From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

Chapter 456 Tallying the Battlefield

Under the cover of night, the land was scarred and barren. Chris, who had been lingering around to stall for time, suddenly furrowed his brow when he noticed the relentless bombardment had abruptly stopped.

Why had it ended?

He soon witnessed a shocking scene.

The "Destroyer," who had been boastful in the sky, now fell headlong, without the support of his own spirit, he soon died thoroughly, devoid of any power whatsoever.

"..."

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Chris silently stepped forward to examine the body, which indeed was just a high-level alchemical puppet.

He had no idea what had happened.

The famed "Destroyer," the innovator of many new-age technologies and one of the two Cardinals of the Reforging Church—a person of great importance—had died so suddenly before him.

Yet, his Spiritual Power was slightly boiling. There was no doubt that he was considered to have killed him, although he definitely was not the one who dealt the fatal blow. However, participating in this matter was enough to make the promotion ceremony effective.

That was enough.

As the sharpest dagger of the Dawn Church, he didn't want to delve into other matters.

The Seventh Tier of the Path of Tranquility was drawing ever closer to Chris.

At this moment, the Valer Army was finally declared completely defeated. Not only was the King of Vallere, who had just recaptured his throne, killed, but one of the high-ranking Cardinals of the Reforging Church and the "Destroyer" Daniele also died in this battle.

All members of the Fischer family finally breathed a sigh of relief. Relatively speaking, the battle had been quite easy; not a single family member had fallen, and the greatest cost was merely two years of life taken from all their devout followers, nothing more.

In fact, in this world of Extraordinary Exponents, due to the presence of Forbidden rare artifacts, everyone was psychologically prepared for the loss of lifespan.

They didn't find this unacceptable at all.

Karl did not redeploy Irene in the form of a Divine Envoy to the battlefield, because he needed her for a more critical role later on.

If he used her now, she would not be available later.

Meanwhile, as they crushed the Valer Army, the Kania Army's fleet was still sailing, soon to reach Emerald Lake Province in Southern Cyart.

As for the Rhea People's army, they began a fierce battle with the "Furious Angel" Jones family in Ahornblatt Province and quickly achieved victory.

Fortunately, the "Furious Angel" Jones family, having been forewarned, was prepared, and the main family members had all retreated early.

Thus, Ahornblatt Province in Cyart quickly fell into the hands of the Rhea People. However, all of this had been anticipated by Darren who knew this involved trading space for time. If Ahornblatt Province couldn't be held due to insufficient manpower, then it was only temporary to relinquish control to the Rhea People.

Saving people over territory, strategically, was the right thing to do.

The main force of the Cyart people remained unscathed, and one of the main forces of the Three Kingdoms Alliance was completely annihilated. Even though it appeared as a slight failure for Cyart on the front lines, it was actually a strategic success for the Fischer family!

A few days later, a new family meeting was taking place in the underground hall of Fischer Manor.

"Oh great Lord of the Lost, once again we have secured victory under your protection!"

Archer, filled with excitement, knelt on the ground, looking up at the many Forbidden rare artifacts placed on the altar.

"Oh great Lord of the Lost, we dedicate everything we have obtained from the enemy to You, hoping that you will continue to protect the Fischer family, the Dawn Church, and those devout believers who have always believed in You and relied on You with your Divine Power!"

Members of the Dawn Church all knelt on the ground.

Karl silently watched the scene from mid-air.

Very good.

The Fischer family had once again lived up to his expectations, beautifully resolving their opponent in this battle.

After tallying the battlefield, the Dawn Church had obtained several more Forbidden rare artifacts.

In this clash, aside from the "Steam man" who luckily escaped, all other opposing Monarch powerful experts were annihilated by the Dawn Church, ultimately leaving behind eleven powerful Forbidden rare artifacts.

Among those Karl found impressive were the forbidden rare artifacts with triple-digit and double-digit identification numbers, totaling five.

Forbidden Rare Artifact·Sixty-one

"Three Times Ashes"—a highly useful forbidden rare artifact capable of providing three opportunities for rebirth.

Its mechanism differs from that of the "Death Retrospection" artifact, which, although reusable, can only be effective once in a short period.

Although the former can only be effective three times in total, it can be effective three times consecutively in a single battle.

Moreover, the costs required by the two are drastically different.

Forbidden Rare Artifact·Sixty-seven

The "Huilo Crystal" can trap all enemies bathed in its light into a deep slumber, from which they cannot awaken unless a special method is employed.

At that time, Darren was instantly controlled by the light of the "Huilo Crystal". If not for his exceptionally unique "Black Tide" power capable of negating some of the sleep effects, even someone as powerful as the current Darren would have slept forever.

It is undoubtedly a very powerful controlling force, especially useful in battles at the Monarch Level, surpassing most Mental Magic.

Not every Monarch powerful expert possesses an all-encompassing defense without blind spots, and some Monarch powerful experts cannot withstand such tactics.

Apart from these, there are three more triple-digit forbidden rare artifacts, which are the main attractions.

The first is identified as one hundred seventy-seven, named "Poison Green". The virulence contained within it is extremely powerful and terrifying, so much so that even a being with a robust life force like Darren couldn't heal on his own.

He constantly depended on his immortal flesh, and it was only upon returning to Archer that he was cured of the toxin by the "Origin Spirit Sea"; otherwise, he might have had to use his life force to neutralize the toxin, enduring months of agony.

The only drawback is that "Poison Green" needs to make contact to be effective.

The fourth forbidden rare artifact, identified as five hundred seventy-two, is named "Echo".

It appears as an unremarkable black ring, but it holds a very special power. Any extraordinary power that can be projected, once passing through the black ring, can create a special "echo" that continues to be effective.

Those extraordinary powers that were originally "instantly effective" become "long-term effective" after passing through "Echo". Although "Echo" is an auxiliary forbidden rare artifact, it can play a core role for some Extraordinary Exponents!

However, using it comes at a significant cost, randomly losing a part of one's memories, varying from a few days to several years' worth of memories.

The fifth forbidden rare artifact, identified as eight hundred eighty-six.

The name is "Book of Restoration".

It appears as an ordinary-looking old book, aged yellow and tattered, yet the function of the "Book of Restoration" is significant.

Any information written in the book can restore a part of the true situation; writing down the cause can reveal some of the effects, and writing down the effect can deduce some of the causes.

For example, if one were to write a known fact directly in the book: "Someone ate an egg at eight this morning."

Soon, the "Book of Restoration" would supplement the information: "Because the egg was spoiled, he had diarrhea at noon, and as a result, he met another person, who is..."

Of course, it isn't fully effective; in fact, King of Vallere used it once before a battle to uncover the significant secret hidden by the Fischer family. However, since the detection target was Karl, the "Book of Restoration" failed to reveal any useful information.

But the unfortunate King of Vallere still paid the price.

Every time the "Book of Restoration" is used, it causes a part of the knowledge in the user's mind to completely vanish randomly.

After borrowing and using it, King of Vallere lost the knowledge of how to drink water and had to relearn the ability to drink water over some time.

The terrify aspect about it is that the cost required is completely random, and theoretically, it might make the person forget something essential like "breathing".

Therefore, for those in possession of the "Book of Restoration," renting it to others is arguably the best cost-effective use of it.

Nowadays, all these forbidden rare artifacts have fallen into the hands of the Fischer family.

They could hardly wait to sacrifice all of them to the great Lord of the Lost!

The power of the forbidden rare artifacts, once transformed into rune power, also completely eliminates the required costs, which is undoubtedly a great advantage possessed by the Fischer family!