and knows everything, and everything has lost its challenge. Sex, along with it, lost its fun, leaving him with only endless darkness. In this situation, there was no boundary between absolute power and absolute powerlessness. In order to seek relief, he gave up his rights in exchange for freedom. "
"It doesn't make sense either. Will God get tired of his duties?" Brian frowned and asked, "And, does He really have such great power that he has surpassed all the nations? Other gods? ”
"Yager is indeed very powerful, but not to the point where he can surpass me, the goddess of magic Mythra, the lord of radiance Amaunata, the god of war Tagos, and the old enemy of the night, my twin sister Selun and other gods. In addition, Taj, who has mastered both the 'lucky' and 'unfortunate' vocations, is not something that Yeager can directly confront."
Ms. Lost said lightly: "But after Yeager gave up his power. Soon, the Netheril Empire perished. In order to avoid being stolen from the priesthood by the Grand Arcanist Karsus, Mythriel resolutely destroyed itself and regenerated into the current Mystra. Amaunatar directly fell and was forgotten.
Sulun's power was also weakened to the point where it could not be mentioned, and Targos was divided by Tampa. The collapse of the Netheril Empire seemed to have little impact on her, but not long after, the 'Disaster of Dawn' started by Lathander occurred. , Taj was corrupted by Moanda, the god of decay and weakness, and split into two new gods, the lucky Tymora and the unfortunate Benshaba.
Even I lost a lot after that turmoil. The power that originally belonged to me. "
"That is to say, except for Yeager, all the gods have been severely weakened or even destroyed. Only this 'Death Recorder' took the initiative to surrender. You escaped with your strength, right?" Brian nodded and said:
"So you think that he probably foresaw that 'it' was going to cause disaster in the world, so he took precautions in advance and took the opportunity to get rid of 'it' control, right?"
" That's pretty much it. I don't know the details of what happened, but since then, Yeager has become a very strange existence among the gods, almost completely out of 'it' control." The expression on the Lost Lady's face. He became very serious and said solemnly: "So, I need your help. I don't want you to go to the 'Lord of the End of All Things' and find a way to get the secret of why Yeager can escape from 'it' control, and then Tell me again, because I don’t want to give up my power like Jaeger, like a mole hiding in a moldy cave.” Something about the god Io made Brian suddenly recall a speculation about the 'Io' conspiracy theory.
There is no doubt that in the world of Toril, the god Io is the most puzzling existence. Some say that he is the master who created the world, but look at Suellen and Sha With your birth, it seems that the King of Gods created nothing but light and darkness, not even matter, and creation cannot be such a jerry-rigged process.
The God of Genesis spent seven days making the world look normal, including humans.
Pangu opened the world with only one axe, but at least the sky and the earth appeared. Later, he sacrificed himself to transform into rivers, mountains, stars and many other things.
In comparison, Io is so lazy. If Suellen and Shar also learn from ‘it’, wouldn’t there be no hope for the world?
The war between light and darkness did not see 'it' intervene, and the great arcanist of the Netheril Empire is so powerful, and the gods of Netheril are so powerful, how come Io is not even there? Know?
Later, another piece of information showed that Io was a visitor from the alien crystal wall system. Suellen and Shar were the oldest gods in the world of Toril. Io's arrival came after the birth of the world of Toril.
After doing this calculation, you will find that many things make sense.
First, during the so-called Year of Turmoil, Io knocked the gods down to the mortal world and forced them to search for the Tablet of Destiny.
The strange thing is that only the human pantheon, or to be precise, some of the human gods, were tossed down. The elves, dwarfs, dwarves, orcs and even the Mulhored pantheon were not affected much. The eastern continent of Karatu and Not to mention other continents.
How dare you be called the King of the Gods if your jurisdiction is so small?
But if Io is an outsider, it all makes sense.
Because Persimmon is picky and picky, Io only conquered or controlled these scattered gods. The others were at most submissive to him in name. If he really gave orders randomly, then Io would be seeking death.
Secondly, Io easily drove the gods away, but was unable to discover where the Tablet of Destiny was.
If it’s just trying to inflict a crime, then why does ‘it’ hide its existence from mortals?
Even if God does not care about faith, there is no need to hide it.
Organize some believers among mortals and monitor the behavior of the gods.
After thinking about it, there is only one possibility, and that is that the gods have joined forces to block the news for some reason?
Most of them think this is embarrassing. If Io is really the master of the world, then what's the shame of surrendering to 'it'?
So, Io must have used some very insidious means to hijack the gods, and his identity is also very doubtful. In short, it is very embarrassing to be 'it'.
Third, if Io can really create the world, then what is the use of the three gods of death stealing the tablet of destiny?
For the supreme ruler, laws, contracts, and oaths are all nonsense. Telling lies with open eyes is the basic skill of the superior.
The fact that the three of them would do this definitely shows that Io’s authority is not absolute and may be overthrown.
If Io was a foreign conqueror, it would be easy to understand.
The emperor takes turns, come to my house next year.
So, imagine Io as a monster from the alien crystal wall system, roughly on the eve of the rampage of the Felin Demon Sunflower.
‘It’ is essentially similar to an illithid, and can use mind control, but it does not target ordinary creatures but gods.
However, in that era, the major gods were relatively united and formed a system of gods. Io could deal with one but not a large group.
So 'it' borrowed the help of the phaerinn demons to bring down the most powerful Netheril empire and its pantheon, completely disintegrating the originally somewhat united Netherese pantheon, and then borrowed the help of the Saren spirits In the name of controlling the damage within a certain range, lest things get too big and exposed, and he would be attacked by all the gods.
After the demise of the Netheril Empire, Io can deal with the lone gods, and in turn use the gods he controls to oppress other more united pantheons, making them at least verbally surrender. , In this way, it is still possible to get the title of King of the Gods.
So Ai Ou, the king of the gods, is probably similar to the emperors of China's late Tang Dynasty or the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. In name, he rules the world, not to mention the Central Plains, and even the southern countries and overseas barbarians. It's a tribute to its ministers.
But this is all false. If 'it' really wants to issue any order to the separatist regime, people will just think that 'it' is crazy.
Even his own subordinates are still a bunch of governors of the vassal town who listen to orders but not propaganda. In fact, they are still small independent countries. They have to give orders at a discount, but once the vassal town becomes a little stronger, it will Ambitiously trying to seize the throne under 'its' butt.
As for 'it' knocking down the gods and descending to earth, it looks majestic, but in fact it just caught them off guard.
Tang Muzong also changed the headquarters of the vassal towns on a large scale. It seemed that the unruly Jiedu envoys were all obedient, but in the end it was of no use at all. They just changed the place and the regime was divided, and many troubles were caused.
Everyone knows what the continent of Faerûn has become in the turbulent years, and 'it' has pinched off the stone of destiny again, and it doesn't mean what it says. Who can convince you!
We have a boss who likes to mistreat employees but never fulfills his promises. He always replaces old employees with new employees and does not provide any benefits to those who retire. It is better to join forces and get rid of them. Who should be replaced? They are all better than 'it'.
It stands to reason that such a mess should be worked hard to fix.
But Io prefers to sleep forever, probably because he is acclimatized after crossing the crystal wall system. He just blindly threatens the gods, and then relies on the most loyal guardian god Heim.
"Then what do you need me to do?" Brian came back from this unreliable thought. He shook his head, faintly aware of a bad premonition, "Could it be help? You look for the legendary person who is beyond fate to deal with it."
"Yes," Ms. Lost nodded.
"Why don't you look for it yourself?" Brian asked puzzledly.
“I can’t do this.” The goddess of the night sighed and said:
"And the movements of the gods, no matter how secretive they are, cannot be hidden from 'it' surveillance. Only the actions of mortals are beyond the control of 'it'. Moreover, this is a journey across the crystal wall system. Anyone who tries to cross Anyone of the crystal wall system will be sensed by 'it'. Only you mortals from other worlds can escape 'it' detection."
Beyond the crystal wall system. travel?
Brian was directly shocked by this sentence. This is like a mortal who has not even conquered the moon, but was suddenly told that it would be ridiculous to have a journey across the solar system. How outrageous.
"As you said, it seems that it is imperative for me to do it." After he thought for a moment, he sighed and said: "Okay, I agreed, then tell me what should be done. "
"In order to avoid 'it' surveillance, I can't send you away directly, but I can join forces with Mystra to temporarily open the authority of the time domain. "
Miss Lost stood up and warned solemnly:
"Be mentally prepared. This time journey will never be easy for you. In order to escape 'its' surveillance, we cannot give you any help along the way. "Whether you can return smoothly or not, everything depends on you."
"I understand." Brian was silent for a long time. As Miss Lost waited patiently, he spoke slowly and firmly. , "I am willing to take this journey across the crystal wall system, but not yet."
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(End of this chapter)