OBS Chapter 3545 Blood and Seal
Chapter 3545 Blood and Seal
Chapter 3545 Blood and Seal
Since the doctor believed that the news Shad brought back was so serious, Shad did not continue to try to persuade him.
"Alright, should I leave for now?"
“No, I need you to act with me. There are risks involved in what I’m doing, and I need you to watch over me.”
"So what preparations do we need to make?"
"No preparation is needed. We just need to enter the world of dreams and seek answers at the boundary between reality and illusion."
Dr. Schneider had plenty of sleep-inducing potions. After preparing them simply, he tied Shad's and his own wrists together with a black thread, and then the two of them lay down on the sofa in the reception room and fell into a deep sleep.
After closing his eyes, it felt like his body was falling, but his consciousness quickly returned from a half-dreaming to a clear one. Xia De looked around and realized that he was still in the clinic's reception room.
The curtains were drawn, and the light was unusually bright. This was the doctor's dream, and he was currently busy at the fireplace. Hearing Shad's footsteps, he said:
"Next, I will take you into my deepest dream, until we touch the edge of that power. Besides following me, Detective, you must always pay attention to the environment of the dream. If the surroundings suddenly turn black, or my eyes turn black, please kill me directly in the dream so that we can forcibly wake up."
"No problem, I'll be careful."
With a loud bang, black flames ignited in the fireplace. The doctor stepped into the fire first and disappeared, followed closely by Shad.
A sudden chill made him shiver. Behind the flames was a dimly lit corridor. The corridor was extremely narrow; two people walking side by side would feel cramped. The corridor seemed to stretch endlessly forward, with various paintings hanging on the walls, all depicting the doctor's memories. Numerous doors of all sizes and styles stood on the walls.
“I have built complex mental barriers for myself to prevent that power from going out of control when I lose consciousness. Now I will guide you through these mental barriers; we need to go a long way.”
Behind each door in the corridor was another corridor, and the new corridor on both sides was still filled with all sorts of doors. It was like a giant maze, and only the doctor knew the way through it.
He led Shad through doors and corridors without exchanging a single word. After walking for a very long time, the doctor finally stopped in front of a black iron door. He crouched down, grabbed the handles, and struggled to push it open.
Behind the door was an impenetrable blackness:
"This is our destination. Although we've only just touched the edge of that power behind the door, we must still be careful. If you sense anything is wrong, you can kill me to forcibly end this dream."
After giving the instructions, the doctor and Xia De went inside together.
The shoes landed on the ground behind the door, immediately creating ripples. They were now standing on the black surface of a lake, but because the sky was a hazy gray, Shad did not draw his sword.
The lake was quite calm, and not far ahead, a black plant seemed to be growing on its surface. Only when the doctor led Shad closer did Shad realize it was a black sapling.
The moment Shad saw it, he felt a deep sense of disgust and revulsion. The sapling was shaped like a skeletal hand, and its black bark was just an ordinary color, but to him it was more indescribable than anything he had ever seen.
Seeing that sapling was like seeing a corpse in a beautiful landscape painting, or like suddenly learning that all your loved ones had passed away on a sunny, pleasant day.
That instinctive loathing even made Shad want to swing his sword and slash at the enemy. Even though he managed to control his body, he believed that his face would still have a terrifying expression.
The doctor offered no explanation, only stating:
"You can stay here, don't come any closer. Wait a moment, I'll go do some divination now."
As he spoke, he transformed into a black raven and flew forward, landing on a branch of the dark sapling and looking down at the black water. The black raven and the tree blended together perfectly, as if the two elements were meant to coexist in this way.
"Is that tree the embodiment of the Demon King's power in the dream?"
Xia De thought to himself, then asked:
Can moonlight burn this kind of thing?
The "she" beside my ear answered softly:
[The current state of Moonfire is insufficient; it needs to absorb more lunar essence to enhance its power.]
Shad nodded slightly, his eyes also fixed on the water beneath the tree, but he didn't see anything appear on the surface. The crows in the tree, however, watched intently, and after a while, they spread their wings and flew back to Shad's side.
The doctor reappeared, and after transforming back into his black raven form, he clutched his head, closing his eyes as if suffering from low blood sugar, and took a while to recover before speaking to Shad:
"There's a result, but the result is even more unbelievable than the news you brought."
"You're not trying to say that the demon isn't Blackhand Tifreon at all, are you?"
"What is this?" Shad asked. The doctor, standing under the gray sky, shook his head, his face a mixture of helplessness, confusion, and a slight fear. The complexity of his expression was so profound that even Shad couldn't quite decipher it.
“No, I didn’t mistake the demon. It is indeed it, and your perception is correct. It hasn’t fully recovered from the injury you caused last time. However, its power has been amplified, which is why it has the ability to enhance relics. I roughly know the purpose of its actions. It wants to observe whether you are using that power, after all, you were the one who fired that bullet.”
"So, what exactly catalyzes its power?"
This is the crux of the problem, but the doctor hesitated for a moment before speaking softly:
"A drop of blood."
"Blood? Whose blood?"
The doctor didn't answer, but turned to look in the direction of the black sapling. Shad looked over as well. At that moment, the already oppressive gray sky made the world even more oppressive and somber, even the light seemed to dim—
"King of Demons".
The two, each lost in their own thoughts, stood for a long time on the water under the gray sky before Xia De finally spoke:
"Doctor, are you sure?"
"It can be confirmed, there is no mistake."
"but why."
"I don't know. All I can see is that drop of blood. I don't know where that drop of blood came from, nor do I know the relationship between Black Hand - Tifreon and that thing, nor do I know if there are any other beings behind it."
The doctor even seemed somewhat bewildered:
“I never imagined that the power of that thing would appear before me in this way. Although it was just a drop of blood, theoretically speaking, even a drop of blood shouldn’t have appeared.”
The doctor's words revealed a terrifying possibility. Although he had said the Demon King couldn't possibly appear on Fatummister Island, the appearance of that drop of blood indicated that the weapon's demon was very likely directly connected to the Demon King. If it had simply obtained that drop of blood accidentally, that would have been one thing, but if the matter of the House of the False Humans hadn't ended, something even more dangerous was about to unfold.
The dream world grew darker and more blurred. Shad looked again at the black tree not far away and found that the tree seemed even taller and more menacing than when they first appeared.
What exactly is the "King of Demons"? Xia De still doesn't know. He can only be sure that the other party is an existence no less than "desire," and is the most dangerous and bizarre existence in the world below the gods.
With the power of a single drop of blood, the weapon's demon could catalyze the relic to an almost unknowable level of power. Although the extraordinary nature of the [House of Pseudo-Humans] itself also played a part, it is still hard to imagine.
Shad had considered the possibility that one day he might be forced to fight the primordial demon—and because of the Doctor's presence, that was almost certain.
But this thing appeared way too early.
Aside from divinity, Shad was almost certain he had no other means of dealing with the so-called "King of Demons".
But the descent of the "God of Misfortune" was almost inevitable this time, and he currently possessed exactly three drops of divinity. Advancement and dealing with the evil god required at least two drops of divinity, and once the last drop of divinity was used, he would once again face the predicament of having no divine power.
Moreover, divinity only guarantees that he can defeat the so-called "King of Demons," not that he can necessarily solve the doctor's problem. Divinity is omnipotent, but Shad, who uses divinity, is not omnipotent; after all, he is not a true god.
He needs to learn more about this ancient being and the doctor's current condition to ensure a complete solution. This requires time and opportunity, and now is clearly not the best time to confront that thing.
"I still maintain my previous opinion that such a thing could never appear in the snow mountain."
The doctor suddenly spoke, and Xia De snapped out of his jumbled thoughts:
"Not even a slight possibility?"
"There's absolutely no chance."
He said this:
"Regardless of where that drop of blood came from, it was just a drop of blood. Judging from your description, the power of that drop of blood should have been exhausted. Apart from catalyzing the House of the False Man, it could at most have only slightly healed Blackhand-Tifron's injuries."
It tested you using this method, and you didn't show any of that thing's power. I think it will be very careful not to contact you afterward; it probably guessed that the one who possesses that thing isn't you, but the person behind you. Fortunately, I didn't stay on Fatumunst Island for long; I didn't encounter it, and it didn't encounter me either. Now I know its trump card, but it doesn't know my situation.
Xia De asked:
"Does it possess only a drop of blood? Could it have much more power?"
Even if there are, there won't be many.
The doctor tried to remain calm as he asked Xia De:
“I think I’ve figured it out. It sounds unbelievable, but that’s the only way to make that connection for now—Detective, do you remember why Black Hand-Teefron stayed on the island?”
"Of course I remember. The maid in the castle told me that the demon was looking for a weapon on the island that could conceptually break free from shackles and constraints."
Xia De had just been upset by the doctor's news, but now, reminded by the doctor, he suddenly realized an even more terrifying possibility:
"Breaking the shackles and destroying the seal—does it mean it wants to break the seal of the 'Demon King'?"