Volume 2: Empire Chapter 172: The Artifact Revealed
Sneak attack!
"mean!"
The Crown of Thorns summoned a shining knight's shield at his side in time. The scimitar thrown by Qingkong created a streak of sparks on the knight's shield, and a deep groove was cut into the surface of the shield.
The spinning scimitar's force shifted, and it turned in the air and flew towards the clear sky.
Qingkong's figure flashed and disappeared, then reappeared and grabbed the scimitar that flew back, and then flashed again to the side of Crown of Thorns. The time reversal released the pressure on Crown of Thorns to prevent it from moving. Qingkong kicked him in the knee joint, and at the moment when Crown of Thorns bent his legs and leaned forward, he chopped at his neck with the knife.
At this moment, a thorn flower in the wreath on the crown of thorns withered instantly, and the petals turned into light dust, and a ray of light blocked the knife that was cut down by the clear sky.
The Crown of Thorns took the opportunity to break free from the control of time reversal, its wings of light vibrated, and its figure quickly moved away from the clear sky.
However, Qingkong's movements were faster than Crown of Thorns, and his figure moved along with Crown of Thorns. When Crown of Thorns swung his sword, the figure appeared behind him in a flash.
Without time to turn around, the Crown of Thorns held the sword upside down and stabbed behind him, and the sword feathers on the wings of light also slashed backwards.
This time, Qingkong did not use time reversal. She used her speed to get ahead of the Crown of Thorns' attack and hit the Crown of Thorns in the back with a side kick. The Crown of Thorns was kicked forward, and all its attacks missed. Its body crashed into the wall in front of it like a cannonball .
But before Crown of Thorns' face hit the wall, Qingkong appeared in front of him and hit Crown of Thorns on the side of the face with a back whip kick. His body changed direction in the air and flew towards the other wall.
However, the clear sky appeared before him again.
Crown of Thorns tried his best to adjust his wings and try to control his posture, but everything happened too fast. Qingkong kicked him in the face, and he stopped suddenly during the high-speed impact, his body flipped in the air, and fell heavily on his back to the ground.
Qingkong stepped on the Crown of Thorns' chest and raised the knife to chop at his neck again.
Another thorn flower fell from the wreath on the crown of thorns.
A beam of light blocked Qingkong's sword, and Crown of Thorns used all his strength to break free from Qingkong's feet. He turned over and stood up, summoned a light shield and held it in his hand, with his back to the wall, his wings stretched forward to protect his sides, and he took an absolute defensive posture.
The Crown of Thorns no longer had the arrogance it had just now. He regretted that he did not know more about Qingkong's strength.
This is not a battle of different levels, it's like... it's like facing the Sword of Oath, I'm no match at all.
"How could there be a being as powerful as you in the secular world!"
Clear Sky did not continue to attack. She walked towards the Crown of Thorns step by step and laughed, "Have you heard of this story? A frog living at the bottom of a well can only see a small piece of sky above the well mouth every day, so it thinks the sky is only as big as the well mouth.
What is the difference between you and that frog in the well now? "
Faced with Qingkong's ridicule, the Crown of Thorns wanted to refute, but the reality made him unable to say anything.
Most of the angels in the Sky City still have an understanding of the secular world that is still stuck in the past thousand years. At that time, the five ancient civilizations held the strongest power, and the weaker races could only pray to become vassals of the five ancient civilizations.
Even though the civilization created by the secular world is very different from that of thousands of years ago, the angels always consider themselves to be extraordinary creatures standing at the top of the contempt chain.
The strong people in the secular world are just the strongest among a group of ants. How can they be the opponents of angels?
However, the reality is so embarrassing.
This was the first time that angels descended on the secular world in large numbers, and it turned out that any strong person they encountered was just that strong.
There are so many people in the secular world, and there are so many strong people like Qingkong.
“Queen of the Sky…” Facing the oppressive Sky, Crown of Thorns took a step back and bumped into the wall behind him. He lowered his posture and said, “I am the angel of Sky City. You have to consider your country.”
Seeing that Crown of Thorns was still stubborn, Qingkong couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are not an angel, so I won't cut off your wings. One of my experiments happened to be short of a pair of angel wings, and you delivered them in time.
There are still three flowers left on the crown on your head. When they all wither, I wonder how you can block my knife. "
The Crown of Thorns didn't expect that Qingkong even knew the characteristics of the holy object in which she placed her faith.
There are five thorn flowers on the crown of thorns, and each thorn flower can help you block a fatal attack. It takes a while for each thorn flower to wither and grow again. This time, the battle has just begun, and two thorn flowers have withered.
There are only three left, and it seems that they can’t last too long.
"Your Majesty. I am the Holy Angel of the Holy Inquisition of Sky City. The chief Holy Angel of the Holy Inquisition is the most powerful Sword of Oath. I admit that you are very powerful, but you are still far behind the Sword of Oath.
Besides, Archangel Gold is in the palace, and you cannot fight him."
Qingkong walked up to the Crown of Thorns, his eyes full of contempt: "Poor you, poor you! I was wrong to have said so much nonsense to you.
I should have just chopped off your wings and thrown you out into the street."
"The Sword of Oath will not forgive you!"
Qingkong decided not to waste any more time and raised his knife to chop at the crown of thorns.
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The West Tower of the Imperial Palace was used to receive the Angels. Due to the downgrade of reception, there were not many servants and guards here, and in some places the Angels had to arrange sentries themselves.
Archangel Gold quietly returned to his room, changed into angel clothing, and stretched out his angel wings. Then he opened the window, faced the direction of the Sky City, and used the consciousness chain to communicate with other archangels.
"It went smoothly beforehand. I met with the Prime Minister of the Moonlight Court, Meteorite, and he promised to arrange a meeting between me and Queen Clear Sky as soon as possible, and he would also help us build a temple in the Moonlight Court."
"Very good, Archangel Gold. It seems that the decision to send you to lead the delegation to the secular world is correct. Your personality and knowledge are suitable for communicating with people in the secular world. We look forward to your good news so that the research on the world tree can be carried out as soon as possible."
"I understand, Archangel! The Golden Man is also in the Golden Shield Empire's palace. I will do my best to get ahead of the Golden Man and complete the construction of the Moonlight Royal Court Cathedral.
The artifact is vital to the revival of angel civilization!"
Another angel's voice came out: "Does the Golden Shield Empire have any response to the death of Augustine's spirit?"
Archangel Gold replied: “Sword of the Oath, the envoy and I just arrived in Saint Lun City today, and we have not yet had a formal meeting with Queen Christina.
Moreover, Augustine's spirit does not belong to Sky City, so there is no need for us to inquire about his death."
The Sword of Oath did not agree with Archangel Gold's words: "Augustine is a heroic spirit led by me, and he belongs to the Sky City."
"However, it was Moonlight Queen Clear Sky who killed Augustine's heroic spirit. We still need her consent to build the temple next to the World Tree."
Sword of Oath: "Humph! Whether the World Tree can be upgraded to become a divine weapon is still unknown. And even if it becomes a divine weapon, it is not our divine weapon, the Statue of Light.
Do you want all angels to learn the ancient language of the World Tree?
We should look for the artifact that belongs to the angel, isn't its trace revealed again?"
Archangel Gold said: "Yes, the Statue of Light has revealed its traces. But a hundred years ago, it also revealed its traces, but we found nothing at that time.
The artifact has been lost for thousands of years, and the hope of finding it is very slim. If a new artifact can be obtained, I think the angels should not be opposed to learning a new ancient language."
"Is that angel still an angel? Archangel Gold, there is something wrong with your thinking. You were on the verge of corruption during the ancient war. If it weren't for the need for a replacement at the end of the war, you would not be qualified to be an archangel."
"Ulysses!" Archangel Gold called out the Sword of Oath by name. "You were also added to the Archangel Council after the ancient war. What qualifications do you have to judge my qualifications?"
"Let's end this meaningless quarrel!" The Archangel said, "You all have your own reasons. The artifact that belongs to angels and is most suitable for angels is the Statue of Light. Now that the trace of the Statue of Light has been revealed, we must spare no effort to find it.
But we can't pin all our hopes on finding the statue of light. The fact that the search a hundred years ago was fruitless doesn't mean there will be results this time. The revival of the World Tree is an opportunity for the five ancient civilizations. Whoever evolves it into a divine artifact first will have it first.
The artifact has been lost for too long. We are the few angels who have experienced the true power of the artifact. We should know what the artifact means to angels...regardless of whether this artifact belongs to an angel or not."
The archangel's mediation ended the quarrel.
The Sword of Oath said, "I stick to my idea. The Inquisition will use our own methods to find the Statue of Light. I believe that since it has revealed its traces, it must be where we can find it."
Archangel Gold said: "Leave the matter of the World Tree to me."
"Hmph!" The Sword of Oath made a provocative sound, and then unilaterally cut off the chain of consciousness.
Then most of the archangels followed suit and cut the chain of consciousness.
Archangel Gold felt the few remaining consciousness chains and couldn't help but sigh: "Although a thousand years have passed, I still feel unfamiliar with the current Sky City.
Sometimes I do regret why I didn’t just leave with them.”
The archangel said: "Archangel Gold, your thoughts are very dangerous. But I am also grateful that you did not choose to leave, but instead guarded the Sky City for a thousand years."
“Very tired, really tired!”
At this time, there was a heavy knock on the door.
"Archangel Gold, Archangel Gold... Something has happened to the Holy Angel Crown of Thorns. Please take a look."
The urgent call made Archangel Gold end his connection with Sky City.
He waved his hand to open the door, and several angels rushed in carrying crowns of thorns.
The crown of thorns was placed on the bed, and at this moment... his armor was violently removed, and the lining of his upper body was torn to pieces. There were two shocking scars on his back, and his angel wings were forcibly removed from the roots, and white-gold blood kept oozing out.
When Archangel Gold saw the Crown of Thorns in such a state, he immediately released light magic to heal his wounds.
He angrily asked: "What happened! Who dares to do such a cruel thing to an angel!"
The Crown of Thorns was lying on the ground, clenching his fists tightly, not knowing whether it was out of pain or anger.
Not only did he lose his angel wings, but the holy wreath that represented his faith also withered because all five thorn flowers had withered.
"It was Qingkong! It was Qingkong who cut off my angel wings and destroyed my holy relic of faith!
Archangel Gold, we can't let go of the clear sky!"
When the other angels heard that it was Qingkong who cut off the angel wings of Crown of Thorns, they all shared a common hatred and were filled with righteous indignation. They all expressed their willingness to kill and avenge Crown of Thorns immediately.
But when Archangel Gold heard that the angel wings of the Crown of Thorns were cut by Clear Sky, he asked, "Where did you meet the elf Clear Sky, and why did she cut your angel wings?"
The Crown of Thorns told the truth that she had gone to find Qingkong secretly.
"Archangel Gold, I know I shouldn't have gone to Qingkong without your permission, but Qingkong cut off my angel wings like this, which is a provocation to Sky City and the Holy Inquisition. If we don't punish her, how will the secular world view Sky City!"
Crown of Thorns originally thought that after hearing about his experience, Archangel Gold would immediately lead the angels to encircle and suppress Clear Sky, but what he got was silence.
The secret of how the World Tree can be promoted to a divine artifact is known only to a few angels in the Sky City.
The decision of whether to allow the Holy Temple to enter the Moonlight Royal Court lies in the hands of Queen Clear Sky.
The Crown of Thorns was so reckless as to cause trouble for Qingkong, but ended up having his angel wings cut off by the other party... It was just his bad luck!
"Crown of Thorns, before I came here, I told you the purpose of this mission. It is to discuss with the Moonlight Queen the responsibility and compensation for the destruction of the World Tree during the ancient war.
We did something wrong to the World Tree, so we must first correct our attitude. The Heroic Spirit incident is an internal affair of the Golden Shield Empire. I have made it clear that this matter has nothing to do with us.
You, you actually provoked the Moonlight Queen who holds the authority over the World Tree for a heroic spirit that does not belong to the Sky City. What's the difference between this and provoking our Archangel?
Tomorrow... I will take you to apologize to the Queen of Clear Sky. We cannot let this ridiculous incident affect the relationship between Sky City and Moonlight Royal Court!"
The Crown of Thorns was dumbfounded.
My angel wings were cut off, my holy objects were destroyed, and I still had to apologize to the other party.
Did I hear it right?
"Archangel Gold, I seriously question your decision. If it was the Sword of Oath, he would never allow a lowly elf to humiliate a noble angel like this."
Archangel Gold said firmly: "I am not the Sword of Oath! You brought this humiliation upon yourself. Your identity as an angel does not make you more noble than other creatures.
If you don't come with me to apologize to the Queen of the Clear Sky, I will have no choice but to expel you from Sky City!"
