Although the dark clouds had completely covered the entire city of Kohor, blocking out all sunlight and making Kohor seem as if it were plunged into night, the changes in the sky did not immediately cease.
A bolt of lightning suddenly streaked through the dark clouds in the sky, like the drumroll signaling the opening of a theatrical performance. Following it, streaks of electric snakes appeared, weaving through the dark clouds, forming a dense electrical net.
Immediately after, a fierce gale began to rage beneath the dark clouds. Strong winds swept through the city streets, blowing away loose wooden frames, and everyone sought shelter from the powerful winds and the debris of broken wood and stones they carried.
However, this was just the beginning. The gale in the city continued to intensify rapidly, so much so that even some rooftops could not withstand its force and were blown into the sky.
At this moment, someone looked up at the sky in terror, shouting loudly to those beside him and pointing upwards.
From the dark clouds in the sky, a dozen or so tornado-like tentacles emerged. They rapidly extended downwards, finally reaching the ground, sweeping across the city. Countless objects were sucked into the air, and even some people were carried away.
The disaster continued to escalate. Lightning, which had been gathering in the dark clouds for a long time, began to fall as the tornadoes touched the ground, striking various buildings in the city. Some wooden structures instantly ignited, turning into balls of flame. The fire, fueled by the wind, spread continuously, as if the entire city had been engulfed in a sea of fire.
These lightning strikes were so powerful that even the Black Goat altar was not spared. Everyone in the city saw the top of the towering altar struck by countless lightning bolts. Immediately after, all the Black Goat followers in the city seemed to hear an angry shriek, and then saw the Black Goat God statue standing atop the altar turn into a ball of flame.
"My Lord!" Even the most slow-witted Black Goat God followers realized immediately that their god seemed to have been defeated by Linde Terra. The collapse of their faith caused them to kneel on the ground, weeping uncontrollably.
However, the disaster did not end with their cries. Fist-sized hailstones began to fall from the sky, smashing into buildings, creating numerous pits. Those directly hit by the hailstones suffered severe head injuries, and not a few died instantly.
The mercenaries on the city walls were already terrified by the sight before them. They completely forgot their duty to defend the city, opened the city gates, and ran outside, attempting to escape the city enveloped by the natural disaster.
However, when they reached the edge of the dense fog outside the city, they all stopped. This was because the people running at the front instantly froze into ice sculptures the moment they touched the dense fog. It turned out that this fog was not merely for obscuring vision; it also contained deadly power.
A sense of despair instantly arose among the mercenaries who had fled outside the city, and it quickly spread back into the city.
The appearance of so many natural disasters had completely shattered the will to resist of everyone in the city. All that remained in their hearts was fear and despair.
As a cry of surrender echoed through the city, countless people in the city shouted surrender. Even the high priest of the Black Goat Church could not bear the pressure of fear, letting go of his hatred over the burning of the Black Goat God statue, and, like everyone else, loudly shouted the word "surrender."
As the cries of surrender rose and fell throughout the city, the natural disasters falling upon Kohor gradually weakened and finally ceased.
When the gale raging through the city disappeared, and no more lightning or hail fell from the sky, everyone stopped shouting in unison. The entire city of Kohor fell into an eerie silence.
The oppressive dark clouds in the sky suddenly split open, and a ray of sunlight shone through the gap. Everyone looked up at the sky in unison.
"God! God!" Someone suddenly shouted, pointing at the sunlight, and there were not a few like him, because they saw Lynd, clad in Lost Country Knight Armor, suspended in the sunlight, looking down upon the earth like a god.
"Everything belonging to House Soyid, including all members of House Soyid, shall be gathered and sent to my Summerhall. All Valyrian steel in the city shall be Kohor's compensation to me. These are my demands," Lynd declared to the entire city of Kohor, using the rune power of the Cloudtop Bell. "You may choose not to obey my demands. In that case, the next time I return, I will destroy the entire city of Kohor and will not give you any further opportunities. Therefore, cherish my limited mercy!"
Having said that, without waiting for any response from the Kohor authorities, he flew back into the dark clouds. Immediately after, the dark clouds in the sky began to gradually dissipate, and the dense fog outside the city also dispersed. The weather quickly returned to normal, leaving behind only the desolate and utterly ruined city of Kohor.
Melisandre also emerged from her hiding place with others after everything returned to normal.
Unlike the others, her gaze towards the ruins and the distant burning Black Goat God statue showed no fear or panic; only excitement. She tightly clutched the holy emblem of the Lord of Light in her hand.
Unlike others whose faith had been shaken, her faith in the Lord of Light became even more devout. In her eyes, although Linde Terra already possessed god-like power, he was still nothing, so she believed that the power of a god would only be stronger.
Moreover, she believed that while Lynd had struck the Black Goat God altar with thunder and lightning and burned the Black Goat God statue, he had caused no damage to the Red Temple. This undoubtedly signified that the Black Goat God was a false god, and the Lord of Light was the true god. Even with his god-like power, Lynd still held immense reverence for the true god, not daring to harm even the true god's temple.
This also made her feel it was even more necessary to bring Lynd into the faith of the Lord of Light, which would undoubtedly lead more people to believe in the god of light rhllor.
Although she longed to go to Summerhall immediately and meet Linde Terra, she knew she could not leave Kohor in the short term, as this was the most opportune moment for evangelism for the faith of the Lord of Light.
Linde Terra's striking of the Black Goat God altar with lightning and burning of the Black Goat God statue would undoubtedly cause many people to abandon their faith in the Black Goat God, for how could a god who could not even protect his own statue protect his followers?
The Red Temple, however, could use Lynd's inability to harm the Red Temple as proof that the Red God was greater than the Black Goat, and thereby absorb these followers. This would definitely allow the faith of the Lord of Light to occupy this city-states more quickly.
As Melisandre considered how to spread the faith of the Lord of Light among the city's nobility and infiltrate Kohor's ruling class, the residents of Kohor, who had gradually recovered from the fear of the natural disaster, surged towards the upper city in unison, or more accurately, towards the Zoid family's mansion. They needed to seize all members of the Zoid family and send them to Summerhall to completely appease Linde Terra's wrath.
Not only the Zoid family's mansion, but also the Zoid family's businesses in the city were surrounded. Many House Soyid members and those working for the Zoid family were dragged out, bound, and their businesses were immediately sealed.
If Lynd had not mentioned in his recent demand that everything belonging to the Zoid family be delivered intact to Summerhall, the implicated Kohor citizens would probably have torn apart everything related to the Zoid family by now.
Facing the enraged citizens, the Kohor upper echelons chose silence. They merely instructed people to cooperate in arresting and confining all members of the Zoid family, while also dispatching people to clean up the Zoid family's various businesses. At this moment, they dared not play any tricks, nor did anyone dare to conceal assets. The shock and fear Lynd had brought upon them were too intense. Their only thought now was to appease Lynd and calm his anger. Even the high priest of the Black Goat Church dutifully ordered the collection of all Valyrian steel in the church's possession, preparing to send it along with everything from the Zoid family to Summerhall soon.
Various families in the city quickly distanced themselves from the Zoid family. All the benefits that Kos Soed had previously offered were re-collected by them, gathered together, and added to the Zoid family's property register.
Even some families that had previously intermarried with the Zoid family handed over everyone in their household who shared blood relations with the Zoid family, including not a few husbands and children among them.
Thus, the Zoid family, an ancient family of Kohor, was uprooted and completely erased from Kohor.
Facing this situation, the Zoid family had no way to stop it. They had attempted to resist, wanting to gather everyone and break out of Kohor to develop in other city-states, but not only their servants, but even the hired mercenaries and trained warriors did not obey these commands. Instead, they laid down their weapons, and some even voluntarily opened the gates, allowing the enraged citizens to enter the mansion and cooperate with the arrests.
When all members of the Zoid family were confined in their cells, they could only vent their grievances, fear, and anger on the family's high-ranking members. In their view, it was the stupidity and greed of the family leadership that had led them into their current desperate situation. They had completely forgotten that they themselves were among those who had made the decision to intercept the magical armor.
As the leader of the Zoid family, Kos Soed was naturally a primary target. Perhaps anticipating that the Zoid family would try to attack Kos Soed, a separate cell was specially found to confine the old man.
At this moment, Kos Soed had completely succumbed to a mental breakdown. His hair instantly turned incredibly white, and he sat on the prison floor like an imbecile, muttering something incoherently.
While the entirety of Kohor was cleaning up the Zoid family for Lynd, Lynd had already returned to his small boat.
However, he did not continue to propel the boat with psychokinesis. Instead, he lay on the boat, looking somewhat fatigued, and instructed Marwyn to set sail.
Although he did not use psychokinesis to control the boat, he still generated some wind to help the boat move faster.
Marwyn also realized that the grand spectacle just now had been a huge drain on Lynd, and that he must truly be tired. So, he followed the instructions, skillfully raised the sail, and expertly operated the rudder, gliding across the river and heading downstream.
As Marwyn had guessed, Lynd had indeed expended a considerable amount of energy this time, for he was attempting for the first time to mobilize all the Dragon Rune power contained within the Lost Country Knight set. Furthermore, this Dragon Rune power was enhanced by the Nameless King Rune, making its power even more formidable.
Also, because it was his first time controlling such immense power, Lynd's control over it was slightly off, directly leading to him dispelling the Black Goat God with lightning after being provoked by him.
When Lynd launched his attack on Kohor, he had already sensed the power contained within the Black Goat God statue at the top of the Black Goat God altar in the city.
This power was somewhat similar to Garth the Gardener's power in the Godswood of Highgarden, but not entirely the same, because this power was formed by using a portion of Black Goat God divine power as a catalyst, fused with thousands of years of faith from Kohor.
Although this power appeared in the form of the Black Goat God, which was a Black Goat with countless eyes and tentacles, it was not the Black Goat God, nor even an avatar of the Black Goat God, but merely a projection.
There was another similar power in Kohor, which was the god of light rhllor statue in the Red Temple, but it was much weaker compared to the other.
Under the apocalyptic natural disaster created by Lynd, the Black Goat God's projection directly provoked Lynd. At this time, Lynd was completely immersed in the identity template of the Nameless King; at that moment, he was the Nameless King.
As a god once named after war, the Nameless King would naturally not tolerate such a provocation. Let alone a mere projection; even if an avatar of the Black Goat, or even the Black Goat's true form appeared, he would still attack.
The result was that the Black Goat God's altar was cleaved by lightning, and the Black Goat God's statue, along with the projected power within it, were completely scattered.
And as the Black Goat God's projected power and the statue were destroyed, Lynd, like all the Black Goat God followers in Kohor, heard a painful roar, and he also sensed a gaze from the void. This gaze was the primary reason for the significant depletion of his internal magic.
Because this gaze was more like some kind of mark, attempting to penetrate his body, forcing him to use a large amount of Nameless King Rune power to dispel this mark.
Without the amplification of the Nameless King Rune power, the magic of the Lost Country Knight set alone would not have been sufficient to maintain such a grand display.
Fortunately, the people of Kohor surrendered in time. Otherwise, if the people of Kohor had held on for a little longer, he might have been forced to cease his attack and leave.
Fortunately, everything was developing as he wished. Now, he was just waiting to receive the fruits of victory. He believed that the Kohor authorities would not dare to defy his decision again, and even if they did, the citizens of Kohor would probably force them to diligently carry out his demands.
With the wealth accumulated by a thousand-year-old family like House Soyid, plus the artisans and other skilled individuals from the Zoid family, Lynd believed that Summerhall's overall strength would see a leap forward after acquiring these.
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