Skilled Pikemen Don't Leash

"Uh... It seems that there is such a message." Yi Guang thought about it for a while, it seemed that he had indeed received a notification from the system just now, but because he was being chased by Caligula, he didn't have time to pay attention.So, was that the assist notification that Rider got after he killed the opponent's member?

Speaking of which, I participated in this team battle, ran here and there, and fought several battles, but it seems that all I got was assists until now.The only time I defeated independently was the water monster I met at the beginning, but it slipped away before I was completely killed.

This is really... Yi Guang doesn't know what kind of mentality he should use to face this matter.

"Forget it, let's think about it, what should we do now." Yi Guang said as he got up from the ground, the healing effect of the system was really great, and his body fully recovered in a short while.Although he is still a little uncomfortable, overall, he has regained some combat power.

"That thing looks like a mechanical creation, but in essence it is indeed a product of some kind of mysterious side." Rider shook his head, "I asked Furong to test that guy before, but it turned out that I couldn't analyze its body structure at all. So, even if you ask me that, I can't help you."

"Then..." Yi Guang just wanted to speak, but suddenly felt that his mind was in a trance, and then his brain seemed to be invaded by some kind of external force.His mental power was spontaneous and automatic, and he began to reject this uninvited force, "What is this?"

"Familiars from the Twisted Chaos, please let go of your hostility for now. I don't want to be your enemy, at least not right now. I hope we can talk."

Just when Yi Guang's mental power showed rejection, a voice suddenly sounded in Yi Guang's mind.This is a communication from the master of this sudden, unknown force.As for the other party's identity, Yi Guang could easily deduce it after a little thought.

"The ancestor of Rome, the son of Mars, the god of war, Romulus?"

"Exactly, I am Rome!" A passionate voice sounded in Yi Guang's mind. Hearing the sound of Rome, a muscular brother with bronzed skin flashed in front of Yi Guang's eyes, lifting his body into "" "Praise the Sun" gesture, shouting "Rome" - this picture, he has seen many times in FGO.Although he has not seen him now, Yi Guang can imagine his posture just by hearing his voice.

"It seems that since I entered this city, you have some kind of hostility towards me?"

Facing the god ancestor of Rome, Yi Guang didn't have much pressure.After all, the so-called hero worship is actually largely influenced by the cultural atmosphere around us.Everyone may not know what this hero has done, but hearing people tell him how great this hero is, over time there will be an inexplicable awe and reverence—just like "Zhuge Kongming", Most people in the history of human faces don't know what Zhuge Kongming looked like, even the story of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not very clear.But even so, when everyone mentions Kong Ming, the first reaction is "magic tricks" and "more wisdom than monsters". This is the edification effect of the cultural atmosphere.Similar to it, there are also the worship and promotion of King Arthur by the British, and the belief in Joan of Arc by the French...and so on.

And as a person from the Celestial Dynasty, you can't expect Yi Guang to have any reverence for this Roman god ancestor.After all, his deeds about the ancestors of the gods are limited to "founding Rome", "killing his younger brother", "a brother who likes to pose in the game"... You tell me, in the context of no cultural influence, With this impression, how can he have reverence for the ancestors of the gods?

Without reverence, naturally there is no awe.

Chapter 221 The Path of the Gods

"The descendants of the primordial Chaos God have come to the land of Rome, and we should be on guard. You are the embodiment of desire, you are the embodiment of evil, you bring disasters, and you distort people's hearts. I It is Rome, Rome is the land favored by the gods, and the sons of chaos must not step here!"

Faced with Yi Guang's question, Shenzu gave the answer very straightforwardly.Because Yi Guang is a descendant of the lineage of the ancient gods, he should be rejected by him as the party of order.Therefore, when Yi Guang entered the city, he was rejected by the god ancestors.

"But you still let me in." Yi Guang frowned. Although he understands the truth, it really makes people angry when people say "you are unwelcome", "Since you If you are rejecting my existence, why didn't you stop my actions in Rome from the beginning?"

"Because I saw that you still have the light of humanity." The ancestor of the gods didn't care about Yi Guang's somewhat resentful tone, "You, like me, stepped into the altar as a human being, but you Violating the principles of human beings, stepping into the vortex of the chaotic gods, the crazy, disordered, and distorted divinity howled and squirmed in your body. Although your body looks like a human being, in my vision as a god Among them, you are just a group of flames full of disordered power. A group of flames that can burn everything to death at any time. I should not have taken the risk of putting you in this land favored by the gods. The wrath of Rome should be tilted at you. But..."

"But how?" Yi Guang didn't know how to communicate with the other party, or in other words, he was not sure what kind of attitude he should maintain with the other party. "It is stupid to judge a person's position by the nature of power." The behavior of the gods of Rome..."

"Human? That's right, even if your body has been completely corroded by divinity, you still think you are human." Romulus' voice sounded again, "However, how long can you maintain this understanding? Chaos The power of power flows in your blood, every piece of your flesh and blood is a twisted divinity... No! Or, this body of yours is a hypocritical thing, you are just denying everything you are a child of chaos, Thus unconsciously creating a human shell."

"Godfather of Rome, do you really want me to give up my human identity and become a subordinate of twisted chaos?" Suddenly, a nameless fire of karma surged in Yi Guang's heart, and the twisted flame unconsciously twisted around his body , expanded, "I am now, but in your city of Rome, if this power gets out of control..."

"Are you afraid?" A trace of sarcasm suddenly appeared in the words of the ancestor of the gods, "You are afraid of your own power, right? You are afraid that your cognition as a human being will be shaken because of my words."

"You, what are you talking about..." Yi Guang's heart thumped for no reason, and a certain feeling of fear emerged spontaneously from the bottom of his heart.

"Hmph, you like this are far from qualified as a human being or a god." The sarcasm in Shenzu's tone became more and more obvious, "You are just a fake who can't recognize yourself, if you don't There is a strange alien divinity in your body, and you are just a puppet under the twisted chaos. I am extremely surprised that you can embark on the road of gods like this. Continue to hold such a mentality, and then be defeated by chaos Devour it, inhuman... how long can you last that ray of alien divinity in your body?"

Yi Guang was silent, what the ancestor said was absolutely right.I have been obsessed with the identity of a human being, refusing to bow to the chaotic animal nature of the ancient gods, so as to maintain the stability of the divine order of the body.He has always thought that he has done well enough, but what the ancestor said just now directly pierced his heart.

I am just afraid of my own power...not control, but restraint.I was just forcibly suppressing the other side of myself as the ancient god, and I was full of fear of it.

Although relying on Karna's divinity and the power of the "Corona Stone", Yi Guang managed to control this huge power.However, the more he used this power, the more Yi Guang could feel the huge dark side hidden behind this huge power from the distorted chaos.Therefore, Yi Guang maintained a certain fear of his own power.He was afraid that if he was not careful, he would step into the whirlpool of chaos.

Just in terms of character, since the fusion of the power of the ancient gods, the will of the human being in his heart has become more or less weak.Although it is not very obvious at present, Yi Guang can feel the sense of alienation from the surrounding things that he occasionally has, as well as... the occasional desire to destroy.

Romulus is absolutely right.I can indeed be regarded as a human being at present, but I am unconsciously transforming to the other side...

"How on earth did you step into the way of the gods?" Romulus' voice sounded again, "You can't even fully recognize the most basic self, and even the will in your heart is not pure enough. Is it possible to embark on this path?"

"I obtained this power completely by accident." Yi Guang smiled wryly, "If I could, I wouldn't want to become what I am now."

"Have you stepped into the path of the gods completely unconsciously?" Romulus was stunned for a moment, then sighed, "Chaotic... oh no, son of man who has gone astray, your current situation is very serious. Danger."

In his opinion, although Yi Guang still retains the brilliance of humanity, he relies on his own will to resist the beastly forces of chaos.However, this is just a wild beast that seems to be forced into a predicament, passively defending against the erosion from chaos.Most of the credit is due to another kind of divinity in Yi Guang's body, which comes from the divinity of the sun.Such an existence should be devoured by its own chaotic beast nature, and finally become a puppet of chaos.

"When the radiance of the sun in your body is exhausted, a new offspring of Chaos will be born." Romulus said, "If you can't solve this problem in time, you will burn the whole world up sooner or later!"

In the final analysis, the divinity of the sun in Yi Guang's body is just a glimmer of light that the system stole from Karna's template back then.Although under the blessing of the "Corona Stone", the chaotic animal nature brought by the blood of the ancient gods was suppressed, but it was limited by its thin nature after all, and it could not be completely attributed to the order side.As a result, the extremely corrosive chaotic animal nature just lurked in Yi Guang's body, forming a huge dark side... like an abyss.

"When you say that, I panic." The corner of Yi Guang's mouth twitched, "Could it be that I can't even be a human being?"

"The moment you step into the path of the gods, you have no relationship with humans." The ancestor of the gods said firmly, "The gods don't need the hearts of humans, order or chaos, choose one of the two, this is what you will choose Right now, the sun’s brilliance in your body is still dazzling, and you don’t need to think about it for the time being. However, the sun’s rays will disappear from your body sooner or later, and the flame of chaos will be born from your shadow... Before that, if you are still confused, you can only become a servant of twisted chaos, the body of a new god."

"What do you mean?" Yi Guang frowned, "Will I be swallowed by the blood of the ancient gods, will I lose my will?"

"That's right, even if you step into chaos, you need to be determined." Romulus agreed, "Otherwise, you now are just a breeding ground for new evil gods, and even become the gods of chaos." Nor do they have the qualifications."

"What should I do?" Yi Guang frowned, and he couldn't help asking this senior who had walked on the road of gods for thousands of years.The resentment contained in the tone before is no longer there.

"I don't know, the path of each god is different." The ancestor of the gods did not give an answer, "My path is to become one with Rome. I am Rome, and Rome is my existence. The shining jade body , the great spear, the towering ancient tree! This is me, this is Rome!"

When the God Patriarch uttered these last two words, the entire city of Rome erupted in a kind of commotion.Some kind of reverberation was going on throughout the enchantment of the tree-shaped great temple, and countless subtle voices appeared in Yi Guang's soul perception.It is like the rustling of leaves, the neighing of insects and birds in the forest, and the roar of people in the city of Rome... These small voices finally converge into one word, a name that symbolizes greatness and glory——

"Romulus (Rome)!"

Suddenly something seemed to explode in Yi Guang's mind, and countless images flashed before his eyes.He saw, saw the patriarch of Rome thrust his wooden lance into the Palatine Hill, where a new city rose; and then he saw unscrupulous tyrants trampling the people and being driven down by tyranny There was also an emotional man, who gave a speech to the whole of Rome, declaring his victory, but was assassinated next to a statue in an instant... He saw many more, he even saw the crazy Nero, stabbing himself with a dagger view of the chest.At this time, he suddenly understood that this is the past of Rome, and it is also the future of Rome.

God Patriarch, showing him his own path...

This is the divine way of the Patriarch Romulus, who completely united himself with Rome.Abandoning his human body and will, he bears the city's past, present, and future... He is the embodiment of the city itself, and the spear in his hand is the embodiment of the concept of "Rome" itself.

"Rome is the world, and Rome was born of me, so I am Rome, and I am the world!" Romulus' voice echoed in Yi Guang's ears again, "As a god, you need to bear everything and face everything. courage. If you can't even do this, then you can only become, the eggshell of the new gods... So, go find your own path. If you don't want to succumb to the twisted chaos, embrace the strand The sun's rays!"

Chapter 222 The Entrustment of the God Ancestor

After seeing Romulus' mental image world displayed through the resonance of the soul, Yi Guang experienced a brief absence.The history of Rome flowed through his mind one by one, and the glory of the god ancestors shone brightly in the torrent of time at that time.Undoubtedly, although Romulus could not give him the final answer to the current problem of divine power erosion, he had already done everything he could for him.The God Ancestor showed Yi Guang his own world of mental images, and showed him the possibility of human beings becoming gods. This is an extremely valuable thing for Yi Guang who is walking in confusion and fear.

Perhaps these things cannot make Yi Guang gain enlightenment in an instant, and even in the end, Yi Guang may not necessarily embark on the path of the god ancestor.But there is no problem with one thing, that is, these images engraved in Yi Guang's mind by the ancestors at this moment will become the lighthouse on Yi Guang's future growth path and dispel the fog for him.After all, this means that someone has gone further than him on this endless "road to godhood".

Even if it is impossible to specify the way to the end, as long as someone tells that there is indeed a road to the end.So even in the endless chaos and confusion, travelers can gain courage and move forward bravely.For Yi Guang, the appearance of the god ancestor was just the right time. When his heart was still shining with the brilliance of the sun and humanity, the words of the other party exploded in his heart like the morning bell and evening drum, dispelling his fear and hesitation.Even though he still hasn't found a clue to solve the problem, he no longer fears his own darkness and shadows in his heart. He has a faint inspiration from the world of mental images demonstrated by the god ancestor just now.

"The godfather of Rome, Romulus... Thank you for your advice, but why did you do this?" After the shock and thinking in his heart were over, Yi Guang solemnly thanked the founder of Rome.At the same time, he also wondered why the other party would help him, "Why did you help me point out these things?"

"Because there are too few people who can take this path." The ancestor of Rome sighed, "It is too rare for a living person to step into the realm of the gods. Genus, we are all different... Just this reason is enough for me to pay attention to you."

After Yi Guang finished listening, he nodded if he realized something.Indeed, most of the so-called gods are elves born with the beginning of all things in the world. As far as Xingyue's world view is concerned, they can be said to be the source and the two branches of the restraining force.For example, when Gaetia launched the human incineration, the restraint was severely damaged, and the power of the gods became weak. This is the proof of the essence of the gods.

In addition to the gods born with the world itself, there are also a large number of gods sublimated by humans.However, most of those gods completed the transformation from human to god after death, and most of them also left their marks in the Hall of Valor and became part of the heroic spirit.For example, in Greek mythology, after completing the twelve trials, he became Hercules after death; or in Indian mythology, he merged with his biological father, the sun god Surya, and became the son of the sun god, Kaya. Erna...

There are indeed very few examples of stepping into the realm of gods as a living person.After all, the human soul wandering between order and chaos cannot bear the pure brilliance of the gods.Just like the Lion King in FGOChapter 6, the knight king Artoria, who was eroded by the divine will of the Holy Lance Rungomigniad, forgot his past and the Her feelings as a human being, purely as a god who judges everything, established the white holy city of Camelot, and began to kill humans who are not recognized by her in a planned way—she is no longer Altoli as a human being. Ya, she is the goddess "Lungomigniad", whose will as a human being has been almost eroded.

Under divinity, humanity does not exist... This is the end of this path, and it is also a problem that Yi Guang will inevitably face in the future.

"Of course, just this is not enough for me to act and guide you." Romulus continued, "You are now assisting Rome in combat, you are guarding Rome, that's why I told you these things .As a god, you are too afraid of your own power, which makes your power wasted, and you are even chased by a monster that relies on the magic power of the Holy Grail... This makes me unable to stand by and watch."

So it turned out that it was a matter of profit... Yi Guang nodded, and at the same time he was slightly relieved.If the god ancestor told him that he didn't have any other intentions and was just looking after him and giving advice, Yi Guang would actually feel a little uneasy in his heart.

Although everyone criticizes that taking interests as the consideration of people's hearts is a dirty act, it has to be said that most of the time, exchanges and cooperation based on interests are the most at ease.Even though both parties in the dialogue have stepped into the realm of the gods, they do maintain a certain degree of humanity.If you want to keep your humanity, you should choose the human way of negotiation, which makes sense.

"Go, go and kill that child of Rome who was led astray." Godfather sighed, "He is in pain now, I can feel it. Kill him and send him back to the Seat of Heroes. It is his liberation. I just showed you my way of God, the will of Rome... Now, the will of Rome, the power of Rome is with you. You can use this will to defeat that misunderstanding A child who has gone astray."

The spiritual vein of the city of Rome, which was originally resisting Yi Guang, suddenly opened to Yi Guang.The magic power from the earth continuously provided him with strength. "The brave general who protects the country", the ability obtained by Yi Guangying after his spiritualization strengthened his body again, and the magical power gathered around Yi Guang's body like a substance.At the same time, the voice of the god ancestor Romulus also echoed in Yi Guang's mind:

"Those words just now, and this is the reward I paid you in advance. As the price for getting these, please guard me, please guard Rome!"

"Understood, if you are entrusted by others to be loyal, you will definitely not disappoint Lord God Ancestor." Yi Guang grinned slightly, "I came here precisely because of this!"

During the period of time when Yi Guang communicated with Shenzu, the outside world didn't perceive it.For Rider who didn't have any mysterious power, he just saw Yi Guang lying on the ground and taking a nap for a while.However, when Yi Guang opened his eyes again and stood up from the ground, even Rider, who hadn't practiced any magic or method, could feel the difference in Yi Guang—some kind of indescribable power erupted from him come out. Rider's body, which was turned into a heroic spirit because of the system, felt a little bit of fear in front of this force.

"Brother, is your injury okay?" Rider asked hesitantly.

"Well, it's almost there." Yi Guang nodded, "I just met a kind man who gave me some help. Now, it's time for me to repay him."

"Oh? Well-meaning people? Just now?" Rider looked around in a daze, but he only saw the empty streets, and only the Roman citizens hiding in the surrounding houses were looking through the windows, "Did someone come here just now?" ?”

"Of course, he gave me a gift. As a price, I'm going to destroy that guy." Pointing to Caligula who was attacking the barrier of the Great Temple outside the city gate, Yi Guang said to Rider, "You Continue to overhaul Furong, leave everything to me."

"Hey, brother..." Rider wanted to say something, but before he could say it, Yi Guang had turned into an afterimage and rushed towards the gate of the city.Rider was left alone, staring blankly at the direction where Yi Guang disappeared.There was a look of envy in his eyes.

What the hell, every time I look at it, I'm really envious... These guys on the mysterious side of the force, each of them has strange and weird abilities, and they can be as good as a thousand on the battlefield, sweeping thousands of troops.

……

"Hoohoho-!!!"

The former Roman emperor, who was like a ferocious steel beast, continued to attack the defense lines of the city of Rome.The golden light continuously turned into ripples and emerged from the vines and branches intertwined into the city wall, creating waves of halos.The emperor who lost his mind no longer had the concept of rest. He just wanted to destroy everything until he was exhausted, or... was beaten into the air!

"boom--!!!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, a crimson flame, carrying a long spear, pushed back the reformed ancient Roman emperor with great force.The steel body several meters high was actually repelled by a figure only about 1.7 meters high.Even the emperor of the empire, who had lost almost all his sanity, couldn't help being a little dazed.

"The emperor of the empire has been reduced to such a beast..." After interrupting Caligula's continuous attack, Yi Guang showed his figure.He looked at the beast-like emperor in front of him, and sighed, "The ancestor of the gods is right, the only way to relieve you is to beat you back to the Hall of Valor."

However, the transformed Caligula did not respond to Yi Guang's words.After confirming Yi Guang's position, he roared like a beast again, and then rushed towards Yi Guang.However, with a flash of Yi Guang's figure, he reached the sky, looking down at Caligula below.

"Entrusted by the ancestor of the gods, I will give you liberation." Yi Guang said, and Caligula, who pointed the tip of the spear, suddenly glowed scarlet on the spear.At the same time, the city of Rome behind him, the large barrier guarding the entire city, also emitted a golden light.A golden flow of magic power surged towards Yiguang from the city of Rome and the land behind him, and then was transformed into a viscous scarlet like fresh blood around the body of the young god.Under the influence of a large amount of magical power, the scarlet spear held high by Yi Guang burst into dazzling light!

That is not the power of fire, nor the power of the Old Gods.That is, as a heroic spirit, Yi Guang received the protection after being recognized by the master of this land and the founder of Rome.That is, the guardian who once continued the destiny of a thousand-year empire and prevented it from being destroyed, holds the "Noble Phantasm" after the sublimation of the world, the proof of a hero!

"With this body, I will destroy the enemies of the empire! (Betrayer Killer)"

Chapter 223 The Temporarily Ended War

"Ignorant and confused son of mankind, I can only give you this kind of protection once. One attack, experience it with your heart, experience with your heart what is the power of God, what is the way of God!"

Recalling in my mind, the words that the god ancestor said to himself at the end.Yi Guang, who has been blessed by the leylines of the entire Rome and the divine power of the ancestors, is bathed in the golden light reflected by the barrier of the Roman city, and the spear in his hand is pregnant with the power that seems to overwhelm the entire sky.The crimson magic power rotated and compressed around the tip of the spear. The blood-red spear was like a dragon just waking up from sleep. The squeeze of magic power formed a faint roar in the air.

Yi Guang understands that this is not his own power, this blow is just the power exerted by the god ancestor of Rome, who was unable to show his body in order to protect the great barrier of Rome, through his own body.This is an attack truly performed by a god!

Even though it is restricted by the rules of the world and only possesses a spirit foundation of the size of a heroic spirit, it is undoubtedly the power of a god.With the protection of the entire "Rome" concept, Yi Guang was able to release a treasure Phantasm containing "God's Power".Let him truly experience the concept of "God's Punishment".

This is the reward given to Yi Guang by the god ancestor.Not only because Yi Guang guarded Rome, but also because of the younger generation who are also on the "road to godhood".As the ancestor of the gods said, human beings cannot bear the brilliance of gods, and there are too few human beings who can walk this path while they are alive...

"With this body, I will destroy the enemies of the empire! (Betrayer Killer)"

So what if it's the Holy Grail?What about the transformation of reincarnation?Without a complete mind to control this endless magical power, even if one gains power, it is simply a pile of physical data... Unintentional monsters cannot resist after all, God's Wrath of Punishment!

"Child of Rome, may you rest in peace." At the moment when the light fell, Yi Guang heard the voice of a certain ancestor god in the air.

The torrent of blood-red magic power poured down along with Yi Guang shouting the name of the liberation of the treasure!At this moment, Yi Guang is indeed like a high god, standing above the clouds, looking coldly at the ground, and pouring down his divine wrath on the monster below.

The torrent of scarlet magic power, like the sharp swords swung by the gods, brought pure destruction!

The figure of the transformed Roman tyrant, Caligula, was swallowed up by the scarlet light in a blink of an eye.Booms and vibrations emerged from the depths of the earth, and the cut air screamed at the same time, and the entire city of Rome felt the shock caused by this blow.The people in the city who saw this scene from afar couldn't help but kneel in that direction, shouting the name of Rome.

"He has completely disappeared..." Yi Guang's perception clearly observed the disappearance of Caligula's soul fluctuations, so he didn't know if he was talking to himself, or he said as if he was reporting to the ancestor, "Unfortunately humiliation."

The gunman who had just completed this attack slowly landed from the sky, and at the same time a system voice sounded in his mind: [Kill the plot boss Caligula, task reward: 15 Saint Quartz, 2000 points. 】

Unsurprisingly, since the killing of Caligula was completed with the help of the power of the ancestors, the rewards given by the system are not as generous as those for killing the reincarnation.However, the current Yi Guang doesn't care too much. Compared with the cheating system that never sees the hope of smuggling and has been sinking ships, the reward given by the ancestors is the most useful to him.Although there is no substantial help, at least I have told myself that there is a way forward.