Lord of the Oasis

Chapter 255 - The Pope’s Appointment

Chapter 255: The Pope’s Appointment

“Protect our lord!”

Rhodok sergeants raised their shields to block Kant.

The blowing skeletons were everywhere in the hall, but it did not last long. In a short while, the sound of coughing went down.

The hot wind disappeared.

On the stone platform, the old man wearing a golden robe and holding a scepter stood up.

But now, he bent down and coughed heavily.

The sound was extremely mournful.

It took a while before it stopped, and the golden crown on his head fell to the ground, he muttered to himself in despair, “After the fall of the gods, is it already the end of the age of magic? Could it be that the Divine Lich I transformed into has lost its effect? No, I sacrificed so many god’s descendants, but the transformation failed... this is impossible...”

“Whoosh –”

The shrill sound of bodkin arrows whistling could be heard in the hall.

The bodkin arrow brushed past the hair of the old man and shot heavily onto the statue behind him.

The sound of metal clashing could be heard.

The waist of the statue was completely penetrated by the bodkinarrow that was shot out from the full bow.

Only then did they realize that the statue was actually made of gold. It was just that there were some strange things on it, and as time passed, it was stained with a large amount of dust, making it look like a stone.

“Old man, I think you should calm down.”

The Ravenstern ranger who shot the bodkinarrow slowly said, “Or rather, an evil undead.”

The mages had already confirmed that the old man was an undead.

From the rich negative energy contained in his body, they could tell that it still contained a portion of positive energy. Although the two energies had an extreme conflict, they could still maintain a certain fragile balance.

That was why the mages did not let Kant give the order to directly kill the old man.

“But will he listen to our opinion?”

Kant smiled faintly.

Looking at the old man, he said, “If he even called out the lowly slave, then this matter will definitely not be dealt in peace. Even if I wanted to, he would not do so.”

In the era of the gods, humans were slaves.

Kant had once understood this.

If he was a former slave owner who lost power, but found that his slaves had occupied his home and obtained new rights, how could he relax and shake hands with his former slaves to make peace?

Or should he know that he did not even have the right to shake hands and make peace, and instead, he had to become a slave?

Peace would not come.

The old man who called himself the pope turned his head to look at the destroyed statue. His old face was expressionless, and only his grayish-white eyes filled with blood vessels, there was a hint of anger like he had been insulted. “Lowly human slaves, you have betrayed the gods. If it were not for you, I would not have stolen the fallen Godhead and tried to use the Godhead and the bodies of the undead to protect the dying Holy City of Sun!”

He said slowly, his was voice extremely hoarse, “Even if this is the end of the magic era, I can still use the power I obtained from the Godhead. This is the power of the gods, a power that you humans absolutely cannot yearn!”

The golden scepter lit up.

But with another sharp whistle, an arrow arrived in an instant and shot directly at the golden scepter in his hand. He couldn’t hold it with one hand and was instantly sent flying with the arrow, smashing into the pile of skeletons.

“Perhaps you don’t understand.”

Kant said slowly, “Now is the era of humans.”

After a pause, Kant looked at the old man who had yet to react and said indifferently, “If you want to die, I can fulfill your wish. Even if you are an undead, I can completely destroy your body.”

However, what responded to him was the temperature that fluctuated between hot and cold.

As well as the hatred from the bottom of the heart of the old man who called himself the Pope and stared fiercely at Kant!

“Then there’s nothing to talk about.”

Kant spoke with a calm tone.

He turned his head to look at the four Ravenstern rangers beside him and said, “Kill him.”

“Whoosh –”

A shrill whistle instantly appeared.

Four bodkin arrows directly tore through the obstacles in the void and nailed into the old man’s eye socket, glabella, and mouth.

The immense force instantly caused the old man, who was between life and death, to fall backward. Black and golden liquids that were not mixed with each other flew out, causing him to fall onto his golden chair.

“It’s not over yet.”

The mages reminded him.

On the stone platform in front, the old man, who had fallen onto the golden chair, slowly raised his head.

His face had already been destroyed by the four arrows.

Even his mouth had been completely torn apart, and the sharp bodkin arrows had pierced through the back of his head. Even the arrowheads between his eyebrows and his eye sockets were stained with pitch-black and golden liquid, dripping onto the ground.

But this old man was still not dead.

“This is the constitution of the undead. There are no weak points or weaknesses of a body of flesh and blood.”

The mages immediately explained, “The best way is to completely destroy their physical bodies, or directly crush them at the soul level.”. They paused, their tone was a little regretful. “If there was a priest from the Inquisition here, we reckon that as long as the priest cast a dispelling spell, this undead old fellow, would be completely burned to death.”

Kant said faintly, “It’s a pity that I don’t have a priest from the Inquisition, but I think it’s not a problem to destroy this fellow’s physical body.”

He waved his hand forward.

The Ravenstern rangers continued to shoot.

The whooshing sound was incessant, and one after another, bodkin arrows arrived in an instant.

The throat, heart, arms, knees, lower abdomen, and other parts of the body were all nailed with bodkin arrows.

The force brought by the shooting even made this undead covered with bodkin arrows fell onto the golden chair. His entire body trembled, but he could not stand up no matter how hard he tried, even if he wanted to make an angry sound, because the bodkin arrows pierced through his body directly from his mouth and throat, he could only make a loud sound.

Even the abyssal demon with terrifying defense, had its defenses slightly broken by the bodkin arrows. A lich with undead body was still shot into hedgehog by these top-tier archers with bodkin arrows that could pierce through armor!

Moreover, there was also Rhodok sergeants.

Their faces were cold as they strode forward.

They gripped the glaives tightly. As they took large strides forward, they aimed directly at the old man’s chest. Their goal was to kill this old fellow!

Behind them was their companion.

However, their left hands were covered with a broad shield, while their right hands were holding a crane-like warhammer.

As they approached, the halberd and spear pierced into the old man. At the same time, the warhammer was also aimed at the back of his head and his fragile body.

With a muffled sound, a golden light spread out like willow catkins.

There was also black smoke the old man.

The old man’s body was dismembered, and dark black and golden liquid flowed out.

The hall was filled with a cold wind and rising temperature.

“It’s settled.”

The mages spoke in a way that the luck was on their sides.

Looking at the corpse that was completely motionless and had been chopped into minced meat, Kant said calmly, “This lich is not sealed. It has been sitting here motionless for thousands of years. Its former ability has long dissipated with time, leaving behind only an empty shell.”

“That’s good.”, Kant nodded and raised his hand to signal for it to stop.

If it was a lich at its peak, it would probably be able to fight against that terrifying abyssal demon at its peak.

The high-end combat strength of the undead race was not inferior to that of other races.

And if one wanted to become a lich, they would at least be knowledgeable and powerful mages.

For example, this old man who wore a golden silk robe, wore a golden crown on his head, and held a golden scepter in his hand. He claimed to be the pope of the Sun God Sect, but he was easily killed by Kant’s troops like an old man.

The history he experienced could definitely reveal the secrets of the era that Kant did not understand.

The true history of the era of the gods.

Although Kant was puzzled, he was not curious about history.

Kant could choose to know, and he could also choose to kill this lich, letting him understand who was the main character now.

Strength was everything.

Since this old lich who had just woken up dared to treat humans as slaves in the era of the gods, Kant also did not need to be polite to him.

If he did not choose peace, then let him return to his era and accompany the dead corpses!

“There are soul fluctuations!”

At this moment, the mages instantly raised their staffs, their faces solemn.

The Rhodok sergeants on the stone platform quickly retreated.

At the spot where the corpse had been chopped into minced meat, faint black smoke kept rising, condensing into the shape of a human body. It looked just like that pope lich, with his eyes closed, the black smoke all over its body thickened, it also brought a faint chilly wind and added a bit of terror.

It was just like a ghost from the underworld. It was a remnant spirit from the era of the gods. With hatred for the living, it wanted to completely destroy this world.

However, when it opened its eyes.

It was a faint golden light.

The appearance of the spirit was very eye-catching, but the golden light gradually occupied the main veins of its four limbs along with the body formed by the black smoke. It also gathered at the heart and formed a golden ball.

“I... Failed...”

His lips opened, but his voice seemed to appear out of nowhere.

His eyes swept across the hall filled with skeletons and bones, he appeared in the hall like a regret and self-reproach living person. “I sacrificed all the divine descendants to the undead plane... using the fallen Godhead of the Sun God, I finally transformed into a divine lich... but I lost my will and became a puppet that was manipulated...”

The spirit with golden light looked at Kant, and their eyes met, he seemed to understand something. “Human... you betrayed the gods... you also betrayed the demons... I really didn’t expect that after the gods died... after the demons died... it was you who took over the mainstream of this world... but it doesn’t matter... as long as the demons don’t control this world...”

“Who are you?”, Kant frowned slightly.

The mages beside him held their magic staffs, and the soldiers also watched vigilantly.

This was the first time they had seen such a ghost that clearly did not have a physical body!

The ghost that gradually revealed an old face. It was the same face as the old man from before, but it had more human-liked expression, but its voice was getting weaker and weaker. It seemed like it could disappear at any time. “Me? “I am... a poor puppet... a poor fellow who tries to use other powers to protect his home and race... But I am going to disappear now. Before that... human noble... go to the sacred sun city in the north... Save the daughter of god from the coffin of eternity... take my scepter... you will be... the new... Pope of the Sun God Sect...”