The defeated saint is also on the way to tame the evil god today

"You're lying to me...Miriam's soul has long since dissipated..."

"What if the soul never dissipated?" the girl said. "In the name of Cain, I promise you the return of Miriam Phillips."

"I..." Lucius' lips trembled, "I want evidence..."

"Even the Supreme Being of the Court of Redemption can't convince you?" Prince Austin laughed sarcastically. "Lucius, if you live your whole life like this, nothing will be redeemed..."

"Shut up!" Lucius suddenly roared, "I want evidence!"

At this time, colorful lights emerged from the darkness and turned into a map.

"Go to the deepest part of the forest... There... you will witness the 'truth'..."

"It will tell you...the truth about the 'starry sky'..."

"But I must warn you... the price of making a star fall... is very high..."

Lucius reached out and grabbed the map, his expression blank.

After hesitating for a long time, he nodded:

"For Miriam, I will pay any price..."

......

The scene changed again, and this time, Xingmo found herself standing in the corridor of the academy.

Not far away, Bishop Fry Sunlight was leaning against the wall with a look of terror on his face, while Lucius stood in front of him with a fierce expression:

"Fry, how long do you want to deceive yourself? You are from the Sunlight family. You should know how long it has been since Saint Auros answered prayers? Hundreds of years!"

"I...I..." Bishop Fry Sunlet's expression became more and more distorted.

"You don't believe it, right?" Lucius took a deep breath. "I repeat, your god is dead! Killed by the goddess herself! The entire starry sky is fake. Your god is just the pillar used by the goddess to maintain the starry sky. Whether he is dead or alive is not important at all!"

"No...no...I don't believe it!" Fry screamed.

"Then go to the Great Library," Lucius whispered in the bishop's ear, "and find a book called 'True Vision'. There's a method in there that will allow you to see the truth through the 'Star Sea Fountain'..."

......

The scene changed, and Xingmo found herself in the secret cabin of the "Humpback Whale".

In front of him was the operating table, on which Bishop Fry Sunlet was lying, his body connected to various tubes, his skin covered with bronze armor.

Lucius was standing beside the operating table. He looked up at Prince Austin beside him and said coldly:

"Please go out and don't interfere with my surgery."

"I have to make sure you don't have any backup plans..." Prince Austin smiled. "You know, whether we can successfully transform him is related to whether we can summon the "Song of Death"..."

"I repeat, please get out," Lucius whispered, "I don't want to be rude."

"Okay, then immerse yourself in your surgery..."

Prince Austin waved to Lucius, then left the cabin and closed the door.

After he left, Lucius pulled out a crystal from his pocket—it was the Angel's Tear that belonged to Saint Auros.

He looked at Bishop Frye's opened chest—a heart covered in gears lay inside.

"Miriam...the people you protect...will contribute to your return..."

Lucius placed the "Angel's Tears" into the "Gear Heart" and then picked up the welding gun.

The "Steam Man" will become a ghost in the night of the Academy, turning the hunted souls into sacrifices for the initiation ceremony.

"Zi-"

......

Light and shadow flickered, and the scene in front of Xing Mo changed into the underground cave of the Sunflower Baths.

Lucius placed a list on the stone platform. The first row of the list had the name "Fry Sunlighter" written on it, and the rest was filled with the names of the White Tower council members.

After hesitating for a moment, Lucius wrote his name at the end and took a deep breath.

"If I die... it will be the goddess finally punishing me..." he said with a wry smile.

Then, Lucius walked to the center of the string array and began to sacrifice the list to the "Steam Man".

Just as the sacrifice was completed, a familiar voice came from not far away:

"Sir, hold still. Put your hands up."

Lucius hid his face under his hood and looked up to see Xingmo walking towards him cautiously, holding his wand.

"Xiaomo...you are always so brave...always so smart..." Lucius smiled almost silently.

Then, with a wave of his wand, his body turned into shattered darkness and slipped away from the shadows.

......

Countless fragments flashed before Xingmo's eyes, piecing together the journey Lucius had taken to get here.

She saw Lucius roaring in Maple Palace because Isabella Ducep ordered the news of Miriam's death to be suppressed.

She saw Lucius watching from the shadows as the Steam Man killed the worker, and then he found the worker's home and left a stack of banknotes for the worker's widow.

She saw Lucius standing in the center of Merlin's Superstring Array, silently arranging everything.

She saw Lucius grow from a young and vigorous man to a man with a haggard face, and watched Lucius write and calculate for countless days and nights.

Finally, the picture froze in Lucius' office. He sat behind his desk, staring at himself in the mirror, in a daze.

At some point, his temples had turned snow-white.

......

After crossing countless broken images, Xingmo finally arrived in front of another door.

She pushed open the door, and was greeted by a tide of green light and a figure in front of the altar.

Aurora was sealed in a huge crystal, her eyes closed and her head lowered.

In front of the crystal, Lucius was repeatedly playing a huge "harp". Green notes rippled out, forming the branches of a giant tree in the air, connecting to the surrounding stars.

In front of the crystal, a figure was repeatedly outlined by the golden light, becoming clearer and clearer.

—That’s Miriam.

......

11) "Life" (Part 7) - 5k chapter - (Two-in-one)

This is the final stage of the ceremony.

Xing Mo pulled out the bone staff from her waist and squeezed it hard. Darkness and flames surged out, turning into a scepter in her hand.

Facing Lucius's back, Xingmo yelled:

"Lucius Phillips!"

Lucius did not turn around. He silently stared at the figure in front of him and murmured:

"Milliam...you're back...Dad...Dad missed you so much..."

He stretched out his hand tremblingly towards the girl, towards the figure he had missed for countless days and nights, the light that belonged to her.

Under Lucius's gaze, Miriam's spirit opened her eyes and looked at everything in front of her blankly.

When she saw Lucius, whose body was covered with green lines and whose eyes were flashing with a sad green light, her expression suddenly became sad:

"Dad...Dad..."

"Baby..." Lucius' voice trembled, "Come... hold my hand..."

"me..."

Miriam looked around—countless golden points of light swirled among the branches of the giant tree, gathering towards her.

Those are the souls of the people in the Citadel. When all those souls gather together, Miriam's soul will be fixed in the real world.

And those souls will dissipate.

"No... Dad... This is not right..." Miriam's voice trembled.

"Are you afraid of being punished?" Lucius said hurriedly and cautiously, "No... Don't be afraid... When you come back, Daddy will take you to a very far place, so far away that no one can find us. You can grow up healthy and happy, and never... never again..."

"No...Dad...they are innocent..." Miriam sobbed softly.

"My daughter, you are innocent too..." Lucius' voice was choked with sobs, "You are so noble, but except for me... they have long forgotten you..."

"I didn't do it to be remembered!" Miriam cried. "Daddy! Stop it!"

"No, daughter, this is the star I picked for you!"

"Dad! That's enough!"

Miriam covered her eyes and sobbed sadly.

She was trembling because she missed the world she had not seen for a long time and the father she missed day and night.

"If you love me... then let me go..."

Hearing his daughter's sobs, Lucius's eyes suddenly became blank.

He staggered back two steps, looked around nervously, and then shook his head repeatedly:

"no no..."

"Milliam...you're back...you're back..."

At this moment, Miriam saw Xingmo in the distance and shouted:

"Xiaomo! Save my dad... Save my dad!"

Xingmo gritted her teeth and walked quickly towards Lucius:

"Teacher! Enough!"

"Shut up!" Lucius turned around frantically and yelled, "Xingmo! If you get in my way again, I'll kill you!"

Golden starlight lit up around him, attracting souls from all directions and quickly approaching Miriam.

Lucius is driving the power of the "Starlight String" to quickly gather those souls.

He is a resonator of the Star String and should be the goddess' most loyal servant.

Seeing this, Xing Mo shouted:

"The goddess's teachings are about protection. If you do this, the goddess will not agree!"

Lucius is a member of the "White Tower Council" and a worshipper of the "Star Sea Church", a loyal believer of the goddess.

Xing Mo said this to try to awaken his conscience and make him feel even a little bit of guilt.

However, after hearing these words, Lucius's expression became even more ferocious.

His eyes shone with golden light, and he roared:

"Then I will! Curse! The! Fucking! Goddess!"

With a flash of inspiration, Xingmo immediately raised the spine staff and a torrent of flames gushed out.

Almost at the same time, Lucius waved his wand, and lightning composed of golden starlight struck—

"boom--"

The gold and red collided and exploded, causing the surrounding illusory branches to sway in the wind.

The blasphemer cursed everything he had served, just to hold on to the girl's hand.

"..."

When the lights collided, Xingmo's eyes quickly swept around, taking in the environment.

She was now on the crown of the "Tree of Life," surrounded by an illusory golden light—obviously the so-called "Star Remains."

Lucius plucked a star from the sky and let it fall on the crown of the giant tree, connecting the two.

This was obviously some kind of ancient ritual magic, from "Merlin's Superstring Array" to "White Tower", and finally to "Star Remains", in order to save a soul back to the sky.

Now, Lucius intends to fully embrace Aurora's godhood and thus drive the power of "life".

Only by possessing a soul and life can a person be truly resurrected.