Cthulhu Gonfalon - Chapter 848

Chapter 848: 

The cavalry galloped through the open wilderness with the neighing of the warhorses and wild laughter of the knights.

Earl Hauss sat in his carriage and listened peacefully to the noise coming from outside. He was like a person without a skeleton as he sprawled lifelessly on the furry mattress. The maidservant who was sitting across him remained as quiet as a statue.

Suddenly, he frowned.

“Something’s not right!” he said. “How come there’s not a single pedestrian to be seen along the way?”

By right, there should be many people on the road at this time of the year. When these pedestrians met them along the way, naturally there was only one way out for them. And unfortunately, they were doomed. The only difference in the way they died was nothing more than a faster death or a painful death.

But… Since they set off at noon till now, they had not even met a single person!

This was not normal. This was absolutely not normal!

“Is there an ambush ahead?” the maidservant asked.

When it came to fighting battles, she might not necessarily lose. But she was good at winning through a slow and steady approach. Using such boisterous means to seize victory through a surprise attack—she was far less competent when compared to her opponent.

The three Holy Spirits under the God of Aristocracy’s command had their own merits. One was skillful in rising to emergencies with ingenious solutions, one was skillful in scheduling and planning, and the last was skillful in commanding the military forces and setting up the battle arrays. Now that the one skilled in scheduling had returned to the God Kingdom, the one that was good at crafting ingenious solutions might supposedly never be able to return. The one good at commanding the military forces, on the other hand, had to complete some work.

This was their previous plan. It was most unfortunate that the plan could not keep pace with the changes. It seemed as though the plan was already approaching the end, but yet an accident had to occur out of the blue.

Strictly speaking, there did not seem to be any apparent problem with the current situation. But it was just like how it was said that “there had to be a devil at play for there to be an anomaly in the situation.” For a road that was perfectly fine to suddenly be void of all pedestrians, behind this abnormal situation, it was a severe crisis of reality.

Of course, people would not disappear for no good reason. But Sui Xiong had cast a spell to confuse them and make them all turn back instead.

He was not a god like Wenner, who could be completely unconcerned about the lives of the mortals just for the sake of his curiosity. No doubt he had already arranged for Leon to lead a troop of soldiers to hunt down the bandit troop of the aristocratic party, but since he had come, he would not allow those bandits to further kill or hurt another innocent civilian!

As for the bandit troops, would they have noticed anything unusual? Would they be showing any due vigilance? To these questions, Sui Xiong merely sneered.

He was ready to make a move anytime when the need arose.

If that was the case, so what if this bandit troop were to detect an anomaly, or so what if they were vigilant enough?

Did they think they could possibly find the chance to escape or even to turn a defeat into victory?

Dream on! If the worst happened, Sui Xiong would personally make a move. Anyway, it was a certain fact that they would die here today. Not a single one could dream of running away!

In the sky, the invisible green jellyfish looked beneath him at the aristocratic party’s bandit troop that was galloping hard on the ground, with a smile that was full of malicious intent.

Inside the carriage, the maidservant’s expression became very grave. With a frown, she asked, “Do we need to make use of the backup plan?”

Earl Hauss pondered deeply for a moment, then nodded.

 
“I’ve already done almost everything that I should do. It might not be perfect but putting an end to everything now is still considered an acceptable ending.”

The maidservant was silent for a moment, then she smiled.

“It’s just as well. By putting an end to this matter as soon as possible, we can all be free of worries.”

With that, she sprang up, became a stream of light and flew out of the carriage. Then her body began to shine brightly, as though something in her was about to change soon.

But just then, there was a sudden surge of clouds and wind in the clear sky. A cluster of clouds suddenly appeared and enveloped her in within.

Then the light disappeared. The change also disappeared. It was as though nothing had happened.

Earl Hauss’ face changed drastically. Without thinking, his hands flew apart. His left hand struck a hollow blow against a wooden box inside the carriage, while his right hand struck heavily against his chest.

That wooden box was made of rare wood. There were many arrays engraved on it to isolate the inside atmosphere from that of the outside. But it was not very strong. In the case where Earl Hauss put in some serious strength in his strike, just one blow had shattered it to pieces. There was a distorted and bizarre statue inside, which when looked at closely seemed to be a combination of skeleton and mud. It also looked like countless skeletons were shoved into a pile of mud, and they gave off a strange and indescribable stench. So long as ordinary people took as much as one glance, they would feel dizzy, and also, they would feel the urge to make a few loud cries in order to expel the suffocating feeling in their chest.

And from beneath the statue, a dark red light suddenly shot out, like an arrow that was released from a bow. It struck right in the middle of Earl Hauss’ brows.

At the same time, a tyrannical and wild willpower gave a deafening roar in Earl Hauss’ mind.

Detestable dragon slayer! I’ll perish with you!

Earl Hauss smiled slightly and did not put up any form of resistance. On the contrary, he thoroughly shattered his own soul to allow this soul of a dragon that had been polluted by the statue of the Lord of the Abyssal Devil, to devour him. He merely used his last bit of strength to catch hold of the statue.

The material of the statue was just as unique. The moment he grabbed hold of it, it dispersed like flowing water and was integrated into his body.

His thoughts ended here. Only that dragon that had inexplicably managed to turn defeat into victory remained in his mental mind, where it laughed crazily and wildly. But it did not laugh for long before it was drowned by a chaotic airflow that surged over it like tidal waves. The trembling of its body, in turn, led to the occurrence of some violent changes.

The soul of the Holy Spirit and the soul of a dragon merged rapidly and turned into another form. This figure was one that would make anyone shudder.

There was still the slightest trace of a mysterious smile lingering at the corner of the Earl Hauss’ mouth.

This was the backup plan of his backup plan. It was for the purpose of providing an emergency response so as to prevent the worst situation from happening.

Given his character, he really hated such a situation where he could not personally take command and be in control as the occasion required. But it was the only way to ensure that the important secret would not be divulged while still being able to give the other gods a proper account to conceal the actual truth.

As for the rest, there was really nothing he could do.

Meanwhile, Sui Xiong and Wenner were both frowning while looking at a white light ball.

After that woman had flown out, she had originally intended to gather her power to cast a powerful spell. But she was apprehended by Sui Xiong, who had transformed himself into clouds. But without allowing Sui Xiong the time to subdue her, she suddenly shook violently, and then from soul to body, she completely crumbled and became this light ball.

 
Within this light ball, there was a Divine Power that contained goodness and order. And this Divine Power was simply one that was as pure as it could be. Its strength was probably the equivalent of a weak Divine Power. So long as anyone could obtain this Divine Power, it could allow them who were newly sealed gods to mature a great deal within a short time and completely stabilize their divinity.

Of course, this was on the premise that they were neither evil nor chaotic gods.

This was quite a good gain, no doubt. But they were unable to further investigate about the matter that they originally wanted to know about. Be it was Sui Xiong or Wenner, neither had the ability to restore a ball of Divine Power back to its original appearance.

Among all the gods, perhaps only the Master of Order could possibly have the ability to do so…

Sui Xiong frowned and kept this light ball under a seal. Then he lowered his head and looked down at the ground.

The carriage that had been galloping suddenly exploded. A chaotic and wild airflow surged out like tidal waves, then a massive figure that looked ferocious and hideous jumped out and let out a towering roar.

It was also at this time, the couple, Clito and Asner, who were temporarily assuming the roles of scouts, arrived at the scene and saw this monster appearing…