The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

Selene never thought that she would face such a scene when she returned to Frost City, just like she never thought that Frost City would fall in her hands.

The real situation in the city was even worse than she expected. Except for Hussein, those puppet soldiers attacked everyone indiscriminately. Even the regular Nagrand army would be hunted and killed if they approached rashly.Therefore, no one was going to deal with the massacred civilians. It was summer again, and the corpses piled up on the streets had already begun to rot.

"Raymond, you shouldn't have followed." Selene looked worriedly at the teacher walking beside her, "I know the terrain in Frost City, as long as you give me this road map for the puppet soldiers to walk Will suffice."

"Thanks to the saint of light, my body has almost recovered." Raymond looked at Selene firmly, "I can't miss this battle no matter what."

There was a murmur of chanting from the ranks behind. The soldiers of the Holy Light Legion drew pentagrams on their chests and prayed in a low voice for these innocent civilians in the Northland. The power of faith of the God of Light followed their The prayer spread out, making Selene feel refreshed after a long absence.

Even though it was illuminated by the summer sun, there seemed to be a thick layer of haze in the city. It was only after entering the city that Selene realized that these were the power of Hussein's faith.

He stayed here to wait for Hecate's challenge, because he was sure that what he had accumulated these days would allow him to win and devour Hecate.

"From here, there will be puppet soldiers." Raymond reminded, and Selene carefully compared the instructions on the road map, and began to direct the army to disperse.

The number of puppet soldiers is quite limited, less than half of the original Guards Corps, but according to Raymond's estimation, at least five to six Guards Corps soldiers are needed to fight a puppet soldier.

The new recruits lack experience soon after joining the army, and the veterans can't make up this amount. Fortunately, Selene also selected some soldiers of the Holy Light Legion and the elite of the Central Legion, and followed the team into the Frosted City.

Even knowing how dangerous it is.

The soldiers dispersed according to Selene's instructions, and each team had at least one soldier from the Central Legion or the Legion of Light: Selene was still worried that her soldiers would not be able to fight when they encountered their former comrades-in-arms.

After all, they are not the kind of people who are completely destroyed on the battlefield and can kill for no reason.

Raymond was also included in one of the teams, while Selene and Hecate acted together while preserving their physical strength as much as possible, and went directly to Hussein's castle to solve everything.As expected, they were not able to completely avoid it, and bumped into a few puppet soldiers on the road. The strength and speed of these puppet soldiers are far beyond ordinary people. It really takes five to six elite human soldiers to contend with them, but For Hecate, it was just a matter of spending time and energy.

The same strength and speed are better than humans, but puppet soldiers are much more difficult to deal with than half-orcs. They seem to have retained a lot of combat awareness and skills in life. Win the battle and become the overlord of this world.

"I can still remember her name, where she came from, and how many years she served in the Legion." Hecate bent down and closed his eyes for the corpse on the ground, "but...but I can't do anything, I can only let She's just free."

It was at this time that Hecate understood why God told mankind the existence of the Kingdom of God, and why he told mankind that as long as he believed in him devoutly, he could ascend to the Kingdom of God after death, because for human beings, there are always too many things to live. Therefore, I naturally expect that after death, I can consciously continue to make up for some shortcomings.

In front of the castle of the Frosted City, the guards are not soldiers, but a huge unicorn—it can be seen that it has been transformed by Hussein.The unicorn's pure white fur turned a strange gray, its eyes were empty, and it kept hissing and roaring, threatening Hecate and Selene not to move forward.

Gods need people's beliefs, just like humans need food.Humans have learned to hunt, farm and breed in order to obtain food, while gods have learned how to make humans believe in themselves.

The God of Light is obviously the one who is most proficient in this way. At that time, human beings were still very weak and were still groping how to survive in the dark. The God of Light gave them hope and courage to live and fight, and let them Can not feel afraid in the dark.

Thinking about it now, although the three goddesses of the Northland who led the people of the Northland to settle on the snowfield were not real gods, they were deified by people for this reason.

However, today, the authority of the God of Light that lasted for thousands of years has finally been questioned. Those holy scriptures of light that seemed to be the truth 1000 years ago, and the teachings that once guided human progress seem to be unable to become human guiding lights.The country that believes in the God of Light can laugh at the people of the Nord Kingdom as barbarians, but it cannot say that the people of the Talis Alliance are also the same, and it cannot be said that the Penglai people on the other side of the sea are also.

"Everything we have today is obtained by relying on our own wisdom and hard work. Why should we thank God? Does God really exist?" This kind of thought spread from the Tallis Alliance, but its earliest origin is indeed bright The saints have been passed down orally from generation to generation.

They are the closest to the gods. They know that the gods do exist, and because of this, they also know that everything the gods do is not out of love for human beings, but out of the most basic need for survival—to make human beings Believe in God.

The puppet soldiers in Frost City lost their ego, and Hussein was no longer acting according to his true thoughts. From the moment he became a god, his instinct drove him to chase what he originally wanted. everything, but more believers.

What the God of Light gives to mankind is "hope", what Hecate will give to the people of the Northland is "protection", and Hussein's choice is "fear".

Above the gods, there should be higher existences, or a layer of higher laws that determine their paths as gods.Facing that the people of Nagrand are all believers of the God of Light, Hussein wants to make them leave the religion of the God of Light and believe in him. The only way is to exert fear with absolute power.

People are not born animals suitable for living at night. Even with torches and night pearls, they are afraid of the dark and the unknown in the dark.Hussein just wants to tell them that the darkness is indeed terrible, unless you join me, I will give you the power to fear nothing.

It is better to count on human desire than to count on human love.

The giant beast in front of him was what Hussein used to show his strength.

Every time he saw these "puppets" passing through the hands of Hussein, Hecate felt lingering fear.She had been one of them, and would have been such a monster if not for Hecate's soul and body.

The body of the transformed unicorn became much larger and bloated, but Hecate had seen the power of the puppet soldiers just now, so she didn't dare to act rashly, but was ready to turn around and run away at any time to come forward test.

Hecate was glad she did, and she wanted to do what she always did with beasts, jump on its back, and run the crescent blade through its heart from behind before it threw her off.This time when she was about to jump, the unicorn saw through her intentions, and the horse's hoof stomped heavily on the ground, stopping Hecate's movement with a violent vibration.

This blow cannot be caused by pure strength. This unicorn was given the right to use the power of faith by Hussein. At the same time, it also has its own thinking, which can respond to the enemy's behavior, which means It is much harder to deal with than those puppet soldiers.

"Can it be done?" Selene clenched the long sword in her hand, "I'll be the bait, and you attack?"

"Not yet." Hecate shook the crescent blade, and extended an invisible blade with the power of faith, "As long as it doesn't know which side to control."

For the current Hecate, she must save as much physical strength and faith as possible to face Hussein later, but without some necessary expenditure, she would not even be able to walk in front of Hussein, let alone have a chance to defeat Hussein. he.

It is impossible for a large and bloated creature to have the ability to take into account multi-line combat.Selene and Hecate walked in two different directions, making it impossible for the unicorn to see the movements of the two without moving their eyes. When the unicorn moved its eyes to Selene, Hecate Seizing the opportunity and rushing up, the unicorn avoided the blade it could see, and did not avoid the part extended by Hecate with the power of faith. The sharp blade sank into its body, and blackened blood spattered out .

The unicorn whimpered in pain, and started stomping on the ground recklessly, trying to prevent Hecate from approaching in the same way as before, but Hecate had already sat firmly on its back, holding the crescent moon with both hands The blade aimed at the position of the heart, and stabbed down decisively.

The huge body crashed down, and Hecate retracted the power of faith on the crescent blade, and jumped off its corpse.

"It's solved." She shook off the blood on her hand, "Let's go."

The interior of the castle was dead silent, every corridor was empty, there were no guards, and there were no other obstacles between them and Hussein—but they couldn't find Hussein either.

On the throne that belonged to Selene, there was only a black cocoon with a clearly audible heartbeat.

Just as Hecate held his breath and stepped forward, a crack opened in the pitch-black cocoon, and a pair of green eyes slowly opened in it.