OBS Chapter 3812 The Devil's Help
Chapter 3812 The Devil's Help
Chapter 3812 The Devil's Help
Shad knew the cat was trying to be helpful, but then he felt that this cat, disguised as a demon, was more like a real cat than Xiaomia.
He shook his head to dispel the strange thought:
“I’m also very interested in the upcoming demon stories, but I really have urgent things to do.”
He didn't ask why the black cat and black dog were following Mr. Asmon, but instead asked:
"You should be able to sense that this area of the dock is now sealed off by an invisible barrier. Can you find a way to help me escape from this space?"
The black cat and the black dog clearly knew about this:
“You know, we don’t have much power. Stone Olsenfort summoned us by making a wish to ‘fight the demon,’ but we couldn’t defeat the Stone Mirror Demon—Goethe. In the end, we were just left in the manor to take care of Mrs. Olsenfort. If it weren’t for your rescue, we probably wouldn’t even be free now.”
Of course, Shad knew about this:
“But even if you have no power, I still believe you have a way to get me out of here.”
The black cat and the black dog did not deny it. The black dog continued in the butler's voice:
"You helped us, but the hint we gave you back then has already repaid the favor. We have a good impression of you and would be happy to help you again, but if you accept our help, you must give something in return."
This is not a threat; it's a rule we must follow. A threat would be if we helped you without expecting anything in return.
Xia De expressed his understanding:
"What do you need? The snake holds a part of the essence of the 'Weapon Demon.' Do you need this? Or perhaps the Weapon Demon originally came to this snow mountain in search of a certain weapon. Maybe you need this too."
The cat and dog are squatting in the same posture:
“You don’t need to test us; we don’t have those kinds of thoughts. The reward you need to give is very simple.”
The cat raised its paw and licked it:
"After you've resolved your troubles, remember to come back to this scholar and hear the next part of the demon story. These ancient tales are not only interesting to listen to, but sometimes they can also bring unexpected insights."
“No problem, and I just promised Mr. Asmon, so I won’t go back on my word. But... you’ll be following him from now on, right?”
The black dog nodded:
"He's a great travel companion, and his research and work align perfectly with our interests. When you meet him in the next city, we should still be with him."
Is he...?
The black cat shook its head:
"Kind person, do you really want to ask this question now?"
The cat's female voice carried a hint of warning, and Shad smiled.
“Alright, I understand. This is indeed not the right time to ask this question. I’ve had enough trouble tonight. So let me leave, preferably without Mr. Snake noticing my departure for a while. Time is running out; the mountaintop still needs me.”
The black cat and the black dog did not think that Shad's request was excessive. The dog stepped to the side of the pier, barked a few times at the water, and then a small thing flew up from under the water.
It was a glass bottle, with a silver band firmly securing the stopper to the bottle opening, and inside the bottle was swirling, multicolored smoke.
The bottle, still wet with water, landed next to the black dog. As it rolled on the pier, the cork popped open with a bang, and colorful smoke billowed out of the bottle's mouth, eventually transforming into a giant blue spirit with a semi-transparent body.
This is a Sage-level relic, "The Reward of Greed." Before it became a relic, the blue giant's true form was "Wish Demon - Zatanna," an old acquaintance of Shad.
Its upper body was dressed in a sleeveless jacket with the buttons undone, while its lower body was connected to the glass bottle in the form of clouds. After scanning its surroundings, it raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised by the scene before it:
"What do you want? Oh, it's you."
The demon first questioned the black dog and the black cat, and then he saw Shad.
The black cat raised its head and said to it:
“I have come to make a wish to you: to open an exit for him to leave this place, and to do so without the barrier’s owner noticing.”
The blue giant did not deny that it possessed such abilities. Although it was only at the Sage level and far inferior to Grace and Helen, who still had the status of Chosen Ones, a relic with demonic power could not be viewed by normal standards.
"No problem, but I'm afraid we can't keep it from the owner of this place for too long."
The demon that emerged from the bottle didn't even demand a price from the black cat. It reached out and flicked forward, peeling a fingernail-sized cloud of colorful mist from its body, which then flew into the air. The mist then rotated counterclockwise in a circle, growing larger and larger until it formed a stable portal.
[Powerful Spatial Awareness] told Shad what location the portal led to, and he breathed a sigh of relief, saying to the three demons:
"I have urgent business to attend to, so I won't stay here any longer. Consider this a favor I owe you, and I will repay it."
The black cat shook its head:
"You don't owe anyone a favor, remember what you promised. Let's leave, it's late, we should go back too."
Shad nodded, then disappeared after passing through the portal.
The blue giant, with its arms crossed, closed the portal before looking down at the crouching cat and dog and asking:
"Are you willing to help him because he is a friend of your travel companion, or because he is a friend of that psychologist?"
The dog replied:
"Neither. Our help often brings disaster to those we help, but he is one of the few who can accept our help. Besides, regardless of our stance, no one wants the end of the world to come at this moment, right?"
"Makes sense."
The blue giant nodded, then gazed at the tavern in the distance, but in the end, it retreated back into the bottle without saying anything, not even taking the price for the black cat's wish.
As the bottle fell back into the water, the cat and dog leaped and disappeared from the pier.
First, two unknowable-level relics appeared, then three demons. This pier at the Time Wheel City docks has witnessed a legend tonight.
(Mia is running.)
After exiting the portal, Shad appeared on the beach in the western part of Time Wheel City. In the summer, this place was a resort for the nobles of the Duchy of Lagerson, but on this foggy night, the beach was deserted, with only a dark figure rapidly approaching the beach from the direction of the ocean standing out.
"Moonlight rays".
A silver ray burst from his fingertip, and a few seconds later, the indescribable corpse of the monster, whose head had been vaporized, washed ashore. It looked like a stitched-together body of several kinds of fish, which reminded Shad of the famous dish from the City of Time.
He ignored the monster, opened his senses to perceive the surrounding environment, and then disappeared onto the beach.
Half a minute later, when the belated third shockwave swept down from the mountaintop, Shad was already on the deck of the Radiant Messenger. The Radiant Messenger had been well-prepared to deal with the shockwave, so the ship only rocked slightly before returning to calm.
On deck, people were already waiting for Shad's return. The young witch followers led Shad into the cabin, and when Shad appeared in the banquet hall, Luvia, who was confirming the intensity of the fateful impact with Miss Elizabeth, immediately looked over:
"Shad!"
She breathed a sigh of relief and ran excitedly towards Shad, then gave him a tight hug. Shad hadn't appeared yet, and Luvia was actually quite worried. However, after the hug, she didn't whisper any sweet nothings, but instead regained her composure and spoke very quickly:
"We've found the right eye of the Ouroboros Eye. We'll use the power of this artifact to monitor the entire island."
But ten minutes ago, after Stella reached the summit, we could no longer directly observe her movements; Ellie and Mia disappeared together before the game started, and Sylvia sent a message not long ago that they, along with Leona and Flora, rushed into the ruins at the summit, and Ellie suddenly became very powerful.
Adele Isabella came to the ship before midnight, but only stayed briefly to explain that reinforcements from the Witch Council were arriving soon, then went straight to the mountaintop; Sylvia is also at the mountaintop now. Sylvia said she's become a thirteenth-tier Great Witch, which is related to you, right?
"That's relevant, but we'll talk about that later. What's the current situation with the five candidates?"
Shad asked, and Matilda, along with three maids, brought Shad's combat equipment. While Luvia and Bella were informing Shad, they stuffed two pistols, the twenty-sided die of fate, some of Mia's rings, numerous toys, and alchemical tools onto Shad.
Bella led Shad to one side of the huge sand table and gestured for Shad not to enter the range of the remote communication ritual's monitoring:
"Stella, Mr. Zarathustra and Katrin Schwartz have already entered the ruins. Mr. Mortis is still on his way to the top, but he has been stopped. The priest from the 'All Things as One' was seriously injured in a card game, so he has not yet reached the summit either."
The current situation is not optimistic. The influence of this dense fog has spread to the southern coast of the Old World. Coastal cities have reported some situations to the local churches, and it is likely that battles will soon break out in those cities as well.
The town and the City of Time Wheels have repelled several waves of monsters surging in from both land and sea. The town is doing relatively well, given its small size and population, and the presence of the Radiant Messenger at the dock is proving invaluable. However, the situation in the City of Time Wheels is dire. Before midnight, the monsters, led by a Ring Bearer, nearly broke through the city's defenses from the north. A 12th-ringed member of the Church of Dawn, carrying the Ring of Fate of the Hero, went to stop them but tragically perished.
"If it weren't for Danist's timely arrival from the elven camp to provide relief, and our dispatch of reinforcements brought by His Excellency the Speaker, the northern part of Timewheel City would likely have already fallen."