Chapter 319: I’ll Create My Own Goddess Here and Now!
A massive lightning bolt erupted across the sky as raging currents carrying purple thunder roared like a savage beast toward the holy angel.
A purple beast covered in razor-sharp spines and fangs shattered space itself, dragging traces of void as it streaked through the rapid lightning.
Suddenly, the thunder beast fully condensed into a hundred-meter-long arrow. A sky-shattering boom exploded outward, thunder echoing madly through the air.
The angel follower suspended beneath the black clouds still radiated holy and righteous light.
However, with each thunderous vibration, the massive angel's form seemed to tremble.
Its body, though wrapped in holy light, showed signs of impending fracture.
But the assault wasn't over.
Bolt after bolt of lightning transformed into brilliant purple-black thunder arrows, carrying an explosive force of despair as they crashed straight into the golden-glowing angel.
Each time thunder exploded in the sky, those knights and ministers possessed by evil thoughts were forced to tremble.
Their clouded eyes gradually cleared in the continuous thunderous impacts.
Their hazy consciousness slowly escaped the chaos as rationality returned to their bodies.
At this moment, the golden angel in the sky also sensed the changes in the knights and ministers.
The righteousness filling its eyes dimmed somewhat.
Amidst the rolling thunder, the ministers and knights all awakened.
In that instant, they collectively fell into confusion.
What had just happened?
What were they thinking before?
How could they have harbored such filthy and despicable thoughts?
The knights saw the demi-humans guarding against them but couldn't find words to speak.
Their limbs felt weak as they deeply questioned the justice they had believed in their hearts.
They had actually wanted to eliminate these demi-humans? Just because of... jealousy?
How... how was this possible?
They had ultimately failed to maintain their inner integrity.
They had betrayed the virtues and beliefs of knighthood.
Could they still call themselves qualified knights?
Did they still deserve to wear this silver armor and carry a knight's sword?
Some knights found this reality too difficult to accept. They crouched down, holding their heads in their hands.
They curled up their bodies.
With soul-questioning anguish, they broke down in deep sobs.
Compared to the knights, the ministers trembled even more violently, their eyes revealing fear and panic.
What on earth had they been thinking?
How could they have wanted everyone here to die with them?
To want everyone here to die?
They even wanted the princess to die in their place!?
What utterly treasonous thoughts!!!
Now Viktor was right here.
Even if they all died, Viktor would never stand by and watch the princess die.
Their treasonous thoughts were absolutely taboo.
They might not care about the princess, but if they truly harbored thoughts of killing her too,
Even if they survived,
The entire Empire would hunt them down.
At this moment, the ministers and knights finally saw the brilliant white light flashing in the distant sky.
It was the dazzling heat produced when thunder collided.
When the black and purple lightning intertwined, it was as if a miniature sun suddenly ignited beneath the gloomy clouds.
Light instantly swept across the four corners of the sky, like brilliant daylight manifesting.
Daylight poured through the massive rift, as if splitting the clouds in two.
This terrifying scene left everyone present stunned.
White light blazed forth, sweeping through the valley with the majestic and fierce power of thunder, stretching outward.
Rocks were ground to dust by the surging energy, space seemed compressed into a membrane, as rolling air currents stirred up sky-high thunder.
BOOM—!
As the white light gradually dispersed, the massive valley was left broken and shattered after the violent impact, with debris and rocks continuously falling to the ground.
With that, half the valley vanished from the world.
The once brilliantly massive golden angel now appeared incredibly weak, its golden holy light largely scattered,
While the remaining power was peeling off its body like layers of breaking skin.
The winged angel had lost most of its body, its righteous posture stripped of its former dignity.
Only black writhing flesh remained, dropping from its body into the deep valley with wet splats.
Viktor still stood proudly in the heavens, lightning flashing behind him.
Those purple thunder-filled giant hands seemed able to grasp everything within their palm.
Lightning and floating electric arcs jumped and raced swiftly through the air.
Viktor quietly watched the black angel that had lost half its body, his expression calm.
After the intense attack, it was now on the verge of death.
The Thunder Calamity's special power could deal terrifyingly explosive damage to a single target.
The [Brilliant Thunder Arrow] just used had nearly completely annihilated this monster.
That was a massive collective entity combined from ten thousand followers with unified thoughts.
In an instant, almost all ten thousand followers nearly died under this magic.
However, this also demonstrated just how incredibly deep this twisted monster's health bar was.
The collective entity of ten thousand religious followers combined reached level 60.
But unfortunately,
A combined level 60
Didn't mean they had become sixth tier.
Compared to true sixth tier, they were clearly not qualified in their weakness.
But their defense was decent.
At least it truly reached the sixth tier level.
And now, as countless minds recovered and awakened,
After witnessing that terrifying and shocking scene,
These ministers finally understood.
What that holy yet filthy angel truly was.
"So this is the true form of the Goddess's followers."
Under that attack, the angel's entire body was covered in black twisted flesh,
The angel's body was filled with black twisted flesh, viscous foul liquid constantly dripping from its damaged limbs.
The flesh wings made of combined tentacles also fell apart, countless forcibly severed tentacles continuously dropping into the valley.
Witnessing the usually golden-radiating righteous goddess become such a blasphemous and filthy sight, everyone fell into deep shock.
So this was the true filthy nature of the righteous goddess's followers.
This made everyone present feel sick.
Many ministers suddenly realized:
Why the Empire didn't allow such religious sects to establish and spread within its borders.
Because they were nothing but monsters capable of bewitching people's hearts and breeding evil thoughts.
They didn't even deserve to be called 'human.'
Aurelianne gazed through the first-class carriage window at Viktor still standing proudly in the sky, her eyes filled with starlight.
Teacher Viktor's performance once again filled her with admiration.
As long as her teacher remained by her side, she would constantly feel the sense of security he brought.
Suddenly, an abyss-like blackness surged from one side, like a storm of black ink rising up to completely submerge everything.
Aurelianne immediately sensed something was wrong.
Because the [Eternal Furnace] within her heart could no longer draw in magic power.
The surrounding magic seemed cut off under that black barrier.
What would happen if mages couldn't use magic?
The answer was self-evident.
She instinctively sensed danger and suddenly shouted toward Viktor outside the train:
"Teacher!!!"
But such a warning seemed to come too late.
The black barrier appeared to completely block off the surrounding magic.
The purple-black thunder hands behind Viktor also began to gradually dim at this moment.
The surrounding violent thunder gradually ceased, the entire valley sky slowly returning to calm.
Only the still fierce winds remained, continuously swaying Viktor's coat.
Viktor kept his hands in his pockets as the thunder hands that had already begun flickering uncertainly behind him slowly withdrew.
Yet he himself remained floating in the air, standing firm.
At that moment, several beams of golden divine light suddenly pierced through the pitch-black sky.
Just like before, they penetrated the thick cloud layer, slowly descending.
Seeing this sudden scene, countless people simultaneously widened their eyes in shock.
"What... what is that?!!!!"
A minister fearfully pointed to the sky.
At this moment, everyone saw it.
Ten figures as holy as gold broke through the clouds, floating in the sky above.
That pure white holy light seemed to possess the power to redeem all dark creatures, their tall and majestic forms appearing dignified and inviolable.
Those ten descending angels were identical to the previous angel.
They surrounded Viktor, who could no longer use magic, encircling him in a ring.
Upon seeing the ten angels, countless people felt disbelief.
Even just one had driven them to such despair earlier.
Now, ten angels appeared simultaneously.
How would Viktor handle this!?
Suddenly, golden chains extended from each angel's ankles.
They completely bound Viktor's wrists, shoulders, ankles and neck.
The chains violently tightened, as if to suspend him in the air.
At this moment, seeing Viktor suddenly bound by the angels, everyone's hearts skipped half a beat.
Worry and shock intertwined in their hearts.
The diplomatic ministers' brows were almost knotted together.
After all, if Viktor died, then these unarmed old men who could only talk would certainly have no chance of survival.
Aurelianne was especially anxious.
Faced with magic being cut off, she couldn't imagine how Teacher Viktor would escape this predicament.
But suddenly, she clearly sensed something was off.
If teacher couldn't use magic,
Then at the moment magic failed just now,
Why could he still float in the sky?
Aurelianne blinked.
Her gaze noticed Viktor's expression.
She saw his lips curve up slightly.
As if he held victory in hand, having calculated everything.
With confidence and a touch of arrogance, he said calmly:
"Finally here."
"I've been waiting for you all for a long time."
The next second, that black staff with the golden bird head appeared in Viktor's hand.
On that staff, the shadow of scales began to sway, golden light flickering on and off on the black staff.
As if carrying an incomparably holy aura, it flickered with sacred and mysterious radiance.
Along with this dazzling light, Viktor's voice suddenly rang out.
"Gwen."
As his words fell, everyone's gaze simultaneously turned to Gwen.
They saw her step out toward the valley outside the train with complete composure.
Everyone was stunned, some knights even crying out in shock:
"Countess Gwen! You must not!"
They thought Gwen would lose her life.
But they were wrong.
Gwen's footsteps, accompanied by the clashing sounds of her armor, stepped steadily onto the air outside the train.
At that moment, what appeared to be stairs formed of golden light manifested.
And gradually extended upward.
Step by step the stairs lifted her feet, allowing Gwen to walk upward one step at a time.
With each step, Gwen's body seemed to endure immense pressure.
But equally, the holy light of the stairs grew increasingly bright.
She appeared bathed in holy light, firmly walking toward the increasingly brilliant sun.
And at the end of these stairs was Viktor's location.
Under the encirclement of ten twisted religious followers wrapped in holy light, as the shadowy scales on the staff continued to sway, the holy light grew ever brighter.
Until Gwen crossed the hundredth step in everyone's view, walking to Viktor's front.
She turned around, gazing at the ten light-radiating religious followers around them.
Similarly, the followers' gazes were fixed on Gwen.
As if a force of belief filled the followers' thoughts.
"God...dess..."
"God...dess?"
The next second, Vega's deep single eye flashed with brilliant blue light.
Almost simultaneously, the staff in Viktor's hand flashed with thick, shocking magical power.
"Since you love your goddess so much, then."
"For your most beloved goddess."
"Dedicate your lives."
The scales in the sky could no longer suppress their light, holy radiance as brilliant as the sun filling the entire world!
Countless people felt it.
Justice and faith, spilling across the entire world, spilling across the entire valley.
Vast magical power surged from Viktor's heart, but this time, Viktor didn't let it overflow.
Instead he completely suppressed it within his body, injecting it into the staff in his hand.
[Great Prosperity]
Under countless people's dumbfounded and shocked gazes, Gwen raised her hand to touch the shadowy scales in the sky.
Carrying the holy light of the scales, completely covering Gwen's form.
[Divine Ascension Steps]
In that instant.
A curved golden crown adorned her head.
The falling gossamer veil gently covered Gwen's eyes.
From her silver-white armor, a pair of tall holy white wings slowly extended.
Gwen bathed in the dazzling holy light, surrounded by floating pure white feathers.
Even the flame sword in her hand began to rapidly transform.
The originally scarlet flames grew more intense, finally becoming orange blazes that seemed able to completely purify all filth.
Gwen gripped the sword tightly in her hand, her wings slowly flapping as she hovered in mid-air.
She planted the sword before her, her calm gaze carrying absolute authority, like a holy spirit descending to earth.
Ethereal holy sounds slowly rang out around Gwen, otherworldly and solemn:
"Filthy sinners."
"Your crimes are unforgivable."
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