Chapter 2286 The Blazing Sun Attacks
"Here comes the troublemaker, such a familiar aura." Lin Jiu was the first to sense that several soul auras were approaching them. As expected, they were the ones from the Sun Sect who were causing trouble. However, Lin Jiu felt a sense of familiarity from the soul auras of these guys.
It was not the feeling of this world, but he had encountered it in other worlds. This was not a bad thing. They were originally here to investigate abnormalities. The fact that the other party was strange proved that his plan was fine.
The group saw the guys who came to cause trouble. Leona wanted to see which guys were wrong, but when she saw the people coming, she basically didn't know them.
Lin Jiu's eyes swept over the three figures that appeared in their sight, and he recognized two of them. However, the guy in the middle who was holding a scale and had the strangest appearance was completely unfamiliar.
"Atres!?" Leona finally recognized someone. It was the tall and straight figure on the left, with muscles as strong as the trunk of an ancient oak tree. Every inch of his skin seemed to be forged by the smoke of war and the light of the stars, and he was surrounded by an inextinguishable fighting spirit.
He wore a war helmet, the top of which was like a sharp star, flashing a cold and sacred light. His eyes revealed a bloodthirsty look through the narrow eye mask. He held a shield and a spear, and his cloak fluttered in the cold wind behind him.
"It can be seen that he is no longer the Atreus you mentioned." Lin Jiu said calmly.
Since childhood, Atreus' goal was to join the military cult of Rakkor, "Lahorak", also known as the Templar. Atreus encountered a barbarian invasion during a patrol, and only two people survived the entire Rakkor patrol.
When the Sun Star Spirit refused to fight these invaders, Atreus and another survivor, his brother Pylas, vowed to seize the power of the Star Spirit themselves, and they decided to climb the top of Mount Targon.
Like many predecessors, they underestimated the cruelty of this climb. Before Pylas reached the top of the peak, his life was like a candle in the wind, and it finally trembled and disappeared. When the sky opens, only Atreus remains. He will become the carrier of the holy star spirit and have the power to avenge his grievances.
But the conditions for the war star spirit are undoubtedly much more demanding. Not only must you reach the top of the Titan Peak, but you must also meet Pantheon's requirements. As a warrior who has been defeated many times, Atreus does not meet the requirements and becomes Pantheon's body.
Atreus's consciousness was sealed in the farthest corner of his mind, and he could only see the war star spirit walking around the world through vague scenes. However, Atreus did not die, he became the new war star spirit Pantheon.
The star spirit that occupied his body was stabbed in the chest by the Darkin's God-killing Blade, and a sword was carved on the war constellation in the sky. As the star spirit gradually dissipated, Atreus woke up again.
Atreus, who survived by chance, understood that he had been looking up at the stars all his life, but he had never thought about the world under the stars. Mortals are different from gods. Mortals fight because they have no choice, because they know that death is always waiting. He saw this tenacity in all life, because the threat of death never ends.
Barbarian invaders are now threatening the northern settlements of the Rakkor, including the farm of Iura. Atreus realized that the barbarians and the Rakkor were no different, they were all mortals caught between two larger forces and suffering from strife. That's why Atreus had the same resentment towards the Darkin and the Protoss. They are all the same, they are the problem itself.
Facing the Darkin, Atreus ignited the weapons of the War Protoss with his own will and became a new War Protoss. Leona was not from the same era as Atreus. Atreus was a warrior who was active in the ancient Shurima Empire and experienced the Darkin War.
The reason why Leona knew Atreus was entirely because there were records and descriptions about him in the books of the Solari. As for why the records were left, it was naturally because the Solari of Mount Targon and the Ascended Army of Shurima had fought a war at that time. There are many reasons for the outbreak of war, and one of the most important factors is probably the dispute over faith.
Both forces believe in the sun together, which does not mean that they are as close as brothers. On the contrary, they may also clash for the orthodox faith. In addition, the Ascendants of the Shurima Empire who fell into the Darkin also caused serious damage to the Rakkor tribe, which is also a major factor in the war.
Diana, who was beside Lin Jiu, frowned and looked at the figure on the right, and asked: "Aphelios, why are you here? Have you abandoned your faith?"
Diana and Aphelios are also not in the same period, but Diana, as the actual controller of the current Lunari, does know the existence of Aphelios, the sharpest weapon of the Lunari.
That was the period when the Solari began to expel the Lunari, and the Lunari could only commit themselves to the shadows and live in caves and temples far away from the sight of the scorching sun.
In a rare lunar conjunction, the twin brother and sister Aphelios and Alune were born. When the moon is in conjunction, the mirror image of the moon in the spiritual realm coincides with its real body. The brother and sister who were born at this time were also regarded as the children of destiny by the Bright Moon Cult, which was not led by Diana at that time.
Aphelios' body is as strong as lunar rock, while Alune's magic is like the shadow of the moon in the spiritual realm. The two have been nurtured with fanatical piety since childhood, believing in mystery, meditation and enlightenment. They embrace darkness not only because of faith, but also because only darkness can make them feel safe.
Aphelios will use pain to empty himself and become a conductor of the power of the moon. Alune exists in the spiritual realm and lives alone, isolating herself in the fortress. The two of them together are the weapons needed by the Lunari, and pain and sacrifice connect them. Only when they are separated can they stay together forever, and their souls touch the two ends of the curtain, thousands of miles away, but incredibly within reach.
Lin Jiu was not surprised by the appearance of Aphelios and Atreus. After all, the Solari Cult occupied the Targon, the hometown of the Protoss, and now there is an abnormal situation behind it. All the Protoss possessed are used as weapons. Lin Jiu is not surprised. Diana and Leona are still normal, which is very lucky.
At this time, Lin Jiu's focus was not on these two guys at all, but on the figure in the middle. He really felt the familiar breath: "The power of the abyss? Isn't this a derivative world?"
Being able to feel the invasion of the abyss in the derivative world is what makes Lin Jiu feel the most incredible. What is a derivative world? It is equivalent to a small world created by Samsara Paradise through the core of the attributeless world. It belongs to the basic plate of Samsara Paradise. The derivative world can be invaded by the abyss. Doesn't this mean that Samsara Paradise is invaded by the abyss?
How is this possible? It is completely impossible. Lin Jiu's first reaction is that a force very similar to the power of the abyss produces an erosion effect, such as the mysterious "void", which may be the source of this invading force. But after thinking about it carefully, there is no description of the characteristics of this power in the background stories of the "heroes" born in the void, and it doesn't quite fit.