I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

She raised her hand to gather those dark monsters together and controlled them with magic. When the charming woman was about to fly towards the direction where the screams came from, screams came from another direction.

As if an order had been issued, the screams and explosions became more and more frequent, and some people even turned into black monsters in front of them.

To make matters worse, the leaders of other forces also received communications from their own bases. A large number of black monsters that could not be killed were rampaging in the city. They were almost unable to hold on and hoped that the leaders would rush back to provide support.

When the leaders of all the major forces in Zhengda were preparing to return to their respective territories to deal with this big trouble, an even bigger problem came knocking on their door.

"Roar--!!!"

Although there were no screams or explosions this time, everyone's faces became even uglier.

Whatever made that earth-shattering roar just now, it meant they were in big trouble.

Soon, the owner of the voice appeared in front of everyone.

It was still a pitch-black monster, but this time it was much larger and more imposing than before. Even if one of them took action alone, they could not guarantee that they could defeat such a monster.

It is not difficult to tell how the monster appeared from its extra limbs and the clusters of heads that look like tumors - these black monsters can actually increase their strength by merging with each other.

The problem has now become extremely serious, and everyone has begun to consider whether to give up their power.

After all, looking at the current situation here, you can guess that the situation in your own nest is probably not much better.

Although he is reluctant to give up his position, power can be rebuilt, but life is only one.

As long as my strength is still there, it is not impossible to climb back to my current height.

Roar--

Roar--

While everyone was still hesitating, more roars helped them make a decision first.

withdraw!

With a flash of their eyes, the leaders of all the forces present made a decision and disappeared in the light of the teleportation magic. As for whether they would go back to support their own forces or just run away, only they themselves knew.

"Tsk, these guys."

Others could run, but the charming woman whose foundation was here could not immediately make up her mind to escape alone. Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more chaotic, she suddenly used magic power to amplify her voice and issued orders to the whole city.

"Everyone who is still alive gather here as quickly as possible!"

Finally, she wanted to struggle a little more, to see if she could save more people. If the situation was not right, it would not be too late to escape alone.

Raising her hand, she threw the black monsters in her sight as far as possible, and then the alluring woman began to prepare a large-scale teleportation magic, ready to activate the teleportation and leave as soon as enough people arrived.

Soon, people from all directions rushed towards her, each showing their own magical powers, and not far behind them was the black monster chasing them relentlessly.

"Mass teleport—!"

Although some people were unable to enter the magic range, the charming woman still chose to activate the teleportation, barely leaving those black monsters outside, and also left behind were some unlucky people who ran slowly.

As for the fate of these people, they were torn to pieces by the black monsters that rushed over before they could resist for long.

brush--

When the charming woman and her men reappeared in the light of teleportation magic, they had already entered the territory of the empire, not far from a medium-sized city.

The charming woman chose this place as her destination because she had the leverage over the city lord, and she also had some influence here, which was the capital for her to make a comeback.

However, the scene before her shattered her plans.

She saw that the place where the city had originally been located had turned into ruins. Similar to the black monsters that had forced her to flee from this hopeless place, but not in human form, the monsters were wandering around in it, seemingly searching for survivors under the ruins.

But they certainly couldn't have done this out of kindness, so the fate of the survivors is self-evident.

"Tsk."

Looking at the scene in front of her, the charming woman prepared for group teleportation again without any hesitation.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Although this is her most satisfactory hiding place, she is not without other preparations.

But at this moment she didn't know that her nightmare would begin from then on.

Destroyed, destroyed, destroyed.

It was as if some disaster had erupted simultaneously in every city in the empire. All the cities where she had prepared to hide were reduced to ruins, and those black monsters were wandering around in the ruins like shadows, as if the empire had been completely destroyed at this moment.

"Tsk, what on earth happened?"

Clutching the pipe tightly in her hand, the alluring woman angrily looked at the ruins in the distance and muttered to herself.

At this time, she didn't know that except for the Holy Kingdom, no matter which human city she went to, she would see a scene similar to the one in front of her.

And her luck was quite good. The time and place of teleportation happened to avoid the truly terrifying abyss waves. Otherwise, what awaited her would be the fate of being instantly overwhelmed by countless monsters.

However, the situation in the Holy Kingdom at this time was not very optimistic, because the abyss waves that erupted in various forms from all over the human race, after sweeping away the escaped lives around, seemed to have received an order. Half of them rushed towards the Fallen Plain and Sana Hills, and the other half attacked the Holy Kingdom, the only part of the human territory that had not fallen.

[Note: Sana Hills is the dividing line between the northern human race and the beast race.]

The way these monsters move is also quite special. After drilling into the ground formed by black mud, they can appear in a distant place the next moment.

Because in the endless waves of the abyss, the Kingdom of the Holy Religion is like a small boat caught in a storm, and there is a risk of complete capsizing at any time. Many cities have been declared fallen under the attack of the abyss waves and no one survived.

Under such a large-scale attack, even if the Pope possesses the top strength among humans, he cannot withstand it alone.

Especially since the right-hand men he sent to the imperial capital suddenly lost contact not long ago and were suspected to be dead, the already serious situation was made even worse.

Under such circumstances, the Pope also made a decision - to use the ultimate means of the Church and summon the Goddess of Light to come!

§126 The Secret of the Holy Kingdom

The Holy City of Hikkalit, the capital of the Holy Kingdom, which was once extremely peaceful, became unusually busy today, which was not a pilgrimage day. From time to time, fully armed paladins could be seen on the streets rushing to the intricately carved magic circles in various places in the holy city to prepare for the God's descent ceremony.

The devout believers living in the holy city also knelt on both sides of the street, silently offering their prayers towards the direction of the Pope's Palace in the center of the city, hoping that the Holy Kingdom could arrive to stop this sudden and terrible disaster.

God, if this is the trial you have given us, please witness us overcome this suffering.

And in the direction where they were praying, in the magnificent Pope's Palace, an old man dressed in a simple robe, who looked no different from an ordinary old man on the street, was standing in the core area of ​​the Pope's Palace, with his eyes closed in thought in front of the huge statue of the Goddess of Light, as if waiting for something.

"Your Majesty, the Divine Descent Ceremony is basically ready, but the positions of the two Cardinals are still unfilled."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, my child."

The Holy Father mentioned by the Chief Paladin, or Pope Elliot, the ruler of the Holy Kingdom, finally opened his eyes after hearing his words, slowly turned around and gave him a kind smile.

"Leave the two cardinal vacancies to me. You have done a great job."

As the ultimate trump card of the Holy Kingdom, the God's Descent Ritual naturally requires a lot of resources to support it.

The people's faith, the ultra-large-scale three-dimensional magic circle based on the entire holy city, and the cooperation of a large number of bishops and paladins, all three are indispensable if one wants to complete the ritual of God's descent.

Now that other preparations have been completed, there are vacancies for two cardinals.

Although the Holy Kingdom had made a contingency plan for this situation, the alternative method was no match for the original plan.

What's even more embarrassing is that they don't even have a contingency plan to use now, because most of the bishops and paladins have been sent to cities near the border to help people evacuate. The number of people left in the holy city barely reaches the minimum requirement for the God's Descent Ceremony.

Therefore, if the divine descent ceremony is to be held smoothly, the pressure will fall on the Pope as the leader of the ceremony.

“…Yes, Your Majesty, please take care.”

Upon hearing the Pope's order, the Chief Paladin was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head respectfully and left the central area of ​​the Pope's Palace.

"Oh, I hope it will succeed..."

Looking at the tall statue of the Goddess of Light in front of him, the Pope sighed silently.

What the Paladin Leader didn't know was that the current situation was actually much more serious than he had imagined.

Because even the Pope himself was not sure whether the object of the divine descent ceremony, that is, the goddess of light they believed in, would appear.

This is a secret that only the popes of all generations are qualified to know.

Although the people who originally founded the church also knew this secret, after their discussion, only the Pope was qualified to know this secret that could shake the foundation of the Holy Kingdom - the Goddess of Light did not actually exist.

Only when the previous Pope announces his resignation and a new Pope is elected, will the new Pope learn this secret from the old Pope. After telling this secret, the old Pope will never have any contact with anyone again until the day his life comes to an end.

The so-called Goddess of Light is actually not a racial god of the human race, but a mysterious seed-like object with strange powers that was discovered by the founders of the church by coincidence.

After studying this strange and mysterious seed for a while, they accidentally discovered that this seed can achieve some strange effects by absorbing people's thoughts about it.

After the in-depth development of this seed, there came the so-called divine punishment that was sworn in the name of the Goddess of Light.

At first, this divine punishment could only be carried out in places not far from the seeds, but as the number of people paying attention to the seeds increased, the scope of this divine punishment began to expand, until it could cover every corner of the human race.

Because of this divine punishment that can be said to be a miracle, the prototype of the church was born, and it gradually grew into a large country within the human race, and it was also the only legal religion in the entire human race.

After all, compared to the illusory gods of other religions, the real and visible divine punishment is more credible, especially since it is very convenient to use and can easily verify whether the other party has malicious intentions.

Taking all these factors into consideration, the birth of the Holy Kingdom is almost inevitable.

As for the God's Descent Ceremony that they are going to perform now, it is an idea based on theory, that is, using the infinite power of faith of countless believers over dozens of generations as material, through the guidance of the ritual to create a true god that can surpass the existence of the Blood Queen and serve as the patron saint of the Holy Kingdom.

However, this seemingly perfect plan has a small problem, that is, the entire plan is based on theory and has not been tested in practice, or they have no way to test their plan through practice.

Firstly, according to theory, the strength of the God of Light created through the Divine Descent Ritual is related to the total amount of power of faith. If he is created too early, it would be a complete waste of the power of faith that can only be accumulated slowly over time and with the number of people.

Secondly, this ritual has a sense of desperation. Regardless of success or failure, the power of faith they have accumulated over a long period of time will be exhausted, which will cause some problems in the divine punishment system, either weakening the intensity or reducing the scope. No matter which situation occurs, it will be difficult for the church to bear.

However, at this moment, they have no time to consider so many consequences. If they do not hold the God's Descent Ceremony, they will not be able to withstand the attacks of those terrifying monsters.

These monsters that attacked them from all directions each had different abilities. Some were extremely difficult to be harmed by attacks, while others could pass through all obstacles like a phantom. Facing these terrifying monsters, the Paladins were almost powerless to resist.

The worst situation was in the direction of the Empire. The Paladins sent there had all lost contact without even receiving any messages, and a large number of cities had also lost contact, as if some terrifying existence there was ruthlessly devouring all life.

In this critical situation, the God's Descent Ritual has become their last straw. Whether the Holy Kingdom can survive depends on the result of the ritual.

It is somewhat ridiculous that the Pope, who is the highest-ranking person in the Holy Kingdom, is the only one who knows that the gods have disappeared, and he is even the leader of this so-called God's descent ceremony.

§127 Divine Descent Ceremony

“…I hope everything goes well.”

Taking one last look at the statue of the Goddess of Light before him, Pope Elliot closed his eyes and began to concentrate on driving the Divine Descent Ritual.

It's a bit funny to say. If a believer did this kind of thing, he would definitely pray to God and hope that God would bless everything to go well. However, as the pinnacle of believers, the Pope of the Church can only rely on his own strength.

“…Ku.”

Due to the lack of the power of the two cardinals, Elliot felt a huge resistance just as the divine descent ceremony began, forcing him to use the countless power of faith accumulated by the church over hundreds of years to stabilize the entire ceremony.

However, the power of faith that Elliot chose to consume had also undergone a certain screening process, and those beliefs with more obvious selfish desires or negative tendencies were on the priority consumption list.

The reason he did this was because the nature of the Goddess of Light born from the Divine Descent Ceremony would be affected to a certain extent by the power of faith. If the power of faith was too negative, the Goddess of Light that emerged from the ceremony would be more unstable in character and behavior.

A more vivid analogy is that the Goddess of Light definitely belongs to the good camp, but whether it is order good, neutral good or chaotic good depends on the specific composition of the power of faith.

If the ritual succeeds, the Goddess of Light, born from the combined power of hundreds of years of faith, will surely be extremely powerful. At least within the human race, there will be no one else who can restrain her.

So if the other party is a chaotic good being, they will have a headache.

"Huh... Fortunately, it's finally stabilized."

After carefully clearing the last section of the magic circuit, Elliot finally got some time to breathe.

By consuming a large amount of faith power, the basic part of the divine descent ritual has been completed. If there are no problems next, he only needs to check for omissions and fill in the gaps.

However, the Pope's expression at this time was not very good.

Because in his recent inspection, he found that more than half of the faith power possessed by the church carried more or less negative emotions.

The power of faith in older times was fine, but later on, the power of faith became increasingly negative, and there were even some beliefs or curses that cursed people to death.

When the number of believers increases, all kinds of people appear. This is an inevitable disadvantage as the church expands.

Elliot had just consumed the most paranoid part of it, but he was reluctant to waste the rest.

Facing a powerful enemy, if the Goddess of Light does not have enough strength to protect the Church, then this divine descent ceremony will be in vain, and they will die under the attack of countless black monsters.

At least Elliot didn't think he could defeat the black tide that seemed to be swallowing the earth.

Alas, I hope that the goddess of light who appears at the end will act in a neutral and good manner.

But at this moment, the God's Descent Ceremony, which had been running smoothly, suddenly began to fluctuate and even showed signs of collapse.