Alien world

Chapter 1345 Chapter 267. Sacrifice
Elvis Raymond rushed back to the Golden Palace with the news that Annan was in the city, but was stopped outside by his father's guards.

"You're going to stop me too?"

The golden armored guard said, "Master Elvis, the great lord is meeting guests. No one can enter without his order."

"guest?"

"Bishop Hoghuys has just arrived."

Elvis Raymond had no choice but to wait patiently outside the palace.

Suddenly, a large flock of crows appeared in the sky. They rose from the Golden City and the mountains like black clouds, lingering in the air like some kind of apocalypse.

Elvis Raymond was still puzzled when the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook, the tiles of the Golden Palace Square began to bulge, and then countless ratmen gushed out of the underground like fountains.

The same scene appeared in various places in the Golden City, and the rapid ringing of bells suddenly rang everywhere in the Golden City.

"Damn ratmen, they are in the Golden Palace too!" The guard in golden armor cursed in a low voice, "Master Elvis, you stay here!"

"Everyone, follow me to clean up the rat tide. Don't let these filthy creatures disturb the Overlord!"

He led the guards and faced the ratmen that were gradually gathering into a tide in the square.

Elvis Raymond also opened the door quickly to tell his father about the rat invasion.

When he opened the door, Elvis Raymond was stunned at the door. He found that there was no one else in the palace except himself.

"Father?"

The call echoed in the palace. Outside, shouts of killing and magical lights were heard. Elvis Raymond looked at the empty throne with a burning gaze.

Elvis Raymond walked up the steps on the golden carpet. As he got closer to the throne, his breathing became more rapid.

Ignoring the outside voices and with only the temptation of power in his eyes, Elvis Raymond finally stood in front of the throne and sat on it.

With his hands on the handrails and looking down at the palace, Elvis Raymond seemed to see himself becoming a great lord in the future, ruling the Broken Mountains...

click-

The throne suddenly moved, interrupting Elvis Raymond's fantasy. He stood up in panic like a child who had made a mistake, ready to accept the blame, but he saw a deep passage behind the throne...

……

Under the Golden City, the two people who were still moving forward in the long passage felt irregular vibrations coming from the ground.

"The ratmen are going to fight to the death." The overlord broke the silence.

"So you knew they existed."

Lord Raymond said meaningfully: "I am the master of Broken Mountains, of course I know."

Bishop Hoghuys retorted: "The true master can only be a lady."

"Of course, I'm just a shepherd who herds the sheep for her." Raymond made an ecclesiastical gesture.

Only bishops can call themselves shepherds, but in the face of Raymond's usurpation, Bishop Hoghuys remained silent.

After a long and dull walk, they finally walked out of the cave and came to the vast underground cave again.

"This is... a fragment of the temple...?"

Bishop Hogxus lost his mind after seeing the mountain-like copper fragments. He walked forward tremblingly, his back lowered, and called out in disbelief, "Madam, is it really you?"

The patterns on the orichalcum fragments flashed with complicated runes, and a hollow and weak whisper sounded: "Who are you?"

"I am Bishop Hoghuys, your sheepdog..."

"I don't remember you..."

Bishop Hogxus's lips trembled: "Madam, what happened? Even the temple was broken into pieces..." "Put your hands on the fragments, and I will let you see the answer..."

Bishop Hogxus placed his hand on the temple fragment without hesitation, praying for divine inspiration - but he did not expect that as soon as his hand was placed on the fragment, his magic power, his divine power, and even his vitality were rapidly dissipating.

"Ma'am, what are you doing, no... please stop--" Bishop Hoghus, who is nearly fifty years old but looks almost the same as a middle-aged man, has visibly shriveled skin.

"I am still weak and need your strength. Please become one with me..." The orichalcum fragments flickered.

"Dedicate yourself to our lady." The voice of Lord Raymond was heard behind him.

Bishop Hogxus, however, sensed a faint malice within the power that was absorbing him, but it was deeper and darker than the lightless starry sky.

"No... He is not—"

The last bit of life flame disappeared, and the emaciated Bishop Hogxus collapsed into a pile of ashes, and the bishop's robe with two golden belts fell off.

The orichalcum fragments flickered slowly and dimly, as if breathing, as if absorbing, or perhaps savoring...

Witnessing Bishop Hogxus's dedication, Lord Raymond's face remained devout: "Madam, have you recovered?"

"Yes...I will be revived soon."

The flickering of the orichalcum fragments suddenly stopped: "Someone is following you..."

Lord Raymond turned around and looked at Elvis Raymond who was watching the scene in disbelief at the entrance of the cave.

"Elvis, you shouldn't be here..." Lord Raymond said in a low voice.

"Father, what on earth is this? Why are you teaching him..."

Lord Raymond's face was filled with fanaticism: "This is a fragment of the temple. The lady's will is attached to it."

"Miss……"

Elvis Raymond was stunned.

"Raymond, no one else can know this except you, not even your son..." The fragments of the temple flickered with a trace of greed.

Elvis Raymond was stunned for a few seconds, then turned and ran.

A ribbon of golden light floated out from the orichalcum fragment, enveloping Elvis Raymond and pulling him towards the orichalcum fragment.

“No… No—Father, I am your child, the heir to the Broken Mountains!”

Elvis Raymond struggled and pleaded desperately.

He had just dealt with Killian and became the sole heir to the Broken Mountains, but he had not yet become the High Lord—

"Are you blaming me for killing Killian, father? It really wasn't me. He committed suicide. Please forgive me."

Lord Raymond just watched expressionlessly: "As the Lord's flock, you should feel honored to be a part of the Lord, my son..."

Seeing the orichalcum fragments getting closer and closer, filling his eyes, Elvis Raymond's eyes were full of fear: "Mother... don't... save me... save..."

Elvis Raymond only held on for a few seconds before he turned into a pile of ashes in despair.

The clothes in front of the orichalcum fragments became two piles.

"Don't make this mistake again..."

Lord Raymond bowed his head reverently.

"Please forgive me... I will bring all the believers of the Church of Fortune here so that you can regain your strength..."

(End of this chapter)