In the darkness of the shattered mirror, a familiar figure was approaching. Even though the night watchman had already begun to shatter the mirror, and even though Dr. Schneider was about to arrive, when Shade saw that figure, he still felt his heart completely stop.
The dark Shad Hamilton, who was exactly the same as the stranger outside the mirror at this moment, moved his hands left and right with an exaggerated amplitude, clapping, and walked out from every fragment deep in the mirror.
Countless eyes in the fragments looked at Shade and told him their deepest secrets:
"The greatest enemy of mortals is themselves."
The flying Rhodes cards and the surrounding snowstorm seemed to be still in Shad's eyes. It was not that the devil began to manipulate time again, but the moment he saw his own reflection in the mirror, the time in his senses completely stopped.
The figure of Shad Hamilton was reflected in the eyes of the stranger. Even though he could see himself in the mirror every morning when he washed up, the appearance of the devil at this moment told the stranger what he really was more clearly than ever before.
"Can you defeat yourself?"
No one noticed that from the cracks in the broken stone mirror, silver moonlight was slowly radiating out. The Stone Mirror Demon Goethe was the mirror demon, and in this mirror that actively reflected strangers, even Shad Hamilton's dark appearance became blurred in Shad's eyes.
Outside the mirror was Shad Hamilton, but reflected in the mirror was a dark Shad Hamilton. In the mirror was a dark Shad Hamilton, but what Shad saw clearly in the eyes of the stranger outside the mirror was a black moon.
"No, that's the back of the moon, that's..."
He didn't understand why he felt time had stopped, nor why he saw this. But the answer had already been in his mind. It was only at this moment, when he really saw his own appearance in the mirror, that he finally understood himself completely and knew what he saw:
"That's, the shadow of the moon?!"
The moment the answer came to his mind, the clapping figure in the mirror was drowned by the silver moonlight.
Xia De saw a black moon with his own eyes, and a real moon appeared in the mirror, a silver, flawless moon.
Ding!
Xia De didn't even notice that the sword in his hand fell to the ground.
Kacha!
Amid the blast, the stone mirror that reflected the moon didn't even last for half a second before it completely shattered, as if a steam bomb had exploded from the center.
The demon couldn't even maintain its original existence, and "degenerated" into the appearance of "Stone Oxenfurt" again, with dark blood flowing from his eyes and ears. He covered his chest and spit out blood, and appeared in the broken mirror fragments.
It could no longer be seen or heard, as if a hurricane had appeared directly in the courtyard of Oxenfurt Manor. Fifty-four Rhodes cards were flying around Shad, and thick steam fog was swept up by the hurricane, forming a huge white smoke column that reached the sky.
In the hot steam, the sound of a long whistle and the distant bells from ancient times rang out. The shadow of a huge brass wheel emerged from the steam mist until the entire shape of the life ring appeared behind Shade.
On the rotating life ring, the four colors of aura gathered together, but in the end, the golden miracle aura overwhelmed everything.
On this moonless night, the black moon was reflected in Shad's eyes and in his soul.
In your quest for power, you finally look within yourself, not the world outside. You see your own secrets, stranger, and the road to the moon opens up to you. You realize your own uniqueness, and you discover your own power.
Stranger, you have come into contact with a "miracle".
On the rapidly spinning life ring, golden light engraved the fourth spirit rune of the five rings for Xia De next to the moon thorn, which was also the second miracle spirit rune of the five rings.
Outsider, you have engraved the golden miracle spirit rune - Shadow of the Moon.
You have acquired the magic - Shadow of the Moon. Passive effect: your state is always standing under the moon no matter when and where you are. Any spirit rune you have with the "Moon" field can be regarded as a spirit rune with the "Moon" field removed. The moon power you have is comprehensively improved.
The content of the spirit rune did not surprise Xia De. He subconsciously closed his eyes and memorized the black moon firmly in his mind. However, he did not know that the silver moonlight attached to his body at this moment was like a beam of light that broke through the dark clouds.
Although the phenomenon lasted only two seconds, such an obvious light in the dark night of the late winter blizzard still attracted the attention of the ring warlocks in the Randall River Valley who were all on edge tonight.
"Shad?"
The Wilde Opera House had been keeping an eye on the situation in the direction of Oxenfurt Manor. After observing the bright silver beam of light on the roof of the opera house, the news was immediately passed on to Luvia.
The purple-eyed girl looked out the window into the night, but there was no trace of what had happened before:
"The matter over at Xia De should have been resolved."
She made a quick judgment:
"Let Miss Servet and Miss Hayley Aurora prepare to receive Miss Sylvia's space teleportation. They should be back soon. Also, let Miss Swift summarize the current situation in the city and the intelligence sent by the great witches. After Shade returns, we should set off again immediately."
She grabbed her sleeve nervously. Although she didn't know what had happened at Oxenfurt Manor, she trusted Shad and believed that he would keep his promise.
"What's going on?"
Dr. Bill Schneider, fully armed, assumed a fighting stance the moment his vision returned, then shook his head alertly and looked around.
Dark clouds obscured the starry sky and the moon, but the burning forest illuminated the gloomy courtyard. The howling night wind drove gray snowflakes flying, and the ground was covered with fragments of stone mirrors and the footprints of some small animals.
"Aren't we going to fight?"
The doctor muttered something again. He thought he would be attacked or chased immediately, but what he saw was Shad in the fiery red snow, his whole body radiating holy moonlight, with a life ring appearing behind him, standing in the snow with his eyes closed, and the demon spitting blood was almost dying.
Of course, the demon won't die if it doesn't breathe, this is just a way for Dr. Schneider to express his surprise.
"Aren't you asking me to deal with the demons? Why... it's so cold here."
The middle-aged doctor, who had adapted to the winter temperature in Tobesk, couldn't help but talk about the weather after he was sure that the battle seemed to be over. Seeing that although Shade was covered in wounds, his breathing was still stable, he did not disturb him, but chose to walk towards the demon.
The blue-eyed doctor was quite interested in this city he had never set foot in, and was even more interested in the gray snow. After the seriously injured demon had barely recovered his vision and hearing, he wanted to abandon everything immediately and leave here forever with the secret he had just seen, but when he looked up, he saw the middle-aged man who suddenly appeared.
Dr. Bill Schneider, wearing a black warm windbreaker, a black hat, a pair of black leather boots, and holding a small suitcase in his right hand, was also observing the demon. After a slight hesitation, Goethe widened his eyes:
"It's you?!"
Then he looked at Xia De, who looked like a moon in his eyes:
"This madman not only summoned her, but also summoned you?"
"What lunatic? Is there a lunatic here?"
The psychiatrist immediately looked around with alertness and confusion, and concluded that this was the devil trying to confuse his judgment, but he noticed another point:
"You recognize 'me'?"
He asked with narrowed eyes, then nodded in understanding. As he continued to speak, he slowly took off his black leather gloves and threw them on the half millstone in the snow:
"Yes, an ancient evil spirit like you, who happens to be good at prying into the secrets of the heart, may indeed recognize 'me'..."
He turned his head and glanced at Xia De, making sure that Xia De was still motionless:
"I wanted to keep you here. Maybe the detective needs to ask you some questions to answer his doubts. But since you recognize me, then goodbye forever."
The doctor shrugged, and then the expensive black warm windbreaker was thrown onto the millstone.
The fire outside the manor cast a huge shadow that was wriggling and growing on Shade. The strange giant slowly took shape in front of him, and on the other side, the upright black stone mirror full of cracks almost took shape at the same time.
The two shadows collided in front of Shade, but there was no vibration or shock wave caused by the impact. The two equally strange shadows entangled together, followed by a teeth-grinding twisting sound and a disgusting swallowing sound.
Even though he was severely injured by seeing Shade's shadow, the Stone Mirror Demon still had strange powers, but unfortunately, the person he met was Dr. Bill Schneider.
So, when Shad fully understood the new power and opened his eyes again, the Stone Mirror Demon - Goethe had disappeared.
White smoke was slowly exhaled from his mouth, and the doctor, who had put on his thick black warm windbreaker again, was sitting on a half-broken millstone buried deep in the snow. In the light of the fire in the dead woods outside the manor, he was observing the small black stone mirror with dense cracks in his hand.
He smiled and stood up:
"Shad, you're finally awake. Good evening."
Dr. Schneider gave Shade a warm hug and informed him of the outcome of the battle as Shade looked around:
"It's over. Goethe will probably appear again in a few thousand years... We did a great job."