Night World Players

Chapter 262 Hiltina's Coronation Ceremony

"No wonder they're all old Dengs who have lived for countless millennia; even the color of their souls reeks of decay."

Last deposited his will into the sculpture of the evil god of Deep Blue Harbor, and then released his spiritual power to sense the spiritual bodies of the participants.

If nothing unexpected happens, these members of the Tomb Keepers, who have awakened from their slumber in the long river of history and are beginning to truly step into the limelight, will likely participate in the conspiracy against the Granville Empire and Hiltina in the near future.

At that time, these legends and angels will all become enemies of Rast and Amys.

Now that he has the opportunity to gather intelligence in advance, he naturally won't miss it.

"This level is not bad... The strength of the spiritual body should be about three-quarters of that of the Judgment Star Cup."

"This won't do; it looks like there's only a small portion of the Judgment Star Cup."

"Wow, this spiritual entity is quite strong. It should be similar to the gravedigger angel who spoke with Grey during the apocalypse at the end of the Sixth Epoch. Could it be the unlucky guy who was tricked by Grey?"

"Hmm, this one's spiritual form is not completely transparent. It should be the strongest of these... Is it the leader of the Tomb Keepers? Even if it's not the leader, it should be one of the core decision-making members."

Last carefully concealed his presence and then began to comment on the attendees.

Every extraordinary person who achieves legendary status and ascends to the angelic realm undergoes a spiritual transformation and metamorphosis.

What was originally a vague and hazy mental landscape has materialized into a spiritual ocean, a world of the mind, that is no different from a real plane.

The crimson wilderness in Raste's heart, where the "Library of Fools" was rebuilt, and the Canaanite town in Amys's heart, where the flames and smoke had faded and the town had been reborn, are reflections of their respective souls, unique mental worlds.

Although the strength of the spiritual body, or in occult terms, the so-called "weight of the soul," cannot fully represent the combat power of a superhuman, there are also undead creatures with strong spiritual power but dilapidated physical bodies, or the complete opposite.

However, in most cases, the mental strength of a superhuman is positively correlated with their rank... This is a fairly important reference indicator for measuring the strength of an enemy.

From Last's current perspective, the will of the Judgment Star Cup, the embodiment of the principles of heaven, which he had recently erased from Xiao Ai's mental world, should be considered to be the ultimate in spiritual power.

It was only one step away from becoming the true Angel of Judgment, but because the Judgment Star Cup had never been able to find the last remaining flame of Amys's soul and become the sole master of that spiritual world, it could never truly take that final step.

This is also known as the "Legendary Limit Nine Revolutions Peak Perfection Realm".

Using the embodiment of the Judgment Star Cup as a unit of measurement for combat power is perfectly appropriate.

Those with stronger spiritual power than Him are the real, genuine angels.

Those weaker than Him in spiritual power are probably seasoned legends.

After reviewing all the participants, Rust turned his gaze to another spiritual entity that had entered the subspace with him.

This is Ophelia's mechanical doll disguised as the "leader of the Mechanicus". Since the mechanical doll itself cannot have any spiritual power, what entered with it was a wisp of Ophelia's own spirit.

"A near-legend?"

He was slightly surprised.

After all, Ophelia is a few years younger than Hiltina, and is only fifteen or sixteen years old.

Although Ophelia is different from Hiltina, having enjoyed the support of the entire imperial family's resources since childhood... it is still astonishing that her mental strength has reached the level of a near-legendary at such a young age.

It can only be said that this second princess truly deserves to be called a genius in the field of mechanics.

Although she may not be as skilled in real hand-to-hand combat as those Night Travelers who have actually experienced life-or-death battles, as a mechanic and a princess, she has honed her mental strength to a high level by studying mechanical blueprints and handling military and political affairs of a nation day after day.

And so Rust leisurely continued to spy.

Immediately afterwards, he heard the figure at the head of the bronze table, whose spiritual strength was the highest and who was difficult for him to see through, slowly speak.

"Let me introduce you all. The newest member is the Patriarch of the Iron Cross Order, whom I'm sure you're all familiar with... The other is the leader of the newly formed cult of the Western Continent, the 'Mechanical Flesh Order,' who is attending as an affiliate of the Iron Cross Order."

"Not long ago, the deity they worshipped answered their prayers."

"Therefore, we will also need to rely on the Iron Cross in this operation."

He gave a brief introduction, and then changed the subject.

"Then let's continue with the previous topic."

"The plan to assassinate Hiltina von Fresberg, the first princess of the Granville Empire."

The phantom spirit that seemed to be the leader of the tomb guardians slowly spoke.

"The Granville Empire is the most powerful human nation in the entire Western Continent to date."

"And based on the latest information we have gathered from our previous use of divination artifacts."

"Although there is no outward indication, in fact, the current king of the Granville Empire, Aaron, intends to hold a coronation ceremony in the near future."

“He will truly pass his throne to his daughter, Hiltina.”

The leader of the tomb guardians paused slightly.

"Of course, the rise and fall of dynasties and the change of imperial power in the mortal world are not of any concern to us tomb keepers."

"However, behind the empire's coronation ceremony lies a deeper meaning."

"The sacred relic passed down through generations of the Empire, that star-forged holy sword—within it lies a separate sequence of ranks, a sequence known as 'Royal Authority.'"

"In other words, each master of the Holy Sword can create a completely new 'Royal Power' sequence beyond their original sequence."

"That Princess Hiltina has been able to advance her strength by leaps and bounds in the past two years, reaching a level close to that of an angel... because she now stands simultaneously on the two high-level sequences of 'Chariot' and 'Royal Authority,' giving her a unique advantage over other extraordinary beings, and making her far closer to the Origin than we are."

Hiltina now possesses both the "Chariot" and "Royalty" sequence ranks, which is somewhat similar to my current situation.
Last listened with great interest.

As the owner of the "Fool's Library," he was well aware of the immense benefits that simultaneously traversing multiple staircases would bring him. If one day he could unlock all twenty-two staircases in the Fool's Library and then fully traverse all nine steps of each staircase—

It's no exaggeration to say that I'm not far from being omniscient and omnipotent like God.

Of course, simply starting a new sequence is not difficult; it's just a matter of flirting with other extraordinary individuals who have different sequences and establishing initial bonds.

But that didn't really make much sense.

However, raising the bond level of each sequence to the maximum value and completing the entire sequence is extremely difficult.

Even now, in the Fool's Library, the only two graduation sequences with a bond level of "MAX" are "The Tower" which symbolizes himself and "Judgment" which symbolizes Amys.

Even the bond levels with Hiltina's "Chariot," Gray's "Fate," and Dean Silver's "Moon" are quite high, but they are still a bit short of reaching the final max level.

"Currently, the Holy Sword wielder, Hiltina, is merely the First Princess, yet the Holy Sword and the 'Royal Power' sequence have already provided her with such a tremendous boost."

"And if she completes the coronation ceremony and truly becomes the Empress of the Empire from her original status as 'Princess' and 'Future Heir,' then the bonuses from both the Holy Sword and the 'Royal Power' sequence will increase dramatically once again."

"After she truly ascends to the throne, it goes without saying that Hiltina will be promoted to an angel, and she is also very likely to become one of the oldest among the angels."

"A dual-sequence angel who is only in his early twenties, has just completed his ascension, wields a holy sword, has abundant lifespan, and possesses infinite possibilities."

"At that time, the future of the entire world, the trajectory and direction of human history will be completely out of our control."

As the leader of the tomb guardians spoke solemnly, the participants at the bronze table began to discuss amongst themselves.

There was no other way; as leaders of their respective cults, the past two years had indeed been extremely difficult for them.

Under the increasingly oppressive pressure of the empire, they could only hide from each other day and night, with no peace at all... Countless strongholds were destroyed, and countless loyal believers were imprisoned for labor reform.

If Hiltina were to ascend the throne and go even further, given her assertive personality, it's unimaginable what might happen next.

"Therefore, this hunting plan will be carried out during Hiltina's coronation ceremony."

"As the wielder of the Holy Sword, her whereabouts are unpredictable, and she can even use the Holy Sword to disappear into the river of history when necessary, making her extremely difficult to capture."

"But on that one day, Hiltina had to complete her coronation under the watchful eyes of millions of the empire's citizens. She had nowhere to escape and nowhere to avoid it."

"However, neither Hiltina nor Aaron are ignorant, and the Empire cannot possibly fail to take precautions against this..."

"That day will surely be a fierce battle."

"We, the guardians of the tomb, have an irreconcilable feud with the shorekeeper whom Hiltina publicly protects, so we will naturally fight with all our might. However, we have been asleep in the river of history for a long time and have only gradually recovered in the last two years. Many of our strong members have not yet returned to their peak condition."

Therefore, we also need your assistance—

The leader of the tomb guardians glanced around before his gaze settled on the representatives of the cults attending the meeting.

“We need you to hold a ceremony in the capital on that day to allow the deities you each worship to be born.”

"To participate in the war as if descending from the heavens, and to join the hunt for the Holy Sword Wielder, Hiltina."

This is the real reason why the gravediggers would invite these cultists to their secret gatherings—in order to incite the evil god they represent to descend.

Otherwise, these cultists, who don't even have a single legend, would be no different from ants that the tomb guardians could crush at will, so how could they possibly discuss plans with them?

Cultists themselves lack the ability to communicate on equal footing with the tomb guardians, but the evil gods hidden behind the cultists on the Throne of the Blazing Sky are qualified to stand on equal footing with the tomb guardians.

"To hold a birth ceremony in the capital, to bring down the incarnation of the Lord, to kill the Holy Sword Wielder Hiltina, and to spread the Lord's glory... This is indeed our idea, and the will bestowed by the Lord's divine decree."

A cult leader slowly spoke.

"However, regarding the specific order of this divine descent..."

"Our sect will never be the first to be targeted."

This clandestine gathering, led by the gravediggers, had been going on for a long time before Ophelia and Rusty joined in.

However, this problem had been troubling them for a long time and was the culprit that prevented the meeting from proceeding.

It is indeed the long-cherished wish of cultists to have their respective evil gods descend upon the world.

However, the Empire was not stupid and could not possibly be unaware that the reason those cultists had recently quieted down was because they wanted to make a big splash at the coronation ceremony.

At that time, security and alert levels in all aspects will definitely be raised to the highest level.

The sect that takes the lead and causes chaos first will inevitably be suppressed with thunder...

Although other sects could take advantage of the chaos in the capital, the first one to stick his neck out will probably die without even knowing how.

In addition, to bring down the gods of the Sky-Clad Throne, the power of ritual is needed to break the barrier between the Sky-Clad Throne and the mortal world, creating a passage connecting the two realms.

For those evil gods whose power had already waned after the decline of the Age of Gods and who were barely clinging to life on the Throne of the Blazing Sky, such a drain was far too great, and they were completely unwilling to bear it.

However, if we can wait until other deities have made their way through the passage first, and the barrier between the Blazing Sky and the world wall of the mortal realm has loosened before we descend as gods, the energy consumption will be much less.

Therefore, despite having the same intentions, none of these cult leaders wanted to be the one destined to be shot.

However, at that moment, the expression on the face of the Iron Cross Patriarch on the bronze table changed slightly.

Immediately afterwards, he stood up abruptly.

"Follow the will of the Lord."

“Let our Iron Cross sect perform the first divine descent in the capital during the coronation ceremony.”

(End of this chapter)