Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 200 Ceremony
"Lord Beta, please follow me," Arleto bowed to Beta in front of the Eternal Palace, "Her Majesty the Queen, Her Royal Highness Lucia and Lord Epsilon have been waiting for you on the stone stage for a long time."

Beta stopped and looked at the plain-looking maid carefully for a moment, then chuckled and said, "It is really unexpected that His Majesty would send you to greet me."

Arleto smiled politely, still bowing slightly, and did not make any response.

"That's fine," Beta breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at the towering golden tree behind the Eternal Palace, and whispered to himself, "Since Epsilon is so confident, let me verify it today. Time, who is closer to God’s will!”

After saying that, he walked towards the palace. Lannis, who was accompanying him, was about to follow him when he saw Arleto moving lightly. His figure was like an invisible breeze, moving in front of him in an instant, smiling and saying: "Please, Your Excellency, Priest Wait in the side hall for the Holy Judgment Ceremony, outsiders are not allowed to enter."

"outsider?"

Lannis was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly: "I am the chief priest under Lord Beta. Even if you are a close minister of His Majesty, you should not wantonly interfere in the affairs of the gods, right?"

While the two were talking, Lannis glanced at the surrounding buildings covertly. From the moment he entered the Eternal Palace, he saw at least three or four elite guards under Lucia's command along the way. Even the one with the strongest strength among the heroes The flying dragon Guirel, who was also regarded as a leader, also appeared in the side hall, still wearing the heavy armor that was only equipped during the war.

Although he firmly believed that even Epsilon and Lucia would never dare to make mistakes in the Holy Judgment Ceremony, the vaguely tense atmosphere around him still greatly aroused the vigilance of the two-fingered priest. If anything happened, Due to unexpected events, he was the only one who could guard Lord Beta.

"The priest spoke harshly." On the other hand, Arleto completely ignored the threat hidden in Lannis's words and said calmly, "What I conveyed was only the will of Her Majesty the Queen. Since Your Majesty has not allowed Your Majesty to enter, I apologize. I can’t let him go.”

As she spoke, she just stood there quietly, without any weapons on her waist, and her hands hanging relaxedly by her sides. However, Lannis, five steps away, suddenly felt a suffocating pressure, as if he was being suffocated all over his body. The air condenses into an invisible blade, and if you are not careful, you will be cut all over.

"You -" Lannis gritted his teeth with hatred. Although he also had hero-level strength, he was the most orthodox fighting priest, and most of his combat power was based on the endless golden magic.

At this moment, he was unprepared and was approached by a strong man who was obviously an assassin. Even regardless of the identities and backgrounds of both parties, he had no confidence to fight against the opponent here.

"Lannis, stand down—"

Not far away, Beta, who had climbed more than ten steps, stopped, turned his back to the priest and the head maid who were confronting each other behind him, and said, "Don't forget that this is the Eternal Palace. Just like Ms. Arleto said, go to the side hall. Wait for me."

"Yes."

Below, Lannis barely suppressed his anger, bowed in response, and then turned around and headed towards the side hall on the east side.

Arleto watched the retreating back of the two-finger priest from a distance. The east side hall where Lannis went was only a hundred steps away from the west side hall where Guirel was. The accompanying two-finger priests and holy knights also followed. After going to the side hall, they spread out to monitor Gu Long's movements. The already stagnant atmosphere between the two suddenly became more tense.

She blinked, turned around as if unaware, bowed slightly and caught up a few steps, accompanying Beta to continue walking towards the heart of the golden tree.

Along the way, Beta and Arleto did not speak again. About a quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at the entrance to the heart of the golden tree. At this time, the thorn bushes that originally blocked the entrance had shrunk into the trunk, leaving only a gap in the middle filled with A door-shaped tree hole with golden light.

"Lord Beta, there is a stone stage in front of you," Arleto saluted again, "I am not qualified to enter, so I can only send you here."

Beta nodded slightly and continued to step forward, and soon his entire body disappeared in the golden light.When the dazzling light all around faded away, Beta looked around and found that he had entered this stone stage that he had never set foot on before.

Rather than saying "stage", it is better to say that it is a vast expanse of land. The entrance behind it has disappeared at some point, and the dark and rough ground stretches endlessly into the void in the distance. If you raise your head slightly, you can see it. The glorious and majestic Ring of Elden in the center of the sky.

Beta couldn't help but look solemn. Although he was an envoy of God, this was the first time he came into close contact with the Ring of Law - it was the only concrete entity of the Golden Law, the core of power of the Golden Tree, and the life and death of all living beings in the entire Golden Age. Rotating master control terminal.

The whole body of the Dharma Ring is like four golden haloes interlocked together, arranged in an equilateral triangle. It rotates slowly and constantly like a heavy gear. At the same time, it emits a light that is like substance. Even if it is separated by endless void, Beta can I can still feel the majestic power of mountains and oceans.

"Is this the power of the supreme will?" He murmured absently.

Immediately afterwards, he saw four giant chairs displayed on the ground below. Queen Malika was sitting on the throne under the ring and in the center of the stone stage. The other three chairs were slightly inferior in shape and specifications. They are arranged on the left and right sides of the throne.

Lucia sat on the left side near the queen, Epsilon sat beside him, and the chair on the right side was vacant, obviously reserved for him.

"God Envoy Beta, I have met Her Majesty the Eternal Queen and Her Royal Highness Lucia Sanks." Betamai walked to the front of the throne and bowed.

This time is different from when Epsilon came from the sky to convey the oracle of canonizing Lucia as a god. Every two-fingered divine envoy must maintain the same attitude when meeting the Eternal Queen and the King of Elden on his own behalf. Etiquette and respect for inferiors - Since the beginning of the ancient times when the Dragon King and the Dragon God ruled the world, only the Supreme Will itself has the qualification to override the gods and kings.

"Please take a seat, envoy of the gods," the Queen nodded in greeting. "Today I am only responsible for activating the power of the ring to communicate the will of the gods. I will not interfere in the Holy Judgment Ceremony. Let the Supreme Will decide who is right and wrong between you two."

Beta glanced at Lucia and Epsilon on the other side, and there was a hint of deep-hidden resentment in his eyes, but he didn't say much, and just walked calmly to his seat and sat down.

Seeing that both parties were ready, Queen Malika officially announced the start of the ceremony.

She slowly stood up from the throne, held her delicate white palm in the air, and a pale stone hammer suddenly appeared in her palm.

The Queen placed the stone mallet horizontally in front of her, looked at it for a moment, and then raised it high with her slender arms. The center of the mallet was pointed directly at the Elden Ring above her head. A blazing golden light instantly cut through the dark sky and connected to the Ring. Between the stone hammer!
Lucia, who was sitting below, was horrified - that power did not come from the magic ring, but came entirely from the queen's own pure divine power, and it was condensed to the point that it made his hair stand on end.

"In the name of the Eternal Queen, the Lord of the Golden Tree, and the only true god of the junction, I hereby call for the coming of the Supreme Will!" the Queen chanted loudly.

The next second, Elden's magic ring suddenly bloomed with extreme brilliance, and a surging wave of divine power poured down from the ring. Queen Malika's long golden hair fluttered, and the center of her lake-blue eyes was like a A golden flame was lit!
Large swaths of pale golden seawater surged up from all directions, covering the entire stone stage in an instant, transforming the ground beneath everyone's feet into a smooth, mirror-like ocean.

In the depths of the sea, Lucia seemed to see a huge shadow flashing away in a trance.

"That's the Beast of Elden?"

(End of this chapter)