Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 423 Life and Death

Rodel, the Temple of Eternity.

In the tepid twilight, the beautifully shaped magic crystal lamps cast a warm glow, blending with the mist from the incense to weave a soft dream.

Radagan sat behind the desk, leaning back in a high-back chair and resting with his eyes closed. Everything on the desk was arranged neatly as if it had been carved with a knife. In the middle were two stacks of documents, one was a matter that needed to be resolved urgently and the other had just been approved.

From any angle you look at it, this king is perfect—perfect appearance, perfect strength, perfect character, and a perfect heart that never stops working for the golden age.

Whether it is the disagreement between fundamentalism and traditional doctrines or the dispute between the new party and the old party, it is too far away for most of the golden people. They do not care about these things that have little to do with their lives. At most, they will just curse a few words like they did when the gladiatorial industry was banned three years ago.

They are more concerned about things that are related to their own interests and even safety, such as the return of the Mad Fire Plague, the bold rebellion of the Giant King's Court that invaded the North, and the ancient dragon demigod Lucia Sanx, who is fighting for the country on the surface but actually has evil intentions.
Therefore, at this moment, Radagan, who could represent and defend their interests, became for the first time the king that the Golden People truly supported.

Her Majesty the Queen's deep sleep is certainly worrying, but if Her Majesty Radagan can solve those terrible disasters, it doesn't seem to be a big deal to support the new party - this is probably what the vast majority of the golden people think.

The new parties have keenly captured this trend. In recent days, they have been vigorously pushing for pressure on the Ancient Dragon Dynasty, arresting the leader of the Ahara caravan, and taking the time to implement a number of emergency measures to prevent and control the epilepsy plague. Their reputation among the people has soared.

Until today, His Majesty Radagon finally announced that Xia Bolili, the head of internal affairs of the Eternal Palace who was responsible for fighting the plague of insanity last time, would be temporarily detained. A public trial would be held early tomorrow morning to investigate the real culprit behind the plague and give an explanation to the eight million Rodel people and the 120 million golden people.

In an instant, the whole city was boiling.

As the twilight faded and night fell, a carriage sped towards the Eternal Palace.

"Who are you?" The guards guarding the entrance to the Golden Temple shouted and blocked their way. "Your Majesty declares that the entire temple is under martial law today. No one is allowed to enter without prior notification!"

The personal guard accompanying the carriage immediately rode forward, took out the token with his left hand and shook it, then slapped the guard with his right hand, sending him flying.

The carriage continued to speed forward. The guards stood up in fear. They heard the personal guards who were going away sneer in the whistling wind: "It's ok to deceive the old party members, but who dares to stop us?"

Ten minutes later, the news that the dynasty's Deputy Minister of Justice, the demigod Lakkad, was seeking a meeting was delivered to the royal study.

Radagan raised his eyelids from his light sleep and said without any surprise, "Let him in."

A moment later, the towering sandalwood door of the study opened, and Lacarde's tall and handsome figure appeared under the light.

"Father."

Radagan raised his eyebrows slightly, "I thought that the first sentence you would say when we met today was that you would call me 'Your Majesty'."

"Why?" Lacard shrugged. "Do you really want me to call you that, especially after that woman fell asleep?"

"No, I just want to hear you call me father."

Radagan stood up, put his arm around his second son's shoulders, pushed him to sit on the sofa, and personally poured him a cup of black tea.

"I know that this 'father' still lacks the emotion I expected, but it at least shows one thing." Radagon smiled gently, "Compared to calling me 'Your Majesty' and throwing a tantrum like a child, you have at least learned how to use your identity - this is a good thing, and it is the growth I have always wanted to see in you."

He patted his son on the shoulder, stood up and returned to the desk, took a confidential document from in front of him, threw it over and said, "Take a look first."

Lacard was not used to the feeling of having the rhythm of the conversation completely controlled by the other party, but he still opened the file and scanned its contents.

"Lucia and the Giant King fought head-on, and both were injured?"

Even though his Qi-cultivation skills have improved a lot compared to before, he still couldn't help but feel shocked when he saw the news.

"Yes, this is the latest battle report just sent back this morning. Lucia led the army to raid the Ninth Giant Legion, killed a first-generation giant, severely injured the Ninth ancestor Amodia and another first-generation, and then fought with the Giant King Callelius who came over. Both were seriously injured."

"The battle report said that he pierced the heart of the Giant King with the greatsword of the hunting god that was entangled with the destiny of death, but he still couldn't kill him?"

"That's right." Radagang frowned slightly when talking about this. "We originally just speculated that the giant remnants had mastered some method of mass conversion of their own kind. Now it seems that they have more cards in their hands."

"Destined death is part of the magic circle. It is the supreme law of death in the world. It is different from those curses that are not worthy of being mentioned on the stage. Once it is activated, it cannot be removed by any form of force."

"Lucia's destined death was taken from the Queen of Death, Catepera. Although it is incomplete, it is only the upper limit of power that is insufficient. There is no deficiency in character. In other words, it is impossible for Kalerius to have a way to 'remove' this power of death."

"Then why should he?"

Lakkad was stunned when he was talking. "He used his vitality to consume it and offset the destined death?"

Radagan affirmed: "This is also my speculation."

"Damn it!" Lacard cursed, "It's impossible for him to master the law of life of that woman. How many lives can he have to fight against the destined death?"

It's not that he lacks knowledge, but the power displayed by Karelius is too incredible. Since even the corresponding law of life cannot eliminate the destined death, using vitality to fight against death is the only solution to facing the destined death.

But if there are beings who master the laws of life, such as the Eternal Queen Marika, or beings who can at least use part of the laws of life, such as demigods and high-level priests who can use the golden tree to restore this series of life magic. They can also use the power of the laws to inject more vitality into themselves and use it to fight against the destined death.

In the battle of the Dragon Tree, Godwin, who was in charge of Rodel, received the direct blessing of the golden tree, which gave him endless vitality. No matter what kind of injuries he suffered, he could recover instantly, thus suffocating the eighth-level immortal scale.

But what was Calerius's reason? The Ash Fire, the source of the giants' power, had the sole attribute of destruction, absolute and pure destruction.

If the two sides switched, and Lucia was the one hit by the destined death, he might still survive thanks to his strange life recovery effect, but how could Calelius have the vitality to fight against the destined death?

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(End of this chapter)