Moreover, when they looked at the two Holy Knights, there was a fervent look of admiration in their eyes, hinting that there was a story behind it.
"Alas! Omnipotent Lord, I beg you to forgive my sins, pardon my transgressions, and let me find release soon."
"Such profane objects should not exist in this world."
The two controlled Holy Knights appeared outwardly battle-ready, yet inwardly sighed continuously.
Because those new Kin named [Heavenly Birds] were their offspring with the Mother of Monsters...
Initially, Byron narrowly escaped the fate of becoming a stud, but the two of them were not so fortunate.
Even more tragic, Echidna prepared a beautiful female body for Byron, the Father of Monsters—regardless of the outcome, at least the mother wasn’t disgusting.
What was prepared for them was a mutated [Tree of Life] that resembled a white, fat, constantly wriggling insect package like a queen ant or queen bee.
They had neither quality nor quantity, and in the shortest time, a large number of forces were produced, giving birth to these half-human, half-beast creatures that only called "Big Brother" and "Daddy," the Heavenly Birds.
The two Holy Knights, who never yielded even at death’s door, developed strong psychological shadows and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Yet their bodies were controlled, unable to resist at all.
"Could this be the price for opposing the Holy Spirit Followers, [Myriad Wings Angel]? Is it the Lord’s punishment for us?"
"Perhaps in this Era, the Holy Spirit is indeed the true Messiah."
Their faith in the creator remained unshaken.
But among the Trinity of [Holy Father], [Holy Son], and [Holy Spirit], they involuntarily began to shift slightly from [Holy Son] towards [Holy Spirit].
"Mortals, get lost, do not hinder the clown!"
The Capricious Joker’s eyes were fixed only on the ring in Echidna’s hand.
A pair of phantom hands atop shot out puppet threads, and the nearby tentacles and Kin turned against them, blocking the three.
Priestess’s own body emitted a sound of a lever being tightened, ready to go all out, rushing straight to the Mother of Monsters’ body.
Despite never succeeding all these days, Priestess remained persistent.
At that moment, a voice as cold and eerie as a corpse resounded in the Divine Kingdom, chanting the epic of the [Ring of the Nibelung]:
"...The curse of the ring will bring death to its wearer, it brings neither joy nor fortune.
Whoever controls it will be filled with worry, and those who do not control it will be envious.
Everyone wants it, but no one can profit from it..."
In the chaotic battle, the two Holy Knights and the Evernight Queen immediately saw the strange intruder.
He was dressed in a long black robe, wore an exaggerated wide-brimmed hat, his hair was disheveled, and his body was all bone without any flesh.
Countless dead souls swarmed out from his teeth and bones, helping him tear apart the omnipresent roots and tentacles.
The newcomer walked straight up to everyone without a scratch.
Do not underestimate the intelligence system of the Church, the strongest power in the Material World.
The two Holy Knights’ pupils shrank simultaneously upon seeing this figure, hearts pounding:
"This is... the Divine Incarnation of Voodoo Sect’s Chief God, [Sub-Corpse Eel King· Samaedi]’s incarnation [Gatekeeper· Regba]?
How could He return to the Material World?
No, this is a Fifth Order Divine Incarnation!"
In the Voodoo Sect’s system, [Regba] is the medium linking humans with the Chief God Samaedi, the most superior [Gatekeeper] among all Loa Gods.
In any Voodoo Sect ritual, Regba must be first worshipped, and after the ritual ends, this deity must be worshipped again.
Because no matter which Loa God is communicated with, they must first praise the Supreme God [Sub-Corpse Eel King, Samaedi], then call upon Regba to open the gates between the mortal and spiritual worlds.
After that, they request for Regba, skilled in the spiritual language, to summon the intended Divine Envoy or Loa God.
If a wizard forgets to invite Him, the divination ceremony will inevitably fail.
Therefore, it can be said that Regba holds the key between the two worlds, controlling the door to the Spiritual World.
As a Death God by nature, opening the gates between the Material World and the Edge of the World comes easily.
This [Gatekeeper] Divine Incarnation, after chanting the epic, was not influenced by the [Nibelung Ring] and walked straight towards the Capricious Joker.
"I have come as promised.
Mr. Clown, forget that fake ring, we should leave now."
The effects of the [Nibelung Ring] are not unrecoverable.
Because it’s a one-time Holy Relic, normally, once it’s grabbed from the Monster Mother’s corpse, it would disappear, preventing a protracted war among gods.
But the [Gatekeeper]’s way of rescuing the clown was more ingenious.
He took out a transparent jewelry box from his bosom and, with a mere shake before the Capricious Joker, the latter shivered and suddenly regained clarity.
Inside the jewelry box was a tiny, unremarkable metal particle, about the size of a grain of rice, with a half-complete rune on it.
It was identical to part of the ring on the Monster Mother’s hand.
It was truly a part of the genuine Nibelung Ring.
After the [Nibelung Ring] shattered in the war of the Pantheon, many of the Old Gods snatched fragments of this Zero-Level Sacred Relic.
The Sub-Corpse Eel King, Samaedi, was one of them.
The fragments were so small that even knowing its epic was of limited use, but using the real one to counter the fake one’s allure was feasible.