In the darkness, a sigh of regret came from the throne.
"It's almost reached its limit."
"Um."
"You've taken care of me since I was born, Maxwell."
"Um."
In the silence, the sound of tidal waves could be heard in the distance.
"Maxwell, is that the sound of the sea?"
"Um."
"I've been hearing this for more than thirty years. It's really annoying. After being imprisoned for so long, I really want to leave this position and go out for a walk... Will you accompany me?"
"Your Majesty, I will always be by your side."
"Where is a better place to go? How about Burgundy? Although the people are annoying, the red wine is good and the food is good. I heard it will be very warm in autumn. Asgard is beautiful, but too cold."
"all good."
"Yeah, everything is fine."
The person on the throne murmured softly, "At this time, if you are still thinking about a free life, your father and brother will be disappointed if the throne is handed over to someone like me, right?"
"No." Maxwell said: "You are the well-deserved master of Angelou, the master I recognize, and the emperor that no one can match."
The emperor smiled, just like the girl when they first met.
That laughter was freed from the shackles, shed its majestic disguise, and became as light as a flying bird.
"Maxwell, are you still here?"
"I am here."
She reached out and groped in the darkness.
Her fingertips touched the man kneeling in front of the throne, caressing his cheek with nostalgia and tenderness.
"Maxwell, I'm so sleepy, can I take a nap first?"
"Um."
"When you wake up, please hug me."
"Um."
She smiled, "Good night, Maxwell."
"Good night."
Someone cried in the darkness: "My Majesty."
…
…
The land of shadows.
Avalon, Royal Palace, Throne Room.
Ye Qingxuan stared silently at the empty palace. Looking around, he could only see dust and broken corpses that had long since weathered.
The once heavenly kingdom on earth has fallen into the shadows. The gorgeous city of the past has now become a ruin infested by demons. Even the throne hall is in dilapidated condition.
Like a prison.
Under the guidance of the alchemist, the armored knight raised his sledgehammer and struck the spot in front of the throne. The floorboards cracked and gave off a hollow echo.
Not long after, a huge crack appeared in the ground. Under the illumination of the wind lantern, the darkness in the crack dissipated slightly, revealing the huge space hidden underneath.
"Is this here?" Ye Qingxuan asked.
"It should be right." Shi Dong nodded, raised the bottle, and shook it: "Do you have anything else to add?"
The figure in the bottle screamed and begged, but there was no more useful information.
Soon, the knight lowered the rope, and the two organists hung the lighting wind lanterns on their waists and descended along the rope into the dark space below. Not long after, the safety signal came.
The alchemists and armored knights slid down one after another. Finally, Ye Qingxuan grabbed the lock and fell down the slide into the space that had been sealed for hundreds of years.
"Oh, it's so big."
Stone followed and fell down. He saw the huge underground palace illuminated by a giant searchlight, and looked at the countless alchemical matrices on the wall that looked like lush branches and leaves.
"According to logic, Avalon and his own shadow correspond to each other. If there is Avalon, the Kingdom of Shadows must exist. There is such a large space under the throne of the Kingdom of Shadows, but what about the palace of Avalon? ?”
"The Ultimate Home Defense Front."
Ye Qingxuan replied: "Its physical form is placed there. There are three super giant concert instruments named after archangels. The entire palace is actually a huge alchemical instrument, like a giant pipe organ. It flows through the etheric flow of the earth. Connecting all places, the entire Angru is under its control. As long as the king sits on the throne, he can use the dragon's power as his ten fingers and the country as his musical instrument to play."
"Where is the source of power?" Stone asked: "With such a huge war weapon, where is the ether furnace? I'm afraid ten orchestras can't push it to operate, right?"
Ye Qingxuan's expression was complicated, "I didn't know before, but now I probably know a little bit."
Where is the Aether Furnace
Where else could it be
They were able to make the heart of Nomadic Mountain an etheric road, so...why not Leviathan? Especially when all of Avalon is Leviathan's original body.
Shi Dong understood what he meant and couldn't help but smile mockingly, "The kings of this country are really crazy. Can I say they are of the same blood?"
Ye Qingxuan said nothing.
He just silently looked at the huge facilities in the underground palace and the countless alchemical matrices extending out, and his brows gradually wrinkled.
"Okay, now comes the problem."
Stone sighed beside him: "Although I don't understand alchemy, I feel that the thing placed here is definitely not what you said."
Ye Qingxuan didn't speak and looked away for a long time.
"Yes, this place is different from the outside. There is no Concordance Instrument or related equipment..." He said softly, "This is a refinement cauldron."
"The cauldron? That thing where alchemists smelt alloys and potions?"
Ye Qingxuan was silent for a long time and suddenly gave instructions:
"Everyone get out."
The Witch Hammer and the several alchemists who were studying the matrix were stunned for a moment, but after seeing Ye Qingxuan's expression, they did not speak anymore and followed the order. Soon, they all climbed up the zipline.
Shi Dong stayed here with a smile on his face. Ye Qingxuan glanced at him and did not chase him away. He just lowered his head and quickly analyzed the alchemy matrix, following its thread.
Under the induction of the interpretation method, the complex surface of the alchemical matrix was quickly structured.
The efflux layer, the formation layer, the creative layer, and finally the active layer.
The huge matrix connecting the entire Shadow of Avalon finally converged into one point.
Ye Qingxuan stood still and raised his head.
Across the ceiling are the smashed remains of the throne.
"Sure enough, it's here."
He whispered softly.
Shi Dong seemed to be immersed in the role of professional admiration, and asked at the right time: "Do you have any clues?"
"I guess so."
Ye Qingxuan whispered: "This style is very familiar, with classical deconstruction methods, orthodox alchemical formulas and induction processes, and traces of the earliest music theory. I can probably guess who decorated this place... "
who is it
Who else could it be
Who else in the whole of Avalon, the whole of Angelou, no, the whole world, would do such a thing? Who likes to cause trouble so much? Who else could be so good at causing trouble
There is only one answer.
After that bastard Hermes died, there were still so many remaining problems.
Ye Qingxuan pressed his aching temples and sighed in a low voice:
"It's really harmful, boss..."
The core of the so-called alchemy is the basic formula of the school of change—equivalent substitution.
Hermes followed this and laid the foundation of alchemy.
It can be achieved by replacing all things with formulas, flowing through the four-layer interface, and experiencing blackening, yellowing, greening, albino and finally red.
Sublime ordinary things into miracles, turn black iron into gold.
It can be called a shocking creation.
And its true nature, in the final analysis, is nothing more than turning one thing into another thing.
The alchemical matrix inscribed by Hermes here is nothing more than this.
However, the scale is too huge and the idea is too terrifying. Even the entire seven systems of musicians are integrated into it, and various music theories and propositions in the seven systems are intertwined in it, entangled into one, and inextricably linked. If it were not for Ye Qingxuan's ladder in hand, I am afraid that he would not be able to figure it out from beginning to end.
Even for Hermes, it is not an easy task to arrange such a large and complex alchemical matrix, right
So, what else in this world is worthy of the former "Merlin" who mobilized so many people and used such an exaggerated scale to refine it
The answer is so obvious that it’s ready to be revealed.
Ye Qingxuan exhaled the irritated breath in his heart and squeezed out a voice from between his teeth:
"The art of ascending to the gods..."
This is the true nature of Arthur's art of ascension to the gods.
Using Avalon to extract the etheric flow of the entire Angru, almost using the entire country, unifying the huge country into one, truly gathering the power of the entire country, and achieving a miraculous system. After it was completed, even Hermes regretted his recklessness and frivolity and wanted to bury it completely.
If Ye Qingxuan guessed correctly, even the Homeland Defense Front was transformed using it.
"This is the place where Arthur established the kingdom of heaven on earth and gathered the human, material and financial resources of the entire country in an attempt to ascend to the gods."
Ye Qingxuan stood at the core of the alchemy matrix, overlooking the surroundings. Countless moonlight threads extended from his hands, placing the entire huge system in front of his eyes.
Countless formulas were summarized into one by interpretation methods, and finally turned into pure numbers, and a simple conclusion was drawn.
"9=2?"
Ye Qingxuan almost laughed at the answer, but couldn't.
"What is that? A strange formula?"
"A mode of expression in alchemy, the format used by the earliest alchemists."
Ye Qingxuan's eyes were lowered: "Alchemists regard the entire world as an organic transformation process, and in this link, every existence has its own personality. Whether it is a person, an object, or something else …
The higher the rank, the more important the proportion in the overall link and the more precious it is. Alchemists used formulas to arrive at results and named all things after the resulting numbers.
This is one of the reasons why the early religious orders were always quick to kill alchemists and showed no mercy: only God can measure the value of all things.
Whether they are ordinary humans, demons, musicians, saints, or natural disasters, they are just pure units in the process of alchemy.
The value possessed by ordinary people is too rare and can only be used as blank material, so the grid is '0=0'. Further up are musicians and demons who control the ether, or alchemical equipment and special metals... Only things above the 1=10 grid have the value of being refined.
And 9=2 is already the maximum value that can be achieved in the world. 10=0 is already a category that only exists in ideals, unifying all meaning, power, past, and future existence. Human beings usually call it the 'Great Source'.
This is the true nature of the art of ascending to the gods. Arthur, who is still holding the scepter, is unwilling to bow to the religious order. He wants to be on par with the three kings, or even higher, and wants to be above natural disasters...
He wants to become the only emperor in the world, one who is only one step away from the Great Source. "
After listening to this, Shi Dong was silent for a long time and sighed: "That's really bad."
"There are worse."
Ye Qingxuan lowered his head expressionlessly and stepped on the alchemy matrix under his feet with his boots: "The basic principle of alchemy is equivalent substitution. The grid has determined the value of all things. If you want to refine gold, you must pay equal to the gold. The price. Arthur's heyday is just the peak of the scepter, how can it be compared with an existence that is almost above natural disasters? Who will pay the price of the gap in the middle? "
Shi Dong was stunned.
He understood what Ye Qingxuan meant, and with his dark thinking, he could naturally understand Arthur's intentions. With Ye Qingxuan's explanation and his skill, it was not difficult to come up with the only answer.
It's very simple.
too easy…
Hermes has already paved the way, all you need to do is move forward.
If there is not enough material, make up for it.
If the value is not enough, fill it up.
If your own Golden Seal of Victory is not enough, you will have the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. If the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth is not enough, you will have Avalon. If Avalon is not enough, you will sacrifice the entire Angel.
If you want to become a natural disaster, then... find a natural disaster to pay the price for you!
What a coincidence, these things are all around us and within reach...
"For example, Her Royal Highness the Queen - Leviathan is very close at hand."
This is the true face of the art of ascending to the gods.
Kill the Scourge, usurp the power of the Scourge, and make yourself a Scourge. Sacrifice the kingdom of heaven on earth, sacrifice Avalon, sacrifice the entire Angru, sacrifice what you love, sacrifice everything... to achieve yourself.
From the very beginning, he had made all preparations for the day when he would become a god.
Everything is ready.
"The king and his accomplices kidnapped the queen and imprisoned her in her dream..."
Ye Qingxuan whispered the song that once echoed in the late night of Avalon, and his eyes gradually turned cold.
Stone sighed, "In other words, is Leviathan obsessed with Angelou for so many years in order to take revenge for what Arthur did back then?"
"Revenge? Why revenge?"
Ye Qingxuan lowered his head and stared at the alchemy matrix on the ground, and his voice became hoarse: "You don't think they can tie up Leviathan, put it here, close the cage, and then refine it, right? This kind of involvement A super-large alchemical matrix with countless precise details cannot achieve that level - it requires the absolute cooperation of the subject. In other words... "
He looked at the alchemical matrix at his feet and felt a deep mockery from reality:
"Leviathan is willing..."
When the inference reaches this point, the result is already clear.
For hundreds of years, Leviathan had not targeted Angelou for revenge at all.
She loved Arthur so deeply, even if he took away her power, her life, and everything...
Although the art of ascending to the gods failed at the last moment for unknown reasons. But once the alchemical matrix is activated, the first thing to be destroyed is definitely Leviathan itself. There is no doubt about this.
The real Leviathan is long dead.
Died hundreds of years ago...