A foreigner's journey

Gus was riding a horse, looking at the overturned carriage in the distance and Griffith slumped in the water further away, feeling filled with regret.

Is it me? Am I the one who drove you into a desperate situation and made you look like this?

"Look! What is that?" Casca suddenly exclaimed and pointed to the sky.

The surrounding scenery darkened, Gus raised his head, and was shocked to find that the setting sun was gradually being swallowed up by something unknown and terrifying.

"The sun is about to die... when the sun dies for the fifth time... is it a phenomenon recorded in the Book of Revelation?" Rickett's voice was horrified.

sun? die? What do I care about! Guts roared in his mind, getting closer and closer to Griffith.

The sun was about to be completely swallowed up, and many strange figures appeared at some point in the water where Griffith was and on the nearby cliffs. These 'people' have strange appearances and deformed bodies, and they have all kinds of 'animal nature' in them, but there is no 'humanity' in them.

They just stood there quietly, looking at the group of eagles and Gus rushing towards them in the distance, and without exception, they slowly showed evil smiles.

Gus rushed to the water pool first. The closer he got to the group of weirdos in the water pool, the harder the horse struggled. Gus immediately turned over and jumped off the horse, letting the horse run away in panic into the distance. He mobilized all his strength to run towards Griffith.

【do not come……】

Griffith looked at Gus with a panicked expression and wanted to get up and run away. Behind him, the water pool became endless, and countless weirdos stood and waited quietly, while the sun above their heads had been completely swallowed up.

【Don't come here...】

Thick mist appeared on the water, and some weirdos roared with eager beasts deep in their throats, saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths.

[If I get caught by you now, I can’t do it again...]

The blood flowed down the arm and into the palm of the hand, soaking in the surface of the bright red Behelet.

[I can’t put you in again...]

Just when Gus stretched out his hand and grabbed Griffith's shoulder, the dislocated facial features on the bright red Behelet in Griffith's hand reset one after another as they trembled violently. It turned into a human face that was screaming with blood and tears.

As it let out a silent shrill roar, everything around it changed.

It was cold and dead, and the ground beneath my feet turned into countless human faces with their eyes closed. When the horse's hooves trample on a person's face, it will make a painful scream, and the members of the Eagle Group will fall off their horses in shock. Looking at the past, countless small faces form a huge hill of human faces, rising one after another with no end in sight.

The lake disappeared, the weird people disappeared, and even the originally fiery red sky turned into a dead darkness.

The only thing that remained unchanged was the devoured sun hanging overhead. At this time, its edge was emitting a strange dark light, seeming to mock the upcoming tragic fate of the group of sacrifices below.

"What's going on? Aren't we riding horses on the grassland?"

"What the hell is this place?"

"Captain! Captain!"

The wailing around her became more intense. Casca suppressed the inexplicable panic in her heart and commanded loudly:

"Don't panic! Don't think about things you don't understand, and do what you can! Set up a circular defensive formation. If we are attacked by the enemy now, we will all be destroyed!"

Not far away, Gus helped Griffith up beside him, and was surprised to find that the bright red Behelite turned into a strange roar, and tears of blood began to flow from the corners of Griffith's eyes.

"Griffith, are you okay?" Gus was about to check Griffith's injury when he suddenly looked to the side in alarm.

Those strange figures from before appeared again on the hills of human faces in the distance, and there were more and more of them, occupying all the surrounding hills, faintly surrounding everyone in the Eagle Group.

【The time has come...】

【The time has come...】

【The time has come...】

These weirdos murmured words in unison that Gus couldn't understand, and their faces were filled with disgusting smiles full of desire——

[The time of the great night festival has finally arrived...]

[The moment of carnival that happens once every two hundred and sixteen years! eclipse! 】

【coming! coming! 】

[He is finally here, our king of the extraordinary! 】

[The four guardian angels have arrived! ! 】

Following the excited shouts of the weirdos, the hills with human faces trembled violently. An unusually huge, naked and beautiful woman sat up from the hills, with long hair squirming like a snake's neck, and a protuberance growing out of her back. Two pairs of bat wings.

Those weirdos fell from her body one after another, cheering her name ecstatically——

【Ah ah ah! Lord Silan! 】

Before everyone in the Eagle Group could recover, bursts of evil laughter suddenly came from above their heads. I saw a whirlpool suddenly appearing in the black clouds above my head. The center of the whirlpool continued to stir, and finally an extremely huge face appeared. He thrust downwards, and when he was about to hit everyone in the Eagle Group, he suddenly exploded and turned into a small, weird shape, less than one meter in size. The jet black round lenses were deeply embedded in the flesh of the eye sockets. There was a false smile on the round fat face. The whole body was covered with flexible dark purple insect shells. It was flying freely and quickly in the air, leaving behind a series of weird laughter. .

[Oh, Lord Ubik! 】The cheers of the weirdos became more intense.

Immediately afterwards, one face suddenly poked up from among the countless faces at his feet. It was a face that looked like a baby but was extremely swollen. Both the eyes and the mouth were squeezed into gaps due to the excessive swelling of the face. Its figure kept crawling upwards, with two equally swollen hands clasped in front of it, and its body and back looked like a weird beetle.

The weirdos let out sighs of fear and joy.

[Ah, it’s Lord Conrad...]

Finally, the eroded black sun above his head began to flow downwards with countless darkness. This darkness flowed down like sticky sludge and gathered into the shape of the body, and the head was the black sun.

The black shadow slowly moved forward, condensing into a human form. What a terrifying and terrifying image this is! The head with the giant brain tissue exposed has no ears or outer skin. The lower half of the face and the skin on the nose were pulled open at five angles, exposing the nasal cavity, gums and jawbones inside, and the eyes were sutured shut. The whole body is hidden in the huge bat wings, and the majestic posture is mixed with evil.

All the weirdos raised their arms and gave the strongest cheers——

[Archangel, Lord Potter! ! 】

god? No, they are definitely not gods, they are demons! Thinking of Rong Qishi's figure, Gus and others immediately determined that these four monsters were evil demons.

Slan, Ubik, Conrad, and Porter stood on the top of the tallest human-faced hill, overlooking everyone.

At this time, Archangel Porter made a majestic and deep voice:

"The moment of great happiness has arrived. It is not easy to gather here. Gods created by humans cannot become the lambs of gods. Please enjoy this sacred night sacrifice."

The bat's wings spread out, and its long and narrow fingers covered with bone armor pointed at Griffith, who was being supported by Gus——

"Prince chosen by the law of cause and effect, O Eagle. You are the chosen one, and it is proven that you are here at this moment. You are the one appointed by the Master of our great God, our blood relative, and the blessed king that everyone longs for. !”

Upon hearing Potter's words, Griffith's eyes widened slightly.

"Don't listen to the nonsense of these freaks, Griffith!" Gus felt Griffith's wavering and hurriedly shouted: "Haven't we already seen what God and his messengers look like? Don't be fooled. You lied, these guys are evil heretics and the enemies of God!”

Anyone who has seen the sacred and noble postures of Rong Qishi and the twelve knights and then looks at the four strange-looking ‘Hands of God’ in front of them will make such a judgment, right?

"Humans who have mastered some kind of weird magic have made the world fall into a frenzy of admiration, so it's ridiculous to say that you are really blind and stupid white sheep, hahaha!" Ubik laughed sharply.

magic? Are they saying that the beautiful angel and the great knight who recognized me are fakes?

Clang! Gus pulled out the dagger from his waist, pointed it at Archangel Potter, and yelled: "Stop talking nonsense there! You evil heretics! I have seen real angels of God, and the greatest knight under God, He is definitely not as evil as you. Also, Griffith doesn’t even have a tail. He is a completely human being, not a fellow circus clown like you!”

The angry roar did not anger God's Hand, but instead made Silan let out bursts of charming laughter: "What a beautiful friendship. I think it will become the best sacrifice after a while."

"Sacrifice?" Gus had a bad feeling.

"Yes, you are all valuable sacrifices that can make him the Demon King. When he obtains the bright red Overlord's Egg, he has already qualified to become the Demon King."

Ubik flew in the air and laughed evilly, pointing at Griffith's overlord's egg that was shedding blood and tears: "That is the overlord's egg that allows our guardian angels to be reincarnated into the hands of God. Angel is coming , how can there be no precious sacrifices? Hehehehehe!"

"Asshole, you want to turn Griffith into a monster like you, and you also plan to use our lives as sacrifices..." Gus gritted his teeth.

"You were wrong about one thing."

Slan licked her lips and laughed charmingly:

"It's not us, it's [him] who wants to sacrifice all of you as sacrifices."

She was looking at Griffith.

The surrounding weirdos burst into laughter, which was matched by the shocked expressions of everyone in the Eagle Group. Impossible, how could Griffith...

Archangel Potter's voice sounded: "All these things follow the flow of cause and effect. At this point, you should perform the [ritual of subduing demons]."

Conrad, who had been silent all this time, opened his arms and made a low and loud sound:

"Place the prince on the altar!"

As he roared, everyone on the ground wailed and roared, and the mountain and the ground shook violently.

boom--! ! The giant pillar composed of countless human faces soars into the sky, hundreds of meters high! The giant pillar flies into the sky with Guts and Griffith. Under the violent tremors, Gus failed to stand and fell directly. Griffith subconsciously grabbed Gus, but the arm with the severed tendon could not bear Gus's weight. The skin of the joints tore and blood spurted out, and Griffith could only watch helplessly as Guts fell to the increasingly distant ground.

Finally, Griffith found himself sitting in the middle of an extremely huge hand. This giant hand extends to the sky in a half-grip shape, with the five upright fingers standing on the hands of four gods.

Pinky - Conrad.

Ring finger - Ubik.

Thumb - Slan.

Middle finger - Porter.

Only the index finger position is vacant.

"You are so fierce, you actually think that we, as supernormal beings, are very scary? Or maybe..."

Potter lowered his head and looked down at Griffith, who was kneeling on his palms, with an inexplicable mockery in his tone:

"The terrible thing is your future?"

Griffith was in a daze. No, how could I be afraid of my dreams...

Ubik flew to Griffith's side and whispered in his ear: "There is nothing wrong with your behavior of climbing towards your dream, but the road to your dream requires cornerstones. It's just that you chose to fill it with the lives of your partners. It’s just a road block, nothing to be ashamed of.”

Griffith saw the faces of his companions who had died because of their dreams since childhood, and he couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"Now, your path has come to an end. Everything has gone away from you. You only have the eagle wings that used to carry your dreams, right?" As he said this, Slan looked at the panicked eagle on the ground below. group.

Thinking of Heather's mocking face, of Lancelot's indifference to him, of the white castle in distant dreams, of the endless torture in the dark dungeon... What finally appeared in front of Griffith's eyes was Gusna A determined face.

Archangel Porter, standing at the middle finger position, opened his long and narrow bat-winged arms and said loudly:

"Come, pile up everything you have left in front of us, and recite the mantra in your heart - [Dedicate You]."

The scarlet light condensed in front of Potter, not yet completely formed, as if waiting for something.

"If you are sincere, I can teach you the dark wings that will help you soar from the top of the mountain to the sky."

Potter's voice continued to echo in Griffith's ears and heart, shaking his body and mind.

At this time, a big bloody hand suddenly grabbed the edge of the giant hand, followed by a shout: "Griffith!"

Gus did not fall and was reduced to a pulp, but instead climbed up to the top of the giant hand with his bare hands. He panted and looked at Griffith from a distance, with pleading in his eyes: "Griffith, don't lose to them..."

Griffith smiled and slowly turned to look at Gus.

Yes, among thousands of enemies and friends, you are the only one...you alone make me forget my dreams.

"Escape..."

【Dedicate yourself】

The giant hand suddenly clasped its fingers together, holding Griffith in the palm of his hand!

The scarlet light in front of Potter also completely took shape, turning into a simple yet strange symbol.

"The threads tied together according to the law of cause and effect are now connected!

The promised time has arrived in an instant! "

The scarlet symbol shines brightly, and countless threads of light fly downwards, penetrating the protection of armor and clothing at a speed that humans cannot resist, and leaving a deep imprint on every member of the Eagle Group.

The brand is a signal. Those weird people who have been waiting for a long time finally no longer suppress themselves and change their bodies one after another. One after another, huge and ugly monsters that only appear in the deepest nightmares appear and pounce on the branded people below. Members of the Eagles.

Have a banquet!

At the same time, in the real world, the water park where they were previously was covered by an extremely huge black tornado that penetrated the sky and the earth. The end of the tornado swallowed up the position of the sun, darkening the entire area.

Quietly, twelve fully armed knights appeared around them. Along with them came a girl with black hair reaching her waist.

Rong Qishi did not look at the tornado, but looked up at the sky, smiled and bowed:

"Welcome back, my lord."

Above the sky, a meteor streaked down.

PS: 4K words, too lazy to divide it into two chapters.