Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 326 The King is the Vanguard
On the altar that had been reduced to ruins, Cygnus narrowed his eyes and stared at the meat grinder-like battlefield in front of him. No expression could be seen on his bony face, but the four Fallen Angels standing by his side could sense that the new god was not at peace.

They are all the second batch of Fallen Gods who have undergone secret transformation like Antonia - the so-called Fallen Gods are essentially mutants created by the Twin Sages using the flesh and blood of the evil god extracted from a piece of Esti's body obtained during the Cygnus era. This technology has been honed over a hundred years and was finally completed in recent years with the secret help of the secret envoys.

Yug is their first complete test subject, but the evil god's flesh and blood in Yug's body was passively implanted through surgery and can only be secretly activated by the operator, who interferes with his actions through the subconscious. If Yug himself was not gifted and had extremely superb fighting skills, it would be impossible for him to exert that level of combat power.

The "mutated wizards" that later appeared in Ceria had some technical iterations, but they were generally similar. Most of them were mindless puppets that served only as tools to execute plans.

Strictly speaking, only Antonia, the three people from the Tomb of Gods and the four of them can be called true fallen gods. All of them have taken the initiative to open their minds and accepted the highest level of transformation. Once the sealing magic deep in their souls is released, the evil god's flesh and blood will immediately resonate with Esti, who is on the verge of revival, so that the "power of God" can be reproduced to a certain extent within their mortal bodies.

That is a power that is comparable to that of the best heroes - Antonia once thought so, as did the executors, Selvis, Miriam, Victor, and Selina, and as the instigator, the "Dark Star" Cygnus once thought so.

But at this moment, he looked at the four subordinates who had stayed until now to help him deal with the demigods, and he felt annoyed for no reason.

The Tomb of the Gods had failed. Although the plan to use the Fallen Gods as the spark to start the Advent Ceremony was finally realized, Cygnus wanted much more than that.

In the original plan, Antonia, in cooperation with three Fallen Angels hiding in the dark, should have successfully dealt with Cassius who was in a bad state, and at the same time, captured all the high-level Seria mages who were burning with primordial magic.

If everything goes well enough, they can use the changes in the Tomb of the Gods to attract the attention of Ratan or Lani. A secret attack by the four top heroes may kill the two demigods on the spot.

After all, in his understanding, in the War of the Gods a hundred years ago, these four strong men were enough to kill many wild gods who were neither strong nor strong, and they could also fight against the strong ones among the local gods.

Even if these so-called "demigods" today are as powerful as people say, they shouldn't be so powerful as the local gods of the past that they are generational apart in strength, right?

As for the political impact of killing the two demigods of Kalia, it was never within the scope of Cygnus's consideration. The action against Kalia was part of the plan, and whether Radagon would be angry or not had nothing to do with him. Anyway, the people who cooperated with him were only the emissaries around Lord Alpha. With their help to cover up, the truth would never reach the Eternal Palace.

But the result was that Antonia fell at the speed of light just a few minutes after the seal was lifted. The three Fallen Angels were even more exaggerated. They only appeared for a moment in Cygnus's perception and then quickly dissipated, like a cluster of flames blown out by someone in one breath.

Could it be that the "Full Moon" Reinara came to the Tomb of the Gods in person? Or was there something wrong with my judgment of the strength of the fallen angels and the heroes of this era from the beginning?

But he couldn't care less about all that now. Compared to those four incompetent Fallen Angels, the powerful strength displayed by the Ancient Dragon Dynasty was what really frightened him.

In his lifetime, "Eternal Queen" Marika and "Queen of Death" Caterpella were the protagonists of that world. The newly born gods after the forbidden war and the powerful sects and kingdoms that sprang up like mushrooms after a rain were as dazzling as stars.

The ancient dragons that once dominated the world have remained silent during the thousand-year-long revival era. They have been silently guarding the ruined Sky City, relying only on the Storm Dynasty, which is also on the decline, to maintain their last contact with the outside world. Even the ancient Fire Giants and the Star-Moon Survivors are much more active than them.

No one would remain in awe of something they had never witnessed. The former majesty of the Dragon King and the Dragon God had long since vanished from people's minds with the demise of the Star-Moon Civilization. And that battle with Nagarjuna that nearly destroyed half of the Golden Dynasty - Segnis happened not to be an eyewitness.

He only knew that the Eternal Queen became the final winner of the War of the Gods. The Golden Dynasty she founded seemed to have successfully repelled the Ancient Dragon Dynasty's army with only half of its military strength. Even the old dragon Gulanshanks, who was left over from the ancient times, died under the golden tree after breaking through the walls of Rodel.

Therefore, he had no psychological burden in the deal with the secret envoy. They promised to help him revive and seize the evil power of Esti, and he promised to help them once when they needed him, no matter who the target was. Knowing that he had to deal with only a loyal army of the Ancient Dragon Dynasty, plus a young dragon and a few equally young demigods around him, Segnis even felt a little dissatisfaction with being despised.

He possessed the power of the "Abandoned Son of Darkness". Although this power was reduced to only one-tenth or one-twelfth due to the wasteful consumption of those damned Selia people, it was still the power that once destroyed the glorious and prosperous Star-Moon Era!

Facing him is like fighting a forbidden battle again after a thousand years. Is a Lucia Shanks qualified?
But when Cygnus actually stood here, and learned that four Fallen Angels had fallen out of thin air, and watched the 120,000 Ancient Dragon Dynasty troops crushing his thousands of followers like rolling wheels, he felt a little guilty.

Perhaps it was because he had slept in the darkness for too long. When he saw the light of day again after a hundred years, he gazed at the figure that was more dazzling than the sun in his spiritual perception from a distance of a hundred miles. In a trance, Signis seemed to have returned to the days of the war of the gods.

When he looked up at Marika and Caterpella at that time, did he also subconsciously glance sideways, bow his head, and even shrink in the darkness, too frightened to face the sun like he does today?

Let his followers test his strength first. Anyway, the lives of these beasts are not worth mentioning. When he can no longer bear the casualties of his subordinates and takes action first, I will surely be able to seize the flaw and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. Even if I take a step back, I will still be able to protect myself.

Then, he really saw Lucia take action.

"The three armies listen to my orders—"

This time, there is no need for bugles or flag signals. When a king arrives on the battlefield and releases his divine power without restraint, the king's orders will naturally reach the ears of every soldier.

"Today I will be the vanguard. After I break through the formation, please follow me and kill the enemy!"

At the foot of the mountain, 120,000 soldiers rapped their chest armors in unison, responding like thunder.

"Kill the enemy!"

"Kill the enemy!"

"Kill the enemy!"

Although it was late at night, the sky was lit up by countless meteors. Cygnus looked at the young figure with wings spread out, floating slowly in the night sky at the other end of the battlefield. He suddenly felt a piercing pain in the corner of his eyes, and a drop of turbid tears flowed down.

At the end of the night, the new king of the dragon clan drew out the two swords at his waist, and the cold sword light was like a star illuminating the long night.

He really came.

(End of this chapter)