Free Web NovelChapter 274: Chapter 155: Priest·Guardian
「Several days later.」
Inside the Calamity Court Divine Kingdom.
Aster flew with Zorn, explaining as they went.
"Zorn, about the Fedor Material Plane World Group you chose this time."
"It’s certainly a good place to go."
"A startling, epic tide is rising there, making it the perfect place to construct a Sacred Mark."
"It’s ideal for developing Upper Rank Level Transcendents like you to get involved."
"The Divine Kingdom has already approved your position and credentials. You are now a Priest-Guardian of the Divine Kingdom."
"Once you complete your garrison mission and return to the Divine Kingdom, you can officially become a Priest."
"More importantly, I have quite a few friends there who can give you some help at critical moments."
Zorn listened to Holy Crowned Priest Aster, but his thoughts weren’t on the promising future within this seemingly excellent Material Plane World Group. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Zorn chose this Material Plane World Group mainly because, in the near future, the Fedor’s Dark Gate would be born here.
At first, the Fedor’s Dark Gate will only allow Upper Rank Level beings to pass through, and its transit efficiency is very high.
With the investment of resources, the Dark Gate’s capacity will gradually increase.
It will become one of the most important portals for the Calamity Court Divine Kingdom to expand into the Dark Cosmic Kingdom.
The Fedor’s Dark Gate has not yet opened.
But Zorn needed to position himself in the Fedor Material Plane World Group ahead of time and make various preparations to better execute his subsequent plans.
"Currently, the Middle Rank God, Lord Orwell, is garrisoned in this world."
"Lord Orwell’s Divine Kingdom is just ahead. By passing through his Divine Kingdom Passage, you can reach the Star Realm Fortress outside the Fedor Plane World Group."
"Remember, you are going there to take up a post. You must obey all of Lord Orwell’s commands."
"I understand."
Zorn naturally understood the rules within the Divine Kingdom.
As a former Player, he hadn’t even been qualified to defy the Divine Kingdom’s rules.
Now, he was just a member of the Divine Kingdom. All he had to do was obey.
They arrived at a floating island outside the Divine Kingdom’s Crystal Wall.
After the handover procedures were completed, Aster gave Zorn a few more instructions before turning to leave.
Just then, a Holy Crown Female Blade Master who was standing to the side caught his attention. She was Level 19, over four meters tall, with a slender and upright figure.
Her long black hair cascaded like a waterfall, and she wore an azure, ocean-themed bio-armor.
From the various marks on the bio-armor, it was clear this Level 19 Holy Crown Female Blade Master had been tempered by many battles.
"Come with me."
The Holy Crown Female Blade Master, Reya, spoke after her gaze rested on Zorn for a moment.
The two of them headed straight for the Divine Kingdom Passage.
After they had gone, a guard nearby asked with some curiosity.
"Who’s that guy in the silver bio-armor? How did he rate having Lady Reya come and get him personally?"
"Heard he’s a genius from the Divine Kingdom. See that silver bio-armor? It looks like the Angel Armament that was so famous in the Divine Kingdom a few years back."
"Hiss... Angel Armament? Doesn’t that mean that kid is a top-tier genius in the Divine Kingdom?"
"Looks like it."
"No wonder I felt that Level 14 guy was extremely threatening. So he’s a Divine Kingdom genius!"
"A Level 14 making a Level 15 like me feel a huge threat... that kid’s got something."
"Really? I didn’t feel anything."
"If you had learned any Perception Class Secret Techniques, you would have been able to sense it."
...
As the Divine Kingdom Passage ahead drew closer, Zorn couldn’t help but ask.
"Don’t we need to pay our respects to Lord Orwell?"
"Lord Orwell is busy with official duties. He not only has to garrison the Starry Sky and suppress the gods of that Material Plane Group, but he also needs to cultivate."
"If you wish to see Lord Orwell, I can arrange a time for you."
Holy Crown Female Blade Master Reya, who was leading the way, said in a calm voice.
Hearing this, Zorn quickly waved his hands in dismissal.
"Lord Orwell is busy. It’s better not to disturb him!"
Generally, as a genius under a Legendary, a ward of the Divine Kingdom, and a Priest-Guardian of the Divine Kingdom, one is supposed to visit one’s direct superior and go through the formalities when assuming a post.
However, since the Divine Spirit was quite busy, such ceremonial matters could naturally be overlooked.
As they walked, Female Blade Master Reya slowly began to speak.
"Do you know the current situation in the Fedor Material Plane World Group?"
"A little, but not much. I’ve heard that the kingdoms and inhabitants there have immense Faith in Evil Gods, and many have been corrupted."
"That’s right."
Holy Crown Female Blade Master Reya nodded slowly.
"There are three terrifying Dark Element Evil Gods over there. They are extremely skilled at bewitching people and manipulating other Transcendent Believers."
"At the same time, they use the Tree of the Dark Magic Ring to catalyze the entire World, turning everyone into fanatical Believers of the Tree of the Dark Magic Ring."
"All 13 of those Worlds, large and small, must be purified. Only then... can we eliminate those terrifying Evil Gods."
At this point, the Holy Crown Female Blade Master paused.
"If I recall correctly, you are also of the Evil Spirit Sequence, are you not?"
The corner of Zorn’s eye twitched slightly. He answered truthfully.
"Yes, and I also possess certain Evil God characteristics."
"Is the Evil God’s corrupting influence severe?"
"It’s manageable. I can gradually purge it."
"That’s good. Purge the original Evil God characteristics within your Sequence. That way, when you ignite your Divine Fire, you won’t have your body seized by the will of the Evil God lurking in the depths of the Sequence."
"Otherwise... the Divine Kingdom will have to ’cleanse’ you."
"In the past, some terrifying Evil God Sequences have reawakened within the Divine Kingdom, but those kinds of Sequences tend to die miserable deaths."
Hearing this, Zorn, who was walking behind her, couldn’t help but rub his temples.
’There are some things you really don’t need to spell out so clearly.’
’It’s like I’m about to be smitten by the Divine Kingdom any second now!’
"I know. Lord Ossirion also mentioned this to me."
His existence as the Evil Spirit Wizard, Zorn Corick, was an entirely new and unprecedented iteration.
This naturally meant that the current Zorn had to face the potential trouble of the Evil God’s will supplanting his own.
Only by completely annihilating the Evil God’s will deep within Egunus’s original flesh and blood...
...could Zorn perfectly control this Sequence body.
Of course, outsiders only knew Zorn’s Sequence as the "Evil Spirit Sequence."
A part of some powerful Evil God.
But in reality, Zorn had already fully absorbed all the remains and possessed the complete "Evil God Sequence."
And that terrifying power was gradually reawakening, though Zorn was keeping it suppressed.
"Of the 13 worlds in the Fedor Plane Group,"
"we have already taken five of them."
"The remaining eight Material Plane Worlds are all tough nuts to crack."
"Three of them are the three Evil God Worlds, and the other five are large-scale Material Plane Worlds."
"It’s basically impossible to move directly against the three Evil God Worlds. We have to cut in through the five large-scale Material Plane Worlds."
Zorn was quite familiar with planar warfare.
Especially when it came to crusading against Evil Gods, Zorn was highly experienced.
Confronting an Evil God directly is very, very difficult.
First step: sever the connection of Faith between the Evil God World and other Worlds.
Second step: continuously wear down the Evil God’s Believers through war.
Third step: once the Evil God is sufficiently weakened, confront its Tree of the Magic Ring and ultimately topple it.
By the time the Tree of the Magic Ring collapses, the Evil God is no longer a threat.
The Holy Crown Female Blade Master Reya continued her explanation as she walked.
"Based on the size, strength, and planned difficulty of these worlds, we have uniformly numbered them Worlds 1 through 13."
"Worlds 1, 2, and 3 are the three Evil God Worlds."
"The ones that have been conquered are Worlds 9 through 13."
"Worlds 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are our main targets for conquest."
"This time..."
Holy Crown Female Blade Master Reya paused.
"The world you will help me conquer is World 4, second only to the three great Evil God Worlds."
"World 4 has no resident Evil God, but not only does it possess a powerful Tree of the Dark Magic Ring, it also has a considerable number of Upper Rank Level and Holy Crown Level masters." freewebnøvel.com
"Although I am powerful and do not fear any of their Holy Crown masters,"
"but... they have the Tree of the Magic Ring and Evil God projections. If necessary, a part of the Evil God can even enter their world through its Tree of the Magic Ring to strike at us."
"Although we have also established a world gate, it is still difficult to enter on a large scale."
At this, Holy Crown Female Blade Master Reya turned her head and calmly swept her gaze over Zorn.
"And your mission, when necessary, is to enter that world, cleanse the corrupted residents and Upper Rankers, and escape back alive from the pursuit of their Holy Crown experts."
’Cleanse an Evil God World, and kill without restraint!’
Zorn took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
’This... I’m going to love this!’
Whether as a Fighting Master or an Evil Spirit Wizard,
he desperately needed a cruel battle and bloody slaughter to grow stronger.
Although Zorn could also fight to the death with other Transcendents in the nest-arenas within the Divine Kingdom,
those were ultimately just spars.
Only by entering the worlds of these hostile forces...
...could he experience true, cruel slaughter in the face of Death.
Besides!
When it came to cleansing and slaughter, a Fighting Master wasn’t proficient, but an Evil Spirit Wizard was an absolute expert.
Especially the open-ended Evil Spirit Calamity, which could be called a perfectly efficient killing machine.
Even if the enemy tried to stop Zorn’s Catastrophe Ceremony,
the cost to do so would be quite high.
But for Zorn, the cost of setting up and unleashing an Evil Spirit Calamity was extremely low.
In the past!
Zorn had always been relatively restrained in using the Evil Spirit Calamity.
After all!
If he caused a disaster that was too devastating, the Holy Relic World would truly join forces to hunt down and kill the Evil Spirit Wizard.
But things were different now.
With the Divine Kingdom’s endorsement,
Zorn could operate openly as an Evil Spirit Wizard to cleanse other Evil Gods.
This was the righteous iron fist of the Divine Kingdom!
「Soon.」
The two passed through Lord Orwell’s Divine Kingdom Gate and arrived in the Fedor Material Plane World Group, located in a remote part of the Star Realm’s depths.
This was a rather remote region of the Star Realm.
It was also an area where Evil Gods could most easily fester.
Just as they passed through the Divine Kingdom’s Doorway and arrived on a Star Realm Floating Island, a voice called out.
"Reya, you rushed through Lord Orwell’s Divine Kingdom Gate just to bring this kid back?"
"Huh? Angel Armament? The genius born in the Divine Kingdom a while back?"
"I see. So the Divine Kingdom was finally willing to send you a capable genius."
"Congratulations are in order, Reya!"
Zorn looked over and saw a Level 17, Crown Level Cosmic Wanderer who stood just over five meters tall.
Ignoring the Cosmic Wanderer’s questions,
Reya said coldly.
"To World 4."
Although Holy Crown Female Blade Master Reya’s expression was icy and she paid little heed to the Cosmic Wanderer,
the Cosmic Wanderer remained cheerful and quickly opened a "Traveler’s Gate" for Reya.
"This passage leads directly to your Star Realm Floating Island residence... Hey! Hey! I’m not finished talking!"
Before the Traveler could finish, Reya had already taken Zorn and quickly passed through.
Leaving the exasperated Cosmic Wanderer behind.
