The royal city of Ozurick.
“Woo—”
The long ceremonial trumpet sounded, echoing throughout the magnificent royal city.
The neatly dressed guards formed a long line, standing tall and motionless with golden halberds in their hands.
"Lie—"
Above the royal city, there is an eagle circling, with golden feathers around its neck and a royal silk scarf tied around its neck. Under the sunlight, it looks dazzling and brilliant.
This is the golden-feathered eagle of the royal city raised by the royal family. It will only appear on important occasions to demonstrate the royal demeanor.
Below the ceremonial platform of the royal city, there were countless residents of the royal city kneeling on the ground.
Among them were humans, sub-humans, and even some biological races that Rogge had never seen before. It looked like a scene of thousands of races coming to pay tribute.
They looked at the dais.
Boom!
On both sides of the ceremonial platform, there are two four-handed humanoid statues wearing golden ceremonial armor, holding golden swords, taking heavy steps and raising their arms high.
"This is… "
Behind the stage, Rogge and a group of crew members were watching all this quietly along with Shadow Leader.
"Wow! It's so big!" Nomi couldn't help but exclaim.
"The Royal Colossus Guard." The figure hidden in the black cloak explained, "It was cast by the extraordinary craftsmen under the command of the Hero King. It has a hard body and great strength. It is one of the trump cards of the Thousand Island Royal Family."
"But since there hasn't been a war for a long time, it usually only occurs during ceremonies."
Boom—
The royal colossus stretched out its giant arms, and the great golden swords crossed, making a thrilling sound that echoed throughout the entire ceremonial platform.
The old King Joven sat on the throne on the ceremonial platform.
Below him, three princes were half-kneeling on the ground.
The old minister of the ceremony, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had a solemn expression, walked up to the ceremonial platform, bowed to the old queen, and then bowed to the statue of the hero king. After a busy period, he finally held the oath in his hand and began to read the ceremony words aloud.
"In the past, the great hero King Ozurick rose from the endless brutal wars, gathered the tribes of the five seas, and established the Thousand Island Kingdom..."
"The Hero King is as great as a towering tree, giving the Thousand Islands Kingdom an eternal and unyielding backbone..."
"The islands of the five seas are like stars in the sky, shining brightly, guarding the royal city..."
"The prince of the Thousand Islands Kingdom should be noble and unyielding, with the determination as sharp as the sword of Odakiro..."
Looking at the posture of the Minister of Ceremonies, Rogge felt that something was wrong, and it seemed that a familiar sentence emerged from his mind.
《Classmates, let me say a few words...》
Roger turned to look at the Shadow Leader: "How long will it take to recite this ritual?"
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should take about ten minutes." The shadow leader said conservatively.
"… "
Roger was speechless.
After thinking for a moment, he exited the real perspective, picked up the duck neck beside him and started to chew it.
The result was just as Rogge had expected, this Minister of Ceremonies was a damn good talker.
Rogge had been watching for nearly half an hour before the minister of ceremony read out the closing remarks loudly with a lingering tone.
"Levi... Anderson... Lardy..."
"… Heirs of the king, bear the determination to become kings and bravely climb the peak of the descendants of gods…"
"The supreme spirit and power of the Hero King awaits you on the snowy mountaintop..."
"Touch the sword of Odakiro, gain its recognition, and under the gaze of the hero king Ozurick... be crowned king—"
The old minister of the ceremony was passionate. He held high the ceremonial words in his hands and knelt down respectfully towards the old King Jowen and the giant statue of Ozurick behind him.
At this time, the sun is at its brightest.
The golden light fell on the royal golden-feathered eagle, which circled the statue of O'Zoric, like a golden crown given by God, sacred and dazzling.
Under the reflection of the golden armor of the two giant statues, boundless golden light burst out, illuminating the entire ceremonial platform with golden splendor.
Under the high-pitched ritual words of the minister of ceremony, the sacred feeling reached its peak!
Boom—
The old King Joven stepped down from his throne, his scepter shaking the ground.
In an instant, golden light condensed, and a huge whale shadow appeared beside him. After opening its eyes, it opened its big mouth and let out a deafening and majestic roar.
“Woo—”
Countless residents of the royal city also began to shout and call spontaneously at this moment.
"Crown the King—"
The huge sound waves echoed throughout the entire royal city like an overwhelming wave.
Rogge also returned to the real perspective.
I have to say, this scene was extremely shocking.
It is not difficult to see that every detail and every process of the ceremony have been carefully crafted and studied by the royal family.
It’s for this moment.
"The royal scepter." Shadow Chief explained to Rogge again: "The scepter made by the extraordinary craftsmen ordered by the Second God is able to summon the giant whale shadow."
"Can you fight?"
"No, it has no fighting power."
"… "
After hearing the response from the potion master Suman, Roger immediately lost interest.
This kind of thing looks good but is not practical.
At the same time, the shadow of the giant whale beside the old King Qiao Wen gradually dissipated. He came in front of the three princes, raised the scepter in his hand, and pointed to the snow-capped mountain peaks vaguely visible in the distance.
"I, the seventeenth descendant of God, Jovan Ozurick, hereby declare, and I invite all the beings in the Five Seas and Thousand Island Kingdoms to witness it together..."
"The sword ceremony begins!"
The moment the old king finished speaking, countless voices rang out.
The ceremonial trumpets sounded melodiously and loudly, the golden-feathered eagle soared and cried, and the royal statues roared excitedly.
At this moment, the sword-holding ceremony officially began.
The three princes responded, put their fists to their chests, uttered the oath, stood up and turned to the back.
At this moment, Levi and Anderson both looked at their third brother, whom they once cared the least about.
Facing the gazes of his two brothers, Kadi took a deep breath, his eyes showing a hint of calmness and determination.
Azo is right.
He certainly had no intention of becoming king.
But if this country and the islanders of these five seas need him, he will stand up resolutely.
In this situation, Kadi calmly took the first step towards the ceremony platform, ignoring the two brothers behind him.
Levi and Anderson narrowed their eyes and followed.
It's just that he has been recognized by the Shadow of God.
What is there to be afraid of about a legendary organization
If Radi thinks that he can easily take the throne in this way, then he is underestimating them too much!
The road from the ceremonial platform to the Peak of the Gods is still very long!
Boom, boom, boom…
Protected by countless royal knights in golden armor, the three princes advanced towards the Peak of the Gods under the watchful eyes of the public.
…
The royal knights formed a solid formation and followed closely behind the three princes.
Outside the queue were those who were allowed to watch the sword-wielding ceremony.
Among them were some nobles, wealthy businessmen, and celebrities of the kingdom.
Of course, the Shadow of the Descendants of God and everyone on the Green were also among them.
"Where is the Mother Goddess Church?" Rogge narrowed his eyes.
He didn't think that the Mother God Church would be absent from such an important occasion.
"On the other side of the line."
The shadow leader said in a deep voice.
"Here." Alchemist Suman handed Rogge a bottle of potion.
Roger took the potion and took a look at it.
The Flying Eyes Potion is a very interesting potion that enables the drinker to see perspectives that some people cannot see.
This potion was also included in the recipe given to him by the potion master Suman, but Roger didn't have time to prepare it at that time.
[You drank the flying eye potion, now you can observe the surrounding environment from a different perspective. ]
[Remember not to bump into others!]
The Flying Eyes Potion certainly has side effects, but its side effects are different from those of ordinary potions.
As an alchemist, Roger was of course aware of the side effects of this potion.
"Lina, Nomi, hold me up."
Roger said.
"Oh." Although he didn't know what Roger wanted to do, Nomi still responded obediently.
Lina silently took Roger's arm.
After someone supported him, Roger closed his eyes.
As soon as he thought of it, he opened his eyes again and found himself above the back of the entire sword-holding ceremony procession, overlooking the entire procession.
"Ouch." Nomi grinned, "Captain, you stepped on my foot."
"Ahem. Sorry."
Rogge coughed and paid some attention to controlling his body's movement.
The side effect of the Flying Eyes Potion is that the perspective is not first-person, but the control of your body is still in your hands, making it difficult to coordinate your body and causing some discomfort.
However, Rogge is a supernatural being after all, and has long experience in controlling clones, so he quickly adapted to this side effect.
At this point, he also turned his attention to the other side of the queue.
Mother God Church.
At this time, there were a dozen devout knights behind the Mother Goddess Church, and several missionaries in front.
The leader was wearing a bishop's robe and was the Archbishop of the Mother Goddess Cathedral.
There was nothing interesting about the information from the devout knights and missionaries. There was only one person who deserved Rogge's attention.
[archbishop]
[Type: Biological]
[Quality: Boss]
[Level: 35]
[Rank: Apostle]
[Explanation: Possessing the power of devout faith, there are unknown secrets hidden in the body.]
Although Rogge had never seen him, he had heard of him from the Shadow Leader.
It seems that the Mother Goddess Church has not cultivated many extraordinary combat forces.
At least that's what Roger thought.
He originally thought that the Mother Goddess Church might have a hundred or eighty devout knights, dozens of missionaries, and even higher combat power.
But in fact, Rogge was overthinking.
If the Mother Goddess Church really had the strength he guessed, they would have secretly controlled the Thousand Islands royal family long ago.
'But there must be more than just them.'
Roger pondered.
It is absolutely impossible that the Mother Goddess Church has not made any preparations at all. It is estimated that some power is hidden in secret.
Compared with the Church of the Mother Goddess, the Shadow of the Descendants of God also seems rather shabby.
Roger found out after taking a glance at the information.
On the side of the Shadow of God, there are only a dozen extraordinary people.
This is the result after adding Yingshou and others.
They seem evenly matched, but in fact, the Church of the Mother Goddess is likely to have hidden power, while the Shadow of the Descendants of God does not.
It seems that the Shadow of the God is still a little weaker.
At the back of the queue, in the old king's queue, Rogge also saw the legendary queen.
As expected, she looked like a cold and beautiful woman, but she was just an ordinary person.
Finally, Rogge looked at these royal knights who were wearing golden knight armor and looked gorgeous and solemn.
Without a doubt, another ordinary person.
Only a few of the team leaders are extraordinary people.
At this point, Rogge had a general understanding of the power division of the entire sword-wielding ceremony. He closed his eyes and retracted his perspective.
He retracted his arms and looked at the shadow leader beside him: "The Mother Goddess Church should still have a lot of power hidden in secret. Are you sure?"
In response to Rogge's question, Shadow Chief nodded calmly: "If nothing unexpected happens, the Mother Goddess Church will not take action openly."
Unless they have absolute power and can ensure that everyone present remains silent.
Roger thought to himself.
At this time, the sword-holding ceremony team had arrived outside the royal city.
"Roar-"
A roar was heard, and a huge figure emerged from the forest and headed straight for the entire sword-wielding ceremony procession.
"Enemy attack!"
The royal guard captain shouted, and dozens of royal knights instantly surrounded the three princes behind them.
With a "puff", the big sword pierced his throat. The huge figure let out a wail and fell heavily to the ground.
The captain of the guard retracted his bloody sword, looked at the giant bear in front of him, then signaled to the rest of the people to continue moving forward.
Shadow Chief and Roger watched all this quietly.
"That bear was driven out."
"Get ready, the show is about to begin."
Rogge raised his hand, and the Blackthorn Book appeared in his hand. The pages flipped open and power emerged.
After taking the large square box handed to him by his subordinate, Shadowshou walked in front of Rogge.
"Captain Roger, let me do it. Your Highness Radi, please keep an eye on it at all times."
The shadow leader said in a deep voice.
Roger nodded.
The next moment, the real attacker finally appeared.
Boom boom boom!
The sound of trees falling down one after another came from both sides of the sword-holding ceremony team, birds and beasts fled in panic, and dull tremor sounds gradually became clearer.
"alert!"
The captain of the royal guard shouted loudly, then drew his greatsword and formed a triangle with the subordinates of two other extraordinary beings of the same level to protect the sword-wielding ceremony team firmly.
"what happened?"
The old king Qiao Wen turned his head to look at the queen beside him, frowning as if questioning her.
"Could it be that I caused it?"
The queen replied calmly.
Seeing this situation, the old king had basically guessed what was going on, and his heart couldn't help but sink slightly.
boom-
The last tree fell, and the huge figure finally appeared in front of everyone.
It turned out to be a one-eyed giant monster with hard bone shields on its arms, more than six meters tall!
Its body was covered in pale, spider-like tissue, which contrasted sharply with the bloody muscle lines on its surface.
The huge bone shields on the two arms were still covered with a lot of sawdust and weed fragments.
There is no doubt that the noise just now was caused by it.
"Roar-"
After arriving in front of the sword-wielding ceremony procession, the Cyclops roared, echoing throughout the forest.
This caused the sword-holding ceremony procession to suddenly become chaotic.
"monster!"
Some nobles and wealthy businessmen screamed, but some people still forced themselves to remain calm.
"What are you afraid of? The kingdom's most elite royal guards and the church's devout knights are all here! A mere monster is nothing to worry about!"
"Roar-"
Under the roar of the Cyclops, groups of humanoid monsters emerged from behind it, with festering skin and hideous faces.
"Damn, what the hell is this!"
Seeing this, Levi, who had been calm, couldn't help but change his expression and became confused and doubtful.
Anderson said nothing, but sneered to himself.
Kadi looked at him at this time: "If they support you, even if you become the king, you will only be a puppet."
Anderson looked at him unkindly, but with a smile on his face: "What are you talking about? My good third brother..."
There was no doubt that Kadi's words pierced his heart directly.
In Anderson's opinion, Kadi was the least qualified to inherit the throne among the three brothers.
I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted in the first place. I should have killed him when he was trying to escape!
"You know exactly what I'm talking about."
Kadi's voice was a little cold.
"Hehe... Radi, I really don't know where your confidence comes from. Do you rely on an old, mysterious organization that suddenly appeared..."
Anderson smiled.
"I remember my father once taught us that all the forces in these five seas are unsharpened swords of Odakiro. As long as you have the ability to be a king, you can control them..."
"So Ladi, can you wield the sword Shadow of the Gods?"
"Or are you willing to be their puppet?"
Anderson and Cuddy were both very clear at this time.
The sword-wielding ceremony has become a clash of forces represented by the two of them.
Anderson didn't take Cuddy's questioning seriously.
In his opinion, Cardi was just lucky to have someone supporting her.
The legendary organization, Shadow of the Gods, was also blind and had no idea who the king would ultimately belong to.
Or maybe they have ulterior motives.
So he thinks he and Cuddy are the same person.
One represents the Shadow of the Descendants of God, and the other represents the Church of the Mother Goddess.
And in this situation, this guy Kadi actually questioned himself
"You should be very clear about their origins."
"Anderson, the Mother God Church is very dangerous, and they have big plans."
Cuddy looked him straight in the eyes.
Anderson's words seem to make sense, but in fact they are nonsense.
Rather than being two forces, the Shadow of the Descendants of God and the Church of the Mother Goddess represent the two camps of the extraordinary and the believers.
The demands of the extraordinary people are nothing more than powerful extraordinary power. At most, they can create the situation before the founding of the Thousand Islands Kingdom, and their demands and interests are different.
But the church is different. They represent faith and they need the faith of the people of the Thousand Islands.
There are tens of thousands of them, and their demands and interests are the same, that is, more faith and more believers.
If the people of the Thousand Islands Kingdom no longer believe in the Hero King Ozurick but believe in the Mother Goddess, the rule of the Thousand Islands Kingdom will come to an end.
This is shaking the ruling foundation of the Thousand Islands Kingdom!
It would be fine if the Mother Goddess Church could make people happy.
But the Mother Goddess Church is not a good thing at all!
With the help of Shadow Chief, Kadi witnessed the evil side of the Mother Goddess Church with his own eyes.
But Anderson didn't care about that. He was actually very arrogant in his heart. It would be strange if he listened to what Cuddy said.
"Ladi, it's just that you don't have the strength to hold the sword."
Anderson sneered.
Cuddy sighed inwardly, and the conversation naturally ended there.
Levi next to him kept asking.
But Cuddy and Anderson ignored him.
Cuddy didn't want him to get involved in this dangerous dispute.
Anderson didn't even take him seriously.
His ultimate goal in controlling politics and winning over ministers is to share the profits of the Mother Goddess Church in order to trade bargaining chips.
Levi followed suit and pretended to win over the kingdom's fleet.
We don't even understand what the decisive force in this sea area is.
Maybe he felt that he and Anderson had always been the same person, one a scholar and one a warrior, since childhood.
Little did he know that among the three brothers, he was the only one who was a real idiot...
…
Seeing this, Roger narrowed his eyes slightly.
The polluted one!
This monster was exactly the same as the one he had seen in Kaia Castle.
It seems like this damn thing was most likely created by the Mother Goddess Church!
the other side.
After the Cyclops roared again, the contaminated people, led by it, rushed towards the sword-holding ceremony procession in groups.
The captain of the royal guard led two extraordinary subordinates and a group of royal knights to resist these monsters one after another.
The greatsword in the captain of the royal guards' hands burst out with a sharp airflow, and the knight armor on his body also shone with light, and he roared and slashed at the Cyclops.
However.
"Roar-"
The Cyclops raised his bony arm and swept it violently. The terrifying force instantly knocked all the royal knights away like garbage.
Then, the ribs in the chest of the Cyclops opened and closed, and a huge dark hole appeared. Countless flying insects with twisted horns and sharp teeth flew out of it and scattered in all directions.
The body of the Cyclops then dried up and shredded.
The contaminated people in the rear also rushed forward.
A disaster instantly swept the entire royal guard.
Amid screams, their armor was torn off, twisted flying insects drilled into their visors and began to bite their eyeballs, and the contaminated began to gnaw on their bodies.
In just a breath, the royal guards had lost their power to resist.
The shadow leader is ready to take action.
But the prophet Theoride beside him opened his eyes and stopped him.
"This is a self-torture trick by the Mother Goddess Church."
"They don't want to expose their true colors in public yet."
"Just go along with them. If you provoke them, it will be troublesome."
Having said that, the prophet Theoride glanced at Rogge, as if he wanted to say something, but did not open his mouth.
Upon hearing this, Shadow Leader did not step forward.
In Shadow of the Gods, Theoride is the real think tank.
At this time, the Cyclops had broken through the defense line of the royal knights and attacked the three princes.
“Run!”
Seeing this, Levi was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, his pupils constricted, and he fled backwards in panic, losing all his face.
Cuddy and Anderson both frowned when they saw this.
But they couldn't care less about Levi, the idiot, at this moment.
"Roar-"
The Cyclops bent his legs and leaped, raising his arms high and smashing down on the two men. A huge shadow enveloped the entire sword-wielding ceremony procession.
"Guard... the prince..."
The captain of the royal guards on the ground vomited blood, his hands trembled, and he roared weakly.
"Laddy! Anderson!"
The old king was also frightened at this time and suddenly stood up from the throne.
Just as the Cyclops' arms were about to fall, a gentle and solemn voice sounded.
"How can the sacred sword-wielding ceremony be defiled by monsters like you?"
Archbishop Senouville placed one hand on his chest and raised the other to recite a prayer.
"Mother Goddess' blessing!"
Buzz—
A blue shield like water waves tightly wrapped Kadi and Anderson.
Boom—
The Cyclops' giant arm fell down, and a strong reaction force suddenly erupted, directly shaking its huge body away.
With a loud bang, the giant monster fell to the ground, raising a huge cloud of dust and destroying several carriages and several unlucky spectators.
The Archbishop walked slowly up to the two princes, his voice calm.
"Like the Mother Goddess, the Kingdom's sword-wielding ceremony is equally sacred and solemn, and cannot be tarnished in the slightest."
"Missionaries who practice the truth, protect the prince."
"The most pious knights under the command of the Mother Goddess, use your faith as your sword and the howling waves as your blade to drive these filthy monsters out of this sacred land!"
The archbishop's voice was gentle and solemn as he pointed at the huge Cyclops.
"Mother Goddess' blessing!"
The Faithful Knight shouted fanatically, drew out the Faithful Greatsword, and with a flash of light, he charged towards the Cyclops and the twisted flying insects.
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(Today is the third update. Uh, it’s a bit embarrassing because I deleted and revised a lot of the Royal City chapter and polished it a lot. Although the quantity is average, the quality is very strong.)
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