Ark of the Immortal

The undead man looked down at the knight.

The undead didn't understand why he had the consciousness to speak, but this did not affect his ability to understand the knight's words.

"She's waiting for you."

He used the last of his strength.

"Lord Ashes..."

The knight's body also suddenly exploded, turning into a ball of incomplete sparks that dispersed around, then gradually extinguished in the air, leaving no dust behind.

This is a heroic spirit that manifests itself from the flames. After death, it will turn into flames and disappear.

Only the escaped souls were captured by the undead and put into his body.

The undead subconsciously looked at the door shrouded in fog, refusing anyone to enter.

This shows that the current immortals are not qualified to see her.

The man hung his sword back behind his back, turned around wordlessly, and left the fog door.

He will defeat all enemies standing in his way and regain his credentials as king.

He had seen the late hero in front of the fireless sacrificial site.

If you don't die, you will never break your promise.

363.The King’s Bones

"I think Pallas has already told you everything about our temple."

The undead man put down the tea cup in his hand and nodded.

"It's about the immortal competition."

After resolving the crisis in the Temple of Twelve Heroes, the undead man was invited by the high priest to take a rest in the living room of the Temple of Heroes.

Of course the immortal knew that the high priest wanted to talk to him about something, so he naturally did not refuse.

He also wanted to know more about the history of the Temple of Heroes. After all, this was news about the fire girl.

Before officially meeting the fire girl, any information is precious.

"Well, originally I didn't have faith in the envoys. But after seeing the scene of you fighting the heroic spirit, I have to believe this fact."

The wounds on the high priest's body have not completely healed, and they were only roughly treated with Originium spells.

He didn't have time to take a good rest. All the priests of the Temple of Heroes couldn't sleep well tonight. Tomorrow was the official start of the Undead Competition.

"This situation started when we took back the Temple of the Twelve Heroes."

Before the high priest could ask the Immortal Man, he took the initiative and spoke.

"After Sargon's century-long occupation, the Temple of the Twelve Heroes returned to our hands. The Twelve Heroes selected priests and came into contact with the sacred objects, trying to return Minos to its original prosperity."

The high priest picked up the tea that Pallas had poured for her, blew on the hot air and took a sip.

"But soon, we discovered that there was something strange happening with the sacred object, that is, the heroic spirit appeared."

Pallas tilted her head, and she heard some more secrets.

I thought it was a commotion that happened some time ago, but I didn't expect it to happen so early?

"What about before?"

the immortal asked.

"In the past, the immortal competition."

He knew that the Undead Competition did not appear suddenly. There were many stories in folklore that showed that the Undead Competition was a long-standing battle celebration.

The high priest's statement seems to be that the undead competition came into being because of the creation of heroic spirits.

"Undead competitions have always existed, but the problem is that heroic spirits don't appear during sacrifices."

The high priest said.

"In previous undead competitions, the heroic spirits would not appear until the arena gate was opened. But this time, it is different."

The emergence of heroic spirits is a huge change for the Heroes Temple, which makes it impossible for them to grasp the time of sacrifice.

It is impossible for the immortal competition to be held every one or two years. They do not have such a background.

"First of all, I want to explain something. If you want to hold an immortal competition, you must invite a sacred object. And what the sacred object requires is not an ordinary sacrifice, but death."

The high priest didn't seem to care about exposing these secrets, so he told the undead and Pallas openly.

Pallas listened very attentively. She had always regarded the priest as a sacred job.

"die?"

The undead man didn't understand what the high priest was saying for a moment.

"Living sacrifice?"

"It's not a living sacrifice. If it were a living sacrifice, we wouldn't have enshrined the holy object for so long."

The high priest shook his head.

"It's an object that represents death."

As he spoke, the high priest looked around.

Even in the living room, there are small statues of the Twelve Heroes placed neatly around the living room.

"After so many years, the Temple of Heroes' understanding of the sacred objects is still in a very weak state. Our interpretation of the sacred objects' words is not complete. But at least we know a few conditions."

"The power of holy objects is not endless. It can give gifts to warriors, but it also needs corresponding supplements."

"The source of supplementation is not to use powerful warriors as living sacrifices. It is to use the corpses or ashes of strong men."

The undead man raised his chin slightly and signaled the high priest to continue.

"The ashes after burning are mixed with a certain amount of pure Origin Stone fragments, which can provide a sufficient source of energy for the sacred object and can also comfort the sacred object."

In fact, the immortal people have already speculated on this point.

In the Age of Fire, there was an undead leader who started a battle that respected the characteristics of immortality and would not lose one's mind. It eventually evolved into the undead competition of that time.

The undead can open the way to the undead arena in the bonfire, and the key to the door is the unburned remains of powerful warriors.

Also known as, The Bones of the King.

The conditions mentioned by the high priest are basically met.

The warriors of the Age of Fire use their souls as the basis of their power. Therefore, their corpses will also have remnants of power.

And endless fighting spirit is also a necessity to open the road.

Source Stone, as a current form of energy, allows undead people to feel the intertwining of soul and humanity.

If the ashes of a powerful warrior are mixed with Origin Stone fragments, it can indeed temporarily simulate the state of the king's bones.

"After the death of the Twelve Heroes, they were cremated and part of the ashes were buried as corpses in the cemetery. According to the instructions, we also retained part of the ashes to use as the key to the Undead Competition."

The high priest sighed.

"It has been almost a hundred years since this ashes were preserved."

"We have also tried to use some of the ashes as keys for comfort, but the effectiveness is getting worse and worse."

"The warriors of Minos are no longer as brave as before, and no new heroes will appear. If the anger of the holy objects cannot be balanced..."

The immortals are silent, and the high priests will sigh, simply because they can no longer bear the losses caused by the holy objects.

According to the Temple of Heroes, holy objects will bring them power, but they will also bear the intrusion of heroic spirits.

The problem is that if you want to gain strength, you have to survive the challenge of the heroic spirit.

But now, Minos is getting weaker and weaker under the general trend. Today's holy objects are more like a reminder.

"About two years ago, there was another large-scale riot in the sacred objects. No priest could decipher the whispers of the sacred objects. But since then, a group of heroic spirits will appear every few months, and in Minos Looking for warriors within the territory to fight.”

The high priest said.

"The delay in starting the Immortal Competition is also due to the judgment of the Heroes Temple. Today's Minoan warriors do not have enough ability to challenge the heroic spirits."

"But suppressing the anger of the holy object is not an outcome we can bear. That's why we extended an invitation to all of Terra."

The immortal nodded, that made sense.

Since holy objects can bring strength to people, why didn't Minos, who was in need of strength now, use it as an internal channel to digest it?

It's just that they couldn't afford such a risk, so they made it public.

"A few months ago, Pallas heard the oracle. She reported to us a long time ago. It was at that time that we decided to find a way to maintain Minos without relying on holy objects."

The high priest looked at the undead man in front of him and asked.

"Mr. Battle Knight, we have seen your power. But I still want to ask, after today's undead competition, can you really take away the sacred object?"

The undead man sat up straight.

This is not a question of whether it can be taken away.

"I will definitely take it away."

said the immortal.

"I promise."

Only he knew that there was not only a so-called holy object, but also a woman waiting eagerly for the arrival of the hero.

This was his pledge to the high priest.

It is also a commitment to the fire girl.

Early the next morning, when Melanza woke up from the straw, there were still familiar figures around her.

Kiobe was sleeping soundly holding her arms, and the crackling sound of burning wood in the bonfire echoed quietly in the warehouse.

The undead man was sitting by the bonfire. He actually took off his helmet and stared at the spiral sword in the bonfire in a daze.

The firelight shone on the undead man's face, and Melanza once again saw her teacher's face, which had almost no emotion at all.

His thin lips were slightly pursed, as if he was thinking about something very important, and he was troubled by it.

"teacher?"

Melanza called the Immortal, and the Immortal came back to his senses.

"woke up."

The undead man turned his eyes away, looking at his disciple with his dark eyes that seemed to contain flames.

"Did you sleep well?"

Yesterday Melanza was waiting for the Immortal in the warehouse. Like Keob, he didn't come back until late at night, so he had to sleep first.

"With the teacher here, I can sleep peacefully."

Melantha gently took her hand out of Keob's arms. She sat up, fixed her hair, and then crawled to the undead and sat with him beside the campfire.

Onstein is not here, and Skadi is still sleeping soundly.

"Today is the competition of immortality."

The undead man picked up the last piece of wood from the side, broke it in half, and threw it into the fire in front of him.

By the time the firewood was burned, it was almost time for them to set off.

"Yesterday, I wanted to talk to you, but I didn't have time."

The undead man looked at Melanza.

This girl has a perseverance recognized by immortals, but she doesn't understand what the immortal competition represents.

"be prepared."

"Um."

Melanza picked up her fixed knife.

After being polished by Vulcan, the straight knife became sharper, and Melanza could vaguely see that there seemed to be some lines on the straight knife.

But in just a blink of an eye, it disappeared again.