OBS Chapter 3574 Huge Body
Chapter 3574 Huge Body
Chapter 3574 Huge Body
"Wasn't she corrupted by the remnants of demonic power? How come there are elements of miracles in her dream?"
As Shad landed on the hill, he raised his hand to summon flames to melt the ice and see what lay beneath. But the instant the flame appeared in his hand, the entire ice field trembled without warning, as if struck by an earthquake of magnitude eight.
Shad hurriedly extinguished the flame in his hand, looked around in surprise through the blizzard, and then looked down at the golden light buried beneath his feet:
"Does this dream fear or resist the flame?"
He hesitated for a moment, then lay face down on the slightly curved ice surface. He closed his eyes, carefully sensing the miraculous elements beneath the ice, and then confirmed his earlier guess:
"The power of the Old God - the Winter Maiden. This god appears quite frequently."
However, since it was the power of a familiar god, Shad knew what he had to do. He remained lying on the ice, Chloe's small ice puppet appearing out of thin air in his hand:
"Chloe's Ice Echoes".
The sigh of the silver-haired, short witch reached Shad's ears, and an icy blue phantom embraced him from behind, then seemed to chuckle slightly at his ridiculous posture.
As a witch who ascended to demigod status under the guidance of that ancient god, Chloe's power was closely related to the god of winter. Thus, her magic resonated with the golden light beneath the ice in this strange dream world. The icy blue light on the ice surface guided the golden light beneath to grow brighter and brighter, and Shad, who was lying on the ice, also seemed to be glowing with golden light.
Until a dazzling beam of light shot from the ground into the gray sky, completely dispelling the wind and snow. Although the ice layer was not broken, all the lines beneath the ice surface had become clear.
The sky remained a hazy gray, but the wind and snow had ceased, and visibility had improved considerably. Shad then took to the air, peering up to examine the overall shape of the golden lines beneath the ice, and confirmed that it truly was the holy emblem of an Old God—the [Winter Maiden].
"A holy emblem is hidden in the dream. Could this be another angel? But angels shouldn't be possessed by demons, right?"
Although angels and demons are generally considered to have roughly equal fighting power in the outsider's home world, the angels in this world are absolutely not afraid of demons, especially since the Old God who symbolizes winter still exists in this era.
The appearance of the holy emblem could only mean that this sleeping witch had a great connection with the Old Gods, but Shad still didn't know what this dream meant. So he continued to fly upwards, wanting to search this strange "ice field" from a higher position.
As Xia De flew higher and higher, he discovered that this "ice field" was not as flat as he had imagined, nor was it as large as he had thought.
The long, narrow "ice field" floated in the hazy void, the grayness of the sky due to the gray mist above. The two small hills he had just seen were the highest points in this "ice field."
Furthermore, the ice field is not a perfect rectangle; on each side of the hill, there is a narrower, elongated area that connects only partially to the ice field. And not far above the hill, the ice surface is almost entirely circular.
"Ok?"
[Wouldn't you like to think carefully about what you actually said?]
"She" chuckled softly in the dream, reminding him. Shad, who was radiating silver light in the gray void, stopped and squinted at the ground below.
That wasn't an ice field at all, but the body of an ice-blue girl lying flat in the gray void. The slender areas on either side were her arms, the circular area was her head, and the hill was... well, the location of the holy emblem was her heart on the left.
The colossal body was even larger than the maximum size that Shad's "Body of Courage" could transform into; compared to it, Shad was truly only an ant. The instinctive human fear of colossal beings made Shad's heart race, but he was even more awestruck by the beauty of this body suspended in the gray mist. Its immense size revealed a perfection that wouldn't be found even under a magnifying glass, and its icy blue body possessed an unusual charm completely different from that of an ordinary girl.
Shad now understood the whereabouts of the dream's owner; he had been by the dream's owner's side from the very beginning.
From this perspective, the gray mist in the void was trying to entangle and invade the huge ice-blue body, but less than one-fifth of the body was covered by a thin layer of gray mist.
"So these gray mists in the void are the reason she can't wake up?"
He tried to explore further, but Miss Noire's voice already reached his ears. The giant girl in his dream gradually blurred before his eyes, and when Shad woke up and sat up, supporting himself on the mattress, he looked at the black-haired girl again and felt that although the two figures in the dream and outside the dream were similar, they were not exactly the same.
With little time left, Shad simply described his dream to Miss Novare and Ms. Gerd before heading to the first floor.
Neither of the two witches were dream masters, but Shad happened to know a doctor who understood both demons and dreams. However, Shad wasn't sure if this unfamiliar black-haired witch was related to the mission, so even though Dr. Schneider provided a solution, Shad didn't know if he could bring it to the hospital.
To get to the first floor, you need the elevator key, but if Shad goes directly back to his own time from the first floor, the elevator key will be left on the first floor. Therefore, Lady Gerd will escort Shad downstairs and then return alone with the key.
Demanding the "Moon Beast Eyeball" held in custody from the gods might require a room key, and both conscious witches agreed to give Shad one of their two keys. After all, Miss Coens' problem had been resolved; she just needed to wait to leave.
After bidding farewell to Miss Noire, Shad and the middle-aged witch left the room again. The dream hadn't taken too long, so with about six minutes left before departure, Shad wasn't in a hurry.
As the elevator descended, he even asked Lady Gerd again if the rune lock might have been set by her mother, but the witch couldn't give an answer:
“My mother left the academy so long ago that I don’t know if she has acquired any new skills. But she is very knowledgeable, knowledgeable in all aspects.”
The elevator doors opened on the first floor. The witch had no intention of visiting the god again, and planned to go back upstairs with the elevator key after Shad left. But Shad paused after opening the door, turned around and told Lady Gerd to wait a moment before leaving, then quickly went into the first floor.
Ms. Gerd noticed that the first floor didn't seem to have the same immense pressure she had felt last time. She boldly glanced towards the counter and then realized that there was no one behind it.
Shad arrived at the counter. The deity was indeed not there; a "Service Suspended" sign was casually placed on the counter, along with a note:
Goodbye, guest from out of town. See you next time.
"Why do I have a feeling that He deliberately didn't want to give me his eyeball this time?"
She then gently reminded him:
Look at the back.
After flipping the note over, there was indeed another line of text on the back—
It's not that I'm unwilling to return this item; it has other uses.
"Um"
There was nothing Xia De could do about it. He was about to reach out and put the note away—it was written by a god—but the note turned to ashes and disappeared.
She continued to smile gently.
Since there was no need to waste time on the first floor, Shad and Ms. Gerd returned to the safe house on the tenth floor.
For the remaining few minutes, he did nothing else, nor did he discuss anything with the witches. He simply sat in front of the fireplace, watching the flickering flames and savoring this hard-won peace.
Only when the white mist appeared around him did he stand up to formally bid farewell to the witches, and then disappear from their sight.
The two witches didn't exchange any further words. The red-haired vampire sat beside Miss Koens, quietly watching her face. Lady Gerd returned to the black-haired witch's side, then noticed with surprise that her left arm, hidden in her sleeve, no longer seemed to be flesh and blood.
She reached out and pinched it:
"ice?"
(Mia is running.)
[Outsider, you have returned to the present.]
[A message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":]
[Task incomplete.]
[Time Key; Fifth Era - Year 334 - Lord of the Walls, 2/3 damaged.]
The next opening time will be one week later.
When Shad stepped out of the bedroom door, he saw Galina and Luvia smiling at him, while Mia, who had just been lying down, immediately stood up and darted to his feet.
So Shad smiled. Although a lot had happened this time, being able to see his family and cat as soon as he got back greatly relieved his distress.
Containing the demon, fixing the room's connection problems, defeating the blood demon, persuading Miss Noire, receiving a gold coin from the Old God, seeing the werewolf girl's letter, and going to the 40th floor to check the situation—a series of events made Shad almost forget that it was still Wednesday morning.
A brand new day has just begun.
Galina and Luvia were eager to know about Shad's experiences as soon as possible, and Shad did indeed have something to ask them this time.
He noted the features of the rune lock at the entrance to the 40th floor in his notebook. The girls flipped through Xia De's notes while listening to him recount what had just happened as he sat at the dining table.
The Duchess wasn't an expert on rune locks, but after Shad finished telling his story, Luvia said to him with surprise:
“I recognize this rune lock. I know it’s related to fate when I see the ouroboros symbol in the center. Although I’m not an expert in this kind of technique either, I’ve seen something similar to the rune lock you described when I was looking through the association’s files.”
This is a barrier woven from the foundation of fate, its core strength lying in its 'impassability,' meaning it rejects any form of passage from the perspective of destiny.