Raise Joan of Arc to be an empress, then discard her.

But Aaron did not give up. His pupils had turned the color of the burning sun. Suddenly, he saw a slender girl in the crowd. The girl was wearing a dancer's costume and gold jewelry on her arms.

Aaron almost violently pushed through the crowd in front of him and grabbed her shoulder.

The figure turned around abruptly, and Aaron finally saw her face. Her pupils were a deep, blood-red color. She wore a fitted trench coat over a dancer's outfit. What surprised Aaron was her face.

Aaron had seen countless beauties throughout his life, from Claire to Joan of Arc. Each of them could instantly attract everyone's attention when they appeared in a crowd, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that their beauty was stunning.

The girl who appeared before him was the second girl Aaron thought had a face that could launch a thousand ships. The moment he saw her, Aaron was stunned by her eyebrows. He felt that the girl's face was like a flower in full bloom, so delicate and beautiful that it was beyond compare.

The next moment, the girl's figure suddenly disappeared from his sight. His hand pressed on her shoulder, which was smooth and slippery. Aaron felt as if she were an eel escaping from his grasp. The girl slipped away from him so easily. When he came to his senses, he found a cherry-colored handkerchief in his hand, still carrying the girl's fragrance.

Aaron stood silently in place.

He failed to catch his opponent, who escaped.

In an abandoned house.

Corpses lay scattered on the ground, covered in blood. Some were young girls, their slender white legs peeking out from under their clothes, but there were also many men's corpses, their burly bodies lying on the ground. Each girl wore a strange mask, while the men did not, and their faces showed terrifying expressions.

She stepped barefoot over the corpses, her slender white feet treading on the bloodstains on the ground without a care, letting the blood splatter onto her legs and stain her heels red. Bells were tied to her ankles, jingling all the way.

Following the trail of blood upwards, one sees even paler skin and straight legs, with long, jet-black hair cascading down her back to her knees. Beside her lies a massive blade.

Her skin was fair, and her fair face was stained with blood, which was still warm. Above the blood were a pair of dark red eyes.

She and blood were a perfect match, but no one knew what had just happened here. Only the traces in the room showed that the entire building was on the verge of collapse, with blood all over the floor, walls, and even the ceiling. It looked like they had just had a bloody killing game, and the girl survived to the end. Her dark red eyes were like candles flickering in the wind.

Suddenly, a whistling sound came from outside the sky. The strong wind alone made the girl's long black hair rustle. In the whistling sound, a white beam of light attacked her.

If Aaron were here, he would definitely recognize that this light cannon was the one Theo fired using God's Wrath II. The coordinates given by Elliott were the spiritual core of the mirror world, so the light cannon flew towards the girl without hesitation.

Although the light cannon was aimed at the barrier itself and its power was not his forte, it was still a strike that Theo infused with spiritual power. However, when the girl looked at the incoming light cannon, she simply reached out and caught it as easily as if she were catching a flying insect. In her hand, the light cannon was like a firefly, its light growing dimmer and dimmer, and the wind blowing around her growing weaker and weaker until it disappeared completely.

After she finished doing all this, the cruel and ruthless look in her dark red eyes gradually disappeared, and a girlish look reappeared in her eyes.

She moved nimbly, leaping over the corpses on the ground as if jumping over pebbles on a riverbank. She stepped on the corpses with one foot and casually rummaged through them for interesting things, such as wallets and packages. Since her hands couldn't reach them, she used her feet to grab the contents of the corpse packages.

It's clear she's very agile; her movements as she rummages through things are quite skilled, suggesting she's done this kind of thing many times. However, she's not doing it for money; she's mainly looking for something fun. You can tell from her choice: she unhesitatingly discards the coins in her hand and chooses to pick up an ugly doll.

After rummaging through her things, she was about to leave when she suddenly heard footsteps. Both of them stopped almost simultaneously, but they had already seen each other. When the girl looked up, she saw a boy in a silver-white trench coat standing in front of her.

A mirror world, inside an abandoned house.

Corpses lay scattered on the ground, covered in blood. Some were young girls, their slender white legs peeking out from under their clothes, but there were also many men's corpses, their burly bodies lying on the ground. Each girl wore a strange mask, while the men did not, and their faces showed terrifying expressions.

She stepped barefoot over the corpses, her slender white feet treading on the bloodstains on the ground without a care, letting the blood splatter onto her legs and stain her heels red. Bells were tied to her ankles, jingling all the way.

Following the trail of blood upwards, one sees even paler skin and straight legs, with long, jet-black hair cascading down her back to her knees. Beside her lies a massive blade.

Her skin was fair, and her fair face was stained with blood, which was still warm. Above the blood were a pair of dark red eyes.

She and blood were a perfect match, but no one knew what had just happened here. Only the traces in the room showed that the entire building was on the verge of collapse, with blood all over the floor, walls, and even the ceiling. It looked like they had just had a bloody killing game, and the girl survived to the end. Her dark red eyes were like candles flickering in the wind.

Suddenly, a whistling sound came from outside the sky. The strong wind alone made the girl's long black hair rustle. In the whistling sound, a white beam of light attacked her.

If Aaron were here, he would definitely recognize that this light cannon was the one Theo fired using God's Wrath II. The coordinates given by Elliott were the spiritual core of the mirror world, so the light cannon flew towards the girl without hesitation.

Although the light cannon was aimed at the barrier itself and its power was not his forte, it was still a strike that Theo infused with spiritual power. However, when the girl looked at the incoming light cannon, she simply reached out and caught it as easily as if she were catching a flying insect. In her hand, the light cannon was like a firefly, its light growing dimmer and dimmer, and the wind blowing around her growing weaker and weaker until it disappeared completely.

After she finished doing all this, the cruel and ruthless look in her dark red eyes gradually disappeared, and a girlish look reappeared in her eyes.

She moved nimbly, leaping over the corpses on the ground as if jumping over pebbles on a riverbank. She stepped on the corpses with one foot and casually rummaged through them for interesting things, such as wallets and packages. Since her hands couldn't reach them, she used her feet to grab the contents of the corpse packages.

It's clear she's very agile; her movements as she rummages through things are quite skilled, suggesting she's done this kind of thing many times. However, she's not doing it for money; she's mainly looking for something fun. You can tell from her choice: she unhesitatingly discards the coins in her hand and chooses to pick up an ugly doll.

After rummaging through her things, she was about to leave when she suddenly heard footsteps. Both of them stopped almost simultaneously, but they had already seen each other. When the girl looked up, she saw a boy in a silver-white trench coat standing in front of her.

The moment she saw him, the girl instinctively laughed, picked up the ugly doll, and made a face at him.

Chapter 224 God of Darkness

Five minutes ago, in the mirror world.

Aaron didn't know how he got in; he just felt a moment of dizziness and then he entered another world.

In this world, time seems to stand still, and everything is reversed, as if he had truly entered the other side of the mirror.

"Why am I here?" Aaron didn't know. The world in the mirror looked the same as the outside world, except that everything here was reversed. At the same time, he felt the symbol on his wrist getting hot again.

Aaron turned around, trying to find a way back, but there was nothing around him. He was certain that he was standing in the same place he had been in the real world, but now he was in another world.

Looks like I was teleported in? I just don't know why I was teleported in and they didn't react. Is it because I'm unlucky?

Aaron himself didn't know why, but it seemed that now he was the only one who could get out.

Maybe if I go in, I'll run into that girl.

Aaron began to walk around in the mirror world. Everything here looked exactly the same as the outside world, almost a one-to-one replica of the outside world. However, the outside world had no center, but this mirror world did. As Aaron walked, he saw the huge house in the distance and then heard the crisp sound of footsteps.

Aaron stopped, and the other person stopped at the same time, so Aaron and the other person looked at each other.

When Elliot told him about the girl, one of her features was that she was very beautiful. At the time, Aaron didn't think much of it, but now, when he saw her, he was certain that she was the one he was looking for.

At that moment, the sound of a mirror shattering came from behind Aaron, followed by a terrifying howling sound. It was clear that Theo and Elliott were breaking the mirror, and in a little while, they would be able to enter the world inside the mirror.

Aaron was not in a hurry. He stared at the girl in front of him. Suddenly, the girl moved. She attacked Aaron like a wild goose descending on the sand. She was very fast and grabbed Aaron's collar in an instant.

Almost simultaneously, the barrier of the mirror world shattered completely, and Elliott and Theo witnessed the instant Aaron was captured.

"Skyward Rush—"

Elliott's wings transformed into a heart shape, and surging energy gathered behind him, coalescing into a small point that grazed past Aaron as he charged toward the girl. Elliott was clearly going all out, like a police officer rescuing a hostage and firing directly at the other person, risking Aaron being hit.

The girl nimbly dodged the attack, while Aaron's eyes widened as he watched the girl twist her body in mid-air without any leverage—a feat almost impossible for a human.

But Elliott remained calm, his eyes fixed on the girl. At the same time, a black shadow appeared in his peripheral vision. Before he knew it, Theo had soared into the sky, and a huge shadow was falling towards the girl.

This was almost the Inquisitors' strongest attack after eliminating Claire. The girl was unlucky to encounter them, and almost no one in the entire Kingdom of Dok could escape their siege.

The girl pulled Aaron aside again, dodging Theo's impact. A large hole appeared beside her, and when the smoke cleared, a small giant with four arms and a body as tall as a giant appeared in the hole.

Theo finally revealed his giant form, the four-armed giant, a form that had not been forced out in Blackrock Street, but was revealed at this moment.

Aaron was also seeing Theo's giant form for the first time. His ears were instantly filled with the terrifying wind god, and Theo charged forward like a bull with an unparalleled momentum.

The girl suddenly made a strange movement, sticking out her buttocks. To be precise, she raised her hind legs like a rabbit, making a rabbit kicking an eagle-like motion towards Theo.

The girl was barefoot, her well-proportioned legs straightened at that moment. Everyone who saw her seemed to only admire her beauty, but no one could imagine her power.

Except for Theo.

After Theo struck down like lightning, he rushed towards the girl at an extremely fast speed. Even with Aaron's dynamic vision, he could hardly see him clearly. However, when the girl stretched out her foot, she accurately kicked Theo in the face.

Then something incredible happened. The four-armed giant, who had been charging towards the girl like a bull a moment ago, was sent flying in the opposite direction at an even faster speed, as if it had just hit a bouncing ball. In fact, not only Theo himself, but also Elliott and Aaron were all stunned at this moment.

That was Theo, one of the most powerful geniuses in the Kingdom of Giants, and he was just smashed away like that?

After kicking Theo away, the girl grabbed Aaron by the collar. The next moment, Aaron felt dizzy and when he came to his senses, he found himself being carried into the air by the girl.

Elliott flew dozens of meters through the air before stopping and landing on the ground. The power of that kick was not as great as expected, and it didn't even leave a mark on his face. However, Theo was still speechless with surprise because the girl used a move from the Church of War when she kicked out.

It was as if she had just stolen a skill from Theo and then returned it to him.

"It's her, it's AA."

At that moment, they both realized each other's identities. In this world, apart from that mysterious girl, no one else could have done such a thing, not even Claire.

But it was too late. When Theo was knocked away, the girl had already taken Aaron away, like a falcon catching its trophy, and the two could only watch.

"I've finally found you," the girl whispered in Aaron's ear as they landed.

Aaron's heart skipped a beat. The other person had been looking for him all along? Why?

"Don't worry, I've actually been secretly observing you, and I know almost everything about you."

"Who are you?" Aaron asked the first question.

"My name is AA, you can call me that."

"You seem to have trespassed on a cult called the God of Darkness?"

"Yes, yes, I am the leader for now."

"What exactly is this dark god you worship?" Aaron asked curiously.

The girl glanced at Aaron and said softly, "It's you."

"I?"

Without a word, the girl pulled open the sleeve of his wrist, revealing Aaron's biggest secret to the world—wasn't that it?

"You know...about it?"

"Of course, we have been looking for it, and we have been looking for you. You are the one it chose, so you are one."

"What... exactly is it used for?"

"He can help you become a god."

"Becoming a god?"

A thousand thoughts flashed through Aaron's mind in an instant. He should have questioned the girl's words immediately, but at this moment, he thought that what she said was very likely true.

“Haven’t you already proven a miracle once?” the girl whispered in his ear, gently stroking his chest. “Haven’t you heard the saying, ‘To die and rise from the dead is the privilege of God’s’?”

"You've already died once and then been resurrected once. Don't you know what happened? No, you should know, since you've never told anyone about your resurrection. You should know very well how special you are?"

I still don't know why it chose you.

“You did not obtain it; you were chosen because you passed the trial.”

“Trials? I don’t remember ever participating in any trials…” Aaron said softly, his pupils suddenly narrowing as he realized something.

He recalled the various memories and images that had been flashing through his mind, and he seemed to understand what the trial was.

"How could you not remember? The path to godhood requires the most ultimate trial in the world, and you have participated in the most ultimate event in the world. How could you not remember?"

"The Battle of Esgard, is that the trial?" Aaron said softly.

"You answered correctly, that is the trial."

Aaron suddenly felt that everything he couldn't understand before became clear at this moment.

However, Aaron's mind worked quickly. These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and he soon said, "So, this power is actually a blessing?"

“Blessing is a gift from God to people. If you yourself are God, how can it be a blessing?”