"I know he has heart problems."
Xia De nodded:
"You hint at a lot of things, and your pale face and almost emotionless lifestyle..."
Hela Osenfurt said that he loved her and she loved him, and they were willing to give their hearts to each other. When Shad came to visit for the second time, the two were painting in the back garden. The mistress of the manor grabbed Shad's hand and placed it on her chest, promising that the reward for the commission would be her soul.
These are actually hints:
"You died of a broken heart, and your husband also said that his heart died at that moment. If you were resurrected directly, you would probably die of a broken heart again."
He paused deliberately to observe the expression behind the veil, but unfortunately he still saw a calm look:
"Everyone needs a heart to survive. Since he didn't erase your memory, in order to prevent you from feeling the pain, troubles and sorrow, Stone Oxenfurt took away your broken heart and gave you a heart of stone that can't feel pain."
Xia De looked at her, and Hela nodded slightly:
"I'm glad you figured that out."
Because there are just too many hints.
"And in order to punish himself, he gave up his dead heart and put my heart in his chest to feel my pain and heartbreak at all times."
Hela said. At this moment, she finally looked at the figure by the window and showed some weakness:
"I can't feel pain, and therefore I can't feel love. He loves me so much, and I still love him. But I just remember that I love him, but I don't know how to love him. I really want to die."
She covered her chest:
"I may still be alive, but I am just living in nothingness. This is more tormenting than any torture. It's time to end it. Free me."
The two looked at each other, and Shade's mouth twitched. Things were more complicated than he thought. After looking at the affairs of the Ossenfurt family, he could only say that love and marriage were really terrible:
"What should I do?"
"The source of Stone's immortality lies in the Heart of Stone given by the devil, which is my heart. As long as this Heart of Stone is not broken, even if your weapon kills him, his soul will return to my heart at that moment."
This is similar to the soul box of an undead lich.
"So, I will be here watching you, and when your sword pierces his chest, piercing the heart that was once mine, I will take out my heart of stone and destroy it. Freeing him, freeing myself."
If Xia De had not woken up the woman in front of him, things would have been terrible.
"That is, I will stab the sword into the heart that originally belonged to you, and then signal you to remove and destroy the heart of stone."
"Yes."
Hela nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment and then said:
"I have one more request. When you kill Shi Dong, please take him away directly. I... don't want to see him again. I don't know how to face him. He has let me down, and I have let him down too. There is nothing to be nostalgic about. This life should have ended long ago."
Xia De really didn't know how to comment:
"no problem."
The pale woman nodded:
"I wish you a smooth operation, but please be careful of the devil. When you are done, please come back here to find me, and I will pay you for your commission."
She whispered that it was almost time and Shade was ready to leave.
However, he finally asked:
"So many things have happened, he has done so many wrong things that broke your heart, now, at this moment, do you still love him?"
“I remember this fact deeply.”
The voice behind the veil said, so Shad didn't ask any more questions and walked towards the door.
After passing the door frame, he appeared directly in the courtyard that was completely covered with gray snow.
At this time, the cedar forest surrounding the Oxenfurt Manor suddenly caught fire. The fire that rose up from the snow illuminated the courtyard and also illuminated the enemies waiting for Shad in the courtyard.
Stone Oxenfurt rolled up his sleeves and held a heavy stone sword in his right hand. He looked at Shade, who was holding a long sword, walking towards the door of the mansion. The two looked at each other in silence in the snow.
The strong wind blew the gray snow, which soon fell on Xia De's shoulders. For Xia De, this battle was without any suspense, and he would not lose.
Not wanting to waste any more time, without any warning, Shade moved with his sword in hand. He rushed forward with his sword, his boots stomping on the snow, causing snowflakes to fly everywhere.
Ossenfurt held the heavy sword in both hands, and the firelight illuminated his solemn face. The stone sword swung forward in the dark night, but the next moment, Shade's figure disappeared in front of him, appeared behind him, and then slashed towards his shoulder neatly.
"ah!"
A cry of pain came from Oxenfurt's mouth, and the long sword that destroyed his immortality slashed into the right side of his neck, almost cutting off his head.
Ossenfurt grabbed the sword and turned around, smashing the stone sword in his hand at Shade in great pain. But Shade also grabbed the other's sword with one hand, and did not let go even though he heard the subtle sound of his hand bones.
Osenfurt's head drooped to the left, and the two men held on for a few seconds, then let go and stepped back at the same time.
Ossenfurt used his left hand to straighten his head. The wound healed very slowly because of the special sword, so his head was only temporarily fixed. Shade raised the sword with his right hand, put his left index and middle fingers together, and slowly slid from the hilt to the blade.
The movement of the fingers caused the flowing flames to attach to the sword body until the entire sword was wrapped in flames.
Spellfire Attachment, this is a new ability given to Shad by Sister Defulin after the Battle of Pantanal, after she burned the evil creatures as firewood, allowing him to attach the primordial fire to his weapons.
After a short rest, both sides charged at each other again amidst the surrounding fire and the gray snow. This time, Shade did not use the power of space, but faced Osenfurt head-on. The latter exploded with all the power of the demon, his body was wrapped in black flames, and even cracks appeared on his right hand, with black lava flowing out.
Because Shade's sword was lighter, he was more flexible in swinging it. Chopping, slashing, stabbing, and picking, the long sword with flames almost formed a ball of light in front of Shade. And Osenfurt also swung his long sword to block. Amid the clanging sounds, the speed of both sides became faster and faster. Shade pressed forward step by step, while Osenfurt retreated step by step in the snow.
The collision of metal and stone produced sparks, and the sound of collision was almost continuous, echoing in the snowy night. Relying solely on physical strength and swordsmanship skills, Shade had gained an absolute advantage in this duel.
Oxenfurt held his breath and blocked every attack. The first-ring warlock was no match for Shad, whose real strength came from the power bestowed by the devil.
"I know all about your past, your pain and your unwillingness. But today is the end, Stone Oxenfurt. I have met many crazy people before, and today I want to ask you, do you feel that you have done something wrong?"
It had been a long time since Xia De felt able to fight with a sword so freely. He didn't need to worry about other means. He just needed to swing the sword forward again and again according to his own wishes, and then approach the enemy step by step.
He thought that after this matter was over, maybe he could find a sword master to practice with him, so as not to waste the sword skills he inherited from the Night's Watch.
"I have never been wrong. Everything I have done is in line with my own ideas."
Compared to Shade's calm words during the battle, Osenfurt spoke with a held breath:
"Even if I might die by your sword tonight, I have not made any mistakes. I have come this far step by step, and I am still myself."
He suddenly blocked the sword in Shade's hand, then jumped into the sky and landed above Shade's head. Shade thought he was going to attack from above, so he immediately raised his sword to block it, but he didn't expect Osenfurt to step on the air again. As black mist appeared under his feet, he jumped again in the air, and when he landed, he was already at the door of the manor.
"Double jump?"
Xia De was very envious of such skills.
After Ossenfurt landed, he turned his back to the burning jungle behind him, and the Ossenfurts, with their upper bodies naked and bandaged, and their bodies twisted like twists, trembled and walked out of his shadow one by one. This is the ability of the Stone Mirror Demon, it reflects the secrets in Ossenfurt's heart.
As for Osenfurt, his real body was like the monsters that walked out of his shadow, twisting its body crookedly, and his hands and feet became extremely uncoordinated as if they were controlled by silk threads:
"My cruelty, my viciousness, my cunning, and my love for Hela, all of this is me, this is my way of life. I will not allow anyone to change these."
Thirteen Stone Oxenfurts stood together, swords drawn, facing the Shadow against a backdrop of raging fire.
Xia De nodded:
"In that case, let your cruelty, your viciousness, your cunning, and your love all die together."
The anger in his heart because of the Oxenfort love story and the anxiety to return to the Wilde Opera House, at this moment, completely erupted in the fire outside the manor. The long sword in Shad's hand fell from above, and against the background of the surrounding fire, it split into an arc of moonlight, and then he rushed towards the Oxenforts.
Thirteen Ossenfurts raised their swords together, and the dark power drove the thirteen stone swords to shatter the moonlight strike. Then the thirteen people raised their stone swords together to meet Shad.
The rotating moonlight ring flew forward as Shad ran, and then he waved the dark chain of sin in his left hand, stabbing at the sinners who had committed serious crimes like a poisonous snake.
Thirteen people surrounded Shad, but it seemed like Shad surrounded the thirteen people. Ossenfurt, who had partial space teleportation power, flashed dark figures one after another and attacked Shad continuously, but Shad almost suppressed them with only the long sword in his hand and the chain in his left hand.
The sword light reflected the fire of the jungle, and the five-rune chain of sin had a stronger binding effect on the figures of the sinners. The moonlight bloomed in the snowy courtyard. While moving his feet, Shade swung his long sword in all directions, almost forming a whirlpool similar to a "sword dance".
The twelve figures were defeated one by one by the long sword, and after making wailing sounds, they exploded into black coal ash.
At the end of the battle, the long sword in Shade's hand fell from above, and under the background of the surrounding firelight, it cut off the stone sword in Osenfurt's hand. At the moment the stone sword broke, Osenfurt opened his hands with wide eyes, and then pushed towards the air in front of Shade in the flying snow.
The huge force failed to push Shad down, and the reaction force of this unknown magic instead made Osenfurt fly backwards.
"It's over - Moonlight Slash, fourth form!"
Shade, holding the sword in both hands, finally turned into a sharp silver arc of light in the moonless night. Almost in the next second, he caught up with Stone Osenfurt who was flying backwards, and pierced his body in the air together with the sword.