Chapter 18 The Immortal Apostle (5)
Hestein could not bear Crodisi's provocation like this. Crodisi closed his eyes and rushed forward with his sword. In the blink of an eye, he came to Crodisi. Under his rapid swing of the sword, the sword in his hand even turned into a white light and shot straight at Crodisi.
Crodis responded with the sword, but his body immediately turned into a phantom, and it broke into pieces under Hestein's sword, disappeared into darkness, and there was no trace of voice.
What followed was that darkness turned into a physical body again, pressing the weight on Hestein!
Hestein struggled to stand up and swung his sword with all his might, but these swords had no effect on Crodisius who had closed his eyes. He focused on finding where Crodisius was, and his eyes even burst into blood. But Crodisius had already transformed into a darkness around him, so where could he find it?
Every minute and every second, the pressure on him was intensifying. No matter where he went or wherever he avoided, he was attacked by Crodisius. But he had no effective counterattack!
"Come out!" he shouted, "Come face to face!"
"I didn't hide. Every sword you swung really slashed on me."
Crodis's calm voice sounded in the space:
"But I am the apostle who controls the fifth element. It is not wind, fire, water, or earth. It is not these ordinary matters. Aristotle calls it Ether, it is the "element", the immortal essence, spirit. No matter how sharp the iron sword is, how can it destroy the spirit?"
The next second, Hestein's body was crushed to the ground. The huge weight pressed against his head and neck, making him unable to even lift his head. He howled unwillingly, releasing all his magic power, but the fearful power of the world, which was called the "King of Wild Beasts", was like a drop in the ocean in front of this huge space, and even the waves were not stirred up.
Then, he inevitably lost consciousness.
The boundless darkness began to shrink with the sun, moon and stars. Not long after, the room changed back to its original state. Crodis poked Hestein who was falling to the ground with a crutch, but Hestein did not react at all, like a dead person.
"In this way, it's a matter of accomplishment."
There was no joy on Crodis's face. He knocked his crutch on the ground and walked all the way to Mary's window. With a wave of his sleeve, the heavy bed was lifted up, revealing Mary hiding below.
Like Hestein, she lay motionless on the ground and fainted. Because she got into the bed, her gorgeous clothes were covered with dust.
Crodis's eyes swept across Mary's body in a plain manner, as if she was just a stone everywhere. But he saw him pointing his cane on Mary's forehead, quickly drew a symbol on it, and then said, "Get up."
Mary opened her eyes suddenly. After seeing the scene in the room, especially Hestein who was lying on the ground, she hugged her body and shrank to a corner of the room with great fear, and asked Crodisius in a trembling voice: "Who are you?"
"Me?" Crodis replied lightly, "It's just a believer in the Orthodox Church of Abraham."
But even Mary knew that those who could enter Versailles and defeat Hestein were definitely not ordinary people.
"It was him who forced me, it had nothing to do with me." She screamed with her head in her arms, "It was him who forced me to drive away the Abraham church. If I disagree, I will kill me. It's all because of him!"
At this moment, she no longer had the temperament of a young lady, but became an ordinary, frightened little girl.
Crodis looked up at the ceiling and sighed:
"I know. I know everything. Including your past, present, and future destiny - Xingchen has already told me that you will die in this turmoil."
"I... will die..."
Mary's voice kept shaking.
"No...it's impossible...brother...he...brother will come back to save me."
"Your brother will die in this turmoil. This is a destined fate, and you cannot disobey it."
"You...you...you...you're talking nonsense..."
Mary's voice was so loud that she couldn't hear it clearly.
"But I'll give you a chance." Crodis lowered his head and looked at Mary on the ground. "If you can use it for me, then I might try to help you change the fate of death."
"What do you...you want to do?"
"In addition to the current siege of the Bastille, there is another siege near Paris, and it is about to go south. The leader of the rebel army is an acquaintance of mine, destined to have a fierce battle in Paris, and she will lose it meaninglessly. However, before this, I want to try again whether this fate can be rewritten. It happens that there is a person here who cannot see through it."
Crodis pointed at Hestein, who was lying on the side with a crutch.
"He is not dead. I know you fed him the blood of Carolin, so now, use your brutal Wayus to give him a command to go north to destroy the chaos. Now he can't fight back, you can play the magic with peace of mind until it succeeds."
"That way...you can let me go...and my brother?"
"You misunderstood. It's not me who wants to kill you. I can try to save you, but I may not succeed. As for your brother, I can do nothing. He is destined to die on the guillotine, among the angry voices of the people. Later generations will judge him in this way-he is such a evil man."
"No, no! Brother, he is a very good person!" Mary shouted in grief, "I understand, Hestein is right. You Abraham Church is preparing to let my brother die! I will not make any deals with you, get out, get out of here!"
"It's such a pity. Sure enough, your death is also a fate that cannot be changed."
Crodisius raised his cane slightly and drew another circle in the direction of Mary. So Mary fainted again. But Crodisius's movement did not stop there. He put the cane on the ground and knocked it at a certain frequency. With each knock, his magic power emitted a strange ripples.
Not long after, a slight echo came from a distance. Crodis closed his eyes and walked along the echo, walking all the way out of the room and through the corridor.
When he opened his eyes again, what appeared in front of him was Juvaus, who was emitting light.
"Jiuvaus, who stole the core of the Longineus gun, decorated it with gold and gems, and then imposed a little bit of simple magic, was circulated as the Almani Holy Sword that can be used by 'Only Pure Blood Caroling'. Ridiculous, sad."
He grabbed Juvayus with disdain. In his hand, the holy sword emitted a more dazzling light than when it was held in Mary's hand.
"Hestein, go and stop Scipio from going south."
Chapter completed!