Chapter 133: Who Said Ultimate Moves Can Only Be Used Once Per Battle?
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">All the knights gazed at the colossal, hideously ugly monster that seemed to blot out the sky. Its frenzied aura shed violently with the frigid air.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">It was as if a giant mountain had suddenly broken through its seal and risen from the ground.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Everyone was utterly shocked.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Such a monster was hidden beneath the Delin mansion...?"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"What on earth is that thing!?"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Someone voiced their confusion, but no one could answer.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Viktor stood amidst the crowd, allowing the foul stench emanating from the monster to wash over him.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">He raised his head, looking at the terrifying creature before him, its body engulfed in ck mes. Magic power began to surge steadily within him.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">[Devotee of the Goddess]
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">This term did not refer to the follower of any specific goddess. In the game, it was the name of a ss of monsters.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">These creatures had an extremely fanatical faith, their stance twisted to an extreme degree.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">As if having lost all reason, they instinctively acted against any beings opposing their stance, not even sparing their own kind.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">As devotees of a certain goddess, they were a collective consciousness, an embodiment of extremism.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The [Devotees of the Goddess] were not originally in this form.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Perhaps they were once humans, devout followers of a deity.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">But as time passed, these zealous devotees began to twist their stance to an unbearable degree, until faithpletely upied their reason, willingly transforming into the incarnation of their ''belief''.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Their bodies became numb due to mental control, eventuallypletely polluted by faith.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Normal devotees usually hold beliefs that are quite pure and righteous.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">They can even receive the pure favor of divine messengers.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">But in the eyes of extreme devotees, there is only absoluteness.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">So absolute that they believe themselves to be the divine messengers of the goddess''s will.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">In the distant northern frontier, the extreme righteousness harbored by Angus had attracted this hideously evil [Devotee of the Goddess].
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">These extreme devotees did not originate from within the empire.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Due to strict precepts and righteous guidance, the empire always maintained a highly bnced state.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Those chaotic devotees were almost all from goddess churches outside the empire.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Their faith in themselves had be obsessive to an appalling degree, to the point where even the goddess was utterly disappointed in them.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">But it was precisely because there was no guidance from the goddess that they became more convinced that everything they did was correct.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The extreme devotees, eager to prove themselves as messengers of the goddess they worshipped, constantly carried out distorted judgments in the world.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">They had only one purpose: to make the goddess descend to the world again.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">By any means necessary.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">At this moment, the ugly creature in the snowstorm endured the searing pain of its burning body, summoning countless thick, writhing tentacles from its dark body, breaking through the snow and attacking straight ahead.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Gwen swung her de, standing in front of Viktor.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The tentacles quickly reached Gwen''s front, but in the next second, they suddenly halted.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">They immediately twisted their direction,ing at Viktor behind her from all sides.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Viktor, however, just watched the frenzied ckness, unmoved.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The wind des rising around him seemed to turn into a storm, slicing all the iing tentacles.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The tentacles fell to the ground, constantly jumping, and finally turned into a cloud of particles, burning to ashes.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">At this moment, Viktor looked at the health bar that suddenly appeared above the devotee, his tone calm.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Is this all you''ve got?"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Lv40——
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The devotee before him wasn''t particrly strong. It even needed to hide its true form beneath the Delin mansion, using Jaxu''s body to scheme everything.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Perhaps Jaxu never existed at all.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">It was just an extremely ugly and self-lost void faith.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Soon, the ck formation under Viktor''s feet, like a gradually tearing curtain, turned into several wisps of smoke, drifting towards the monster''s body.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">And on the snow-covered ground, a huge green formation, apanied by red patterns, began to bloom on this vast snowy in.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The thinyer of snow visibly melted into water, flowing outwards.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The new soil beneath, silent for who knows how long, appeared before everyone''s eyes.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Under the intricate formation being constructed, green buds suddenly burst forth from the soil, growing rapidly.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The countless nts gradually poked their heads out from the endless white, dyeing the earth with the green of life.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">In the azure sky hung an extremely red sun, its dazzling light seeming to make this ce much hotter.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">It was as if the god controlling fire had focused its gaze on this eternally cold and silent ice field.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">[Verdant Fragrance · Scorching Earth]
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Everyone waspletely stunned. The endless white snow in was gradually dissipating.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The green garden, originally only a few meters wide, began to spread outwards.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">In the blink of an eye, the waist-high lush grass and flowers had engulfed the armored knights.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The knights stood dumbfounded, the thick greenery reflected in their eyes leaving them in silence.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">This was the Northern Frontier.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The extreme north of the empire.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">For hundreds of years, it had always been a ce of wind and snow, where winter never truly left.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Even in the hottest season, there would only be a few days without snow.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">And now, it was far from that season.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">At this moment, no one couldprehend Viktor''s power.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">To be able to casually change the weather and ecology of the Northern Frontier, what terrifying magic was this?
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The group of knights felt sweat pouring down their foreheads.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">They didn''t know if it was due to the sudden rise in temperature.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">But everyone knew very clearly.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Just moments ago, they were holding weapons, confronting this terrifying man.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Now it seemed, how foolish that was.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Under the scorching sun, the ck mes seemed to burn even more fiercely.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">''Jaxu''s'' torn voice continued to shriek its pain.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Trapped in endless agony, it kept crying out:
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Save—me—"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">This trembling and distorted voice traveled far, causing Ke, standing on the green, to shudder in her heart.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Even though the fleshy monster before her eyes waspletely different from the Jaxu in her memory, she had a very vague intuition.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">That evil existence was just like her brother.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Countless knights felt the shock of that shriek, their forehead sweat bing even more profuse.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Thick trees shot up from the newborn soil straight into the sky, their lush branches covering the open snow in.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">At this time, Viktor, with his hands in his pockets, spoke leisurely:
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Ke."
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hearing Viktor''s voice, Ke immediately snapped out of her trance caused by that distorted voice.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Before she could look at Viktor, his voice had already continued.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">His voice was soft, but everyone present could hear it.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"I''ve already thought of tomorrow''s news headline for you."
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Second young master of the Delin family attempts rebellion, kills father with own hands."
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Hearing this, Ke''s body suddenly trembled, looking at him in disbelief.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Her expression seemed to carryplexity, as well as immense pain.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">She opened her mouth, but every word seemed like a huge stone stuck in her throat.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">As a politician, she knew very well.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">For such an evil creature to appear within the Delin family, who ruled the Northern Frontier in the name of righteous knights.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">If this news were to spread, undoubtedly, it would be like slitting the throat of the entire Delin family.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">No one would believe in a righteous family that bred evil monsters internally.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The entire Delin family would be branded as colluding with monsters by the people of the Northern Frontier, and even the entire empire.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Viktor''s voice hadn''t stopped yet.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Want to protect the Delin family?"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Then, do as I say."
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">At this moment, Ke''s hands clenched slightly.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">She had no choice.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">At this moment, Ke suddenly remembered what Viktor had said before.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The hatred with the Delin family has just begun.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"...Alright."
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">This faint voice seemed to have used all of Ke''s strength.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The tragic death of her father, the misfortune of her brother.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">She, who valued family ties the most, felt this pain most acutely.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">But no matter what, for now, they could only get through this crisis with such a reason.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Seeing this, Viktor''s eyes showed a smile.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"You''ve made the right choice."
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Suddenly, the constantly trembling wind stopped abruptly.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The dazzling light of the sun gradually dimmed, but that scorching temperature still burned the ck evil.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The world gradually became pitch ck.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The bright sun in the sky seemed to be suddenly reced by a pure white moon, and the surroundings became pitch ck as if plunging into the void.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Could even time be influenced?
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The knights, looking at the utterly silent darkness, were filled with boundless shock.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">But suddenly,
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">In the endless darkness, an extremely bright white formation appeared.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The twitching of magic power gradually made the formationplete.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The sky seemed to be divided into two moons, with faint moonlight illuminating the earth.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"That... that''s not the moon!"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Those are eyes!"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Someone among the knights seemed to have noticed something, suddenly shouting in the darkness.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Everyone looked up to see an extremely ck, unidentified object gradually appearing in the sky.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Although it blended with the surrounding darkness, somehow, they could all vaguely make out the strange outline of that eerie object.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The two round moons turned into eyes, the huge body holding a scythe, as if watching Jaxu on the ground.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Chaos System Magic — [Moonlight]
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Whoosh!
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">In an instant, the sharp de of that scythe shed through the endless silent darkness, forcefully cleaving open an extremely dazzling white line in space.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The sharp de pierced deeply into the monster''s body.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Instantly, the evil creature felt a strong, excruciating pain, but no wound appeared on its body.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Instead, it felt a powerful sense of splitting in its spirit and soul.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The huge ck shadow swung the scythe again, shing down once more.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Two intersecting white light appeared in the surrounding darkness.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">As if to tear apart the entire space.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Finally, as the white de marks gradually expanded, the darkness slowly disappeared.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The dazzling light of the sun once again entered everyone''s eyes.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The knights, looking at the constantly painfully writhing mass of flesh, expressed their doubts.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Is the monster... dead?"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">If it could still survive under such a powerful attack just now, how strong must this evil monster be?
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Recalling the scene from earlier, all the knights thought that such powerful magic could probably only be used once.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">After all, even mages have their limits.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">So, everyone focused their gaze on that devotee, quietly watching the monster''s frenzied convulsions.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Countless maws and tentacles on its body kept twitching, seeming to be in extreme pain.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">A chaotic and distorted voice still transmitted slowly.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"You—can''t—kill—me—"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"You—can''t—kill..."
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Before the words were finished, the voice seemed to be suddenly cut off.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Is that so?"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Then, let''s,"
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Viktor quietly looked at it, one hand slightly raised, suspended in mid-air.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">"Do it again."
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">A crisp snap of fingers suddenly rang out, and in the blink of an eye, the sky once again fell into endless darkness,pletely covering the world.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">A touch of moonlight, once again sprinkled on everyone''s faces.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">As those two bright moons reappeared in the sky above, it was as if a hunter hidden in the depths of darkness had emerged.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">The boundless shock once again upied the minds of all the knights.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Making them feel.
<span style="vertical-align:baseline">Utterly nk.