Only God
Chapter 320 - 277 Eternal Life Ritual

Chapter 320: Chapter 277 Eternal Life Ritual

The Flower Garden was full of thorns.

Mona couldn’t help but feel a bit panicked as she pulled out two or three bottles of Magic Potion from her bosom.

The secret technique for Eternal Life...

For the sake of her mother, Mona had conducted a Dream Ritual, seeking the method for Eternal Life from the Dream God.

The latter disclosed everything unreservedly.

Despite Mona’s psychological preparation, as the moment approached, she couldn’t help but feel nervous.

She glanced back at her mother from time to time.

That day, she saw Carlo’s confusion, but soon afterward, that confusion disappeared.

Mona couldn’t read minds; she didn’t know why her mother was no longer confused.

But she hoped, after this bout of confusion, her mother would understand what truly deserved to be valued.

Mona longed for a long-missed embrace with her mother, to affectionately call her "Mom," and then to sleep in her arms.

Not like now, masking her own identity, addressing her mother by name.

"Let’s begin, I am ready."

Seeing the Witch not moving, King Seleucus couldn’t help but urge her.

Mona snapped back to reality, raised her wooden staff, and stopped thinking further as she traced a complicated ritual pattern on the ground.

After quite an effort, Mona stepped back and took out a bottle of Magic Potion from her bosom.

The potion was a black paste, with hints of sparkling crystal reflecting in the sunlight—powdered rubies and sapphires. A heavy, enchanting fragrance wafted out from it.

This was the potion formula Mona had learned from the dream.

She poured all the Magic Potion into the center of the ritual pattern, the strong aroma coming forward, enough to slightly intoxicate even Mona, who was accustomed to dealing with Magic Potions.

But Mona quickly regained her senses.

"Your Majesty, please stand in the center here."

King Seleucus took a deep breath. As years passed, the long-cherished Eternal Life was within reach; it was impossible not to feel nervous.

However, his natural dignity quickly masked the expression on his face.

Carlo, by contrast, wasn’t calm. King Seleucus noticed her hands rubbing together, her eyes flickering, now looking at Mona, and then at the ritual pattern.

"Your Majesty, close your eyes and chant the prayer with me," Mona said.

Upon hearing this, King Seleucus subconsciously surveyed his surroundings, taking a deep look at the scenery of the Flower Garden before closing his eyes. In the deep hues of autumn, memories of the past came with the wind, lonely thorns scattered among them.

He closed his eyes.

"Chant the prayer with me," Mona said, timing her words.

King Seleucus closed his eyes, following Mona in reciting the ceremonial prayers:

"Oh, brilliant stars,

Immortal Divines, I praise your grandeur.

No one has walked the path of Eternal Life, I beseech you to lend your humble servant a helping hand,

Let death stray far from me, let me enjoy endless years

........"

While silently reciting the prayer, the fragrance before King Seleucus’s nose grew stronger, his consciousness gradually blurred, his royal robe billowing with the wind.

Carlo watched King Seleucus at the center of the ritual intently.

In mid-air, specks of light appeared, slowly descending towards King Seleucus.

The old woman’s trembling fingers also quietly chanted the prayers.

Just as the light was about to descend, if she pushed King Seleucus away...

She would take his place and possess Eternal Life.

King Seleucus sensed the light descending from the air; in his haze, he flicked through the scenes of his past life.

Conquering the lands, ruling the masses... as a king, since his coronation, he had had his share of happiness for dozens of years.

Now recalling, King Seleucus couldn’t help but feel a multitude of emotions.

Compared to the endless time after Eternal Life... such happiness was so fleeting.

The light slowly descended.

King Seleucus’s body gradually became scorching hot, and he began to feel bursts of stabbing pain, which contrasted starkly with the inexplicable cold wind that stabbed through his royal robes like needles and pricked his skin.

This intermingling sensation of cold and heat seemed like proof that he was stepping into Eternal Life.

Carlo slowly approached the ceremonial pattern.

Mona presided over the ceremony, unaware of her mother’s approach.

In the radiance of the glow, King Seleucus involuntarily convulsed violently, his figure swayed, nearly falling, but he still supported his body with his strong will, enduring the pain.

"Great Gods, the glorious Golden Age,

your servant is willing to exhaust himself for you, and dares not rest for a moment..."

Mona continued to chant the prayer, and naturally, King Seleucus followed.

The glow finally descended upon King Seleucus’s head.

Carlo clenched her teeth, and she violently charged toward the center of the ceremony.

In that instant,

time seemed to freeze, the surroundings turned utterly silent, with only the sound of the wind.

The moment the glow descended,

Carlo and King Seleucus unexpectedly touched the glow at the same time!

A massive wave of dizziness struck both their brains; Carlo, who was supposed to knock King Seleucus away, involuntarily froze in place.

She could see nothing; even desperately opening her eyes did nothing, but suddenly, strange visions appeared before her, various bizarre colors surged, and uneven blocks of color were richly intertwined.

The ceremony suddenly became utterly chaotic.

Both their souls trembled!

An unstoppable storm of the mind, along with layers of Illusion, washed over their consciousness.

Noticing the anomaly, Mona abruptly opened her eyes.

She stared in shock at everything before her.

Her mother, Carlo, and King Seleucus were both within the ceremonial pattern, seemingly about to share Eternal Life!

This ceremony... whether it was a failure or a success...

Mona had no ability to judge!

She gritted her teeth, reacted, and continued to chant the prayers of the ceremony.

At this point, there was no turning back; the only option was to follow through till the end.

...............

In the Celestial Kingdom, the Country of Divines.

In the Temple of the Fire God, Ninur stared in astonishment at the scene below.

The planned Illusion ceremony... at this moment it had gone awry.

And this mistake was exceedingly lethal!

Because of this, the Illusion was no longer perfect, and his original plan was doomed to complete failure.

After the ceremony, Seleucus would, after a brief ecstasy, start to doubt his Eternal Life, until he finally saw through the Illusion!

Anger surged through Ninur’s mind.

In an instant, the Temple at his feet was engulfed in great fire, fierce flames swirled, and the scorching air crowded every corner of the Temple, with smoke spreading in an instant.

The Fire God, Ninur, himself was like flames — quick to anger, except when dealing with loved ones, where he rarely showed patience and concern.

"Damned mortals!"

Ninur clenched his fists, full of raging anger,

due to the mistake in the ceremony, he could already foresee Seleucus seeing through the Illusion...

"Seleucus, my son...

I hope you remain immersed in the Illusion,

if you still do not see the truth,

then I shall have to warn you in the manner of a Divine!"

The Golden Age was when the Gods walked among the Mortal World.

Legends and epics were born at the hands of the Divines,

and accompanying the Divines was not just grace...

but also irrevocable disasters.

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