Pirate Kingship

At the edge of the world, near the bottomless pit of the Abaddon cult.

The confrontation pattern when Byron left is still preserved here.

On one side is a bottomless pit that looks like a pitch-black eyeball.

In the middle is the orange-red soup of life that converges into a large lake. The Kraken's touch is still wandering in it, and from time to time it fights fiercely with the monsters born in the soup of life.

The [Noah's Ark] in the lake, which was originally dilapidated and full of cracks, has been completely repaired with the arrival of the Mother of Monsters.

The overall structure is still the same as before, but the wooden hull has almost grown into a whole, and all of it has become part of the [Tree of Life] incarnation of the Mother of Monsters.

However, the sound of fierce fighting came from the kingdom of God inside the hull, and the entire soup of life was buzzing and trembling.

On the other side of the soup of life, there is also a fairy tale paradise with dark tones.

Regardless of whether there are spectators nearby, circuses, float parades, fireworks shows, flying trapeze, castle explorations, and all kinds of performances are performed day and night.

Endless laughter fills this paradise, which is out of tune with the gloomy atmosphere at the edge of the world.

But if someone passes by here and listens carefully, they will find that the laughter hides the most extreme madness, which is even more terrifying than the undead at the edge of the world.

What are plasma, rotten corpses, and ghosts? Every character in the paradise is precisely stepping on the uncanny valley of human beings, and they are the materialized horror!

This is the three-party balance that Byron accidentally created, and it is also a cage built for the three demigods.

"Give it to me, give it to me, give me my baby! The baby belongs to the clown, ha ha ha."

Inside the Ark, the former [Puppet King] Louis has completely lost his original appearance and has become exactly the same as the clown.

The pale face, the exaggerated lips and nose that were the color of dried blood, and the dirty colored curly hair, mortals would feel cold in their hearts and endless fear from the bones at a glance.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

He waved his hand and scattered a large number of self-explosive dolls, blasting large holes in the tide-like tentacles and root seas. The saber in his hand led him to plow a long gully and headed straight for the increasingly abstract body of the mother of monsters.

To be more precise, it was the zero-level holy relic magic ring [Ring of the Nibelung] (Chapter 562) that Echidna still wore on her hand.

This is also the key to the three old gods staying here honestly.

The raw material of the ring is the magic gold at the bottom of the Rhine River. Whoever gets this ring will rule the entire east coast where the Rhine flows.

But before getting the benefits, the curse it carries takes effect first.

Everyone will chase this ring fanatically, but whoever gets it will be deserted by his friends and relatives, his country will collapse, and he will die.

At the end of the mythological era, this ring started with the dragon-slaying hero Siegfried, killing countless heroes, and finally causing the gods to join the war.

It is the direct fuse of the Ragnarok at the end of the era.

In essence, it symbolizes "turbulence" and "chaos".

If the ultimate of the universe is chaos, then it is the catalyst and accelerator of chaos!

The old gods who have personally participated in the Ragnarok War know that the real [Nibelung Ring] has long been broken into pieces by them in the war, and this is obviously fake.

But the strong attraction is still irresistible even to the demigods, and the Mother of Monsters and the Playful Clown are fighting to the death.

"Clown, step down! Offending my Lord is a capital crime, punishment!"

As a majestic female voice shouted, an invisible force descended to try to bind the clown's hands and feet.

At the same time, two blazing white holy lights behind her turned into sharp knight spears, falling in front of the clown incarnation on the left and right.

The strong light that was corrosive to the cursed spirit exploded.

The three fifth-level legends joined forces to force the incarnation of the clown back a step.

Then three figures blocked in front of Him.

They were the two paladins who died here in order to seize [Noah's Ark] from the Orthodox side: [Holy Spear] Valette and [Holy Fist] Grover.

There was also the fifth-level legend [Punishment Knight] Queen of Eternal Night Margaret I.

The latter looked at least 30 years younger, not much older than her daughter Vanessa.

Obviously, after the body was melted, it was re-cultivated by the Monster Mother as a family.

However, although the three people respectfully called Echidna "My Lord" on the surface, the spiritual glow deep in their eyes was still struggling to resist.

It seems that the old god has not been able to completely corrupt these three steadfast believers.

They still retain the most basic self and humanity, but have lost control of their bodies and supernatural powers.

No wonder Byron has always wanted to pull Margaret I and the two paladins out of here and put them in his own kingdom of God to assist in ascension.

Because the more devout the believers, the better the effect.

A legendary fanatic is enough to replace hundreds of ordinary low-sequence believers.

Flutter.

As the three people appeared, a large group of half-human, half-bird monsters rose from the tree of life in the core area of ​​the kingdom of God.

They have human bodies, bird heads, bird claws, and two pairs of colorful bird wings, each holding a few blood-colored javelins grown from thorns in their claws.

They were divided into two teams, each forming a battle formation behind the two paladins [Holy Spear] and [Holy Fist], and blessing the two knights with their own spirituality in a way of gathering.

And when they looked at the two paladins, their eyes showed some ardent admiration, and there was a story behind them.

"Alas! Almighty Lord, please forgive my sins, forgive my mistakes, and let me be free as soon as possible."

"Such blasphemous things should not exist in the world."

The two controlled paladins looked high-spirited, but they couldn't stop sighing in their hearts.

It was because these new followers named [Birds of Paradise] were the offspring of them and the mother of monsters!

At the beginning, Byron had luckily escaped the fate of becoming a stallion, but the two of them were not so lucky.

What's more tragic is that Echidna prepared a beautiful female body for Byron, the father of monsters. No matter what the finished product looks like, at least the mother body is not disgusting.

What was prepared for the two of them was a meal of insects that were as white, fat, and squirming as the queen ant and queen bee after the [Tree of Life] was alienated.

It can be said that there is no quality, but quantity makes up for it. In the shortest possible time, a large number of troops were exploded, and these half-human, half-beast birds of paradise who can only call "big brother" and "dad" were born.

The two paladins who did not surrender at the moment of death have since developed strong psychological shadows and post-traumatic sequelae.

But their bodies are controlled and they have no power to resist.

"Is this the price we pay for going against the Holy Spirit and the [Winged Angel]? Is it the Lord's punishment for us?"

"Perhaps in this era, the Holy Spirit is indeed the true Messiah."

Their faith in the Creator has not wavered.

But among the three objects of faith of [Father], [Son], and [Holy Spirit], they involuntarily began to slide from [Son] to [Holy Spirit] little by little.

"Mortals, get out of the way, don't interfere with the clown!"

The clown only had eyes for the ring in Echidna's hand.

A pair of illusory palms above his head shot out puppet threads, and the nearby tentacles and followers turned against them and blocked the three people in turn.

He himself made a sound of the spring being tightened, and he was about to turn on the power and kill the monster mother in one breath.

Although he had never succeeded in all these days, he still persevered.

At this moment, a cold and eerie voice like a corpse sounded in the kingdom of God, chanting the epic of [The Ring of the Nibelung]:

"The curse of the ring will kill the wearer. It will not make people happy or lucky.

Whoever masters it will be full of worries, and whoever does not master it will be jealous.

Everyone is greedy for it, but no one can take advantage of it."

In the chaos, the two paladins and the Queen of Eternal Night saw the strange intruder at the first time.

He was wearing a black robe, a somewhat exaggerated wide-brimmed hat on his head, messy hair, and no flesh and blood could be found on his body, only the white and terrifying bones.

Countless souls were swarming out of his teeth and bones to help him tear apart the roots and tentacles everywhere.

The man walked all the way to the crowd without any injury.

Don't underestimate the intelligence system of the church, the strongest force in the material world.

The two paladins saw this figure and their pupils shrank at the same time, and their hearts were shocked:

"This is the incarnation of the main god of Voodoo [King of Corpse Eels·Samaidi] [Gatekeeper·Old Man Legba]?

How could he return to the material world?

No, this is a fifth-level priesthood incarnation!"

In the Voodoo system, [Old Man Legba] is the medium connecting humans and the main god Samadi, the top [Gatekeeper] among all the Loa gods.

In any Voodoo sacrificial ceremony, you must first worship Old Man Legba before you can proceed, and after the sacrifice is over, you must worship this god again.

Because no matter which Loa god you communicate with, you must first praise the Supreme God [King of Corpse Eels·Samaidi], and then call on Old Man Legba to open the door between the human world and the spiritual world.

After that, he asked Father Legba, who was familiar with spiritual language, to invite the messenger or Loa to come.

If the wizard forgot to invite him, the descent ceremony would never succeed.

Therefore, it can be said that Father Legba holds the key between the two worlds and controls the door to the spiritual world.

As a god of death, it is easy for him to open the door between the material world and the edge of the world.

After singing the epic, the incarnation of the [Gatekeeper] priesthood was not affected by the [Nibelung Ring] and walked straight to the clown.

"I came as agreed.

Mr. Clown, forget the fake ring, we should go."

The effect of the [Nibelung Ring] is not impossible to remove.

Because it is a one-time holy relic, under normal circumstances, once it is snatched from the body of the mother of monsters, it will disappear and cannot trigger a protracted battle between gods.

But the way [Gatekeeper] rescued the clown was more clever.

He took out a transparent jewelry box from his bosom and just waved it in front of the clown, who shuddered and suddenly regained consciousness.

The jewelry box contained a rice-sized, ordinary metal particle with half a broken rune on it.

It was exactly the same as the part of the ring on the hand of the mother of monsters.

It was a part of the real Nibelung Ring.

After the [Nibelung Ring] was shattered in the war of gods, many old gods grabbed the fragments of this zero-level holy relic.

The eel king Samadi was one of them.

The fragment is so small that even if you know its epic, it is not very useful, but it is not a big problem to use the real thing to resist the attraction of the fake.

They looked at each other and turned into two rays of divine light, which shot out of Noah's Ark one after the other.

Echidna did not stop it, but shrank the defense line to prevent the touch of the Kraken from attacking.

After wearing the [Ring of the Nibelung], you will gradually be controlled by desire and animality.

After wearing it, the incarnation whose sanity has just recovered to the critical point is equivalent to being hit by the aura of frenzy, and will only kill all the existences that may covet the ring indiscriminately.

But as long as others don't come to snatch His ring, He can live quietly until the end of time.

Because the mother of monsters has already obtained the "most precious" thing in the world.

The two demigods fell into the dark fairy tale paradise.

The clown who regained consciousness cracked his mouth, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, expressing his dissatisfaction to the [Gatekeeper].

"Samedi, you are much later than the time we agreed on.

I am like a real clown, fooled by that damn Byron Lancaster for several months.

The clown is very unhappy."

The latter waved his hand indifferently at his attitude:

"Haha, Mr. Clown is really heartless.

Lucifer and I just lost a divine incarnation each on the East Coast.

If it weren't for the fact that I am a [Death God], I would have accumulated enough "variables" to recover my sanity in advance. I would have to continue to recuperate for several years after such a heavy blow.

I can immediately re-allocate one of the most important divine incarnations to come and save you, and I should get flowers and applause.

By the way, you still need to offer me cigars."

Samedi looked at the Joker, a younger demigod born in the Silver Age, and his eyes were full of rare goods. Thoughts surged in his heart:

'Why do most of us old guys from the old times make friends with you?

Isn't it because you, a sixth-level cursed spirit born from human negative emotions, are of great use to all the old gods?

Although I lost an incarnation of [Funeral] this time, others suffered greater losses than me.

Those who went all-in like [Mother of Monsters] are real fools.

The funniest thing is that no one won in the end, and the two ‘Hylock Pillars’ leading to the end of the world returned to the hands of humans again.

This makes us realize that humans are still strong, and [Alaya] is still pushing the collective subconscious of humans to reject us with all their strength, and even interferes with the fate of us old gods.

But as long as there is [The Clown of Life], the most hated living target of the collective subconscious of humans.

We old gods can hide like candles under the sun and will never be targeted at will again.

I can also take back the priesthood I lost at any time.

So, the one who laughs last laughs best. '

Obviously, each old god is an elite of an era, and each has his own plan.

Even [The Eel King Samadi] and [Arrogant Morning Star Lucifer] who suffered a disastrous defeat in the battle for the Hylock Pillars are no exception.

But who will have the last laugh in the end, no one can say for sure now.

[The Clown] also knew that he still needed these old gods now, so he did not continue to worry about the time of rescue, and asked instead:

"When do we leave here?

After staying in such a boring place like the edge of the world for hundreds of years, the clown can't wait to meet my little cuties."

The Eel King showed a creepy smile on his skull face, stretched out his finger bone and pointed to the top of his head:

"Wait a minute.

I know there is a fool who wants to become the supreme being by devouring the gods, and is self-righteously planning to be promoted. To rise from a mortal to the strongest demigod in one step.

We don't have to do anything, he will take the initiative to send the anchor of the material world to us.

The festival of the dead at the end of the year will be a perfect day.

It will only take three steps to get out of the cage. I will open the [door], you will walk out of the cage, and I will close the [door].

The plan is perfect. "

"Less than two months? Very good, the clown can still wait."

[The Joker] smiled from ear to ear and turned his head to look in a certain direction at the edge of the world.

"You have escaped from the clown twice, but the clown will not give you a third chance.

The most important thing now is to leave this cage smoothly, and it is best not to cause trouble in the middle.

But on the day I leave, I will definitely give you a big surprise! Byron Lancaster!"

The place where he silently watched was the station of Edward Lancaster's "United Pharmaceutical Company" at the edge of the world.

That night, Byron and Catherine took a bath together, changed into the same silver silk nightgown, and returned to the Kingdom of God, Huashan Heaven, to rest.

The Kingdom of God is not only beautiful, but also absolutely safe.

As the competition for the position of captain in the material world intensifies, even if Byron is confident in himself, he cannot guarantee that he will not encounter a second or third assassination before he really sits in that position.

So it is better not to ask for trouble.

In a cozy tree hole that has been renovated into a bedroom, Catherine leaned against the head of the bed and put her pair of crystal white feet on Byron's thighs.

Byron took a small bottle and helped her apply the ruby-like bright nail polish one by one.

If this happened to [the ugliest princess] Amita, she would faint on the spot with happiness, but Catherine had long been accustomed to it.

Byron has always been a bag boy in front of her since he was a child. Both of them think it is natural to serve their sister.

Even if Byron becomes the [Human Emperor], [Winged Angel], and [Holy Spirit], it will not change at all.

Sister Catherine is the fundamental anchor for him as a human being, not a bloodthirsty creature.

Or the kind of person who dares to pull him over and beat him up no matter how high he stands, and he instinctively dares not fight back.

Even Hathaway, the mother who has been absent since childhood, cannot replace Catherine's position.

It just so happens that Violet has been busy with the dreadnought fleet during this period. She eats, lives, and rests in the Golden Mist Palace. There are only two of them here.

It's like returning to childhood, chatting casually.

"Sister, after another month, the grain on Yucatan should be ripe again, right? It's still too expensive to buy a standard Ful bread with five copper Fuls.

It should drop to less than two Fuls before winter."

"Don't worry, the grain has already left the international port yesterday.

This batch of whale oil was also shipped out on the last day of the window period in early September, and both sides should arrive in Kingston together."

The grain embargo imposed by the big merchants of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the North Sea Empire has lasted for more than a month, but the effect is not significant.

Although the North Sea Empire is still in the stage of preparing for war and gathering strength, it is far from the point of asking others to eat steel and eating grain itself.

But there is no worry about the source of food.

Catherine has already gathered the priesthoods of [Finance], [Agriculture], and [Harvest].

The biggest joke of this era is that the goddess of agriculture and harvest will starve to death!

The source sea means almost infinite extraordinary energy. The whale oil of the Mei Leviathan whale can come from there, and other energy sources can naturally come from there.

The more active the source tide is, the stronger the effect of this series of priesthood will be.

In the Holy Golden Empire, there is a [Golden Toilet] that can make compost to enhance soil fertility and even generate black soil, as well as a yield-increasing expert [Corn God], and a fully automatic ox-horse [Curved Plow].

After receiving the news, the officials of the Holy Golden Empire planned production in advance, and two months was enough to produce several batches of emergency food.

Originally, they could have transported the food back through the Kingdom of God without anyone noticing.

But now is the critical moment of the Kingdom of God's ascension, and nothing is more important than being promoted to a demigod, so of course the less power consumed, the better.

Fortunately, they still have the third ability [There are many horses in the book] in [Full-time Key]:

"Summon a group of carriages with a large internal space, which is absolutely a good hand for carrying stolen goods, spoils, and bulk goods.

It can be used for large-scale long-distance transportation, and mountains, rivers, deserts, and seas cannot stop their steps."

With this function, it is not difficult to replace the Kingdom of the Netherlands as a guest "sea coachman".

The shipping cost is much lower than that of large-scale sailing ships.

Solved a worry.

Byron also helped his sister to apply nail polish, and she applied rose-red lipstick on herself. The candlelight shone faintly, and the atmosphere was in place.

The girl whispered in her brother's ear:

"Byron, do you want to eat your sister's lipstick first, or your sister's nail polish?"

The two were about to continue to lay eggs and strive to expand the size of the Lancaster family.

The intelligence system built with the Skinning Church as the team suddenly received urgent intelligence:

"Report to Your Majesty, the Queen of the Pyrenees Empire [Innocent] Isabella I and the Emperor of the Holy Silver Empire Frederick III have just signed the Trade Priority Act.

From now on, the tariffs on the North Sea Empire, the Holy Golden Empire and overseas colonies will increase to 60%!

The Kingdom of the Netherlands and the allies of the Orthodox camp will enjoy zero tariff treatment."

The two frowned immediately.

This move of closing the country to the outside world, which hurt the enemy by 800 and the self by 1,000, was equivalent to a blow to the North Sea Empire's dumping of industrial products and the semi-god ritual.

And the misfortunes never come alone.

Just half an hour later, news of the attack on the sea convoy came from the first circulation belt in the south.

The North Sea Empire's commerce-breaking fleet had not yet shown its power, but it was actually attacked by others? !