OBS Chapter 3731 The First Kind of Fate
Chapter 3731 The First Kind of Fate
Chapter 3731 The First Fate
"Thank you. Hmm?"
Having witnessed Ellie's brief transformation into human form during her healing process, Shad recognized the girl handing out the ring as Ellie, but this did not prevent him from being shocked.
Was this unexpected?
"She" asked with a smile. Shad had only thought of the demon's [Resurrection] ring, and he certainly hadn't expected that the one holding the ring would be Ellie. But even though he had many doubts and questions about the little unicorn's "evolution," now was not a good time to ask.
Shad reached out and grasped the ring offered by the "little elf" who seemed to have stepped out of a fairy tale. The ring vibrated with a hum in the dazzling light. The light directly carved out a white area in the darkness, enveloping Shad and the girls within it.
The nine-ringed life ring belonging to the outsider manifested at this moment, larger and more dazzling than ever before. A white light, identical to the [Resurrection] ring, swirled around the life ring, like white cracks appearing on a brass-colored rim, within which, besides white, there was a faint, shimmering golden light.
Of course, Mr. Snake wouldn't watch Shad resonate with fate there. A huge black phantom appeared behind it, and as the sword of destruction in its hand pointed forward, the black light of destruction that the black snake phantom spat out shot straight into the white light area in the darkness.
This time, Shad didn't take out the Calamity Cards; he simply held the white ring in his hand and blocked forward—
Clang!
The black light was deflected, shattering the giant snake phantom behind Mr. Snake. Shad's eyes looked at it through the center of the raised ring, and when the ring was lowered, "her" gentle voice finally appeared.
[Stranger, you possess the first destiny—resurrection, the destiny of a stranger to open your eyes anew in this world.]
[While this ring is in use, any injury will heal immediately.]
[While you hold this ring, attacks imbued with a single destiny attribute will be reflected by your destiny if they do not exceed your defense limit.]
[While holding this ring, you can restore any target within your field of vision by focusing your gaze.]
The above effects require no resource consumption.
The white ring of light did not remain in Shad's hand. As "her" voice gave the prompt, it transformed into a ring-shaped pattern and was imprinted on the back of Shad's right hand, the white ring pattern enveloping the half-circle of purple ring.
She whispered a final reminder:
[Support from a Noble Fate: While holding the Resurrection buff, touching the palm of a deceased person whose soul has not yet entered death will immediately revive them.]
Note that you should not resonate with fate for extended periods or frequently, otherwise that fate will influence your future.
The Night Watchman flew back into Shad's hand, a pale purple trail of light flowing along the spine of the sword after the white and purple light merged. The silver moonlight that Shad had transformed into pierced the descending darkness in the next second, the silver moonlight dragging a white trail as it collided head-on with Mr. Snake.
The interplay of black and white at this moment also gave the ring sorcerers who were preparing to support the area a direction to move forward in the darkness.
Only Iluna and Stella clearly saw the longsword in Shad's hand clash with the black sword in the snake-faced man's hand, the light emanating from the two almost turning the surrounding space into a chaotic color.
In that swirling black and white, the light emanating from the Night Watchman could clash with the black longsword in Mr. Snake's hand, but the Night Watchman was clearly slightly weaker than the power of that sword of destruction. With each clash of their weapons, the blackness, imbued with the demonic power of the weapon and the destructive force of fate, gradually caused the whiteness, imbued with the power of the Witcher and the destiny of a hero, to fade away.
Having obtained the first destiny, and with that half-circle of purple light, Shad was fully capable of defeating the clone of "Mr. Snake." However, the Night Watchman was no match for the weapon in the opponent's hand, a weapon formed from demonic power and the fate of the lustful.
Each flash of the sword's black light left a wound on Shad's body. Although the wounds healed almost instantly, the fact that he could be injured by this weapon itself spoke volumes.
Neither of them intended to speak; the rapid clash of their swords nearly tore space apart. The sounds of their intertwined destinies colliding reverberated like a giant hammer, striking the souls of all the mortals nearby.
Only fate can fight against fate, and the consequences of fate fighting against fate are far greater than the impact of physical forces.
For a moment, what Iluna saw in her vision was no longer two human figures, but the moon and a snake fighting each other in the darkness. Coupled with the arc she had just seen in the flesh and blood of the "Lustful Ones," Iluna vaguely felt that she seemed to understand some of the true meaning of fate. As she forced herself to go and help, she heard a large sound of footsteps coming from behind her.
The Church of the Five Gods and the thirteenth-circle sorcerers from the three major academies have gathered, and Vanessa even appeared directly next to Stella along with Megan and Sylvie.
Meanwhile, the brief struggle between Shad and the snake was coming to an end. The Night Watchman was knocked away, and in return, Shad grabbed the blade of the black longsword with both of his hands.
The sword, seemingly synonymous with destruction itself, touched Shad's palm, clashing against the white and purple rings of light. Although his skin wasn't cut, the excruciating pain in his hands and the numbness in his soul made Shad realize that even he couldn't handle this thing for long.
"A noble destiny may be unique, but it is not your destiny."
As the snake spoke, the giant black snake shadow that reappeared behind it opened its mouth to bite at Shad's head, but was dispersed by the silver secret fire that he spewed from his mouth.
Then the snake-faced man stretched his neck, transforming his entire body into a real snake as he coiled around Shad. The silvery moonlight emanating from Shad's body caused him to pause briefly, and then the giant silver snake emerged from the moonlight, intertwining with the black snake.
The chaos of black and white left the people who came to help at a loss. When the intertwined black and white separated again, Mr. Snake's black longsword once again pierced Shad's chest.
Instead of summoning the Night's Watch to fly towards him, Shad, already prepared, slammed both palms together in the center.
Clang!
In an instant, a hallucination appeared before Shad's eyes: the intertwined souls of Valentine Halonin and Baron Samir were stretched out, lunging at him like snakes. But the appearance of the hallucination also proved that the shattered tear of soul in Shad's palm was indeed effective. With his mental power extremely concentrated, he swung the moonlight greatsword formed from his soul power forward, cleaving the two fused souls apart with a single strike.
Then the second act of the illusion appeared, this time featuring a beautiful middle-aged woman who walked through the crowd on the streets of Time Wheel City at dusk toward Shad. She tried to open her arms to embrace Shad, but her entire upper body was melted by a beam of moonlight shining in her face.
The Fool's Ring also appeared in this illusion. The soul in the melting corpse tried to escape, but just as the soul was being carried into the sky by the ring, the rotating moon wheel carrying the Ring of Resurrection suddenly flew out from the ground and precisely sawed the entire ring and the soul in two.
The illusion shattered, and the two interconnected souls, which had been devouring each other, were completely separated.
The black longsword snapped in Shad's hand, returning to its original broken state. The blade part bounced away with a whoosh, and even though the "serpent's" true form was Destiny, it still wore an expression of disbelief.
"It's broken. What was in your palm just now?"
"Of course, it's the antidote. If their fates are no longer tied to your spell, can the circle you built with the fates of mortals still be considered complete? —Moonlight Ray!"
Pure silver fire burst from his fingertips, piercing the enemy's chest, but this inhuman being didn't have any fatal wounds like a human. From the wound piercing Mr. Snake's chest, a black snake as thick as an arm suddenly lunged out, trying to bite Shad's arm, which hadn't yet retracted. But Shad slapped forward with his right hand, which was glowing with a ring, and the black snake was directly bounced back into his chest. Then, Shad's left hand unleashed a moonlight slash, slicing the clone in half.
The clone did not die; its two halves transformed back into a giant snake and lunged at Shad, only to be met by Shad's outstretched right hand:
"Thunder Wave!"
A thunderous boom echoed from the depths of darkness, and the eerie, dangerous snake-faced man was sent flying into the distance like two pieces of paper.
Shade's choice of this extraordinary technique instead of using moonlight was not out of mercy. The power of destiny contained in his right hand was the only way to inflict the greatest damage on the snake. Moreover, the snake's temporary departure caused all the reinforcements to quickly converge on Shade.
Shad looked at them, and as the white circular brand on the back of his hand glowed again, everyone felt a sense of relaxation, followed by a feeling of comfort as if they had just woken from a peaceful night's sleep. The resurrection was not aggressive, but its restorative effect was extremely powerful.
Without Shad's command, everyone who had been restored unleashed their magic together into the depths of darkness.
But the feedback coming from the darkness didn't sound like a magical spell hitting its target or being blocked by some kind of shield.
As the group continued forward to investigate, they saw the snake-faced man who had been knocked away by Shad lying face up on the ground, his body gradually turning to ashes.
But most people didn't look closely at it, because behind that "corpse," the temple of the ancient god of fate stood quietly in the rugged snow-covered basin.
Footsteps echoed from the temple's open doors. A figure stepped through the doors, passed through the entrance between two pillars, and then left the temple, stepping onto the ground of the real world.
The hem of his black robe trailed on the ground, and his footsteps were not loud; in fact, they were quite light.
The man, also with a snake-like face, wore a mysterious smile. But this time, even Xia De's expression turned quite grim; the man's appearance signified a terrifying reality—
From the end of the First Age until now, the doomsday fate has finally set foot on this land once again.
PS: The illustration in this chapter is titled "Ellie in Human Form".