In the night sky, the shadow that swallowed three moons was still moving slowly, and the remaining volume of the March moon was getting smaller and smaller. Darkness was covering the Green Lake area, and everything was quiet, as if everything tonight had ended.
In the darkness, Megan and Shade noticed the flying traces of the thirteen-ring warlocks of the church who had appeared by the lake. So Megan let go of Shade and pressed her forehead against Shade's, feeling the abnormal trembling of Shade's body:
"After I go back, I..."
Before she could finish her words, Xia De suddenly pushed her away. The next moment, a beam of light appeared from the center of the lake, passed through Xia De's chest, and shot to the far shore of the lake.
Megan didn't even react to what was happening at first. She stared at Shad's pale face with wide eyes, at the lake water under their feet that had turned light green at some point, at the clouds behind them that dissipated, revealing the top of a strange island surrounded by rugged reefs, and at her ancestor who was watching this scene with his hands behind his back.
She thought everything tonight was just a dream:
"This is crazy... No, no!"
Shad looked down at his chest, and then his body fell to the water. Megan reached out to grab his hand, but missed it by 1 centimeter, and saw his "body" sinking under the water.
She looked at her hand stretched forward in shock, and then heard a voice:
"Ms. Edwards, the troublemaker has temporarily disappeared. Please look over here."
The demon of the maze, the bald guy, threw a black cube and appeared at the edge of the thinning fog area. The fog gradually drifted away from behind him, and the fog that had covered the central island of Green Lake for more than a hundred years began to spread:
"On the night of the lunar eclipse, the unstable space in the material world tends to become even more unstable. The disordered space in the central island of Green Lake will cover a larger area. Only the descendants of the Edwards family can prevent the changes tonight with their own talents."
It looked up at the sky, and only the last third of the moon remained:
"Please save everything, Miss Edwards. That man is not important. Please don't waste time. What you need to do now is to save the world."
Underwater, in the dark.
Shad is falling in the water. Although the scene is similar to the last time, it is actually completely different.
The blessing given by the God of the Drowned Deep Sea to recover from injuries in water was working, but in fact the injury was not serious at all, and even the "false immortality" was not triggered. After all, the heart on the left side of the chest was not a fatal part of Shade.
He was simply affected by the huge and twisted force and temporarily lost control of his own soul, causing him to fall into the water.
As a series of bubbles floated out of his mouth and floated upward in the water, Shade gradually regained control of his body. The spirit and elements flowed through his body and soul again, and the illusion that the soul was about to leave the body became more and more obvious:
"You actually sneak attacked me!"
Even in the water, he could still clearly sense the status of the three moons in the starry sky. He could even count down and accurately know that there were only three minutes left before the lunar eclipse would completely engulf the moons.
"What does that really mean to me?"
Bubbles gurgled upwards, and Shade opened his arms and paddled in the water, trying to adjust from a head-down falling position to a more convenient swimming position. But at this moment, a soft and charming laugh appeared first, and then as the shadow got closer, he heard a hoarse and gentle voice in the water:
"Yeah, what does that mean?"
Something huge and terrifying swam under the water below Shade. Even though he didn't see it with his own eyes, Shade felt suffocated. The panic made him realize that he absolutely couldn't continue falling, but he had no chance to adjust his posture.
Because, the laughter was getting closer and closer from behind, and as he continued to fall headfirst with his whole body stiff, a warm and smooth white arm, which seemed to glow in the dark underwater world, wrapped around Shad from behind. Then, he felt something warm and soft, which was completely pressed against his back.
He felt the warm water brushing against his ears, and then the beautiful woman's head appeared on his left shoulder. His legs were slapped by something like a tail, and something swimming behind him held him and slowed his descent, as if a real mermaid was falling to the bottom of the lake with him.
If he was really falling in the water and was slowed down by a mermaid, Shad would probably be happy, but at this moment he just wanted to escape as quickly as possible.
"It was a very good performance just now."
The woman placed her head on Shade's shoulder and whispered in his ear in a hoarse voice. Warm water brushed over his ears:
"Let that twin soul give a kiss from the heart, willing to give everything. Yes, this is what I want to see."
Even though the lake water was cold, it did not prevent Shade's body from heating up rapidly. He was thinking about what magic could suppress his poor physical performance at the moment. "Desire" was behind him. He had never thought of encountering this level 0 relic in the water. Even when they met for the first time, the situation was not so bad.
"Can you please let me go? I need to get back to the surface now. I'm needed there."
He knew very well that the one who had just attacked him was most likely Megan and Audrey's thirteen-ring fortune-teller ancestor. Since the latter had appeared, it was impossible for him to just "attack by surprise". He could already clearly feel that the unstable area covered by thick fog was expanding. He had to deal with it now. The abnormal range of the central island of Green Lake must not be expanded.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Don't you want to seek answers from me?"
In the darkness, it seemed that only the smooth arms around Xia De were glowing. Desire whispered softly, and Xia De's hair stood up in the water, and his body trembled more violently. The woman's head on his shoulder was only less than 1 centimeter away from his ear. He even felt that the hair on his ear had touched the other person's bright red lips in the water.
"Affection is the fusion of souls; sex is the collision of bodies; romance is the connection of spirits; love is the promise of two people becoming one."
She whispered the words that Chloe Yin had left behind. Shade felt that the speed at which the "woman"'s tail was hitting the water was faster, and their falling speed was indeed slowing down:
"It's very simple. Flesh and soul merge with each other because of emotion. Just like the pair of red butterflies in the birdcage in your hand, two in one, many in one. This is the meaning of this sentence. And to achieve this..."
Her voice became more hoarse and more gentle:
"That requires a power beyond the mundane. The fusion of souls requires that one's soul is strong enough, and your soul is strong enough to bear the burden. Therefore, you only need a secret method that closely connects emotions. As for the fusion of bodies, a story symbolized by enlightenment is needed."
"Clock Tower Lovers..."
At the end of the story, the bones of the dead knight and his lover merged together.
"Yes, you do. You always have."
She exerted a little force on her arms, as if she wanted to rub her body into Xia De's. Her long black hair was floating in the water, constantly touching Xia De's face, which made Xia De feel more and more intoxicated.
"Promise me, agree to my simple request, which is also a small test for you. I can not only tell you the secret method of soul fusion, but also tell you how to deal with the current situation on the lake."
Even though he didn't dare to turn his head, Xia De could still imagine the blurred purple eyes of the woman's head next to his head, slightly narrowed:
"What test?"
Even though "desire" had helped him many times, he found it hard to imagine why the other party was so kind this time.
"Stories carry emotions. You have proven your compassion, courage, sacrifice, wisdom, and honesty. This time, use your 'loyalty' to prove your love story."
Xia De fell silent for a moment, letting the "mermaid" behind him hug him as he fell deeper into the lake:
"My loyalty... am I really... loyal?"
He was never loyal to Delarion, no matter how much Director Anros admired and valued him. And when it came to love, it was hard for Shad to say that he was loyal, he would never deceive himself.
"So this is the test. Interesting soul, if you really value those girls, and really believe in your love more than the lust I represent, prove it to me."
She smiled softly, and took the initiative to tell Shade the secret method of soul fusion and the method to solve the water problem in his ear, and then murmured and added:
"Of course, even if you don't prove your loyalty to love, I won't do anything. But in this way, you will lose to me, right?"
Desire asked. She saw Xia De's complicated mood and said nothing more. Instead, she gently separated her body from Xia De from behind him, and then pushed him towards the water with both hands.
"Until next time, interesting soul."
With force exerted by his white hands, Xia De felt himself rising uncontrollably, moving away from the "woman" who was sinking deeper.
Are you confused? Don't know whether you love them or just desire them
she asked gently.
"No, I will prove to her that I will not lose to desire. I am never afraid of desire, never afraid to face it..."
The stranger was very sure in his heart that he was never confused and never afraid of his own ideas. So, under the control of unspeakable emotions, he mustered up the courage to adjust his posture while rising in the water and looked underwater in the direction he came from.