A huge red moon was suspended in the sky behind Him. The moon was so clear, so clear that it almost made people collapse.
Above the Blood Lake, the evil yet sacred figure was so majestic. The god's slender eyes looked at everything by the lake, observing Shade and the girl behind him. As for the huge undead beast in the sky in the distance, the four-color spiritual light that kept lighting up, the burning forest and the smoking crater, those were just decorative backgrounds at the moment and could not attract the god's attention at all:
"After two eras, we meet again, unexpected guest."
"God, why did you come to the world?"
Xia De wanted to raise his head, but the headache and the groaning of his whole body almost overwhelmed him. Without divinity, he was just a mortal.
"I want it, don't you know clearly?"
The god in blood-red formal attire spoke softly in the ancient language of the Fifth Age:
"I already said this when we first met—
The twins’ blood is good, but still not perfect. It’s just a little bit short of being my collection. (Chapter 568)”
There is a smile on God's face:
"Yes, at that time, it was really just a little bit away... It's a pity, isn't it?"
The two girls behind Shade stood trembling behind Shade, grabbing his clothes, hiding in his shadow, waiting for their final fate to come. Shade could still stay conscious, but they were completely unable to control themselves.
"You, at that time, when you saw them, had this idea..."
"Yes, I have given you many hints, including my blessing to the twins and my guidance to them in finding the twin gods. Is this all because of my kindness? Unexpected guest, I am the evil god, why would I be so generous?"
"Waiting for a thousand years, even guiding them to eliminate the evil of the Warp and helping to suppress the Narrow Space, just to... brew wine?"
Under the blood moon, Shade's voice trembled beside the blood lake. Surrounded by the blood mist, his body almost couldn't control the urge to fall forward. Even though he had guessed this a long time ago, he still found it hard to accept:
"You are not here for the power of thousands of souls in this narrow space,
Not to dabble in death and gain the power of death,
Not for the destined protagonists of the Sixth Epoch, the chosen ones,
Not even for battles with other gods—
"You've done so much, planned for so long, waited for two epochs, and even appeared here in the form of a saint, just to... brew wine? Just for Helen and Grace? Aren't you... too bored?"
"No, what you said is too boring. Blood brew is what I'm interested in."
God replied softly. He had always been generous to Shad:
"The ten wine brewing stories I told you are the most obvious clues. What's the point of waiting for thousands of years for the perfect blood brew? Now is the eleventh story, and it is the eleventh story that you personally experienced and brought about."
He looked at Helen and Grace behind Shade with eager eyes:
“The Gemini Blood Brew back then was just a mixture of pain, entanglement, love and reluctance. Although it was good, it still had flaws.
But now, when two souls entangled with each other, love each other for thousands of years but cannot get it, when the bound feelings, in the cycle and reincarnation, torture each other and ferment each other, plus the temperature of the phoenix's flame... This cup of blood wine is much better than the wine made by the skills of pure maidens, the flames of high-grade burning wood, and the utensils of mithril and refined gold. I will call the blood wine brewed from their bones, blood and their souls "Red Butterfly Blood Wine"... "
He extended an invitation to Shad:
"Unexpected guest, please taste this delicacy with me. It is not something that can be produced in any era."
"you."
Xia De wanted to roar, wanted to roar, but he only spat out blood. He really could not hold on any longer.
The God under the red moon doesn't care about his attitude:
"You see, I did nothing wrong. They wanted to break the shackles of their family mission, so I gave them five thousand years to be attached to each other. I even arranged for them to help seal the narrow space here, saving countless lives. Now, the problem of the narrow space is about to be solved, and their mission is completed. The small reward I asked for is just a glass of wine... ... God is very generous."
For a moment, Xia De even felt that what the other party said made sense, and the reward was not exaggerated. But he still stopped in front of Grace and Helen, tremblingly stretched out his left hand, and handed over the bottle of blood brew in his hand:
"I want this in exchange for them."
He wanted to fall forward, but the two girls behind him grabbed him. Their trembling voices were their last bit of courage at the moment:
"Sir, you don't have to be like this. We, this is our fate."
"This is one-fourth of the soul of the chosen one. This is also a story of love and unrequited love. It even contains the purest power and curse of the ancient god of death. I will use this in exchange for Helen and Grace."
He hoped to end this matter in this way, exchanging Marilyn Handel's body for a quarter of her soul in death, just for this moment's exchange. This was not for Shad himself, Grace and Helen used themselves to seal the two eras of the narrow space, while Barton catalyzed the collapse of the narrow space. This bottle of blood brew was what Helen and Grace deserved.
But God shook his head slightly:
“It’s good, but it’s not perfect.”
"But this is the Chosen One..."
"I know, but so what? He is not the real chosen one after all, and your brewing technique is too crude. Compared to the bottle of garbage in your hand, I prefer to make the blood brew myself and wait patiently for it to ferment. I enjoy not only the result but also the process. Unexpected guest, we got along very well at the cocktail party before, so please step aside and don't stand there."
Although the God Under the Red Moon spoke in such a kind tone, Xia De already felt the chill.
But he still shook his head and blocked the two girls behind him:
"Just like I did back then, I will protect them. All souls are free, and their souls should not become food for the evil god."
"gentlemen... ... "
"That's a shame. I wanted to take advantage of this trip to the material world to have another drink with you."
Above the white mist-shrouded Xikar Mountain, above the billowing black smoke spewing out of the mountain pass, a crack suddenly appeared in the pure sea of stars. As the spider-web-like shattering spread around the sea of stars, the entire starry sky seemed to be about to split apart.
God looked up and said:
"The star sea whales are coming. That scene is one of the most beautiful in the material world. You can take a closer look later. I chose this time specially. But now, unexpected guests, please don't disturb me while I am brewing, otherwise..."
He kept smiling and said nothing. He gently bent his fingers, and Grace in the white dress and Helen in the black dress behind Shade actually floated into the sky on their own.
The two girls spread out in the air like red butterflies, trying to escape the gravitational pull, but under the light of the blood moon, they turned back into human bodies the next second:
"Two in one!"
Holding hands, surrounded by red butterflies, their bodies seemed to melt and blend into each other. Helen and Grace disappeared, and floating in the air was a girl in a white dress and black skirt, with black hair flying and blue eyes that were so pitiful.
Helen and Grace looked the same, and the girl in front of them also looked the same. Xia De inexplicably understood that this was the strongest power of the Red Butterfly Twins. The twins merged into one, and the two became one, just like the old god Gemini God in the past, and exerted the power of a true angel-level relic.
But even so, she could only resist the inexplicable suction for less than a second before she floated above the blood lake again.
Xia De grabbed the Red Butterfly Girl's hand with his right hand, trying to pull them back, but his feet also left the ground:
"Sir, please leave."
Red Butterfly pushed Shad away, and he fell to the ground, while Grace Helen floated towards the god in the air.
But between them, above the blood lake, a transparent fishing line connected the two of them. Shade grabbed the soul fishing rod, and the copper hook pierced deeply into the girl's palm.
God had already caught her, and the spreading blood-red light was about to completely engulf her, but God saw the hook at this moment.
He chuckled and said:
"It's a good idea. But unexpected guest, you don't think that the so-called relics of mortals can have any effect on me, right?"
“He” looked at Shade, who was barely able to stand upright by the lake, as if expecting him to do something unexpected:
"If you have a way to hide from my perception, or if you are at the same 'height' as me at this moment, you may be able to use this to tear the power from me to protect your red butterfly. But now you are just a mortal, do you think I can't see this?"
Xia De shook his head slightly, gripped the fishing rod tightly and pulled it towards himself:
"I am only a mortal now, but I..."
The bleeding in his lungs almost made it impossible for him to speak:
"... ... I don't want any reward, I just want to help them. I am not... ... alone, there are people who are willing to help for free like me..."
The starry sky above was shattered like glass, and the huge blue transparent creatures had the color of a dreamy sea of stars. The whales in the sea of stars entered the material world through the cracks in space, swimming freely in the sea of stars, leaving behind deep colors like oil paintings.
Luvia once said that the best place to observe star whales is probably in the central and eastern part of the Old World, and this location is the Xikar Mountain area.
Above his head is the sea of stars and whales, behind him are undead monsters fighting the church in the fire, and in front of him are the blood moon and gods.
Xia De's perception of time seemed to be wrong at this moment, but it was also possible that a severe cerebral hemorrhage made him unable to perceive time normally.
But he still held the fishing rod tightly and tried his best to reel it in, trying to get Grace and Helen back.
The god slowly held Hongdie's other hand without the hook:
"Mortals believe that kindness can be passed on, but I am curious, who else can help you at this moment?"
He laughed sarcastically and said:
"Who dares to appear in front of me at this moment?"
The god only gently pulled the girl's hand, and the fishing line immediately tightened, cracks appeared on the fishing rod, and Shade was dragged uncontrollably into the sky. The fishing rod failed to absorb the divinity immediately, just as the god said, Shade was just a mortal at this moment, and the "Him" in front of him was not just a projection of the original God like the Lord of the Blood Feast.
But he did not notice that the brass hook that pierced deeply into Hongdie's right hand was emitting a faint golden light.
"You selflessly saved them, but who will save you? Unexpected guest, do you still believe in kindness as you did in the beginning? Then tell me, will there be a miracle at this moment? Who will save you! Who will protect you?"
God laughed loudly, and with a slight pull, the fishing line broke immediately. But the next moment, the golden light on the brass hook that pierced Hongdie's right hand followed the broken fishing line and connected to Shade's hands.
The power of miracles repaired the broken fishing rod. In the golden light that illuminated the blood lake, the young man's voice rang out:
"If it's to protect innocent children, then I'll do it."
"What?"
A golden figure walked up from behind Shade, illuminating the blood mist, illuminating Shade's face, and also making the vampire god in the air frown.
The blood lake surged with waves, and the golden figure was so unreal, so unreal that it seemed like just an illusion:
"Just for my own drinking desire, I planned for two eras against two poor children. God of bloodsucking, you are still the same as before, with the disgusting smell of blood on your body."
Although the power of the miracle was weak, it really happened.
The young man wearing a clown hat stood in front of Shade. This familiar figure looked up at the Blood God in the sky, bathed in the light of the red moon, and scolded the god with an "upper class" appearance.
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