Volume 1: Stranger in a Strange Land Chapter 55: The Truth of the Ceremony

Duke Simon, whose heart was pierced, suddenly took a step forward and strangled Cass tightly.
The terrifying thunder on his body was transmitted to the swordsman through "Judgment Four".
Cass wanted to break free, but he was restrained by a powerful force and could not move at all. He could only watch the lightning spread along the knight's sword to his whole body.
"Congratulations, Cas Durant, the last bloodline of the Dark Swordsman. Congratulations on successfully defeating the tyrant who sits high in the dome today and stabbing the sword into his heart..."
Duke Simon spoke in Cass's ear. At this moment, his voice no longer carried the momentum of thunder in the sky. Instead, it became extremely unreal and ethereal, like the whisper of a dying man.
Then, severe pain came from Cass's body, and the lightning that was clinging to his whole body began to gather into countless fine rune patterns, which were imprinted on his skin and integrated into his flesh and blood.
A feeling came over me as if even my soul was being soaked by lightning.
Seeing this, Simon said excitedly:
"Congratulations, you will be crowned as the new Sky God King Oka, and hold the power of thunder and lightning!"
Duke Simon then took off the crown made of lightning on his head and solemnly placed it on Cass's head. After this action, the thunder in his body began to flow towards Cass at a faster speed.
After all the thunder on Duke Simon's body was integrated into Cass's body, he pushed the exhausted Cass onto the throne, and pulled out the "Judgment Four" that had pierced his chest.
There was not a drop of blood on the black knight's sword.
The dragon and snake patterns around the tomb became deeper at this moment. The rich undead magic that permeated the space was attracted into the diagram that Wang Kou was devouring, and then gathered on Duke Simon in the center of the ceremony.
A giant snake began to appear behind Simon, and fine snake scales began to appear on his skin. A dark aura filled his surroundings. He looked at Cas on the throne and said enthusiastically:
"And I, Simon Walder, as the tyrant defeated by you, will fall into the underworld and become the new God of Death, Vera, of the Underworld!"
Right now they were in the Tomb of the Gods, the entrance to the underworld in the ancient Black Water mythology. At this moment, with the Eternal Gift continuously channeling the necromancy magic power from the astral realm, this place had almost completely turned into a miniature underworld.
In other words, all the conditions for the rebirth of Vera the God of Death have been met.
This is the real plan, this is the truth behind Wang Kou’s ritual!
The authority of the sky and thunder was not what he sought, because an incomplete power of the God King was far from enough to be the capital for the establishment of the Blackwater Kingdom.
Therefore, what Simon sought from the very beginning was not the authority of God-King Oka, but the authority of the God of Death that would allow him to control the tide of the undead in the Corrupted Moon.
He has been planning for this for more than 20 years.
The Wang Kou ritual, like the ancient mythological story on which it is based, has always been a two-way transformation process.
Kings and rebels, gods and death, killing, devouring and becoming each other.
Not only were there some who were killed by the rebels and became kings, but there were also some who were killed and became new rebels.
However, because the trigger for the Wang Kou ritual is for the rebels to stab the sword into the king's heart, and no magic cheats are allowed in the process, no one has ever tried the other side of the Wang Kou transformation.
After all, no mortal can survive having his heart pierced by a sword without taking any preparatory measures.
After Simon prayed to the Moon Realm and sought the wisdom of the Void King, the Whisper Queen Beatrice responded to him and showed him a possible path.
+Under the ancient holy tomb of Thorn City, there is a sword sealed, which can pierce deep into your heart but will not hurt you at all+
Behind the curtain, a woman with six arms and wearing a black gauze dress sat in front of a loom. She whispered to Simon in a way that went deep into his soul, telling him how to bypass the restrictions of the King's Ritual.
Simon, on the other hand, was crawling on the ground covered with spider webs, and asked in a humble tone:
"Your Majesty, what kind of thanks do I need to offer you in return for your gift today?"
+Bring me that sword+
After that, Simon spent more than ten years and mobilized countless resources to finally find the descendant of the dark swordsman. He has been secretly training him to become the leader of the Blackthorn Mercenaries.
In order to make Cass closer to the state of the Death God rebels, Duke Simon designed to let the Blackthorn Mercenary Group led by him enter the Silver Stream Mine, and let his comrades be killed one by one in front of him, so that his heart was filled with hatred for the mastermind behind this matter.
All of this was to guide his state of mind and emotions step by step to be closer to Vera, the god of death in the Black Water mythology, who hated evil and would do anything to overthrow the tyrant.
Of course, there is still the most important step - that is to make him a true "dead man".
Through the dream fog created by the Nightmare Maid, Simon designed and guided a kind and innocent little witch to find the dying Cas. As he expected, the witch named Liz used the "Life Scale Powder" to connect the lives of the two.
Cass thus became a dead person who relied on the vitality of others.
At first, Simon planned to have his Shamblers pull up Cas as a zombie, but this would make the final "rebirth" stage of the ritual extremely troublesome, so he just let Gray Rash hide aside as a backup plan.
And the last step is to have them "just happen" to arrive at the scene of Wang Kou's ceremony...
"Is it almost time to stop lying there?"
Duke Simon turned around and said to "Nezermar" who had been turned into charcoal by his thunder.
"Oh my~ You hit me really hard just now. Aren't you afraid that you will really drive me back to the Moon Realm?"
Under Cass's shocked gaze, the human-shaped charcoal that had previously fallen on the sarcophagus stood up with a complaint.
As she... no, it stood up, charred fragments began to peel off from its body, and disgusting pus-yellow liquid slowly flowed down the cracked parts.
"If we don't act realistically, we won't put too much pressure on him. Besides, with Ye Zhihuai's support, this won't be a serious injury to you, right?"
Simon, whose eyes were already dark, replied.
"But it hurts..."
The charred thing continued to complain, but this time its voice was no longer as clear and cold as before, and it became impossible to tell whether it was old or young.
“You…why…”
Looking at the scene in front of him, Cass was incoherent and didn't know what to say first.
The thing that once looked like Nezemar walked towards Duke Simon, leaving behind a trail of charred debris and a pus-yellow liquid.
After it walked to Duke Simon's side, it turned its head, which had already revealed the outline of a skull, and smiled at Cass. The dry eyeballs in its eye sockets fell out with a "click".
"I have to say, the adventures I had with you were really interesting. Now I finally understand why our Lord must spread His gospel in the world."
It said happily:
"Because this reality is the real nightmare."
As it spoke, it opened its broken mouth.
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