Last time at Watson Manor, the devil didn't use his full strength because he was still counting on Shad to complete the commission. This time, Shad has to deal with the complete Stone Mirror Devil - Goethe.
"The witcher's ring..."
Rather than the potion, which ultimately had a time limit on its effectiveness, it was more concerned about the ring on Shade's finger:
"I miss it so much. The Third Age seems like just yesterday. I miss those witchers. Although most of them were just ordinary mortals, there were a few who left a deep impression on me. I am really pleased to see this ring again in the Sixth Age. I just don't know if you understand what kind of power humans living in the Ancient Age possessed."
"Does the witcher you miss include the one who sealed you away after the fall of the Kingdom of Stonewell in the Sixth Era?"
Xia De asked. In just a few brief seconds, without any movement, the effectiveness of the golden potion had been exerted to the extreme.
"It's useless to try to anger a demon."
The demon reminded him, and Shade raised his sword in the snow:
"Are you ready then? This time, I will definitely seal you."
After he finished speaking, he turned into a stream of light and rushed towards the demon with a sword in hand. The demon watched Shade getting closer and closer. But when Shade took a step, his figure suddenly disappeared in the snow, and then appeared closer to the gate of the manor. After his figure appeared, he turned into a group of red butterflies very smoothly and flew directly outside.
"Run away? That would make me look down on you."
So Goethe turned into black smoke and chased after it.
The effect of the "Golden Potion" is not only limited to increasing the lethality to demons, it also significantly enhances the ring warlock himself.
Xia De, who transformed into a group of red butterflies, even pulled out golden streams of light during his flight. And the devil seemed to be playing a trick on him. The black smoke followed behind him and flew with him into the chaotic forest outside the manor that was on fire:
"I thought you were brave enough, why did you run away?"
The demon's whispers reached Shad's ears in the form of a swarm of butterflies, but luckily he couldn't speak in this state, so he didn't have to answer.
The burning cedar forest was filled with smoke. In the thick fog and blazing fire, Shad chose his own flight route. He knew where he wanted to go.
"You don't think you can escape, do you?"
The sound of laughter, rumbling and burning beeps mixed together, trying to disturb Shad's thoughts. But Shad had been preparing for this night for so long, and his plan had gone quite smoothly so far.
"Your end will be as tragic as Oxenfurt's. Your family, your loved ones, and everything you have will eventually fall into my control."
If Shade had not encountered different demons one after another last year, he might have really been affected by the whispers of the demons at this moment.
He couldn't maintain the red butterfly form for too long, and after returning to his own body, he continued to run forward without saying a word.
The flames were blocked in front of him by the devil's manipulation, showing different illusions. Shad was crying while holding a woman, Shad was shouting outside the burning house, Shad was kneeling in front of the grave and crying with his face covered... ...
But Shade ignored all this, he ran through the flames like he was running through a maze, ignoring the misleading sounds and various strange sights in his ears. The black mist transformed by the devil followed behind him, not attacking his vital parts, but constantly creating various wounds on his body surface.
And Shade would only turn around and point the blasphemous cross behind him when he was in danger, forcing the black fog to retreat a little, and then run forward again.
He just wanted to reach his destination now.
Finally, the wounded Shad rushed out of the burning forest and came to the Ailon River outside the Oxenfurt Manor.
Oxenfurt Manor is actually close to the Ailon River. There is a small dock outside the manor that is convenient for smuggling. In addition, Shad and Oxenfurt also passed the bridge here during their last horse race.
Shad rushed out of the fire and felt the power of the golden potion weakening. He also felt an obvious spatial barrier just on the other side of the ice-covered Ailon River.
He rushed towards the river, but stopped at the riverbank under the pressure of the demon. At this time, the blood on Shade's forehead slid down his cheeks, and a tear appeared on his back, revealing his bloody back. But it was all worth it. Although he would not be able to defeat the demon in a head-on battle, he won after all.
The demon's figure appeared in the black smoke at the edge of the burning forest, with his back to the manor and the burning jungle. In the distance were the noisy mountains in the heavy snow, and indistinguishable monsters flying in the night sky:
"Superstition holds that demons and blood-sucking species cannot cross the river because the water is clean. You are so anxious to go to the river. As a ring sorcerer, do you also believe in this superstition?"
Xia De shook his head. The firelight also illuminated the ice surface a hundred meters behind him red. He tried to stand up, but still chose not to call a doctor:
"Do you really know who I am?"
"You go by the alias John Watson, but you have an inexplicable and strange connection with the Godcaller. You have been involved in all the important events in the Randall Valley in recent months. But who you are is not important. What is important is that you made the wrong choice."
The demon on the shore looked at Shad, and the firelight on the shore illuminated Shad's face. Shad held a silver cross in his left hand, sliding down from the upper right to the left, and held a long sword in his right hand, sliding down from the upper left to the right.
Two bright moonlight rays intertwined in front of him to form a huge silver cross. The light at that moment was even brighter than the burning forest in the distance:
"Moonlight—Slash!"
It moved sideways and forward, and the silver cross containing golden power hit the demon on the shore. This time, even the ancient evil spirit did not dare to be careless. It took a step back lightly, trying to enter the mirror that suddenly appeared behind it.
But Shade's voice had already appeared behind it:
"Don't even think about leaving!"
He kicked the demon, trying to kick it towards the position of the Moonlight Cross that was about to arrive. But with a snap of his fingers, time stopped, the fluttering gray snowflakes stopped in the air, and the Moonlight Cross stopped in the air.
The demon turned around and grabbed Shad's ankle, throwing him to the ground. Shad supported himself with one hand, used the force to break free from the demon's hand, and then turned around and struck with a sword.
Kacha!
The long sword was caught in the demon's hand and then broken abruptly:
"I told you, this thing is useless!"
But then it had to dodge Shade's left hand, which was wearing the Demon Hunting Seal.
The black light from the demon's left hand shot towards Shad's left chest, but was immediately blocked by the silver blasphemous cross. The silver moonlight sword stabbed towards the demon's throat, but was also easily blocked by the demon.
While the demon was blocking the Moonlight Sword with his hand, Shade clenched his left hand with the ring on it and punched the enemy in front of him. The demon did not dodge this time and punched back as well.
After a loud bang, Xia De flew far away, landed on the ice and rolled several times before stopping.
"If that golden potion of yours could last longer, maybe you could actually gain the upper hand."
The demon looked at his hand, which showed signs of severe corrosion due to contact with the Demon Hunting Seal:
"You don't think that you can really hunt demons just by wearing that ring... What are you doing?"
It saw Shad crack the ice with his fist and then throw something in.
Panting heavily, Shade stood up on the ice. Even though the effect of the potion had worn off, his eyes still seemed to be glowing:
"You don't want to play games with me? I once thought about what would happen if someone stronger than you took Oxenfurt's soul in advance."
With a smile on his face, he slowly retreated on the ice, away from the demon and the hole he had smashed:
"I don't know many evil gods, but I know other things. It's just that my nun friend gave up my idea. Because she thought that Osenfurt was just an ordinary person, like most people in this world. I thought about it and thought that she made sense. His desires were not stronger than those of other strange guys I met, so I gave up the idea of letting other beings take his soul. Stone Osenfurt is just a very vulgar person."
A huge black shadow slid under the ice between Shade and the demon on the shore. Even the fire in the woods on the shore could not illuminate the shadow.
Stone Mirror Demon - Goethe, instinctively sensed the danger.
It squinted at Shade:
"What do you want to say?"
"Do you know why I chose the last reward just now?"
Xia De stopped retreating and took out the rolled-up note:
"Because I want to confirm once again what your attitude towards her is."
At this moment, Xia De even felt that his heartbeat was louder than the roar of the giant beast in the distance. It was already late at night, and the first thing of the night was about to end:
"Then I got a very clear answer: you are not as good as her."
"You are not—"
For the first time since Shade met this demon, a look of astonishment appeared on Ossenfurt's face:
"You lunatic, you actually called..."
Kacha!
With a clear cracking sound, the first clear crack appeared on the ice between Shade and the demon. The crack bulged upward, as if something under the water was trying to break through the ice.
The next moment, a strong earthquake caused a roar throughout the Randall River Valley. Amid the loud noise, the fire, the flying gray snowflakes, and the gazes of Shad and the demon, the entire ice surface of the entire lower reaches of the Ailon River for nearly a thousand meters exploded, and a beautiful and noble figure that could not be illuminated by any light, a huge figure that looked like a mermaid, jumped up from the ice, danced with the snowflakes in the air, and then landed on the floating ice on the other side with an elegant posture.