OBS Chapter 3684 Guidance of Starlight
Chapter 3684 Guidance of Starlight
Chapter 3684 Guidance of Starlight
Shad wasn't sure if the being before him was the true form of the "Lustful One" that Iluna had mentioned, but the power it was currently displaying was beyond what a single high-ringed sorcerer could contend with.
A pink light radiated outwards as the monster revealed a smile, rendering the pink spell ineffective against Shad. As the light approached Claire and her companions, the witch's jewelry began to glow.
The witch's magic and Shad's moonlight attacked her from all sides again. Although the reappearing black barrier weakened their attack, it was clear that she was no match for the five of them.
Then the piercing shriek reappeared. This time, the black mist that coiled around the snake's tail shot out in all directions like bullets along with the shriek. The mental energy that was forcibly extracted was transformed into an offensive means. Those mixed thoughts and ideas had no physical attack power, but they could have a polluting effect on the mind and soul.
While Shad and the witches were defending against this bizarre attack, amidst a chilling and disgusting sound, the monster with a human body and a snake tail vomited forward, and a black snake as thick as a bowl fell into the snow.
"Infinite Serpent!"
This time it was the real Infinite Serpent, and as soon as it appeared, its size immediately increased as it faced the wind.
Shad immediately changed his target and stopped the snake that was trying to dart towards Claire:
“You deal with her, I’ll handle the snake.”
"No problem, don't worry."
Vanessa, with her words, charged forward with the other three witches. With all four great witches attacking together, Shad wasn't worried at all. He too rushed towards the ever-growing serpent, the silver moonlight transforming into the sharpest sword in the darkness.
Since this wasn't the first time they'd encountered something like this, the battle ended after a few minutes. When Shad emerged from the tangled forest, carrying the black, curved object, the witches' fight was over.
The monster with a human head and a snake's body lay lifeless in the snow. Flora and Sirius, who had been hiding in the woods, were kneeling in the snow beside the corpse, doing something unknown.
"I've turned the snake into a curved shape."
As Shad spoke, Vanessa, standing behind Sirius, explained the current situation:
“We had only a few dozen seconds to subdue her after you left, but she stopped breathing on her own. It seems that she is indeed the woman who spread the plague, and this time it's not her physical body. We were originally prepared to capture her spiritual body or soul, but the situation is very strange.”
The dead witch Flora rose from beside the corpse:
"The way the other party controls this body is not by possessing the body with their soul, nor is it by remote manipulation of the mind. It's more like a projection of consciousness. She didn't run away, but rather destroyed the projection of her consciousness. Her physical mental and soul power must be incredibly strong, but fortunately, I'm a professional. Even after the consciousness self-annihilated, soul information remained, which I can use to track her."
Sirius also stood up from beside the corpse, the Sage-level relic in his hand, [Faded Memories], had already collected some memories:
"Her consciousness was so severely destroyed that only some of the most vivid memories from her 'life' were collected."
As he spoke, Sirius pulled the trigger; the sound of the bullet didn't travel far in the snowy night. And on the snow, Shad's smiling face appeared.
Vanessa muttered to herself:
"As expected, no one can forget that smile."
Hillis then fired a second shot. This time, the memory fragment was more complete; it was Shad talking to her about how he came here to help someone retrieve something.
The third shot revealed a dazzling moonlight on the snow.
"She saw me before, but obviously she didn't recognize me at first this time, and only recognized me when the battle started."
The memory consists of only these three segments, but in Shad's view, it is valuable enough:
"In the second memory, she remembers very clearly the purpose of my visit, and this is the only memory that is most complete. This should not be a coincidence. Considering the timing of her appearance, I suspect that Ellie may not have found the maid just because she was greedy."
Megan then asked:
"Is Baron Samir, who asked you to retrieve something, connected to this woman? Is he her next target?"
"It's hard to say, but fortunately, the other party probably doesn't know that we've made so many connections. Let's arrange for some people to investigate Baron Samir's background more thoroughly; I think there's more to him than meets the eye."
As he spoke, Shad looked at the corpses on the ground again:
“This is a person infected with the snake-like disease plague, but compared to the infected people currently under the church’s control, her changes are more complete and targeted.”
He knelt down beside the body and examined it more carefully:
"Although these infected individuals are infected by the fate represented by 'Mr. Snake,' they do not possess the ability to forge curves. They only obtain fragments of fate, but for ordinary people, even the slightest disturbance to fate is no different from a mountain pressing down on them."
"Can I transport this body onto the ship? I think I can find more traces of the soul from the remaining remains on the body."
Flora spoke to Shad, and Shad nodded:
"Although this plague is currently ineffective against ring sorcerers, you and Miss Elaiser should agree to isolate the body in a separate chamber for research. Also, remember to find out the source of the body. Since we used her body, we should return it to her family. If she has no family, bury her in the local cemetery after this is over."
Flora nodded gently. The true owner of this corpse was the most innocent person in this whole affair. Snowflakes fell on the lifeless young face, and Shad, watching this scene, felt an overwhelming sorrow.
(Iluna is praying.)
Because of the delay caused that evening, it was already quite late when Shad decided to go home. However, after returning home from losing the crystal slipper on the Radiant Messenger, he first went to the Night Temple in Randall Valley to deal with the black arc.
Having learned from his previous experience, he was able to crush the curved coin under the moonlight with ease this time, and he still managed to get a black iron coin with a score of 6.
After the shattered arc turned into specks of light that merged into itself, a brief three-day enhancement reappeared.
Moreover, Shad unexpectedly realized that a small portion of the power of the star bestowed upon him by the gods remained within his body, now manifesting due to the power of the curved arc. Of course, this could also be the starlight contained within the power given by Sister Daphne.
He bent down and picked up the coin from the huge ritual array of sun, moon and stars on the ground, then looked up at the clear three moons above the silvery-white sea of trees.
【What are you thinking about? 】
She whispered, and Shad extended his left hand, making a grasping motion towards the silver moon:
"I'm thinking about the Ring of Fate. Isn't it said that candidates can forge their own destiny through the Upper Spring? If I can also use this method, what will my destiny be—will it be the [Silver Moon]?"
The moon is not destiny; the moon belongs to the Silver Moon Sage.
She whispered a reminder, implying that the moon and fate were of equal importance:
"So what could it be? I feel that my words of sublimation are most likely related to this destiny, and the ring of destiny I have condensed may even become the third core spirit rune I have chosen."
[Shouldn't you choose "Miracle - World" for the third core rune?]
The Miracle - [World] is indeed incredibly powerful, but more than power, Shad wants to choose what suits him better:
"Let's talk about the rest later. But I'm curious what effect my high-level Ascendancy will have. Low-level summons witches from the past, mid-level summons Luvia who doesn't exist in time and space, I can hardly imagine what high-level summons."
As he thought about it, he took out Lacey's crystal shoes.
Is it definitely a summoning?
As Shad's figure vanished along with the glint of the crystal, he answered softly in his heart:
“It doesn’t have to be a summoning, of course. But if a high-level Ascendancy word could directly save the world, that would be wonderful.”
That night, Galina and Dorothy were at home again, and in his dream that night, Shad dreamed of strange things once more.
Of course, this time it's no longer the strange story of "an outsider venturing into the doomed royal city and being cruelly manipulated by a red-haired princess." In his dream, he returned to the astral fragment where he had fought the "fallen star beasts," but this time he was all alone.
As he looked up at the starry night sky, the pattern of three intertwined rings reappeared in the darkness.
This time, he immediately realized he was dreaming, and then wondered if it was another "prophetic dream." Starlight twinkled everywhere; the origin of this dream seemed to be related to the activation of the residual power of the stars in the [Temple of Night].
"Was this dream trying to tell me what my destiny is?"
However, the three rings simply radiated light steadily in the air, without revealing any "answer".
The suspicious stranger felt that this strange dream was getting weirder and weirder. He thought of the dream he had last night. Although the giant Adelina that appeared at the end of the dream last night was a bit inexplicable, he knew that the dream was caused by him thinking too much.
At that moment, as he thought of Adelina again, two of the three overlapping rings in the air gradually changed. Their color, shape, and size remained the same, but Shad understood that they had acquired specific meanings—[Royalty] [War].
"But Adelina isn't a candidate. What good would it do to know that? I can't exactly drag Adelina onto the battlefield to fight Mr. Snake, can I?"
He felt he understood the meaning of the dream; it was probably meant to let him know the fates of the girls around him.
Thinking of this, Xia De vaguely realized that he still had two more chances. The starry sky represented the fate of all things, and the power left by that star could only guide him through so many destinies.
"And what about Stella?"
The image of the white-haired witch apprentice leaped into Shad's mind, and the rings in the starry sky changed again. This time, only two of them revealed specific meanings—[Ice and Snow] and [Tenacity].
"Resilient. She has come a long way from an ordinary background in a northern tribe. She is indeed very resilient."
But Shad didn't know where to find "stubborn fate".
"The last time."
He hesitated for a moment between Luvia and Iluna:
"Iluna".
The figure of the eighteen-year-old girl who had thrown a sungun under the starry sky appeared before Shad's eyes, and what he saw was—
[Hope] [Punish evil] [Hero].