If it weren't for the meeting of Hercules, I am afraid that the secret of the true owner of the scepter would be buried in the depths of history forever.Because the person who made the scepter has lost the memory of that time, 90% of those who know about it have died in the siege of the witchers, and all written records of the scepter have been destroyed in the war - Hercules, who is the only one who knows the truth.But what really happened before and after Vivien made that scepter?
What did she know back then?
What was her purpose in making the scepter?
It's all shrouded in mysteries.Judging from Hercules' description, Vivien was obviously in a state of frenzy on the eve of her slumber, but she still barely maintained her senses, and she must have sensed it when the core of the scepter fell into the hands of Zeus, so she forced herself to go to Mount Olympus to make a big fuss.Vivien's slumber takes away a great deal of her strength and knowledge, and conversely, she becomes more powerful and knowledgeable before each slumber, which means that she used to know the true nature of the scepter's core.They even know what to do with that thing.A faint crunch, like shattering glass, came from nowhere, and then an unstable wind rolled up between heaven and earth, and the wild grass in the wilderness swayed in the wind, and at the end of the sky, the high hanging Mount Olympus gradually became blurred."
It's almost time," Hercules glanced up at the sky, a relieved expression on his face, "and I can finally rest." ”Hao Ren's pupils shrank, and he knew what Hercules meant by "it's almost time".However, he soon realized that there was nothing he could do to save the ancient hero in front of him: Hercules' body had been completely twisted by the evil power of the artifact, and his flesh.
The body is long dead, even his soul is riddled with holes, from spirit to substance, Hercules is already a dead man, he is now only the power carrier of the scepter, in which case any medical treatment is meaningless.But he still clings to the last glimmer of hope: "Is there any way to save your soul?"
”"There's no need," Hercules just shook his head slowly, "even if you really have the means, I don't need to.I've come so far, I've been through so many things, and I've spent most of my life not on my own, God and man......
I've been fighting for them, but now, I've decided to stop, I'm going to have a good rest. ”Hao Ren looked at this hero, he actually had a lot of words of persuasion to say, but after seeing the other party's eyes, he swallowed all the words back.This person does not need to be persuaded, he has no despair, no regrets, he does not have any unfulfilled wishes and nostalgia for the world, he is neither curious about the future, nor reminiscing about the past, he simply wants a long rest.This is a way of dying unique to an immortal: he has lived long enough to lose his color, he has lived enough, and that's it."
Before you leave, I want to ask you one last thing."
Hercules suddenly turned his head and looked into Hao Ren's eyes."
What's the matter?"
Hao Ren subconsciously responded."
Thank you Hesperius for help," Hercules laughed, "thank you for taking care of her." ”After Hao Ren nodded, Hercules seemed to have finally finished the last thing in his life, he let out a sigh of relief, his figure quickly dimmed and transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye, and behind him, the sky began to crack like broken glass.At this time, Hao Ren suddenly thought of something, he immediately took a step forward, looked into Hercules' eyes, and silently recited the name of the most powerful power in this universe in his heart, and according to the manual, he associated this name with the soul in front of him.Finally he opened his hands to Hercules: "Rest in peace, the goddess will bless you." ”Hercules glanced at Hao Ren suspiciously, then slowly closed his eyes.Some imperceptible black smoke drifted from his thinner and thinner figure, and then his entire body turned into light and gradually dissipated.And behind him, the sacred mountain of Olympus in his memory shattered along with the sky, turning into endless darkness where streamers fell to the edge of the spiritual world.The whole world shook violently.At the same moment, in the reality outside, Hercules' massive body began to crumble inch by inch."
Bat bat, what now?!"
Lily, who has returned to her human form and is covered in smoke and dirt, looks anxiously at the expanding black crack beside the giant, now that the artifact scepter has been sealed, and Hercules as the host is also disintegrating, but the evil power that escapes from the "border" will not simply disappear out of thin air, these remnants of the external forces are fighting back to the death, as if they can also realize that the defeat is decided, The last wave of this evil force began with the momentum of pulling everyone to the funeral: the desperate black tide was reappearing.Perhaps the negative power that has lost its source will soon be completely exhausted, but before that, this alien dimension will probably collapse one step earlier.What's worse is that Hao Ren has lost consciousness from just now - Vivien looked back at the man lying behind him, he fell headlong from Hercules the moment he sealed the scepter, and it was Lily who quickly rushed up to catch her landlord so that the latter did not fall into the tide of monsters: the husky girl's brave move must have been the result of practicing catching frisbees.And Lily's current appearance of being full of embarrassment is also a by-product of this brave action."
He's still deep linked," the data terminal circled around Hao Ren's head a few times, "Strange, strange, Hercules is dead......
Who is he connecting with now?!
”"Is he in danger?"
Vivien asked immediately."
There is no danger, this machine is bound to his soul, and it can be confirmed that his spiritual world is safe."
Vivien breathed a sigh of relief, but Hesperius looked worriedly at the spreading black tide: "All in all, just be alive, the most important thing in front of you right now......
It must be resolved before the situation gets completely out of control. ”Lily became more and more anxious, her eyes kept turning between the black tide and Hao Ren, the situation in front of her made her feel an unprecedented crisis, she was more aware at this moment that Hao Ren had always been the backbone of the team, and any crisis and challenge was only so insignificant when he led it, and now, this man lost consciousness for unknown reasons, and she was completely unavoided.Vivien looked up into the distance, and the dark shadows continued to spread, showing no sign of decay.Nolan was activating her artillery system, but now that everyone was trapped in this alien space, without Hao Ren waking up, the spaceship did not dare to fire at will without the protection of the shield array.What's more, it will be difficult for this plane to withstand a second shelling.Lily licked Hao Ren's hand, and when she found that the other party was unresponsive, she looked up again, only to see Vivien slowly floating into the air, and bursts of blood-colored whirlwind were spreading from the other party.Lily was stunned: "Bat bat, what are you doing?"
”Vivien didn't answer, she just conscientiously mobilized this power she hadn't used for a long time, recalling its control skills from the depths of her memory, her long hair dancing in the wind under the power of magic, and every strand of hair was soaked with blood-red light.And with more and more intense energy fluctuations, her figure gradually became blurred, as if some kind of force had taken her out of real time and space.A scorching surge of heat spread up her veins, and Vivien almost felt like she had a beating heart: she felt the energy in her body pounding, which gave her the illusion that her heart was beating, and that energy quickly became so powerful that it soon became a huge burden - she frowned and began to grit her teeth.Hesperius was stunned for a moment, and finally remembered what this energy fluctuation meant from the depths of her memory, and her face changed greatly: "You want to ......"
"Don't look up at the sky, don't look directly at the moonlight." ”Vivien's voice came from the air, and then a pillar of red light descended from the sky, and her figure was completely bathed in a primordial force so powerful that it could distort reality, as if it were covered in a blood-colored costume.A red moon slowly rises.It was a scene that is hard to describe in words, although Vivien had tried to summon the Red Moon once three years earlier, but that time her summoning was interrupted only for a short time, and she had not been able to use all her strength in that hasty summoning, but this time, the real Red Moon was already in the sky.The summoned moon rose to the zenith and gradually expanded, as if the stars were falling to the earth, and the vague patterns on the surface of the moon gradually became clear as the moon expanded, and these lines of great power were filled with energy, and when they shone, the whole world was instantly filled with a distant and mysterious echo like a bell.The first bell rang, and the moonlight shone on the earth.The second bell rang, and all the servants of darkness couldn't help but look up at the sky, and in the moonlight, they quickly dissipated like phantoms.The third bell rings, and everything in heaven and earth returns to balance and order.
(To be continued.) )