Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

So, for Reiner, repeating the same mistakes is not a bad outcome.

"But I don't know if I can get away with it this time like last time."

"The little girl named Mernade that Sif and I recommended is quite good. Although she and I are on different paths, the core of our thinking is the same."

After becoming a member of the Truth Society, due to the sudden changes in the situation in the Kingdom of York, she recommended all her acquaintances.

Most of them entered the probation period, but except for Mernadette, everyone else had already failed.

Melnadette was reported because of her bad character, and she slowly came into Reiner's sight.

Especially recently, when he saw what Mernadé was working hard for, he had slowly come to accept her, but because of the City of Dreams, he temporarily did not disturb her.

Because this was Sif's choice and also concerned Mernadette, Ciel did not realize this - at the same time, although Ciel almost revealed his entire identity in front of Reiner, because of Reiner's personality, he did not investigate in depth, so Reiner did not know the relationship between Ciel and Mernadette.

"Although Audrey of the Equality Society is constantly compromising and in everyone's eyes seems out of tune with us, I can see that her inner faith is just as pure as ours."

"So does Marin, but he doesn't need my power."

"The ceremony has been arranged. No matter what happens, some things cannot be stopped."

In other words, from now on, whether the [Heart of Omniscience] can be forged is almost certain.

The ritual is engraved on the planet, as well as on his body and soul.

He calculated that even if he disappeared into thin air, he would still have enough energy to complete the ceremony.

"I hope this experiment will be successful... Then, in the worst-case scenario, [Omniscience] will be handed over to Rocks, and my extraordinary characteristics will also be given to him. He will help me choose a successor to my power from between Audrey and Mernadette."

"But if it really comes to that, before leaving, I always have to take a few old friends with me."

"That way, as long as the successor exists, others will think long and hard about continuing to prevent the spread of certain ideas."

If enough were killed, perhaps the country he had lost would return to his successor.

Thinking of this, Reiner's smile became even more pronounced.

Then he slowly walked out of the City of Dreams.

After he left, the roar of steam engines could be heard.

It started from the Truth Association, and then gradually rang in the ears of everyone in the world.

At the same time, the sky of the entire world was shrouded in white steam, and in it one could vaguely see countless magical energies being transformed into steam and then transformed back from steam.

The attention of the demigods who were pondering how to respond to Ciel's invitation was quickly drawn there.

But they didn't have much time to think about Solena.

Not everyone can refuse Charles' invitation.

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Chapter 258 Chapter 138 Charles: Something must have gone wrong!

As steam-like magical energy roared in the atmosphere of the entire world, all the demigods who received the invitation suddenly understood something in their minds.

Reiner teamed up with the unknown subordinate god.

Otherwise many things cannot be explained.

It's such a coincidence.

Some hidden pieces were slowly activated, and in an instant, they knew about Reiner's grand ceremony through their own ways. People who had been paying attention to Reiner, combined with some things he knew about the City of Dreams, vaguely guessed the meaning of Reiner's actions this time.

Even the demigods who had never paid attention to him, although they could not guess the meaning of his actions, all came to the same idea - he must not succeed.

For the demigods of this era, the relationship between them is very delicate.

Just like between countries, the weak will be won over and the strong will be resisted. Even newborn demigods will quickly be drawn into this delicate balance.

As for the demigods in deep balance, they will never allow any of their kind to be too outstanding.

Therefore, Reiner's behavior is absolutely not allowed. No matter what benefits he will gain in this way, they must stop him - for them, anything that is not beneficial to them must be rejected.

Although this idea came into being at the same time, it was a little difficult to implement it.

The power within Ciel's invitation erupted.

The invitations seemed to come alive, slowly growing wings and turning into butterflies.

The "butterflies" surrounded the demigods who tried to leave, as if blocking their progress.

"This is... the power of the contract." From the butterflies, the demigods felt the power that was blocking them.

A gray gap appeared on the butterfly's wings, but a moment later the demigod who created the gap half-knelt on the ground.

He was split into two halves, and the people around him also felt that the power that hit him hard came from himself.

"I don't remember signing any contract with that guy." The butterfly turned into a pumpkin carriage like the one in the fairy tale, but it was the butterfly that pulled the carriage.

The demigods were pulled into the pumpkin carriage without any resistance, and a bad thought arose in their minds.

They walked between the shadows in the gaps, and the butterfly carriages walked together. Although the invited guests could not leave the vehicles, the pumpkin carriages did not hinder the communication between the guests in the vehicles.

"I dare say that no one in the car now has signed a contract with him. No one would be so stupid... but the power of the contract that binds us cannot be faked!" The demigods in the car began to communicate through the pumpkin window.

"Corinna is not affected by the contract." A voice came from a pumpkin carriage.

"She? How did she do it?" A puzzled voice rang out.

Corinna is a demigod who rose to prominence at the end of the Black Fire Age. Her strength is mediocre, but at least none of the demigods in the pumpkin carriage think they are weaker than her.

"I don't know. We were chatting at the time, and what we were talking about was the invitation. Then the steam spreading ceremony occurred, and we were about to look for Reiner, but the invitation that was left to shatter turned into butterflies and trapped us in the vehicle."

"Corinna...is she the one you chose to stay outside and not participate in this invitation?" After the demigod explained, a voice sounded.

In an instant, almost all the demigods thought of something.

"Indeed, she has no interest in the affairs of the Kingdom of York, so she also expressed her unwillingness to get involved in this invitation."

The sound of the pumpkin carriage was silent for a moment, and then became noisy.

"Does just having the thought of going on a date count as signing a contract?"

"How is this possible!"

"Although it's just a simple appointment contract that won't cause too much harm, it's unbelievable to sign it just because you're interested..."

The abilities represented by the magic energy sequence are extremely strange.

Contracts are considered to be relatively common and safe abilities. Most extraordinary people in different sequences can develop similar contracts based on the uniqueness of their own sequences.

This kind of contract has extremely strong power. Basically, once it is signed, you need to abide by its contents and cannot violate them.

But at the same time, all contract-related abilities have a fatal flaw that prevents them from being used as conventional combat methods - the contract needs to be signed, which means that both parties to the contract must either give their names or leave fingerprints or seals.

This requires the other party to do this personally in order to officially activate the contract, and some even require the other party to owe the debt sincerely to be effective!

People like Charles who just had the idea of ​​going to take a look and then directly confirmed the ability of the contract... just thinking about it made them feel cold in their hearts.

This means that when facing the unknown subordinate god, they need to restrain their thoughts at all times, otherwise, in just a few words, they may be forced to sign some difficult-to-violate contracts, making them the meat on the other party's chopping board.

"At least the opponent has revealed his true colors now. Now that we know some of his abilities, we can at least consciously avoid these abilities in the next battle." A voice spoke when everyone's morale was a little low.

For extraordinary people, the sequence and its development direction are very secretive.

Every time an ability is revealed, it may become a target of targeting and defense.

If Charles showed this ability now, it would mean that these people would not be easily defeated by this ability in the immediate contact.

But...this is not something to be happy about.

Firstly, they can confirm that Reiner is indeed connected with this unknown person.

Secondly, he used such a powerful ability as soon as they met, which meant that he had even more powerful power in his hands.

"In short, no matter what our previous positions were. But when that mysterious man invited us here in this way, everyone will stand on the same side, right?" a voice said loudly.

This statement caused a wave of echoes.

However, this echo is mostly a perfunctory response.

Whether they will stand on the same side depends on what happens after they arrive.

If that person wanted to kill them all, then they would definitely unite.

But if it's not...

Then anything can happen among them.

In Hotlat, in the cathedral, Charles was facing the statue of Mernadè with a solemn expression and praying silently.

Behind him, some words slowly appeared on the backrests of countless benches in the church hall.

Each character represents a demigod he invited.

The pumpkin carriage pulled by butterflies gradually landed on the corresponding positions on the benches, and Charles slowly turned around.

At the same time, the fist-sized carriage in the church suddenly disappeared, and the demigods sitting inside the carriage appeared on the benches with their names on them.

"Who are you? What's your purpose in bringing us here?" a loud voice rang out.

At the same time, various voices and words, some passionate, some full of resentment, and some with flattery, continued to ring out.

"In the church, we should keep quiet under the statue of the goddess." Charles said in a calm tone.

Suddenly, the voices of everyone in the church suddenly disappeared, and the demigods who opened their mouths found that they could no longer make any sound.

This is the ability of a Level 3 Mystic in the Ciel Sequence, or in other words, the power of a Sequence 6 Linguist in the Mystic Sequence.

In the language of linguists, any language that is recognized as reasonable will play a role.

Of course, this power can play a more powerful role in Charles.

"Under the gaze of the goddess, everyone's heart should respond with tenderness."

The demigods, who originally had all kinds of thoughts in their minds, suddenly found that all the thoughts in their hearts were disappearing. At this time, they just wanted to follow Charles' words and worship under the statue in front of them with eyes full of gentleness and compassion.

Everyone realized that something was wrong with them, but they found it difficult to resist this force.

"79 people, this number is less than I expected."

"I thought I would have more appeal."

Charles, who was holding a scepter and wearing the priest robes of the Church of the Earth, played a little joke on the demigods who had peaceful expressions on their faces.

But no one could laugh.

"Hmm... this number seems a bit unlucky. How about a more auspicious number, like 88?"

Everyone looked at Charles warily, ready to unleash their power at any moment.

"If you don't answer, I'll take it as your consent."

Ciel waved his scepter.

Nine demigods who were rushing to the Truth Association suddenly found that space was flowing and found themselves in a strange church.

Almost instinctively they chose to attack at the same time.

The target is not just Shire, but everything around it.

"Violation is prohibited in the church." Charles looked at them with a gentle gaze.

Although no one could see Charles's true face clearly, they inexplicably recalled some scenes in their minds when they were not yet extraordinary people, such as the masses in the church or the scenes when some church priests blessed them.

At the same time, the magical energy that affected the entire church disappeared silently.

Not only was the magic power released, but the 88 demigods "invited" by Charles also found that the magic power in their bodies was also imprisoned at this time.

The little tricks they had quietly set up also disappeared quietly.

Some demigods who were unwilling to endure any longer and feared that Charles would continue to deprive them of their power rushed forward without any hesitation.

For many demigods, the inability to leave their magic power was indeed a real annoyance, but for some, it wasn't affected too much. For them, fists were their best weapons.

"The honor of a warrior tells me that I should not bully the minority with the majority." In an instant, the others stopped and only one person rushed forward.

The demigod looked at Charles' smile, and then looked at the dozen or so demigods who had stopped behind him. An ugly smile appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but take two steps back.

"The weak will lose their place as warriors."

Ciel continued.

A spot of light emerged from the retreating person in front of him, and from the demigod who had just been sitting on the bench and felt fear in his heart.