Mythic Card Master: Start with a Knight

Victor ripped out his heart, leaving a bloody hole in his chest that could not be recovered.

Chu Ming held the Dragon Slayer at his waist, "Since your purpose is not to let the evil dragon come, why are you still our enemy?"

A high platform appeared, and the man lowered his bloody heart.

He said calmly: "Forging the divine body, I am neither doing it for the evil dragon nor for the former holy tree."

"The gods expect me to resurrect the sacred tree, but this is not the ending I want."

"No one will agree with the ending I hope for."

Chu Ming's eyes narrowed, "What is the ending you want?"

The man sighed and said, "Atone for your sins to Your Highness the Princess."

The magic patterns flowing all over his body were connected with the magic circle, and the remains of the holy tree in the center of the magic circle suddenly bloomed with dazzling brilliance.

"Buzz!"

The thick breath of the earth is the mark of the sacred tree's past as a god of the earth, and the rich vitality heralds the arrival of new life.

"Roar!"

The flesh and blood of the evil dragon wrapped around the remains of the holy tree twisted uneasily. It seemed to have foreseen its own fate, and roared angrily, shocking the world.

The unrivaled power of the gods swept across thousands of miles, and the flowing magma stagnated. The legends seemed to be pressed by tens of thousands of tons of weight, unable to move.

Chu Ming and Victor were closest to the Holy Tree, and the pressure they received was the most terrifying. The solid pressure fell on Chu Ming, as if it was squeezing and twisting him into a ball, and his spirit was severely damaged.

"Ren, get out of there!"

Preuss and others waved their arms with difficulty in the distance.

"Buzz!"

Another mental shock sounded, and the sacred mark on Chu Ming's palm suddenly burst into thousands of rays of light. The crimson sacred mark on his left hand was hidden in the skin as if it sensed danger.

Victor lowered his head and looked at the sacred mark in Chu Ming's hand, as if he understood something, and said respectfully: "Thank you to the God of Life."

Countless emerald green vines grew from the sacred mark of life, wrapping around the evil dragon's body and reaching into the sky.

The terrifying pressure disappeared, and Chu Ming regained his freedom. He looked up and saw that the vines all over the sky had tightly wrapped the evil dragon's body, and the starting point of the vines was in the inconspicuous mark on the back of his hand.

"Roar!"

The evil dragon let out a wail of pain, and as the green vines tightened, the golden scales on its body shattered, and its blood spurted out like juice, pouring on the remains of the holy tree.

I saw the sacred tree glowing brighter and brighter, the charred bark gradually falling off, and green buds sprouting from the branches.

For a moment, the light shined brightly, and the white light flooded the magic circle, drowned the legends, flooded the messy battlefield and the remaining flesh and blood forest.

When Chu Ming adapted to the light and opened his eyes again, everything disappeared, leaving only Victor in front of him.

The man sighed and slowly sat down on the wooden stake that suddenly appeared like an old man. At this time, his body became a little unreal, and little rays of light floated out from the unhealed blood hole in his chest.

He propped his elbows on his knees, "I am about to return to nothingness. Teacher, if you have anything to ask, just ask me."

"In the past ten thousand years, although my life has been a little mediocre, I have also seen a lot of things and learned a lot of secrets."

Chu Ming walked towards the man, and suddenly a wooden stake appeared in front of him, and he sat down on it.

"I need you to answer my initial question. If all you want to do is resurrect Luticia, then why don't you tell me."

The man shook his head slightly, his bright blond hair turned back to black, and his dark green eyes that looked as deadly as a poisonous snake gradually turned black.

He chuckled and said, "Teacher, you don't know what human gods mean."

"In the Age of Gods, foreign dark evil gods were called evil gods just like human gods."

"A god who has control over power possesses human emotions, which is a very terrifying existence for both the gods and all living creatures."

"The legions of the Fengyang Empire know the dangers of human gods better than anyone else. They will not allow the birth of the Holy Tree God based on the consciousness of Her Highness the Princess."

"And the blasphemous witch who is feared in southern Xinjiang is a god who has human emotions and likes to play tricks on living creatures."

Chu Ming was silent for a moment after hearing this.

Not only because of the human god, Luticia's identity as a sinner would also make people feel uneasy, and even he would have to hesitate a bit.

Chu Ming changed the subject and said: "Tell me, what exactly happened in the Kingdom of God, tell me all the ins and outs of the matter. I want to know what you have experienced these years?"

"That's too long ago."

Victor put his chin on his hands and fell into memories.

"When Her Royal Highness the Princess accompanied me to leave the Kingdom of God and came to the deserted continent to search for the Divine Fire, without the suppression of the Holy Tree's aura, the evil part of her will began to faintly become chaotic."

"At first I just thought she was sick, but then her condition became more and more serious, and I made plans to return to the Kingdom of God."

The man sighed: "But she is too stubborn and will not go back until she finds the divine fire."

"I didn't know what she was thinking at that time. Now it seems that Her Royal Highness may have understood her situation a long time ago and knew that returning to the Kingdom of God would immediately reveal her identity as a sinner."

"After predicting her own fate, she endured the erosion of the evil god's power and helped me find the lost divine fire."

He sneered: "I was really naive at that time. I didn't understand anything, so I foolishly took her back to the Kingdom of God."

"You have seen what happened next in the memory of the Holy Tree. Her Highness the Princess became the sinner being judged, and I became the high-ranking fire bearer."

"It's ironic."

Chu Ming asked: "So is Lutitia really dead?"

The man nodded, then shook his head, "After Her Royal Highness was executed by the priest, regret and anger filled my brain. In order to retaliate against them, I released the divine fire."

"The divine fire burned the sacred tree and caused the Kingdom of God to collapse. I was also destroyed by the divine fire on the spot."

"When I woke up again, the kingdom of God was in ruins and the holy tree was nowhere to be found."

The man's eyes were deep and he said: "I know that my ability to survive the divine fire is not because of how special I am."

"The reason why people in the Guzman family can serve as containers of divine fire is because of the remaining authority of divine fire in their bodies. However, the body is essentially a combination of body and soul. Once they come into contact with the divine fire, they will be destroyed immediately."

"What happened later also verified my thoughts, and the wise god found me."

Chu Ming's heart moved, and he felt that he was close to the truth.

"Which god is it?"

Victor slowly uttered a few words, "The God of the Tibetan Chamber."

"The God of Hidden Rooms!"

Chu Ming was shaken in his heart and felt a little confused.

Victor recalled: "The God of the Cangshi admitted to me personally that the soul of Her Royal Highness the Princess did not disappear completely, but was placed on the body of the sacred tree."

"He told me that death is not the end, but the beginning. Only after long years of erosion can the evil will of the evil god in the soul of Her Royal Highness be eliminated."

"Wisdom took action to preserve the soul of Her Highness the Princess. They gave me hope to continue living and allowed me to continue waiting until the day when my soul reaches purity."

The man's voice became deeper, "I was too young at that time, full of enthusiasm, and didn't know the weight of the phrase 'long years.'" "Without divine support, my soul has been devastated until now. Emotions also become more unstable, and memories are often lost."

"In order to preserve the original memory, I separated the soul memory that belonged to the age of the gods, which is the Ana you are meeting now."

Chu Ming said doubtfully: "Then the Luticia I met..."

The man nodded and said: "Yes, she is the pure soul I took out from the remains of the sacred tree. The gods did not deceive me."

Chu Ming pondered: "Why do pure souls repeat history?"

Victor knew that he was referring to Luticia's sudden illness. He explained: "In fact, her soul walks between the illusory memory of the holy tree and reality. The aura of the evil god that appears when she is sick is just the manifestation of the memory of the holy tree. .”

"It's not just as simple as creating divine power. If the power of the gods is strong enough, they can even use their memory to create gods out of thin air. The power is beyond our imagination."

When Chu Ming heard this, he was dumbfounded. It was impossible to create a god based on his memory.

Victor continued, "The memory of the Holy Tree was projected on the mainland by the power of the evil dragon. He planned to use my hand to inherit the memory of the Holy Tree. But what I didn't know was that it was I who wanted to use his power to harmonize with Her Royal Highness the Princess. The soul and the memory of the Holy Tree allow Her Royal Highness the Princess to successfully inherit the authority of the Holy Tree."

"As for the appearance of the God of War trial, it is just an episode, but as I said before, the eyes of the gods have already been projected to ten thousand years later."

"What will happen ten thousand years from now was decided ten thousand years ago. The God of War's trial may have been prepared by the God of War for future generations, but it was only manifested with the help of the memory of the Holy Tree."

This interlocking logic verified Chu Ming's guess. He suddenly thought of something and asked: "So is it true that the God of War trial can make knights become gods?"

Victor chuckled and said, "There can be no mistake."

"And not only will there be knight trials, but later, mage trials and wizard trials will also appear one after another, corresponding to the three gods of war - war, earth, and the authority of arms."

"This should be the closest path to becoming a god for living beings."

When Chu Ming heard this, he was shocked in his heart, and it took him a long time to calm down.

He secretly wrote down the news about the God of War trial and continued to ask: "Returning to the original topic, what is the purpose of the gods resurrecting the holy tree, and what does it have to do with the secret of the gods you mentioned?"

Victor was silent for a while, sorting out the memories in his mind. The hole in his chest became bigger and bigger, and one arm slowly dissipated.

"They seem to regard the Holy Tree as the hope for a new era. They hope that I can resurrect the Holy Tree after a long period of time, replace me, and continue to move forward with their will."

"That is to say, from the beginning, the gods have predicted my ending..."

"They resurrected me from the divine fire and gave me the motivation to live. From beginning to end, they only wanted me to help them achieve a goal, an impossible goal."

"That is to find a person, or a god."

"Who?"

The man shook his head and said, "I don't know who it is."

Chu Ming looked stunned, "I don't know who it is, so how can I find it?"

Victor smiled bitterly and said: "This is exactly what I don't understand. I only know that before the age of gods, that god was called the King of the Past, the Sage of Broken Branches, and the God of Ancient Trees..."

"Before the Age of Gods?"

Chu Ming was stunned for a moment. He had always thought that the Age of Gods was the beginning of the Intinuit world. He did not expect that there was an unknown era before it.

"Yes, in fact, the period from the Age of Gods to the present Second Age of Magic belongs to the Third Era. Before that, the world had already experienced the First Era and the Second Era."

"It is said that this god named the God of Ancient Trees was frequently active in the Second Era. He holds the ancient tree and has the power to open up another world."

"Open to another world?!"

Chu Ming's pupils were shaking. Could it be that the other world refers to Blue Star?

Then this God of Ancient Trees shouldn't be the original owner of the Ancient Tree of Time, right? Then why does the ancient tree appear in Blue Star but not this god?

Victor said helplessly: "This god mysteriously disappeared just before the heyday of the Age of Gods. I don't know how to find him, nor where he is."

"It is said that He hides the secret that can drive away the darkness and regenerate the world. I think this may be the reason why the gods are determined to find Him."

Victor's words exploded in Chu Ming's mind, making his thoughts confused and unable to turn around.

So, it’s not an accident that Blue Star can connect with Intinuit?
It was a god in the Second Era who opened the passage to Blue Star with the help of the Ancient Tree of Time, causing the Ancient Tree of Time to come to Blue Star.

The news was so shocking that it took Chu Ming a while to recover.

Victor looked at his nearly half-disappeared body and said: "Sometimes I suspect that the tragedy that happened in the Kingdom of God was planned by the gods, just to allow the holy tree to survive the long years. As for me, it was just a plan. Just a part of it.”

"But it's useless to speculate now. Their purpose has been achieved, and I am about to reach the end of my life."

"My hands are stained with dirty blood, and my life of sin is finally coming to an end."

Victor's face was extremely relaxed, as if death was a more fortunate thing for him.

Chu Ming looked into the man's eyes, "Aren't you going to say goodbye to Luticia?"

Victor chuckled and said: "Thousands of years have passed, and my memory has long been filled with pain. If separation hadn't preserved the memory of the age of gods, I might not even be able to remember her appearance."

"Compared to vague love, my heart is more filled with regret. The journey of ten thousand years is just my atonement for myself and her."

"We are already strangers when we meet again, so it is better not to meet again."

The man sat on the stake, most of his body gone.

"Teacher, your goal is to become a god."

Victor's tone was affirmative, not like a question.

Chu Ming was taken aback, and nodded.

Victor smiled and said: "I don't recommend that you take the path of the God of War. Whether it is rules, authority or belief, it will only bind you to this world."

"If you want to become a being beyond God, there is only one choice - becoming a king by blood."

"In this regard, the Dragon Clan is the top existence. As long as we can find the legendary Dragon King, we might be able to get a glimpse of the secret of the bloodline."

"I have seen dragons and goblins in the dark world outside the continent. If you want to explore the secrets of the dragon, you can try taking the Aledro route to enter the dark world."

After saying that, the man opened his palm, and a ball of light floated to Chu Ming's hand.

"Here are the fires left after the divine fire was extinguished, as well as my memories and insights of practicing the Mysterious Method of the Burning Sun and the Mysterious Method. It is no longer useful for me to keep it, and it is time for the Guzman family to completely leave history."

"farewell."

He waved his arms and the head gradually dissipated.

Chu Ming stared at the man, not knowing what he was thinking. He clenched the ball of light in his hand, "Do you want to leave like this?"

"Return Ana's soul."

The man was obviously stunned for a moment. He understood Chu Ming's intention, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, "Thank you, Teacher Ren."

After the words fell, the man completely disappeared in this pure white space, leaving only an illusory flame in place.

Chu Ming reached out to take the flame, and could vaguely see a little boy curled up inside.

(End of this chapter)