"Evaporate?" Hao Ren and Lily were stunned when they heard the voice from the communicator. "Evaporate? Why are you talking without rhyme or reason? "
"We don't know what's going on! The monster has been quiet, but it suddenly screamed, and then — "
Hao Ren interrupted. "Don't say more. Bring it into the city immediately! We will go out and get you! "
It did not take long before the strange monster of nightmares was brought into the cathedral, along with Lily's Beasts Guards. After they had figured out the situation in the city, there was no need for these abhumans to continue hiding outside the city. Their appearance shocked the priests of the Louen Cathedral. But compared to the Shadow of Nightmares, these abhumans were just a small problem.
The monster was indeed evaporating.
A large amount of smoke drifted out of its body as if it was rapidly vaporizing with a slight hiss. As the smoke dissipated, the monster's body was shrinking at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye. Though the change was extremely slow, Hao Ren could still see that it had shrunk by almost one-third since it had been in this state for a while. As its body shrank, the monster became weaker.
In fact, the monster had always been quite weak. Since it briefly showed signs of rationality in Fort Raven, it had been in a half-dead state. After being sent to Sanctum, it was suppressed by the sacred power of this place and became unusually quiet. But this weakness was not fatal until now.
"It has been in this state for thirty minutes, and it's getting worse," said a monk who was outside the city. "Before the evaporation began, it shouted some inexplicable words, but it was illogical, and there was no way to communicate."
Hao Ren looked up. "What did it shout?"
The monk thought for a moment. "There's Lockmarton's name, the Forgotten Abyss, and the word 'door' and 'seal'. It also mentioned the Endless War, which was a long battle on the plains. But none of the history books in Collow mentioned this battle."
"That's it?"
The monk spread out his hand. "That's it. By the way, it doesn't just use the common language, it also uses several ancient languages that are about to be lost. We can barely understand some of those languages. "
"The Endless War … Gate and Lockmarton …" Hao Ren bent down and examined the flesh and blood in the smoke. "The latter is easy to understand. It sounds like a prison, but I don't know what the former means."
As he spoke, he carefully reached out through the thick black smoke to touch the soft, disgusting substance of the monster.
The spot on his right hand that was burned by the Goddess's Blood was faintly heating up, and some dark red marks were faintly visible. The smoke around the monster seemed to be avoiding the "Divine Mark" and immediately parted to the sides.
Hao Ren noticed this detail. His heart skipped a beat, and he stretched out his hand without hesitation.
At the same time when he felt the cold touch, a series of rapidly rolling illusions appeared in front of his eyes.
He saw a magnificent and bright hall being built. Twenty-one giant-like guardians stood in front of a mountain of light and swore an oath. These guardians were made of sacred rock and steel, as unshakable as a mountain.
He saw these guardians were ordered to guard an ancient prisoner. From the thoughts that came from the spiritual world, he knew that this prisoner was ancient beyond imagination, even more ancient than the First Born and the guardian giants.
He saw the guardians cultivating life on the earth, using the order of life to suppress and reform the evil forces of chaos.
He saw the fall of the Goddess, causing all their efforts to fall short, evil retaliated, and order declined.
Countless images flashed, and many memory fragments were like fleeting lights and shadows, making it hard to see clearly. It seemed that some force had forcibly erased and weakened these memories, and Hao Ren could only see the end of these memories.
In a desolate world that was always shrouded in dusk, the earth was dry and cracked, the sky was burning hot, and a huge shadow was floating behind the clouds. Countless tentacles and strange limbs were passing between heaven and earth, and the evil power of the ancient times was pacing back and forth in its cage, brewing a fury that could devour the whole world in peace.
On the land shrouded in shadow, countless monsters were rampaging around, attacking a giant pillar that supported the sky and the earth. The giant pillar was bright and clean, as if it was made of pure silver. However, what was reflected on the mirror was not the dry earth and burning sky around the giant pillar, but another world full of vitality.
At the foot of the giant pillar, the blood, broken limbs, and ashes of all kinds of monsters were piled up into a mountain. Countless strange-looking, twisted creatures were fighting each other in a chaotic manner, as if they were caught in a never-ending, frenzied rage. These monsters seemed to be in two camps, fighting for control of the giant pillar, but they might simply be controlled by killing, blindly killing all the creatures around them under the will of Lockmarton.
The next moment, all the illusions disappeared.
Hao Ren felt that a long time had passed, but when he looked around, he found that everyone was still in the same position. He knew that the illusion had only lasted for a moment.
Lily was the first to come up to him. The husky maiden was very familiar with Hao Ren's ability, so when she saw Hao Ren's momentary absent-mindedness, she knew what was going on. "Mr. Landlord! What did you see? "
Hao Ren waved his hand, motioning Lily not to disturb him. He then bent down and stared at the piece of meat shrouded in smoke. Slowly and clearly, he asked, "I know you can hear my voice now. Who are you?"
In the previous direct mental connection, he had established a brief and mysterious connection with the monster. Under this subtle connection, the monster finally regained consciousness. The speed at which the smoke evaporated slowed down a little, and an extremely hoarse, deep voice came from the piece of meat.
"I used to be called Varantine. Varantine? Sage? Tenir? Benedict, I am — "
The speed at which the smoke evaporated suddenly increased, and the mass of flesh and blood let out a shrill scream. Before it completely disappeared, it shouted hysterically, "Prison! The entrance to the prison is at the top of Asurmen! At the top of Asurmen — "
All the sound disappeared, and the monster was no longer in the cage. Only a small puff of black smoke was blown away by the wind.
In the silence, Hao Ren broke the silence. "Who knows this name?"
"Varantine? Sage? Tenir? Benedict, "Calaxus said in a sleep-talking voice." Benedict III, the bearer of the Canon, the wise and just man, one of the former popes. "
Everyone was stunned. The general reaction of the crowd was, "Are you f * cking kidding me?" But Lily's beasts were the calmest. They did not understand what Calaxus was talking about and thought that the humans were talking nonsense again.
"It said it was a pope?" Lily's ears twitched. Even Brainiac couldn't keep up with the plot. "By the way, is Pope Benedict III dead?"
"He died nearly 2,000 years ago," Calaxus said blankly. "As one of the greatest popes in history, his body was placed in the underground mausoleum of the Basilica Icon, accompanied by all the ancient sages, and shone eternally by the glory of the goddess."
"That means he was the former emperor." Lily suddenly felt that she had found a peer. "I am also the former emperor!"
"Don't listen to her nonsense. Her logic is not normal." Hao Ren pushed the husky aside and looked at Calaxus. "How credible do you think the monster's words are?"
Calaxus spread out his hands. "Personally, I don't believe it at all, but …"
"It's too bizarre and suspicious, isn't it?" Hao Ren nodded. "And most importantly, there's no need for a 'monster' to lie to us like this. I've never heard of a monster of Chaos having such a weird hobby."
Calaxus did not say a word. At this moment, a scream came from the window of the cathedral. Several low-ranking priests who were observing the situation outside the window screamed in horror, "There is something in the sky!"
A palpitation spread from the bottom of their hearts. Hao Ren rushed to the window in two steps and then pushed open the glass window, which was an eyesore because of its narrow and complicated pattern.
He looked up at the sky.
The sky was overcast, and a dusk-like glow shone from behind the clouds. In the intertwining of light and shadow, a huge, indescribable thing was slowly moving behind the clouds.
Countless thick tentacles and oddly-shaped limbs dangled down from the creature, as if they were tornadoes hanging down from the clouds. These limbs were waving and curling between the sky and the earth as if they were licking the earth. The horrifying and malicious scene made one's scalp tingle!
Even the most devout and determined of the church warriors could not withstand the pressure. The assistant priests paled and backed away. The better priests could still chant prayers to boost their courage, but the weaker ones were already showing signs of fainting. It was as if the mere sight of the tentacles and shadows was enough to make mortals lose their minds. Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The abhumans were also trembling under the pressure. The demonic wolves growled in fear and anger, the trolls retreated with their heads in their hands, and the bear monsters showed signs of going crazy. It was not until Lily suddenly howled that they finally calmed down.
Hao Ren stood like a statue at the window, unflinching and unwavering. He faced the shadow of the clouds with his demigod body and resisted all the malice and mental erosion.
He knew what it was.
Lockmarton.
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