Chapter 707: The Fall of Theocracy
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Everyone was now looking toward the sky above Light City at the enormous monster’s astounding shadow. It had arrived when both sides were locked in a stalemate.
“It’s the three-headed dragon. Wizard Merlin is here!”
“Haha, Wizard Merlin has finally arrived. We can break through this tortoise’s sh.e.l.l now.”
“After waiting for so long, let’s see what Light City is going to use as their defense.”
Compared to those from the Church of Light, whose faces were deathly pale, their hearts sinking in despair, this side of the Kingdom of Blackmoon appeared galvanized. Merlin’s arrival increased the confidence of every Spell Caster a hundred times over.
Atop the three-headed dragon, Merlin gazed coldly down at the defenses of Light City below. This layer of defense was not much of a problem. It should just about match a Great Legend. It was not surprising that even forty or so Great Wizards were unable to break down this barrier.
The Church of Light had an extensive foundation as well, enough for one final war. If Merlin was not around, the outcome of this war would still be difficult to determine.
However, since Merlin was here, naturally, there were no such concerns.
“Silencing Ray!”
Faced with this defensive layer, Darkness Eye Silencing Ray was the best option. Therefore, a ma.s.sive blood-red eye suddenly materialized in the sky, glimmering with an eerie crimson glow.
“Swish.”
A ray of blood-red light instantly shot toward Light City below. Darkness Eye Silencing Ray brought a destructive force that was on par with a Great Legend.
“Boom.”
With a tremendous tremor, the defensive layer that had been so invulnerable started to wobble under the attack of Silencing Ray. Cracks spread all over in a cobweb pattern.
Once these cracks emerged, another beam of Silencing Ray was shot.
“Crack.”
At last, Light City’s defensive layer could hold on no longer and shattered instantly. The final defense that was blocking the army of the Kingdom of Blackmoon had been annihilated completely.
“We’re done for. With Merlin, there’s no possibility of safeguarding Light City…”
Philandeny saw that Merlin had appeared unscathed in Light City whereas those two Divine Believers did not show up. The outcome was evident. The two Divine Believers had failed in their operation.
By now, the Church of Light was no longer able to unleash any power to contend against Merlin. Perhaps they might have to truly pray for the arrival of the G.o.d of Light, that He would banish these wicked heretics…
“Swish.”
Merlin’s gaze immediately fixed upon Philandeny. Previously, he had carelessly allowed Philandeny to tear s.p.a.ce apart and escape. This time, it would not be so easy.
“Hallucinate!”
Merlin’s Mind Power unfurled over the entire Light City. With Merlin’s current realm of Hallucinating spell, there was no one who could resist him, and everyone fell into the illusion.
“There are no fluctuations of divine energy.”
Merlin was somewhat rueful. The last time, he had obtained divinity from Bonnet. Thereafter, because of the arrival of the Lord G.o.d of Light’s will, Merlin did not obtain divinity from the other two Divine Believers for they were destroyed instantly. Initially, Merlin had wanted to see if he could obtain more divinity in Light City.
However, it now looked like it was very difficult for the Lord G.o.d of Light to share his power. Even the Pope of the Church of Light had not received any powers. Only the three Ascetics with the most devout faith had obtained a portion of the G.o.d of Light’s strength.
“There’s a treasure there!”
Merlin had not seen many treasures of G.o.ds. At a glance, he could tell that Philandeny was carrying a book which emanated holy light, called the Light Tome. The book was inscribed with the past “deeds” of the G.o.d of Light. Even though it contained no divinity, this Light Tome still carried a trace of divine energy.
Although this divine energy was faint, and seemed to be a remnant of a distant era, Merlin could somewhat figure it out after some brief thinking.
This Light Tome had existed back when the Molta Empire had not collapsed when the G.o.d of Light had not been exiled from the Glorious Land. It contained the G.o.d of Light’s divine energy back then, and subsequently became a treasure wielded by the Pope of the Church of Light.
In the past, Philandeny had relied on the divine energy of this Light Tome to forcibly tear s.p.a.ce apart to escape. With the G.o.d of Light’s divine energy, splitting s.p.a.ce apart was a piece of cake, something not even Merlin could prevent.
Nonetheless, this time Merlin was more cautious, immediately unleas.h.i.+ng his Hallucinating spell and controlling everyone. Philandeny did not even have the chance to wield his Light Tome.
The Light Tome was not of much use to Merlin. He had no way of absorbing the divine energy in it.
“Actually, I could let the wars.h.i.+p’s high-powered engine furnace give it a try?”
Merlin thought about the high-powered engine furnace within the wars.h.i.+p. Other than elemental crystal stones, Merlin still did not know what other energy this high-powered engine furnace was able to break down and trans.m.u.te into power.
This Light Tome still contained a strand of divine energy. Back during the era of the Molta Empire, the Light of G.o.d was an upper rank G.o.d, equivalent to a Great Lord. He was beyond average. Even if it was a small portion of his divine energy left, it would be extraordinary.
Trying his luck, Merlin directly tossed the Light Tome into the high-powered engine furnace. Instantly, the high-powered engine furnace began to shudder, which meant it was preparing to break it down.
“Beep. Unknown energy is found. Break down and trans.m.u.te this energy?”
The Matrix’s voice rang out. Currently, the Matrix was the control core of the entire wars.h.i.+p, so of course, it had the best understanding of the situation in the high-powered engine furnace.
Merlin even had a feeling that, after the Matrix had absorbed the vast amounts of the information left in the wars.h.i.+p, it had undergone some changes. It was just that Merlin was unclear what these changes were exactly. Nonetheless, in terms of the Matrix’s perfect control over the entire empire-level wars.h.i.+p, this was definitely a good thing.
“Break down and trans.m.u.te!”
Merlin nodded, agreeing to the Matrix’s inquiry. Instantly, the high-powered engine furnace began to move into action. Merlin could distinctly feel that within the high-powered engine furnace, a formidable force was exploding, only it could not escape the furnace no matter what.
After a few hours, Merlin discovered that the energy of the wars.h.i.+p was wildly increasing. From fifty percent, it raced to a hundred percent before stopping.
In addition, that immense energy within the high-powered engine furnace still had not vanished.
“The energy storage had reached the limit. The unknown energy is still not broken down completely. Should it be stored, and be automatically broken down and trans.m.u.ted when the power source decreases?”
Merlin was rather taken aback. He did not think that this mere bit of divine energy could be trans.m.u.ted to so much energy. Nonetheless, he rather admired the Atlan civilization.
To be able to break down elemental crystal stones, and now it could even break down the divine energy of G.o.ds. In the eyes of the Atlans, these G.o.ds must surely be ma.s.sive units of energy.
Moreover, just a bit of divine energy could be trans.m.u.ted into so much energy. This transformation rate was much higher than his elemental crystal stones. Even the Spell Caster civilization could only use the divinity of G.o.ds. However, divinity was too rare, and difficult to obtain. Many G.o.ds would exhaust their divinity bit by bit, and it was challenging for Spell Casters to obtain it.
As for divine energy, Spell Casters had no way of utilizing that. Unexpectedly, however, the Atlan civilization could utilize divine energy. Furthermore, if the Atlan civilization, which lacked energy sources, encountered a G.o.d, they would not be lenient.
It was just that after the Atlan civilization was discovered back then, it had erupted into a bitter war with the Spell Casters. Until now, they were still firmly suppressed in the Atlan Dimension by the Spell Caster civilization. They were unable to develop further in the Void Zone, so of course, they had no contact with other foreign civilizations.
Merlin could imagine as the energy ores in the Atlan Dimension were depleted, the crisis faced by the Atlan civilization would become more serious. If they had no power source, even the strongest wars.h.i.+p was nothing more than sc.r.a.p metal.
“Store the Light Tome then. You may break it down and trans.m.u.te it automatically.”
Merlin agreed to the Matrix’s request to store it. The Light Tome was otherwise useless to Merlin.
“Boom.”
A loud crash reverberated across the entire Light City. Merlin cast his gaze over at the gigantic statue of the G.o.d of Light. It had been the target of the Spell Casters’ spells, and it had collapsed abruptly.
With Merlin’s a.s.sistance, the Spell Casters had gained control over Light City. The collapse of the G.o.d of Light statue symbolized the fall of the Holy Light Empire. The Church of Light had been routed completely!