The side that was crying still showed no reaction, but the other side showed obvious pain.
Under his pupils, a rainbow-colored light slowly lit up:
Everything around him seemed to stop here and move backwards at a rapid speed... In the blink of an eye, Annan felt that his sight came under a holy church.
That's the Cathedral of Bones.
Annan quickly identified it.
This statue belongs to Bone Burial Granny, and it is exactly the one that was smashed by Bone Burler not long ago.
And now it is enshrined high in the church.
The giant boy with white hair, white skin, and one amber eye like a sun wheel knelt down on one knee.
He looked up at the statue of the Bone Burying Granny, his face was solemn and his eyes seemed to be shining with light.
"Midas Immortality.
"My son. My heir...my continuation.
"The Eternal Lord of this generation."
in front of the young man.
Wearing a pure gold mask and pure white armor, [Emperor Yongsheng] held the dark gold giant sword with a string of runes etched on it with both hands, bowed his head and asked solemnly:
"How will you... treat my people?
“What are you going to do with this country?
"How will you treat yourself?"
Three very weighty questions in a row.
But the boy with amber eyes did not waver at all.
Without hesitation and impatiently, the young man read out the vows he had already thought of to his father.
"I swear that I will show mercy to all living beings and care for the weak at all times;
"I swear to be impartial and impartial at all times and to strictly abide by the law;"
“I swear that until my death, I will always have justice and love in my heart;
“I swear, I will be the one who eliminates the most pain, and I will be the one who creates the greatest happiness;
"I will be a candle, and I will burn it out. But before it burns out, I will do my best to dispel the darkness for future generations;
“I will erect monuments to bury the things that are about to die, and I will not allow the dead to walk on the earth as far as I can see.
"I will do my best, and then turn into smoke and dust, and my bones will eventually become the cornerstone for the giant to rise again."
But only his father knew how difficult it would be to fulfill...what a painful vow.
You will regret this.
he thought.
However, he didn't say anything in the end.
Respect the will of the next generation of the Eternal Lord... This is the curse passed down from generation to generation by the Eternal Family.
"Then, as you wish."
Duke Yongsheng said in a deep voice.
He raised the giant sword and patted his son's left and right shoulders with both sides of it.
then.
He handed the giant sword into his son's hand, turned around, and took off his cloak.
Very few people know.
There is a pupil-like slit in the armor on the back of Yongsheng Gong.
That position is for...
"Farewell, father."
Midas muttered in a low voice, then pointed the giant sword at his father's back and stabbed it hard.
The moment the sword blade penetrated the body, it suddenly burst out with divine heat.
Without any resistance or any pain, the previous generation of Lord Yongsheng was reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye... and the sacred armor worn by Lord Yongsheng as the "Captain of Holy Knights" also fell to the ground in pieces.
Midas was silent and put on the white-gold armor that fell on the ground.
As the Eternal Lord, he is not even qualified to collect a handful of ashes as a memory.
At that moment.
At the moment when Lord Yongsheng felt self-loathing, a vague thought came into his mind.
"I want to... break away from this disgusting tradition."
In order for his descendants to no longer have the right to keep his father’s ashes...
It’s for [justice] and [love].
"I will be a candle, I will burn out."
But before it burns out... I will do my best to be kind.
The next moment, the whole world turned gray and came to a standstill.
"Do you remember, Midas?"
The only colorful Elle stood where Midas' father disappeared, looking at his gray-white, frozen back.
"... Your first dream was not to obtain a physical body, nor to obtain a divine status. It was to break away from this tradition... It was a lofty wish to [hope that tragedy would never happen again]."
It was a simple and lofty dream like "I want to be a partner of justice."
It is a sincere wish without any problems or dirt.
Clear away the undead. Aid the weak. Help those who can be helped. Save those who can be saved.
This is... what Midas did during the first thirty years after he inherited the throne of "Eternal Lord".
nature.
He is also a mortal and can fall in love with others.
He will also get married and have children...his son will eventually inherit his position.
But here comes the first trouble.
His son... is actually a fool.
"Your Majesty, I will take the first step."
These were his wife's last words when she committed suicide with the holy sword [Burial Ember] after her son had grown up.
A single wave of force is enough to clear away the undead ten miles away.
Such a holy sword...it is most commonly used to commit suicide.
At that moment, Midas had an unprecedented resistance to his "mission" and "oath".
as well as……
Resistance to [death].
The giant should not have had such thoughts.
Because of the lack of emotion between them, they only need to live for themselves. Even the most exhausted Eternal Family, they are "specially forgiven" and only need to live for forty years... As long as the children reach adulthood, they can use the armor with
The holy sword is passed on to the next generation.
From this point of view, even Eternal God... has the same concept of life and death.
But at the moment when his wife died.
An almost absurd sense of mission arose in Midas' heart.
If he dies...can his son really inherit his path?
But when he keenly realized that he alone could not fight against the heavy "tradition" accumulated over thousands of years of history... Grand Duke Midas took a cowardly step back.
...He is not helpless.
Twenty years after he inherited the throne of Eternal Duke, his son was sixteen years old.
After the white-haired boy and Lord Yongsheng entered the secret room again.
It was the same as before...only the somewhat crazy Duke Yongsheng came out.
But no one knows.
The person who died this time was not the previous generation's Eternal Duke... but his idiot son.
"Perhaps at this moment...your original wish was changed."
Killed his own son with his own hands.
It is undoubtedly the most unforgivable capital crime in any country.
And after getting "twenty years" for killing his son, as well as a new wife and son... Although this son is a smart man, his ability cannot be compared to the forty years of rule.
Experience Midas.
"I will be a candle, I will burn out...but my life is more valuable than theirs."
With this in mind, Midas killed his wife and son again.
In this way, generation after generation... he killed all his heirs and spouses, acting as the "Eternal Lord" with different personalities from generation to generation.
Finally, he faced his greatest limit.
An invisible wall called [Lifespan].
The "limit" that is almost impossible for the giant race to reach.
At that time, the undead were almost extinct... The Elf Empire also stopped using curse technology, which led to the shrinking of political power. That was undoubtedly a turning point for the Eternal Principality...
Unable to give up, Midas finally chose the biggest taboo.
The country of the Paladins, the country of enemies of the undead, the country of immortality, the country of burials and funeral songs. In a country where everyone is the enemy of the undead, their Lord of Eternal Life, the most lofty paladin, transformed himself into an undead soul.
Ignore morals. Transgress the law. Betray the ones you love...
He did all the forbidden things.
"Dreams are the poison that makes good people confused and evil people crazy..."
Annan murmured softly.
When did it start...
That boy with the twinkling eyes... has begun to degenerate?
"After all, you were betrayed by your dream. Your talents were exhausted, your mind was dry, you were betrayed by everyone... and you finally betrayed your dream.
"That is Ai Lei's sacred contract. It transcends time, space and cause and effect, and proves that the root of the truth of [betrayal] is you, the Eternal Lord.
"From the beginning, you have been living under the curse of Airei... The most ridiculous thing is that Airei was born because of your fear and regret of the 'skeleton'.
"The dream betrayed by you has become your biggest curse and deepest nightmare, haunting you for the rest of your life...making you regret everything you abandoned for the rest of your life.
"Until now, 'the creator was killed by his own creation'... This is the highest level of sacrifice ceremony for Lord Skeleton. And now that Lord Skeleton is dead, only one body survives. You will eventually become the nourishment of Ai Lei.
The sacrifice specifications you set with malicious intent in the past, the ritual that killed Ai Lei... will eventually bury yourself completely."
If Lord Skeleton doesn't intend to snatch Ailei's body.
Then the fact that He was killed by Ailei was enough to make him the real God of Betrayal. It was precisely because of his instinctive disgust towards the "skeleton" that he lost his body and the ability to respond to the ritual.
And now...
"Here, the principle of [betrayal]...is completely proven."
Annan opened his eyes and returned to the broken world full of sand and dust.
The next moment, a rainbow-colored brilliance condensed on "Ai Lei's" fingertips.
Under the gaze of the tired gray demon who was pierced by countless iridescent chains.
A strong rainbow-colored light rose from the ground.
The voice of "Ai Lei" is full of rumbling echoes.
"As you yourself said... what you fear is not 'death has come', because you have already known that 'death has come'. Just like the oath you swore, 'I will be a candle, I will burn
All'.
"You looked in the wrong direction from the beginning, the tombstone...
"You will burn up here."
A ray of light condensed in Airei's hand.
It is the book of truth that carries the principle of "betrayal".