Chapter 486: Faith Collapses
If it weren't for the sad atmosphere caused by Alfie's death, Celant's current appearance would be enough to make people feel sick: a stern-faced paladin holding a guardian hammer belonging to the Lord of Light in one hand, and a fragment of the Soul Chapter belonging to the God of Souls in the other. The components of the Twelve Movements of Genesis, which had been sworn to death by the two main gods since ancient times, appeared in the hands of one person at the same time.
Those who are familiar with the history of the continent of Eliat know that the artifacts of several pairs of rivals among the twelve main gods could not have appeared in the hands of the same person, such as the Lord of Light and the God of Souls, the Goddess of Nature and the God of Hades, the God of the Sea and the Goddess of the Earth, and so on. If someone were to possess both of the aforementioned artifacts of the rival main gods, that person would be immediately torn to shreds by the two conflicting divine powers.
It's a pity that no one present seems to know this common sense, or even if someone does, they don't really take it seriously, after all, Coughren has confirmed that the guardian hammer in Serent's hand is just a high-quality fake, far from being an artifact, and naturally it will not conflict with the fragments of the Soul Chapter.
At this time, Celent was like a messenger of both light and darkness, standing majestically in the center of the dungeon, and the milky white holy light representing the Lord of Light and the dark yellow light representing the God of Souls occupied half of his body. On the other hand, his opponent was really a little off the table compared to him, it was a small copper snake that was no more than a foot long.
"Paladin, I'll make sure one last time, are you really unwilling to give me the fragments of the Soul Chapter?" Cross spat out a dark purple letter.
Celent gave him the answer with practical actions: the guardian hammer wrapped in rich holy light slammed down on Cross's head, and the holy light that was naturally compatible with the refined bronze snake shrouded all the radius of one meter around him. The holy light sprinkled on the small bronze snake, making a sizzling sound like clear water splashed on a red-hot iron plate.
Cross snorted coldly, and a thin layer of dark yellow defensive shield covered the surface of the refined copper serpent's body to resist the invasion of the holy light. Cross opened his mouth, and the soul arrow shot out of it again, shooting at Serent's face. Cross thought to himself that at such a close distance, there was no way for Sellant to dodge.
However, to Kross's surprise, when he saw that the Soul Arrow was about to shoot Serent in the head, it drew a graceful arc in mid-air, and was suddenly sucked into it by the Soul Chapter in Serent's hand.
The sheepskin scroll that absorbed the soul arrow instantly shone brightly, and after a breath, the light dissipated, and there were a few more divine inscriptions flashing with dark purple light on the sheepskin scroll, and with the flickering of the divine text, a trace of the divine power of the soul god emanated from above, adding a bit of power to Serent.
"How so?" Cross couldn't help but be shocked to see that the tried and tested soul arrow not only had no effect on Serent, but instead added a lot of power to the sheepskin scroll. He originally thought that even if the little snake couldn't do anything with the sheepskin scroll, it should be as evenly matched as the two bands of light that were still entangled around Katie. Unexpectedly, the soul arrow was easily absorbed by the sheepskin scroll, and instead became a part of the sheepskin scroll, and his attack became an out-and-out enemy behavior.
Sellent knew the reason through the sheepskin scroll: the sheepskin scroll is the main body of the soul chapter, and the fine copper snake is an attachment to the sheepskin scroll, and the behavior of this attachment attacking the body itself will be automatically absorbed by the body, and for the body, the soul arrow released by the fine copper snake is tantamount to a delicacy sent to the door.
The reason why the two light bands on Katie's side seem to be holding each other is entirely because the soul arrow emitted by the pure copper snake has a little bit of Cross's consciousness controlling the divine power of the soul god attached to it and entangled with the rune light belt, but the rune light belt made by the sheepskin scroll is engraved with the divine text belonging to the soul god itself, and with those divine rune light bands, the divine power of the soul god can be generated by itself, and the two are immediately superior. When the divine power attached to the light band of the soul arrow is exhausted, it will be completely devoured by the rune light band.
Knowing this, Serent's heart became even more painful, if the sheepskin scroll could have told Serent this in advance, even if the soul arrow that Cross attacked him at that time was not an illusion, he should have ignored it, the self-protection attribute of the sheepskin scroll was enough to eliminate the soul arrow into invisibility. He should help Alfie fend off the soul arrow that shoots at him.
It's a pity that the sheepskin scroll is only the main body of the soul chapter after all, not a complete soul chapter, although it already has a part of the intelligence, it is still far from reaching the level of an artifact, at best it can only be regarded as a quasi-artifact. Silent didn't ask questions, and even if he knew, he wouldn't have told him.
Coupled with Selent's blind trust in Alfie, who mistakenly believed that Alfie really had a way to defend against the Soul Arrow, caused such a tragedy.
Apparently there were at least two chances to avoid the tragedy, but watching the tragedy happen, Celent would never forgive himself, the grief for Alfie's death, the anger at himself, and the hatred for Cross...... A series of negative emotions began to envelop Septe's heart.
The dark yellow light around Celent that represented the god of souls shone brightly as if encouraged, gradually suppressing the holy light that belonged to the Lord of Light, and enveloping Celent's entire body. The milky white light flinched in front of the aggressive dark yellow soul light, and finally curled up in a mass gathered near the Guardian Hammer in Serent's hand, relying on the last barrier of the Guardian Hammer to stubbornly resist the dark yellow light.
"It's ...... Faith is over!" Coughren muttered to himself in despair as he watched the changes that had taken place in Celent's body. The former cardinal knew better than anyone what kind of danger Sellent was facing. Celent is now manifesting a conscription of the collapse of the faith, and once the last light on the Hammer of Guardian is driven out of his body by the dim yellow light, then Celent will degenerate from a devout believer in the Lord of Light to a lackey of the God of Souls.
There have been similar examples more than once in the history of the Great War of Nations, where those who have changed their faith because of the collapse of their faith have without exception lost their souls and become an empty shell with no appearance - the god of souls is particularly harsh on believers who change their hearts, and these believers are all required to contribute their souls as a vote for changing courts.
This is one of the main reasons why the Soul God is widely regarded as an evil god, and it is also an important reason for the gradual decline of the Soul God Cult in the Great War of All Races, after all, the conditions of the Soul God are too harsh. With so many gods to choose from, few of the traitors whose faith had collapsed were willing to turn to his court.