Chapter 429: Prisoner of Time

Arkaim.

The moment the Jesus stone statue destroyed the Brazilian Ministry of Magic, the Holy Wall seemed to flicker due to unstable magic power.

At the same time, the rise in magic concentration also allowed the spear that had been trying to break through the blockade of the Holy Wall to suddenly gain a boost. It immediately seized the moment when the barrier was unstable and exerted all its magic power, stabbing violently downward.

With a loud "Clang!", a huge crack appeared on the barrier, and then it shattered like glass.

The spear let out a whistle, suddenly expanding hundreds of times, like a giant pillar stabbing toward the Palace of Spring on the top of the mountain.

At the same time, brilliance shone around it, and countless spears also differentiated from those light spots. Immediately after, around the spear, angels with wings on their backs gradually appeared, holding those spears and killing toward the wizard holy city below.

In the Palace of Spring, on the balcony, Sophia looked up at the enemies all over the sky, knowing that the time had come.

She looked at Lady Yaga beside her and said, "The next things will be left to you."

Lady Yaga's wrinkled face showed no expression. She sighed, "I have already regretted helping you sit in this position. If it weren't for this, you wouldn't have to bear this fate."

"You said it was fate." The Empress smiled. "But you don't have to be sad. I am not forced by this fate, but made the choice myself after knowing my own role."

"And, I have no regrets."

Saying that, she raised her left hand, and a gold ring flashed on her finger.

Surging magic power was frantically extracted from the magic net node below the Holy Mountain. With a boom, the Holy Mountain seemed to split from the middle. Thick white mist surged out from the crack, covering the entire holy city in the blink of an eye.

The Palace of Spring was obscured by thick fog. Sophia stood in that thick fog, unable to see even the ground under her feet.

She closed her eyes, ignoring the inexplicable sounds coming from her ears, took seven steps forward, and opened her eyes. She found herself coming to the side of a vast lake. The lake was filled with white mist. Although there was no sun, the sky was bright, the opposite bank was green with grass and flowers, and an ancient castle could be vaguely seen standing on the top of the mountains.

A black ship sailed slowly from the lake. There was no one on the ship, but it sailed by itself. As it got closer, Sophia saw that the ship was covered with velvet blankets, and flower bouquets were placed on both sides.

Seeing this ship, she already understood what she should do. She took a step forward and stepped into the cabin, and then found herself coming to a space like a deep well.

In the distant sky, a star fell slowly.

And in the deep darkness, a crystal coffin stood in front of her, and a woman exactly like her walked out of the coffin.

The moment she saw her, Sophia felt like she saw a huge network composed of countless completely different time lines. Countless strange and familiar memories flooded into her mind, making her dizzy for a while.

However, as the woman took a step, those chaotic worlds were immediately cut off by more than half, and the other party's figure became thinner. Until she came to her, the person's body suddenly dissipated and merged with her.

At the same time, those countless time lines were also cut clean, leaving only the only present world.

Memories of more than a thousand years flooded into her mind, and the history of more than a thousand years was witnessed by her. She saw that the time loop was constantly flowing back and forth with itself as the fulcrum.

Time was recorded, and the endless wave function collapsed in observation, becoming an undeniable fact.

At this moment, she became an observer and also became a bystander.

She is destiny, and she has also become a prisoner.

"Boom!"

The center of the fog seemed to have an explosion. A dazzling golden light appeared in it. The fog was pushed away. A small golden holy cup suddenly appeared in the mid-air above the Holy Mountain.

As soon as the holy cup appeared, it expanded instantly, from the size of a palm to half a person tall, and then continued to expand, until it was like a mountain, filling the sky and the earth.

A huge force of collection radiated from the holy cup. The thousands of angel legions in the air suddenly exploded into thin blood mist, and together with the spear in the center, turned into a thread of blood, throwing into the holy cup.

In another place, Odin God just turned into a flash of lightning and appeared. Most of his body was scorched, and he was embarrassed, but he escaped from the explosion of the underground laboratory just now. But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, his body suddenly stiffened, and an invisible chain appeared between his chest and abdomen, dragging him toward the distance.

Brazil.

The huge stone statue that smashed the Brazilian Ministry of Magic and also smashed the magic node there was also stunned. The same chain appeared in its body, dragging it to float into mid-air.

But the magic node had been destroyed, and the binding force of the chain was much smaller than elsewhere. It struggled desperately for a few times, then made up its mind, cut off most of its divine power, and let the giant statue be torn into a ball of blood mist and taken away, while it turned into a small ball of blood light and flew out, escaping into the ground.

The same scene played out in several locations around the world. Those gods who had just been resurrected through various means were all dragged back into the holy cup.

The next instant, the holy cup shrank again and disappeared.

A disaster that seemed to destroy the world suddenly dissipated like this.

"The giant statue broke through the Brazilian Ministry of Magic, causing the destruction of the magic node there." At the post-war summary meeting, an analyst said, "So far, the magic node has not shown any signs of recovery."

"According to observations, the destruction of the magic node led to the chaos of magic near Brazil. The power of wizard spells has been greatly enhanced, but the stability has become very poor, and the controllability has dropped significantly."

"This phenomenon is regional. As long as you leave this area, the effect of spell chaos will disappear."

"But it is worth noting that magical creatures and other various magical creatures are less affected by the chaos effect when using their own innate magic."

"What about magic instruments?" Someone asked.

"The more precise the magic instrument, the greater the impact. Its influence on technological creations is the same," the analyst said. "Simply put, the magic here has become more chaotic."

"It is conceivable that the more magic nodes are destroyed, the less the magic net's role in restraining magic will be, and the greater the magic level and chaos in the world will be."

"This is not a big problem for magical creatures and gods who use magic by instinct and roughly, but it is a big trouble for wizards and us."

"Therefore, the gods will strive to destroy the magic nodes, and once they do, many of our technologies and magic technologies will be knocked back to a century ago. At that time, facing gods who can create miracles at will, we will have no power to fight back."

"However, fortunately, this progress seems to have been temporarily stopped. We have achieved victory in this defense battle, which should be able to buy us some time."

"How much time can it buy?"

"At most, one year." Arkaim, Lady Yaga said.

"Her Majesty told me that by doing this, she should be able to buy you at most one year."

"Also, from today on, you are the Emperor of Arkaim."

Murphy listened silently, looking at Sophia who was sleeping soundly on the bed in the bedroom. "Did she leave any other words?"

"She said she has no regrets," Lady Yaga said. "Also, she said you will meet again."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 430 =====