I became the old one

Chapter 31 I am your father, your king (for collection and further reading)
The flame burns fiercely on the candlestick, bringing flickering light.

In the empty hall.

Adam sat on his throne, resting his chin with his hand, and fell into deep thought.

"Starlight...what does it represent?"

"I had hallucinations, or other people in the city were blinded."

Although he has not figured out the truth of the matter, Adam has already realized that he may be facing an enemy that is too powerful to be defeated. The proud dragonborn of the primordial fire have fallen and twisted into monstrous monstrosities.

Moreover, the opponent is very smart.

He will not take the initiative to jump out and stand in front of himself, but lurks in the crowd, wantonly creating divisions.

"Yes, this is indeed very tricky, but as the leader of the dragonborn, as the priest of the gods... no matter what kind of opponent I face, I can't give up."

Adam thought again of what his father had said to him.

Sacrifice... is to bring light and flames to the group in the darkness, and now a darkness more terrifying than the evil god Jugula has arrived.

Before Adam's throne.

On trays made of stone, the detached bodies of sacrificial corpses are placed.

The pure black pupils belonging to the king were slanted, staring at Adam blankly, causing a chill to pervade the entire hall.

"Perception may be distorted, but the flame bestowed by the gods will not." Adam thought of a way, his eyes burst into sharp light, he opened his mouth, and the fiery breath spewed out towards his body, scorching flames In an instant, Adam was wrapped.

Ignite the flame runes all over the body and enter the burning state. Even now, it is still an extremely difficult high-level rune skill for dragonborn.

In the entire dragonborn country, among the millions of dragonborns, there are very few who can master this skill.

However, as early as thousands of years ago.

When Adam was just an adult, he was already able to use this method proficiently. In fact, many dragon descendants who mastered this skill in the current tribe were taught by Adam himself, including Adam's two children.

A flame strong enough to melt stone burned on Adam's body.

But the special physique inherited from the original fire made Adam not feel any discomfort, only a faint warm feeling like soaking in a hot spring.

"The power of the original fire did not abandon me, which means that my perception should not be wrong."

Adam breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself.

immediately.

He breathed out another breath of flame.

The flame ignited the priest on the stone tray in front of him, and the flame burned on the corpse, but Adam clearly heard some kind of weird scream.

When the dragonborn is alive, it has a strong resistance to fire, but this resistance will gradually disappear after death, otherwise the dragonborn will not be able to turn into dust in the flames, thus stepping into the kingdom of the gods.

But this time.

The body of the high priest is slowly melting, and at the same time, it is constantly twisting and deforming.

When it was about to disappear and the shape could not be seen clearly, Adam saw countless tentacles and sharp teeth spreading outward from the bloody body of the high priest, and the disgusting dark green liquid was also dripping outward, making a ticking sound, and then All were engulfed in boiling flames.

"The sacrifice of the gods has become a sad monster." Adam thought sadly.

Immediately, he felt an uncontrollable chill spread.

As the stars fall.

In the whole city, an unknown number of descendants of gods have become the same existence as sacrifices.

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The sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the palace.

Adam hurriedly stood up, looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a familiar figure in the tumbling darkness, it was his daughter Hispania.

"Why did you come here alone, my treasure."

Hispania looked terrified.

Subconsciously, Adam wanted to reach out, hold his daughter in his arms as usual, and gently comfort her little head.

But at this time.

Adam suddenly thought of what happened in the temple not long ago.

His movements stopped in mid-air. This unyielding warrior who dared to rush forward and slash a sword when facing the evil god Jugula felt great fear for the first time. How afraid he was that his daughter would suddenly become that... A monster like a priest, with its head blasted off, attacking itself with profane tentacles and flesh and blood.

"Stop..."

Adam's broad palm gradually fell.

He sincerely said to his daughter on the corridor of the palace, without even realizing it, there was a little weeping trill in his voice.

Fortunately, Hispania seemed to still have his own consciousness, and stayed obediently in the hall after hearing Adam's voice.

"Father, I am worried for your safety... Some people say you are crazy, but I think it is this city that is really crazy..."

There was unconcealable horror in Hispania's voice.

Wait until you see Adam.

The excitement gradually eased up.

"Fear not, child, I am your father, and I am your king...I will protect you, as I have always done before."

Adam calmed his daughter's emotions with soft words, and then he said, "Remember the technique I taught you before, to try to ignite the flame in your body."

"why?"

Hispania was a little puzzled, but he followed what Adam said.

She didn't have the tall and strong body of Adam and her brother, but her body was covered with more magnificent and bright flame patterns, like scarlet flowers in full bloom.As the power of the flame rune was activated, those scarlet flowers bloomed, bright and pure flames burned in the hall, and the darkness screamed in horror as if scalded, and rolled away.

"Very good, you proved yourself, you are the little guy favored by God."

Adam breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he walked to Hispania, gently took his daughter into his arms, and stroked the protruding scales on her head.

"Tell me what you saw."

"I saw clansmen wandering outside, as if it was daytime, but there was no sound in the whole city. Those people just wandered back and forth in the city streets stiffly without speaking. The starry sky is bright and dazzling, like stars Glowing eyes are staring at us greedily, I don't know why these things happen...Father, I'm scared," Hispania said, sobbing.

"I understand. Let's leave this city with your brother and go to Gatan City to find Koswo. He is my comrade in arms. He will give you shelter, give you guidance, and train you to become a qualified leader. Qualified sacrifice."

"So, what about you, father?"

"I want to fight the monsters in the city and win."

(End of this chapter)