The whistle blew long and deep, and the black shadow kept approaching in the depths of the steam mist behind Shade until it formed a huge brass wheel ring.
The dazzling aura radiated by the life ring completely dispelled the black and white world. The madly spinning life ring absorbed the power of the evil god statue and the ancient evil spirit demon, and even the power remaining in the palm print on the chest.
The silver blasphemous element almost turned the entire life ring into a silver halo, and the chains of sin that were dancing wildly around Shade also underwent a new change at this moment.
They are disrespectful to the gods and even wantonly change the world they know. Compared to most people in this world, the strangers who come from afar are indeed very arrogant.
Stranger, you have touched blasphemy.
Disrespecting the gods, changing fate, interfering with time, and looking down on all living things. When your sword pierces the image of the gods and peeks into the dark shadow of the stone heart hidden deep in the earth; when you once again peek at yourself in front of the evil stone mirror and see your own appearance, the sin of arrogance has already entangled your soul and spirit.
"So you like my arrogance?"
certainly.
On the heavy chain of sin, the fifth rune of sin was born. On the rotating life ring, the power of the evil god and the devil jointly engraved the third spiritual rune of the five rings for Xia De.
You have witnessed your own sins, and you have drawn upon the power of the evil demon, the Stone Mirror Demon Goethe.
Outsider, you have inscribed the silver profane rune of arrogance.
"I still underestimated you."
The demon disappeared out of thin air in front of Shade, and then reappeared intact not far in front of him, or at least it looked intact.
The black and white world completely faded away, and Xia De stood in the snow with his upper body naked. The two looked at each other in the snowy forest, and the devil clapped his hands while walking backwards into the distance:
"Very good, very good, it seems that you do have a chance to complete my task. I will be waiting for you at the end."
The greasy smile showed no sign of the fight he had just had with Shade.
“But I have to remind you that you have destroyed the statue of the great man, and you may be in big trouble next.
"It's not easy to find a powerful statue of a god. You are indeed cooperating with the Stoneheart Demon's cult. What conspiracy are you planning?"
But Shade didn't get the answer. He just watched the Stone Mirror Demon Goethe clapping his hands and retreating, then disappearing into the shadows of the woods.
It really left.
"oh!"
Until this moment, when the effect of the potion had worn off, Shade sat down in the snow without caring about his dignity, holding his chest and breathing loudly. Although he seemed to have the upper hand in the previous fight, in fact, he had not once been able to pose a fatal threat to the evil demon, and he himself felt extremely uncomfortable because of the invasion of the demonic power.
Fortunately, after the demon left, Shade found a new shirt to put on, and drank the holy water and the magic potion prepared by priest Augustus, and finally he recovered:
"Even though you were so well prepared, you didn't gain much of an advantage in the first confrontation. You are indeed an ancient evil spirit."
He closed the suitcase and turned to look at the life ring that had not yet disappeared:
"Arrogant, huh? A whole new power. Miracle-Moonthorn, Blasphemy-Arrogance, Whisper-Puppet... Miss Danister will be surprised the next time she sees me."
He chuckled, hid his life ring, stood up again, and looked at the dilapidated manor in the snow not far away.
"Sure enough, without Dr. Schneider, I am no match for this ancient evil demon on my own."
He walked towards the manor in the snow:
"However, I have roughly guessed who the intruders in the manor are... It really is taking advantage of everyone."
Although the unexpected encounter just now caused some damage to Xia De, it had little impact, so he pretended that nothing had happened. Facing the increasingly gloomy sky, after a short uphill road in the forest, he arrived in front of the abandoned manor.
Xia De was actually very curious about how the Orthodox Church in this diocese could not find such an obvious problem. But later he realized that the Stone Mirror Demon-God's hiding ability was very strong. Although it did not dare to expose itself to the church, if it just hid, it would not be a problem for this ancient evil spirit.
Unlike Oxenfort Manor, Watson Manor, which is closer to the city, does not have a towering wall to protect itself. Instead, there is a circle of iron fences erected outside the manor. Three years is enough time for the iron fence to rust and deform, and even some places have holes. Shade hopes that the thieves who broke into it are safe.
At the end of the uphill road, there was a signpost indicating the location of this place and the name of the village or town that led to the fork in the road. On the signpost, someone had written in red paint the words "We will all die" in Kasenrik, which seemed to fit the gloomy atmosphere here very well.
The gate was locked, but there were holes in the fence itself, so he could just crawl in. Shade stood outside the fence and looked inside, wanting to observe the specific situation first, but he immediately discovered a figure running quickly inside the manor.
"Have you entered yet?"
The figure was running fast, as if being chased by something terrible. After appearing in the window of the second floor, it quickly came to the third floor. After a long time, it appeared on the roof of the manor house.
Three crows were circling in the snow, cawing excitedly, and the person on the roof jumped down directly from it as expected. After tumbling to the ground in a somewhat awkward manner, he joined the two people who escaped from the first floor gate and the backyard, and then ran to the gate of the manor together.
Shade didn't see anything chasing them, but he was considerate enough to release magic towards the gate after the three of them walked around the dry fountain in the middle of the courtyard that was filled with fallen leaves and snow:
"Thorns of the Moon."
The red thorn bushes emerged from the snow, clambered over the fence gate, and then spread to the outer fence of the entire courtyard. Although this consumed a lot of energy, it was still much less than the consumption of spells such as "Power of the Earth·Healing Aura".
He carried his suitcase in one hand and watched the three people who had escaped from the courtyard desperately reach the door, then looked at the fence at the door in despair.
"I advise you not to attack my thorn bushes."
Xia De kindly advised them, but the three injured people simply wouldn't listen. The five-ring warlock stomped on the ground, and the stones protruding from the ground directly hit the fence gate, and then the stones were directly entangled by blood-red thorns, and the man who released the magic turned pale and almost fell in the snow.
His two companions hurriedly looked behind them and saw nothing. The bearded man said in panic:
"Friend, we have no ill will towards you. Tell me, what do you want in exchange for letting us out?"
"Identity, purpose, and the situation inside."
Shade's words were clear and to the point, and he understood that the demon's ridicule of these people just now was not without reason.
"We can't say."
The bearded man said it immediately, so Xia De showed a helpless expression. The bearded man's companion with many freckles on his face wanted to speak in panic, but was stopped by the bearded man.
"I actually know who you are."
Shad said:
"It's a follower of the god Stoneheart, right?"
The bearded man was startled, so he immediately pleaded:
"Yes, we are. Now that you know that, I will not deny my beliefs."
"What are you doing here?"
The bearded man hesitated this time, but after turning back again, he spoke in fear:
"We are working with a very dangerous guy, but he is too dangerous. Our other allies discussed with the high priest of the cult and thought that they should find something to restrain him, so they sent us here to find a weapon."
Shade breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he thought, even if the Stoneheart Demon's cult and the Blood Spirit School had an unknown deal with the devil, they would definitely not be unaware of the devil. After all, "not trading with the devil" is not just academic common sense. All ring warlocks know how dangerous the devil is.
"What's going on inside?"
"Demons have corrupted some souls, and a relic has merged with this manor... Let us out, let us out now! Oh, for the sake of us being human, let us out now!"
He suddenly became panicked. Even though he knew that the blood-colored thorns were dangerous, the three of them rushed towards the thorn bush without hesitation.
Xia De still didn't see anything else in the courtyard, but this didn't seem like an illusion:
"Tell me in detail what the relic is later."
"No problem, you can know whatever you want, just let us out!"
So Xia De snapped his fingers, and the bloody thorns disappeared like a phantom. He reached out to push open the gate of the courtyard, but his eyes suddenly widened:
"Crazy Land? How much power has eroded this place?"
The key to the door was used to force the lock open. When the door was pushed open, a gust of extremely cold wind almost made Xia De's right hand lose consciousness.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the three people inside the door filed out one after another, and then the fence door closed again with a huge force that Shade could not resist at all.
The three of them sat down in the snow and gasped for breath without caring about their dignity. The guy who was injured by Shade's "Moonlight Thorn·Red Moon" even coughed up blood while holding the snow, which made Shade wonder if he was infected with pneumonia or something like that.
Three moonlight rings were put around the three men's necks before they could react. Then a new sin chain with a rune emerged from under the snow like a long snake. Shad used his skilled "living rope trick" to manipulate the chains and tied up the three men's feet.
"What's going on?"
Shade asked, and took out the blasphemous cross again, scanning it in front of the three people one by one, to confirm that the three people had no abnormal reactions, in order to prevent them from being demons to deceive him.