"I'll criticize you when I get home."
Now is not the time to reason with a cat, Shad said to the aggrieved cat, reached out and snatched the ring from the cat's mouth, took the cat out of the box and let Tifa hold it.
He placed the God's gift box at his feet. The box seemed to respond to the light of the scales in Iluna's hand, preventing the pus that had covered the entire open space and spread toward the Crystal Forest from infecting the three people.
"Meow~"
Mia curled up in Tifa's soft arms, looking at Shad with her big eyes. There was a very faint golden glow on the cat, like the sun, but also like the afterglow of divinity on Shad's body at this moment.
"I think your ring is here."
Shade showed the fish training ring and put it on his finger. In this way, he had two rings on both hands, which looked more symmetrical. When Darkness's right hand fell to the ground, the shadow that rushed out of the God's gift box was obviously Mia. It was Mia who snatched the ring from the severed hand. This cat likes the transformation ring, so it is possible that she also likes the fish training ring.
"You damned thief!"
A curse-like voice came out of Darkness' mouth, but it was not Darkness's own voice. It was clearly the devil speaking in the devil's language. Amid the gurgling sound, Shade opened his mouth slightly to express surprise:
“Without the ring, you can actually use his mouth to speak? You really want to occupy Darkness’ body!”
In this completely dark area, the three people illuminated by golden light huddled together. The light from the scales in Iluna's hand barely allowed them to see Darkness.
"Ivan Darkness, answer me, who is talking to me now?"
Shad asked.
"You want to take my body?"
The sound that came out of Darkness' mouth this time was indeed his own.
"Yes."
The devil’s language came out of Darkness’ mouth again, but the man who had become the second chosen one was not worried at all. He maintained his human pus form and smiled:
"You were hit head-on by the terrible potion just now, and you took so many attacks from the thirteen-ring warlock for me. You even gave all the power you absorbed from the darkness to me to complete the ritual. How much power do you have now? I have become the chosen one. I have mastered the vast knowledge and power that you can't even imagine. Do you think I haven't been on guard against you?"
Scarlet spots of light flickered in Darkness’s right eye, which was covered with human pus. She continued to talk to herself. Perhaps it was a similar scene when the ring masters communicated with themselves.
The devil spoke through Darkness' mouth:
"At the moment when the Chosen Ceremony was completed, you were affected by the power of balance. Are you really okay? If it weren't for my help, you seemed to have temporarily lost the power of the middle ring. Only the Chosen can kill the Chosen. Now there is another Chosen standing opposite you, but I am not affected by her terrible balance.
Do you believe in the gravity of fate? My dear Ivan, be careful. The human being next to her seems to be hiding a more terrible power. You still need my help now. "
It looked very strange to use Darkness's mouth to make the voice that bewitched him.
Darkness’s back seemed to have been embedded in the giant crystal pillar. His height and body shape continued to increase, and more and more black pus flowed out from the right half of his body.
But Shade was still waiting. As Darkness grew stronger, he in the darkness gradually grasped the touch. Enough spirit, enough for him to perform magic across levels. It seemed that he didn't need to waste any divinity this time.
"What do you want?"
Darkness asked softly, looking at Shade with both her normal eye and her covered right eye, but it was obvious that the words were not directed at him.
The devil finally revealed his purpose:
"I will help you devour the power of the Dark Realm, allowing you to jump from the sixth ring to the high ring. In return, you must share your power with me. From now on, I will have 6 hours out of 24 hours every day to fully control your body."
"Then, you will continue to extend this time with repeated requests until you completely occupy my body?"
Darkness laughed.
"You have no choice. Without my help, can you escape now? The person in front of you is the chosen one who awakened earlier than you, a woman with witch power, and a guy who is not sure whether he is human or not..."
Shad felt insulted.
The devil whispered:
"You need me, don't you?"
Shad translated the devil's words to his companions. Tifa shook her head to express her incomprehension of Darkness, while Iluna looked angrily at Ivan Darkness who was gradually disappearing at the edge of the light:
"We all inherited the power of the Old Gods, and we all bear that responsibility. Do you really want to share your power with the devil, taint the pure darkness, and sully your own identity?"
"See, they're stopping me from helping you. They're all afraid of me."
Darkness continued to murmur the devil's language, and Shade translated it considerately.
In fact, the spirit transformed after swallowing darkness was enough for Shade to open the little match girl puzzle once incompletely. Even if he couldn't defeat Darkness now, it was enough for him to escape with his companions, because Darkness would never have the time to waste with him here.
But Miss Carina was still here, and Shade couldn't abandon her. Moreover, if he left at this moment, he had a feeling that the church would never let Darkness stay.
It was still unknown what was going on outside, and whether the Blood-weeper Hermons had other plans. But Shade didn't want to always worry about a powerful enemy in the distance that needed to be dealt with, and to worry about his enemy appearing again when he encountered any danger. Only after more than ten years of constant worrying could he truly deal with him.
So, he did not choose to open the maze and escape from the little match girl, but wanted to try another possibility.
"Why don't we try another method?"
The golden luster of the scales in Iluna’s hand was being compressed, and Darkness was completely hidden in the darkness. But the scarlet light flashing from her right eye covered by human pus was still there.
Before he entered the darkness, Shad clearly saw a strange, slime-like thing lying on his back and whispering in his ear.
Xia De seemed to understand what would happen next. This was the only reasonable thing to do:
"I see. This is what the devil wants."
The whispers lingered in everyone's ears. The thick darkness and the human pus flowing on the ground seemed to turn this place into an abyss. Iluna was already a little unsteady on her feet, and Tifa hurried to support her. The cat that was originally held by Tifa took this opportunity to jump onto the shoulders of the brown-haired girl, lowering its head and curiously looking at the golden scale she was holding.
The light of the ancient god's power shines in the cat's curious and innocent eyes.
“It’s about to end.”
Shade, with the afterglow of divinity lighting up his body, spoke softly, ready to roll the dice.
The voice of the Human Pus Demon came from the darkness. The voice used another more ancient language. The power of this language seemed to be able to directly corrupt any strong soul in this world:
"How about, my Ivan, let me be your 'other me'."
Iluna and Tifa looked at the scarlet light representing Darkness's right eye in surprise. Amid the sound of gurgling black pus, they both heard Darkness's answer:
"Why should I agree to you?"
"You want to walk alone in the darkness, so why not let me be your shadow, forever, my dear Ivan, always with you. This is all for a greater power."
There was only the sound of pus flowing around. After a few seconds of silence, Xia De and the other two heard the answer given by the chosen one:
"You are me..."
This was a sentence spoken in the common language of Drarion. Iluna sighed, knowing that the most terrible thing was about to happen.
"... I am you."
The ancient devil's language uttered this sentence, the scarlet light went out, and everything fell silent.
After that terrifying second when the whole world seemed silent, along with the sound of wind tearing the eardrums, the wild laughter came from the front again. Not from the front, but from all directions. Scarlet light spots representing demons came from all directions. The demons' whispers, terrifying roars, and fear that could not be described in human language surrounded them.
"Silver Moon!"
Shade raised his right hand and shouted loudly. Because he was now protected by Iluna's power of balance, the light finally penetrated the darkness.
The three of them saw that the only part of the tree that still had light was the hemispherical area where they were standing. The surrounding area was filled with pitch-black crystals. Countless terrifying things were taking shape from the pus on the ground, from the dark air, and from the darkness above their heads.
The combination of modern people and ancient demons has produced even more terrifying phenomena.
Thousands of demons, with the power of the fusion of the Dark Chosen and the Human Pus Demons, and the power of the dark realm as a breeding ground, are coming to the present from the cracks between history and the past.
The silver moon on Shade's fingertips and the light of the scales in Iluna's hand were shrinking inward, but Darkness seemed to be everywhere.
He has now transformed into these thousands of demons.
"The wanton abuse of the chosen one's talent without restraint and reverence would lead to such terrible consequences. He actually communicated with history and used human pus to shape the demons of the past. It seems that we still underestimated the power of Iluna. If the chosen one has no bottom line and does not intend to be human anymore, he can be so terrible... ... That's why the fortune teller will do his best to find them."
Shade said softly.
He stood in front of the two girls:
"Don't worry, leave everything to me."
The demons around them, in the sky, and even under the ground stretched out their hands, or hand-like organs, towards them at the same time. The darkness stretched out, and the light had been compressed into a very small circular area around their feet. Even the moonlight on their fingertips was about to go out.
But the scars on Shad's body were not affected at all. The demons were afraid of the light and were reluctant to touch it.
He looked up at everything around him:
"Darkness, you have finally been swallowed by the darkness."
When the twenty-sided dice of fate is thrown, it will immediately lead to good luck or bad luck, and the person who throws the dice will definitely know it later. Although the good luck determined by the dice cannot be specified, in the case of life threats, the result of the dice will have a greater probability of affecting the situation around, so as to ensure that the person who throws the dice knows what the dice has affected before he dies.
That's why Xia De chose to keep the chance of 20 points until now.
Before throwing the dice, Shad squinted at the cat on Iluna's shoulder. At this time, Iluna and Tifa had almost turned black, but the trembling cat was still completely normal. Not only that, when the surrounding light was extinguished, the faint glow on the cat was very conspicuous:
"I knew that after the second night of God's Descent, it was definitely not me who restored you from a doll."
Xia De thought to himself as he threw the twenty-sided dice of fate into the air:
"it's over."