Arcane Age

The year 1788 in the Holy Calendar was a very important era in the history of Oulut. In the eyes of later historians, this was a super treasure mine that was extremely rich. If you just find a perspective and a force and dig it lightly, it would be a very valuable mine. value research topic.

In February 1788 in the sacred calendar, known as the beginning of the year of turmoil, Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun, appeared on the Orient continent as the successor of the Lord of Glory, integrating most of the forces of the original Lord of Glory. This was undoubtedly a very shocking event. events in the human heart.

Many desperate people seemed to see light and hope again. Infiniti, the great lord of the setting sun, appeared in St. Peter's Square in front of the St. Peter's Basilica of Fantini in the Holy City. This is the largest square in the entire Oriente world. It can accommodate half a million people.

The construction of this square lasted for a full eleven years. The entire square is surrounded by stone columns. On the columns are carved the saints, sanctuaries and legendary powerful figures of the Lord of Glory over the past two thousand years, a total of 140 pillars. .

In the center of the square, there stood an obelisk carved from a super stone pillar transported from the distant continent of Afric, and the top was carved into a bust of the Holy Father, the Lord of Glory.

Those believers of the Lord of Glory who are not qualified to enter the interior of St. Peter's Basilica often come to St. Peter's Basilica during regular masses to hold large-scale prayers.

Here, Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun, gave a speech and showed his holiness, causing more than 300,000 former believers of the Lord of Glory to kneel down and pray, entrusting their faith to him and becoming believers of the Lord of the Setting Sun.

The power organs and main institutions of the original Church of Glory have been transformed one after another, and have peacefully evolved into the institutions of the Church of Setting Sun. Except for a few important figures who have disappeared, other important figures such as cardinals and high-level paladins have reappeared in front of everyone. , all with rosy faces and smiles, seeming to be full of confidence in the future.

The appearance of Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun, was nothing less than a super shock wave, which instantly shocked all the major forces in the entire world of Orrente. The next stage of the strategy campaign for the Bone Burial Ground and the Endless Abyss, which was about to be launched, was suspended and ceased.

You must know that the Lord of Glory has had a profound impact on the entire Orient world. If many people regard Nicholas, the Lord of Secret Blood, as a joke, no one dares to look down upon Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun.

If other major forces are still in a wait-and-see state, then the Lord of Secret Blood, Nicholas, and the vampires under his command are like ants on a stove, spinning around anxiously.

After giving a speech in St. Peter's Square, Infiniti gave an order. The three major institutions, the Bishops' Conference, the Knights of the Setting Sun, and the Inquisition, simultaneously mobilized their elites, starting from the holy city of Fantini and heading straight to the capital of the Kingdom of Etanli under Nicholas' rule. ——Milan!

In the highest temple of the Secret Blood Church, which was newly established in the city of Milan, Nicholas, the Lord of Secret Blood, faced an unfathomable pool of red blood in front of him with an irritated and anxious expression on his face.

In the red blood pool, two different images gradually emerged, one was deathly and majestic, and the other was charming, enchanting, noble and cold. They were none other than the Immortal King Bardes and the Queen of Pain, Mesti.

"The Church of the Lord of Radiance has always been the biggest enemy of our Dark Parliament for two thousand years. Now, a church called the Lord of the Setting Sun has stood up on the corpse of the giant. Pope Benton XVIII has been promoted to demigod. He has the support of almost all high-level officials!" Nicholas said with a stern face: "We must unite at this important moment and eliminate the Church of the Lord of the Setting Sun as soon as possible, otherwise we will let him harvest faith and become the first god in the future. , then everything we have gained will be lost again, and I’m afraid we will never have such a good opportunity again!”

"The Lord of the Setting Sun, Pope Benton XVIII, he was just a legend before. He will never be the first to become a god! Nicholas, relax, although the Holy See has several holy areas, but it has lost the Lord of Glory. With the divine power, they are no longer the Holy Domain! I don’t believe that Infiniti can provide enough divine power for these powerful Saint Domains!” As an old enemy of the Church of the Lord of Glory, the Immortal King Bardes has spent most of his life. In the battle with the Lord of Glory, he was defeated three times but rose again three times. His understanding of the Church of Glory is even better than that of many popes.

"But after the Lord of Glory left, the Holy See's strong men from the Holy See have not taken action at all! They are at least capable of fighting!" Nicholas snorted coldly: "I can't be a demigod with four Holy Domains opponent!"

"Great Lord of the Secret Blood, do you have a Secret Blood Church? If you weren't eager to spread the faith, I'm afraid Benton XVIII, an old turtle, would have continued to hold it in, right? Speaking of which, your contribution is still very great. ." Misty, the Queen of Pain, covered her mouth with one hand and sneered.

"I don't have much time! The Holy See army is so powerful that it is marching all the way towards Milan! If you don't take action, I will have to evacuate in a quarter of an hour at most!" Nicholas said with a firm look on his face: "The Vampires will never be able to do it alone. Use your power to fight against the Holy See!”

After the Immortal King Bardes was silent for a moment, he stretched out a finger: "Once, Nicholas, as a member of the Dark Parliament, the Parliament will only help you unconditionally this time. After all, the Kingdom of Etanli is your sphere of influence. , and our enemy is still very powerful."

"One time is enough. As long as I can consume the remaining glorious power of the Holy See, I have no fear of confronting the so-called Lord of the Setting Sun Church!" Prince Nicholas said proudly.

Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun? Hahaha, what a joke.

As a senior and newly promoted demigod in the holy realm, Nicholas naturally has a much deeper understanding of the path of promotion than ordinary people. The span from legend to demigod is almost a huge gap. Even with the grace left by the Lord of Glory, Infiniti will never be promoted to demigod easily. This was evident from the fact that he spent so long cowering in St. Peter's Basilica.

The red blood pool began to slowly ripple, and a small vortex was formed in it. Then it became bigger and brighter. Suddenly, a dark green crystal flew out of it.

"Nicholas, next you need to build a temporary plane channel. You will pay for the energy of the channel. There will be one to three demon kings in the Endless Abyss to support you. The number depends on the size of your portal!" The ** energy crystal was naturally transmitted by Misty, the Queen of Pain.

Nicholas had a look of pain on his face. You must know that the space from the endless abyss to the Orient continent is so far away, and the energy required to pass through the demon king-level portal is an astronomical amount. Even in the history of Orrente, most demon summoning rituals only summoned low-level demons such as destroyers, hellhounds, and succubi. Legendary demons such as the Balor Fire Demon are very rare. The demon king's Projections are even rarer.

But he had to pay this price, although he was initially forced by the tyrannical Lord Razgata to choose the Kingdom of Etanli as his sphere of influence.

Judging from the current situation, this decision cannot be considered completely wrong. Except for the Kingdom of Yitanli, the other southeastern principalities and city-states of Orente that have been carved up by other dark forces have already turned into a hell on earth. The war has completely turned into the most terrifying and brutal place. It is absolutely impossible for the vampires to obtain such a large, peaceful and stable territory with a large population.

"I will provide enough energy to summon the three demon kings to come!" Nicholas gritted his teeth and said: "I hope this decisive battle between the Dark Parliament and the Lord of the Setting Sun Church will be a complete victory!"

It's best to kill and injure a few enemy sanctuaries, and then completely suppress Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun, so that you can sit back and relax!

Once a demon leaves the Endless Abyss, its strength will decrease to a certain extent. The seven demon kings can all be called strong demigods in the Endless Abyss, but in the world of Orrente, only the tyrannical Lord Razgata He once showed demigod-level power.

But even so, the three demon kings are at least three genuine strong men of the Holy Realm. Coupled with the reinforcements from the Boneyard and the strength of the Blood Tribe themselves, they have surpassed the Church of the Lord of the Setting Sun. No matter how you look at this victory, it is not possible. Very big.

Prince Nicholas finally gave up his plan to escape, began to collect the resources needed to open the plane portal, and faced the army of the Church of the Lord of the Setting Sun outside the city of Milan.

At this time, in the Holy See camp, Cardinal Raphael, the leader of the Knights of the Setting Sun, Martini, and the head of the Inquisition, Nietzsche, were listening to the teachings of Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun.

"My Lord, ever since the light of the Holy Father shone on the entire Oriente, the Holy See has been the number one enemy of all the dark forces in the entire Oriente. Now that darkness is raging, why do you want to change your original strategy and make a big show of it?" Cardinal La Phil is an old man with white hair. He is the eldest among all cardinals and a former strong man in the Holy Realm: "I'm afraid we will become the primary target of the Dark Council! My Lord Qian Be careful."

In fact, this issue has been lingering in the minds of the higher-ups of the Holy See, but no one dares to speak frankly to the current Lord of the Setting Sun. After all, he is no longer the former Pope Benton XVIII, but a person who everyone has faith in. Only Raphael still has the qualifications to rely on his old age to challenge this question.

"It's not that I insist on doing this, but I have to do it!" Infiniti, the current Lord of the Setting Sun, no longer has any scruples when facing these three former Holy Domain experts from the Lord of Glory. Because he not only surpassed these three people in rank, but also received their faith and became their lord, so he explained: "How many followers of the Lord of Glory were there in the world of Oulent?"

"According to the census in December 1786 of the Holy Calendar, it was about 180 million!" Although Raphael was old, his mind was not confused at all, and he answered directly.

"Yes, there are less than 300 million people in the entire Orient continent, and the number of believers in the Holy Father exceeds 60%. This does not include those who are too young, those in remote areas, and those who are not allowed to believe in the Holy Father." Infiniti detailed To elaborate: "Only after I became the Lord of the Setting Sun did I realize that faith is a double-edged sword. God is strengthened by faith, and the collapse of faith will also cause the death of God! When the Holy Father leaves, the faith of the entire Oriente human race is gone. In just one or two months, it collapsed rapidly, and countless people fell into madness, self-doubt, and even questioned the existence of the Holy Father. If we continue to maintain the original strategy, I am afraid that when the situation on the Oriente continent becomes clear, I will no longer receive any There is no faith other than the Holy City and Flanlon!”

You must know that the relationship between Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun, and the Lord of Glory is too deep. Everything he has is created by the generosity of the Lord of Glory. Now he will naturally bear the consequences of the collapse of the Lord of Glory's faith.

If it is other demigods who want to become gods in the future, they can naturally preach and expand their faith after the Lord of Glory's faith collapses; but this is not possible for Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun. If he does not want to be doomed to fall, he must seize the opportunity to fight against Glory. Before the Lord's faith collapses, harvest as much of the base as possible and expand one's own faith.

With the ability of the Lord of the Dawn, Yurishia, it is impossible to conceive and increase divine power from the faith of believers. It is certainly impossible for the Lord of the Setting Sun, Infiniti, to become a demi-god overnight. However, he holds two legacy items from the Lord of Glory. The Holy Relics that Come Down: The Holy Cross and the Glorious Apocalypse!

"Brilliant Revelation" can transform the power of believers' faith into radiant divine power, and Infiniti can use the Holy Cross to transform the radiant divine power into his own unique setting sun divine power.

Although the efficiency of "Glory Revelation" in converting the power of faith is far lower than that of the former Lord of Radiance itself, this effect has far exceeded all epic and legendary magical objects, and is enough to be called a real Artifacts. With the help of two real artifacts, Infiniti, the Lord of the Setting Sun, temporarily gained the authority that only a real god could have!

Although the conversion efficiency is extremely low, if half, no, even one tenth of the 180 million Lord of Glory believers can convert to the Lord of the Setting Sun, then Infiniti will be able to continuously obtain a large amount of the Lord of Glory's divine power. , not only can the entire Holy See maintain its combat power with these glorious divine powers, but it can also help itself to move faster towards the step of igniting the divine fire belief and becoming a god!

So when the undead king Bardes destroyed the Rhine Federation, Infiniti did not make any move; when the orc army marched westward and destroyed one principality and city-state after another, Infiniti remained silent; when the vampires attacked the Kingdom of Etanli, King Bei Nestor XII’s envoys came to the holy city of Fantini one after another. Infiniti just pretended not to see it. But when Prince Nicholas became Nicholas, the Lord of Secret Blood, Infiniti finally couldn’t sit still!