Scepter of Thorns

Chapter 80 79. The Night Before

"I'm like a puppet in your hands."

"But you always break free from the thread."

The truth is always revealed after death. ——"Black Apocalypse"

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Alfonso broke a rose, and the crystal dew soaked his white gloves.He painted funny and colorful clown makeup, and the blue teardrops in the corners of his eyes seemed to flow down his cheeks.

"Cheselme." He sat under the flower stand, his young face was quiet and beautiful, "I've been very busy recently."

Black Plum Blossom still wrapped his body in a tight leather suit, his face was stern, "Luo Jiadi fell, how can Joke not be busy inside."

Alfonso looked at him with a smile, "You're busy too, Mr. Black Plum Blossom. If you weren't busy passing on our information to Spade, how could Luo Jiadi fall?"

"It's nonsense!" Cheserme tightened the whip in his hand, his body arched unnaturally, "What evidence do you have, Alfonso? Maybe it's the information you conveyed."

"It doesn't matter what I think, what matters is what Joker thinks." The teenager whistled, and a black cat jumped out of the bushes, stared at him for a few seconds with amber cat eyes, and then spit out a paper rolls inside.

"Look, isn't this the Joker's exclusive messenger?" Alfonso laughed, "I can't drive it no matter how capable I am, it seems that the letter was written by Joker to you, Cheselme."

Black Plum Blossom picked up the bottle and left without saying a word.

After he left, Alfonso's eyes darkened instantly.He stared at the queen, "I used to like Cheselme, because his cold appearance is very similar to that person."

The black cat made a whimpering sound from its throat.

"But now that person is dead, so he's useless."

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Owen Cheli hurried back to a Joke area north of Luojiadi. As soon as he stepped into the manor, his subordinates came to report, "Master Joker, the Black Plum Blossom Chesserme committed suicide."

"What?!" He snapped, "Take me there!"

Cheselme hanged himself with a snakeskin whip that he kept pinned to his waist.He died peacefully, and the place where he lived was neatly tidied up, but nothing was left, whether it was a suicide note, a recent document, or some other useful things.

"Search this room, as well as the corpse." After a while, Owencelli ordered, "Ask Alfonso to come see me."

He suddenly felt dizzy, and an unspeakable sense of nausea surged up.Something in Owencelli screamed something was wrong, something must be wrong.

The two half-brothers met in an old-fashioned fireplace, the fire dead and the pile of stones cold and dull.Alfonso leaned lazily against the wall, and the black cat jumped out of the window and into Owencelli's arms.

Joker is lying on a rattan rocking chair, letting the black cat roll on him.Just when he was about to say something, Alfonso suddenly broke the silence, "Let me tell you a story."

"Once upon a time, there was a child whose mother was raped|raped by a woman, and he was tortured by her since he was a child. But he often heard from his mother that he had a half-brother who was smart and excellent, but unfortunately In the end, it was destroyed in the hands of the child's father.

"The child's mother always told the story of her brother while abusing|abusing him. Because she loved the son she once had, but hated the child born to the enemy now. But until one day, a nobleman visited the family, and the child was The mother made a poisonous cake for her birthday. She ate it and forced her child to eat it, but she died of the poison soon. The child only ate a little, and he stumbled out to ask for help. No one paid attention to him, and finally he fainted In the corridor, just as the servants were about to drag him away, the nobleman saw him."

Owencelli's voice was dry, and he looked at Alfonso complicatedly, "Is it... Edmond?"

Owen Cherry did not answer, and continued, "The nobleman rescued him, and then raised him for three years. Until one day, the nobleman asked him if he wanted to meet his brother. Because he also adopted him in advance before adopting a child." His brother who was hunted down."

"You agreed." Joker recalled that day, "When Edmond brought you to me, he told me that you were a lonely and autistic child, abandoned by the Tammy family in the slums. And I didn't I don't like you, because you have the dirty blood of that family in you. But I changed my mind later, because Edmund showed me the scars on your body."

By now, Owen Cherry also understood, "You are the traitor."

"The reason why he said that I grew up in a slum is to avoid arousing your suspicion. I am also very clear about my role as a chess piece he buried beside you, so he rescued me back then, but I don't care." Alfonso showed a trace of nostalgia, "He is like light, you know Owencelli, I can give anything for him, just like you can make Dorothy die for you."

"Then you know, why did I kill him in the end?" Joker also asked back, "Because I'm not the only one shrouded in light."

"Actually, there is one more thing I want to tell you, Owen Cherry. But it doesn't seem to matter anymore. You think that man betrayed Joke, and our carefully prepared Sleepy Day plan was ruined. In fact, he was killed by his father Hypnotized and forced to tell everything. He felt that this incident was his own responsibility, and there was nothing to explain, so except for a few insiders back then, everyone in Joke thought that Master Spade had betrayed his faith in order to escape the death penalty. Alfonso looked at him mockingly, "Otherwise, why do you think you became a Joker? This organization was founded by Master Spade."

Although Owencelli was surprised when he heard the news, he didn't regret much, "This matter has passed."

"I've thought about it for a long time and I don't know how to retaliate against you. Ever since you announced Master Spade's rebellion, I wanted to push you down from that position." Alfonso's smile was very similar to Owen Cheli's, gloomy And morbidly, "Come here, Queen."

The black cat walked over obediently, rubbing the back of his hand with its neck.

"This is the cat that that person once raised. It is very loyal." Alfonso took out a dagger from his cuff and cut the black cat's throat precisely. "It is my messenger and my accomplice. It A chronic drug is applied to the soles of the feet all year round, and whenever you hold it, the drug stains your clothes. But it itself has been soaked in the drug, if it is not stopped, it will only fall into endless pain."

The black cat died peacefully and simply, it had completed its mission.

Owen Cherry looked at him calmly, "So I won't live long, will I?"

Alfonso drew out the dagger, pressed it against his temple, and smiled distortedly, "See you in hell, brother."

Then he stabbed in without hesitation.

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Two days later, the Army of Spades invaded Joke's territory Sasha, and Sasha surrendered without resistance.

Six days later, the Spades army marched northward to invade Red Lenka, Joke's territory, and Red Lenka surrendered without resistance.The eldest prince Senna sent troops to resist, but retreated without a fight.

After 24 days, the army of spades regained all of Joke's territory.

29 days later, Joker Owen Cherry, the leader of Joke, committed suicide, the Joke organization was disbanded, and atheism was shattered.

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"Master Spade, how to deal with the remnants of Joke?"

"Don't let anyone go, regardless of age, gender, or status, all of them will be executed."

"Yes."

Edward closed his eyes, the wound on his back made him a lot weaker, basically unable to fight for a period of time.

Alfonso was dead, Owencelli was dead, and many more were to die.Senna was scruples about the Mephisto in his hands, and did not dare to act rashly.

The guard Spade Jack brought a cup of soothing tea, Edward said casually, "How is Ostana?"

"She fought with General Six of Spades as an adjutant, and she was included in the battle to recover Red Lenka."

"Her attitude towards Mephisto?"

"Although I feel guilty, I am loyal and firm to my beliefs." Jack of Spades thought for a while and added, "There is no possibility of betrayal."

"That's good." Edward put down the tea he drank a little, "Go down, I want to rest for a while."

He returned to the bed, and Edward fell into a deep sleep very quickly.

When he entered the hallucination, Edward subconsciously thought that it was Kyle Ross who wanted to see him, until Celine appeared in front of him and grabbed his arm.

"That bitch Senna sued me in Serones, and he let her out." She panted, "It took me a lot of effort to fool Serones, and Kairos is really not real The God of Light, he just keeps the Godhead of the God of Light. I lied to Serones that the spar that suppressed the Protoss was used by Kaierlos to kill the original God of Light. Only the Godhead of the God of Light can crack it. Now she goes to Stealing the godhood, anyway, her father is the main god of human beings, and Kairos is a false god, even if she offends, her father will cover her."

Edward suddenly remembered the fragments in his body. He held Celine's hand and put it on his heart. Celine was startled, "What are you doing?! I'm not interested in abstinence... huh?"

She sensed a familiar wave of power, pure power from light.

"Did you feel it?" Edward asked softly, "Do you think these things... have something to do with the godhead?"

Celine was silent for a while.

"It's like... a fragment of the light godhead." She said slowly, as if it took a lot of effort to say this sentence, "Who the hell are you?"

"I don't know, but I think it should be related to the original God of Light."

"I said Edward, is it possible..." She tried to be calm, "You are the original God of Light?"

"Do you think that when a person like Kaierlos is determined to kill a god, he will leave a retreat for that god?" He disagrees, "Even the godhead has been taken away, of course the God of Light cannot live .”

"But you can't rule out accidents!" Celine's eyes widened. "After all, there are fragments of the godhead in your body. Maybe Kairos will regret it after killing the God of Light, so he will use the fragments to resurrect and erase his memory... Oh my God."

Edward's heart sank.

He still doesn't know why Kyle Ross looks at him differently, and all the clues indicate that the two of them once knew each other, if so——

"By the way, I told Celu to contact the dwarves, and the location is probably in the Red Lenka area of ​​the heaven." Celine changed the subject, "That means the dwarves may move to the heavens next, I suggest You'd better have positive contact with them. This is a very useful race. They don't have too much ambition, and they don't pursue power and money. will go further."

"Okay, I see." Edward nodded, "Also, is it true that the Godhead of the God of Light can suppress crystals?"

Celine was stunned, "I don't know, I was too flustered at the time, so I prevaricated."

"The God of Light is one of the three main gods, and his godhead must contain great power. And the spar is made by the Celestial Clan, so it can suppress the heir at best, but the main god probably cannot."

"Even if you can't suppress it, don't you still have fragments in your body? If she really has the ability to obtain the godhead, it won't do much harm to you, but it will give you a chance to become one with the godhead."

Celine patted Edward's shoulder and smiled wryly, "Actually, it's almost the last time I'm here. Serones won't let me, a traitor, I have a hunch. I put All chips are on you, Edward, don't let me down."

Her figure gradually faded, and the illusion also disappeared.When Edward opened his eyes, he had completely escaped from the illusion.Two of Spades knocked on the door, "My lord, are you awake?"

"Come in."

"Prince Edmond told me to hand over Joke's diary to you when you defeated him." He presented a thick notebook, "It even records things about your childhood."

Edward took down the diary, "Let a team of Spades and the Countess go to Red Lenka to meet Celine's sister, Cellu Senna. She brought the dwarves and tried every means to establish a cooperative relationship with the dwarves. Short-term concessions are fine."

"Yes." Two of Spades stepped back.

Edward opened the diary, and he had a faint feeling that the truth was coming.He had asked Edmund many times about it, but he was always silent.

……

"In the second year of exile, I met the main god. The god said: marry a demon woman.

I didn't believe in the existence of God, but it turns out that I was too naive.I made a marriage contract with Lilia, a rebellious female demon who left home, and she lived in my residence near the temple. "

"I have asked God many times why he would forgive me for being against God. He just replied: The decline of theocracy is an inevitable trend of history. I think he is right. When the wheel of the world turns to a certain moment, there will always be One person stood up and began to oppose the existing things. Whether it was the slavery practiced by the seven tribes or the patriarchy before the jihad, they were finally abolished by people.

To put it more strangely, it seems that there is a will of the world secretly driving all of this. It drives the gods to create the world, drives the jihad of the demons, and can also drive... Ragnarok. "

"Lilia gave birth to a boy, and I named him Edward. The Lord God came and blessed him. Lilia's spirit was severely stimulated. I tried to hypnotize her, but it didn't work."

"Edward showed great talent and understanding. I think the Lord God must have given him something when he blessed him. He didn't behave like a normal child at all."

"He seems to have a memory from birth, and he is extremely resistant to Kylos. I found that Lilia was secretly abusing him, but God warned me not to meddle in this matter. So I could only take him away from Lilia when he was dying he."

"Edward had a short period of amnesia and couldn't remember the previous events at all. He started trying to get the attention of his parents like a normal child. Then he disappeared for a while, and returned to his previous appearance the next day .”

"He killed Lilia.

He has known for a long time that the Tianzu clan has the ability to hypnotize. At his request, I hypnotized him for the sake of the future path of the Holy Son and the Pope.I am now sure that he has another person's memory, and has been betrayed, so he is very disgusted with feelings.His ambition also proves that he once held a high position and had a long-term vision.

When I hesitated, the Lord God asked me to agree.Not long ago, there was a call from heaven to call me back, and I was asked to take Edward with me. I guess it has something to do with the time when he disappeared, but God forbids it.I was worried about Edward, and when I decided to stay in the human world, God asked me to go back to the heavenly world, and Edward would grow up under his protection.

God said: He will be the Son of God at the age of 16, and he will be the Pope at the age of 26; he will fall into darkness and join forces with the demons, and the demon world will be unified because of his arrival; under the throne.

He prophesied, or rather enacted, the life of Edward Daulsus. "

----Chapter79. Eve & End----

The author has something to say:

All the content mentioned in this chapter has foreshadowing in front of it, without any new additions, let’s sort it out again【Must read! ! ! ]: 1. When Edward was a child, he lost his memory during the period when Kyle Rose took him to play in the secret realms of various races. He wrote down his experiences in his diary. The characteristics of the tree of life), the group portraits and libraries of the undead (recording a large amount of information that cannot be queried in the human world), the cathedral in the heaven (the old king, Edmond's father, found that he was closely related to the God of Light, and used it as a recalled Edmond in exile), the World of Warcraft Forest in the Demon Realm (get to know the spotted shadow owl in its infancy).See Chapter 28-31 for details

When I was in the Demon Realm, I was involved in a different dimension after fighting the Black Widow, but it was actually a mysterious realm of various races that collapsed. I started a Tarot card journey. Sign a contract), the dark version of the circus in the human world (I found that there was a record in the diary when I was a child, but I have no impression), the devouring version of the elves' version of the Forest of Floating Light (the memory of killing the mother is awakened by the illusion of the devil), the chess version (Get to know the Black Queen who is related to him and the former Pope Ergot who met Edmund when he was in the human world).See Chapter 38-46 for details

Note that there are three causal lines here. [Key points]: The first line: Because he has been to these secret places when he was a child, there are records in his diary.

The second line of cause and effect: Because Kylos took him to the group of undead statues when he was a child, he saw Pope Urgot at that time, so Edward knew that the real Urgot was dead, and the current one was a disguise, and he finally overthrew The false pope, until he came to the group of undead for the second time after growing up, and met Ergott.Urgot was the pope when Edmund was still in the human world. Edward was relatively young at that time, so there will be such a dialogue in Chapter 45.

The third line of cause and effect: Because Edward was brought to the Cathedral of Heaven by Kyle Ross when he was a child, he was seen by the praying old heavenly king and thought that Edward was the favor of God, so he recalled Edward's father Edmund for this reason.Mephisto didn't want his younger brother to come back, so he murdered the old king, but Edmund acted fast, and he came back as soon as Mephisto took the throne.Mephisto had just succeeded to the throne, and it would not be good to change the will of the old heavenly king. In addition, he was a theocratic party, and Edmond's son was the favorite of God, so Edmond was left behind. Chapter53 Edward asked his father questions and Chapter59 Edward and his son entered the palace, and Mephisto and Edmund talked about it in private chats.

2. The will of the world mentioned in Edmond's diary is very important, and it is also the center of the full text, which prompted the third volume of Ragnarok.

3. The story of the Joker brothers was mentioned earlier. In Chapter 67, the life experiences of Alfonso and Owencelli were roughly told.Black cat In Chapter 59, when Mephisto and Edmund were talking, Mephisto mentioned that Edmond had a beautiful black cat, but it disappeared later.And Chapter 78 Spades [-] mentions that "the courier often transmits stable information". The courier refers to the black cat. It and Alfonso have been passing Joker's internal information to Spades. In short, the author's writing is relatively detailed, with a lot of foreshadowing. The issue of IQ and EQ was forgotten earlier, because the author updates intermittently, just go ahead and read it again.The first twenty chapters have been revised in Jinjiang, and I finally got rid of my childish writing...