Chapter 44: The Eve of the Decisive Battle
β...... I didn't expect you to bring about the turnaround. β
At the top of the palace in the royal capital of Midland, Hao Qi was sitting by the eaves looking at the sky, while the skeleton knight was standing beside him, both of them looked into the distance, although they couldn't see it with the naked eye, it was obvious that that direction was where the eagle of light was.
"It's a pity, the person I want to fight with is actually the hero named Grievous, who wants to own his own country and has the assets of an overlord, not the hand of God who lives in the depths of the netherworld, relying on the abyss, full of lies and deception. Hao Qi looked into the distance, and only after a long time did he sigh.
Whether it is in Hao Qi's eyes, or in the eyes of the skeleton knight, the huge aura that is enough to shock the spirit world of the netherworld has just made a choice, the direction of the wind that should have swept the world has changed, and the eagle of light standing in the center of this wind has obviously made a choice, he did not continue the dream of the overlord, and at the same time change the whole world into the idealistic world, but chose to kill and devour Hao Qi's essence in the decisive battle, in other words, the hero named Grievous really died at this moment, and only the hand of God named the Eagle of Light or the Eagle of Darkness survivedγ
The Skeleton Knight sighed: "Your guess is true, all the hands of God before they became the hands of God, they were all people with the qualifications of overlords, before you said this guess, we didn't think about it in this way, we just thought that sacrificing the people closest to us and caring the most was really the decisive factor in apostolization and the hand of God, but who knew that even this ritual was actually a lie, what they needed was probably really what you called the Mandate of Heaven, a kind of special existence given to them by the world in the underworld." β
Speaking of this, the Skeleton Knight paused and continued: " I thought about it carefully, as a human being, the stronger the qualifications, the higher the status, and at the same time there are certain possibilities, the stronger the strength after their apostolization, and the few people who become the hands of God, if their fate continues according to the trajectory of mortal times, it is likely that they are all people who can achieve the cause of overlords, and their changes at some critical moments have caused them to become the hands of God, and this mandate of heaven has been interrupted, so since the unified empire a thousand years ago, there has been no other unified empire in the whole world, and all those who have the possibility to unify the world will be apostolized because of such and such things, and the heroes will dissipate, but the power of the Hand of God has grown stronger and stronger over the millennia. β
"This wind is enough to change the whole world, its center point is on the Eagle of Light, the wind brought by it is enough to change the whole world, this is the unstoppable result of the law of cause and effect, whether it is me, or any other person in this world, we are all in the law of cause and effect, they are inherently invincible, but your appearance has brought a turn for all this, you are not a person in this world, you are not in the law of cause and effect, even if the whole world oppresses you, your essence is bigger and heavier than the whole world......"
The Skeleton Knight looked at Hao Qi deeply, and he said, "You are not the cause I chose at the beginning, the cause I chose only has a glimmer of possibility to stop all this. β
Hao Qi looked into the distance and said without looking back: "It's Gus, right? He and Grievous are twins of light and darkness." β
The Skeleton Knight was silent for a moment and continued: " We speculate that when any living creature becomes the Hand of God, in fact, its essence has been completely transformed, the essence of human beings has dissipated, the essence of the gods has emerged, and eggs have emerged from the abyss, which is the Hand of God, so in any case, the man who is Grievous has died when he became the Hand of God, and the current Grievous is just a new existence with Grievous memories, some ideas, and images, logically speaking, Grievous has actually completely died, but ......"
"But Grievous seems to be a little different, right?" Hao Qi smiled, thinking about some of the scenes in the original book, he thought about it and said: " He may be the most special one of the hands of God, he originally retained a part of his essence as a human being, although this part is very small, but it does exist, so Gus, who has the deepest bond with his human part, is likely to be the only variable in the law of cause and effect, if I don't appear, this world is likely to be transformed into an idealistic worldview, and the ghost world and the spiritual world are likely to manifest in the world, and at that time, Gus may be the chance for you to fight against the hand of God, right?"
The original work is not over, when Hao Qi died in his previous life, the original book only depicts Gus taking Casgaard to the fairy country, Gus and Shierki worked together, with the help of the fairy queen, entered Casgaard's spirit, and then rescued it, and at the same time, because the world tree that Emperor Kusha turned into connected the upper and lower worlds, the netherworld and the spirit world directly overlapped with the material world, and the world became an idealistic worldview, and the hand of God and its power increased greatly, so it can be said that the whole world did not threaten their existence.
That's why Hao Qi has such a guess, similar to the existence of skeleton knights, their target can only be placed on Gus, and from the original book, Grievous seems to really have a little bit of human essence retained, and now seeing the scene in front of him, the huge change of qi, Hao Qicai affirmed this speculation, Grievous does still have some human essence retained, but the proportion is not large, unless it is in a special scene, there is a slight possibility of turning against the guest and turning back into the real Grievous, but now this opportunity is undoubtedly no moreγ
Thinking of this, Hao Qi asked the Skeleton Knight bluntly, "Then what is your intention?"
The Skeleton Knight was silent for a moment and said, "I want to participate in your decisive battle with the Hand of God, I have too many grievances with them to settle, and this is the biggest opportunity I have seen so far." β
Hao Qi said with a smile: "Okay, you can participate, but I have a request, that is, you can't put your personal grievances above the result, I also told you before, although I am just a passerby, but I also hope to be able to do something for this life, and it is more related to my final entry into the abyss, so civilization must come, and you can't hinder this." β
The Skeleton Knight immediately said, "Of course, I understand the severity...... Then say goodbye, goodbye to the decisive battle, stranger ......"
"Thank you......"
With the last words of thanks, the Skeleton Knight mounted his horse and jumped straight from the rooftop, disappearing into the night a few seconds later.
Hao Qi has noticed a lot of things recently, there are at least three or four cases of existence like a skeleton knight, but only the skeleton knight has a relationship with him, so he can come forward to look for him directly, and other similar existences dare not appear in front of Hao Qi, after all, Hao Qi's existence is too terrifying, it is a person who directly threatens the entire world, and even the hand of God has admitted defeat, not that they can get close.
However, they are not far away, they are distributed around the royal capital of Midland, because it is impossible for them to give up this final battle, if it is before the wind changes, they are indeed unthinkable, but now there is a new hope, these beings have an unforgettable grudge with the Hand of God, just like Gus and Grievous, they are absolutely impossible to give up this last chance now.
In addition to these existences, Hao Qi also knew that Olivier had returned, and he arrived with an organization, an organization called the Civilization Secret Society, which did not appear in the original book, but judging from Olivier's description, this organization is very powerful, whether it is the mortal world or the transcendent world, it has been secretly fighting against the hand of God, and the characters in it are all elites, which is of great help to the civilization process that Hao Qi wants.
The most important thing is that along with this organization comes the secular power of the members of the organization, the elite of the giant legion of the strongest kingdom in the north, the elite of the longbowmen of the western island fruit, and the elite of the medical knights of the hoplites in the southwest......
Although each team consisted of only a few hundred people, all of them were the elite forces that these organizations had accumulated over a long period of time, and each force could crush ten times the number of ordinary secular army soldiers who had even surrounded and suppressed the Apostles.
In the same way, a large number of apostles began to gather around the Eagle of Light, the number of which has exceeded five hundred, and even more apostles are coming, and the highest level of the Holy Sect, most of the personnel of the Dharma King Hall have already gone to the vicinity of the Eagle of Light, although because of Hao Qi's previous warning, the Holy Sect high-level did not let the Holy Sect high-level send out some words similar to holy wars, but the surrounding Holy Sect influence countries still began to gather around the Eagle of Light.
The Kusha Empire also began to shrink in an all-round way, with the Midland royal capital as the center, and the Eagle of Light was in a confrontation, and from within the Kusha Empire, a steady stream of armies entered Midland, including many hidden armies as the empire's hole cards, and there were as many as four evil magicians like Darba, as well as assassination, aberration, undead, etc., at the same time, the Kusha Empire secretly captured a large number of apostles, and a new demon womb was being built.
The wind stopped, waiting for the moment when the world changed drastically.