There are currently 36 demigods registered in the empire who are under management and dispatch. However, except for special needs, they are basically not active outside. Instead, they are divided into two groups and take turns entering the 'light sleep' and 'deep sleep' states.
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In the light sleep state, it is just like normal sleep, but it lasts for a long time, longer than the hibernation period of animals. In this state, the demigod brain still maintains thinking and consciousness, and can even perform some secret functions.
Techniques can communicate with the outside world while sleeping and can wake them up at any time.
In the deep sleep state, it is equivalent to a state of suspended animation, and the body's functions are basically at a standstill. It is necessary to use other magical instruments, sacred objects, etc. to maintain the seal.
Demigods in this state require a very complicated process to awaken them, and they are usually unable to communicate with the outside world. Only in emergencies will these demigods be awakened.
The demigods in deep sleep are basically kept in the Tower of Truth in the Imperial Capital, while those in light sleep are sent to other important cities or border fortresses. Generally, only five of them stay in the Imperial Capital.
According to the estimates of the Scholars Association, the five demigods can basically cope with any situation. Even if it is the most dangerous event in the legend of the arrival of the evil god, or the use of level 0 sacred objects by hostile forces, relying on the strength of the five demigods, they can at least
Delay until they awaken more demigods.
As a reward for protecting their homeland and country, the families and families of these demigods enjoy extremely luxurious aristocratic treatment, are supported by the empire, and even have certain privileges, belonging to the top class of society.
As for the demigod himself, in addition to having to sleep, he also enjoys no shortage of benefits and resources, and has extremely high prestige and various rights.
For them, sleep is not a restriction or imprisonment, but a kind of protection that allows them to avoid the invasion of chaos and maintain their self-awareness.
So no matter how you look at it, the sudden betrayal of demigod Higla and demigod Yusak is hard to understand.
And the reasons and explanations they gave are also very strange:
"All this is just to take that last half step."
"At the same time, this is also to better protect the world..."
"There are some things that you can't understand..."
"Eighteen years ago, we encountered that scene..."
"Only when that day comes, you will understand that our choice is the right one."
The two demigods sang in unison and made their betrayal look grand.
The appearance of their clones is not the common armor appearance, but maintains the ordinary human form. One looks like an old woman dressed as a noble lady, and the other looks like an old man dressed as a gentleman.
Just looking at his appearance, he really looks like a respectable old man.
The Honor Witness certainly refused to accept such a reason.
But it was inevitable that I had to think about it a little bit.
He couldn't recall what happened eighteen years ago.
It seems that only the remote village in Kodo Province was attacked by monsters and suffered some losses, but after the empire's subsequent strong suppression and disaster relief and reconstruction, it has long since recovered.
From a national level, this is just a small matter. Monster attacks on a larger scale and with heavier losses are actually not uncommon in history. Human beings' living environment has always been so difficult.
And since then, the entire world has ushered in the safest and most peaceful eighteen years. The empire has developed rapidly and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
It was not until this year that there were attacks in Newlyn Province, Case No. 12 in the Plenty Valley, and Case No. 13 in the Snake Ridge Mountains, and then today's tragedy.
Does it seem like the good times are really coming to an end?
Although there was some hesitation in his heart, he certainly would not really believe the other party's lies. Maybe the series of events that happened this year were all planned and directed by the apostolic organization?
He is still fighting against the two veteran demigods with strength, or in other words, he is just hanging on.
The streets, buildings, and even space near his clone have been distorted in various ways. Although they don't seem to be destroyed, as long as they get a little closer, everything will disappear instantly under the power of distortion.
Not to mention helping, the other saints didn't even dare to get close, and the long-range attacks they launched couldn't get through at all.
Demigod Higra is a distortion-type demigod like him. When two of the most aggressive distortion-type demigods are fighting, no one else is allowed to interfere.
That's why he was able to fight one against two and persist for so long, because the demigod Yusak was also inconvenient to help.
But this also means that Yusak can free up his hands to deal with those ninth-level saints who are like ants.
He happens to be the best at bullying the miscellaneous fish with one against many.
With just one thought, he summoned a huge monster, which looked like a mammoth, with sickle-like forelimbs, and was as tall as a three-story building.
This physical illusion appeared directly in front of the Metal Saint, pressing down on him like a hill.
This is a Chaos Monster, a Thunder Beast, that is only produced in the Chaos Realm. Even if it does not have the ability to cause mental pollution, it is still a terrifying monster with an eighth level of danger.
Just such a physical illusion is enough to suppress a ninth-level saint.
Yusak then turned his gaze and saw the fiery red figure on the battlefield.
"Drink!"
Oriana let out a soft drink, and a layer of real flames ignited on the surface of the fiery red deformed armor, which also caused her huge two-handed sword to burn.
Her spiritual clone also transformed into the shape of a pair of wings, attached behind her, making her look like a gorgeous flaming angel.
With the help of her wings, Oriana soared into the sky, and her whole body turned into a dazzling meteorite, which smashed towards the ground.
There were many Imperial Extraordinaries with sluggish and numb expressions down there. They all activated their own defensive sacred objects and raised transparent barriers in an attempt to resist the falling meteorite.
But this did not stop the Saint of Flame. She easily penetrated those fragile protections and hit the ground heavily. A round wave of fire suddenly spread around her with her as the center, triggering a series of dense fire waves.
There was an explosion and a huge, terrifying shock wave.
With this blow, those miscellaneous fish supernatural beings controlled by the dream were instantly cleared away.
Oriana did not stop. She was in the center of the explosion, surrounded by rising smoke and dust. The two-handed sword in her hand quickly changed into the shape of a staff, and the wings on her back returned to the shape of a half-length humanoid.
With the smoke and dust blocking her sight, she and her avatar began to prepare secret techniques, and they transformed into several shackles made of flames on the ground, and then burrowed into the ground like earthworms, as if they were looking for something.
Three seconds later, an angry roar could be clearly heard from the ground, as well as a series of metal friction sounds. It seemed that something hiding underground was entangled in the chains released by Oriana.
Immediately afterwards, a giant centipede-like monster emerged from the ground. Oriana's flame chain broke inch by inch on it, turning into tiny sparks that were completely unable to hurt its layer of stone.
shell.
This ferocious monster opened its spiral-shaped mouth like a penknife, bit into Oriana, swallowed her in, and then retracted into the hole it had drilled before.
This is also the chaos monster manifested by Yusak, the abyssal maw with a danger level of 8.
As a veteran demigod in the empire, Yusak has seen many terrible things, and as the most flexible and versatile embodiment in the demigod system, he can make the juniors in front of him feel the despair and fear he felt at that time.
"Haha, today's young people have been crippled by the Scholars Association, and they can't even deal with someone with a danger level of 8."
Yusak shook his head slightly disappointedly, and turned his gaze to the honorary witness who was still lingering. Then he spread his right hand and activated his manifestation ability again.
A light gray dagger appeared in his palm, with dense lines of secret techniques engraved on it.
This is a very dangerous level 1 sacred object called the Heart-piercing Blade, which is sharp enough to threaten demigods.
It has the terrifying ability to bypass all space and distance restrictions and penetrate directly into the enemy's vital points.
The cost is equally high, as the user needs to withstand the same attack.
However, for a flexible and changeable embodiment demigod, he always has many ways to avoid the backlash of the dagger.
The enemy who suddenly suffered heavy losses was not so lucky.
Yusak had been assassinated by this dagger back then, so he could clearly understand its power and characteristics, and then used his ability to manifest it.
His clone was suspended in mid-air, quietly walking around to the blind spot of the honorary witness, and then reached out and lightly flicked the surface of the dagger.
The secret lines on the blade of the dagger lit up one after another, and it floated up from his palm, quietly aiming at the back of the head of the honorary witness.
But just when he was ready to withstand the backlash and was about to launch the dagger, another angry roar suddenly came from behind him.
The giant centipede-like monster that had apparently swallowed its prey before and retreated underground emerged again.
Its huge body, several stories high, was twisting violently in the air, and you could clearly see that a carapace on its abdomen was turning red and melting.
The reddish carapace exploded violently, spurting out a large stream of dark green blood. Oriana, her body burning with flames, rushed out of it waving her giant sword in both hands.
Then she twisted her body in mid-air, as if her feet were stepping on the air. She twisted her body in an unphysical way in the air, adjusted her direction, and pounced back towards the centipede monster again.
She inserted the burning two-handed sword in her hand into the scar that had just been opened, then transformed her clone back into flame wings, and then her whole body flew into the sky like a cannonball. The two-handed sword inserted into the wound also followed the movement of the centipede.
A long and narrow wound was opened on the abdomen.
It's a pity that her sword is not long enough, otherwise it would definitely be able to cut this monster in two.
But even so, the damage caused by this blow was enough to cause the monster to fall heavily and collapse a large area of surrounding buildings.
It's definitely not dead yet, but it won't be able to move for a while.
Oriana did not finish the attack, but flapped the wings behind her and flew towards the Tower of Truth.
"What a barbaric method..."
Demigod Yusak shook his head, showing a look of disgust.
"But today's young people are a little stronger than I previously expected."
"It's a pity, you shouldn't think about waking up other people, otherwise I can at least give you a decent way to die."
He saw through Oriana's intention at a glance, which was to awaken the other demigods who were in deep sleep in the Tower of Truth, and then everyone would take action together to deal with the two traitors.
Demigod Yusak turned the dagger in his hand and aimed at Oriana's retreating back.
For this holy object, flying far and fast has no meaning, and there is no need to dodge, there is no way to avoid it.
But just when Yusak was about to launch a sneak attack with his dagger, he suddenly felt a strange twitching in his heart.
It's not a clone, but the essence.
He felt a sense of crisis.
It seems that as long as he activates the dagger, it may lead to some terrible consequences.
This is an instinct he has honed over many years of fighting, and it is very sharp and accurate.
"Does she have some kind of protection that hasn't been discovered?"
"Forget it, it's not important."
Yusak withdrew his gaze and did not force himself to challenge his instinct.
Oriana's actions are destined to be meaningless anyway.
He and the demigod Higurah had been setting up their plans in the imperial capital for eighteen years just for today. How could they leave such an obvious flaw?
Oriana would only see individual apostles and feel the deepest despair.
Then, he was eliminated by the ninth apostle who was waiting there.
The apostolic organization has basically made all preparations for today, leaving no loopholes and ensuring that no accidents will occur.
For this reason, they did not hesitate to let the honorary witnesses linger for a while longer.
It was not convenient to attack Oriana, so Yusak had to change the target of the dagger for the third time, aiming at the Metal Saint who was fighting the Thunder Beast.
This time he no longer hesitated, and no one bothered him. The dagger disappeared out of thin air in his palm, and instantly appeared behind the metal saint, piercing his vest.
Then the dagger disappeared again, reappeared behind Yusak, and pierced his vest.
However, Yusak had dispelled the manifestation of the dagger just in time. Before it could succeed, it completely disappeared without making him pay any price.
This is where the manifestation system is powerful and rogue.
But Yusak discovered a situation that made him quite embarrassed.
The metal saint, whose vest was pierced, actually acted like a perfectly fine person, with a big hole in his chest and continued to fight with the thunder beast.
He even had the strength to yell:
"Yusak, you old bastard, your whole family will die badly!"
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