As Shade stepped into the open space amidst the red butterflies and flying snow, flames exploded in the air behind him. Then dozens of high-ring warlocks took off at the same time, led by the thirteenth-ring warlocks, and launched an attack on the guarded open space.
The black mud on the ground flew up like a long dragon, and the giant mud clones silently greeted the living people with flesh and blood, and the fossil creatures hiding nearby finally showed up in the firelight and shadows.
The divine rituals that had been arranged in advance, using ancient runes that symbolized the power of the five gods, evaporated the black mud that was flowing on the ground. Ring sorcerers holding various relics came from far away in the forest to surround the open space.
That's not all. At the same time, a louder roar was heard in the distance. Sister Defulyn soared into the air, Miss Danister riding a pure white unicorn, and another sorceress whom Shad didn't recognize with thirteen life rings emerging behind her, chased after the "Bloodweeper" Hermons and a stone statue that looked like an old man.
"The church has indeed summoned the other thirteen-ring warlocks!"
Various colored lights illuminated Shad's back and the back of his head, but Shad ignored the chaotic situation outside the open space. Instead, he continued to walk towards the table surrounded by butterflies.
The guardian ignored him and continued to point his palms towards the filthy black mud holy grail on the table. The holy grail was almost formed, with bubbles bursting on its surface one after another. Every explosion brought the filth originating from deeper into the earth to the world on the ground.
It wasn't that the Guardian didn't want to stop Shade, but he couldn't move now. He needed to maintain the tainted Holy Grail, and dealing with the final attack from the church outside the clearing was not without cost.
The clearing was unexpectedly quiet, as if it were another dimension, with only the twins' singing ringing in my ears.
Xia De knew what he needed to do. Although the candidate for the chosen one this time was unexpectedly strong, it was not the first time he faced such a strong enemy.
He didn't want to kill the guardian, so he had to make sure that he could wake the guardian up. Since the fragments of the Heart of the Earth didn't have a clear effect, he wouldn't try again.
After all, he had another way.
At this point, Shade could have barely used any of the maze locks, but he didn't do so. Instead, he walked towards the guardian and asked:
"I know that although you are crazy, you are not a lunatic. Can you tell me why you are trying to pollute the earth?"
Red butterflies kept flying out of his body, but new ones kept coming in. Even though Shade was getting closer and closer, the guardian still couldn't recognize who he was.
"To protect the earth."
The man at the table used a man's voice:
"The end of the world is coming. This is the only way to preserve this land during the end of the world."
"I don't know what will happen to the earth. The people living on this land are about to disappear."
"All I want to protect is the earth."
"I see."
Shade did not try to get close to the Guardian with the remaining fragments of the Heart of the Earth, but sat down directly at the long table. He glanced at the almost fully formed black holy grail in the Guardian's hand, and then took out the last "Holy Grail of Flowers" in his possession.
Gray snowflakes had covered most of the tabletop, and the fluttering red butterflies dispersed from Shade's body, allowing the guardian to see his face. At the same time, Shade took out two bottle-shaped relics, the pink vial of desire and the pepper pot of the Lord of the Blood Feast.
Are you sure you want to do this
"She" asked softly in Shade's ear. Shade turned his head slightly, looked at the stream of light and the exploding flames outside the open space, and nodded gently:
"certainly."
Xia De opened the stopper of the pink perfume bottle and poured all the liquid that had been filled inside into the holy grail.
After Shad summoned desire outside Oxenfurt Manor, the perfume bottle was empty. But as Shad continued to carry out various actions tonight, especially in Shad's desire for divinity, the bottle was already filled, and even the liquid itself had an ambiguous pink glow.
He asked as he poured the sticky liquid that glowed in the night:
"You can see the people outside, fighting for the world. Isn't it a better way to save the earth by cooperating with them?"
The huge rock giant summoned by Miss Benanis with the "Power of the Earth·Calling the Stone Statue" collided head-on with one of the guardian's clones; five "Wise Pyroxenes" were suspended in a fan shape above Yin Luna's head, and five crystalline torrents swept across the night sky; Professor Miller Stewart, the "Iron Punisher", floated in the air, and the glorious shadow of the Gear Machinery City behind him appeared before his eyes with the outbreak of the Word of Sublimation; the strange thirteen-ring sorceress who came with Miss Danister, holding an ice-blue orb in her hand, summoned a blizzard that could even freeze the earth.
"Them? No, not enough."
The guardian shook his head slightly. He did not stop Shad's actions, just as Shad did not stop him from making the black holy grail.
"Since you look down on them, do you look down on me too? You have known me since I first set foot on the land of Randall Valley, and even entrusted the Mithril Cube to me as a final insurance. Isn't that enough?"
Shade asked, pouring the pink liquid, spinning the pepper shaker again, then aiming it at the chalice and shaking it, sprinkling the pepper onto the liquid in the chalice.
It was obviously just pepper, but Xia De smelled a very fragrant scent.
Coo~
He clearly heard his stomach growling and was aware that he was really hungry. Looking back, although he had dinner on Friday only eight or nine hours ago, it seemed like a month had passed.
The guardian continued to shake his head:
"You are special enough, but that's not enough."
The pepper powder mixed with the pink liquid caused a strange change in the color of the liquid. But it was not a disgusting change. On the contrary, the originally transparent and luminous liquid, after being mixed with the strange seasoning, actually showed a pleasant amber luster.
The luster was quite tempting. Shad only took a breath and smelled the fragrance of Luvia's hair, the breakfast bacon made by Dorothy, the boiled eggs made by Tifa, and the high-end perfume of Lecia.
His stomach continued to growl, and Shade was glad that it was only him and the guardian here at the moment, as the people outside the open space were fighting and had no time to pay attention to the two of them.
"Since you can sense special souls, then you should be able to sense even more bizarre souls among the other people outside the clearing."
Xia De said, and then felt that the speed of sprinkling pepper was too slow. So he unscrewed the lid of the pepper pot and poured all the pepper into it.
In the sky, a dark lightning flashed across the dark clouds, followed by a deafening thunder. Although it had been snowing tonight, this was the first thunder:
"Have you noticed the soul that seals the ancient evil spirit?"
Shad asked.
"It's still not enough. Although it's powerful, it's also dangerous."
The Guardian said expressionlessly.
Shade put the empty jar aside, then put his finger into the liquid in the Holy Grail and stirred it gently:
"Have you noticed that the chosen one who carries the power of several ancient gods and controls the balance himself?"
"Strange enough, but she's not strong enough."
The Guardian said.
Xia De continued to stir the liquid in the Holy Grail, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He felt his stomach burning because of his excessive hunger, but his desire had not yet reached its peak, so he still needed to be patient:
"Have you noticed the nun whose soul is burning with the primordial flame?"
"She is powerful enough, but she cares about the original flame, and she doesn't care enough about the earth."
The guardian continued, and Shade stopped stirring, held up the Holy Grail in front of him, took a deep breath, and finally asked:
"Did you notice the girl with the beautiful purple eyes?"
The guardian looked at Shad in silence. He did not notice anything different about Luvia.
Xia De looked at the liquid in front of him that was a mixture of the essential oil of desire and the "bait" of the Lord of the Blood Feast. He was quite sure that in any era in the past, no one would dare to mix these two substances together, but what he was not sure was whether he could get the result he wanted after drinking it.
Because the power of the church seriously delayed the energy and concentration of the crazy guardian, the filthy holy grail in the guardian's hand still did not take shape.
"There is a lady in the water, asking me to perform a drama of desire. I think it's time."
Shade smiled at him, then lifted up the chalice and drank all the liquid.
Dang~
The Holy Grail fell on the long table, and Shade grabbed his throat with his right hand. His face turned from red to white, from white to black, and from black to red. He propped his left hand on the table, and looked at the guardian with an indescribable fierceness in his eyes:
"So, you think we are all not enough, and only you can save the earth?"
The Guardian's face was illuminated by the light spots scattered by the red butterflies. He did not notice that after the power of the red butterflies was sprinkled on the filthy Holy Grail, the Holy Grail was actually disintegrating. After hesitating for a moment, the Guardian nodded slightly to Shade:
"Yes."
Then he saw that Shade suddenly lost consciousness and fell on the table. When Shade's head hit the table, it even bounced a few times.
He didn't understand why Shad drank the "poison" that was enough to kill any existence in the material world.
Around the clearing, although the people in the battle still couldn't see the face of the "God Summoner", they were trying to pay attention to what was happening at the table during the battle, and hoped that the "God Summoner" who contacted the Guardian one step ahead could stop the filthy soul.
When most people saw him "fainted" all of a sudden, they were shocked. But then, a ray of light that penetrated the clouds fell from the sky and enveloped the unconscious young man.