"Just relying on the blood sacrifice of 20,000 fanatical believers, can it affect the entire Sea Clan?" Lina asked with some confusion, "This kind of effort is not proportional to the gain, there should be other things to sacrifice." ”

"Of course. Catherine nodded, "Timos sacrificed himself." ”

"What?" Lina said in disbelief as her glasses widened, "How is it possible, how can a god sacrifice himself with blood? ”

"You're mistaken, he's not sacrificing himself with blood. Catherine explained, "He used the blood sacrifice of the fanatics to temporarily raise his divine power to the peak, and then used more than ninety-five percent of his divine power to create the nightmare spirit in my hands. ”

"Original...... It is no wonder that he was described as becoming extremely weakened soon after, and even fell into a deep sleep. Several girls suddenly realized, but their brains were soon filled with questions again. Vivien was the first to raise her doubts: "No one in his right mind would weaken his power by ninety-five percent in war, even to make a powerful weapon." After all, there must be someone behind the weapon, and he himself is asleep, so how can there be a peer user. ”

"Moreover, I remember that Timos was not one of the most powerful gods, he was only a mediocre among the gods at that time, and even if he used all his strength, he would not be able to compete with Khaleto, one of the most powerful gods. Lina shook her head and said, "What's more, there are gods of the entire ocean god system subordinate to him under the seat of Calleto, and Timos himself is only a member of the death god line, and the two sides cannot be equal at all." ”

"You've all forgotten one thing. The smile on Catherine's face was faint, as if full of thoughts: "Timos chose the best time, and even the most far-sighted god of wisdom, Lord Weston, did not seize the opportunity, let me elaborate." ”

"Timos used the blood sacrifice of his followers to forcibly divide nearly ninety-five percent of his divine power, and then used this power to create the Nightmare Spirit. Since he is in charge of psychic nightmares and fears, he is very clever in his use of psychic loopholes. Under his design, the Nightmare Spirit can take advantage of the loophole inadvertently left by the Sea Clan when the Sea God Department created the Sea Clan, and leave a hint in the Sea Clan's heart, distorting the Sea Clan's devotion to Khaleto into a devotion to the Nightmare Spirit, and behind the Nightmare Spirit is Timos, that is, indirectly making the Sea Clan offer their faith in Timos. Of course, it is useless to be pious to an artifact that has no will of its own, and Timos only needs to receive the faith behind the scenes, so the person who truly receives the allegiance of the Sea Clan is the bearer of the Nightmare Spirit. ”

"However, the gods of the sea gods are not fools, and it is impossible for them to watch someone manipulate their children and ignore them, so it stands to reason that Timos's plan cannot succeed. However, after he created the Nightmare Spirit, he did not use it immediately, but kept it sealed, preferring to weaken himself more and more. It wasn't until the end of the Third Age, when the earth shattered and the world collapsed, and Lord Yarra repaired the world and built a barrier to separate the gods from the mortal world. ”

"Due to the advent of mortal barriers, the divine power of the gods can no longer directly influence the mortal world, and Khaleto and his subordinate gods are no exception, and can only rely on the church to collect faith indirectly. But Timos is different, the Nightmare Spirit left behind by Timos contains ninety-five percent of his power, as long as it can be exerted, no one in this mortal world can compete with it, and even Khaleto will have no choice but to watch the owner of the Nightmare Spirit control the entire Sea Clan. In Timos's plan, the bearer of the Nightmare Spirit, his archbishop, after taking control of all the Sea Clan, would have all the Sea Clan offer his faith to him, so that he could wake up from his slumber and become the most powerful god. ”

"In the beginning, everything went according to Timos's plan, and although he grew weaker and weaker, and even fell into a deep sleep at the end, the artifact Nightmare Spirit remained. When Lord Yara repaired the world and everything was settled, his archbishop led the last remaining high-level combat force of the entire Nightmare Church to sail out to sea, wanting to go to the heart of the ocean to activate the Nightmare Spirit. In order to prevent the Sea Clan from being alerted in advance, they hid the Nightmare Spirit in layers, but in the end, it was discovered by Khaleto in advance. ”

"Even if Khaleto found out about their intentions, he could not directly interfere, so he could only send an oracle to the Stormwind Church according to the rules, and the Stormstorm Priest at that time relied on the Sea Emperor's Crown to fight against the Nightmare Spirit's control, in order to destroy the Nightmare Spirit through a surprise attack. We've already deduced what happened, after a terrible battle, both sides were killed, and the archbishop of the Nightmare Church hid the Nightmare Spirit here before he died. ”

"It's very thrilling, just the last step. Lina sighed and said, "But, anyway, we also got this thing, why are you not only unhappy, but look like you are in a trance, eldest sister? ”

"Oh, because I suddenly understood something. Catherine's smile was so complicated that it was hard to see what was going on in her mind: "Moreover, this nightmare spirit paints a very beautiful picture for me. ”

"You've been tempted by it?" Freya snapped to the point, and said in a deep voice, "Did it make a promise to you?"

"No, on the contrary, he didn't tempt me. Catherine smiled bitterly: "Timos is worthy of being a god who is good at exploiting psychic loopholes, and his artifacts have also inherited his characteristics. After I got the Nightmare Spirit, instead of promising illusory benefits to tempt me, it only showed me the real possibilities of the future, and he was waiting for me to accept him. ”

"Real possibility?" Freya repeated in a low voice, puzzled, "For example?"

"First of all, I have to admit that when Doris said that I was a god, I was a little confused, but now I understand that she is talking about the future. Catherine smiled bitterly: "Now I am the only patron of Timos, and during his sleep, I am the only controller of his divine power, the most powerful existence in the entire Yala continent." Lina, hit me with your hammer, you can try and you'll know what's going on. ”

Lina hesitated for a moment, and tapped lightly on Catherine's arm under Catherine's affirmative gaze, and the mace did not touch Catherine's body, but passed through Catherine's body like a cloud of mist. Lina's face changed, and she reached out to grab Catherine's shoulder, but this time her own hand successfully held hers.

"The prerogative of the gods, mortals cannot harm. Catherine said, "No hostile mortal can touch it, and this is the first gift of the Nightmare Spirit." ”

"Just the first one?" Lina said in surprise, "Anything else?"

"Of course, and the latter is the main thing. Catherine crossed her legs and said with a blank look: "Do you know, after I picked up the Nightmare Spirit, in just an instant, a quarter of the entire sea has fallen into my hands. Including Doris and her Storm Temple, all the sea clans in this quarter of the sea are already under my control, not as sluggish as the controlled sea clans we have seen before, but sincerely serve me as the lord, treat me like their gods, as for me, I can sit here and command any sea clan to do anything, without any consumption or delay. And if I want, in a year or two, I can make the Nightmare Spirit's effects cover all the oceans, and at that time, every sea clan will be under my control. ”

"Then, I can land on both the Neutral Land and the Sea Country, the Sea Clan is not weaker than the land race sum in terms of numbers and top-level combat power, and under the surprise attack, these two forces will soon be controlled by me. After controlling the Sea Country and Rhea, he flanked the Neville Federation left and right, controlled Neville, and then integrated the forces of the three forces to annex the Farrar Empire. After doing all this, almost all the territory of mankind belongs to me, and I am free to build the country of my dreams, a country where there is no war and killing, no slavery and oppression, where all races coexist equally, and where everyone can live happily. ”

"With this country as the starting point, with the human race and all the sea tribes as the backing, I can sweep the entire Yala continent within a few decades, making me the only king of this continent and the common master of all races. And after controlling all the races, let all the races believe in me, such a huge power of faith can make it easy for me to change from the controller of divine power to a true god. Yes, with me as a believer, for Timos has fallen, and the worship of the Nightmare Spirit will automatically feed back the power of faith to the bearer. When the time comes, I will be the only true god who can walk in the mortal world, and the most powerful deity in the world of Yara. ”

"Do you understand? The only true God, absolute power, the wealth of the world, the admiration of all, the praise of the hereafter, these are all things that I can get, and it is not very difficult, as long as I truly accept it and am willing to become one with it. ”

"With it, we can change the world as we want it to be, and make the whole Yarra world what we all want it to be. ”

"The Nightmare Spirit didn't tempt me, it just showed me this future, and I thought about it repeatedly, this future was very, very likely. Catherine finally said softly, "If I accept the Nightmare Spirit's favor and do what I just said, will you support me?"

The girls were silent, not knowing how to answer. (To be continued.) )