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The PretenderChapter 257 The Pretender

The Kingdom of Loen has declared war on the Intis Empire. This is our best chance now."

There was a long table in a rather luxurious room. The things on the table were strictly symmetrical, forming three parallel straight lines.

An impassioned voice was constantly speaking. He paced back and forth, holding a wine glass filled with blood-like Ormier wine in one hand, and the other hand was behind his back. His expression was filled with strong self-confidence and arrogance, and his tone was full of the arrogance unique to the "Hunter" path.

"——War, this is a war!"

"In this war, the Extraordinary will no longer be hidden, but will appear before everyone's eyes. The power of the Extraordinary will no longer be possessed by the despicable church, but will become the true ruler."

"War Bishop" Tony Twain raised his hands and looked at the rows of high-ranking "Hunter" Beyonders sitting neatly in front of him. He put down the wine in his hand and placed it strictly according to the position on the table.

He waved his hand again:

"We are not participating in this war for ourselves. We are fighting for all the Extraordinary people in this world who are being pursued and persecuted by the Church!"

"This country will give us the courage to fight and the opportunity to participate in war. This country is at our feet, it gives us pride, and war gives us the courage to move forward!"

Tony Twain grasped the wine glass again, drank the wine in it, and then placed it heavily on the table.

"No matter how one obtains extraordinary power, it should be recognized by the world, and extraordinary people should be given corresponding status and treatment, superior to ordinary people."

"However, the church and the government are only willing to recognize their own extraordinary people. We must change this behavior that goes against the historical trend and is hostile to the church."

"Now, the opportunity has come—"

Tony Twain picked up a goblet:

"Load the explosives!"

"Stand up! Hold your weapon in your right hand! Raise your weapon! Aim, fire, and attack!"

As Tony Twain uttered one command after another, the people around him raised their glasses and drank the liquor, acting in a methodical manner like "soldiers."

——No, they are soldiers!

"Put down your weapons! War, war, war!"

"This is a perfect opportunity. We must overthrow the corrupt Intis and establish rules and a kingdom for the Extraordinary!"

It was put down and applause suddenly broke out.

Papapapapapa…

Led by a man wearing a strange mask, the crowd began to applaud enthusiastically.

Tony Twain took a quick glance and saw that the mask worn by this subordinate who was very good at creating an atmosphere was faintly inlaid with a red "Rosellewen". He laughed but didn't take it seriously.

There are so many strange people in the "Iron Cross". No matter how strange they look in normal times, it's enough as long as they are useful on the battlefield.

…

As a long sigh sounded in his ears, Klein subconsciously felt his scalp tingling. This was a spiritual warning and a conditioned reflex of his body to the source of danger. This was a necessary quality of vigilance - Klein believed that this had nothing to do with his cautious personality.

But the next moment, Klein realized who the person was, and his expression returned to normal. Since he was surrounded by devout believers of the "Ancient Sun God", Klein chose to respectfully say to the person who came:

"The great 'True Creator'."

"I have found one of your devout followers here."

Unlike Klein, when the ascetic Snowman felt this familiar breath coming near him, tears suddenly filled his eyes that had not been seen in a long time.

Although this aura has changed greatly compared to the Lord at that time, and compared to the "Sun" at that time, it is more inclined to the "Angel of Darkness" Sasriel, the Deputy Lord of Heaven and the Left Hand of God, but this Dark Angel is originally the dark side of the Lord, and is equivalent to the Lord in their scriptures.

Snowman thought that the Lord must have taken back his authority after falling into a deep sleep, and was just waking up from his sleep.

"Very good." The True Creator glanced over. Although there was the "Travels of Groselle", a magical item made by a high-sequence "audience" as a barrier, even the creator died at the hands of the "Ancient Sun God" at the time. Naturally, the magical items he made could not block the sight of the True Creator.

He only took a quick look and discovered that there was something unusual about this believer of his who had lived from the Second Age to the present.

"Kill the frost dragon in this book. This is your last test."

The True Creator spoke to Snowman in front of him in a preaching tone. His voice was ethereal and full of illusion: "You who have persisted from the Second Age to now are qualified to enter my kingdom."

"I allow you to continue to be my missionary and spread my name abroad."

Looking at his devout believer, the True Creator did not mind using a little bit of his power to rescue a few of them - after all, for Him, granting others life was a simple matter.

Although the authority of the true Creator does not include any domains related to "life" and "time", to some extent, the "Hanged Man" approach symbolizes the "omnipotence" among "omniscience and omnipotence". The true Creator can completely use the authority of sacrifice to bear the lost lifespan of several people.

The life of a god is almost endless, and to bear the passage of no more than ten thousand years is no more difficult for the true creator than breathing.

The True Creator's plan was to first lead Snowman to the City of Silver, let him enter the heaven he had promised, and then send him out to let him take on the responsibility of preaching in the outside world - the True Creator believed that his believers who believed in him as the "Ancient Sun God" at that time would be able to easily accept his current scriptures.

To quote a sentence from Mr. A, a newly promoted saint whom the true Creator pays attention to: If you cannot understand the Lord's meaning, then you are not pious.

The True Creator looked into the distance and sensed a familiar breath. He was silent for a moment, then he gently clenched his hands, turned his head to look at Klein, and said to him in a gentle and majestic voice:

"Be careful, Amon."

What? Klein was a little confused, and for a moment he couldn't understand what the True Creator meant by this.

However, he soon found out the reason why the True Creator had just said this.

"He exploded. He just exploded."

Mobet said to the people in front of him in an excited tone. At his feet was a bloody human figure, with a few black feathers floating next to it, which looked very eye-catching.

"This is?"

Klein walked back with a slight twitch in his mouth. He saw the thing on the ground that was once called a human. It was not quite accurate to call it a human. After all, it was the remains of Amon - Amon was a kind of pest.

Without anyone knowing, Amon quietly slipped in. Although this clone was not as strong as other Amons, only close to Sequence 4, the fact that Amon was able to enter this book was itself a suspicious thing.

Azik, who had just returned from the outside world, looked at Klein and said to him with a puzzled tone,

"I gave 'Groselle's Travels' to Gao Wei before entering here."

"With Gao Wei guarding outside, shouldn't Amon be able to come in?"

Klein was confused for a moment, and couldn't help but worry about the situation of his fellow countryman. But after a moment, Klein figured out why Amon only used one clone to enter this strange book.

First of all, "The Travels of Grossel" uses blood to soak the cover, using the mystical connection in it to pull the holder into the travelogue.

Then, Gao Wei had once been destined to be Amon's clone. For him, as a former Rose Bishop, there was no reason why he would not preserve the body tissues related to Amon.

Plus, Gao Wei himself also has a certain taste for evil - in this way, Klein solved the case.

With Azik in this book, it was impossible for an Amon who was close to Sequence 4 to harm Klein and others. And Gao Wei had obviously used his essence to change the mysticism in Amon's blood, pointing to a certain lucky Amon.

Then he pronounced the name of "True Creator" and got the attention of the True Creator. After this lucky Amon entered this travelogue, a scene of loving father and filial son was staged: Amon exploded directly and turned into a courier delivered to the door.

In this book, there is an ascetic who believes in the "Ancient Sun God" and will die immediately after leaving the book. There is a high probability that Klein will contact the real creator and ask for help from the real creator.

Generally speaking, with a sufficient foundation in mysticism, it is not difficult to deduce that the lifespan of the characters in the book will pass with the passage of real time. Not to mention that in Klein's eyes, the higher dimensions also have source quality and will not be misled by the book due to personality reasons.

Even if Klein did not seek help from the true creator, with Azik Eggers around, this Amon, who was less than Sequence Four, would not be able to parasitize others, and this Amon would eventually become a takeaway.

Klein thought about it for a moment, and ultimately decided not to bring up the matter.

He sat back in his seat, ready to wait for the break to end before setting out to hunt the "King of the North". After carefully checking the surroundings, Azik continued to explore, trying to figure out the true mystery of the book.

…

And the outside world at this moment.

"Woo, Susie, are mom and dad gone?" Audrey blinked her big eyes and looked at Susie in front of her. Susie wagged her tail and quietly patrolled outside twice.

After making sure that Earl and Countess Hall had left the mansion, he came back, wagged his tail, and informed Audrey of the situation.

"They've left." Susie wagged her tail and looked at Audrey with her spiritual eyes.

"Audrey, are you going to investigate Backlund's current situation?"

"Hmm..." Audrey nodded and picked up a small glass cup beside her that seemed to be made of glass and had some complicated patterns engraved on it. This was the talisman that Mr. "White Tower" gave her. It was the first time that Audrey had seen a talisman of this shape.

If someone who doesn't understand mysticism looks at it, it's really just an ordinary glass cup, at most a glass cup with complex patterns on it.

Because of this, this spell is quite concealed and can even be placed openly on Audrey's desk without being discovered by ordinary Beyonders.

Huh—Audrey let out a breath.

She touched it slightly with her hand, creating a scene where she accidentally knocked the glass to the ground. The maid waiting in front of Audrey's door was obviously very sensitive to the sound coming from Audrey's room, and asked nervously:

"Miss, what happened?"

"Um... nothing!" Audrey acted like a young girl after accidentally breaking a glass: "I just accidentally broke a glass."

"——I'll go and help you clean up right away."

The maid quickly left the room and prepared to go outside to get the broom for cleaning the room. Audrey looked nervously at the place where the spell took effect, and the ripples like water waves appeared. A high-dimensional looker in a suit walked out, wearing a monocle inlaid with gold wire on his left eye.

"Hello, Miss Justice."

The high-dimensional condescending man nodded slightly and performed a flawless aristocratic etiquette. Audrey quickly returned the greeting and then stuck out her tongue in a playful manner.

"Good evening, Mr. White Tower. Um... good evening, Duke Abraham?"

Speak now, Audrey looked back nervously: "Mr. Baita, what should we do next? The maid outside heard the sound of me breaking your spell and will come in soon..."

"Don't worry, Miss Justice."

Audrey was stunned for a moment - because the voice that answered her just now was her own. She watched the body of Mr. "White Tower" in front of her gradually change, his clothes and posture changed rapidly, until he became like her.

Unlike Audrey, the Duke of Abraham was wearing a detective-like outfit—of course, a detective-style long dress, made of the finest materials and made with the best design. Even the design could be seen as a work of a master.

This style of skirt would appear at some informal gatherings among young aristocrats who were considered literature enthusiasts.

"You can just go out - my party won't end in four hours, you'd better come back an hour early to prevent other problems."

"Of course, if there is a problem, I will inform you in advance."

The high-dimensional condescender smiled and slightly pushed the monocle on his delicate face, which was now no different from Audrey's.

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"——Miss Audrey, I'm coming in."

The maid with a broom in her hand knocked on the door gently, waiting for Audrey's reply. She was a little nervous, afraid that the little master who broke a glass would hurt herself. You know, if Miss Audrey got hurt, she would most likely lose this lucrative job.

At that time, she could only try to apply for jobs with other minor nobles or the middle class, or even...

"Uh-huh - OK, I get it, Mr. 'White Tower'." Audrey lowered her voice when she said the second half of the sentence, and walked directly into the light gate opened by the High-Dimensional Overlooker in a panic, without thinking about what kind of extraordinary ability this was.

Audrey had already changed into a more convenient outfit, although this disguise could not fit in with the poor people in the East Bertrand. But with this outfit and makeup, Audrey could barely be considered a member of the wealthy middle class.

And Audrey wouldn't feel too uncomfortable wearing such clothes.

"Okay." The High-Dimensional Overlooker chuckled, as if he had completely entered into his role. He chuckled slightly:

"Come in, maid~"

…

In Groselle's Travels.

After a good rest, the few people began to make final preparations before slaying the dragon.

"We can finally leave here, Siatas." Mobet Zoroast said to Siatas beside him. There was a little excitement in his tone, as if he was quite sure that he could escape from this book that had trapped them for a long time.

"Yeah..." Siatas paused for a moment while sorting out her bow and arrows, and there was a rare hint of hesitation in her tone.

After a moment, the elf turned his head and looked at Mobet in front of him:

"After we get out, are you really going to go with me to find my fellow elves? You know, after listening to what they said about the current situation, I believe that with your sequence, you are likely to get a title of your own in the current empire and kingdom."

"It doesn't matter." Mobet waved his hand. "Even if I want to get the title, there is no way. I can only expose my extraordinary ability. Now the Zoroast family is probably gone. Although I don't know where the old man went, maybe he was hunted by Amon."

Leonard on the side paused and shook his head, as if he was disturbed by something.

"If I establish a Zoroast family now, it would be a bit disrespectful to the old man. Moreover, if the old man is planning something, I might even hinder him."

Mobet continued, "The era of His Majesty Solomon has ended, and so has Zoroaster. If I try to use this surname to obtain a title now, Amon might target me. I won't do such a thing."

Siatas was silent for a moment, then suddenly became furious:

"If you want to follow, just follow me!"

She inserted her shiny metal arrowhead into the long wooden stick and put her arrows one by one into the quiver on her back. Siatas dusted herself off, stood up from the fire, and walked outside.

All the previous preparations had been completed, and she was now going to hunt the "King of the North" Jurisian with Groselle and others.

Although there are many powerful beings here now, Siatas still has to complete such a ritual personally - this is the elves' revenge on the creatures that have been trapped here for a long time but cannot be defeated. It is also the necessary respect for the enemy and the protection of the dignity of the elves themselves.

Klein and Snowman walked forward side by side, followed by Leonard Mitchell, who had changed into a black robe.

After the battle with "Blood Admiral" Senior, even if the Church of Evernight does not make any other statement, nothing related to the Church of Evernight can appear on the Lost Homeland, which attracted the "True Creator" on Oravi Island, otherwise it will cause conflicts between the Church of Storm and the Church of Evernight, and even intensify the conflicts.

Bansi Port, where Klein, who had previously appeared as a deacon of the Church of Evernight, was no longer there.

Obviously, Klein didn't know that the Goddess of Night had already persuaded the Lord of Storms in the Kingdom of God, and let other gods acquiesce to the "True Creator" to become the righteous god in the minds of the people - replacing the "Eternal Sun" Osekus who had betrayed.

After convincing his ally "Lord of Storms", the God of Station will naturally join in and add insult to injury to Osekus; the opinion of the God of War is not important, He is happy to see that Lord of Storms can have a strong opponent, anyway, the path of the True Creator is not adjacent to His.

The Earth Mother and the God of Steam and Machinery will most likely continue to do nothing - the Steam Queen might even want someone to help her kill Osekus, because she doesn't care who she shares the main faith of Intis with. After all, all the workers and craftsmen can barely be considered as shallow believers of the "God of Steam and Machinery".

"What do you want to tell them?" Klein lowered his voice and spoke to Snowman, the ascetic monk beside him. The devout and brave ascetic monk nodded slightly. His movements were very small and would not be seen by anyone if no one paid attention.

"Groselle, Longzel, and Mobet may be willing to go to the Lord's kingdom with me…" After hearing Klein's words, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he closed his eyes with a little fatigue: "The Lord told me about my current situation. In view of my dedication, He will make an exception and grant my companions a life of their own."

"The Lord is merciful. It's just that they are not His believers and cannot stay in His Kingdom."

Did he pray to the true creator? Klein was silent for a moment, then said to Snowman in front of him:

"…I thought you wouldn't bother with them."

"How could that be?" Snowman opened his pure eyes, revealing a look of shame:

"We have been companions for so many years... Maybe my faith is not pure, and I am not devout enough to the Lord." Snowman paused for a moment, "Even if I am facing pagans... I still can't bear to see them die like this."

But Siatas - no one knows the firmness of faith better than the devout Snowman. Siatas always believes that the storm will belong to the elves, and she is afraid that... she will not accept the "gift" of the real creator.

I am not pious enough. Snowman took out a brand new metal cross from his arms. It was a holy object given to him by the Lord as a reward for his piety and bravery.

But…Lord.

Snowman kissed the brand new cross with his already aged lips.

I'm still not pious enough.

Klein was silent for a second, then nodded to Snowman: "Let's go hunt the 'King of the North' first."

"When this is over, you'll have a chance to talk it out with them."

Klein turned around and took out from his pocket the scales that he had previously shattered from the "King of the North" using the power of the "Lost Homeland". These scales came from his chance encounter with the "King of the North" after he entered the book.

He walked to a slightly further place and began to prepare a simple sacrificial ceremony.

It was impossible for him to just walk four steps backwards in front of everyone and openly bring these scales belonging to the "King of the North" above the gray fog.

This cannot explain the relationship between him and the great being he believes in - that is, himself - but it would be much easier to explain if he used a sacrifice ceremony as a transition and then let his spirit leave his body and pretend to be summoned by the great being.

At most, it was just a waste of materials and an extra ceremony.

After Klein asked Leonard to help get the others to move away, he took four steps backwards and came to the top of the gray fog. Of course, he also concealed this from the others to make it seem more like a ritual.

Klein felt a little guilty. He said he was being honest, but he couldn't tell Leonard directly that he was equal to The Fool. This was too unbelievable. He could only tell Leonard indirectly that he was the Fool's messenger, the Fool's follower, and even possibly a part of The Fool.

Klein believed that with Pallez Zoroast's experience, he would at most guess that "Klein Moretti" was the vessel of the "Fool". After all, no one would be bold enough to pretend to be a god and establish a cooperative relationship with another real god, or the craziest god in the rumored world.

Such concealment would make Zhou Mingrui feel sorry for Leonard - although Leonard was not a fanatic believer in gods, he still had the inevitable limitations of this era, and Zhou Mingrui could not tell Leonard everything after all.

That is how Zhou Mingrui suddenly felt a sense of empathy for the pain that Huang Tao had written in his diary about his son Bonois Gustave's inevitable loss of humanity while gaining divinity.

The pain did not just come from the fact that his child was going to lose himself, but also from the fact that apart from Bernadette, whom he raised, even his wife Matilda did not think it was a bad thing - on the contrary, everyone around them was blessing Huang Tao and Roselle Gustav.

This is God's grace.

It's a pleasure.

This is a gift.

Perhaps, a big part of the reason why Huang Tao felt pain in his later years was because he felt a strong separation between himself and others and felt incomparable loneliness... Klein was sitting in the gray fog and suddenly thought of this, and he was silent.

A moment later, Klein emerged from the gray fog and lowered his voice to say to the others,

"The King of the North is nearby."

After the group of ten people walked about three or four kilometers north again, a familiar violent voice came from not far away. The giant Groselle, who had been chasing and hunting the King of the North, naturally recognized the voice.

"It's Jurisian, Jurisian is nearby!"

He clenched the giant sword in his hand and rushed forward, like a warrior running towards the light. But before Groselle could get close to the King of the North, the frost dragon let out a violent and deafening roar.

No matter what, Jurisian is an out-of-control monster who is infinitely close to a demigod!

What followed was a huge figure falling from the sky.

As the icy cold current descended from the sky, the white mist and the flying snow gradually dissipated, revealing a giant dragon that seemed to be covered in ice. Its eyes were a crazy and violent dark blue, with no rationality at all.

Without a doubt, this is the out-of-control monster "King of the North" Jurisian, which is constructed by constantly devouring Beyonder characteristics that symbolize "frost" and "cold". Among the frost abilities it has obtained, there are the ice of the "witch", the ice of the "zombie", and so on...

After the superposition of these abilities that were specific to frost, the temperature of Jurisian's body dropped to a very terrifying level and he also had quite a lot of complicated extraordinary abilities.

Moreover, Jurisian's mastery of this extraordinary ability is far better than that of ordinary extraordinary people who possess this ability.

However, the loss of wisdom means that the frost dragon can only rely on its own body instincts and ice powers. Its other abilities are extremely simple and are hardly ever used by it.

Therefore, this would only be a hunt, a hunt destined to be victorious, just like the hunt of ancient humans with swords and spears against extraordinary and mindless creatures.

Klein gently pressed his hand into the glass bottle on his chest, and suddenly a faint green flame came out of the bottle and covered Klein's body. The flames gradually solidified and formed a set of somewhat illusory armor.

…

"Ms. Audrey, please don't change your clothes secretly by yourself..." The maid sighed, "You might get hurt if you're not careful."

"Hmm..." The High Dimensional Overlooker said casually, "I see. Um...you come out with me later, I'll take a walk with Susie."

Susie suddenly turned around and stared at the High Dimension Overlooker - she was already very tired today!

"Okay, okay..." The High Dimension Overlooker used Audrey's face to make an expression similar to Audrey's: "Susie doesn't want to go out, you should go out first."

"I understand, Miss Audrey."

The maid bowed slightly, closed the door and walked out. Looking at Susie in front of her, the high-dimensional condescending man whispered to comfort her: "Don't worry, your master - well, your friend Audrey just went out to investigate something and will be back soon."

"Well, I know you, I know you can talk - have taken the 'audience' potion, right?"

Susie hesitated for a moment, and her ability as an "audience" told her that the person in front of her was not lying. She opened her mouth slightly:

"Yes."

The high-dimensional overwatcher casually grabbed the air with his hands, and a picture appeared in the air - it was a frost dragon that was being besieged, and it seemed that its eyes were full of madness.

"What's this?"

Susie hesitated for a moment and asked the high-dimensional observer in front of her. The high-dimensional observer leaned back in his chair and said casually,

"Your future mythical creature form will be almost like this - as an 'audience', you are very talented."

"Of course, well, it won't be so ugly, it will be whiter, its eyes will be golden, and..."

　It's so refreshing to persecute the King of the North and Susie at the same time

　　. I'm going to take the second test tomorrow. If I pass, I'll update as usual. At least two more updates, three more updates, and even less likely five updates (I don't have any manuscripts saved, so it's unlikely to be five updates: The Battle of the Dragon SlayerChapter 259: The Battle of the Dragon

Slayer. The "Lost Homeland" was sealed and condensed into a set of armor belonging to the "Black Knight" on Klein's body!

The people around Klein were immersed in the battle, and only a few of them showed quite surprised expressions. Don't forget that the "Lost Homeland" corresponds to the demigod "Black Knight" of the "Hanged Man" path.

Although the True Creator and the High-Dimensional Overlooker fixed the main abilities of this extraordinary characteristic on the boat form of the "Hanged Man" during creation, now that the flames are extremely condensed, some of the abilities of the "Black Knight" can be added to Klein.

However, since other extraordinary abilities have already been used on the "Lost Homeland", this method of using the "Lost Homeland" directly through its seal is close to using the original extraordinary characteristics to obtain some of the abilities of the extraordinary characteristics.

Because of this, Klein could only use the most core ability of the "Black Knight", which was the "Blade of Flesh and Soul".

The reason why the "King of the North" Jurisian was forced to retreat by Klein, who was only Sequence 5, and was almost turned into a puppet, was, firstly, because the "Puppet Master"'s control over the spirit body was basically unsolvable below the demigod, and secondly, because the "Blade of Flesh and Soul", an ability derived from the "Degenerate" realm, could corrode the flesh and blood and destroy the soul.

In addition, it was impossible for a crazy creature like the "King of the North" not to have corrupt thoughts in his mind - they were the synonym of madness, and their whole bodies were full of madness. In this case, the "Blade of Flesh and Soul" slashed at the "King of the North", almost ignoring the physical defense ability of the "King of the North" and directly attacking the spirit and cutting the flesh.

To put it in game terms, every blow that Klein strikes with the "Blade of Flesh and Soul" is "real damage" to the "King of the North."

"——No escape is allowed from here."

Seeing the "King of the North" showing some signs of retreating in the face of the dark green pirate captain who looked like a ghost in the legend, the Loen soldier Longzel Edward gave a solemn order.

An invisible wave spread out, as if it had framed the range of the "King of the North", restricting its body to this area and preventing it from leaving.

After feeling the discipline set by the "Punishment Knight", the "King of the North"'s already small brain shrank again. He roared almost madly, flapped his wings and was about to fly.

Mobet Zoroast saw that the "King of the North" was about to take off, so he twisted his wrist. The "King of the North" suddenly paused and fell into a state of confusion. The next moment, everyone saw him shrug his shoulders in a somewhat funny way, making a gesture of taking off.

For the "thieves" at this stage, after stealing other people's ideas, they will subconsciously do what the other person originally wanted to do.

Crows made of flames lit up in the back, turning into a stream of light that smashed straight into the eyes of the "King of the North". Although Danitz was only a Sequence 7 "Arsonist" at the moment, he was still able to keenly perceive the opponent's weaknesses - in terms of pure offensiveness, the Arsonist was already comparable to some Sequence 6s, or even Sequence 5s who were not good at attacking.

Although these crows made of fire did not cause any actual damage to the "King of the North" in front of him, they caused the "King of the North" to burn with even greater rage. Strictly speaking, this rage was not caused by these crows made of fire, but by Danitz's extraordinary ability of "provocation" that he activated from behind.

During the days on the Lost Homeland, Danitz knew that his strength was far inferior to that of the other crew members - even Xio, who was the weakest before, had an indestructible magical item on her body. After Xio became the "Interrogator" of Sequence 7, Danitz felt that he could not beat her.

But Danitz was also holding back a grudge in his heart—he felt that he had been left far behind by his own captain. Although he didn't care at all about the comments made by other sailors when they joked with him, Danitz didn't come here just to be a tool man in charge of heating.

He believed that his captain did not want him to have no growth in this adventure and just be as ordinary as before.

Therefore, Danitz covered his "Fire Crow" with the ability to provoke, making the Fire Crow the medium of "provoking", and it suddenly achieved a miraculous effect.

This also successfully made the "King of the North", who was always in a state of madness and had little rationality, lock his target on Danitz, and Danitz hid behind without hesitation, looking for someone who could protect him to seek his own safety.

He dared to provoke now, it must be because he had a trustworthy partner around him. If he didn't have such conditions, he would have been beaten to death countless times. This is what his long career as a "hunter" taught him.

The muscles of the King of the North were slightly tense, and he used his sturdy limbs to scrape the ground and rushed forward with an unstoppable momentum. For a moment, Klein, who was directly facing the terrifyingly huge body of the King of the North, felt like he was facing a rapidly approaching city wall, not to mention that the city wall was covered with countless icy spikes.

If the "King of the North" hit him, Danitz would surely die and become Danitz-chan on the spot—in such a serious situation, there would be no medical treatment!

Klein originally wanted to use the spirit of "Mr. X" herded by his "Creeping Hunger" to open the "Traveler's Gate" and teleport Danitz to a farther place, but before he could, "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Edwina and "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya attacked at the same time and built an indestructible barrier in front of Danitz.

The expressions of the crowd as they looked at Danitz softened slightly, from being Edwina's companion to being a trustworthy and reliable partner.

At the same time, starlight and light appeared at the same time, transforming into a heavy shield that collided with the "King of the North" that was rushing towards him at a high speed. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the shield was broken, Danitz skillfully rolled backwards, directly increasing the distance between himself and the "King of the North".

The dawn-like light was simulated by Edwina with the help of her own secret technique. Last night, Groselle used the ability of the "Guardian" sequence to analyze Edwina.

The King of the North's forward speed came to an abrupt halt, and he crashed into the barrier, his body shaking. But the ferocity in his eyes did not disappear, instead he wanted to swing his tail directly, using physical means to cause serious injuries to the hunters present.

At this moment, Groselle tensed up and jumped high. He took advantage of the moment when the "King of the North" stopped moving and suddenly jumped up, slashing at Yurisan's body with the heavy sword in his hand.

He swung his huge sword and chopped it down fiercely at Jurisian's head! A ray of light like the morning sun lit up on Groselle's sword, like a lightsaber falling from the sky.

Before Groselle hit the head of the "King of the North" with the sharp blade in his hand, Snowman raised his arms, his tone full of joy and praise.

He said piously and solemnly:

"God said, it works!"

In just a moment, Groselle's aura became stronger. In order to maintain the maximum extraordinary effect, Longzel Edward cancelled his previous commandment and quickly and solemnly declared in ancient Hermetic language:

"Counterattack is prohibited here."

The "King of the North" naturally would not obey Longzel's orders. Although it felt a force in its body preventing it from counterattacking, it still forcibly swung its claws at Groselle and turned its head to avoid Groselle's attack.

Mobet, who was hiding, twisted his wrist again, causing the "King of the North" to stop his movements. He twisted his neck violently, and fell to the ground while spinning.

He stole the idea of ​​the "King of the North" and stopped the "King of the North" from taking action.

"——Violators must be punished!"

The "King of the North" violated the laws set by Longzel and was therefore backfired by the mysterious power.

Although its status was higher than Longzel's, Longzel's punishment could not fully affect the "King of the North", but it still made its dreamy frost crystal-like scales dim a little. With just one glance, even ordinary people could feel that its defense had decreased a lot.

However, the right paw of the "King of the North" still followed the previous action and slapped towards Groselle. A hurricane rushed by, causing the "King of the North"'s paw, which was slapped stiffly by inertia, to deviate in one direction and hit the ground heavily.

The next moment, Groselle slashed down with his sword with an indomitable momentum. The metal rubbed against the dragon scales, creating a piece of ice crystal in the air that seemed to be broken.

Groselle immediately put away his sword and prepared to face Yurisan's counterattack. Although they had just injured Yurisan's vital points with perfect cooperation, Groselle was still cautious - this giant from the ancient times did not think that such an injury could cause serious harm to a demigod dragon.

Sure enough, blood gushed out from the wound of the "King of the North", but it did not make this crazy dragon retreat. Instead, it launched a counterattack even more fiercely.

Unlike the spiritual pain caused by the previous "Blade of Flesh and Soul", the pain caused by this attack on the body only triggered the fierce ferocity of the "King of the North".

However, the attack of the "King of the North" did not follow. The next moment, more intense pain from the soul came from the tail of the "King of the North".

Klein, wearing a somewhat torn captain's uniform, had used his "flash" ability to instantly appear at the tail of the "King of the North". He raised his hand slightly and chopped down with the dark green translucent "Spiritual Flesh Blade" in his hand.

——As the saying goes, to kill a dragon you must cut off its tail. Klein had heard this before coming to this planet.

The dragon's tail is not only an important organ that helps the dragon maintain its balance, but also a strong and powerful dragon's might can give the dragon's back a great range and attack strength. For example, the tail sweep of this frost dragon can even directly sweep the strong "Ocean Singer" and cause serious injuries.

It's just a pity that Klein and his family did not directly cut off the tail of the "King of the North", but only left a deep wound on it.

Unfortunately... Klein watched as the "King of the North" turned around and exhaled a breath of icy blue dragon. His body instantly disappeared from its original location and reappeared behind Yurisan.

This is one of the most useful skills in low sequence, "Flash"!

He raised his right hand and began to control Yurisan's "Spirit Thread".

After feeling his "spiritual line" being controlled, Yurisan's movements became more and more frantic. He let out a sharp and anxious dragon roar, and kept slapping everything around him.

After the "Spirit Thread" was controlled, its movements obviously slowed down. It sprayed out dragon breath while moving its huge body - although its movements were under Klein's control, it still posed a great threat to the other Beyonders who were at most Sequence 5.

Because its spirit was crazy and powerful, it didn't even notice the difficulty and rusty sluggishness at the first time! Feeling the feedback of the "Spirit Thread" in his hand, Klein grasped the "Spirit Thread" and continued to adjust his position while controlling it with the help of "Flash".

The "King of the North" swung his body as hard as he could. Although he could be considered a demigod dragon, his status was not yet at the level of a demigod, and he had no way to quickly deal with the small reptile wrapped in a green shell in front of him - he was like a can, and it was difficult for Jurisian to kill him instantly.

Not to mention, Klein could also adjust his position at any time through "Flame Jump" and "Flash", two extremely disgusting abilities for Beyonders without displacement ability, to keep himself within the five-meter range of Yurisan, so as to continuously control the "Spirit Line".

Finally, Jurisian felt that every joint of his body became sluggish and stiff like a gear.

Will die!

Jurisian's eyes suddenly became filled with madness. He looked at the Beyonders in front of him who were gradually forming a circle around him and trying to hunt him like a trapped beast, and he immediately raised his head and howled.

　I found that I had 3,800 words at the end, so I controlled the word count and wrote 3,888 (I think there are so many here).

　　There will be another chapter in the evening, and there may be two chapters today. I will continue to add more tomorrow and the day after tomorrow: Morning Light Shining on the Returnees (Part 2)Chapter 260: Morning Light Shining on the Returnees (Part 2)

Klein's mind suddenly flashed the skill that the "King of the North" would use next - it was a circle of ice-blue rings.

In this ice-blue light, all living creatures that come into contact with it will be shattered in the ice by the powerful dragon claws.

This is the Joker's "dangerous intuition". Although Klein can use his "Flash" to quickly move himself away, if this icy blue light touches him, Klein will be frozen in an instant.

The "King of the North" is making a final struggle for his own survival. Even if there is no wisdom and only instinct, this is the wisest choice that every beast will make subconsciously.

In a sense, the frost dragon in Groselle's Travels is a beast that possesses extraordinary power.

Its body continuously showed the forms of various extraordinary creatures corresponding to the extraordinary characteristics it had consumed. However, since Jurisian did not yet have the status of a demigod, it could not maintain these abnormal states for long. They only appeared illusively for a moment before disappearing again.

This is actually closer to pollution than an incomplete "mythical creature form"!

On its body emerged rotten flesh and outward-growing ice, as well as some of the extraordinary characteristics it had devoured, which contained some pollution. Yurisan instinctively wanted to transform himself into an incomplete mythical creature, but under the limitations of his status, he could not become like that.

"What comes together must separate" - even if an out-of-control monster wants to further embrace pollution, it will collapse and die "out of control" due to the division after aggregation.

However, the chaotic aggregation of extraordinary characteristics on its body caused Jurisian to release strong pollution when he tried to become an incomplete mythical creature. These pollutions mixed together and greatly enhanced the power of its "Frozen" attack.

"Back off!"

Klein didn't have time to worry about anything else and shouted loudly. His body disappeared, ready to perform "spiritual shuttle" at any time to rescue teammates who had no time to leave. Everyone quickly moved to the back, trying to find cover to hide.

However, the environment here had long been destroyed by Jurisian's drastic movements. Groselle, the only "obstacle", fearlessly strode in the opposite direction towards the others, raising the heavy sword in his hand.

While moving, Edwina noticed this and her eyes seemed to be stained with black liquid, becoming as dark as the abyss. She stretched out her right hand and clenched it suddenly, with endless evil thoughts emerging from her eyes.

This is the ability of the "Apostle of Desire" simulated by Edwina with the help of the Sequence Five "Mystic Mentor" of the "White Tower" path!

With "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Edwina exerting all her strength, the Frost Dragon, which had been out of control for a long time, felt as if its head was about to explode, and its crazy and violent emotions suddenly erupted.

This was like pouring fuel on the fire, its dragon's mouth opened wide, and the ice-blue halo that was about to be ejected instantly exploded outwards like flowers scattered from the sky. Although the affected area was wider, there was room to hide in it.

The blue dots fall like blue meteor showers!

Clusters of crystalline ice grew wildly outward from the places where the blue light spots landed, and eventually solidified on the ground, forming clusters of terrifyingly shaped spikes.

Edwina, who had infused all her spirituality into the spell that had just detonated the desire of the "King of the North", was temporarily unable to move and could only watch the light spot fall towards her. The next moment, a figure appeared beside Edwina. Klein grabbed her shoulders and used the unique spiritual world in the book to perform a short-distance "teleportation".

Klein dodged backwards and hid beside Groselle, the Giant Guardian who had the strongest defense. Groselle held a heavy sword in his hand and stood between his companions who had weak defense without hesitation. Two unbreakable invisible walls suddenly stood up on his left and right, resisting the ice spikes and cold debris that kept emerging from the surroundings.

These ice crystals containing the crazy spirituality of Jurisian smashed into the barrier, causing countless ripples on this transparent barrier. Just when Groselle was about to give up and the barrier was about to break, a bright starlight descended, forming another layer of defense around him.

——This is the brilliant starlight belonging to the "Astrologer" that can annihilate objects!

The starlight and ice crystals collided, and they were annihilated at the same time at the moment of collision. Although the starlight became less and less in the constant collision, Groselle once again propped up his "protective barrier" after a short breath to block the remaining ice crystals.

"God said, it's invalid!"

Brother Snowman raised his hands and announced solemnly.

As if it was a command from the gods, the blue light spots that kept falling around them suddenly became much weaker, shrinking and calming down in the air. After the ice that fell from the sky completely disappeared, a forest of ice had grown in the snow around them.

These pure frosts stood firmly around, like frozen trees with their fangs and claws bared. These frosts reflected a dreamy luster, and under the sunlight, they refracted dazzling brilliance.

The surface of these ice crystals is covered with sharp and hard spikes. If one is deceived by the light and falls down accidentally, these spikes will undoubtedly pierce the body of the victim.

Groselle took a few steps forward, swung the giant sword in his hand, and shattered all the frost one by one. Behind him, Danitz, Edwina, and Cattleya, who had consumed a lot of spiritual energy, used their extraordinary abilities to help Groselle clear the surrounding ice crystals.

No one knew whether the dragon would instinctively set up other backup plans in the ice. You know, part of its frost came from the "witch", and the "witch's" potion had an instinctive "curse" ability.

Sometimes, some low-sequence Beyonder abilities can even cause high-sequence Beyonders to die silently under special conditions. This situation basically only occurs in Beyonders who lack knowledge of mysticism, and Edwina and others are naturally not among them.

With the cooperation of the four, they cut through the "Frost Forest" quickly, and arrived in front of the "King of the North" Jurisian in just a few minutes.

Jurisian appeared in front of everyone with a miserable look on his face. The dragon scales that were previously covered in ice and filled with various colors like a dream were now dull and lifeless. Large pieces of the scales were broken into pieces, and a lot of blood was seeping out of them.

Its huge dragon head tilted to the ground, its claws and back muscles tensed, and it quickly got up from the ground and raised its head to look at the few people again. However, it was visible to the naked eye that Jurisian's eyes dimmed a lot, but the ferocity contained in them did not decrease at all.

This is a monster that has completely lost control and has no reason at all due to its Beyonder characteristics... Klein, who has the upper hand in this battle, thought with some pity in his heart, but his hands did not stop moving at all.

For such a huge creature, a range of five meters is obviously very short - even in Jurisian's current situation, he can just reach it with his claws outstretched. Klein's figure flashed slightly, and he instantly appeared behind Jurisian.

This time, as Klein once again controlled its "spiritual line", the movements of the seriously injured Jurisian gradually became sluggish. It turned stiffly and finally managed to fiercely slap its dragon claws, but was dodged by a "flash" that Klein had anticipated.

"roar--"

Seeing that its attack hit the air, its dark blue eyes were filled with bloodshot. It wanted to use its strong body again to knock away the small reptile wrapped in a green shell in front of it, but it was ultimately powerless.

Groselle put away his defensive posture and walked forward in silence. The long sword in his hand was gradually covered with a layer of light like the morning light.

The closer he got to Jurisian, the faster Groselle's pace became. In the end, he even started to jog, using the momentum of the run to swing the sword with all his strength.

The giant's steps were so heavy that the ground shook slightly, but Klein even felt a little briskness in Groselle's footsteps.

The eyes of the "King of the North" Jurisian were full of ferocity. He had no intention of caring about Klein who was still controlling his "Spiritual Thread" behind him. He only wanted to bite Groselle and cut the annoying giant who was protecting the weakly defended reptiles behind him into two pieces.

Julian's wisdom is limited, and this is the best method of revenge he can think of.

Behind Groselle, Mobet Zoroast, who was well prepared, twisted his wrist and stole the idea of ​​Yurisan who wanted to counterattack. Mobet subconsciously opened his mouth and rushed forward. Siatas grabbed him and didn't even let Mobet fall into the snow and cause non-combat injuries.

The "King of the North" lost his last chance when Mobet stole the action he wanted to do. He stood there in a daze, watching a beam of light descend from the sky and cut into his head.

But the "King of the North" Jurisian still hadn't lost his tenacious life, and he continued to struggle. Jurisian's body quickly rotted, and he showed the characteristics of a "zombie". On his head, the place where Groselle's sword had slashed became hard again, trying to get Groselle's sword stuck inside.

Meanwhile, the "Punishment Knight" Longzel Edward had already run forward when Groselle swung his sword. He stuck his sword into the ground and pushed out his hands.

"die!"

He roared.

As if to vent, Longzel released all his spiritual energy. At this moment, the Loen soldier remembered the 165 years since he came here, the despair he felt when he heard the people in the new book say to him, "Backlund no longer has a northwest district," his family who were still in the war, and the years he wasted here.

Jurisian's body shook violently. His body, which was about to rot like a zombie, decayed even faster under the law of death. Jurisian did not utter a single wail, but just shook a little. His entire head was completely pierced by Groselle's "Sword of Dawn" with a sword blade.

"Death" made the decay of Jurisian's body become more real and clear, bringing definite death to the frost dragon!

Groselle suddenly drew his sword and completely cut off the dragon's head.

Rays of light blue, approaching white, burst out, stirring the completely rotten dragon corpse, which gradually disappeared and turned into a pair of double doors covered with snow.

The moment all the extraordinary people present saw this door, it was as if their brains were infused with knowledge about this door, and they suddenly realized in their hearts: this door is the door to the outside world.

"We succeeded..." The female elf Siatas looked at the light gate with realization.

"We succeeded!"

Groselle stuck his sword into the ground, clenched his fists, and laughed almost like a roar; he stood in front of the door, as if announcing to everyone that the years that had been stagnant since the Second Era had begun to flow again.

"Giant never backs down!"

He stood against the light, with his back to the light gate, and announced to his companions present.

His tone was a little simple, but it seemed particularly powerful.

　This is a paragraph that Yuehu suddenly felt when writing this passage. It does not take up any text space in the main text.

　　I hope I didn't write Groselle's Travels too badly. I was busy for a while, so I could only update once a day, but it was really nice to finish the climax of it in one afternoon and one evening this afternoon.

　　Well... I feel that my state of mind when writing this part is better than when I wrote The Blood Admiral. I wonder what you guys think about it.

　　I have many regrets about these people in Groselle's travel notes - I regret that Groselle in the original text could not see the sky a thousand years later, I regret that the lively couple could not reunite under the real sky, I regret that Snowman could not see his Lord, and I regret that Longzel could not return home.

　　(Angelwide, you deserve to die)

　　So now I am letting more people come to this book to prevent the tragedy from happening again - just like what Klein in the book thinks: There are gods watching behind me, so how can I live in disgrace and let more tragedies happen?

　　Later on, you may see the plots of Groselle, the beloved of the Silver City, the scam of the antique couple, and the security captain Longzel. Of course, there won't be too many, as they mainly serve the main storyline.

　　However, even if there are gods behind him, what should Klein do when he encounters something that even the gods can't solve? (Laughs)

　　Of course, this practice also reflects the title of this volume - Snowman gave up part of his faith for his fellow believers. Well, I think it fits the title "The Narrow Gate" very well.

　　I can't write anymore, I will update tomorrow