OBS Chapter 3588 Beren
Chapter 3588 Beren
Chapter 3588 Beren
The man with snake eyes caught Shad's dice, shook them gently, and ten copper coins clattered out, floating in a ring around him.
So the brass-colored die returned to Shad's side, along with a green medicine bottle:
"that's it."
It returned behind the wall with the 10 copper coins, and the dice it rolled back now showed "35-54". The original expected value of the dice was 54.5, but now it was 44.5, meaning the snake had indeed taken 10 points.
Everyone looked at Shad, who then showed them the die:
"It seems that the snake does indeed possess some power over destiny. Don't look at me anymore. I hope we can gain something from this temple in half an hour."
So the church, the Society of Prophets, and the witch's followers went to observe and record the details of the temple's interior. However, the three candidates did not go to the altar under the ouroboros relief, because the old man Zarathustra came to Shad with the child in his arms.
"It says the child cannot be saved, but we still have to try. Everyone prepare your magic spells and incantations, and don't give up until the very end."
Shad uncorked the green medicine bottle and carefully fed the medicine into the mouth of the critically ill child. The medicine was very effective; the snake scales on her skin gradually faded, and the whole process lasted five minutes.
But as the snake scales receded, that fragile life also came to an end.
Neither "false immortality" nor any other magical spells could slow down the process. Shad traded points for her freedom, but her death was in exchange for her grandparents' survival. It was a fair trade, and it was destined to happen.
After their attempts failed, the group could only watch as the child's breathing gradually became faint until his eyes closed and never opened again.
Ellie cried softly at that moment, and the witches were also quite saddened.
“His parents, we will.”
Chairman Le Norman was about to speak when he saw Shad reach out and take the child from old man Zarathustra. He held the swaddled baby in one arm and took out his notebook with his left. The notebook opened automatically, and the feather that had been inside flew out.
Sister Daphne recognized the feather and knew what Shad was up to. Miss Eden, a descendant of angels, also guessed what it was, but couldn't believe the Summoner would do such a thing.
After the events of Tombstone Wasteland, when Priest Augustus saw the feather, he urged Shad to use it as soon as possible. Shad promised to use it when he encountered the first person worth saving, and now is clearly the best time.
"No one's fate should be traded or arranged; she should not be the price someone else pays."
The candlesticks on the temple walls and pillars illuminated him as he looked down at the lifeless child. The moment the feather in his hand touched the child's forehead, the phantom of a sleeping angel with outstretched arms appeared behind him.
Everyone in the temple looked at them at that moment. Through the phantom of the angel, they could even see the huge golden ouroboros relief on the wall behind the bowed "man".
The fourth angel of death—the Angel of Requiem—reached out and touched the girl's forehead. After a fleeting golden light, the angel vanished, and the loud cries emanating from the swaddling clothes signified the arrival of a new life.
The cries echoed throughout the temple. No one spoke; most felt they understood why this man was the "Summoner of Gods," while the two thirteenth-ring warlocks felt as if ancient mythology had become a modern story. The witches pursed their lips, their hearts stirred with varying degrees of desire by this scene—
Because at this moment, Shad, who was looking down at the baby in the temple, was seen by everyone as a living saint.
A clanging sound came from the direction of the ouroboros emblem, like something falling to the ground. But no one saw any new items on the temple floor. At that moment, the crying baby's waving little hand opened, and a round gold coin was flung out, hitting Shad's clothes before landing in the lower right pocket of his coat.
Shad, holding the child in one arm, bent down and took out the gold coin with his left hand. He saw that one side of the coin bore the emblem of the ouroboros, while the other side showed the number "5" from a dice pattern. Having the gold coin from the gift box and the coin from the Old God—the Lord of the Walls—Shad knew what this meant. This transferable coin could increase his Fate Points by "5".
This is what Mr. Mortis meant by the extra dice that can be obtained after turning the tide of fate.
"Is a life really only worth 5 points?"
Shad lost his unique 10-point average value and gained a fixed 5-point value that he could use at will. It's hard to say whether this was worthwhile. But considering that the Old Gods only gave him 1 gold coin in the story of fate, it should be worthwhile.
As for the cost of that feather, it doesn't matter whether it was worthwhile or not; it was destined to save a life.
Shad looked at Sister Daphne, who had given him the feather found in the nun's grave. Shad hoped Sister Daphne wouldn't think he had used the nun's belongings too casually.
Sister Daphne said nothing, seemingly oblivious to Shad's gaze, while it was Ms. Eden who broke the silence in the temple:
"Speaking of which, this child hasn't been named yet since she was born. Summoner, since you've given her new life, please give her a name."
Sister Daphne "looked" at Shad. The pattern on the silver eye patch was not very clear in the dim candlelight of the temple. In the distant past, someone else had also looked at him wearing this eye patch.
Shad looked down at the still-crying girl in his arms, and in a daze, he saw again the nun walking with him in that desolate wasteland strewn with tombstones:
"A name, Beren. Yes, Beren, it's a very good name."
Sister Daphne smiled serenely; this was the first time she had shown such a clear smile in all the time I had known her.
Everyone else agreed that the name was good, but Shad paid no attention to the nun's smile or the others' reactions. After saying those words, he felt an urge to cry for some reason. Because at that moment, he truly realized that his former companion, Sister Beren, who had once held his hand, was truly gone.
Behind and to the side of Xia De, a white-haired girl looked at his slightly sad profile:
"Compared to the House of the Deceivers, this must be the real miracle related to 'resurrection', right?"
This ancient temple is divided into two parts, front and back, but the part behind the wall is inaccessible to everyone. It is unknown whether this is because people are not allowed to go there, or whether it is the work of the snake hiding in the temple.
After naming the child, Shad took the opportunity to look at the seven murals on the wall to adjust his mood. Claire noticed that Shad wasn't in a good mood. She had heard people talk about Shad and the nun from a distant era. Although she didn't feel the story as deeply as Sister Daphne, she still followed behind Shad without saying anything to comfort him, just staying close to him in a slightly intimate way.
Although I had heard the story of the seven-day descent of the ancient god from Winnie and President Lenorman, the amount of information conveyed by pictures as a medium is different from that of simple textual descriptions.
Although the murals look quite old, all of them are intact. However, seven murals appear to have severely faded colors from a distance, while three of them become vibrant and colorful upon closer inspection, and even the content of the paintings is completely different from how they appeared from a distance.
Although the three brightly colored new paintings don't look like they were painted yesterday, they give the impression that they've been there for no more than half a month.
The three new paintings depict a unicorn knight clashing with a black demon in mid-air, with two identical longswords striking each other in the center of the painting. The scene below and the blurry castle in the background are not clearly visible due to the angle, making the painting extremely dynamic.
Under a sky full of stars, on the snow-capped mountain ridge that resembles a silver thread, a long-haired girl whose face is obscured opens her arms to face the starry sea. On the right side of the picture, the small head of a unicorn peeks into the frame. Shad felt that it was Luvia's back. Of course, those who are not familiar with her would not be able to tell.
Above the screen is a blood-red city in the clouds, and below the blood-red city is a city cemetery against a backdrop of snow-capped mountains. The cemetery is filled with more than twenty different people, some walking and some standing in front of tombstones. It is a very lively cemetery.
Half of these people have obvious pseudo-human features, while the only one in the picture who is not facing away from the scene is reaching out to try to knock on the door of the red-painted cemetery hut at the bottom of the picture, while the "white horse" next to him is trying to push the door with its head.
The man's shadow was strangely divided into two parts in the sunlight, one looking like a bowed nun and the other like a baby girl lying in swaddling clothes.
Upon seeing the three new paintings, the same sentence will come to mind for anyone—
The indestructible demonic sword was ultimately severed by its own power.
At the end of the pilgrim's journey, only by giving up everything can one conquer fate.
What I'm begging for isn't a miracle of resurrection; I simply don't want to forget you.
These three new murals clearly depict stories that have already ended on the island: the story of the Demon Sword, the Path of the Pilgrims, and the resurrection. These paintings shouldn't have looked like this before the story ended, because before Shad resurrected Little Beren with the feather, those viewing the murals, while noticing the vibrant colors near the third painting, didn't have the same clarity as they do now.
Claire knew why; she gazed at the retreating figure of the man who had performed this miracle.
"False people use the dead and the living to deceive mortals, but the one who calls the gods uses the miracle of the dead and the living to help strangers. He brings back to life children who should not have died, and he brings the names of those who should have died to the present."
In the stories of the ancient gods, the gods themselves did not resurrect those who had long since departed; their actions were the true interpretation of 'resurrection'.
PS1: 1. Why can he be resurrected?
A: Only those who actually reach that water area cannot be resurrected. This time, the soul has just left, and the body is intact, which meets the requirements for the feather to function.
2. Wasn't it supposed to be a one-for-two exchange in the Temple of Fate? Wouldn't it be unfair to be resurrected?
A: It's like exchanging one life for two, and the angel's feather for another life. That feather is like a "resurrection coin," paid as the price. It's a feather left by an angel when Death was still alive, and it has that power.
PS2: What do the three new paintings have in common?