Pillars of Ita

As the shadow followed, Fang He understood that the Soul Devourer Lord Amatos and himself had entered the laws of divinity together. After killing the goddess of fate, the other party had mastered a part of the characteristics of the divinity of fate, and the withering ashes and fire gave birth to fragments of the divinity of life and death.

With these two points, He and Fang He stood on the same starting line - favored by fate, and holding the ash and fire that could overturn the world.

Selina failed, but that was only because she tried to overstep her bounds. However, Amatus himself did not need to ascend to the rank of god, He only needed to ensure that all conditions met the prophecy:

'One day the withered death, the shadow of the forest will walk the world, but the dead will be given new life under the ashes, like a new shoot growing from humus soil, and a new god will be born from the twins.'

But this correspondence does not need to be perfect, as long as there is a one-to-one correspondence in form, it is enough. It can be that a new god is born from a pair of twins, or that a pair of twins are born from the new god.

Selina chose the former. Strictly speaking, she provided a "strong concept" for the prophecy, which was more in line with the description in the prophecy.

But it was meaningless, the woman did not realize that there was never only one principle for the birth of fire from the divinity.

That's why Fang He used language to strip away the accuracy of the concept. What he pointed out was not whether Selina's plan itself had loopholes.

Rather, does the other half of this plan agree with the plan itself?

In that twin soul, there is a side that symbolizes pure goodness, but Selina covered it up with a legitimate reason.

She claimed that everything she did was just revenge on the world.

It's just that it isn't.

In the fate woven into the mist, Fang He and Sylvie experienced the story and witnessed the sacrifices of the past.

The Guardians of Light pushed Lilandel into the gray forest, but Quel'dra saved the soul of the innocent girl in the gray forest.

And bring her back into the world.

It was this final redemption and tenderness that shaped the other side of the twin souls and negated the lies carefully woven by Selina.

Although she seemed to avoid the most important point.

But she didn't expect that Fang He could reveal her origins in one go.

But for Fang He, it was just one of the many guesses that were verified through thousands of times of retrospection.

Among more possibilities, he had sat down and had long talks with Aelin Ironheart time and time again. In fact, long before the plan was handed to him, he had already known everything about the Ironthorn family in at least three endings.

And the moment Selina appeared here, Fang He had actually reacted.

Because of the prophecy of the twins, Amatos could only send one pair of twins under the white tree.

But according to the records of Silver Wind Harbor, this female bishop never had a twin sister, so the rumors about the Ironthorn family can prove a lot of things.

In addition, she kept mentioning that mysterious history. Let me ask, who else except the person involved can see through the thick fog that fate has woven around the white tree?

Therefore, Fang He immediately understood where her soul came from.

At the end of that story—

From an innocent soul, the personalities of revenge and pure kindness were separated, and the flames of revenge burned towards the Council of Linorel and the Elven Court that caused all this.

But the pure and kind side comes from the only kindness the world has for her.

Selina may firmly believe that no one knows about that history except herself, and when she becomes a god, the truth and history will no longer be important.

But perhaps this is the difference between mortals and gods.

Because fate never fails, even if the god it belonged to has long since perished.

Therefore, after Fang He pointed out that point, the one who was actually shaken was not the pure and kind soul, but herself.

When the other twin goes against her original purpose, the destiny of the twins will never come true.

From the beginning, it was just a lie to deceive oneself.

But that was only for Selina, but all Amatos needed was the concept of twins, and it seemed that the Dark Saint had already seen through this.

A flame was hanging in the flowing shadow, forming the image of the Soul Eater in the divine space composed of gray and fire.

In the thin and long shadow, two sparkling eyes stared at Fang He, and spoke arrogantly from a high position:

"Interesting mortal, it seems you know much more than Selina."

"But you were pushed onto this stage. Didn't they tell you that this is not something that ordinary people can get involved in?"

Seeing Fang He remained silent, the Soul Devourer sneered and said:

"You kept silent, but I guessed you must have something to rely on. I knew Elaine must have left some handwriting out of our sight."

"After all, choosing one person from the long river of fate before the timeline and seeing everything after death before one's own death is something that only those who have seen through the connection of fate can do."

"But what did she give you? The ability to see the fork in the fate in the branches of the Golden Tree, so that you can see through the fog and see the 'real future'?"

"With abilities like these, it's no wonder Selina lost to you."

"After all, on the surface, the person sitting on the chessboard is just an ordinary person, but in reality, the one she is playing against is the goddess of fate. It is not unfair for her to lose."

When Amatos opened his mouth, it was as if a thousand mouths opened and a thousand voices echoed in Fang He's mind at the same time, but the strange thing was that he could hear clearly every voice and the meaning of every sentence.

But Fang He remained calm and asked, "So you just sit back and watch her fail. Is this the fate of being a pawn of darkness?"

As he spoke, he silently watched the gray flame expand in his consciousness space, as if constructing a picture:

A stone thrown into the water creates ripples on the water surface.

And above the water, there grew a solitary holy white tree - that was exactly the concept formed by the image of the Lady of Withering.

In reality, it is the lost fragment of her divinity.

But the fragments had long since fallen apart, and no one could recover a god and his ministry from a lost concept.

The saints compare the Divine to fire.

But the laws are eternal, just as Roman told him - the God of Storms is gone, but the storms on the New Sea still exist.

Therefore, a new god will be born in the realm of storms, and the same is true for death and fate, but Elaine shielded everything with a fate hidden in the prophecy.

But two hundred years have passed since Quel'drala's sacrifice.

Elaine herself also paid the price over a long period of time, writing this mystery with her own demise.

Now that the fog has been lifted, the divine power gathered on the throne is unstoppable and is about to give birth to a new divine flame.

Fang He watched the fire burning in his hands and the Soul Eater's hands.

The problem they have to solve now is - which side the newborn god born from the divine fire will belong to this time.

But Fang He was not in a hurry, he also understood.

Amatos is like himself——

This was not the first time he faced the Saints of Darkness.

I saw the other party speaking in a metallic voice: "She begged us for strength, and we gave her strength; she begged us for opportunity, and we gave her opportunity."

"She wants to ascend to the divine rank, and we have no objection. If she can do it, we are happy to see it happen."

"Even if she goes a step further and asks us for the throne directly, we can lend her a helping hand."

"But she didn't," the Soul Eater mocked, "In fact, you know why, but you asked us instead."

"So this is the limitation of mortals. You always think you can deceive us, but in the end your cleverness backfires and you end up suffering the consequences."

"And you are just being clever now. You can see through everything when facing Selina, but why can't you see your own doomed failure?"

A sarcastic smile formed on the face of the shadow:

"I guess, because you think you have the goddess of fate watching you, and even the lady of the scales standing behind you."

"On the surface, Aimaya is guarding the entrance to the Gray Forest. Secretly, the three goddesses planned all this, and even Orli is covering for you—"

"You must think we don't know all this?" Amatus sneered again, "But you forget that the goddess of fate can cover up fate, but you can't."

"So from the moment you appeared before my servant, you were doomed to fail. Then again, do you think the Saints of Orin would not have thought of this?"

"No, it's just because you are just a cannon fodder that they push to the front. It has always been like this."

He tried to use words to shake Fang He's heart, just as Fang He had done to Selina before.

The Soul Eater seemed to know Roman's plan very well, but Fang He was not surprised by it. He just shook his head slightly:

"Only dead people are called cannon fodder, but I don't intend to fail in this attempt."

"You don't intend to fail in your attempt," Amatus sneered, his sparkling eyes seeming to have seen through everything, "Is it because they gave you the corresponding concept, from the fate of the twins?"

Fang He couldn't help but raise his head, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

As expected of the Soul Eater Lord, the other party must have known all this through the Insect King Karsak. Karsak is the other party's vassal, and the other party has fought with Mia.

Amatos is the oldest of the Dark Saints. Legend has it that he came from the era of the Sinsas Snake People. He is the fallen one among the Sun Saints and possesses unparalleled insight.

Facts have proved this.

It was only during the last few times of retrospection that he gradually came to realize this point. He asked himself this question more than once:

When it comes to understanding divinity and laws, saints are far superior to mortals, but why did Ms. Roman push him onto this stage?

And why did the goddess of fate, Elaine, cast a glance at him when he was fighting against the shadow man?

He thought it was just a coincidence, but after careful analysis he found that it was not the case.

The real reason may have been planted from the very beginning, because they all come from the same root.

Cang Zhihui.

From the moment he took over the Hailin Crown from Miya, the blue fire had already engraved the mark of fate on him——

'Olin's twin stars are the most unique destiny feature in the Etalia sky. People with the twin star destiny wait for each other, make promises to each other, and guard each other's past, present, and future.'

It's as if an infinite line passes through the starry sky, spanning time and distance, connecting them together.

Yes, it is the destiny of two stars - the harmony of twins.

Ever since Miya endowed him with the ability to coexist, he had actually thought about why this talent had already appeared on his panel in the underground of the elven ruins.

If it wasn't engraved on him from the beginning of the Star Gate, then the only possibility was that it was left behind at the moment he and Mia shared the Crown of Hailin.

Perhaps from that moment on, the Crown of Hailin had actually linked him, Mia and Elaine's inseparable prophecy together.

After that, Blue Glory led him all the way to Istania to fight against the blind god Deka, and it was in that place—

For the first time, Aimeya cast a glance at him.

So that is the root of everything.

Therefore he does not need the reflection of a twin.

Because this concept has long been inseparable from him and Mia.

However, the answer to this question was almost seen through by Amatus at a glance.

Fang He was not actually too surprised. After all, ever since the Saints of the Sun fell apart, the Orin pantheon had revived from the ruins of the old Pantheon, and the confrontation between the two sides was not just one or two days.

Counting from the time of Xinsas, it has gone through four eras and lasted for tens of thousands of years.

This is a battle that is destined to determine the fate of both worlds.

The two parties on the chessboard have already played against each other for countless hours. They are familiar with each other and are no strangers to their opponent's plans.

Not to mention that what mortals think and feel is, as the other party said, like a big open book.

There are no secrets at all—

The concept of twins, the watchful eye of fate, the divine fire of withering.

Now both sides have it.

Although conceptually, what the Dark Saints have mastered is slightly inferior, but Amatos's familiarity with divinity and the power he possesses are enough to make up for it.

Fang He silently stared at the ash fire in the other party's hand. The burning flame was almost as bright as ever, as if two gods were about to be born from it at the same time.

But he understood that when it came to fighting for the right to the priesthood, just having the concept was not enough.

After all, he was a genuine Dark Saint. As a mortal, he could not know more about the laws, divine fire, divinity and priesthood than a real god.

But if the Twins Association is just a ticket.

Why did the saints deceive the world and send him, a mortal, to this stage?

The saints of Orin - for example, Ms. Roman, or why didn't Aimaya act as a chess player herself?

Amatos was also thinking, and this was the only thing that made him feel wary - what on earth was that woman Roman thinking?

Why push a mortal to the forefront?

He can see through the secrets of mortals, but still cannot see through the uncertain future - that is a unique ability of the God of Destiny.

It is also what Amatos coveted.

He had tried to sway Fang He with words before, but he didn't expect that the young man would remain unmoved - he was obviously not sure about the future either.

He looked at Fang He, and the young man was also looking at him. For a moment, Amatus actually saw a hint of certainty in Fang He's eyes.

What does he believe?

All He saw from the depths of the sea were the prophecies about Elaine and fragments of the plan of the saints.

But He had seen that prophecy countless times.

Under normal circumstances, Amatos would have been more willing to kill this insect-like human and completely eliminate the trouble.

But the Holy White Tree actually separates the two worlds. If he cannot obtain the priesthood of apoptosis, there is no way to open the passage between the two worlds.

Its shadow was not enough to kill the opponent in this place, not to mention that the great saint not far away also possessed some of Aimaya's divine power.

Narsu's mistake will never be made again.

The two of them completed the revival of the divine fire almost at the same moment. In fact, from the moment waves arose above the sea of ​​light, the ownerless divine power had been overwhelming and pouring towards the roots of the white tree.

The next step is to conceive divinity - that will determine what laws and abilities the newly born god is based on.

In other words, that is the priesthood.

Fang He was no longer able to speak. He didn't know much about fate. Most of what he knew came from the fleeting glimpse of the girl of destiny, Elaine.

Only when the Crown of Helin traveled back and forth between the branches of fate thousands of times did he deeply understand the meaning of this law:

The dark lake reflects the destiny of Attalia, and the loom on it weaves the life of a mortal into silk threads.

The branches of the golden tree symbolize the divergence of countless different futures.

Thus, the past, present and future were all born, and Elaine was once the keeper of those three 'doors'.

Time is the measure of destiny.

Destiny is the choice of the observer.

This is the priesthood of the caretaker.

Death and resurrection go back and forth, and after the lush green of the forest, it seems like the cold winter is coming, because without life there is no death, and life originally goes against the flow in the lonely universe.

Fight disorder with order.

Express eternity through transience.

This is death and resurrection, nature's ministry.

He tried to imagine what he saw, but fate was inevitably distorted, and Amatos was using his own power to pull the power of the gods.

The laws are clear to Him. The body of destiny is already in the hands of the Soul Devourer, not to mention that He has obtained half of the Fire of Decay.

He was looking at the mortal with a sinister smile, but he didn't expect that Elaine didn't leave any tricks at the last moment. It seemed that all the saints were no better than him.

This time victory will once again belong to Them.

But at that moment, Amatos's hand movements suddenly stopped, not because he had done something wrong - but because the gray flame was still burning quietly on His hand.

The flame has no tendency to give rise to new divinities.

Just like the storm above the new sea is raging and roaring, the divine power from the two realms is gathered here, but the throne has been vacant for a long time, just quietly waiting for a new king who belongs to them.

Throughout Etaria, people observed this magnificent event in different ways, as stars shone on the sea of ​​light - a new moon rose.

New priesthoods and domains will be born from the sea of ​​laws.

But this time Xinghui responded with silence.

The new king has not yet been born.

why?

Just as people cannot understand why there are lightning and thunder in the dark clouds gathering above the sea of ​​light, but no heavy rain falls.

The saints of darkness also fell silent at that moment.

All the conditions have been met. The absent law cannot remain without a master for long, and the goddess of fate has only obscured fate for two hundred years at the cost of herself.

Now the fog has been lifted, but why have the thunder and rain in the storm not yet fallen?

Amatus looked up.

I saw a sentence forming in the mind of the young man not far away:

The destiny of twins is two.

But there are three missing gods.

The dark saints were planning the priesthood of fate and apoptosis, but for the goddess of commerce, the deal was not a good one.

Place consistent weights on both ends of the scale.

'You are plotting against the hunters, and the hunters are also plotting against you'

...(End of chapter)