When the Holy War army retreated from Sylvania, there was a gloom in everyone's heart that couldn't be dispelled.
Cardinal Alfred Frey's whole body was soaked in rain. He carried his warhammer and walked alone in the poor land of Steyr, thinking about what else he could do.
In the Battle of Templehoff, the Holy War Army faced off against the Undead Wizard Herman Goth's Undead Army. Archbishop Vikmar used a god-given Soul Flame to burn a third of Goth's army. After that, the archbishop personally stood on the War Altar and launched an attack against the Undead Army. Goth was unable to resist the Archbishop's deadly power of faith and suffered a crushing defeat. As planned, his army was routed towards Sylvania.
The Archbishop immediately gave the order to pursue. At this time, many people tried to persuade Vicmar that there might be an ambush ahead. However, the Archbishop simply told everyone that he knew that there might be an ambush ahead, but so what?
Shouldn't Sylvania be purified? Won't we be ambushed if we stay where we are?
Don't you have confidence in this Holy War? Are you afraid of Man Frey and his undead army? "
After hearing this, no one tried to persuade the archbishop anymore. If they did, they would be suspected of colluding with the undead.
The Holy War army immediately broke camp and rushed into the hinterland of Sylvania.
Alfred Frey thought to himself, "This time, this time, we are going to stick our heads into the bushes."
The Cardinal had fought many battles with Laing, so Alfred Frey was not used to Vicmar's fierce fighting style. However, the archbishop insisted on having his own way, so he could only follow.
When the Battle of Mikalsdorf started, the Holy War army rushed into Man Frey's pocket formation almost immediately.
Fortunately, because Goth was defeated too quickly, Man Frey's pocket formation was not fully prepared. As the Holy War army rushed forward, the two sides began to exchange fire. The archbishop was the first to charge.
After a few hours, the first wave of Empire's reinforcements arrived. Gint Frey's guards and Griffin Knight Richter Weismond arrived. The pocket formation of the undead army was broken, so Man Frey had to put in more reserve troops.
Alfred Frey thought that they had won the Holy War. The Cardinal used his last strength and called on the soldiers to continue fighting until he saw with his own eyes a legendary netherworld engine called "Nagash's Hand" being used on the battlefield by Man Frey.
The Cardinal saw it with his own eyes. The Grand Mage of Light, Sun Seer Jovi, tried to destroy the Hand of Nagash with the power of the Light Magic Rider. He almost succeeded after two shots. The Necromancers tried to kill Jovi, but to no avail. A few Graveyard Guardians took the opportunity to kill the Light Sorcerer while he was casting the spell. The Light Sorcerer was killed on the spot by the magic backlash.
The moment Jovi died, his soul broke out of his body and turned into an angel. It flew towards the netherworld engine and tried to perish together with the Hand of Nagash. Alfred Frey was sure that Jovi had failed. Not long after the angel exploded, the netherworld engine recovered its ability to fight.
The second to die was the half-griffin knight captain Richter Weismond. He was cut in half by Man Frey.
Next was the legendary demon hunter, Master Alberich von Koden. This Master Demonhunter went up against Herman Goth. After a long battle, he was no match for the necromancer and was poisoned by Goth's venom. But at the last moment, Von Koden pierced Goth with his silver sword and stuffed his fist into Goth's mouth. The Light of Exile in the magic ring given to him by the Great Wizard of Light was activated at close range. Von Koden and Goth perished together.
Alfred Frey vaguely saw the battle between the archbishop and Man Frey on the war altar. Although the two sides were evenly matched, the archbishop seemed to have the upper hand. Grand chanter Kaslan used Soul's Fire and Searing Gaze to kill a bloodthirsty akasha ghost, but he was ambushed and killed by the other two akasha ghosts.
The Crusade army finally couldn't hold on and began to collapse. Alfred Frey was surrounded by the defeated army and could no longer see anything.
It seemed that the Crusade was about to fail. The Empire was about to be doomed. Just as Man Frey was about to usher in the final victory, Elector Marius's Ivy and Gert's Sol arrived. When the great alchemist saw this scene, he immediately decided to use the highest magic given to him by Roga — Roga's Great Wall of Faith.
Miracle! When Alfred Frey saw the golden wall rising from the ground, everyone shouted that it was a miracle. "Charlemagne bless us!"
The ghouls lost control one after another. Those who were close to the golden wall were melted by the power of faith contained in it and turned into ashes.
The Crusade army regained their morale and defeated Man Frey and his ghouls in one go.
Facing the ghouls, the Empire won again.
Crusade! We won! While the Cardinal and his subordinates were still celebrating their victory, bad news came.
The war altar was empty.
Archbishop Wickmar was missing.
It was still drizzling. Spring rain was supposed to be the most nourishing and most precious. The victorious Empire army should be rejoicing, but Alfred Frey and the people of the Church couldn't be happy.
Archmage of Light Sun Seer Jovi died in battle, Master Demon Hunter Von Keden died in battle, and Gryphon Knight Captain Wismond died in battle. These were nothing. The worst thing was that Archbishop Wickmar was missing.
At this time, the Crusade army had the most serious disagreement. Both Alfred Frey and Elector Marius wanted to march immediately, but as the only remaining Grand Chanter of the Church of Justice in the Crusade army, Esme III had a different opinion.
Grand Chanter Esme III believed that they had eliminated the threat of the ghouls and that it was time to withdraw the army.
Since Wickmar wasn't here, Esme III automatically took over the position of Archbishop. Alfred Frey and the others couldn't object to his decision.
To make matters worse, the Holy War Army was originally made up of several different armies. Without Vickma's authority and authority, the Holy War Army had already fallen apart. The only one who could persist in this Holy War, Esme III, had chosen to give up.
Since the acting Archbishop had given up, Marius and Geert had no choice but to withdraw.
Raindrops fell on Alfred Frey's robe. Alfred Frey's face was very dark. The cardinal could vaguely understand why Esme III gave up.
The sound of metal colliding could be heard. Grand Alchemist Geert appeared beside Alfred Frey. The cardinal didn't need to raise his head to know it was Geert. He said unhappily, "What's the matter? My Grand Alchemist? "
"You're giving up just like that?" Geert was displeased. "The ghouls weren't really defeated. Laing sent you here to solve the problem, not to let you go with the flow."
"When Esme III rode into the Crusade army's camp and announced to all the soldiers and mercenaries that we had won and that the Crusade was over. The moment they could all receive their pay and go home, this war could no longer continue." Alfreid smiled bitterly. The cardinal shook his head. "This is a powerful move. Look at the soldiers of the Holy War and the mercenaries. Who wants to continue fighting? I want to fight, but what's the point? "
"Our archbishop has groomed an excellent successor," Roland said. Geert's tone was calm. The Grand Alchemist really wanted to continue fighting, but he could only admit that Esme III's move was too powerful.
The Crusade army itself had nothing to do with interests. It was just a slogan. The church army came for faith, the mercenaries came for pay, and as for the secular army? It was nothing more than an order from the palace.
Now that Esme III had announced that the Crusade was over and the soldiers' pay and pay were all given, who would want to continue fighting? Who would want to continue fighting? Alfred Frey? Are you the acting Archbishop or is he the acting Archbishop?
"…" Alfred Frey was silent. Archbishop Vicmar was too powerful. He was good at war and governance, but he lacked friends. Most of the time, the Archbishop didn't need a friend to fight alongside him. What he needed more was a puppet. Alfred Frey was considered useful by the Archbishop, so he immediately gave him an important task. However, when he disobeyed the Archbishop's orders, he was scolded and slapped. Alfred Frey even suspected that if he didn't have Laing as his backer, he might have …
Speaking of which, other than Archbishop Vicmar, the higher-ups of the Church of Justice, including himself, were actually …
Alfred Frey was still thinking when the Grand Chanter Esme III, who had just taken over as the acting Archbishop, came knocking on his door. This was a strong and elegant Grand Chanter with a bald head. He wore a spiked headband on his head. Esme III glanced at Geert and said, "Greetings, Grand Alchemist."
"Greetings," Geert knew that Esme III had something to say to Alfred Frey, so he had to leave for the time being.
"Greetings, Grand Chanter." Alfred Frey looked at Esme III who was trying his best to suppress his emotions and maintain a calm expression. He felt disgusted but maintained a polite expression and asked, "May I ask what's the matter?"
"Cardinal Alfred Frey, this has happened. Everyone is very sad. The disappearance of the Archbishop is a great loss to the Church of Justice. No one wants to see such a disaster, but our glorious cause must continue. The Church should not stop operating because of this." Esme III said earnestly, "Now, His Holiness Vicmar has gone missing, and it is very likely that he has met with some mishap. Grand Chanter Kaslan has also died in battle. I have no choice but to take over as the acting Archbishop. Doesn't this mean that other than Casmir IX who is in Nur, the other two positions of the original three Grand Chanters are vacant? This won't do. "
After saying that, Esme III even squeezed out a few drops of tears. The acting Archbishop spoke with a sobbing tone, "His Holiness Vicmar, my Holiness, you have been on the throne for 79 years. You have suffered a lot and suffered a lot. Now that you have gone missing, you have given me such a heavy task. How can Esme III bear it?"
Before Alfred Frey could reply, Esme III suddenly stopped crying and said earnestly to Alfred Frey, "Alfred, I will call you that. You have been in the Church for more than 40 years. It is time for you to take over some responsibilities. The Cardinals have decided that you will replace Kaslan who died in battle and take over the position of Grand Chanter! From today onwards, you will be one of the three Grand Chanters of the Church of Justice! "
"I …" Alfred Frey was stunned. The Cardinal opened his mouth and thought to himself, 'How did I become one of the three Grand Chanters of the Church of Justice when I was just a country bumpkin from Nord thirty years ago?'
However, the acting Archbishop did not give Alfred Frey any chance. The appointment was immediately issued.
The Cardinal did not even have time to recite two ancient proverbs before the new Grand Chanter, Alfred Frey, was appointed.
'I am your cut off line to be the Grand Chanter …'
Just as the Crusade Army retreated from Sylvania, Brittany, Mu Xilon, Fontainebleau Palace.
Wang Laing was in seclusion in the training room.
Six colorful flames were revolving around Laing. Four of them were the power of Terra, Nurgle, and Lust. These four Sub-Space Substance had now been purified by Laing, and the pure power was gradually being absorbed by Laing.
These four Sub-Space Substances represented Terra's hatred and anger, Tzeentch's schemes and schemes, Nurgle's illness and despair, and Lust's indulgence and depravity, but they also represented something positive.
Tzeentch might be a cunning and cruel schemer, but he also represented the power of progress, a beacon of hope, and a symbol of reform. For example, Laing's serf reform and freedman reform not only allowed the Knight King to walk out of the quagmire, but also meant that it was a blessing from Tzeentch. Yes, that's right.
Nurgle symbolized eternal decay, despair, and stupidity, but it also symbolized equality, resilience, unity, safety, and comfort.
Terra symbolized ruthlessness, anger, hatred, and slaughter, but it also symbolized justice, power, revenge, and glory. Yes, Terra was not fair, but he was just. To some extent, Terra represented the survival of the fittest. Only with power could one defeat the enemy, take revenge, and protect oneself. This was all Terra.
Lust was a drug addict, desire, pride and self-indulgence. However, Lust was also the God of Happiness, Nature, Happiness and Pleasure. As long as mortals had physical needs and yearned for beauty, Lust would always be able to obtain sufficient energy.
Therefore, as Marcador said, completely defeating Chaos was a false proposition.
If all mortals died, Chaos would definitely be weakened, but they would still exist, because Chaos could still maintain its existence and source of power through the Great Game (the crazy Four Gods in the realm of Chaos).
On the contrary, if Chaos was really destroyed, all mortals in the universe would lose all emotional fluctuations, whether good, bad, terrible, positive, or negative, all would cease to exist.
In other words, when entropy reached a certain level, the entire universe would fall into a dead silence.
Laing slowly absorbed the power of the Four Gods, and the Gray Knight could feel that the demigod realm was thinning out.
In addition, the power of several Elven Gods' avatars was being absorbed into Laing's body.
That was everything that Morgul had once devoured, and Laing had obtained the essence of these Elven Gods. Their consciousness had long been obliterated in the endless torment, but there were still some things left.
More importantly, Laing had obtained the "key," which was the ticket to the Elven God System. With this, he would be accepted into the Elven God System.
The Elven God System was divided into the Heavenly God System and the Underground God System. As Laing absorbed the power, he separated a part of his consciousness and probed into the two major god systems.
It was the Final Moment. What were the two major Elven God Systems doing?
Laing first found the two most familiar powers. He saw Lilith hiding in her divine kingdom, fiddling with something with her hands. Far away from her, the High Elf King of Shadows, Aris-Anar, was offering the last fragment.
It was Lilith's Starcrown! This ancient divine artifact was about to be restored!
The image flashed. The new Pale Queen, Olica, was leading the Dark Elf army. The Goddess of the Underworld's attention was all on the strong enemy in front of her, and the demons of Chaos had already appeared in the mortal world.
Where were the main gods? Laing continued probing. The first one he found was the Forest King, Kunos. He had already descended into Laing's body as an avatar and was resting in the king's forest.
Where were Assuyan and Kane? When Laing focused on the two gods of the Heavenly God System and the Underground God System, Laing was shocked to find that Assuyan and Kane were in the same place!
In the Ancient Battlefield in the void, Assuyan and Kane were fighting. The power of the Phoenix Fire and the Hell Blood Pool erupted at the same time. The Phoenix Lord's Phoenix Blade pierced Kane's chest, while the Blood Hand God's Dimensional Blade pierced Assuyan's neck.
At this time, the two main gods of the Elves were fighting among themselves?!
Laing's eyes widened. You really chose the right time!
His original body sneered. Good, what sharp ears.
Right before his original body, Assuyan and Kane's physical bodies died together. The two main gods' divinity and divine souls fell into the mortal world together with the two divine weapons.
The Twilight of the Gods that belonged to the Elven Gods had begun.
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