Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 212 Face Change
Loen Kingdom, Winter County.

Just like its name, Winter County is covered with snow and ice for most of the year.

And at the northernmost tip of Winter County is the Amanda Mountains.

The Amanda Mountains start from the Jianhai Sea in the west and reach the Sunya Sea in the east, almost across the continent.

Therefore, this mountain range is not only the dividing line between the Feysac Empire and the Loen Kingdom, but also a natural barrier.Once there is a war with the Feysac Empire, the Amanda Mountains and Winter County will immediately become the focus of competition between the two countries.

On the other hand, the headquarters of the Church of the Evernight, the Church of Tranquility, is located in the Amanda Mountains.But this is not because the Amanda Mountains mean tranquility in Hermes, but because the dark heaven is here, and the Goddess of the Evernight is here!

When the gods no longer walk on the earth, their kingdoms become the headquarters of their respective churches.

The snowflakes fell down like pieces of feathers, covering the earth with a layer of snow-white coat, wrapped in silver.

On the main peak of the Amanda Mountains, a long row of footprints starts from the foot of the mountain and extends all the way to the top of the mountain.

At the end of the footprints, there is a lonely figure that is still advancing towards the top of the mountain. Every step forward will leave a footprint several centimeters deep on the snow-covered ground.

His decoration is not gorgeous, the melted and twisted armor and the broken cloak on the back look a bit shabby, but they all tell of His past glory.And behind the same melted and twisted helmet is a strangely shaped crown, which is the symbol of his identity!
He made his way to the top of the mountain step by step.

At the end of the line of sight, a steeple of Gothic black churches towered over the snow-covered mountains.In front of it is a cliff, and its surroundings are a vast expanse of whiteness, without the slightest sound.

The church occupies a very large area and is quite magnificent.

Believers who come to the pilgrimage will not only feel the shock, but also have a kind of tranquility and peace from the heart.

The figure in broken armor climbed to the top of the mountain step by step, and against the wind and snow all over the sky, he came to the church step by step.

The quiet church in the night is particularly beautiful, and it complements the red moon hanging high in the air, shining coldly on the earth.

But he was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery. He just glanced at the cemetery next to the church. There was a sarcophagus in the cemetery, but the lid had already been lifted, showing an empty interior.He moved his eyes away from the bonfires that were still burning quietly even in the snowstorm, and looked calmly at the church ahead.

At the entrance of the gate of Tranquility Church, a figure appeared in His line of sight at some point.

It was a lady with ordinary facial features, dark eyes, a simple robe, a bark belt, long black hair hanging down, no shoes and socks, and bare feet.

The head of the Night Monastery, the leader of the ascetic monks, the servant of the secret, the angel on the ground, Arianna.

"Good evening, Your Excellency."

Arianna looked up at the tall figure in front of her and greeted softly.

He didn't speak, just stared at the lady in front of him calmly, and after a while, he slowly opened his mouth and said:

"Take me to the world of painting."

"it is good,"

Arianna nodded lightly and said, "Your Excellency, please follow me."

In the depths of Tranquility Church is the Goddess of the Evernight, which is separated from the real world by only an illusory gate. This is known to all.But few people know that there is another world hidden in the Night Monastery of Tranquility Church.

And Arianna is the custodian and caretaker of that world.

Only with her permission can one freely enter and exit that world.

And the goddess had an oracle long ago, no matter when His Excellency the Blessed One arrives, he is eligible to enter the world of that painting.

As long as Your Honor makes a request, he can even take this painting world directly without any hindrance.

Whether it is Arianna or the Pope who is in charge of the church.

He didn't speak, and followed Arianna silently, passing through the Church of Tranquility, and arriving at the Monastery of the Night.

For ordinary believers, this church is sacred, magnificent but unfamiliar, and its internal structure is different from any church they have ever known.

But for him, this church is very familiar to him, almost a one-to-one replica of a certain church in the past.

Through the upward stone steps, bypassing the huge stone tablet, came to the door of the church.

The closed door is painted with intricate patterns, and in the center of the left and right door panels is a guardian nun holding a spear.

On both sides of the gate, there is also a snow-covered sculpture standing with a spear in hand.

Rumble!
Arianna stood in front of the church door and waved lightly. With a huge roar, the door slowly opened.

The corridor illuminated by candles also appeared in the sight of the two, and there were a large number of stone statues on both sides of the corridor.

There is no difference in their appearance, they are all knights half kneeling on the ground, wearing armor and hoods.The knights on both sides are holding long spears in their right hands and pointing obliquely forward, as if they are lining up to greet their masters.

And beside each statue, there is a headless candlestick as high as the statue.It is also the faint light emitted by these candlesticks that illuminates this church that should have been kept in darkness.

At the end of the not-so-long corridor is a large prayer hall.

The left and right sides of the prayer hall are supported by three giant pillars carved with exquisite patterns. Behind each giant pillar, there is a huge window with exquisite carvings.

The crimson moonlight illuminates the hall through these windows, easily covering the radiance of the candles symmetrically placed on the floor of the prayer hall, making these candles seem redundant.

At the end of the prayer hall, there is an arched portal on both sides.

Arianna did not stop, passing through the arched portal on the left.

But soon stopped, because the favored person did not keep up.

She turned her head, neither puzzled nor asked, but calmly stared at the tall figure in the molten and twisted armor.

He stood there, looking up at the wall in front of him silently.

There are no giant judges here, nor painted emissaries, nor church guns.

There is nothing here.

After a long silence, he finally took steps to keep up with Arianna.

Through the arched portal, behind it is a staircase with a small arc and winding upwards.

The stairs are not long, only one section.

On the landing at the end of the stairs, a narrow corridor extends to the right.

There are two statues on both sides of the corridor, which are the same as the statues when entering the church. They all look like knights holding spears.

He stopped again, not keeping up with Arianna who had passed through the corridor and entered the arched door at the end of the corridor.

Because on the platform at the end of the stairs, there is an extinguished bonfire waiting to be lit.

But this didn't stop him from walking, and he soon followed up again.

Through the arched door, inside is a soaring octagonal chamber.

In the middle of the room, there is an octagonal disk.

When the round stone slab in the middle of the disc is stepped on, the disc will start with the sound of friction, and it will continue to go up until it reaches the top floor.

This is an elevator.

When he reached the top with the help of the elevator, a towering staircase appeared before him again.

The handrails on both sides of the stairs are also exquisitely carved, but the first thing that catches his eyes is the magnificent building complex covering the opposite mountain.

Huge palaces, majestic minaret, towering city walls... everything is extremely shocking and has great visual impact.But this place lacks the reflection of the crimson moon, everything here seems to be frozen in the dusk, unchanged from ancient times!
Even though it was not the first time he saw it, he still stopped for a few seconds and quietly admired the miraculous scenery for several seconds.

He immediately moved his eyes, looked at the stairs in the forward direction, and looked at the circular minaret at the end of the stairs.

The gate to the steeple was still closed, but when the two arrived.

However, the door seemed to sense something, and it opened slowly inward automatically amidst the heavy rolling sound.

What came into view was a huge sofa-like bed.On the bed was a beautiful girl in a white dress!

She was holding a huge egg with a damaged eggshell in her arms, and she folded her hands on the intact eggshell, and that beautiful face was resting on the back of her hands, as if she had fallen into an ancient deep sleep. .

Everything looked extremely beautiful, except that the girl's body was slightly larger than ordinary people.

But that seems normal compared to the size of the painting.

His body trembled slightly, and he stretched out his hand subconsciously, as if wanting to touch the girl in front of him.

But soon, His raised palm naturally dropped and fell silent.

Because what appeared before his eyes was not a real girl, but a huge oil painting.

Everything He sees is the scene in the painting.

For some unknown reason or will, he suddenly asked softly:
"Is she still alive?"

"Yes."

A trace of nostalgia flashed in Arianna's calm eyes, and she said softly:
"I have seen Princess Felianore in the painting world, she is an angelic lady."

"That's it."

He sighed softly, just living.

She should have died under the torrent of time and turned into a shriveled corpse, which was her predetermined ending.Because even the long life of the Protoss is destined to be unable to withstand the erosion of time.

But some people would rather give their all and try their best to rewrite her fate, so that she ushered in a brand new ending.

She is still alive, living in the painting world.

His eyes are extremely complicated, with relief and guilt.

Among his former children, probably only the three youngest daughters survived, right?

But two of them are taboo products with half-dragon and half-god blood, so they can't be known to others, and they can't even be announced openly.Frankly speaking, he didn't have much guilt or affection for these two daughters.

But only Fei Liannuoer, she obviously has the purest blood of the god race, but she was abandoned by herself in the ring seal city that never sees the sun...

For the Protoss, he is an excellent king, and there is no better king than him, but he is not a qualified father.He was far from being a good father to any of his children.

And for races other than the Protoss, he may not even be called a king...

His emotions emerged at this moment, like a volcano erupting suddenly that had been suppressed for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years.

But all of this was quickly suppressed by another will, a trace of struggle flashed in his eyes, but all of this was just a powerless resistance.Because even though he is one of the greatest salary kings in history, he is still not the master of this body.

His expression calmed down again, without the slightest emotional change in his eyes, and he remained calm.

He needs the incarnations of the kings, but not their feelings alone.

Arianna stood aside, watching all this calmly, as if she was just a bystander.

She neither took the initiative to ask questions, nor offered to help him, nor even told him how to enter the world of painting.

Of course, if He made a request, Arianna couldn't refuse.

But he didn't do that, because for him, the way to enter the painting world was no secret.

He walked forward slowly, reached out to touch the oil painting, and touched the egg in the arms of the girl in the painting.

Click!Ka~!

The moment the eggshell was touched, it suddenly shattered quickly, and finally collapsed like a building. It was torn apart on the girl's long skirt, revealing the deep darkness inside the white eggshell!
Dazzling light suddenly burst out from the deep darkness, filling the entire steeple almost in the blink of an eye, completely enveloping His figure in it.Before that, Arianna had retreated outside the tower at some point.

She didn't return to the room until the light dissipated.

The layout of the house remains the same, and a huge oil painting shows a beautiful and indescribable girl.

And in her arms, she held a giant egg that was broken but mostly intact.

Arianna closed the door calmly, allowing everything to return to calm.

She returned along the same path, walked down the stairs, and returned to the lower floor through the elevator.

Through the corridor guarded by the knight statue, she saw the bonfire at the end of the stairs.

The bonfire is still extinguished and has not been lit.

He seemed to be just an empty shell with no form.

Arianna tapped clockwise four times on her chest, and said in a low voice:

"May the goddess bless you, Your Excellency."

She immediately went down the stairs and left the church.

"His Royal Highness Arianna."

A nun did not know when she was waiting at the door of the church. She greeted Arianna as soon as she came out, and said respectfully:
"His Holiness is waiting for you in the temple."

Arianna was silent for a moment, then said softly:

"Tell Irina, I'll be there right away."

The nun bowed her head respectfully and stepped back.
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Republic of Intis, Trier.

In a luxury hotel near Roselle Square, a girl with dazzling blond hair stood in front of the large luxurious floor-to-ceiling windows, her jewel-like clear green eyes stared at the brightly lit Roselle Church in the distance, and she pursed her lips lightly.

She still remembered Ember's instructions, and believed that the Church of Steam would not do anything to him.

But one month is really too long, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents.

And if you don't participate in the Tarot Club for a month, it's hard not to make other members suspicious.

She lowered her head and stared at the two rings on her finger.

(End of this chapter)