Clang! Clang! Clang! In a furious motion, the sound of bones and chains crashing together, Rain’s eyes turned red. “Curse you, you rotten fox!”

“You value her so mush, even kept this precious stone with her,” Lucusia untied the rope on a sachet. “Even knit and decorate with these bird shapes.”

Pop! pop! pop! candy fall to the floor. Then he took the sun stone that kept inside out. It’s shaped like a diamond that perfectly cut, shorn rainbow beautifully.

People and ghost children couldn’t help but enchanted by this stone, not even blinking. Reached out their hands, and murmured, “Life.” “This is life.” “Warmth.”

“The quality is the best of the best. It truly stands at the peak of Sun Rock, making it truly special. This type of stone can cleverly disguise itself as a normal rock, but you can still find it.” Lucusia flipped it up and down to checked its radiant. “ With this extraordinary quality, it is perfect for the summoning spell.”

“Damn fanatic! Let me go! Fight me like a man, don’t hide behind that holy cloth,” he said, blood vein on his neck bulging, blood seeped from his mouth.

Lucusia looked at him and said, “Good! That’s the face I want! That ferocious and dark depression, the emotion required for a holy vessel.” he walked up to the preaching stand and touched his holy book. the diamond sun stone shorn it brightly.

“This holy ground has been tarnished by dark hands. Hearts have turned cold and people cry out for mercy...”

A purple magic circle appeared on the ceiling, splitting into ten smaller circles that floated above each victims. It began draining mana from the people, even extracting some from the crazed individuals sitting beside the circle. at beneath the cross that hung Rain have a special magic circle. It had three circles stacked together, forming a diamond-shaped center. The magic script on the outer ring started moving clockwise.

Suddenly, golden magic balls descended from the thin air, covering the area. As they touched the people, their bodies were enveloped in a golden glow. One man exclaimed, “Ah, this is the holy light! It’s a sign of sanctuary. We are all saved within the embrace of the holy tower.”

The crowd echoed, “This sanctuary! This sanctuary! This sanctuary!”

BooooOOOong! Sound of tower church bell rang out.

People overwhelmed with emotion. They shedding tears and feeling a warm sensation as they fully trusted from the depths of their hearts that the phenomenal sight before them was created by the Holy Lord. They reached out their hands, longing to touch the holy magic and experience it faster.

Clang! Clang! “All of you need to wake up! This is an illusion. It’s consuming your lives,” Rain said.

Lucusia just smiled at Rain. You are a special one. He threw sun stone at the center of magic circle then continued with his chant.

No one listened to Rain anymore. They only stood there, reaching out their hands, listening to the bell sound as if it were the voice of an angel, and finding peace in that moment, unaware of anything else.

“Rave! He lied to you! He wasn’t summoning the holy child, he wanted to summon the Dark Lord! If he succeeded, it would kill us all,” Rain said.

Rave noticed Rain’s words, tilted his head, and smiled dangerously. “So what? I had already received my reward,” he said, grabbing Ivara and hugging her tightly while moving his hand on her thigh. “Even if the world broke, I didn’t care. This little bird is mine, and mine alone,” he laughed loudly.

Lucusia paid no attention to their conversation, he just continued with the chant. “Dark tower that watched over this world, please accept my call. This land needed your origin blood. Grant us rebirth and save us, returning us to the beginning, Origin Order Birth”

Suddenly, the rainbow from the Sunstone lost its light and turned into a dark goo, spreading along with the magic circle.

Lucusia was exhilarated by this moment. Hot air escaped from his mouth. He tried to cover his mouth, but it only heightened his excitement. The temperature on his face rose, contrasting with area temperature that now turn into zero degree. “Huh Huh Huh, this was it! This was the moment I had been waiting for,” he exclaimed.

The dark goo covered the entire spell ring, causing the script’s light to turn into pure darkness. The dark magic ball emitted on Rain’s chest as transformed into a needle and slowly crawled closer to him. When it touched his body, it spread ferociously.

“Aurrrrggggggh!” Rain’s body shook uncontrollably, moving up and down wrongly, Clang! Clang! Clack! Even chains started cracking.

Ivara murmured, “please...help...Brother...” tears mixed with blood streamed down her face as she continued to plead endlessly.

“Aurrrrgh!” Rain shouted endlessly.

Lucusia smiled, meshed his own hair. “Ah, this was so beautiful! I could see the birth of the Dark Tower’s child,” he said.

At that moment, a cold sensation touched everyone, chilling them to the bone. A dark sound emerged from nowhere. Repeating and echoing throughout the chamber, asking, “Who... Want... Wish...”

Lucusia stood with his wide mouth open, a tear dropping from his eye, and the smell of urine emanating from his robe. “As the Legend foretold, the dark tower has accepted my call.” he turned and looked back at the people with a crazed look in his eye. “Holy is accept our call, sanctuary has come! Just one last thing, the last mission before the end. Raise your hands to accept this call.”

However, a cold sensation was too strong and even those townsman under Lucusia’s spell couldn’t raise their hands.

Lucusia was disappointed with these people, but he didn’t concern himself too much and simply snapped his fingers.

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Snap!

“Ah! Wife, I finally see you!” “An angel, I can see an angel!” “This place is heaven. I want to stay here forever.”

“Ah, just rise hand and we will be together.” “Okay, I will do as you say, angel.”

the people slowly raised their hands and said, “I accept wish.” “I accept wish.” “I accept wish.” “I accept wish.” “I accepted wish.” “I accept...” Finally, the entire hall rose up.

Lucusia was pleased what he saw and turned back to the ritual.

Dark sound came out “wish... little... ac—”

“I decline!” shouted a man at the cross. “Cough, cough,” black blood came out of his mouth. His body was coated with black goo. Although his face remained human, it was pale, like a dead man. He smiled at the holy priest. “I decline the wish.”

Blood shot out of Lucusia’s eyes, “How dare you, as a vassal, do not speak!”

“Cough, cough, this is a futile effort. I have already won... even if I die.” He smiled, blood pouring out of his mouth, falling endlessly. The magic circle suddenly began to moving slower.

“No, you can’t!” Lucusia’s face turned white, but then suddenly returned to normal. big crafty smile on his face. “Do you want that line from me? Don’t think I don’t know how sly you are. And don’t plan ahead that you will kill yourself.” He said.

He opened the book, and a dark light emitted from it. The dark circle of magic resonated with the book. Inside the book, there was a black rectangular brick with purple crystal veins running through it, as if it were alive.

Rain’s eyes widened, blood flowed from his nose. Pain attacked entire body. “How can this be? It shouldn’t be on this continent.”

“It is an honor for you to become its host. Even your dead body doesn’t matter. It will create a soulless host body that is better for birthing vassals.” Lucusia said.

“You’re totally insane! This causes the entire town’s downfall.” The dark goo climbed up Rain’s face again as the magic circle continued its process.

“Who cares?” He threw the black brick at Rain. “Dark Tower, this lower give flesh and blood back as tribute of wish.” Lucusia said.

Brick resonates with dark goo, as the goo points up like a rotating porcupine. It desires to consume that dark brick, light of dark shorn black beautifully.

This dark phenomenon captivates everyone, feeling fear, coolness, and a touch of death in their hearts.

Ta-thump, Ta-thump, Ta-thump, Ta-thump.

Lucusia’s heart beats loudly, almost out of his body, and his trembling body fills him with joy. His mouth widens from ear to ear, but when he looks at the man on the cross, a cool sensation runs down his spine. His hair stands on end, and goosebumps cover his entire body... The man’s face turns completely black, with swirling white eyes slowly moving as if wanting to devour everything. It stares at him, tilting its head slightly, white mouth slowly widen, suddenly widen entirely in its face. The sound of giggles echoing through Lucusia’s nerves. A dark voice emerges, saying, “Wish... accepted...” Everything freezes.

“What is that?... What did I see?” Lucusia murmured.

Crack! Clack! Squeak! the sound of bone and flesh collided. Rain’s right hand turned into an irregular shape, breaking free from the chain. Swiftly, it grabbed the black brick at the front, causing sticky goo to splatter and everything it touched to turn black.

The dark voice continues, saying, “Thank you, Father Lucusia, for your hard work...”

Lucusia can’t believe what he’s hearing. Did I hear that right? Did the tower mention my name? And thank me?

Then, a bright and clear voice of a funny teenager speaks up, saying, “Rave! It’s time! The Holy Tower has already declined his identity. Third lantern on your right, Twain, you are the lucky one with it on top of your head. Throy, the last one on your left!”

A distant voice resonates in response, “Yes, Boss Rockman!”

Lucusia shouts loudly, “What are you doing? Servants of the Dark Tower, answer my call!” As he turns back, his eyes widen in shock, unable to believe what he sees.

Rave is stretching his hand far back, holding a stone that shines beautifully like a rainbow, even in the dark corner, spreading warmth everywhere. And in the far back, there is a girl with brown hair fluttering in the wind, her chestnut eyes slowly turning to gold. In the darkness, it shines like a bright sun as she holding a tiny rounded stone the size of a candy ball. Despite its small size, the light it emits is denser than any sun stone. Her hand is already drawing an arrow, aiming it at Lucusia’s head.

An angry voice from the girl shouted, “Go die, you bastard fox!”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swish! The stones and arrow fly swiftly.

Lucusia instinctively tilts his head, narrowly avoiding the arrow that cuts through his hair, leaving an air hole. Countless questions flood his mind. What is happening? Why are they not following my command? Are they not afraid that I will destroy their souls? And what is that stone? It feels warm, like a mother’s embrace, Is the Legendary heart of a goddess sun?

Crack! Crack! Crack! Clang!

A blinding white light suddenly engulfed everything, rendering everything white, even can’t see their own hand. But it did not last long, everything turn into dark again, no sun, no moon, no light from any lantern.

Thud! sound of something falling.

Lucusia instinctively reacted to a sound. He strained his eyes, but all he saw was pitch-black darkness. He was used to darkness, but this darkness felt different. Even in moonless nights, it never felt like this. It seemed it came from a distant sky, devoid of life. Neither good nor bad could exist there. It made him feel... scare.

Tap! Tap! Creak! The sound of something moving in the darkness, the creaking of wooden floorboards. Something slowly dragged his soul in. Lucusia clenched his fists tightly, took a step back.

Creak! Creak!

“Oh, so you fear the night as well,” a voice emerged from the darkness.

Lucusia’s cold sweat dripped, but he gathered his courage and asked, “What the thing you are?”

Tap! Tap! Tok! Walking sound stopped.

“Ah, I have finally found you, little one.” Grab! a soft white light shone, gradually transforming into a rainbow of colors. Little by little, Rain’s face appeared, now reverting to his normal self, but his body has many wounds, especially on his right arm. “Wow, this time you even called me a ‘thing.’ Father Lucusia, you haven’t forgotten me, right?” Rain wore a warm smile, beaming at Lucusia. However, in Lucusia’s mind, he saw Rain’s face distorted, showed dead smiled.

“What are you doing?, where is the dark origin?” Lucusia said.

Tap! Tap! Rain walked at the preach stand. grabbed the holy book. Wow, the quality of the book is great. He is a rich follower one. “Are you know what is the hardest part, when you want to fight with holy order, in such this sacred land?” Rain turned the pages of the holy book.

“I ask, what are you doing?” Lucusia secretly draw a magic script behind his back.

Flip! The sound of holy book turned, filled the air.

“It would be easy if you were also a member of the holy order. Just announce the Scotoma area and then fight. The Holy Tower will turn a blind eye and decide everything with a sage mind or brutal force. But that’s it. It needs to be accepted in both ways.”

Flip! He turned another page.

Lucusia waves his hand, wanting to release his magic, “Wicked Monster—”

Swoosh! Arrow flew fast, cut Lucusia’s hand. magic glyph depleted out.

Lucusia head back, only saw a pair of golden eyes looked at him with a ferocious eye like as a fierce leopard stayed silence in the dark wait for right time to kill its prey.

Rain looked at Lucusia with determined eyes, enough to warned him not to use any light. She was behind you.

Then Flip! turned another page.

“What if civilians want to fight back against the broken, bastard, and foul holy order... no one dares, right? They just accept their own fate and go die, or should they bravely take up a weapon and fight? How can a little fire win against the inferno? Even if the goddess of the stars lead civilians to victory and proves them right, they will all still be guilty and sentence to death. So, what should we do, Father Lucusia?” Rain’s eyes now become dark, black Iris widened, no life in his eyes.

Lucusia took steps back, felt a chill ran through his veins. His head swayed in disbelief as he gazed upon the child stood before him. This little child made him who experienced life and death countless times, felt fear to the core.

Flop! sound of closed book.

Rain tilted his head slightly, his hair brushed against his face. “The only way, and the hardest Path... Was to make them corrupted, right? Sinner Lucusia.”