Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 319-Awakening
"Then tell me a deadline," Lucia looked directly at Carter Pella, "how far do I have to go before I am qualified to know everything."

Seeing that he was not discouraged at all after being hit, but instead became more motivated, Carter Pella was quite surprised. He held his smooth chin with his jade-like fingers and pondered for a moment, then said, "Wait until your eight attributes all break through the limits of mortals and open the magic realm, then you will be qualified - at least at that point, it will not be so easy for Him to kill you."

Lucia nodded and said, "Since we are still quite far from this goal, then you must have another purpose for showing up today, right?"

He turned his gaze to the western sky. There was silence in the gap between stagnant time and space, but the vague warnings in his spiritual perception became clearer and clearer.

"You said before that the sealing method is unreliable and that you want to kill Esti here once and for all. What do you mean?"

"I know you have prepared at least twenty large-scale sealing arrays. As long as you severely injure Esti again, the seal will be completed. The effect may be more lasting than that one a thousand years ago, but this is still just a meaningless cycle." Carterpella said calmly.

“Whether it was the ‘collaborator’ used to destroy the Star-Moon Civilization, or the ‘abandoned child’ that seems to be unacceptable in the Golden Age, the existence of the Starry Sky Evil God itself is a warning from the Supreme Will to this world. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish.”

"For this reason, He will allow you to defeat it and seal it, but He will never want you to kill it."

"What's more," she glanced at Lucia and sighed, "Your growth rate has aroused His vigilance, especially since the Ancient Dragon Dynasty, which was already on the decline, has gradually revived under your influence and is showing a trend of breaking away from the established script. This makes Him a little uneasy."

"I'm sure you've expected this. The Twin Sages are just a cover to attract attention. Alpha's two-finger secret agents are the real core behind the scenes. I've killed the person in charge of the secret agents in Selia, but this is not enough. Their plan has already started - one of the two founders of the Twin Sages Classroom, 'Dark Star' Cygnus. Do you have any impression of this name?"

"The grandfather of the current Second Professor of the Twin Sages, Selvis, the most outstanding magic master after Azrael and Lusert and before the Full Moon Queen Reinara. I have read his information."

"According to what the emissary said before he died, Cygnus probably learned something similar to my method of advent from them, and planned to use Selvis's body to revive in the world and absorb all the power of Esti who was about to wake up."

"I'm not sure if those guys who were brainwashed into madness by Two Fingers will still tell lies before they die, but at least one thing is certain. The 'Esti' and the evil god's followers you are about to face are definitely not a group of irrational beasts. If they also know how to choose a target, the only direction they will go is you and your army."

Lucia's mind flashed through the memory of Marquis Taylor Jones, the leader of the Scorching Sun Legion who was from the New Party, and many confusing clues suddenly became a line.

In the original deployment, the Scorching Sun Legion and the Kalia Dynasty Army formed a horn with their own army, and each could cover the other's wings. In this way, only the most elite vanguard troops needed to resist the frontal attack of the evil god's followers, and the remaining wandering star creatures could naturally be annihilated in batches by small groups of conventional troops scattered on the periphery.

But if Esti's resurrection location was not in the Tomb of the Gods at all, but was resurrected outside the mountains or even in the town of Selia with the help of Segnis's secret method, tens of thousands of evil gods' followers would rush straight to the defense zone of the Ancient Dragon Dynasty under control, and the Scorching Sun Legion would only need to "just right" make a gap on the left wing of the defense line to immediately create the effect of a mountain torrent bursting its dam.

By analogy, is the Kalia Dynasty Army that Lakkad has just taken over really that reliable?

Back then, Beta was able to control one-third of the nobles in the West. So, among the allied forces that he now had to rely on for support, there would definitely be no hidden pawns that Radagon had already planted, right?

After all, in front of an evil god who suddenly "awakened" his own will, all the little actions that they dared not to show in the past now have a logical excuse. As long as the reinforcements of the two countries fail to realize the changes in the evil god's followers in the first time, and make a few minor mistakes such as improper command and failure to provide assistance, which are not punishable by death, it will be enough to bury the most loyal elite of the Ancient Dragon Dynasty in the star beast frenzy.

This is the true meaning of this century-long plot. "Speaking of which, I admire your innate sharpness and decisiveness," Carter Pella praised. "The assassination three years ago showed the clues, but today it is still a surprise. I originally thought I had to go to the State Guesthouse to wake you up from the gentle embrace of those two little lovers, but you got here first, so things are much easier."

Although she said she was praising him, Lucia, the person involved, was speechless for a moment. She had too many important things to do and had no time to explain to you the whole story of the assassination. Why did you, the instigator, keep mentioning it as if it had nothing to do with you? Even through the black silk, she could see the smug look on your face. Aren't you afraid of seeking revenge on you in the future?
But what Carterpella said was indeed correct: whether he was in the army or not, and whether he knew the enemy's intentions and movements in advance, was enough to influence the final development of the war.

As long as they responded in time, what could the 120,000 dynasty troops loyal to them do even if they had to fight against Esti's tens of thousands of followers alone?
The elite dragon clan, which has been passed down from ancient times to the present day, has fought all kinds of powerful enemies and tough battles. With the sudden change of Cygnus's death, Priest Karen and the fifteen elders can lead the soldiers to annihilate the enemy.

"It's just that Esti's star body is more powerful than my immortal scale. During the forbidden war, even with the combined power of the entire Star and Moon civilization, it couldn't be completely killed. Now, even though it is far from its peak state, it's not that easy to kill, right?"

"This is the real meaning of my coming here today." Carterpella took a step forward without warning, and teleported to Lucia's side as if dislocated in time and space, and placed her slender hand on his chest.

"The emissary has only been planning for a hundred years, but I have been researching ways to kill it for a thousand years—" She leaned over and whispered, "If the death that follows disqualification is not enough to kill a god, then the death before disqualification should be enough, right?"

Her right hand, which was pressed against Lucia's chest, suddenly ignited with a black and red flame, and her left hand moved in the air, and a celadon-colored narrow dagger pierced the sky with a sharp whistle, and came straight to her palm from the town of Selia a hundred miles away!

"Don't forget your old love just because you have a new one. This sword of night and fire is good, but it's not as good as my sword, haha."

Carterpella's figure turned into burning black flames and disappeared into nothingness again, leaving only a last chuckle that drifted away with the fragrant wind.

Lucia stared at the divine leather sewing needle that she had just placed in her hand. The intertwined lines of black and blood-red appeared on the sword blade as clear as the blue sky. Then, one after another, spiral black flames that were as solid as substance swirled upwards from the sword guard and circled to the end of the sword tip, like a blazing torch.

"Black Flame Prayer (Master) Advanced - Black Flame Prayer (Grandmaster)."

"Special ability: Advanced Blessing of the Swaddling Clothes - Queen's Embrace."

"The legendary ability, destined death, has been awakened."

In the data panel, a series of information suddenly jumped into Lucia's field of vision, and the concerned voice of Priest Karen came from behind: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"No, nothing, I just got distracted a little bit."

The whistling sound of meteorites rubbing against the atmosphere came from the sky. Lucia looked up and saw a blue flame streaking across the sky, crashing onto the plains dozens of kilometers away with a shocking sound.

"Order the entire army to shrink the formation, and all troops will assemble immediately - prepare to fight!"

(End of this chapter)