Arcane Lord

After the first one fell, all the Ozobain superiors who had drunk the holy wine of God's Grace fell one after another, except for Marusis who was still standing on the steps of the altar.

Her cold eyes swept over the fallen drow below one by one, and finally stopped at a strong woman. She snorted and said:

"Sharina, stop pretending! I know you didn't drink the holy wine just now!"

Seeing that her disguise was exposed by Marusis, Sharina knew that there was no chance of a sneak attack, but she didn't care. She got up from the ground calmly and sorted out her clothes and accessories calmly.

Then he looked at Marusis with some doubts and asked:

"Why do you do this? You dare to make trouble at the Mother Goddess's sacrificial ceremony. Aren't you afraid of God's punishment? Or have you fallen?"

"Fallen? God's punishment?"

Marusis looked at the puzzlement in his former opponent's eyes, and the smile on his face became more and more intense, "How do you know that what I am doing now is not under the instruction of the Mother Goddess!"

"Impossible! How could the Mother Goddess do this?!"

Although Sharina had guessed this possibility, she was still scared by it. If even the Mother Goddess could not be trusted, then she-

When she thought of the worst possible situation, Sharina immediately became alert. If it weren't for the fact that there was another high-level wizard in the family who fell to the ground and was not dead, and Marusis was staring at her on the steps of the altar, she would have wanted to just leave.

"What do you want?"

After asking, Sharina stared at Marusis, as if she would take action immediately if something went wrong.

And on the steps of the altar

Marusis didn't take Sharina's nervousness to heart. She chuckled, reached into the jar of holy wine again, and pulled out a dark holy power from it, saying solemnly: "The oracle is here, and all opponents will be destroyed!" "Oracle?" Hearing this word, Sharina immediately turned her eyes to the dark holy power in Marusis's hand. After a slight perception, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "The Mother Goddess is going to attack the surface?" But then, she reacted, "The Mother Goddess is not going to kill us, you deliberately misunderstood the will of God!" Sharina herself is not a priest of the Mother Goddess, but as a high-level wizard, she knows very well that the oracle is not a specific and definite order, but a vague will of God! Different interpreters can perceive the oracle and interpret different meanings. Generally, there are only differences in details. It is difficult for misunderstandings in the general direction like now to occur. But at the same time? Sharina also knows? Once this situation happens, it must end with a comprehensive compromise of one party? And she doesn't want to compromise. She looked at Marusis tenaciously, not wanting to lose the momentum.

However, Marusis didn't care and gave the final answer:

"The Mother Goddess did not want to kill you, but the Mother Goddess did not ask you to refuse the grace of God! Sharina, drink the holy wine, and we will be the most intimate sisters in the sect from now on! If you don't drink it, not only you will die today, but no one in your family will survive!"

"Holy wine?"

Sharina immediately understood that it was really the Mother Goddess who wanted them to die, and the so-called holy wine was just a means of control. What's the difference between them losing their freedom and death!

"What do you want? I can lead my family members to leave Ozobein and never come back! Swear in the name of the Mother Goddess!"

As soon as these words came out, Sharina's momentum weakened a bit.

"Disrespecting the grace of God, and wanting to swear in the name of the Mother Goddess? I think the punishment of God should fall on you the most!" Marusis said disdainfully.

"I'll give you one last pillar of time to think about it. Will you drink this holy wine or not?"

After saying that, Marusis pointed to the timekeeping stone pillar not far away. In an instant, the original magic on the stone pillar receded and was reset for a period of time.

...

Under the altar.

Sharina looked in the direction pointed by Marusis. At this moment, the entire timekeeping stone pillar was activated, but at the same time it also dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Sharina knew that the other party did not give her much time to think about it. The gradually dimming timekeeping stone pillar was like a death horn, which made her heart confused.

What should I do? Sharina glanced at the family member who participated in the sacrifice ceremony with her, the high-level wizard who was still lying on the ground, and cursed him as an idiot in her heart.

Then, with a look of determination in her eyes, she looked at Marusis opposite and said calmly:

"Marusis, let us go, or I will immediately trigger an earthquake and collapse Ozobain!"

The consequences of collapsing Ozobain were too horrible. Once she really did that, even a high-level mage would not be able to escape from such a devastating disaster, given the unstable magic network environment in the Underdark.

In other words, Sharina was betting that Marusis could not bear such consequences.

In response, Marusis just smiled slightly, with a hint of madness in his eyes, "You can try and see who dies first, you or me."

"..."

Sharina was silent. In fact, she herself could hardly bear the consequences of collapsing a giant bubble. At the same time, she also knew that when that moment came, she might not be able to really collapse Ozobain.

There was a high-level mage like her standing next to her. How could she let her cast a spell to destroy calmly!

A trace of struggle flashed in Sharina's eyes. She stared at Malusis and asked: "Are you really going to force me?"

"time up!"

"What?"

Sharina subconsciously looked at the timing stone pillar aside. At this time, the stone pillar was completely dim, and under dark vision, it almost blended into the surrounding background.

At the same time, an inexplicable sense of crisis suddenly surged into her heart. Sharina secretly said something bad and was about to cast a spell to escape, but suddenly she felt weak all over her body and even her mind was dizzy.

She only had time to say "You're cheating" before she collapsed like her previous companions.

At this time, Malusis on the altar truly breathed a sigh of relief. She waved her hand, and a team of priests mixed with mages came from outside. The leader walked all the way to the steps of the altar, revealing his eyes. Said enthusiastically:

"High Priest, everything is fine outside!"

"Okay, let's start the ceremony now!"

…

After the mysterious ceremony, the superiors of Ozobane who had fallen to the ground one by one in the square stood up from the ground one by one.

The high mage who was about to question him seemed to be still thinking at that moment, and continued to ask: "Marusis, what do you want to do?"

But as soon as the words came out, he froze, as if he thought of something, and his face became extremely ugly.

At this moment, on the steps of the altar, Malusis's face was obviously tired, but her spirit was extremely excited. Looking at the people below who seemed to have realized something, she announced loudly:

"Everyone, from now on, we are companions!"