Paradox players’ simulation game
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Ash found that the character of Letitia was very strange. She was obviously not very loyal to him, but even when facing the Holy See at this point, she did not abandon him and run away. You have to know that the Central Holy Spirit Academy originally belonged to the Holy See. As the dean of the Swordsman Academy, you are essentially a member of the Holy See, right?
As a result, they are now helping him fight against a group of high-ranking officials of the Holy See.
This somewhat subverts Ash’s understanding of the game mechanics. Could it be that the character of Letitia is bound?
0■)4842905蒐●搜…£: I don’t have time to think about this question, I can only find time to study it more later.
[‘Leticia. ‘ In the sky, Karls held a staff in his hand and looked at me with a serious expression, ‘Why are you helping this heretic? He is against the Holy See, slaughtering the people of the Mother Goddess of Life at will, and trampling on life itself. Such a person should be thrown into hell and accompany the devil Satan. ‘]
[‘Ha~ How should I put it? I like what this guy does… And, since the day I joined the academy, I don’t think I have ever admitted that I am a member of the Holy Court?’ Laetitia laughed wildly, her long red hair floating with the magic flames. She squatted slightly and prepared her sword. ‘Also, you have misjudged me. This world is wrong. Wrong people, wrong system, wrong gods. Although his approach is a bit extreme, I know how difficult it is to subvert the world… And how terrible you are!’]
【Leticia launched an attack on Kars.】
Ash glanced over and as the battle information popped up, the battle between high-end combat forces broke out completely.
On the Holy Court side, the two deans of magic, along with three seventh-level mentors and a dozen sixth-level fighters, came towards him to kill him.
Honestly speaking, Ash doesn’t like this kind of boss battle…especially doesn’t like boss battles during his development stage. Fortunately, his combat skills are not low either. After Amos stimulated the blood of the God of War, his strength was further stimulated by the Chosen of Khorne. Although he didn’t reach the eighth level, his strength is much stronger than the average seventh level.
Among the Chosen Gods of Khorne that he secretly cultivated, there are now more than a dozen sixth-level Chosen God warriors.
The most important thing is that he has also reached the seventh level, and at least in this battle, he has the ability to protect himself.
Although the Holy Court has many high-level fighters, they have more troops on their side, so it will depend on which side will collapse first.
[You have unleashed the power of Khorne.]
On the battlefield, Ash’s portrait was changed to that of the Pope of Khorne.
At this point, there is little point in continuing to hide his identity. As long as the Holy See is defeated by him, the Cult of Khorne will replace the Holy See and become the number one religion in the Rhea continent. Otherwise, victory and defeat are common in the military, and the hero will start over again.
[Khorne Pope Ash uses his exclusive skill ‘Blood Rage’, which increases all attributes of all Khorne followers by 25%. Attacking triggers Blood Will, causing damage to the enemy while restoring status.]
On the battlefield, more than a dozen Khorne high-ranking officials, including Amos who was dressed as a “knight”, were shrouded in a blood-red power.
Amos roared angrily, and her magic power exploded. As she vented her emotions, the blood-red air turned into a dark shadow behind her.
[Amos uses the skill ‘God of War’, all attributes are improved, and magic and physical resistance are greatly improved. ]
The God of War’s Overlord Body is an inherited skill of the God of War’s bloodline. As the owner of divine bloodline, Amos awakened the power of bloodline as early as when she defected to Ash. The reason why she accepted the Chosen One of Khorne was to obtain more powerful power to subvert the rule of the Holy Court and avenge the God of War’s bloodline!
[‘I will eventually walk out of the bloody sea of hell, carrying the long-cherished wish of the heroic spirits of my race, and smash this hypocritical religion. ‘——Amos de Yarivar]
[At the end of August 1788, the identity of the Pope of Khorne was made public, and Ash led the Holy Legion and the followers of Khorne to attack the Holy See.]
[‘Everything will eventually submit to Khorne!’ – Ash (Pope of Khorne version)]
“Ash is actually the Pope of Khorne?!”
At the back of the battlefield, Irelia, who was in charge of logistics support, couldn’t help but exclaim.
This news scared her a lot.
“No wonder, no wonder the Cult of Khorne has never caused trouble in the kingdom, and has even been helping me in secret.”
In fact, when she made the request for an alliance, the Pope of Khorne could have completely refused. Although joining forces with the Purple Spirit Kingdom would be beneficial to Khorne’s development, at that time the Purple Spirit was attacked from all sides and the kingdom was on the verge of crumbling. As a new force, the Cult of Khorne could compete head-on with the Holy See if it developed for another ten years.
At first, Irelia thought that the Pope of Khorne was crazy and had radical ideas, but now it seems that it would be impossible for the Pope of Khorne to refuse her request for an alliance from the beginning.
Because, this is my prince!
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How could he, who would never betray me, watch my kingdom being destroyed by the Holy See?
Irelia understood everything!
As a pope defined by outsiders as a “cult”, revealing his identity means being subject to countless doubts and slanders. How could Ash reveal his identity unless it was absolutely necessary?
Irelia is now thankful that she had turned off the simulation progress sharing before.
We can’t let them know Ash’s identity!
It doesn’t matter in simulation.
Irelia was afraid that Felice and others would think that Ash would become the Pope of Khorne and bring disaster to the continent in the future, so she killed Ash in reality in advance.
“Ash, I will never let you down!”
Irelia opened her inventory and looked at the five items of inheritance placed inside – the scepter, armor, pendant, king’s ring, and shield, the lost heritage of the ancient kingdom. She had obtained the scepter when she was doing a dungeon with Ash, and later Ash found the armor for her, and she also obtained the pendant after destroying the elves. She had been looking for the remaining two items since she became queen.
And half a year ago, she finally collected all the inheritance items.
According to ancient documents, Zi Ling hides the inheritance of the highest ancient skills – the Crystal of God. The ancient country created strong people comparable to the demigod level by integrating the Crystal of God into their blood. However, the disadvantage of this method is that the awakened person will lose self-awareness and become a slave to divine thought.
By the time of the last king of the ancient country, she had created five holy artifacts to resonate with the Crystal of God, and successfully integrated the Crystal of God into her body while maintaining her sanity, becoming the first demigod with self-awareness in the history of the kingdom.
Then, she led the kingdom’s army and almost swept across the southern continent, and even nearly destroyed the Holy Court. However, no one knew what happened afterwards. It was rumored that the king of the ancient country was punished by the gods, the queen fell, and nearly half of the territory of the entire southern continent sank to the bottom of the sea. The original five inherited items were also scattered all over the southern continent.
There have been cases of fusion of God’s Crystal in the history of Zi Ling Kingdom, but the strength was barely equivalent to that of the eighth level at most, and because of the corrosive effect of the God’s Crystal, it was impossible to maintain a long lifespan… In simple terms, it is krypton life that makes people stronger, and everyone who fuses with the God’s Crystal is a short-lived ghost.
But according to the records, as long as there is an inheritance, this drawback should be able to be solved – to be honest, Irelia is not sure, after all, the inheritance nowadays is only at the legendary level, far from the power of the queen of the ancient country when she was promoted to demigod.
Irelia had been researching and planning to find a safe way to perform the God Crystal Fusion Ceremony. After all, half a year ago, Ash’s army was crushing the sea tribe, and the kingdom was also in a strong stage. She didn’t need to take risks. What if she really became a short-lived ghost, and gave up the throne to Asuna after the establishment of the glorious empire? How stupid must she be to do such a thing!
Irelia had no intention of making things easier for others, but now, facing the final blow to defeat the Holy See, Ash had directly put on the skin of the Pope of Khorne and became a cultist. What else was there for her to hesitate about?
“If I really die in the end…then I will pass the throne to Asuna.”
Anyway, if she died, the war would fail, and Ash would surely die too, so let Yasuna be the queen, as compensation to her sister.
……
[Your team was attacked by the Holy See army, with 3000 casualties.]
[Your team was attacked by the Holy See army, with 2600 casualties.]
【…】
【…】
Here, Ash watched the information jumping on the simulation interface without saying a word.
The 30,000-strong army led by Karls was even more powerful than he had expected. With the blessing of their sanctuary and the buffs of various bishops, their combat effectiveness went up to the sky, causing his army of more than 100,000 cannon fodder to suffer thousands of casualties in a blink of an eye.
But the significance of cannon fodder lies in this. With them, they attract damage to Karls’ main force. At Orlas’s command, the Holy See Army attacks the Holy See Army, and the situation is extremely tragic.
However, the overall advantage is still on his side.
“It’s all thanks to Letitia.”
Ash pulled his camera to look at the battle in the sky. The two Sanctuary bosses were fighting so fiercely that the sky was dark and the earth was dark, and even the road was wiped out.
In the battle between the seventh-level strongmen, Amos defeated three alone, which greatly reduced the pressure on their side.
“The divine bloodline is really perverted.”
You are both at the seventh level, but one of them beats three of you. Are you angry?
And Amos is a warrior. She fought two mages and a warrior. In her situation, the blood of the god of war plus the chosen one of Khorne, the professional characteristics and so on are not important. A noble magic profession? I use Bloodfury Starburst Air Strike. Armored Knight? I use Bloodfury Starburst Air Strike. Sharpshooter? I still use Bloodfury Starburst Air Strike.
Amos’s fighting style is very simple, which is to fight bravely. His adaptability is indeed a perfect match with Khorne. Once the God of War releases his overlord body, he will rush forward and will not stop until all the opponents are killed.
One against three, and actually had a slight advantage.
“I am a pope, but I am no match for the bishop.”
Ash looked at his own character. It was just one against two. After all, he had only been learning under the instruction of Laetitia over the years. He lacked combat experience and had very few real life-threatening battles.
But even so, the noble blood rage power gave him great fighting ability, and he beat the two seventh-level great mentors who refused to let him become their disciples in the previous simulation without any chance of fighting back. If he shouted “the three-year period is up” again, it would be a bad idea.
Just then, a new prompt message popped up.
[Your team is attacked by a group of monsters. ]
On the strategic map, tens of thousands of Warcraft troops rushed out from the Cherta Forest.
Karls only brought 30,000 men with him, and the high-level combat power was restricted by Ash’s side, so it was impossible to win. He could only rely on the Warcraft army to resist Ash’s attack.
But without the blessing of the forest and fog, the threat posed by the group of monsters was greatly reduced.
Ash quickly clicked on the interface and transferred the Holy Legion to fight.
Including the reinforcements from the elves, the Holy Legion only has a combat strength of over 20,000, but the Imperial Guard still maintains a strength of 2,000, which is enough to stop the attacks of these monsters.
After several rounds of action, the number of Warcraft troops was being eroded.
The followers of the Holy See and the followers of Khorne fought fiercely, and the two sides were basically evenly matched.
The 45,000 troops led by Orlas also fought a bloody battle with the 30,000 troops of the Holy See.
“Can win.”
At this moment, Ash became cautious, because countless gaming experiences in the past told him that the closer it got to this point, the more likely something unexpected would happen.
As expected, a strong white light suddenly erupted from the sky, covering most of the simulation interface. Then a fiery red figure fell like a meteor – Laetitia fell heavily to the ground, creating a big hole in the ground. She lay in the hole, spitting blood.
[Cardinal Karls uses the ‘God’s Descent’ technique, greatly improving all attributes. ]
The art of divine descent is a forbidden art of the Holy See, and only the popes of all generations can learn it.
Ash had no time to think about how a cardinal like Karls learned it, because the situation on the battlefield turned to the Holy See with the defeat of Letitia.
The power of a super eighth-level archbishop is enough to turn the situation around!
[‘God will grant great power to His faithful believers. Heretics, feel honored. You will witness the power of God with your own eyes! ‘——Kars]
In the sky, Karls held high the scepter in his hand, chanted a spell silently, and endless brilliance appeared at this moment.
In the light, the holy white angel held a sharp sword and slashed towards Ash and the Holy Legion.
【Cardinal Karls uses the forbidden spell ‘Holy Angel Judgment’. 】
The Judgment of the Holy Angel is a forbidden spell of light attribute. It has a single-target attack and additional area damage. Even a strong man at the eighth-level Sanctuary level does not dare to take it head-on, and a seventh-level strong man will basically die if he encounters it.
【’pope!’】
Amos, who was fighting one against three, repelled three seventh-level warriors and activated the God of War Bloodline and rushed towards Ash.
Ash immediately cast an immunity effect on himself.
[The current forbidden spell power has exceeded the damage immunity range. ]
“grass.”
Ash’s face darkened.
The place he was worried about appeared.
The mechanical effect of any skill has an upper limit. As a golden skill, the Will of the God of War is extremely excellent. It adds command to improve morale and has a gorgeous ‘crush’ effect. These alone are enough to reach the golden level, so additional immunity effects are added. It is said to be immune to magic damage, but there must be a limit, otherwise this skill is not golden, but…what color?
Ash didn’t bother to think about it.
“Md, the table was flipped over.”
He lowered his hands.
Looking at the simulation interface completely covered by holy light, any operation is redundant. The high-end combat power is still not enough. The high-end combat power of the magic world has too great an impact. Thousands of troops cannot withstand the killing of a super strong man. It seems that the next time we have to consider the cultivation of top combat power. If Amos can break through to the eighth level, then the probability of winning this battle will be greatly increased.
“Have a cigarette.”
Ash leaned back in his chair, waiting for the message indicating the end of the simulation. Void lit a cigarette and blew out a mist of game over.
Unexpectedly, a silver crescent-shaped light wave cut through the invincible holy light and hit Karls who was releasing the forbidden spell. The next moment, a horrible explosion was heard, and the air wave caused by the impact blew into the Cherta Forest, uprooting large tracts of trees!
Ash was stunned and glanced at the battle information prompt.
[Queen Irelia (Awakening Mode) used the Forbidden Magic Strike. ]
“Has this woman awakened?”
Ash then remembered that in the game, Irelia had collected all the relics for the awakening ceremony. At the beginning, the latter entrusted him to find the relics, but he only found one. Later, he thought it was too inefficient and troublesome, so he didn’t bother with it. Over the years, as the queen, Irelia has quietly collected all five relics.
He immediately clicked on Irelia’s character illustration.
There are some changes in the portrait after awakening. Irelia has become taller, with mysterious patterns engraved on the dark armor, and the heavy fruits on her chest stand proudly and upright. Under the battle skirt covered with armor plates is a pair of black over-the-knee socks. She holds a shield in one hand and a bladed scepter in the other, looking very heroic.
[Irelia I.Navi Lulicia (Awakening Mode. Temporary), current strength: Rank 8. Description: The awakening ceremony is performed through the relics left by the ancient country. Due to the lack of equipment to start the ceremony, the awakening is not complete.]
“Sure enough.”
Ash was not surprised to see the description, because as far as he knew, Irelia’s awakening ceremony required going to the altar of the lost ancient country to fully stimulate the power of the Crystal of God and ignite the divine fire. In the official awakening PV, Irelia entered an underwater underground ruin to complete the awakening ceremony, and then activated the pinnacle civilization of the fallen ancient country – Sky Island. When the huge island rose from the bottom of the sea, Irelia stood in the palace and held up the scepter, announcing that the noble queen would soon become the collection target of players’ treasured CG collection.
However, Irelia certainly hasn’t found the specific clues of the awakening ceremony yet, otherwise she wouldn’t have brought the Crystal of the Gods to the front battlefield. It is obvious that she will use it to fight to the death at the critical moment.
Fortunately, even without the complete version of the Crystal of God, Irelia still retains her consciousness because she has gathered all the awakening items. Otherwise, according to the tradition of the Purple Spirit Kingdom, her consciousness would be erased and she might be directly judged as a simulation failure.
As he was thinking this, the smoke from the explosion completely dissipated. The aftermath of the attack killed a large number of monsters and also caused heavy casualties to the Holy Legion. In front of Ash, Amos was releasing his magic power to block the impact of the aftermath for him… Fortunately, the forbidden spell was only half released. If it was fully released, the Holy Legion, including him, would have been wiped out.