In the midst of the anxious atmosphere, Zakriel stared at Ricky with a burning gaze. "But this has never been confirmed."
Ricky was silent for a while.
"Oh, interesting."
Ricky stared into the Knight of Judgment's eyes and smiled.
"Which king?"
Under the man's profound gaze, Zakriel shook his head firmly.
"I cannot say."
Thales exhaled.
As the floor trembled, Ricky suddenly turned his head around and cast Thales a profound glance.
It startled the latter.
But in the end, Ricky turned his gaze away and responded to the Knight of Judgment's words.
"Watchman, how much do you know about demons?
How much do you know about me? "
Zakriel was stunned for a moment.
"Come, tell me, and tell your prince," Ricky said with a smile.
Zakriel cast Thales a strange glance.
"In Constellation, Sunset Temple and the Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Department have been dealing with existences like you for a long time."
Thales' expression changed slightly.
"According to Sunset Temple, you cannot invade the world with your true bodies. You can only possess people and use your current body as a vessel. Or perhaps you have lost your mind and can only speak through the mouths of your believers." Zakriel scrutinized Ricky carefully.
"But no matter what, your current appearance is just an illusion. Your roots are in hell. This is why you did not die even though you were fatally injured."
'Possession … Confusion …'
Thales suppressed the shock in his heart and digested the new knowledge.
Ricky stroked his chin and raised an eyebrow.
"Interesting." The leader of the Disaster Swords nodded and said, "Anything else?"
Zakriel was silent for a while.
"According to the records of the Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Department, aside from consciousness, you can also 'contaminate' the world." Zakriel stared at the part of Ricky's body where he was injured.
He gritted his teeth and said, "The flesh and blood contaminated by you have abnormal activity that cannot be explained by common sense. You live in every inch of your body and every bit of your spirit. Unless you meet your natural enemy, you will never die and will never be reborn."
'Contaminate.'
Thales remembered something, and he could not help but turn pale.
"Natural enemy?" Ricky's interest seemed to be hooked by this new term.
Zakriel continued to scrutinize Ricky's expression.
"The weapons blessed by the priests in the temples possess the power of the gods, and they can cause irrecoverable damage to you," Zakriel said softly.
"This is the so-called 'Divine Vanquishment'."
The Temple.
Thales recalled the few times he had crossed paths with Sunset Goddess and Bright Moon Goddess, but they were all unpleasant memories.
"But you must have a purpose, don't you?"
Zakriel stared at Ricky.
"It's written in the Sunset Scripture that when demons appear in the world, they must have a request."
"Then, why did you come all the way from hell to find out the truth about the Dragon Breaker?"
Ricky was stunned.
After a second.
"Hehe." Ricky's lips curled up. He finally could not help but laugh.
"Hahahaha …"
Thales and Zakriel looked at him questioningly or coldly.
Finally, Ricky was done laughing.
He raised his eyes and said in a mysterious tone, "So, your understanding of the gods and demons, as well as heaven and hell, came from Sunset Temple, which supported the Jadestar King and became the Orthodox Church of Constellation, right?"
Thales tensed up.
Zakriel pursed his lips tightly and did not say a word.
Ricky leaned back against the stone platform. He seemed to be rather relaxed.
"You know, before Bright God Church split up, the most primitive and unmodified Bright God Edict would tell you that the sun and hell's river stood opposite each other in the unreachable heavens and earth. One was the source of all things and gave them life, while the other was the end of all things and buried death. The two coexisted equally. Everything was natural and had its own rules."
'Bright God Edict.'
Thales thought of something. He remembered that Saroma had once told him about the boring creation myths of these religions.
"But during the Age of the Empire, the Holy Sun Sect, which was the most influential in the church, and the Holy Sun Precept, which they regarded as their standard, began to say that the sun was beautiful, holy, and benevolent. Only those who believed in the gods, especially those who believed in the Holy Sun and were blessed by the gods, could ascend to heaven after death and enter God's Kingdom without suffering. "
Ricky's gaze turned cold.
"On the contrary, Hell's River was terrifying, terrifying, and cruel. Only sinful souls would pass through Hell's River and fall into hell controlled by demons, where they would suffer for eternity.
"From then on, the Bright God Church's self-proclaimed orthodox Holy Sun faction began to take power. In order to win the favor of their Lord God, in order to prove that the Holy Sun was the true successor of the Bright God, they competed with each other to perform well. They fought for power internally, reopened the Inquisition, suppressed the Outer Gods, and persecuted the heretics.
Ricky snorted softly.
"And the irony is that today, when the Holy Sun declined and split up, look at the Dawn Scripture and Sunset Scripture. They began to argue about which of the two suns was more sacred. Were the Dawn and Sunset siblings or husband and wife? "
Ricky shook his head and sneered in a mocking tone.
"Hehe."
Ricky straightened his body and stared at Zakriel coldly.
"And you took what these churches told you. These records change once every era, and every version is distorted once …
"As the truth?"
Zakriel furrowed his eyebrows tightly.
"So, what is the truth?"
The Knight of Judgment subconsciously raised his voice.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
But Ricky suddenly raised his index finger and stopped Zakriel from speaking.
"You just mentioned a certain king in Constellation's history, right?"
A mysterious smile appeared on Ricky's face. It made Thales shudder inexplicably, and he remembered Ricky's black face in the past.
"Coincidentally, I also have a story about a king."
Thales and Zakriel looked at each other. They were both stunned.
"Legend has it that a long, long time ago, during the boundless era of kings, there was also a great king in the world.
He had great achievements in war, and he was wise and farsighted. "
Ricky's tone was mixed with the low rumbling sounds of the platform beneath his feet. It sounded even stranger in the empty and dim space.
"One day, a demon blocked the king's path. It said, 'Wise king, please accept my help. I will help you conquer the world and distinguish between loyalty and treachery.'"
Ricky's smile did not fade.
"The king was wise. He was not moved at all. 'Demon, I know what you are up to. You just want to destroy my kingdom.'
"The demon flew into a rage out of humiliation and attacked the king. But the king's power and army were unparalleled. The king's wisdom and strategies were as deep as the sea. Soon, the demon and its minions were defeated and imprisoned."
Ricky's tone became even stranger, and it made Thales' heart clench without him realizing it.
"The demon trembled in fear and begged in the prison. 'Please, great king, I can provide you with greater power, or else you will not be able to conquer the world.'"
Ricky curled up the corners of his lips and looked at Thales, making the latter's heart tremble.
"'I can conquer the world on my own. I do not need your weak help.' The king wisely rejected it. 'Demon, I know what you are up to. You just want to destroy my kingdom, but in the face of my power, you are nothing.'
"The king conquered the world, but wherever he went, there were cries of war victims everywhere. Wherever his army passed, blood would be everywhere. Soon, everyone began to oppose his conquest.
"The king remembered the demon's words and was extremely angry. So he went to the prison and tortured the demon."
Ricky took a deep breath. His words continued.
"The demon trembled in fear and begged in the prison. 'Please, don't torture me. I can provide you with wiser advice. Otherwise, you will not be able to distinguish between loyalty and treachery.'"
Zakriel's gaze froze.
"'I can distinguish between loyalty and treachery. I do not need your foolish advice.' The king wisely rejected it. 'Demon, I know what you are up to. You just want to destroy my kingdom, but in the face of my wisdom, you are as stupid as a pig.'
"The king returned to the court and used his methods to suppress the voices of opposition. He regained support for the war. But one day, the generals who were loyal to him rebelled and betrayed the king.
"The king remembered the demon's words and was filled with regret. So he went to the prison and asked the demon."
Thales had a premonition of the direction of the story. He frowned deeply.
"'Damned demon, come. I will accept your help!' the king said angrily."
In the next second, Ricky raised his head. A hint of yellow light flashed in his left eye, which had returned to normal.
"'But I have already destroyed your kingdom,' the demon said with a smile and disappeared before his eyes.
"And the king could only sit on the ground powerlessly until the rebel army broke into his palace and destroyed his kingdom."
Ricky finished his story and looked at Thales. He let out a few chuckles that carried a profound meaning.
This made the teenager's heart turn cold.
'This story sounds like a fairy tale at first …'
"Hmph." But Zakriel did not buy it.
"It sounds like a foolish king who brought disaster to the country and the people. He was falsely accused of being a demon."
Ricky shook his head nonchalantly. He did not seem to be offended at all.
"You know, the servants of the Monarch of Annihilation are the most delicate and extravagant. They love to bewitch kings, attach themselves to the nobles, and witness death and chaos through the whispers and murmurs behind the scenes. Most of the time, wherever they are, there will be war.
"And the believers of the Monarch of Annihilation are a group of opera fans. Their favorite actors are the believers with firm beliefs in the temples. Oh, they will never get tired of watching these actors' beliefs crumble on the stage of life under their guidance. In the end, they will betray and blaspheme the gods."
Ricky said a few terms that Thales had never heard of in a seemingly casual manner.
'Monarch of Annihilation.
Infinite Monarch. '
Zakriel finally became solemn. He looked at Ricky with a grave expression.
"So, you do not belong to the above two monarchs. You are the lackey of the other five."
Ricky laughed involuntarily.
"Yes, yes. There are seven layers of hell, so there are only seven monarchs who rule over hell, right?"
Ricky said perfunctorily.
"Let me guess, where did you hear this from? Sunset Temple? The kingdom's Secret Intelligence Department? "
He then shook his head.
"Hmph, mortal."
As he listened to their conversation, Thales blinked furiously.
Indeed, when he was in Dragon Clouds City, he had read quite a number of religious works, but hell, demons …
"But did you know that the King of Silence has a group of the most violent pets? They love to pollute powerful warriors and soldiers with strong wills because they can taste blood and violence the fastest."
Ricky looked at Zakriel with a smile in his eyes.
"Like you."
At that moment, the Knight of Judgment was stunned.
But Ricky continued.
"They like to torture people's will, challenge people's limits, and enjoy human pain."
"For example, they will show boundless illusions to certain prisoners who have been imprisoned for many years, as well as the past that they miss the most and the people that they can't let go of.
"They will evoke the greatest regret, the most intense pain, and the worst nightmare in his heart, making him think that he has lost his mind."
As he listened to Ricky's bewitching and meaningful words, Zakriel completely froze.
Ricky deliberately said,
"But they can unknowingly confuse his mind, distort his heart, and add the last straw to a taboo belief that has already loosened. From there, it will guide his actions after he is released from prison."
"And this kind of warriors who are not in their right mind, but can still bring about countless bloodshed, are the favorites of the King of Silence's pets —"
"Enough!" Thales cut Ricky off.
The prince stared at Zakriel's dazed expression and said angrily to Ricky,
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Zakriel took a deep breath and returned to reality.
"Of course, the demon is talking nonsense." Ricky did not seem to be angered by Thales' rudeness. He just leaned back against his stone platform and said airily,
"That's what the king thinks too."
Thales was instantly speechless.
"Be careful, Your Highness. Do not make presumptuous guesses about what the demon wants to do. Do not think that you can be smarter than the demon, much less stronger than the demon." Ricky stared coldly at the wall in the distance as it gradually slid down.
"Because when you ask the question …"
Ricky turned his head and stared at Thales with a pair of cold, deep eyes.
"It has already succeeded."
By the side, Zakriel was silent.
Thales stared into his eyes. He wanted to say something, but did not.
"The demon is always there," Ricky said with the ghost of a smile.
"But the demon does not speak."
"The gods know," Ricky snorted softly and added coldly.
"But the gods do not speak."
'The demon is always there, but the demon does not speak.
The gods know, but the god does not speak. '
The prince felt an inexplicable chill run down his spine as he sensed the profound meaning in this sentence.
Thales was silent for a while. He felt that he was completely suppressed by Ricky, whether it was his aura or the situation.
But he remembered something.
"If you … if they are really that terrifying," the teenager said again, attracting their attention.
"Then why did you have such a huge reaction to the name 'Truth Brothers'?"
As expected, the moment he said it, Ricky's arm trembled slightly.
He stared at Thales with a complicated gaze.
"I have heard of it," Thales braced himself and continued.
"The calamities, the Mystics.
They killed the gods, started the Battle of Eradication, and dragged the demons from hell into it. "
At that moment, even Zakriel furrowed his eyebrows.
Thales sucked in a deep breath and asked the biggest question in his heart.
"So, you came here today to ask about the World of Purification … I mean, the Dragon Breaker's background, and the relationship between the legendary anti-mystic equipment and the Two Empresses.
Is your goal a calamity like the Magic Empress? "
Ricky was silent for a long time.
For a few seconds, Thales could only hear the rumbling sounds of the platform moving up and the mercenaries whispering to each other in the distance.
Finally, Ricky spoke in his softest and most mysterious tone.
"The calamities killed the gods?"
"This is probably what a wizard or a wizard's notebook told you, right?"
'Wizard.'
Thales' gaze froze.
The elegant figure in blue appeared before his eyes.
"Tsk, tsk."
Ricky clicked his tongue and shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Thales asked, puzzled.
Crassus of the Disaster Swords turned his head around and looked at Thales with a complicated and subtle gaze.
"You are so simple … that you are adorable."
Thales was stunned.
"What do you mean?"
Ricky did not answer immediately. He only looked at Thales with a profound gaze for a while.
"How do you kill a person?"
Thales was stunned.
Ricky sneered and nodded. He looked at Zakriel, who was opposite him.
"Oh, that's right. Pierce his heart, wait until he stops breathing and loses his life.
But if I come back to life and start breathing again … Oh, sorry, you didn't kill me. "
Ricky laughed even more merrily and pointed at his neck.
Zakriel's gaze on Ricky became even more solemn.
But Ricky's next sentence made Thales even more puzzled.
"So, how do you kill my sword?"
Thales was stunned.
"What?"
Ricky touched his Everlasting Truth and smiled.
"To kill my sword, you also cut off the hilt of your sword, wait until it stops breathing, and lose its life?"
Thales blinked to show his puzzlement.
"No."
Ricky shook his head mysteriously and pointed at his silver-edged longsword.
"Because swords have no life. You can't kill a sword."
Thales was stunned.
"Then, similarly, how do you kill a book, a dream, an oath, and a spirit?"
Ricky's gaze became harsher and colder.
"How do you kill these abstract things that have no life and no boundaries between life and death?"
As he observed the prince's expression, Ricky seemed to have enjoyed enough of the shock on Thales' face. He nodded in satisfaction.
"Now, my dear, answer my next question."
Thales took a deep breath and suddenly understood what he meant.
"No matter how powerful you are …"
Ricky stared at the dark ceiling, as if his gaze could penetrate it and reach the endless starry sky above his head.
"But how do you 'kill' a …
"God?"
Thales breathed in a daze.
He could not help but think of what Asda had once told him.
"Surpass the gods and look down on all living beings …
"Even though I am reluctant to part with your innocence and adorableness, my dear …"
At some point in time, Ricky's way of addressing him changed.
"It is time for you to lift your eyes from the lies, whether they are fabricated by the temple, the church, the Magic Tower, or the wizards …"
Ricky's eyes sparkled.
"Self-righteous lies."
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