Extraordinary pedigree

During the Odd Objects and Visions Research Association, Saint Valentine has been teleporting back and forth. His luck is not very good. He has gone to many places where Flores may appear, but he has not found him in any of them. .

Flores didn't seem to be in the research institute's infrastructure, so after looking for the last research department, he decided to go to the suburbs where the [Leviathan creature] had destroyed it to look for Flores.

Flores was the only relevant name he cracked in the anti-Mem lock. The anti-Mem lock that said "You don't know anything" anytime and anywhere contained the cluster projection of the entire Iberia. .

Yes, the anti-Mem lock organized by the whole country of Iberia.

Generally, anti-Mimi locks at this level are used to seal unspeakable fundamental secrets, such as...the foundation and origin of the Iberian genealogy.

At this moment, Saint Valentine was rotating the huge EVE particles in his body, and an even greater distortion effect appeared in front of him. Through the [God Walk], he once again used the ether shuttle method to cross half of New Lisbon Island.

call out!

In just an instant, the figure of the number one sword holder in the Kingdom of Heaven disappeared again.

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New Lisbon Island Hub·Forest on the Edge.

Deep in this dark and ancient forest lies a Gothic-style library.

The library stands on a solemn piece of land and is carefully constructed of hard limestone and black granite. The exterior walls of the library are covered with thick vines and moss, giving it a mysterious and historic feel. On the front is a huge arched door engraved with complex patterns and mysterious symbols; on both sides are towering spiers decorated with sharp spikes and flying stone monsters, as if in the sky. Guarding the secrets of the library.

The windows of the library are all sharp arches with exquisite stone carvings on the edges. The glass of the windows is colorful stained glass, which emits a mysterious light.

The breeze blew gently at the willow trees on both sides of the library, and a handsome man wearing a black priest's robe, holding a book in his right hand, and a black umbrella in his left hand appeared here out of thin air. His amber eyes were looking at the people surrounded by people. The library is surrounded by a stone wall covered with creepers and wild flowers.

Around the library, there are some ancient statues, which quietly guard this mysterious building.

"The Mithril Colossus." The number one sword holder in the Kingdom of Heaven murmured in his heart.

These golems were refined from mithril by ancient alchemists. They are up to three meters tall and possess powerful strength and defense capabilities. They held ancient giant swords tightly in their hands, the sword body was inlaid with mysterious runes, and the sword tip shone with a terrifying light. The eyes of each golem are inlaid with red gems, as if they are the source of their mysterious power.

Saint Valentine simply looked at the colossus, and then walked slowly and unhurriedly towards it. He did not hide his presence or aura at all.

And when he stepped into the library, the ruby ​​eyes of the golems around him shone with a warning red light.

【Unauthorized personnel! 】

【warn! ! ! 】

【warn! ! ! 】

【Please leave here immediately! 】

The golem's ruby ​​eyes burst out with intense luster, and a chilling atmosphere enveloped the entire library. Saint Valentine didn't care about this and still walked towards the library. There is an unsettling atmosphere in the air, and the silence seems to hide the coming storm.

【First warning! 】

When the first warning echoed between the ancient walls, the hand holding the sword began to tremble slightly, as if it was a premonition and preparation for the coming battle.

The black-robed priest continued to walk inside expressionlessly, turning a blind eye to the warnings from the golems around him that were comparable to a small tactical corps.

【Second warning! ! 】

The second warning shook the entire space, and the golem's eyes began to flash with more intense red lasers. Their gaze seems to penetrate everything, locking onto the enemy's location and intentions. The entire library seemed to be shaken by this powerful energy.

There is still no stagnation in the pace of progress.

【Third warning! ! ! 】

As the third and final warning echoed in the air, the golems unleashed their true power. The lasers in their eyes were like sharp swords, shooting violently at the intruders, and there was a strong sense of oppression in the air.

At the same time, the golems grasped the giant swords and walked toward the enemy with a clumsy but powerful gait. Although their bodies seemed large and bulky, their movements showed a feeling of lightness and ease.

Facing the speeding laser, Saint Valentine's expression remained unchanged.

However, the space around him began to undergo subtle distortions, and an incredible force formed around him, like an invisible barrier.

The lasers rushed towards Saint Valentine's face, but when they came into contact with the incredible force field, the laser's trajectory began to change.

They no longer come in a straight line, but begin to gradually slow down, being distorted and reflected at the same time. Under the influence of the distortion of space and the ability of recursive reflection, the laser seems to be trapped in a never-ending maze.

As for the surrounding demons that were swiping their swords to decapitate the number one sword holder in the Kingdom of Heaven, their attacks strangely failed.

The surrounding golems were waving giant swords in front of Saint Valentine in an extremely funny performance, but their swords failed, making them look like clowns in a mime performance.

Saint Valentine ignored the clown-like golem and continued walking inside.

Unlike the fourth sword-wielder in the Kingdom of Heaven who bombards wherever he goes, Saint Valentine has a relatively good reputation among the people and thaumaturgy circles.

When most people mention Saint Valentine, they will say that he is lonely, like a lonely pine tree, selfishly isolated from the world, growing upward, standing there, not even a shadow, only a lonely wild pigeon in his Build a nest on a branch.

Because he is the discerner of "melancholy", he is the executioner who slaughters believers, he is the martyr who makes the leap of faith, and the terminator of the church's downfall.

Regarding the story of the church's downfall and its mass murderers, a corresponding hymn circulated in the choir within the Heavenly Kingdom [Chungsi-in].

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Once upon a time, the Kingdom of Heaven opened to mankind a land flowing with milk and honey.

The Supreme has given authority to the secular church.

The mission of the church is that there will be no more tears, no more pain, no more sorrow, no more separation in Terra.

Angels and the church share glory, and death will eventually be defeated by heaven.

Unfortunately, when authority falls to the secular world, the four devils begin to peek at the supreme authority. From then on, the saints of the church will begin to be tempted by the devil.

The four devils incarnated themselves as humans and entered the secular holy city. They deceived the saints of the church and stood on the top of the temple and said to him: 'If you are the anointed one of the Kingdom of Heaven, you can jump down, because it is written in 1 Eden: 'The Kingdom of Heaven' His messengers will command you, and they will bear you up in their hands, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone. ’

Faced with the almost playful words of the four devils, the saint refused.

As a result, the four devils corrupted the saints, and the church began to decline.

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This hymn points out the core reason for the church’s decline. The four devils in the hymn refer to the four monarchs, and the four devils in the hymn ask the saints of the church to jump from the top of the holy city. It is just a symbol. The metaphor of sex, its real meaning is a kind of faith, a kind of faith in the idea of ​​heaven and faith in human beings themselves.

When Saint Valentine took over the hilt of the [Spear of Adon] and became the first sword-holder in the Kingdom of Heaven, and when he set out to clear out the fallen church, he clearly faced those who were corrupt and depraved without knowing it. Comrades asked:

“Are you able to take a leap of faith for the idea of ​​heaven and for the idea of ​​humanity?”

Those who pursue the standard of the Kingdom of Heaven must believe or accept something without reason and beyond the scope of reason.

Saint Valentine's beliefs and ideas, just like his authority and abilities, are divided into three beings - self and cognition (sensibility/self), morality and ethics (rationality/ego), and human transcendence (Religious [belief]/superego).

As for the emotional part, they are hedonists, keen on life experience, they are creative and feel that the world is full of possibilities.

As for the rational part, they are realistic, full of commitment and responsibility for the world, and clearly understand the moral and ethical rules of the world. The rational part knows that this world is full of limitations and impossibilities.

People are always involved in 'self'.

In the face of impossibility and doubt, the rational self can only give up and avoid it. This is the so-called recognition of reality, and this recognition will make people feel sad from the bottom of their hearts about what they will lose forever.

People always have a strong desire, but people do not know what they want, and they are not ready to mobilize their own strength to discover it, because that would mean that the individual must separate himself from the kind of situation in which he was entangled. Breaking free from life, the 'rational self' cannot hope.

This is the ‘melancholy’ that Saint Valentine discerned.

Melancholy is mental hysteria.

This kind of melancholy is terrible, especially when the four monarchs stare at humans, it will become fatal.

The decline of the church is due to the decline of ‘self’.

The melancholic person is immersed in the external objects he is gazing at, allowing him to gain a way of contemplation with the nature of interpreting symbols while turning away from the world: melancholy becomes a meditation on the connections and gaps between symbols and meanings.

And this is tragic. What the Kingdom of Heaven pursues, seeks to prove, and hopes for is the idea that "everything is possible" rather than the self in which everything is a reality.

Facing that sinking, hysterical melancholy.

Only by relying on a leap of faith can people achieve self-transcendence, witness their super-ego, and use the power of faith to overcome doubts, impossibility, and unknowable things.

Only absurd beliefs can help people regain the hope that "everything is possible."

Faith is not controlled by reason (self). Faith is the most ardent and noble passion of human beings.

When you leap forward, you will naturally believe it, because you have already completed your self-transcendence.

Therefore, when the four devils once again tempted the first sword-holder in heaven in the same way that they tempted the saints of the church to perdition, he made a leap of faith and said like a martyr:

“You shall not tempt the Lord your God (superego).”

The key to facing temptation is not to make a substantial leap, but to make a spiritual leap. When you make a leap of faith, don’t question your own super-ego, because when you make a leap of faith, When you jump, you are already a martyr.

You will be on your way because once you know why you are depressed, depression is banished.

Depression is a sin.

It is the sin of not wishing deeply and intrinsically, and therefore it is the mother of all sins.

Like the Lord of the Stars who is hated by Heaven, the God of blindness and foolishness, He is the sinner of all sins.

He is free from black and white, wandering between the lines of chaos. This indescribability comes from the inability to trace the origin of sin, and the pain comes from the inability to get rid of sin.

He causes human beings to lose their depth and makes human beings unable to base themselves on any human experience and thinking because of Him.

He makes existence itself empty, without movement.

The stars and gods, they brought nothingness to mankind, and mankind lost its existence because of them.

Heaven hates this nothingness and meaninglessness.

Hate from the soul, deep into the bones.

This hatred gave birth to the Sword Bearer.

The nothingness of the gods engulfs human existence, and heaven must hand over the meaning of existence to humans.

Just as the first sword holder in heaven discerns melancholy, the fourth sword holder in heaven pursues superman.

Human beings must exist, and human beings cannot return to nothingness.

It has nothing to do with the so-called good or evil, just because humans must exist!

And at this moment, at the beginning and end of time.

Superman's will is pursuing the fragments of eternal recurrence, and the knight of faith has come to the broken place of truth.

When Saint Valentine's steps crossed the golems who were playing like clowns, a cold wind suddenly hit.

"Roar--"

The sky was suddenly shrouded in dark clouds, and an avatar appeared above the forest. The avatar was tall and strong, surrounded by the cold north wind.

His body is burly, his wings are wide and strong, his hair and beard are as disheveled as if blown by the storm, and he is wearing a flowing cloak that flutters in the wind, like the embodiment of the cold north wind.

After the [Incarnation of the Lord] came out, the north wind began to roar.

A violent storm swept through the entire forest, and the originally quiet trees swayed in the storm, as if they were groaning.

Then, flying snow began to pour from the sky, covering the entire world like an endless white curtain.

In just a moment, the avatar transformed the entire area into his winter domain.

With this rapid coverage of elemental energy, if Ye Ye was still alive, he would definitely be unilaterally crushed and kneaded by this [Master] in terms of elemental authority.

At this moment, the cold wind is biting, snowflakes are flying, the ground is covered with thick snow, and everything is immersed in coldness and silence.

Even the most powerful creatures will feel helpless and uneasy in front of this cold power.

In the face of the sudden appearance of the power of the [Incarnation of Master], the forest and library were quickly transformed into a world covered with ice and snow.

Boom! ! !

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and countless violent hailstones struck towards the first sword-wielding man in heaven as if summoned.

Saint Valentine stood quietly in the wind and snow, facing the hail that came from all directions.

When the attack came, the [Incarnation of Master] who had been hiding in the gap between nothingness and reality appeared from behind him.

It was a tall and mysterious [Incarnation of the Lord]. His eyes were as deep as the dark universe, full of endless sadness and loneliness. His hair was as black as the night, falling gently and leisurely. His appearance was similar to that of the saint. Valentine is 90% similar.

The costume of the angel incarnation is made of a seemingly soft but tough mysterious fabric. The color is mainly black, with light gold mysterious symbols and patterns embroidered on it. There is often a chill and a faint shadow around him, as if his presence is permeating the air.

The broad and thick wings behind the incarnation spread out suddenly. The color of the feathers was a deep jet black, and the edges of the wings shone with a faint light, seeming to hide unknown power.

[Master Incarnation·Cassiel]

This is the speed of God and the wrath of heaven.

When [Cassir] appeared, a jet black and a pure white crown appeared from the back of the angel's head.

The robes on the Speedster began to shimmer with a faint light, and a mysterious and powerful power began to surge around it.

A huge force field enveloped the surroundings. When each hailstone came into contact with [Cassir's] force field, it was surrounded by wonderful power, and their trajectories began to become distorted and complicated.

The hail that originally fell in a straight line began to undergo endless reflection and refraction under the influence of this force.

The hailstones formed a mysterious cycle around the force field. They were reflected back into the air, then hit the force field again and were reflected again, and so on.

In this mysterious recursive reflection, the hail is infinitely consumed and weakened until it disappears into the wind and snow.

"Do you know the price of wielding a blade against the wonders of the world?"

Saint Valentine asked sincerely while looking at the mysterious incarnation suspended in the sky.

Qiang——

The first sword holder in heaven answered with a bright sword light.

This spatula light carried a huge mythical fluctuation, which made Saint Valentine's plain amber eyes reveal a little surprise.

He knows this kind of sword light, which is the fifth level of the sky slash of Iberia [the supreme art secret], the morning star and the evening star.

The reason why he was surprised was that among the thirteen heavens of Iberia, the [Slash of the Morning Star and the Evening Star] on the fifth heaven contained a conceptual attack, which was an insight into the essence and then infinite. Iterative falsehood is a sure hit.

One of the powers of [Cassir] is called [Principle of Infinite Recursion], which can prevent any target from ever completely reaching the place it wants to reach.

The target will find itself constantly approaching its destination, but there is always a tiny distance that cannot be covered; it can distort space and cut time periods, making it extremely difficult for the enemy to move within a certain area, even if the enemy is moving at extremely fast speeds. It will feel like it is moving slowly.

Any attacks directed at the user or the Stand are reflected and diminished until the power of the attack is reduced to near ineffectiveness.

This is like the most famous Zeno's tortoise. Achilles kept chasing the tortoise that took the first step. Achilles was able to quickly reach the starting position of the tortoise, but at this time the tortoise also moved forward. distance.

When Achilles ran to the tortoise's new position, the tortoise moved forward a little further, and so on. In the cut time period, Achilles may never be able to surpass the tortoise, because every time Achilles reaches the tortoise position, the turtle will move forward a little.

It sounds like this ability is as bug-level authority as a certain golden retriever's [Mobius Strip].

However, there is no absolutely invincible incarnation in the world.

Whether it is an infinitely decreasing sequence or a method of finding the limit, as long as the distortion field can be observed, you can try to break through [infinite recursion].

In the Iberian Thirteen Heavens Mystery, the slashing of the fifth heaven happens to be a conceptual slashing that pursues the limit.

boom--

The bright sword light tore through the [Basic Principle of Infinite Recursion], and just when the defense of this concept was torn open, a broken sword in his right hand, a flintlock gun in his left hand, an old man with white hair emerged from the wind and snow. Appearing in the middle, he was pointing his gun at the number one sword holder in the Kingdom of Heaven, and pulled the trigger of the flintlock gun in his hand.

He whispered a mysterious spell, and the muzzle began to gather light flashing with ancient runes.

"Huitzilopochtli!"

The occult bullet containing the terrifying [mythical factor] was inspired, and it drew a bright light path in the sky, full of the power and mystery of the Sun God.

【Sun Glow·Left Wing Bird! 】

The bullet shot at the number one sword holder in the Kingdom of Heaven with irresistible force, penetrating all obstacles in the air.

"Bang!"

A loud noise echoed in the night sky, and the bullet of [Zuofengniao] hit the target, blowing off the head of the first sword holder in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Blood and energy fragments splashed in the air, and an atmosphere of shock and despair filled the battlefield.

"Cough cough cough..."

Watching the headless corpse fall to the ground, hidden in the wind and snow, Diego Flores, who was preparing for this deliberate blow, finally couldn't help his heart beating and began to cough up blood crazily.

The [Left-Front Bird] shot just now had already taken away the [Phase] of his natal magic gun, which he had not used in the past ten years. Looking at the fallen first swordsman in the Kingdom of Heaven in front of him, Flores' His heart was full of dreams and confusion, and the incarnation of [Winter Realm] [Boreas] above his head had slowly descended to his side, protecting his master.

Looking at the headless corpse in front of him, Flores loosened his fingers holding the gun in despair and let the gun fall to the ground. He said bitterly:

"I know this is impossible..., I just don't understand. Obviously I have never seen you face to face, but when was I affected? Even if the five senses can be deceived, my own spirituality and distortion How was the market defrauded, when was it, and when did you use [Through the Looking Glass].”

"When did you get the illusion that I didn't use [Flowers in the Mirror]?"

A plain voice came from behind the decadent old man, and [Boreas] who was guarding the old man turned around quickly. His hands were covered by [Wrath of the North Wind]. This ability can summon the strong north wind. This wind can freeze everything, including enemy avatars and the surrounding environment.

When [Boreas] set off, [Cassir] already held a gorgeous longbow in his hand.

[Cassir], he is the speedster.

He is the incarnation and authority of the first sword-holder in heaven, and he represents the wrath of heaven.

The wrath of heaven turns power into the weapons in its hands: a sword equipped with lightning, (crying "Destruction!"), a destructive bow that can wield the power of storm, light and wind - He will use this weapon against those who are unfit to meet the Supreme Being.

At this moment, the authority representing the storm was on the bowstring. When [Boreas] tried to resist, [Cassir] let go of the bowstring.

Boom——

The storm arrow directly destroyed [Boreas]'s authority and wiped the opponent's cheek. The strong and turbulent energy flashed away, leaving traces of destruction on his cheek.

The sky flashed with dazzling light, and the arrow pierced the sky like a bolt of lightning, shooting towards the clouds in the sky.

The sky was shaken by this powerful force, and the clouds were stirred to form huge cloud rolls.

Thunder and lightning echoed in the clouds, and a huge hole seemed to be torn out of the entire sky.

A strong sense of energy and oppression enveloped the entire world, and the power of the storm raged in the sky.

Amidst the lightning and fierce winds, all the residents of the Hub shivered,

The number one swordsman in the Kingdom of Heaven who made this blow was looking at the old man who was kneeling in front of him and the enemy who was coughing up blood, and said in a calm tone:

"I can treat everything just now as just playing around. I am here just to seek answers. If you want to die, don't come to me. I don't like killing people very much."

Looking into those amber eyes, after a long time, Flores once again felt the hegemony and irresistibility of the sword-wielding man from heaven.

His full blow, his all-out effort, his all-out effort, were just a painless joke in front of the other party.