OBS Chapter 4063 Past Requests
Chapter 4063 Past Requests
Chapter 4063 Past Requests
The sunlight outside the window cast shadows on everything inside the room. At this moment, Vige tore apart her own shadow and part of the sunlight, then used the power of chaos to combine the two conflicting energies together, constructing a longsword in a way that was almost alchemical.
The power of chaos interfered with sunlight and shadow, causing these two incompatible forces to mix, and then forcibly transformed the energy into a physical form through the power of creation. Because Vige used more shadow power than sunlight during this spell, the sword appeared black.
This is actually an application of energy materialization. Vige coughed a few times while holding the sword, then handed it to Shad:
"Take a look at this."
The shadowy power shaping the longsword writhed, its energy mingling evenly with the sunlight yet remaining unseen. Shad felt as if he were holding not a weapon, but some kind of living being, yet he sensed no life force within it.
Shad then tried swinging the longsword a couple of times. The weapon was almost weightless, and using it felt like extending a part of his body outwards. It possessed three attributes simultaneously: shadow, light, and chaos. In Shad's view, once it hit a living being, it would likely inflict extremely strong mixed shadow and light damage, and this damage would be greatly amplified by the unstable chaotic power.
"It's like living flesh and blood, like metal, and like energy."
Shade commented, and Viggo nodded, then waved her hand again, causing more shadows and sunlight to merge. This time, she chose to incorporate more sunlight, ultimately forming a luminous shield:
"This is not about summoning a spiritual weapon; it's more like creating a physical entity through alchemy."
If used to create weapons, the weapons would possess two opposing attributes, thus granting them immense destructive power and elemental damage. When this creative power is used to create defensive entities, because chaos forcibly combines the two opposing attributes, the defensive entities have no weaknesses. Furthermore, the creative power derived from the *Emerald Record* strengthens the shields; the Speaker stated that even she could not break through such shields with a simple attack.
The shield floated towards Shad, who then used "Red Moon Moonlight Slash" and "Shadow Ball" to attack it, and indeed found that the strange shield had outstanding defensive capabilities.
"Besides light and shadow, opposing forces like water and fire can also be used by me to unleash [Chaos Creep]. This wondrous technique combines the power of 'chaos' and 'creation,' and its potential for future development is enormous."
Wei Ge felt a little proud:
"I have a feeling that if I could know more about the sentences in the Jade Record, I could advance to the twelfth rank, and maybe even the thirteenth rank, without even actually obtaining that relic."
"In the process of searching for your mother and sister, we can keep an eye out for relevant information. It is not yet certain whether your mother actually obtained the Jade Record."
"Perhaps she really did have it. She came from the Truth Society, but then abandoned the Truth Society to stay with the Emerald Alchemy Association to do research. For her academic achievements, she even conducted terrible experiments and gave birth to a child."
How could someone like her be so easily swayed by her belongings and die? She must have found something she absolutely couldn't bear to discard, which is why she was so strongly influenced by the whispering element. Otherwise, I find it hard to imagine someone like her making a mistake.
"Wei Ge~"
Shad hugged her:
“Our understanding of your mother is still incomplete, so you don’t need to say such things.”
"With your gentle nature, who could resist you?"
Viggo also hugged Shad and rested her head on his shoulder:
"That's really good."
At lunchtime that day, the huge round table on the first floor of Fragrance Residence was filled with all kinds of delicious food. Of course, what attracted more attention were the girls standing around the round table, waiting for Wei Ge to sit down.
Unlike other witches' followers who usually call their witch "Miss", Vigo's followers mostly call her "Master", which shows that Vigo is very skilled at managing people.
Aside from Miss McDonald, all the girls who appeared at the restaurant at noon today were of high-level rings. Shad roughly counted 17 in total. Considering that these were only her followers in the Arcadia region, Vigo's influence was far greater than Shad had imagined.
"You've all probably heard about this gentleman's situation recently."
Wei Ge had drunk the blood wine beforehand, making herself appear quite energetic. She formally introduced Xia De to her girls, explaining the assistance he was currently providing. She then took Xia De's hand, interlocking their fingers, and gave these high-ranking girls some instructions:
"From now on, you can regard this gentleman as the second owner of this house, do you understand?"
"Yes Master."
"Wei Ge, there's no need for that."
"It's alright, this is the only way I can repay you right now."
The witch spoke softly, then addressed everyone:
"Don't stand, everyone sit down. My reserve apprentices will be coming to this area next week, and I might call you all back then. The Arcadia region has been rather turbulent lately, so please be careful when you're out there. You're all good girls under my command, and I don't want to lose any of you."
Two chairs were placed at the head of the huge round table, and Viggo asked Shad to sit with her, displaying considerable intimacy throughout the rest of the lunch.
Vige was very satisfied with the meal. Taking advantage of this opportunity, she formally introduced Xia De to the most important members of her faction. Vige planned to make Xia De truly "one of her own" before Jialina's grandniece arrived next week. This was only the first step in her plan; she had many more actions planned.
After lunch, Shad explained the matters concerning the demons to the girls and then went to the Tower of Wonders to find Mr. Finch and inquire about Mr. Bernhardt's current situation.
Since the vampire hunt began this week, three "Life Aberrations" have been found and defeated. These aberrations mostly hide in the deepest parts of the sewers and are very adept at using their amorphous bodies to move through narrow pipes.
Mr. Bernhardt and other higher vampires traversed those foul-smelling pipes day and night to capture three individuals. The captured individuals are now temporarily sealed away, and Mr. Bernhardt is attempting to use them to find the true mastermind behind it all.
As for the possible spies within the vampire investigation team, the vampire lord has already discovered them.
However, he also discovered that the other party had the support of a vampire elder from Velendale. Therefore, because he was worried that there were also "wild vampires" on Velendale's side, he did not act rashly for the time being. Instead, he informed the people he could trust on Velendale's side, planning to wait until the vampires in the capital dug out the supporters behind the scenes before taking action to eliminate the untrustworthy members of his team.
On Sunday afternoon, Shad did not see Mr. Bernhardt. The latter was probably still busy in the sewers of the outer city, where they had discovered a suspected [Blood Spirit School] laboratory.
However, Shad met Mr. Finch and Mr. Munoz in the Tower of Wonders. The two old gentlemen had not had a moment's rest this week either, as the major event of the Church of Creation's appearance had affected everyone living in the city.
In addition to providing information about Mr. Bernhardt, Mr. Finch mentioned another matter that Shad had mentioned not long ago:
“A few days ago you brought me a photo and asked me to identify it. At the time, I just said I had seen it many years ago. Later, I asked Muñoz, and he had a deep impression of the person in the photo.”
The face in the photo that Shade showed earlier belonged to that leather body. Its original name was unknown, but during the time it was used by Vigo's mother, its name was always "Nicolas Lemaître".
Shad then looked curiously at Mr. Muñoz, who explained:
"I belong to the Apuna Library. More than twenty years ago, before my hair turned gray, I worked for a period of time in the black market of the Candleburg Association, where I was in charge of managing the business of selling books and exchanging knowledge."
I served this man back then; he was probably an alchemist. Besides purchasing some ancient alchemical manuscripts, I remember clearly that he also bought a Guardian-level relic. Because that relic involved some troublesome matters, I personally took him to retrieve it, so I saw his face then.
He had also entrusted me with the long-term acquisition of the Philosopher's Stone, and later sent several letters inquiring about the matter, but the Philosopher's Stone is not something that can be obtained easily.
Xia De then asked:
“Mr. Munoz, wouldn’t it be a violation of regulations to disclose a business partner’s privacy to me?”
The old man shook his head:
"Strictly speaking, that's not part of the organization's business; it's more like I'm making extra money. Let's not talk about that. Anyway, since Finch is willing to vouch for you, saying you're doing something righteous, then I'll reveal some information."
What that person bought from me back then was the Guardian-level relic, the [Eye of Compassion]. It's a demonic eye, a very useful healing relic. Anyone gazed upon by the demonic eye receives a replenishment of life force from the wielder. Yes, it heals the gazed upon by damaging the wielder's life force.
"So, that demonic eye can manipulate life force in one direction?"
"You can understand it this way. I've never used it, I've only read some of the information. Back then, it resided in an ordinary person's body. That person wanted to use the Demon Eye to cure his seriously ill daughter, but it resulted in an even greater tragedy."
The relics went out of control, and his daughter was transformed into a monstrous creature with mutated flesh due to the violent surge of life force. He himself became an undead, but he could absorb the life force of others by touching them, and then use his demonic eye to give that life force back to his daughter.
I went with the person in the photo to contain the Demon Eye. After it was done, I received a considerable amount of crowns. That person was very rich.
"I see."
Shade speculated that Madame Lemaître might have wanted to use that relic to study methods of controlling life force. The deal was made in 1827, three years before Viggo was born, when Viggo's father had just met her mother, and the two had not yet formally established a relationship.
PS: Bonus chapter for Chinese New Year, 4/10.