Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 699: Saint Byron steals fire, the world line ends

Rumble.
With Lake Titicaca and the Royal City of Cusco as the origin, the entire narrow Ring of Fire mountain range beneath their feet began to shake violently, and the pungent smell of sulfur filled their noses.

In some places, cracks were opening and slowly flowing red magma was overflowing, while in other places, black smoke mixed with blinding flames was spewing out.

A huge and extremely dangerous energy is gradually reviving deep in the earth's crust. Any high-sequence transcendent can sense it. The scale of the energy is probably thousands of times larger than that of an "artificial sun"!
"Run!"

"God, save us."

"The magma is blocking the way, help!"

The entire Empire of the Sun was in chaos in an instant. Most of the residents managed to escape from the Royal City of Cusco with all their might, but even if they were killed, they could not escape from the Ring of Fire Mountains.

Not to mention mortals, even ordinary mid-sequence transcendents can't escape.

Only a few people who managed to grab the rare object, the Sun Chariot, could take off into the air and escape in all directions at the first possible moment.

When Byron was preparing to carry out the blasting plan, his biggest concern was not just the "artificial sun" created by Inti, but the Ring of Fire Mountains located at the junction of the continental plates.

He once embarked on a voyage around the world and saw with his own eyes that in the sea on the other side of the Ocean of Storms there were many submarine volcanoes or volcanic islands similar to the ones here, and the two sides together formed an approximate circle.

They should all be part of the "Ocean of Storms" because the compression between plates causes extremely frequent volcanic activity.

Volcanic activity usually originates in a magma chamber deep in the Earth's crust, which is a huge underground cavity that stores a large amount of magma. Magma is mainly composed of molten rock, including gases, minerals and molten rock fragments.

Previously, the Ring of Fire Mountains were generally stable and had been in a stage of accumulating pressure.

Gases in the magma begin to slowly release from the magma, causing pressure in the magma chamber to gradually build up.

This process is similar to shaking soda water in a bottle. Various toxic gases will gradually sublime in the magma and accumulate more and more.

When the pressure is great enough and the outer surface of the mountain can no longer withstand the gas pressure inside the magma chamber, the volcano will erupt.

The longer the pressure accumulates, the more powerful the explosion will be. It is unknown how many years ago the last major eruption of the Ring of Fire Mountains occurred. Great pressure has long been accumulated and all it needs is a fuse.

“Byron, the [Agriculture] priest is warning me that once the volcano erupts here, the entire material world will have no summer for the next three years. When winter comes, I don’t know how many people will freeze to death in the northern continent.

The newly unified First Empire may collapse in the blink of an eye."

“Byron, I can use the [Four Basic Elements: Fire] to try and quell the volcanic eruption, but energy is conserved in the world, and once the crustal activity starts, there must be an outlet.

No one can say for sure what role this divine power born in the Ring of Fire Mountains will play."

Catherine and Violet had no time to chase after Belia and his group who were fleeing in panic, and they landed beside Byron one after another to issue a warning.

The consequences of a large-scale volcanic eruption are no secret.

When a volcano erupts, it releases a large amount of volcanic ash and gas. When these substances enter the stratosphere, they form a thick dust cloud, similar to a huge "sunshade".

Although it will not be completely dark, it will seriously block solar radiation from reaching the surface of the planet, thereby affecting the global climate and plant photosynthesis.

In the "year without summer" recorded in history, the Northern Hemisphere experienced rare extreme climates such as low temperatures and snowfall, which led to reduced crop yields or even crop failure, and subsequently triggered serious economic and social turmoil.

Even the dynasty cycle law and a series of prosperous times in Byron's previous life were roughly consistent with the turbulent curve of the Little Ice Age. For the people, not having enough food was the biggest problem, even everything!

Weather weapons that can affect everyone can make everyone feel more painful than powerful mushroom bombs.

Mammon the Greedy Worm and Asmodeus the Lustful Goat, who were no longer in human form in Byron's hands, were all laughing, as was Samael the Furious Black Snake, who risked his life to use his ultimate move.

While spitting blood, he mocked:
“Poof! Although you have won temporarily, the human race has lost. Poof!

Just one Sun God, Inti, could blow the World Will back from the material world, poof! It blew half of our lives away.

What follows is an explosion of energy far exceeding that of the Sun God. What can you use to resist it? Puff! Hahahaha puff puff puff."

They are all incarnations of divine duties, and when they make up the "Seven Deadly Sins", they are similar to the "Golden Triangle" of Byron and his wife.

As long as Lucifer, who controls the [Fallen Legion, Mark of the Beast], does not die, he can easily recover their divine fire and priesthood and revive them.

This is the main reason why a group of divine incarnations are willing to be cannon fodder to cover Lucifer and Belia.

Although the old gods were defeated, as long as the Ring of Fire Mountains are finally detonated, they will have a chance to regroup and even turn defeat into victory.

But the two incarnations of the old gods were laughing when their faces suddenly stiffened.

Because they found that a divine fire in their chests, along with the priesthood and immortal divinity that they possessed, flew away bit by bit.

Then he ran straight to a small lighthouse held in Byron's hand and fell into the lamp room.

The light, which was originally fueled by whale oil and had ordinary brightness, was then dyed with a layer of golden light, becoming extremely bright, and even the surrounding [Golden Law] became much stronger.

Except for one priesthood of [Get Rich Quickly] and one priesthood of [Lust] that were taken away by Byron, all other divine fires and divinities were refined into lamp oil.

"Do not--!"

The two old gods finally changed their expressions, but after the last bit of divine fire was taken away, their entire bodies completely dissipated into the air, and they died completely.

The source of their power was stolen by the Lighthouse, which means that even Lucifer cannot resurrect them, and their original bodies have lost this part of power forever.

Cleopatra and Amita also rushed back from the other direction and quickly dealt with the other three incarnations of the priesthood, [Lord of Sloth] Belphegor, [Prince of Gluttony] Beelzebub, [Whale of Rift] Leviathan.

"You guys should also come into my lamp obediently!"

Byron shone the light on them and instantly refined them into lamp oil.

As the divine fire, divine power, and immortal divinity in the bodies of these clergy were sucked away by the lighthouse, they followed in the footsteps of the previous two.

Byron also obtained three priesthoods: [Escape from Reality], [Fine Wine], and [Rift].

Then, Byron showed no sign of being anxious about the volcanic eruption. He distributed the priesthood he had gained on the spot, giving [Get Rich] to Catherine and [Rift] to Violet.

The rest was distributed among his subordinate gods according to their different paths.

The [Escape] that allows one to escape from reality was given to Guts the assassin, and the [Wine] life-related priesthood was given to Alfred.

Finally, he gave [Lust] to the succubus Therese who had followed him for a long time. Only this succubus princess could unleash the true power of "Lust", no one else could.

After all, other prostitutes do it to make money, but she does it purely as a hobby!

After perfectly integrating the priesthood, the succubus, who was already dressed in a hollow leather jacket and revealing and sexy outfit, almost overflowed with charm.

As long as they appear in front of the enemy's formation, they may be forced to join the light on the spot. At the very least, they can completely destroy their organization and break their collective strength.

This is the proper use of the priesthood, not to use it to find women for yourself like a lustful goat.

"My Lord, my Lord God, praise your generosity."

When Therese knelt on the ground and thanked Byron profusely, many people in Byron's core team, who were mostly men but weak women, were also looking at her, swallowing their saliva.

In a group of pirates that needed a custom rule "the only use of sheep is to be eaten" to restrain certain special behaviors, some of the problems of this succubus princess were not problems at all in their eyes.

She is so beautiful, she will definitely be a good wife and mother in the future, right?

Byron didn't bother to care about these imaginative animals. As long as nothing went wrong, he wouldn't interfere in such a matter between two parties.

I just sighed in my heart:
“It seems that in every human pantheon throughout history, there is always a goddess like Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, or Freya.

Is this also destiny?
How does that saying go, food and sex are human nature? This is probably what real life is like for mortals. "

Then he threw the lighthouse in his hand towards the sky above the Ring of Fire Mountains.

It manifested as a rare complete zero-level holy relic in the material world - the Lighthouse of Pharos!

The light from the lamp room illuminated the entire Fire Ring Mountain Range. Just like the defeated incarnations of the priesthood, wisps of fire were soon drawn out from under the volcano.

The majestic energy merged with the sacred fire and immortal divinity of the old gods, transforming into a bright ball of light that could rival the sun.

Even without Violet going down to the earth veins to suppress it with the priesthood of [Fire], the destructive force under their feet was actually gradually subsiding.

The pressure accumulated in the magma chamber then decreases rapidly.

"This is.?"

Navigator [Night Navigation Light] Delia stared at the lighthouse with wide eyes, as if it was the first time she truly knew the lighthouse where she grew up.

When her Lord God asked her to inform Vice President [Starfire] to be prepared, she had expected that she might be able to witness the power of the Lighthouse.

But it was not until I saw it with my own eyes that I realized how powerful this level-0 holy relic was.

In fact, not to mention that she had never seen young people like this, countless generations of presidents of the Lighthouse Federation in the past had failed to unleash the full power of the Pharos Lighthouse.

Seeing this, Byron, who was using it for the first time, breathed a sigh of relief: "This level 0 holy relic and the title of [Fire Thief] I just got are really useful.

The Pharos Lighthouse is my ultimate backup plan to prevent any accidents with the 'artificial sun' from causing a collective eruption of the Ring of Fire Mountains.

Unexpectedly, although the artificial sun was solved perfectly, it was finally tricked by the old gods and taken out.

The constant "chain accident spell" of the old gods and their followers is probably from the will of the world itself, and they are specifically not doing good things."

The Lighthouse of Pharos is a tangible, zero-level holy relic that spans the material and spiritual worlds.

Only after Byron became the president did he find out that it was built at the end of the Mythological Era, approximately two hundred years before the Silver Age, and that the builder was none other than the God of Thunder, Jupiter!

The bronze statue of the sun god on the top of the tower is Helios of the Jupiter pantheon.

This is the earliest and largest lighthouse in the world, and it holds a series of firsts, including the first lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse, the oldest existing lighthouse, and so on.

Nearly two thousand years later, it has become a concrete symbol of the concept of lighthouse, and it fits perfectly with the sequence of lighthouses designed by Byron.

As we all know, when the extraordinary people of each sequence take office, the lighthouses, courtrooms, temples, fortresses and other buildings seen from the depths of the legal network are all wonders of human civilization that symbolize each sequence.

When the Lighthouse Sequence Extraordinary took office, the architectural prototype that appeared in the Silver Law was the Pharos Lighthouse.
Back then, this incomparable lighthouse shone with sunlight during the day and was brightly lit every night, diligently guiding ships entering the port and bringing an unparalleled sense of security to the helmsmen.

Two thousand years later, the core hub of the colonial lighthouse system is still here, silently providing guideposts for [navigators] all over the world.

Its basic ability is the Lighthouse Matrix, which acts as a core hub that spans reality and the material world, projecting the network of laws beyond human settlements.

Without it, the entire overseas development business would collapse in an instant.

It can also provide [optical transmission channels] to transport goods with not too high loads through the optical path between lighthouses.

These two are also its main functions during the Age of Discovery.

But only the president of the Lighthouse Federation knows that the core ability of the Faros Lighthouse is called [Fire Stealing], which is consistent with the president's inherited title [Fire Thief].

However, neither the title ability of [Fire Thief] nor the power of the Lighthouse of Pharos can be activated alone, and must be coordinated with each other to be effective.

Because the fire used by the lighthouse thief is not an ordinary fire, but the sacred fire of the gods, and this material world!

This also explains why the Lighthouse Sequence's signature profession is [Pirate], and why the pirate's signature ability is [Plundering Like Fire].

[The Holy Father] established the Silver Law to control floods by blocking them, while the Lighthouse of Pharos is the plan No. 2 that [Thor] Jupiter prepared for the world.

When nothing can be done, the entire material world is submerged, heavy rain and dark clouds cover the sky, blocking the sun, and the sun and moon have no light.

Humans can also rely on the lighthouse to [steal fire] and fight a desperate battle with the old gods and their clans.

He can defeat the gods, or steal their divine fire and divinity when they have no power to resist, and use these immortal gods as lamp oil to illuminate the dark end of the world.

Burn, burn, burn! Burn! Burn it all!
Even a forced "firewood king" is the best firewood.

The lighthouse can not only steal the eternal fire of the gods, but also, when necessary, steal the energy of the world itself to provide for human needs.

Including the sun, tides, wind, geothermal energy, etc.

Referring to Byron’s current ability of “limited omniscience”, as long as there is sufficient energy, the upper limit of “limited omnipotence” will definitely not be limited to the sixth-order demigod!

But it must be done in moderation, otherwise it will endanger the human home. Once the earth's core cools down, the planet's magnetic field will disappear, and mankind will not be far from extinction.

Unless one wants to perish along with the will of the world, the current level of eliminating natural disasters in advance is the limit.

Why have all the successive presidents failed to unleash the true power of the Lighthouse?
That's because in addition to collecting the title and the lighthouse, one more condition is needed: the class betrayer, that is, the "rebellious god" who takes the gods as prey, can launch it.

If you want to steal the divine fire from a demigod or above, you need a demigod like them.

Just like Prometheus, the fire thief in mythology, he betrayed the interests of gods and brought fire to mortals. Subsequent fire thieves had to learn from him.

Unfortunately, no human demigod was born during the entire Silver Age, causing the Pharos Lighthouse to remain covered in dust.

It was not until Byron took over the position of president and inherited the title [Fire Thief], and was promoted to demigod himself, that he was able to show its power today.

Although neither the [Human Emperor] nor the current shape of holding a "tower" is very auspicious, there is a high risk of causing a great outburst of filial piety.

But it is absolutely undeniable that this baby is really useful.

Byron even suspected that during the Ragnarok, the three human gods used the Pharos Lighthouse to secretly steal the divine fire and immortality of the gods after they provoked the war of the gods with the help of the Ring of the Nibelung.

As the divine fire of the gods goes out, the beacon of hope for mankind lights up. This is the true meaning of "Twilight of the Gods".

He felt that his inference based on historical materials and intelligence should be roughly correct.

“As mortals, humans have a unique balance, but every step forward on the path to transcendence is a transgression of one’s own status.

The three human gods in this world, whether it is the [Holy Father], [God of the Wild Hunt] Woden, and [God of Thunder] Jupiter, have all made great contributions to the human race.

Together, they faced the gods' struggle for hegemony at the end of the Mythology Era and the covetous eyes of the world's will, and pushed the human race to become the master of the world in the Silver Age."

Thinking of this, Byron suddenly realized that he seemed to have a deep connection with every God-King and their pantheon.

His paternal Lancaster royal family is the direct descendant of Woden, the god of the wild hunt, and the treasure they rely on most is Woden's right eye; his maternal Tudor royal family is the inheritor of the knowledge of the sea king of the Jupiter pantheon, and also won the title of "Fire Thief";
Finally, he relied on his own planning to "use the false to cultivate the true", and step by step became the true [Holy Spirit] and Messiah King in the Holy Father's pantheon.

Unknowingly, he had established himself as the most legitimate successor to the Three Gods!

Each of them inherited the blood, knowledge, and status of the three gods, as well as their will to protect the world.

Another person named Mercurius, who was in a similar situation, also had this opportunity, but because of his own obsession, he took a completely different path and ended up in a miserable way.

"Why was I able to survive and come this far after going through so many dangers?"

Byron took a look at the anchor chain at the core of his spirituality. One end was connected to himself, but the other end was not connected to anyone in this world. Instead, it sank into the immeasurable void.

Because this is the [Anchor] from the correct history outside the world (Chapter 2)!

All the numerous loose threads in the world's previous development began to converge at this moment.

He could clearly feel that the fate of himself and the entire world was rapidly approaching the next fork in the road. Life or death would require the final decision of him, the captain and helmsman.

Byron looked down at the high-ranking officials and subordinate gods in front of him, waved his hand, and gave a decisive order:

"Launch a counterattack.

Whether it's the Beast Paradise or the Corridor of Truth, drive the clans into the sea completely!"

They have already controlled the entire human world, so naturally they have to unite the power of all mankind to block the world from all sides before the arrival of the Luan Age, and drive the old gods' followers back to the bottom of the sea or even outside the material world.

First, take back the land that humans slowly lost during the Silver Age, and then build an iron wall of deep-sea defenses around the "triple point" in the Sea of ​​Monsters.

Snapped!
Everyone who had been waiting for this day was excited and saluted together:
"Yes, Your Majesty! I promise to complete the mission!"

On the other side, none of the incarnations of the priesthood that made up the seven deadly sins escaped.

But Lucifer, Belia, Kraken, and Echidna, who were protected by them, rushed all the way with their remaining troops, and soon crossed the entire Beast Paradise and returned to their base camp, Gulfstream City.

Activate the [Golden Ark of the Covenant] and raise layers of barriers to defend against pursuers and the subsequent volcanic eruption.

But their faces were all filled with gloom.

Even if the volcano erupted successfully and sent the Solar Empire into space, it would not be able to completely reverse their disadvantage.

The Solomon Empire had just been established and had not yet completely gained a firm foothold, let alone built up sufficient strategic depth. Even if it had tried its best to hold on, it was doomed to not last long.

Even if no one attacks from the west side of the defense line, the dreadnought fleet of the First British Empire can break through the coastal defense and show off its power in their territorial waters.

Lucifer's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he gave the order:
"Support! Immediately request support from all the clans and countries on the East Continent in the name of the [World Monarch].

It is the base camp where all the families first land, with the strongest strength and the most abundant capital.

Let each family send out fleets to support the Beast Paradise front, and at the same time take the initiative to attack in the Corridor of Truth, harassing all member states of the Desert Empire and the Lighthouse Federation. "

The most meritorious of all the gods, the eel king Samadi, who served as the prime minister of the Solomon Empire, bowed to his crown of thorns:
“Yes, sir. I know that there are indeed strong reinforcements in the Night Demon Kingdom under the Twilight Church.

Although the Mother of Creation Lilith fell into sleep again after the last death of the incarnation of the priesthood, she left behind a 'true believer' who perfectly matches her immortal divinity - [Saint] Joan of Arc!
She should be able to break through to demigod status soon and become the new [Blood Angel Lamia].

With this follower's help, we can definitely fight back!"

When Lucifer heard this rare good news, the sense of urgency in his heart finally eased a little.

"Very good, I will wait for your good news."

(End of this chapter)