Chapter 14: God's Descent in Progress
Chapter 14: God's Descent in Progress
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Dunn opened the urn of Saint Selina. Megose felt a fatal threat. She glared at Dunn and shouted:
"You're going to kill my child!"
"You must die!"
Bang! Dunn was thrown by an invisible force and hit the opposite wall hard, causing the wall to crack and bricks to fly. He felt a shocking pain in his chest and back, and his mind was blocked for a moment. Blood spurted out of his nose and mouth, but his strong willpower made him hold Saint Selina's urn tightly, letting the cold, black silk thread tighten Megose's body and bind her firmly in place.
After ten seconds, Klein and Leonard rushed out of the partition at the same time. One of them held a warm, thin piece of gold in his hand, and the other had wrapped the "Vein Thief" around his left wrist and opened his five fingers towards Megose. Megose suddenly sensed the danger and opened her mouth wide. At the same time, Leonard suddenly closed the five fingers of his left hand, and his wrist rotated half a circle.
Megose didn't make any sound - Leonard used the "Vascular Thief" to steal her blasphemous ability!
Klein seized this opportunity and spoke in a low voice, uttering a word in ancient Hermetic language: "Light!"
The thin gold talisman in his hand suddenly became scorching hot. Without thinking, Klein poured most of his spiritual power into it. The talisman instantly burst into dazzling golden light, as if it had turned into the sun in his hand! Then, he threw the talisman at Megose, who was struggling hard after sensing the danger!
The reception hall suddenly became bright, and the darkness and gloom disappeared.
Klein and Leonard's pupils suddenly shrank.
The talisman was fully released, and the power of light shone with the sun in the sky, but - the light was bounced off, and the talisman was knocked away by something before it could fully erupt, and was released at the side of Megose. Not only did it fail to destroy this horrible matrix, but it burned the silk thread that imprisoned her.
They turned their heads in disbelief, only to see behind them, Dunn silently raised his revolver, with wisps of green smoke wafting out of the muzzle.
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Dunn hit the wall hard, and his vision suddenly became blurry. It was as if a pair of hands gently supported Dunn's shoulders, lifted his arms, and helped him get into a shooting position, with the muzzle of the gun pointed at Klein, who had no power to resist under Megose's relentless pursuit.
"Shoot." A voice said in his ear, tempting him gently as if it went straight to his heart, "We agreed to kill them."
Yes, I will kill Klein and Leonard because they prevented the True Creator from descending. Dunn thought as a matter of course, aiming at Klein who was dodging in a panic, and the muzzle of the gun moved with the position of his head.
At this moment, the cold breath of Saint Selina's urn in his hand was like a basin of cold water falling from the sky and pouring down on him. Dunn suddenly remembered everything. He was horrified and his whole body was soaked in cold sweat. Nightmare's hands trembled and his eyes widened. A sealed memory suddenly appeared in his mind: that night he accidentally entered the other party's dream and obtained knowledge from the other party, so he could not resist establishing a deal, and the content of the deal was-
"From now on, you are my eyes and ears within the Nightwatch," the demon said to him. "If anyone tries to stop the Awakening, kill them."
"Do not……"
"Kill them."
The gentle voice sounded in his ears again. Due to the broken walls and partitions, the two team members could not see through the walls, so they could not notice that their captain was sweating and pointing the gun at their temples and the back of their heads with a distorted face. The finger on the trigger tightened little by little in Dunn's terrified eyes. His resistance was meaningless.
"Don't even think about it...!!!"
"No, I absolutely...will not, hurt my...teammates!!"
At this time, Klein threw out the spell and shouted, "Light!"
boom!
When the light burst out, Dunn noticed that the person who controlled his body with words paused for a moment. He used all his strength to deflect the muzzle of the gun by half a point, and his finger just pulled the trigger completely at this moment. The talisman was shot away by the bullet, and the bright beam of light like the sun did not hit the enemy. Taking this opportunity, he immediately retracted his hand, pointed the muzzle of the gun at his temple in the puzzled eyes of the team members, and pulled the trigger fiercely!
"team leader!"
"Captain, what are you doing?!"
He heard the concerned and nervous questions from his team members, but his throat could no longer make any sound. There was no sharp pain in his temple, but the gun misfired! He was not dead, but the surroundings suddenly became pitch black and extremely quiet. The hands grabbed Dunn's cheeks and forced him to look up.
——He was meeting a pair of pure black eyes.
"You broke our deal."
"Your soul belongs to me."
The demon whispered malicious words in his ear, grabbed Dunn's shoulders with both hands, and gently lifted him up - this action seemed to help him tidy up his wrinkled clothes, but in fact, it pulled the entire spirit out of his body as lightly as taking off a piece of clothing. Dunn suddenly felt that his body became extremely light, and the deep darkness was extremely kind. There was a smile of relief at the corners of his mouth, and his lifeless eyes closed. He slowly sank into a sweet dream, and an invisible force formed a glass-like object around his spirit, wrapping him in it.
Fortunately, I didn't... hurt my companions...
...Leonard, Klein...leave...quickly...run...
The glass bottle slid into the darkness and landed lightly in someone's hand. He looked at this new collection for two seconds and casually placed it on the table.
"Your resistance is meaningless. There is no room for the devil's deal."
Edward Vaughan speaks plainly, saying to himself: "If you break the deal, your soul will belong to me; suicide is equivalent to giving up, and giving up is breaking the deal; but even if you kill your companions to complete the deal, the behavior that goes against your original intention and the guilt will make you fall, and your soul will still belong to me. - From the moment the deal was made, your soul is already mine."
“It still has a glorious soul… But, at that moment just now, did the Eternal Blazing Sun glance over here?”
"That's the secret? I guess I need to change my strategy..."
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Dunn did not pull the trigger. He pressed the barrel of the gun against his temple for several seconds before his dazed eyes finally regained their luster.
"...I have been influenced by the offspring of the evil god." He gasped and said, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth dripping into the urn. Megose, who had begun to struggle because of his trance just now, was strangled again and could not move.
"Do you still have the spell from before? I'll control her, hurry up!"
Klein hesitated for a moment. The captain's condition did not look right, but it was indeed difficult for anyone to remain completely normal in the face of the influence of the offspring of the evil god. His spiritual intuition did not give him any warning, and the critical situation did not allow him to hesitate. Fortunately, he had two Yangyan charms on hand. He subconsciously followed Dunn's serious words, took out another Yangyan charm from his pocket, infused it with spirituality, and uttered the majestic ancient Hermes language from his tongue. He raised his arm and was about to throw it at Megose!
"Don't believe him!" an old voice came, "Run!"
"Klein!" The Midnight Poet suddenly roared, and rushed forward in two steps, knocking Klein, who was about to throw the spell, to the side. He also lost his balance and fell to the ground due to inertia. The two rolled together and slid two or three meters. The fortune teller's dirty words were suddenly stuck on his lips. He saw with his own eyes that all the thin lines on Megose's body disappeared at the same time, and she rushed to their side at a ghostly speed, narrowly brushing past Leonard's toes. - It can be imagined that if Klein had stood there just now, he would have been torn to pieces by Megose, who had regained her freedom and dodged the spell!
Sharp bone knives appeared on Megose's arm, and her fingers completely mutated into claws that could tear a person apart. She landed on the spot where Klein had just stood, leaving a scratch several centimeters deep on the ground! Klein instantly felt his soul tremble, and without thinking, he immediately threw the Yangyan Talisman in his palm. This time, the golden beam of light finally exploded in the right place, covering Megose who had not had time to move!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Klein and Leonard used their hands and feet to move a few steps further. Megose turned into a huge ball of fire, rolling madly on the ground, screaming miserably. The scorching wind and light rushed towards them, and the sudden rise in temperature dispelled some of the fear in their hearts.
"How did you know to push me away?" "Intuition, it's intuition! My intuition is so accurate!" Leonard maintained his balance and stood firm again, pulling Klein up with him. He just acted on passion and instinct, and now he was truly scared.
Leonard rubbed his arms and just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he immediately heard the old voice in his mind. This old voice was more serious than ever before. He was struck by lightning and froze in place: "Leave! Stay away from him - stay away from Him! Pray to the Goddess of Night! Pray! Quick!!"
Dunn let go, and Saint Selina's urn fell to the ground. The golden flames on Megose's body gradually extinguished, and except for the bulging belly, there was no human feature on her body. The evil god's offspring, whose birth was blocked, was undisguisedly targeting the two night watchers present. Klein and Leonard felt a chill down their spines at the same time, and they recited the goddess's honorable name in their hearts at the same time.
“You are not mature yet. He is too impatient.” Dunn poked the urn on the ground with his toes, ignoring the two night watchmen present. He admired the bustling town outside through the gap in the wall and nodded with satisfaction, “Let me help you.”
Dunn raised one hand, palm up, and clenched it tightly.
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It was a peaceful day, but from this moment on, the illusion of peace suddenly shattered. The reason might be that a thief who was fleeing on the street pulled out his gun in panic, and the bullet shot into a policeman's eye socket, blowing off his hat and half of his skull, and blood splattered on the gentlemen and ladies passing by. It could also be that a noble gentleman suddenly coughed violently at his banquet, spitting out large mouthfuls of bright red blood, and then fell into it and died. His bodyguards stopped the guests in the house to maintain order, and the falling chandelier and the gunshots from the street ignited people's suppressed panic. It could also be that a group fight on the lower street finally went too far, and the dagger of the gangster cut the neck of a thin homeless man, and blood and fear broke out together.
Everything was ignited and induced to explode naturally.
Screams were heard one after another, fear and chaos were like a wandering plague, people fled and cried aimlessly on the road. The police officers who were maintaining order were knocked down by gunfire and death first, their bodies lay in a pool of blood on the street, and the horrific death aggravated people's panic and fear.
"Bang!" It seemed like there was a gas leak somewhere and then exploded. Bright yellow flames instantly rose from the corner of Lower Street. The simple shacks made of dirty cloth connected together became the best path for the flames to spread. If nothing unexpected happened, the flames would engulf half a block within two minutes, and then the wind would continue to move forward, covering the entire Lower Street!
The coachman was thrown off the seat by the frenzied horse, and the out-of-control horse and the carriage crashed straight into the wall and smashed into pieces.
Screams, wind, crying, prayers, and the sound of burning flames engulfed the city, which was bustling with people and extremely lively, like a grand tide. Half a second passed, and half of Tingen was already plunged into blood and chaos. People who wanted to survive returned to their homes and ran to the church. The crowds and stampedes brought the death toll to a new level.
Of course, the real reason might just be that two streets away, the "Angel of the Abyss" clapped his hands, and the half-opened dark world flashed from the spiritual world and merged with the ground of Tingen. The city was silently separated from the real world, the sun became dim, and everyone walked unconsciously on the black plain of the abyss. He watched all this, and then calmly read out a word of filthy language.
"confusion"
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In the center of the storm that determined Tingen's fate, the Nightwatcher's building was peaceful, even dead silent. Klein maintained a backward and dodging posture. He seemed to be still, but in fact, his lips and body were moving at an extremely slow speed. The baby in Megose's belly was happily digesting the negative emotions brought by the chaos. Leonard was standing on a half-black and half-white clock with shadows painted on it. The second hand seemed to be welded to the dial, and one second was extended to the limit.
In the moment of crisis, Pales squeezed out his remaining strength like twisting a sponge, barely holding back Megose and the evil god's offspring who had not yet fully developed and were focused on absorbing nutrients, and saved Leonard and Klein from the blade of death.
"You are not Amon, but you still have a living Time Worm?" The demon turned around and looked at Leonard with interest. "You are more valuable than Nightmare. I didn't expect that Tingen still has a hidden Sequence One."
Leonard gritted his teeth.
The strange expression on Dunn's face made Leonard even more frightened. In this almost still world, something in the captain's skin came closer step by step. The deep gray eyes were filled with malicious joy. "You may need help. I can help you escape from Amon's pursuit, and I can also help you catch some lone Amon as snacks. You hate and fear Him, right? The gaze of the Goddess of Night has not fallen yet, and the Eternal Sun has also retracted his gaze. Staying here will only bury this city and the gods who are about to be born."
"The emperor you once served is his ally, isn't he? We can actually cooperate..."
What?! Leonard was horrified after hearing the secret knowledge. His fear and rejection of the mysterious man parasitizing on him were instantly magnified to the extreme - the god who was about to descend was not the "real creator"?! The old man's former loyalty was to "Him"'s ally, so wasn't the old man the companion of this "Him" in front of him, the Nighthawks, or even the enemy of the Seven Gods?! Then he would be the culprit who let the wolf into the house. All his struggles and efforts were just a good show in the eyes of the old man - Leonard suddenly felt remorseful, and one hand touched the gun bag, thinking of committing suicide to atone for his sins.
"Don't let your imagination run wild!" Pales growled. This roar was like thunder, interrupting Leonard's guilt and self-blame, "Use your brain! Didn't you realize that He told you this information on purpose?! He omitted the key part in order to provoke us and lead you to fall. Otherwise, He could have told you in more detail and made your head explode on the spot!"
"You seem to know a lot about demons. I'm beginning to believe that we have indeed worked together." Dunn smiled.
"Who the hell are you?!" Leonard finally found the opportunity to speak, "What did you do to the captain?"
"Dunn" looked at him and spoke in a mellow voice: "..."
Leonard heard nothing.
"You bastard, are you crazy? Don't ask Him!" Pales was exhausted and stole Leonard's hearing. "Don't listen, don't look. As long as you take the initiative or voluntarily get anything from Him, He can make a "deal" with you, or even sign a "contract"! !"
"The tragedy during the Roselle period that you read about in the church school book was caused by this. A little girl exchanged her candy with Him for the lives of the entire city! Your captain must have accidentally gained something from Him, and he paid the price with his soul!"
Paying the price with his soul...Leonard's face turned pale.
"I think that was a win-win deal for all three parties," the devil smiled. "My friend won, I completed part of the ritual and got the candy, and the little girl saved her enemy's life. Isn't that great?"
As this second was about to end, and Pales was running out of energy and death was about to come, Edward Vaughan suddenly had a strange feeling. He looked up and saw a hint of red mixed into the edge of the pale sun in the sky. The red slowly swallowed up the cold sun in the abyss inch by inch. The black sky had dots of light appearing in it at some point, and the stars spread from the corners of the sky, like a black curtain being lifted, and replaced by a layer of night sky.
"The goddess of the night, higher than the starry sky, longer than eternity"
"You are the Mother of Secrets, the Lord of Crimson"
"The Queen of Disaster and Terror, the Lord of Silence and Peace..."
The power of peace descended from the sky, and Dunn's eyes moved away from Leonard and looked at the fortune teller in the corner. He heard the fortune teller speaking with difficulty, reciting the name of the goddess of night over and over again at a normal speed in this slowed down world.
My abyss has been invaded, He thought, after all, I am only an angel.
"I pray for your gaze, I pray for your coming."
"The offspring of the evil god has been born. I pray that you can save this city."
He actually came. People with secrets are really troublesome... The Angel of the Abyss smiled and shook his head. The crimson moonlight enveloped the entire city.
TBC
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Edward's plan changes:
Come and have a look, deal with the anomaly and leave → 0-08 is here, take a look → read Ins Zangwill's notes, found that this small place is quite troublesome, stayed → controlled Dunn, thought it was foolproof → saw the Yangyan spell → modified the plan, the original plan was to directly perform a blood sacrifice in the whole city in reality and then advance to Sequence → use the prototype of the Kingdom of God to split reality, intending to swallow Tingen in the abyss and then advance → did not expect Klein to be able to recite the Honored Name normally, and really attracted the attention of the Goddess of Night → To be honest, after changing the plan eight times, He no longer wanted to do it. But he still had to do it.
(End of this chapter)