[Western Fantasy] The mystery of life and death

It was a peaceful early morning, before dawn.

Moments before many earth-shattering events took place, people thought that the peaceful daily life would continue as usual day after day.

The trace left by this day has been deeply imprinted on the historical memory of thousands of years later. Not only has it not disappeared in the long river of time, but it has become a myth and legend passed down from generation to generation.In a sense, Timothy has achieved "immortality" in another way.

On the same ordinary eve, from the Temple Mount to the towns with a radius of dozens of miles below the mountain, and the villages originating from the lower reaches of the river in the mysterious Thorn Cliff Valley, from the noble pope, the archbishop, down to the most ordinary monks, pilgrims, and even Residents in the town, farmers, all had the same dream at the same time.

This gloomy dreamland is a deep pool in the mountains. A noble-looking young man is holding a baby in his arms, and his cold expression is slightly disturbed.He chanted a lengthy incantation towards the pitch-black pool, and the pool began to boil and surge, and a large seven-pointed star array appeared on the surface of the water, glistening in the darkness.He called himself Timothy in his prayers, and he was willing to sacrifice his first flesh and blood in order to pursue the ultimate power beyond the world.When he put the crying baby in his arms into the pool, under the reflection of the heptagram, the pool was already blood red, like a pool of blood.After the heart-piercing cries disappeared, the entire dark space reverberated with deep shocks. Following the palpitating roar of wild beasts, a huge monster appeared in the darkness, and its huge horns smashed into rocks of all sizes. It keeps falling off, its long mouth is densely covered with sharp teeth, its upper body is shaped like a wild goat, its hooves swing violently, and its lower body is a huge fish tail, constantly making high and huge waves in the pool.

"Caprico" Timothy named it so.

In this terrifying dream, people saw many people being escorted by armored guards, falling off the high platform and being crushed by the sharp teeth of "Capriku". Some are knights, some are monks, some are commoners, some look like nobles, and even some are dressed like bishops.

A voice echoed throughout the dream world, and this voice seemed to turn into a cognition in memory——

"Caprico comes from another world, and the creatures there are condensed by the most persistent desires of human beings. It was summoned by Timothy sacrificing his own blood, and only by sacrificing all of Timothy's blood descendants can it be calmed down Its thirst!"

When the morning light illuminated the land, people rushed to tell each other on this unusual morning, and panic quickly spread to a quarter of the entire empire.

The venerables on the Temple Mount, many nobles from all over the world recognized that the person who summoned the evil in the dream was indeed Duke Timothy, and even many of the people who were swallowed by Caprico were from the past few years. People who disappeared one after another!

All of this is naturally the masterpiece of the priestesses of the Mirror Lake Clan in Alandi.It is an important part of the entire revenge plan.There are no people in the world who know more about Timothy now than Mason and Morris.Part of it comes from Morris's research on monsters; most of it is obtained by Mason's secret hypnosis of people around Timothy; the mirror dream crystal beads that Mason asked Lorca to transfer to Cuesta record in detail in the Thorn Cliff. All secrets.In addition, there is also the complete secret law inheritance of the Shadow Moon Clan.The Mirror Lake tribe is good at light and shadow illusions. Mason was entrusted by Loka to study the magic characteristics of the Mirror Lake tribe. He knows that there are many similarities among them. [For details, please refer to Chapter 42 Night Interview] Cuishita obtained the inheritance of the Shadow Moon Clan recorded in the Mirror Dream Crystal Bead, and soon merged with the inheritance of the Jinghu Clan from generation to generation.She refined a special mirror dream crystal, which recorded dream visions.She taught the main points of spellcasting to all the priestesses under her, and arranged for them to lurk everywhere with these specially made mirror dream crystals - high-level priests dressed as nuns, pilgrims mixed into the Temple Mount; middle-level priests mixed into the towns under the Temple Mount Every corner of the village.They cast spells at the same time at the appointed time. The content of the dream is the image processed in the mirror dream crystal based on the information disclosed by Mason. The illusion uses these mirror dream crystals to continuously increase their influence and form a large-scale interactive resonance among a large range of people.Although the area of ​​influence is wide, the fluctuations in magical energy caused are not large, and it is hardly noticeable in a place like the Temple Mount, which is full of fluctuations in spiritual energy.

As the unsettling morning arrived, the nuns and pilgrims had slipped away quietly, unnoticed in their panic.Even many archbishops on the Temple Mount thought it was a warning from God.And when countless people saw the true face of the huge Caprico in the apocalyptic earthquake, it further confirmed the revelation of the dream.

Later historical records record that the demon summoned by Timothy has been raging for several months. The thorn cliff no longer exists, the river valley is filled with collapsed rocks, and a new barrier lake is formed upstream; the entire Temple Mount It was also completely destroyed in the battle to suppress the monsters. The empire sent a large number of troops to suppress it and barely suppressed its raging range in the area around the Temple Mount. The tragic battle resulted in the loss of a large number of elites.

The former Temple Mount - Thorn Cliff area has become a terrifying forbidden area that no one dares to set foot on.The people who fled all over believed in the revelation in the dream even more, so the empire took all of Timothy's heirs into custody, no matter how noble their identities were, none of them were spared.After all of Timothy's descendants were sacrificed, "Caprico" exploded in full view.The disaster has finally subsided.However, the empire's vitality has been seriously injured, which has laid hidden dangers for the separatist regimes and wars of later generations.

——This is the revenge strategy set by Morris and Mason, and it was finally completed after several months with the full cooperation of other tribes in Alanti.The blood of Timothy's entire clan was sacrificed to the members of the Shadowmoon tribe who were brutally exterminated that year.

Most of what is presented in people's dreams by the illusion of the mirror dream crystal is the truth, but it is a carefully synthesized truth, and it is also the truth that is easiest for everyone to understand. "Caprico" was indeed summoned by Timothy, and because of this special connection, "Caprico" instinctively would not harm Timothy and his descendants.But Morris and Mason engraved a powerful curse on Timothy's own blood—Palmer with the ancient inheritance secret method of the Shadowmoon Clan.In addition, "Caprico" was constantly enhanced by runes to thirst for flesh and blood.The secret spell that Mason cast on Palmer at the end made Palmer an irresistible and strong temptation in the eyes of "Caprico". Strong desire.After devouring all the blood of Timothy's descendants in the world, "Caprico" will return to where it came from.

On the morning that had thrown the Temple Mount and surrounding towns into panic, the Briar Bluffs were as calm as another normal day.

Timothy is preparing to see off the special envoy;

In the garden of the mansion, Livingston and Tilda led a group of elites to set up a trap and wait silently; under the thorny cliff, among the thickets of bloodthirsty vines, every member of the Shadowmoon tribe who was entangled by vines stood guard. With a High Priestess behind them, they have cast spells to put these wretched Shadowmoon folk to sleep to ease their suffering.

The end of the roots is an open space, Elder Hamilton is standing in the air, a large number of magic crystals have been melted into liquid by his mana, circulating in mid-air to form a huge space transfer formation; the huge formation is shining with silver light, At the side of the well-shaped channel above the connection, the two elders, Waldron and Washburn, stood on both sides, gathering their mana and waiting for the signal.

The secret road leading to the "Caprico" water pool is the last part of Palmer's life. Every step causes severe pain all over his body, but he maintains a normal posture driven by Lorca's powerful mana.This is also the most desperate part of his life.I met several patrol guards along the way, but no one noticed his abnormality.Although Roka removed his disguise, he could perform light and shadow illusions with the help of the Dark Palech Scepter and only needed a weak mana master.The guards still recognized him as Captain "Fick" and saluted as usual. Palmer watched the guards continue to move away, and he continued to walk towards the "Caprico" pool driven by Lorca's mana.

In the depths of the hidden hall of the palace, beside the stone platform in the center of the altar, Mason watched Lorca leave and slowly put down the silver cup in his hand.A burst of light and shadow flickered, and a dagger appeared in his hand.It was the "Morning Dew" he made himself. He didn't tell Loka that it was found on Palmer's body just now.

"I'm sorry, Loka, this is the last time I'll lie to you." Mason stroked the handle of "Morning Dew".

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In this final battle, the entire Aranti family almost gave their all.Except for the High Priest of the Huiyue Clan, Libertas, who was acting as the regent to guard the secret realm and was unable to leave, all the other elders, high priests, and elites of all ethnic groups had been mobilized.

At this moment, the Alandi tribe, who have been peaceful and uncontested for thousands of years, are united at this moment, the whole family is in grief and anger, and all the people of the tribe are fighting with unprecedented enthusiasm.

In the depths of the wilderness in the upper reaches of the Thorn Cliff Valley, Albina, the High Priest of the Mirror Lake Clan, responded at the exit of the space transfer formation; outside the Thorn Cliff Valley, Gabriel, the High Priest of the Gale Clan, led his troops to lurk and wait for the defense of the Thorn Cliff When there is a gap in the formation, immediately rush to the ambush site to support Livingston and Tilda.

In the secret passage inside the Thorn Cliff Mountain, the high-ranking guards deployed by Loka have silently killed the guards guarding the cell and unshackled all the prisoners in the prison; they have already placed several explosive arrays inside the mountain. He only waited for the moment when the defensive formation was broken, and then took the initiative to detonate it, blasting the mountain and rushing out.Loka had carefully surveyed in advance, and arranged subordinates for the location of the explosion and crack.

Waldron and Washburn, who were waiting in the underground space where the roots of the bloodthirsty vines extended, quickly waited for the signal to start action.Although they were underground, they couldn't see that the mountain body of Thorn Cliff was cracking under the violent vibration at this time, but in the violent tremors of the entire underground space, they all sensed that the energy of Thorn Cliff's overall defensive formation was torn apart.

Waldron and Washburn immediately cut off the roots in the well-shaped passage with great mana, and all the high-ranking priests also cut off the roots around the Shadowmoon people at the same time, and then immediately used the mirror dream crystal as a guide Inspire the mirror dream sealing technique, and seal these Shadowmoon people in the ice crystal.

Amidst the violent vibrations, the two elders with profound mana were struggling to keep this space from collapsing due to the cracking of the mountain and resisting the great force of nature.

Below the roots, Hamilton also immediately activated this huge space transfer formation, maintaining the operation of the formation with strong mana.In this turbulent underground space, Waldron and Washburn tried their best to maintain the stability of this space. Hamilton and Albina at the exit cast spells to maintain this super-large transfer channel. The Shadowmoon people in the ice crystal jumped into the transfer formation quickly and orderly.

After the crisis, the resources in the secret land of Alanti have been very scarce.But for this battle, it can be said that he has spent a lot of money.After all, only a very small number of top masters like Mason can condense the teleportation formation with their own mana alone, but they can only transfer positions in a short distance.This long-distance and large-scale giant space transfer formation needs to consume a lot of magic crystals, and it also requires masters to maintain the stability of the passage with great mana at both ends; this space transfer formation and the trap enchantment that ambushed Timothy are two The large magic circle has exhausted all the magic crystals that can be called by the elders in and out of the secret.

Rescue operations are as dangerous as ambushes.This place is not far from the "Caprico" water pool, and the shock of the rock mass is extremely intense.The three elders struggled against the giant force of nature, risking their lives to guard the stability of the space, covering all the high-ranking priests and leading the Shadowmoon tribe to evacuate.

When all the high-level priests were evacuated, the three elders also entered the transfer formation one by one amidst the falling rubble and turmoil.After Washburn was in charge of the break, he tried his best to support a barrier, covering Hamilton and Waldron into the channel before jumping into the transfer formation for the last time.At this time, this space has completely collapsed and the passage has been destroyed.Albina at the other end of the passage was immediately injured by the shock caused by the huge space tear. Although she couldn't restrain the blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, she still gritted her teeth and cast spells with all her strength. Washburn was the last one to exit the passage. When it appeared, it was almost snatched out by Hamilton and Waldron, and one of his arms had been severed by the spatial rupture!

Fortunately, all the Shadowmoon clansmen who lived in the dark underground with the bloodthirsty magic vine were successfully transferred.According to the plan, they will be sent to the secret realm, and Libertas has researched a way to save them completely.

Sacrifice comes with hope.