On a pitch-black plain, a group of people were surrounding a small box in the middle of a dazzling bonfire.
It was Rodrigues' phylactery.
At this moment, Rodrigues' soul was like a candle in the wind, much weaker than Victor next to him.
Although he had been transformed into a Lich in the Legendary Realm and his soul was very strong, Tang En did not use any gentle methods when stripping the power of Chaos from his soul.
The simple and violent purification process also tormented Rodrigues, but now that he was awake, he had to thank Tang En.
"Then, can we talk?"
Tang En looked at Rodrigues and pointed to Tessehákro and his wife lying next to him. "Tell me, what is going on?"
Rodrigues' soul swayed, and then he finally spoke under everyone's gaze.
"This is a mistake I made, but I don't think I'm wrong. I just want to protect this world as much as possible."
Rodrigues' first sentence made everyone snort.
Transforming himself into a Lich and enslaving the souls of two Megalosaurus?
You said you want to protect this world?
"I'm telling the truth."
Rodrigues said very seriously. "You have not experienced that war, and you don't understand how desperate the Prandal people were at that time."
"I can testify to that."
Sasaglot nodded. "At that time, the entire Prandal was indeed on the verge of complete destruction."
"At that time, the living forces in our hands were already very precious, and the army of Chaos seemed endless. We had to use our precious lives to fight them, which was not worth it."
Rodrigues's gaze fell on Tessehákro. "At that time, Tessehákro, Tim Ray, and other alchemy masters designed the Golden Giant Statue Army together and created the Irus' Scepter of the King to act as the control terminal of the Golden Giant Statue Army."
"After the Golden Giant Statue Army joined the war, the pressure on the allied forces on the battlefield suddenly decreased a lot, and we saw the hope of victory. But it was also because of this that I had an idea."
"Since the Golden Giant Statue Army can be used, can other forces be used as well?"
Rodrigues said faintly. "At that time, I began to secretly study Necromancy."
Victor frowned. "Do you intend to use the power of Necromancy to summon the dead to fight against the army of Chaos?"
"That's right."
Rodrigues admitted very frankly. "At that time, in order to continue the entire human race, the lives of the living were precious. Only the dead were different. If we could awaken their bodies and let them continue to fight to protect this world, I think they would be very willing — the only problem was that this method would not be approved by others."
"I remember now."
Tessehákro suddenly said. "After we died in battle, Rodrigues secretly kept our souls and buried our bodies. He later woke us up and let us help the allied forces in the rear, and at that time, we were very willing to continue to fight to protect this world."
Rodrigues added. "At that time, I indirectly mentioned it to the pope of the Radiant Church, but was rejected. He believed that it was a blasphemy to the dead, so I had to give up on using Necromancy in public and only use it secretly."
"It was a great idea, and a very great act."
Eluri the Saintess said very seriously. "But that does not explain why you would lead them to be corrupted by Chaos."
"That's what happened next."
Rodrigues's heart was filled with bitterness as he said helplessly. "At that time, Albern and I had an idea …"
Oh?
Tang En raised an eyebrow. Another familiar face appeared?
"Since the power of Chaos is so powerful, could we analyze the power of Chaos, control it, and use it to fight against Chaos itself?"
Rodrigues said very calmly. "The power of Chaos was born from the Void of Order. Chaos is its characteristic, so I proposed a hypothesis: if we exert control over it and weaken its disorder, would it be converted into a controllable power?"
"If the power of Chaos becomes controllable, does it mean that its threat is also controllable, or even reversible?"
"After the first war of Chaos invasion, to deal with the possible crisis that I foresee in the future, I secretly left a small fragment of Chaos creatures and secretly began to study the power of Chaos."
"And that is the root of everything."
Rodrigues sighed. "The power of Chaos is so mysterious, so … unpredictable. In the process of observation, you would never be able to accurately predict its next ripple, next flicker, next split. It is as if it is completely independent of your observation, perfectly avoiding everything you can think of, leaving behind all kinds of inconceivable characteristics."
"The more I studied, the more obsessed I became, and the more I wanted to understand the power of Chaos, until …"
Rodrigues said slowly as everyone looked on. "… until one day, I could not resist the temptation, and finally decided to use my own body to feel what the power of Chaos was."
What the hell! They found a mad practitioner who dedicated his life to science!
"In the war of Chaos invasion, I saw too many people being corrupted and turned into lunatics. But I was very confident in my rationality and self-control. I believed that I could resist the corruption of Chaos, and even record my own feelings in the process. And I did. Now I can still remember how I felt at that time."
Tang En pursed his lips. The drug addicts thought the same at first, but later they all went bankrupt and went mad.
"In my words, it's inconceivable … You can feel as if you've become another life form, an existence that's independent of your body. You can see more things and wield more power … But at the same time, your body will be seriously corroded and gradually collapse."
"I persisted in this stage for a hundred years. Tesser and Murphy knew what happened during this period the best. In order to prevent them from being corrupted, I took the initiative to isolate myself."
"In this stage, I began to try to control the power of Chaos. At first, I used magic to control it, but I found that it was useless. When magic came into contact with the power of Chaos, it would only be assimilated and strengthen the originally very weak power of Chaos. After a few attempts, I found that the power of Chaos was growing very quickly, and my body was gradually collapsing. So I gave up on this idea."
"In order to continue my research, I decided to transform myself into a lich. I don't know if it was because of the power of Chaos, but the process of transformation was very smooth. I succeeded in overcoming a few difficulties and became a lich."
"After becoming a lich, I lost my emotions and desires. My mind became calmer, and my analysis of clues became more accurate."
"At this time, I began to use the method of cultivating magic to control the power of Chaos. I treated it as an unknown but controllable power to control it."
"This process used up two hundred years of my life."
"During this process, even I didn't realize that my rationality was being corrupted by Chaos bit by bit, and it became more and more extreme."
"Later, I finally found a way to control the power of Chaos to a certain extent …"
At this point, Rodrigues paused for a moment, and then said slowly, "It was also at this time that I finally fell into madness …"
Everyone's heart skipped a beat. To be able to persist for three hundred years under the corruption of Chaos, Rodrigues's willpower was enough to laugh at the world.
"When I found a way to control the power of Chaos, I was already crazy. At that time, I was surrounded by all kinds of crazy hallucinations all day long, and I almost couldn't differentiate between reality and hallucinations. At that time, I didn't even think about whether I had been corrupted by Chaos … Now that I think about it, the reason I could control the power of Chaos at that time was purely because I had been completely corrupted by Chaos at that time."
Rodrigues pursed his dry lips bleakly, and continued, "But at that time, I was already crazy. I didn't care so much. I just wanted to spread the way to control the power of Chaos and let people know that Chaos wasn't uncontrollable or invincible. I didn't have to worry about the invasion of Chaos creatures … At that time, I was completely out of control."
"What happened after that seemed like a nightmare to me now …"
Rodrigues stared at the bonfire in front of him in a daze, as if he could see his past in the bonfire.
"I used spells to control a group of people. In order to spread it as soon as possible, and at the same time to collect more experimental data, I taught them the way to control the power of Chaos. In order to reduce people's fear of Chaos, I made up a fictional God of Chaos, Kaos, and made them worship him …"
F * ck! Tang En cursed inwardly. I f * cking knew that the Chaos religion definitely had something to do with him!
"You should understand that a god that can be worshipped can at least reduce people's fear. Therefore, the Chaos religion developed much faster than I thought …"
At this point, Rodrigues raised his head and said slowly, "… That's right, I'm the founder of the Chaos religion."
F * cking hell …
Angus, Jean, Victor, Eluri, and the others were all dumbfounded.
F * ck! What the hell is this?!
Rodrigues Hornheim designed and created the golden giant statue army. He was the hero who turned the tide and saved the world in the first war of Chaos invasion. But at the same time, he was also the founder of the Chaos religion that had plagued this world for hundreds of years!
What should this be?!
"Although merits can't offset demerits, but …"
Tang En said slowly, "If it weren't for your performance in the first war of Chaos invasion, Prandal wouldn't be where it is now. So your merits can offset the Chaos religion."
"But …"
Tang En continued, "This can't prove your innocence. On the contrary, for the sake of this world, you have to continue to atone for your sins … You have to be mentally prepared. This will take a long time."
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