Gus was riding a horse, looking at the overturned carriage in the distance and Griffith slumped in the water further away, feeling filled with regret.
Is it me? The person who drove you into despair, the person who made you look like this, am I?
"Look! What is that?" Casca suddenly exclaimed and pointed to the sky.
The surrounding scenery darkened, Gus raised his head, and was shocked to find that the setting sun was gradually being swallowed up by something unknown and terrifying.
"The sun is about to die... when the sun dies for the fifth time... is it a phenomenon recorded in the Book of Revelation?" Rickett's voice was horrified.
Sun? Death? What the hell does it matter to me! Guts roared in his heart, getting closer and closer to Griffith.
The sun was about to be completely swallowed up. At some point, many strange figures appeared on the pond where Griffith was and the nearby cliffs. These 'people' had strange appearances and deformed bodies, and what kind of 'animal nature' they had on them.
There are all of them, but there is no existence of 'humanity'.
They just stood there quietly, looking at the group of eagles and Gus rushing towards them in the distance, and without exception, they slowly showed evil smiles.
Gus took the lead and rushed to the water. The closer he got to the group of weird people in the water, the harder the horse struggled. Gus jumped off the horse and let the horse run away in panic. He mobilized all his strength to run towards Gus.
Riffis ran away.
【do not come……】
Griffith looked at Guts in panic, trying to get up and run away. Behind him, the water pool became endless, and countless weirdos stood and waited quietly, while the sun above his head had been completely swallowed up.
.
【Don't come here...】
Thick mist appeared on the water, and some weirdos let out eager beastly roars deep in their throats, with saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths.
【If I am caught by you now, I cannot do it again...】
The blood flowed down the arm and into the palm of the hand, soaking in the surface of the bright red Behelet.
[I can’t put you in again...]
Just when Gus stretched out his hand and grabbed Griffith's shoulder, the dislocated facial features on the bright red Behelite in Griffith's hand reset one after another as they trembled violently. They turned into a man with blood and tears and a hideous roar.
Face.
As it let out a silent shrill roar, everything around it changed.
It was cold and dead, and the ground beneath our feet turned into countless human faces with their eyes closed. When the horse's hooves trample on a human face, it will make a painful scream, and the members of the Eagle Group will fall off their horses in shock. Looking around
In the past, countless small faces formed a huge hill of human faces, rising one after another with no end in sight.
The lake disappeared, the weird people disappeared, and even the originally fiery red sky turned into a deep, dead darkness.
The only thing that remains unchanged is the devoured sun hanging overhead. At this time, its edge is emitting a strange dark light, seeming to mock the upcoming tragic fate of the group of sacrifices below.
"What's going on? Aren't we riding horses on the grassland?"
"What the hell is this place?"
"Captain! Captain!"
The wailing around her became more intense. Casca suppressed the inexplicable panic in her heart and commanded loudly:
"Don't panic! Don't think about things you don't understand, and do what you can do! Form a circular defensive formation. If we are attacked by the enemy now, we will all be destroyed!"
Not far away, Gus helped Griffith up next to him, and was surprised to find that the bright red Behelite turned into a strange roar, and tears of blood began to flow from the corners of Griffith's eyes.
"Griffith, are you okay?" Gus was about to check Griffith's injury when he suddenly looked to the side in alarm.
Those strange figures from before appeared again on the hills of human faces in the distance, and there were more and more of them, occupying all the surrounding hills, faintly surrounding everyone in the Eagle Group.
【The time has come...】
【The time has come...】
【The time has come...】
These weirdos murmured words in unison that Gus couldn't understand, and their faces were filled with disgusting smiles full of desire——
[The time of the great night festival has finally arrived...]
【The moment of carnival that happens once every 216 years! Eclipse!】
【I'm coming!】
[He is finally here, our king of the extraordinary!]
【The four guardian angels have arrived!!】
Following the excited shouts of the weirdos, the hills with human faces trembled violently. An unusually huge, naked and beautiful woman sat up from the hills. Her long hair was squirming like a snake's neck, and there was a snake on her back.
Two pairs of bat wings.
Those weirdos fell from her body one after another, cheering her name ecstatically——
【Ah ah ah! Master Silan!】
Before everyone in the Eagle Group could recover, bursts of evil laughter suddenly came from overhead. A whirlpool suddenly appeared in the black clouds overhead, and the center of the vortex continued to stir, eventually creating an extremely huge
His face. He thrust downwards, and when he was about to hit everyone in the Eagle Group, it suddenly exploded and turned into a small, weird shape, less than one meter in size. The dark round lenses were deeply embedded in the flesh and blood of the eye sockets.
In the middle, there is a false smile on the round fat face, and the whole body is covered by flexible dark purple insect shells. It flies freely and quickly in the air, leaving a series of weird laughter.
[Oh, Lord Ubik!] The cheers of the weirdos became more intense.
Immediately afterwards, among the countless faces at the feet, one face suddenly poked up. It was a face that looked like a baby but was extremely swollen. The eyes and mouth were squeezed into gaps due to the excessive swelling of the face. Its figure continued to rise upwards.
It crawled out, with two equally swollen hands clasped in front of it, and its body and back looked like a weird beetle.
The weirdos let out sighs of fear and joy.
[Ah, it’s Lord Conrad...]
Finally, the eroded black sun above his head began to flow downwards with countless darkness. This darkness flowed down like sticky sludge and gathered into the shape of the body, and the black sun was located at the head.
The black shadow slowly moved forward, condensing into a human form. What a terrifying and terrifying image this is! The head with a huge exposed brain tissue has no ears and no skin, and the lower half of the face and the skin of the nose are covered with
It was pulled open at five angles, revealing the nasal cavity, gums and jawbones inside, and the eyes were sutured shut. The whole body was hidden in the huge bat wings, and the majestic posture was mixed with evil.
All the weirdos raised their arms and gave the strongest cheers——
【Archangel, Lord Potter!!】
Gods? No, they are definitely not gods, they are demons! Thinking of Rong Qishi’s figure, Gus and others immediately determined that these four monsters were evil demons.
Slan, Ubik, Conrad, and Porter stood on the top of the tallest human-faced hill, overlooking everyone.
At this time, Archangel Porter made a majestic and deep voice:
"The great and blessed moment has arrived. It is not easy to gather here. Gods created by humans cannot become the lambs of gods. Please enjoy this sacred night sacrifice."
The bat's wings spread out, and its long and narrow fingers covered with bone armor pointed at Griffith, who was being supported by Gus——
"Prince chosen by the law of cause and effect, O Eagle. You are the chosen one, and it is proven that you are here at this moment. You are the one appointed by the Hand of the great God, our blood relative, and the blessed king that everyone longs for.
!”
Upon hearing Potter's words, Griffith's eyes widened slightly.
"Don't listen to the nonsense of these freaks, Griffith!" Gus felt Griffith's wavering and hurriedly said loudly: "Haven't we already seen what God and his messengers look like? Don't be fooled.
You lied, these guys are evil heretics and the enemies of God!"
Anyone who has seen the sacred and noble postures of Rong Qishi and the twelve knights and then looks at the four strange-looking ‘Hands of God’ in front of them will make this judgment, right?
"Human beings who have mastered some kind of weird magic have made the world fall into a frenzy of admiration by cheating, so it's ridiculous to say that you are really blind and stupid white sheep, hahaha!" Ubik laughed loudly.
Magic? Are they saying that the beautiful angel and the great knight who recognized me are fakes?
Qiang! Gus pulled out the short knife from his waist, pointed it at Archangel Porter, and yelled: "Stop talking nonsense there! You evil heretics! I have seen real messengers of God, and I have seen the greatest angel under God.
Knights are never as evil as you. Also, Griffith doesn’t even have a tail. He is a completely human being, not a compatriot like you circus clowns!”
The angry roar did not anger God's Hand, but instead made Silan let out bursts of charming laughter: "What a beautiful friendship, you will definitely become the best sacrifice after a while."
"Sacrifice?" Gus had a bad feeling.
"Yes, you are all valuable sacrifices that can make him the Demon King. When he obtains the bright red Overlord's Egg, he has already qualified to become the Demon King."
Ubik flew in the air and laughed evilly, pointing his finger at Griffith's overlord's egg that was shedding blood and tears: "That is the overlord's egg that allows our guardian angels to be reincarnated into the hand of God. Angel is coming.
, how can there be no precious sacrifices? Hehehehehe!"
"Asshole, you want to turn Griffith into a monster like you, and you also plan to use our lives as sacrifices..." Gus gritted his teeth.
"You were wrong about one thing."
Silan licked her lips and laughed charmingly:
"It's not us, it's [him] who wants to sacrifice all of you as sacrifices."
What she was looking at was none other than Griffith.
The surrounding weirdos burst into laughter, which was matched by the shocked expressions of everyone in the Eagle Group. Impossible, how could Griffith...
Archangel Potter's voice sounded: "All these things follow the flow of cause and effect. At this point, you should perform the [Rite of Conquering Demons]."
Conrad, who had been silent all this time, opened his arms and made a low and loud sound:
"Place the prince on the altar!"
Following his roar, everyone on the ground howled and roared, and the mountain and the ground shook violently.
Boom——!! The Optimus Pillar composed of countless human faces soared into the sky, hundreds of meters high! The giant pillar took Guts and Griffith to fly into the sky. Under the violent trembling, Guts...
Unable to stand still, he fell directly. Griffith subconsciously grabbed Gus, but the arm with the severed tendon could not bear Gus's weight. The joint skin tore and spewed blood, and Griffith could only look at Gus helplessly.
Falling towards the increasingly distant ground.
Finally, Griffith found himself sitting in the center of an extremely huge hand. The giant hand stretched towards the sky in a half-grip, with the five raised fingers standing on the hands of four gods.
Little finger - Conrad.
Ring finger - Ubik.
Thumb - Slan.
Middle finger - Porter.
Only the index finger position is vacant.
"You are so fierce, you actually think that we, as supernormal beings, are very scary? Or maybe..."
Potter lowered his head and looked down at Griffith, who was kneeling on his palms, with an indescribable mockery in his tone:
"The terrible thing is your future?"
Griffith looked in a daze. No, how could I be afraid of my dreams...
Ubik flew to Griffith's side and whispered in his ear: "There is nothing wrong with your behavior of climbing towards your dream, but the road to your dream requires cornerstones. It's just that you chose to fill it with the lives of your partners.
It's just a road block, nothing to be ashamed of."
Griffith saw the faces of his companions who had died because of their dreams since childhood, and he couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Now, your path has come to an end. Everything has gone away from you. You only have the eagle wings that used to carry your dreams, right?" As he said this, Slan looked at the panicked eagle on the ground below.
group.
Thinking of Heather's mocking face, of Lancelot's indifference to him, of the white castle in distant dreams, of the endless torture in the dark dungeon... What finally appeared in front of Griffith's eyes was Gusna
A determined face.
Archangel Porter, standing at the middle finger position, opened his long and narrow bat-winged arms and said loudly:
"Come, pile up everything you have left in front of us, and recite the mantra in your heart - [Dedicate You]."
Scarlet light condensed in front of Potter, not yet completely formed, as if waiting for something.
"If you are sincere, I can teach you the dark wings that will help you soar from the top of the mountain to the sky."
Potter's voice continued to echo in Griffith's ears and heart, shaking his body and mind.
At this time, a big bloody hand suddenly grabbed the edge of the giant hand, followed by a shout: "Griffith!"
Gus did not fall and was reduced to a pulp, but instead climbed up to the top of the giant hand with his bare hands. Panting, he looked at Griffith from a distance, with pleading in his eyes: "Griffith, don't lose to them...
…”
Griffith smiled and slowly turned to look at Gus.
Yes, among thousands of enemies and friends, you are the only one...you alone made me forget my dreams.
"Escape..."
【Dedicate yourself】
The giant hand suddenly clasped its five fingers together, holding Griffith in the palm of his hand!
The scarlet light in front of Potter also completely took shape, turning into a simple yet strange symbol.
"The threads tied together according to the law of cause and effect are now connected!
The promised time has arrived in an instant!"
The scarlet symbol radiated brightly, and countless threads of light flew downwards, penetrating the protection of armor and clothing at a speed that humans could not withstand, and leaving a deep imprint on every member of the Eagle Regiment.
The brand is a signal. Those weird people who have been waiting for a long time finally no longer suppress themselves and change their bodies one after another. One after another, huge and ugly monsters that only appear in the deepest nightmares appear and pounce on the branded monster below.
Members of the Eagle Group.
Have a banquet!
At the same time, in the real world, the water park where they were previously was covered by an extremely huge black tornado that penetrated the sky and the earth. The end of the tornado swallowed up the position of the sun, and the entire area was dark and dark.
Quietly, twelve fully armed knights appeared around them. Following them, there was a girl with black hair reaching her waist.
Rong Qishi did not look at the tornado, but looked up at the sky, smiled and bowed: