Chapter 818 - The Falcon’s Beacon (End)
“Anne, activate the King’s Protection!”
Rhode commanded. Anne stood up instantly and leapt off the altar with the steel shield in her hands. The mechanical gears inside the shield cranked and the shield changed its form where a white shield emerged from within. Anne plunged it into the ground.
In the blink of an eye, countless silver lines erupted from the shield and formed a crystal-clear barrier that shrouded the altar. At the same time, Chaos Beings crashed onto the shield like menacing waves.
Boom!
Anne’s footing shook, but held on with all her might. Rhode heaved a sigh of relief.
Despite Anne’s strength, she couldn’t possibly resist that many Chaos Beings. The terrifying part about Chaos Beings was their strength. Moreover, the Chaos attribute in them would contaminate everything that they touched. If Anne got into contact with them, she would be corrupted from her body to her soul entirely. Fortunately, Anne had a trump card.
[King’s Protection (Ancient. Bronze. Fantasy)———Rule Watcher: Immune from attacks with Chaos Attribute. Resistance to Rule Attribute +100]
Rhode didn’t expect that this ancient equipment that he had gotten from the Light Parliament would have a chance to shine this soon. He initially thought that the ‘Resistance to Rule Attribute +100’ would come in handy when Anne faced magic spells and sword skills. Unless they were incredibly powerful, they wouldn’t affect Anne at all. The King’s Protection was the most useful artifact for a main tanker, which explained why Rhode had chosen it. As for the ‘Immune from attacks with Chaos Attribute’, he thought that it would only be useful in the future.
But he didn’t expect it to be effective so soon.
“Christie, you…”
“I’m fine. Thank you, Lize…”
Christie smiled and turned to Rhode.
“Rhode, thanks for your help…”
“You are…”
Rhode sulked. He was familiar with that smile. But…
“You are… Christie?”
“Yes…”
That ‘Christie’ nodded lightly.
“It’s all thanks to you, Rhode. You helped me stabilize the spiritual path and now it’s my turn to help you…”
Christie slowly floated into the air. Lize widened her eyes in bewilderment. She had never seen this side of Christie. She turned to Rhode as though waiting for his answer. However, Rhode puckered his brows and gazed blankly at the floating little girl.
The instant Christie floated into the air, the Chaos Beings climbing over the barrier hurriedly fled as though sensing an omen. They let out terrifying shrieks while retreating as Christie extended her right arm.
Boom!
Countless purple lightning bolts struck out from thin air and exploded upon hitting the ground. In an instant, the Chaos door stopped operating and Gloucester’s voice sounded. This time, apart from the craziness in its voice, there was also obvious fear!
“… It’s you! Why are you here! Why!”
“Order exists forever over Chaos.”
Christie answered softly. A white paint brush emerged in her hand. Then, countless dazzling golden rays emerged before her and formed a huge empty canvas. She lifted the brush and painted all over it.
“That is…”
Rhode widened his eyes in astonishment. The painting was exactly the same as the scenery before them. The scrambling Chaos Beings, Chaos door, and this abandoned plaza. It was apparent that this Christie was a talent in painting. In only a few strokes of the brush, the entire painting had been outlined.
However, it wasn’t her talent that surprised them. Instead, the painting was moving on its own as she painted!
One by one, the Chaos Beings exploded and disappeared as an invisible force turned them into powder and erased their existence in this world. The pitch-black Chaos door also twisted, trembling before vanishing into thin air entirely.
The painting was finally completed. There weren’t any Chaos Beings or the Chaos door. There was only an empty plaza.
“No———!”
Gloucester screamed.
Rhode widened his eyes in bewilderment.
He swore with his identity as a player that he had never seen this before. As soon as Christie stopped painting, the Chaos Beings and Chaos door cracked, shattered and disappeared as though being erased from the face of this world. In the blink of an eye, they were nowhere to be seen.
“No———! This shouldn’t be how this ends! Almighty Chaos! This isn’t…”
Those were Gloucester’s last words.
Everything returned to its peacefulness with shattered rocks scattered all around the plaza and dancing flames illuminated the emptiness in this place.
Only lifeless silence existed before them.