"If I had killed him that day, maybe everything would have been different."
Gerard shook his head, his tone full of regret: "You are just victims of the Four Pillars Cult... If you hadn't met him, you wouldn't have been bewitched, and your peaceful prison life wouldn't have collapsed."
"Ash Hiss is indeed the source of disaster."
"I don't have the habit of shirking responsibility, nor do I think I was bewitched." Langna said: "On the contrary, I am very grateful to him - if it weren't for this series of events, my ritual would not be completed, let alone gaining feelings."
"But you and I can agree on his positioning: he is indeed a charming person who can create an unpredictable stage of destiny and allow people to escape from their daily lives... wings."
"wing?"
"It allows those of us who are tightly bound by heavy shackles to fly. Isn't this what wings are?"
Gerard was no longer interested in listening to the victim's nonsense. He pointed his sword at Langna, and the miracle that he had silently prepared during the conversation was immediately activated. The moonlight turned into chains and tightly bound the only remaining prisoner.
"Congratulations on your love. Looks like you can repent and pray in the future."
Langna did not resist and said calmly: "The 15th of every month is the Bloody Night, which means the Blood Moon is closest to the earth; the 1st of every month is the Bloody Night, which means the Blood Moon is farthest from the earth."
"The Moon Shadow Clan has a characteristic: the hotter the blood moon is, the stronger the Moon Shadow Clan will be, and vice versa. Therefore, the Moon Shadow Clan is the strongest on the night of the 15th, and the weakest on the night of the 1st."
"And I am a traitor to the church, a disgrace to Moon Shadow, a beast that even the Blood Moon spit on." Langna's voice became louder and louder: "Only in the Bloody Night will I become complete."
"Look, now even the dark clouds can cover the blood moon."
Gerard looked up and saw a dark cloud floating across the night sky. The already dim moonlight was obscured by the cloud. The camp's lighting facilities had long been knocked down in the chaos. Without the moonlight, the camp became gloomy.
Bang!
The miracle chain on Langna was broken, and the thick shadows engulfed him, turning him into a hideous and evil deep monster. The darkness of the entire space seemed to become thicker, and for some reason, Gerard could actually feel the emotion of "hatred" in this darkness, as if hundreds of wolves were watching him in the darkness!
"Wow."
The deacon and the priests looked up at the scene, their mouths wide open in amazement, and they couldn't help but applaud: "How amazing!"
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"Hurry, make a wish, beg me, or I will throw you back."
Ash helped Igula through the virtual world passage: "I am Ash Seath, the leader of the Four Pillars of Gods cult. I can do anything. I was very kind to save your life without asking you to sign a slave contract. Now you don't even grant me a wish, so don't blame me for being cruel."
"Okay, let's sign the slave contract." The pale-faced Igula actually laughed out loud: "Do you need me to help you draw up a contract? I'll give you a 20% discount."
Shit, Ash wanted to just throw him to the ground and leave him there.
After entering the turbulent passage of the virtual world, Ash saw Igula lying inside, bleeding heavily. Igula had lost a large piece of flesh and blood due to the sniper attack of Gesas, and was just restrained by Gerard's blood spell. He fell to the ground and lost blood.
Igula was not a combat magician, and if he could hold his breath, he could still walk, but now that he was delayed, the intense pain overwhelmed his reason. Ash used "Kill Me Miracle" on him and found that he couldn't even stand up, and could only crawl on the ground like a baby. He couldn't bear to watch and helped him leave.
It would be reasonable for Ash to ignore him or kill him directly. After all, the friendship between them is as thin as sand, which will fall down with a gust of wind.
In addition, Igula is holding a wish for Ash in his hand. As long as this man doesn't die, Ash has to worry about whether Igula will suddenly call him out to do a handstand even when he takes a shit. It would be rational to take the opportunity to kill this male veela.
But Ash changed his mind and wondered if this was the male Veela testing him. If he really dared to take action or run away, the male Veela would immediately wish for Ash to go back and kiss Gerard's toes.
Igulla is a man who likes to play with people's hearts. He is despicable and shameless, and likes to harm others without benefiting himself. This is indeed a conspiracy he will carry out, and we must be on guard against it.
In fact, Ash had to admit in his heart that even though they had a mutually beneficial relationship, Igula did help him a lot.
Without Igula's plan, neither escaping from prison nor breaking into the virtual realm passage would be possible.
Ash had to be mentally prepared to do something like destroying a bridge before crossing the river.
For Ash, "Doing Bad Things" is an active skill that requires a casting time, and now the decision-making time is too short, so Ash can only choose to help him escape.
But Ash also had his own thoughts. If Igula used his wish here, then Igula would have no means to restrain him. However, Igula was well versed in game theory and knew that the trump card was most threatening when it was not used. No matter how Ash threatened or lured him, he would not give in. He only wanted to get it for free without paying, but his body was honest and leaned most of its weight on Ash, taking advantage of the cult leader.
The passage soon reached the end. Looking at the exit where the turbulent currents intersected, Ash exhaled: "Finally..."
"You're not going the wrong way, are you?" Igulla panted and said, "When you go out, you'll see Gerard with a surprised expression on his face."
"I wouldn't go the wrong way... That shouldn't be the case, right?" Ash said halfway through his sentence, not quite sure. After all, although the passage was one-way, it was hard to say whether the front and back directions had been reversed in order to help Igula up.
It’s all the fault of that bastard Igula. He made him doubt himself.
If I really go the wrong way, I must strongly request that Igula be transferred to another Blood Moon Prison, so that I won’t be ridiculed to death by him for the rest of my life...
With a mess of thoughts running through his mind, Ash mustered up his courage and helped Igula step into the unknown country.
What came into view was not a huge blood moon, but a lonely night and... a bright road stretching into the distance
The feeling of stepping on air and the strong sense of weightlessness that followed made Ash realize his situation instantly - another virtual passage suspended in mid-air!
This is why it is extremely difficult to explore the virtual channel: in addition to the incompleteness of the virtual channel and the hatred of different countries towards invaders, many explorers may fall to death as soon as they step out of the virtual channel!
By the way, Ash remembered that one of the blessing benefits that the priest gave to adventurers was 'Light Feather Suspension'. It turned out that it was designed to deal with this kind of situation!
He subconsciously spread his silver wings and shouted, "Igula spreads his wings!"
"Ah?" It took Igula almost a second to catch up with Ash's thoughts. By the time he spread his silver wings, both of them had fallen to the ground.
Or, fall into a cage.
Ash pushed Igula away from him and tried to stand up to observe the situation, but he saw Harvey also sleeping in the cage. At the same time, he smelled a very comfortable fragrance, like the smell of a quilt just after being exposed to the sun, and also like the smell of food before entering the house...
Ambush, trap... Ash subconsciously wanted to use 'Kill Me Miracle' on himself, but his thinking became slower and slower, and even his magic power began to sluggish. He turned his head with all his strength, and in his hazy vision he only saw a violet figure outside the cage.
"According to the prophecy in the Gospel, only three people from foreign lands will cross over tonight. Tie them up, put on lock collars, and leave immediately."
"I hope this gift will satisfy the Four Pillars of God."
(End of Volume 1: Ocean of Knowledge)