598 Betrayal (1/2)
”Your Majesty, pardon my lack of manners,” said Ye Qingxuan.
In a haze, Mary's golden irises lit up dimly. She looked at the man who was close at hand and saw his face clearly, then a smile appeared on her pale face.
Smiling at Ye Qingxuan, she spread her arms, waiting for a hug and death.
Ye Qingxuan closed his eyes.
— The sleeping world · catastrophe resonation!
But this time, what unfolded was not the Wyrmrest enchantment.
He lifted his left hand and slided his finger over the illusion-like sword of moonlight. The incorporeal blade seemingly cut his finger, and the blood of Deva flowed out, washing away the non-existent dust on the blade.
Wherever the finger passed, the pure white sword of moonlight turned indigo inch by inch.
The music theory of the quiet moon covered it, interweaving, and propelled the element of purification to evolve towards the limit. In the end, only a dim glow of dark indigo was left in the hands of Ye Qingxuan.
But an unprecedented bone-chilling cold radiated from it.
As it emerged, an uncountable quantity of aether lost all responsiveness, killed by the indigo glow...
The quiet moon shone here.
It bestowed an equal end upon everything.
”Fear not.” Ye Qingxuan reached out, pulling Mary into his arms while holding her slender waist, and whispered softly in her ear, ”I'm here.”
It was noiseless.
The entire sword of moonlight pierced into her heart, penetrated her body, and emerged from her back.
At the moment, Mary's eyes widened. The goldenness in her irises was ignited and shook violently.
The indigo moonlight advanced along the blade and coursed through her blood. Wherever it passed, everything became quiet. If Firebird was the nemesis of tangible matter, then the Indigo Moon far surpassed it as the destroyer of music theory.
Under the illumination of the moonlight, everything returned to dimness.
The sword of moonlight pierced through her heart, causing the negative personality in the dragon blood to whine in sorrow. The moonlight thoroughly purified all the dragon blood from the inside out, cruelly and coldly wiping off all the traces belonging to the Ripper.
It was purification.
Wherever the moonlight shone, the curse of the dragon blood disintegrated.
Immediately after that, it was the turn of the element of hell that had seeped through her flesh and bones, then the music theory of the abyss... In the dead silence, everything parasitic within were completely removed.
Mary died under the moonlight.
But after the moonlight flowed past, the radiance of the Chapter of the Golden Victory followed. Dragon blood replaced dragon blood, Firebird replaced Firebird, bestowing a brand new life upon her.
Mary was reborn here!
...
In the piercing whines of sorrow, the crystal crown that the scepter of hell had turned into shook and fell off her head.
Then, the golden dragon's jaws suddenly clamped shut.
Crack!
The incorporeal sun of darkness in the sky suddenly shook violently, disintegrated, and was soon swallowed up by the golden sea of radiance.
As the Chapter of the Golden Victory played, the golden sea of radiance rapidly contracted. In the end, it turned into actual, tangible gold and iron, intertwining with each other, and formed a brand-new crown, which landed on Mary's head.
On the top of the crown, the deep purple gemstone representing the element of hell shimmered brightly!
The Dark Sovereign gave a blood-curdling scream.
It sounded so sorrowful as if his parents had died.
He spent all his efforts, and even gambled on his scepter. He was already close to success, no, he had succeeded, but ended up losing everything in such an unexpected manner.
Not only did he fail, even his own element was plundered by the giant golden dragon. The scepter of hell that had been consuming the shadow of Avalon was instead consumed by the shadow of Avalon at the moment.
He gained nothing, but Mary became the true and actual king of hell...
”Arthur!!!” His phantom escaped from the mouth of the giant golden dragon at the last moment, and the faint mist regathered into his form in the sky once more.
The Dark Sovereign roared furiously towards the highest point of the shadow of Avalon, namely the silent palace, ”What on earth are you doing! How much longer do you want to spectate?! Surely you are not going to betray our pact!!!”
In a dead silence, no one responded.
The Dark Sovereign no longer had time for revenge. He fled in a scurry, dodging the interception by the Mountain of Nomadism in the sky, and exhausted the last of his energy as he cast himself into the palace.
I still have a chance, he thought.
I still have a final chance to turn the tables.
I just have to find Arthur and break his seal to regain control of him through the loophole hidden within the pact we made centuries ago.
But when he rushed into the depths of the darkness, he fell into a lengthy daze.
It was dead silent.
The silence was like a wordless snicker, a mockery from fate.
In the throne room towering at the highest point of the vast, eerie palace, on the throne where one could overlook the entire Avalon... was nothing!
Nothing at all!
The Dark Sovereign was stunned. Because of the ridiculous joke, even his body composing of mist was frozen.
After a long time, a very long time, a hoarse sound rang out from his throat.
It seemed like a cackle, but also resembled a sorrowful whine of an enraged beast.
”Nothing at all?” He roared madly and smashed the entire throne into pieces. ”Why is there nothing at all? Arthur! Get your *ss here! Where are you!
”In accordance with our pact, I have come here at your invitation to bestow upon you a position as a catastrophe, but where are you! You liar!! Liar!!!”
In the silence, a sigh sounded.
A crude aether ball rolled out from beneath the shattered throne, the light within flickering along with the voice. ”I have advised you long ago, no?”
The voice said, ”What a pity, you still messed up everything.”
”Lancelot? It's you?” The Dark Sovereign couldn't believe it and roared in fury, ”Why did you betray me! Why!!”
”Betray? It can't really be considered so. Have you ever planned to comply with the pact?” Lancelot responded coldly, ”From the very beginning, you have wanted to control everything. You did not hesitate to start the plan on your own behind my back. Until now, you still want to take a chance and even risk putting His Majesty in danger...”
”Lancelot! What on earth are you trying to do!!!” the Dark Sovereign shouted.
”You failed, and you have been abandoned. Isn't it clear at a glance?” Lancelot said calmly, ”Although the days of cooperating with you have not been very pleasant, but out of politeness, I wish you every success in the days to come.”
Bang!
The aether ball shattered in the Dark Sovereign's hands.
He stamped on the pieces and roared in rage.
At the door, a sigh of relieve sounded. ”It nearly scared me to death thinking that I'm one step too late...”
Shi Dong stepped into the throne room and gazed at the Dark Sovereign, then smiled cheerfully. ”Although I don't know what happened, you should have no way out now, right?”
In the numb look of the Dark Sovereign, dozens of purification musicians walked in from the door and surrounded him.
”I didn't expect the Religious Court of Inquiry to usher in a VIP just after reopening...” Shi Dong rubbed his hands anticipatively, gazing at the heretic in front of him, the look in his eyes enthusiastic and hungry. ”Sure enough, the old saying is right — A living dog is better than a dead lion. As long as one stays alive for long enough, what odd incidents are there that one cannot encounter?”