Chapter 157 The Chosen Apostle
“I see, you are the Chosen Apostle.”
Its voice came from all directions, accompanied by vibrations and echoes.
Chosen Apostle? Li Wen frowned. “What is that?”
“An ancient legend.” Sparks flickered in its scorching pupils. “When the gods are far from the mortal realm, someone will always walk the earth on their behalf. They bear the missions and boons bestowed by the gods, acting as the will of the divine, thus they are the messengers of the gods.”
Li Wen knew about this, and in her past life, she had truly faced the so-called apostles. But what did “Chosen” mean? Apostles were chosen by the gods, so it should be “God-Chosen” if taken literally.
As if sensing Li Wen’s doubt, the other party calmly said, “Because some are destined to become apostles from birth. Even if they haven’t been born yet, even if they haven’t been chosen by God yet, even if they haven’t embarked on their path… but from the moment fate was woven by the goddess, their mission has already been determined.
“Those people are the Chosen Apostles. They will undertake missions far greater than ordinary apostles and will be able to see a different world that ordinary people cannot. Since you have ‘seen’ the Doomsday Twilight, you should be a Chosen Apostle, even if you yourself do not know it.”
See a different world that ordinary people cannot?
Li Wen pondered. She certainly couldn’t be a Chosen Apostle. She was merely undertaking the mission of the Strategy Team to save the world, using Urd’s Sting to send memories back to the past, which allowed her to know and witness the Doomsday Twilight. Everything the other party said and thought was merely a curious misunderstanding.
She remembered the Perfect Amber residing in the Temple in Amber City. That ancient and great being could see nonexistent mirrors and communicate with the figures within them. Did this mean that being was the legendary Chosen Apostle?
This question could not be answered for now. She estimated she would have to personally ask Perfect Amber back at Amber Temple. However, it was not important at the moment.
Li Wen thought, since the other party mistook her for a Chosen Apostle, she might as well let this misunderstanding continue. Perhaps, based on her identity as a Chosen Apostle, the other party would reveal the whereabouts of the Original Text.
But what it said next sent a chill down her spine.
“The Chosen Apostle, by following and practicing the principles of the gods, represents their destined greatness. I have never seen a living Chosen Apostle, nor have I seen if the blood they shed contains divinity. Or rather, can the Chosen Apostle be killed intentionally? This is truly a difficult question.”
The icy voice was like a death knell. Its pupils were blinding, but the scorching heat was gone, leaving only coldness.
Surging malice assaulted her from all directions.
Witch Form had already been deactivated, and the Emerald Star Cloak and Transcendent’s Eye, two life-saving items, were still on cooldown. Her opponent was an ancient being that had lived for an unknown number of years, so Li Wen directly gave up resisting. She was still a Player, and death would only incur a very small price. Surely this guy couldn’t bypass the game mechanics and truly kill her, right?
However, unexpectedly, or perhaps not unexpectedly, Moria immediately pointed his sword at the other party and calmly said, “Your Excellency, whose name is currently unknown, should be able to see that Miss Mephistopheles is a Transcendent of our Glorious Spectrum Series, and thus someone who serves Glor. Therefore, if you insist on taking her life, you will be opposing the Holy Church, and even Glor.”
As he spoke, Moria’s calm and resolute eyes seemed to ignite with flames.
The ancient existence then looked at him and fell into a long silence. Its furnace-like eyes flickered, and after a long pause, it spoke again:
“Glor has no mercy, and will not cast its gaze upon you.”
“You are welcome to try.” Moria said softly.
It fell silent again, and anyone could see its hesitation.
If the gods stood on a ladder, Glor would be the being at the end. Its greatness was unquestionable and indescribable. It, on the other hand, was merely a discarded pawn of fate and time, lacking the courage to glimpse even a sliver of Glor’s true form. After all, the existence that created it would not be willing to give up anything for it.
Rationally speaking, even in its era, when the followers of various religions were conquering and punishing heretics, Glor did not bestow grace or mercy. Now, it had merely killed two weak ants, so it was impossible for it to attract the attention of Glor or its divine apostles.
But some things cannot be completely determined by reason alone. Moreover, that human who was suspected to be a Chosen Apostle, it didn’t know which god stood behind her. If it was some unknown heretical god, it would be fine. But if it was an apostle of a pillar god, even a long-lost existence, it was not something it could casually handle.
The groundless and boundless malice receded like a tide. Li Wen breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that old guy had ultimately chickened out. As it said, Glor had no mercy, and the sun in the sky never cared about the survival of things on the ground.
Even if it had killed Moria on the spot, at most, it would only attract the pursuit of a few angels or living saints under the guise of the Eldest Son of the Holy See. As for the pillar of Glor, it wouldn’t cast a glance here.
“If the apocalypse has arrived, I would be happy to witness the demise of the Chosen Apostle, as it would surely signify a new birth. It is not yet time. I must quickly go to the void beyond and escape the apocalypse within.”
In the end, didn’t it still chicken out?
Li Wen quickly added:
“If you don’t want to die in the Doomsday Twilight, instead of chasing the elusive void realm, which may not be able to resist the invasion of the apocalypse, why not hand over the Original Text of the system creation to me? Perhaps then, everyone will have a chance to be saved.”
As soon as she said this, the atmosphere immediately turned cold again.
Those scorching pupils looked at Li Wen, and the flickering sparks within could ignite her entire soul in an instant.
“You said: Even the pillar gods can only remain silent under the Doomsday Twilight. Or are you more powerful than them?”
“I never said the latter part,” Li Wen’s tone was unchanging. “Other pillar gods may indeed be so, but what about the Twilight Pillar? The great being representing eternal and the end, and also symbolizing the Doomsday Twilight, must possess the power to stop the Doomsday Twilight, mustn’t it?”
The twelve supreme and great pillar gods each represented one of the twelve fundamental elements of the world. The Twilight Pillar represented the element of the world’s end, its law being destruction, and its duty being disappearance. What it carried out was the Doomsday Twilight.
The power embodied by the Doomsday Twilight was consistent with the Twilight System itself. This was the conclusion the Strategy Team had reached in their past life after exploring Amber City. This seemed to prove a crazy idea: the reason for the appearance of the Doomsday Twilight seemed to be inextricably linked to the death of the Twilight Witch.
Or rather, it was precisely because of the witch’s death that the Doomsday Twilight lost its restraint.
This means that as long as a new Twilight Witch is born, a being that can control the Doomsday Twilight, the catastrophe that could lead to the world’s destruction can be easily resolved.
And this was why Li Wen, even after personally witnessing the terrifying power of the Doomsday Twilight, still believed in and adhered to her conviction of saving the world.
