Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel

"Surrender? What a joke! Do you want us to become puppets of the Primordial like you?"

With a cough of blood, Sebastian weakly scoffed.

"What a pity, my lord's world... does not require anomalies."

Angus wore a look of regret.

He waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Allied Forces raised their crossbows, aiming at Sebastian and others who were surrounded in the center of the square.

The brilliance of the Magic Energy Formation gathered, each bolt covered by the power of the Legendary Clergy. With a light "release" from the Chief High Priest, they shot toward the crowd like a rain of light.

When Charlotte teleported over Falling Star City, this was the scene she witnessed.

And when she saw the once prosperous and beautiful city reduced to ruins, saw the faithful, young and old alike, being slaughtered by the Allied Forces, saw her loyal followers trapped in danger, the fury in her chest ignited instantly.

A deity's wrath turns the world upside down.

In a moment, a golden-red radiance erupted, illuminating the entire square with blinding light.

The rain of arrows froze in mid-air as if time had paused, the allied soldiers massacring believers in the city stood still, and the clergy and Allied Forces besieging Sebastian in Red Palace Square were frozen like wooden sculptures, then... suddenly ignited.

Golden-red flames soared into the sky, instantly engulfing everyone surrounding Sebastian in the square. Screams echoed one after another.

And when the flames dissipated, all the clergy and Allied Forces, including Chief High Priest Angus, were completely wiped out, leaving charred corpses scattered across the ground...

Stunned by this sudden change, Sebastian and the others were dumbfounded.

Only at that moment, a familiar yet transcendently cold voice came from the sky:

"Since you uphold the Primordial so staunchly, then be reduced to ashes with it."

Charlotte had descended.

Amidst the golden-red glow, she appeared before Sebastian and the others.

"Everyone, sorry for your hardships."

Looking at Sebastian and the others, whose expressions were in turmoil, Charlotte sighed.

However, the thrill and joy she expected did not appear on Sebastian and the others' faces.

On the contrary, when Charlotte's gaze fell on them, she saw terror in their eyes.

Especially in those who understood her best, Nisi and Sebastian.

"Meow! Your Majesty... no, you, who are you?!"

Nisi stared at her face, horrified.

Hmm?

Charlotte was momentarily stunned.

Dark red blood unknowingly gathered in the square from all directions, blood from the fallen soldiers and the slaughtered Dark Night Believers.

In the pool of blood, resembling a dark red mirrored surface, Charlotte saw her own blurry reflection.

She was smiling.

A bizarre and exaggerated smile.

Charlotte felt a chill creep over her, and with her change, her reflection also showed shock, but the smile did not vanish. Instead, it looked even more eerie.

Realizing something, Charlotte pulled back her sleeve and looked at her arm.

Her fair arm emitted a soft, dreamy, beautiful glow, yet beneath the skin, dark lines were visibly spreading.

That was the force of the Primordial.

The Primordial... had contaminated her.

'When did this happen?'

Charlotte's gaze turned solemn.

But she did not panic.

The power of blood surged within her. Charlotte summoned the Blood Holy Scripture, starting to inspect her own state.

As she unleashed her divine power, Charlotte was shocked to find that somehow a considerable amount of Fallen Primordial Power had accumulated within her body!

With a thought, she triggered her [Devour] ability, and those fallen primordial forces were quickly devoured and assimilated by her.

However, just as she assimilated the fallen Primordial Power, more of it appeared within her.

Furthermore, as she continued to [Devour], Charlotte noticed that the devouring ability of Blood Divine Power, which had always countered Primordial Power like a nemesis, was starting to weaken!

In other words, for this world, the [anomaly] of Blood Divine Power was vanishing!

Charlotte's expression became solemn.

The [anomaly] of Blood Divine Power was the key she and Lilith relied on to combat the Primordial, and now this key seemed to be losing its effectiveness!

Moreover, as more Fallen Primordial Power accumulated within her, she suddenly noticed her consciousness also becoming sluggish.

This discovery made Charlotte shudder, bringing to mind another even more dire possibility...

When she observed her Divine Soul from within her consciousness, she was horrified to find that her own Divine Soul had begun to be contaminated by the Primordial!

Divine Soul!

It was a Divine Soul born from the Otherworldly Soul!

It was the fundamental reason she could devour the Primordial and ascend to the highest, and the reason Lilith chose her—the Otherworldly Soul, unaffected by the Primordial's control and erosion, and now... this core of resistance against the Primordial had a crack!

Not only that...

When Charlotte noticed the pollution of her Divine Soul, she immediately used Blood Divine Power for [Purification]. Despite its difficulty, the Blood Divine Power spread, indeed weakening the pollution on her Divine Soul. However... as the pollution on her Divine Soul weakened, the pollution on her body began to increase.

Charlotte continued to control the Divine Power to devour the Fallen Primordial Power within her, but... as she devoured the Primordial Power within her body, the Primordial Pollution in her Divine Soul revived, appearing and rapidly growing!

Charlotte finally realized the severity of the problem:

'It's the will of the Primordial...'

'The will of the Primordial wants to choose me as the new container for resurgence from myself!'

This was a situation that was once impossible to occur, after all, she herself was special.

However, as her specialness began to fade, this least likely scenario was becoming a rapidly approaching reality!

Charlotte had a vague guess about why this was happening—

'Because I have reached the level of Creation, because I... have established a tighter connection with the Mireya World!'

'My power comes from the Mireya Gods, and the Creation I have achieved is inevitably closely linked with Mireya!'

'In other words, because I have established a tight connection with the world, I am no longer considered an anomaly by this world, and now I... have been accepted by this world.'

'But this is not a good thing, because I am no longer seen as an anomaly, my power has also started to merge with the Primordial, my specialness... has also developed a gap.'

'The stronger my power becomes, the weaker my uniqueness!'

Charlotte quickly realized the essential reason behind this.

The closer to Creation, the more you lose your uniqueness.

And the Primordial is using this point, attempting to erode her, contaminate her, to descend from her!

Not only that, because she has now devoured the Divine Powers of the Holy Royal Court, essentially reaching [Creation Level], but precisely because she has just awakened, she has not yet fully mastered her current power, which can be said to be the moment when her control over her own power is weakest!

If the Primordial were to erode and possess at this moment, she would be hard-pressed to resist.

However, the worst case still happened.

The power of the Primordial is rapidly expanding within her!

"Hehe, Dark Night, you no longer need to struggle, as I have said, you are destined to fail, this is your fate, and also... the inevitability of [history]!"

A light laugh echoed.

Charlotte raised her head, only to see Sebastian, who moments ago wore an expression of terror, now sport an eerie and exaggerated smile, looking at her calmly.

No.

He can't be referred to as Sebastian anymore.

He seems to have transformed into "Helios," but Charlotte knows, it isn't "Helios" speaking, or rather, the "Helios" she knows is not the Helios in the full sense.

In that instant, Charlotte realized:

He... is the Primordial.

"Sebastian" wore a smile.

Not just Sebastian.

Nisi, Albrecht... all surviving followers wore the same eerie smile, calmly watching her.

This horrifying scene even made Charlotte somewhat dazed.

She suddenly recalled the time she crossed over, when she was tied to the cross by her cheap grandmother...

She recalled that night, recalled that evening when the waiters displayed uniform smiles.

Those smiles, exaggerated and eerie.

Pregnant with meaning.

The eerie smiles of the followers gradually overlapped with the smiles of the waiters from that time...

No...

They were the [exactly the same] smiles.

They were the smiles viewing [sacrificial offerings and vessels].

"Dark Night..."

"Sebastian" spoke again:

"All powers in this world belong to me, the highest in this world can only be me."

"When you entered my world, from the moment you accepted the Transcendent's power, your end... was already destined."