In the wilderness outside Azshara, Odis had members of the Trensost family set up an altar by the river.
The main structure of the altar is made of wood, on a platform about three meters high, and the wood is fresh, just felled, and still moist.
Then Odis placed a water vat on the altar and had the extraordinary beings of Trensost take turns "bleeding" on it.
At the same time, rice, goats, and flowers were placed on the altar.
A round, crimson moon hangs in the sky, another requirement for the ceremony.
Odis began to dip his brush in blood and write mystical symbols on the wooden altar.
As he wrote, he thought to himself: The mystical rituals of the vampires are indeed very bloody; not only do the sacrifices require blood,
Even the extraordinary materials used to write these mystical symbols are all made from the blood of extraordinary beings, and blood will be splashed onto the center of the altar later.
In short, blood was everywhere, and clothes smelled of blood.
While silently complaining, Odis finished setting up the altar, and the members of the Terensost family also finished bleeding, standing pale-faced below the altar.
Then Odis picked up a ladle and sprinkled three ladles of blood evenly in the center of the altar. He took off his shoes and stood in the blood in the center of the altar to officially begin the ceremony.
The members of the Trensust family waited silently beneath the altar, listening to Odis uttering a series of convoluted syllables. At that moment, the remaining blood splattered on the altar seemed to be driven by some force, and suddenly began to tremble.
It looked like it was about to float up from the ground.
Odis was speaking in the ancient language of the vampires, when he was preparing the auxiliary materials for advancing to Sequence 1.
I also learned some pronunciation techniques.
These syllables, imbued with natural spirituality, stimulated the spirituality within the flowing blood around them, resulting in what appeared to be a wondrous reaction.
Those incantations were merely the "opening" of the ritual, roughly meaning to ask the "Ancestor of the Vampires" to protect the ritual from disturbance and to bless it for success.
This is also why Odis was willing to help; firstly, the main source of the extraordinary power of this ritual was Odis herself.
In other words, he will be using his own strength to support the entire ceremony.
There's no need to pray to some random deity for power; to be precise, Odis's current power is sufficient to complete this ritual.
Secondly, the only part of the entire ceremony that requires a prayer to the "Ancestor of the Vampires" is at the very beginning.
Odis speculated that this was a fixed part of the vampire design ritual, as a sign of respect for the progenitor.
At a tarot gathering before this, he heard Emlyn the Moon mention that after becoming a demigod, he could feel the presence of the progenitor with absolute certainty.
Although there was still no response to the ancestor's prayers, Emlyn could clearly sense that the ancestor had not fallen.
He also communicated with other demigods of the vampire clan. Before they knew that the "Earth Mother Goddess" was the progenitor, they could clearly sense this and occasionally received revelations from the progenitor.
Therefore, the high-ranking members of the vampire clan have always firmly believed that the progenitor has not completely perished, but has only suffered severe injuries and is hiding somewhere, ready to return at any time.
Therefore, when designing the ceremony, a part belonging to the "progenitor of the vampires" is always included. This part is basically just to show respect and doesn't have much of a practical effect.
After the "opening" ceremony, Odis splashed three more scoops of blood, then took out the level 0 sealed artifact that the Ternsost family had long ago given to him and placed it in the center of the altar.
The sealed artifact is shaped like an exquisite crown, with the coat of arms of the Trensault family on it. The coat of arms appears to be naturally formed, not as if it were inlaid.
Odis began chanting the incantation to summon the spirit in the language of the vampires.
The general idea is that you need to recite "O soul, come back!" in various tones dozens of times, slowly and deliberately.
This step could actually be optional, because Odis probably sensed that there was a strong spiritual residue in the level 0 sealed artifact, and it even seemed that there was a fragment of a soul inside.
This should have been a pre-arranged plan by the "Night Emperor." Considering that the "Arbitrator" pathway is not proficient in necromancy, and its spirit body is not as powerful as the "Nether Emperor," it is possible to separate a part of itself. Of course, at the level of a god, splitting the spirit body is not too difficult, but forcibly splitting it would easily affect the "Night Emperor's" state.
The Night Emperor must have made some kind of arrangement within this sealed artifact, so that after his fall, a portion of his spirits gathered here.
However, just to be on the safe side, Odis recited the incantation exactly as described in the Iron Book.
Soon we arrived at the third and most crucial part of the ceremony: shaping.
The basic principle is to use the blood and offerings on those altars to create a body.
This requires the remains of the "Night Emperor" and a portrait that has a mystical connection to the "Night Emperor".
Odis realized that it was about establishing a mystical connection with the remnant soul of the "Night King" and then using incantations to reshape the flesh and blood.
This place needs to be "modified" because the remains of the "Night Emperor" can't be found at all now.
So Odis changed his approach, having "recreate" the historical "Night King" as a mystical connection to keep the ritual going.
Theoretically speaking, this method makes it easier to establish occult connections. After all, the ability of "mystical reappearance" is to use occult knowledge to establish a connection with real events or people, and obtain the corresponding power through this connection.
To put it bluntly, this is just a mold. Using the skeleton of the "Night Emperor" can only achieve a similar appearance, but the "reproduced" "Night Emperor" can achieve a similar spirit.
After seeing the portrait of the "Night King" left by the Trensus family, Odis "recreated" a figure on the altar that was almost identical to the "Night King" in the portrait.
He was a young man in his early twenties with brass-colored hair and a somewhat nerdy air about him.
Meanwhile, Odis chanted incantations and swiftly slaughtered the two goats.
Amidst the screams of the goats, the already cooled blood on the altar was mixed with steaming hot goat blood.
The crimson moon in the sky seemed to suddenly become brighter, and spiritual energy arose around the altar, as if the moonlight had solidified on the altar.
The two goats kicked wildly with all four legs, their eyes filled with fear, as if they had seen something on the altar that terrified them.
The box of rice, as if it had come to life, suddenly flew up and formed a small circle in the center of the altar.
Previously, Odis didn't quite understand why rice was used in this ritual, but now he realized that the rice reacted with the blood of the extraordinary, creating a thin "spiritual wall" on the altar to prevent the priests performing the ritual from interfering with the shaping process.
Odis continued chanting incantations, and then suddenly the goat's fur split open, and its bones and muscles flew into the center of the altar. The blood from the vat also formed a column of blood, which splashed onto the bones and muscles.
Odis immediately infused a large amount of spiritual energy into the blood of the altar, and the previously drawn mystical symbols around it lit up, forming floating, drifting symbols.
As the crown-shaped sealing artifact flew up, the flesh and bones seemed to be summoned by some kind of power, quickly forming a large, blood-red sphere.
The blood in the sphere instantly congealed, and suddenly it felt as if something was about to burst out from inside.
Odis breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was still infusing spirituality into his blood, he no longer needed to constantly "reproduce" the "Night Emperor".
Gradually, the creature struggling inside the "sphere" stretched out its hands and feet on the thin membrane of congealed blood.
The next second, the "sphere" cracked open with a hiss, and a humanoid creature rolled out from inside.
The humanoid creature was covered in blood, and its eyes had rectangular pupils, similar to those of a goat. Then it opened its mouth and let out a beast-like roar.
Odis immediately stepped forward, placed one hand on the humanoid creature's forehead, and began chanting incantations to awaken the "Night King's" consciousness.
This is the final step of the ritual. If the consciousness of the "Night Emperor" can be awakened, the "Night Emperor" will be truly resurrected, at least partially.
In fact, Odis had some doubts about the effectiveness of this ritual. He felt that it could only awaken a part of the Night Emperor's consciousness. After all, the Night Emperor had already fallen, and as long as his spirit and mental body could not fully enter this body, at most a partial resurrection could be achieved.
However, Odis still provided assistance because the ritual had a "self-checking" mechanism: if the resurrected "Night Emperor" was not clear enough or not intelligent enough, the resurrected life form would collapse on its own.
This leaves room for a better chance of revival in the future.
As Odis chanted incantations that seemed distant and ethereal, the humanoid monster gradually ceased its beastly roars.
Soon his eyes snapped out of their daze, and he began to let out painful cries that belonged to human beings.
Odis finished reciting the incantation recorded in the Iron Book, then took two steps back. At that moment, the moonflowers, already stained with blood, bloomed simultaneously, the crimson moon shining on the blood-red flowers.
Even as Odis retreated, he felt his spirit being nourished.
This is clearly strengthening the spirit of the newly resurrected "Night Emperor".
Odis had previously heard Emlyn mention that after becoming a demigod, he would be able to heal spiritual and mental illnesses and injuries.
Furthermore, the extraordinary individuals of the adjacent pathway "Cultivator" of the vampires possess the ability to stitch together spirit bodies even during the "Middle Sequence".
They are highly professional in "spiritual healing".
At this moment, the being Odis had just created through the ritual, using his own spirituality, looked up, panting, and gazed around.
Finally, the man's gaze fell on Odis, which opened its mouth as if to say something, but only uttered some syllables that no one could understand.
Odis observed for a moment and, seeing that the other party showed no signs of collapse, waved to the crowd below the altar.
Maxi and the other two demigods immediately leaped onto the altar and knelt before the figure, crying out, "Your Majesty the Night Emperor!"
The crowd below the altar immediately knelt down: "Your Highness, Night Emperor!"
Some of them were still savoring the bloody ritual they had just witnessed, while others were worried because the newly resurrected "Night Emperor" seemed to be a bit of an idiot, unable to even speak.
Others were excited because the "Night Emperor" had been resurrected, which would make the Trensost family even stronger.
Odis said, "It's hard to say whether the one who has been resurrected is the 'Night Emperor'. You should have someone take good care of him first. We can talk about these formalities after he can communicate."
"Yes, yes, yes," Maxi quickly replied. "Thank you for your help, Mr. President. We—we don't know how to thank you enough."
The Terensost family only had one level 0 sealed artifact, which had already been used in the ritual. Now they really didn't know how to thank an angel.
Odis smiled: "If the 'Night Emperor' is truly resurrected, I will make him pay his debts; you don't need to worry about it."
As he spoke, he leaped down from the altar and took off his blood-stained coat: "Notify me when he can communicate normally."
After saying that, he disappeared from the spot, but the blood-stained coat was still "standing" there.
Whew~
The coat suddenly burst into orange flames, burning to ashes in a second or two and scattering them on the grass by the river.
The members of the Trensault family exchanged glances; the scene they had just witnessed made the president appear very mysterious and powerful.
The following morning, President's aide, Parada, a member of the Trensust family, reported to Odis that the Night King had largely regained consciousness and was eager to meet with Odis.
Odis asked, "How does he look?"
"You seem to be in good spirits," Parada replied truthfully, "but you look a little weak."
Odis nodded and led Parada directly into the Spirit Realm. In fact, after becoming Sequence 2, Odis could enter and travel through the Spirit Realm without any abilities.
However, the "reproduced" Suzaku is even faster, so Odis rarely uses this ability.
If the destination is within Azshara, Odis will mostly use his own caravan, as he is generally away on official business at that time.
Today's visit was not suitable to be too ostentatious, so Odis quietly came to a manor that the Trensost family had bought in the suburbs of Azshara.
Guided by their spirit, they returned to the real world. Odis and Pallada were already at their estate in the countryside, where members of the Trensust family immediately came forward to greet them.
As soon as Odis entered the villa, he saw the pale-faced "Night Emperor" leading Maxi and others to greet him from inside. The "Night Emperor" was covered in blood last night, and Odis couldn't see clearly how much the person he "recreated" resembled the Night Emperor.
Now that he has been cleansed, Odis sees that he is almost identical to the "Night King" he has "recreated".
At this moment, "Night Emperor" was dressed in a knight's uniform in the style of Remburg. Although he looked a little weak, he was very imposing.
Before Odis could speak, the Night King knelt on one knee: "Respected 'Sage'."
Thank you for your help.
Clearly, the Night Emperor had not yet told those around him about the glorious history of the Sage. This scene stunned the members of the Terensost family around him. Although they were very grateful to Odis, they also knew that the Night Emperor's resurrection was thanks to this president.
But is it really necessary to perform such a ceremony?
That's the "Night Emperor" of the Fourth Age!
However, the demigods of the Trensost family quickly realized what was happening and knelt down as well, because they could see some notes and books passed down in the family and remembered a being called "Sage".
The other members then realized what was happening and knelt down before the president.
Odis smiled and stepped forward: "Rise, the 'Sage' has been reborn. Now before you stands Odis Gar."
"Yes." "Night Emperor" Terencest stood up and invited Odis to the living room.
After they were seated, Odis asked, "How are you feeling now?"
"Night Emperor" seemed to be in a daze for a moment before saying, "It feels like I've been in the long, long night for a very long time, and now that I'm suddenly back in the sunlight, I'm still a little unaccustomed to it."
"I know clearly that I have been resurrected, and I have a clear sense of self, but I always feel that my memories are incomplete, as if something important is missing."
Odis slowly nodded: "I suspect it's because your spirit is incomplete, but fortunately you seem to be in good condition."
He paused for a moment and then said, "My advice is to stop thinking of yourself as the 'Night Emperor' and just think of yourself as someone who has been reborn and become a different person."
Trensault paused for a second or two before taking a deep breath and saying, "This is indeed the best way."
Stop dwelling on your lost memories and consciousness, and try to maintain a good state of mind; that's already quite good.
Having finally been reborn, we shouldn't have too many extravagant desires.
Odis then asked, "What are your plans now?"
Trensoust replied, "I want to see how the world has changed first, and then figure out how to resurrect my queen."
The latter part of this answer exceeded the expectations of the Trensault family.
This was even beyond Odis's expectations, but he vaguely remembered that Trensus and the "Blood Moon Queen" did seem to be a "political marriage" at first, but later their relationship seemed to be quite good.
This can be seen from the fact that the "Blood Moon Queen" was able to help Trensust design the resurrection ritual and make advance preparations for his resurrection.
Odis pondered for a moment before asking, "Do you have any clues?"
"No," Trensost said. "Some of her arrangements should have already been destroyed. I can contact the vampires to see if they have any arrangements for the queen's resurrection."
Odis hummed in agreement, but did not continue the conversation. Instead, he suggested that Trensault take a look around Remnburg.
After chatting for a while, Trensault added, "I've just been resurrected, and I have nothing to thank you for."
Odis waved his hand and said, "I don't have any demanding requirements. As long as you are in good condition, I will notify you when you need to use angel-level power in the future."
"How about this, you help me three times for free."
Trensault suddenly stood up and said, "We cooperated more than a thousand years ago, but at that time we each had our own purposes and ideas."
"But I don't have that many thoughts now!"
He knelt down again and said to Odis, "Your Excellency President Odis Gar, please accept my allegiance."
Odis quickly helped him up: "We can talk about that later."
He thought to himself: You seem to have betrayed your previous allegiance, didn't you? And you even killed him.
"No, no, no," Trensault said. "I can't let myself, and I can't let my family, miss this opportunity again!"
Odis was about to refuse, but then he "recalled" the time when he had worked with Trensust in the Quaternary period.
Actually, the collaboration was quite successful. The "Sage" and the "Night Emperor" each got what they needed. Unfortunately, the "Night Emperor" fell just halfway through the collaboration.
Overall, Odis had a pretty good impression of Trensus.
Of course, that's mainly because the "Sage" won't treat the "Night Emperor" as a puppet, and the "Night Emperor" poses no threat to the "Sage".
Thinking of this, Odis smiled, then pondered for a moment before saying, "Please rise, if you wish to join Remnantburg—."
"No, I wish to join your organization," Trensault said. "I will fight for you forever."
Odis took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Alright, at your level, you are qualified to receive the same privileges and treatment as the founder."
"I'll organize a founders' gathering another day and introduce you to everyone."
Trensault said happily, "Thank you for your patronage!"
After respectfully seeing Odis off, Maxi, standing behind Trensost, asked, "Your Majesty—"
Trensault interrupted, "Didn't I just say? I'm no longer the 'Night Emperor,' I'm Trensault."
You can just call me "Your Excellency".
"Yes, Your Excellency." Maxi immediately changed his tune, "May I ask what kind of being the 'Sage' is? Why do you refer to President Gar as the 'Sage'?"
"That is a being even higher than a god." Trensost took a deep breath. "We should be grateful that the 'Sage' has been reborn, giving us the opportunity to express our loyalty to him."
He glanced at Maxi and said, "In the early Fourth Age, the Sage would never have allowed an ordinary angel to be his subordinate."
Maxi and the others were stunned, because they might have to make contact with the "Lord of Mysteries," and according to some information revealed by Odis, this god seemed to have some connection with the "Sage."
So they looked up information about the "sage" in their family, but there wasn't much information available, and the descriptions of this deity were rather vague.
Only today have Maxi and others come to realize the power of the "Sage," even the "Night Emperor" has to kneel before him, and they are proud to be his subordinates.
Trensworth paused for a moment, then continued, "I know, the President you're talking about, is the 'Sage,' I have no doubt about his aura!"
I just can't understand why the "sage" would allow himself to "fall" for a period of time.
The entire Northern Continent celebrated the New Year in a joyful atmosphere!
The war is over, and people no longer have to worry about their homes being suddenly invaded or their property being taken away.
Soon after, many people realized that there were more job opportunities after the war than before.
This is because most of the people who died in the previous wars were young and middle-aged men.
Some of them were soldiers who died directly in the trenches.
Some were captured and forced to build trenches and transport supplies.
In the latter half of the war, due to insufficient manpower, soldiers from countries such as Rune captured able-bodied men around the battlefield to perform auxiliary military duties.
However, these people had not received any combat training at all, and with the loss of the Rune position, they were almost all killed.
After the war, countries only compiled statistics on the number of soldiers who died in battle, but they did not know how many ordinary people died on the battlefield.
Another reason is that a year of war wiped out all the resources that countries had accumulated.
In addition to the accumulation of resources in various countries, the excess production capacity of various countries has also been exhausted, so many people have regained their desire to invest.
Finally, there was a lot of post-war reconstruction work, which resulted in more job openings.
Of course, among the five countries of the northern continent, Lenburg is an exception.
The war did not cause too much damage to the country; reconstruction had long been completed after the initial defensive battles.
Remnburg then began its process of external expansion.
However, the country has built many new industrial zones and cities, and the new factories have created a large number of jobs.
This massive industrial expansion continued even after the war, thanks to the numerous commercial cooperation projects agreed upon in the Joint Declaration signed by various countries.
Markets from various countries opened up to Rembrandt, and suddenly the mysterious yet practical Rembrandt goods appeared in shops in all the major cities.
This product, which was ahead of its time, quickly gained popularity due to its convenience, so Remburg's industry continued to expand. Under the unified plan of the Remburg government, state-owned enterprises invested their profits into a new round of construction.
In addition, Odis's expansion of the army resulted in a massive influx of wealth into Remburg, but the Remburg government was barely able to achieve a balance between revenue and expenditure.
Even if this money wasn't spent on residents' welfare, it greatly boosted employment in Rembrandt and significantly increased wages, leading to some improvement in the lives of ordinary people.
Even the two defeated nations, having not borne too much war reparations and having consumed their previous excess production capacity, have become prosperous.
The turbulent year of 1351 thus came to an end.
People will soon forget those who died in this war and begin to live with hope for the future.
January 10th.
The joyous atmosphere of the New Year had gradually faded. Odis went alone to the outskirts of the city and called out from a deserted hill, "Adam! Adam, can you hear me?"
He thought of many ways to greet Adam. At first, he thought of saying, "Adam, I have something to talk to you about."
However, this statement doesn't seem to be talking about anything good.
This is usually something an enemy says when they are forced to negotiate. It can even be easily misinterpreted as "Adam,"
Come here!
Odis then thought she could simply call him by his name, but that would sound like a plea for help.
In the end, we decided that this method was the best: directly ask Adam if he can hear us. If he answers, we have made contact with him; if he doesn't answer, we continue to shout.
Thinking of this, Odis smiled helplessly, feeling that she and Adam seemed too "estranged," which was why she thought so much.
In his "memory," his cooperation with Adam was still quite frequent during the Quaternary period.
However, Odis always felt that it was the collaboration between the "wise man" and Adam, not her own collaboration with Adam.
Odis always felt that her relationship with Adam was just so-so, and she didn't want to get too close to him.
After all, no one wants a friend who can see their inner thoughts all the time, but the Taoist Master doesn't seem to care about that.
Just as Odis was thinking this, a gentle voice suddenly reached his ears: "You want to cooperate with me?"
Odis thought to himself: There are advantages to being friends with such a person; at least it saves me a lot of trouble.
He said, "Yes."
Odis then recounted his deal with the "Demon King" Fabti, concluding, "The Celestial Master and I hope to use the 'Primordial's' arrangements on the 'Demon King' to influence the 'Mother Tree of Desire' in reverse."
Two or three seconds later, Adam said, "That's more like the Celestial Master's style."
He paused for a moment and then said, "I am willing to cooperate."
"Although the 'Mother Tree of Desire' wasn't severely damaged before, the 'Dust-Avoiding Bead' must have had some impact on it. If it can be further eroded, it can reduce a lot of pressure on Fabuti in the future."
"However, the 'original' will should not be willing to become part of the 'Mother Tree of Desire'. At most, it will only erode the other party briefly, and will not affect the other party continuously."
"Unless the uniqueness of the 'Demon' path is sacrificed to the 'Mother Tree of Desire.'"
Odis shook his head: "That definitely won't work."
He had already thought of this: "It would be good if we could erode the 'mother tree of desire' a little."
Even if we can't hurt him, we'll still cause him some trouble.
Adam added, "There's another problem. If the consciousness of the 'Mother Tree of Desire' leaves the 'Dark Side of the Universe,' then the original balance will be broken, and the 'Primordial' will may awaken within the 'Dark Side of the Universe.'"
Odis had also considered this problem: "The Celestial Master will temporarily help hold back the 'Dark Side of the Universe'. When the wills of the 'Mother Tree of Desire' and 'Fabuti' leave, the connection between the 'Dark Side of the Universe' and the Abyss will be severed." I had confirmed this with Fabuti beforehand. When we established a connection with the Abyss in reality before, the will of the 'Primordial' was not very obvious.
"Therefore, there is no connection between the 'Primordial' and the Abyss. When the 'Mother Tree of Desire' and Fabuti leave, the 'Dark Side of the Universe' will temporarily fall to the level of the Angel King because it only has two Sequence 1 characteristics in its body."
"This is the best time to kill him."
Odis took a deep breath and said, "However, we must act quickly. After all, the uniqueness of the 'Abyss' pathway lies within the other party's body, and we can quickly re-establish contact with the Abyss in the real world."
A few seconds later, Adam sighed, "The last ancient god is about to fall."