OBS Chapter 3537 A Temporary End
Chapter 3537 A Temporary End
Chapter 3537 A Temporary End
After the flesh and blood disappeared, the door surface returned to its ordinary red metal appearance, with the ancient emblem of the god of creation flashing by. In that instant of dark golden light, the pink dust that the eldest son's flesh and blood had turned into drifted towards Shad and Ellie.
A small portion flew towards Ellie and burrowed into her nostrils, while the majority attached themselves to Shad.
Iluna tried to stop the dust, but Shad stopped her:
"It's alright, it seems I guessed right."
Shad didn't know the secret of flesh and blood growth, but he clearly felt his physical strength increase again, as well as some indescribable changes in his body.
The person beside me explained in great detail:
[Outsider, the enhancements you gained from consuming the "degraded flesh and blood of the eldest son" and the "pseudo-human mother fluid" are combined:]
Physical strength ↑↑, all physical resistances ↑↑, stamina recovery speed and self-healing ability ↑↑↑
[Outsider, you no longer need to pay Spirit to cast any shapeshifting spell (cat, wolf, dragon, thunder titan), and the Spirit cost to maintain shapeshifting is halved.]
[Outsider, your magical ability - Active Soil - has been enhanced. When using soil to create flesh to fill gaps in a living organism, the flesh will have greater adaptability and better compatibility.]
[Outsider, your raw power has been unleashed once again.]
Shad didn't immediately ponder the improvement he had gained, but instead carefully looked at Ellie. Unfortunately, even after absorbing that power, Ellie only looked a little more energetic; the red color of her fur hadn't faded, and it remained red.
"Close the door first."
As Shad reached for the door, Iluna asked again:
"Shouldn't we take advantage of the fact that this door is already open and try to open it completely to see what's behind it?"
Checking what's behind the door before stepping back and closing it completely is certainly feasible, but Shad still shook his head:
"No need, I'm afraid to start the story of [Creation] now."
He thought he could simply push the door shut, but it wouldn't budge. Shad blinked in confusion, and Dorothy reminded him:
"Look, the blood has stopped dripping from the door."
"This doesn't seem to be the door I closed. Did it close by itself? Was it when the ancient divine emblem appeared just now?"
But regardless, this door, which had remained closed for tens of thousands of years for various reasons, has finally been closed today, shut in the story of fate. Countless millennia have passed, and countless people have been replaced by the blood flowing from this door, transformed into false figures. Their stories remain unknown, but their tales have come to an end today.
Shad was even somewhat amazed, but the group all breathed a sigh of relief. Shad looked around again; he had thought the demon would reappear, but it seemed it had completely left.
He then turned to deal with the remaining blood in the pool, intending to have the unicorns lead everyone out. But just as he took out a wine bottle and used [Blood Wine Brewing] to retrieve a special "Blood Brew" from the pool as a sample to be taken out for research, everything around him began to blur.
Before anyone could react, the [House of the Pseudo-Humans] vanished, and the group, along with hundreds of unicorns, appeared on the north end of the street, instantly engulfing Galina and her companions who were already there.
"Shad!"
The witches squeezed through the unicorn herd and gathered around Shad. Mia, who was being held by Emilia in the "God's Gift Box," finally cried out when she saw that things were over. She hadn't had breakfast yet.
Amid the slightly chaotic scene, Shad quickly corked the bottle he was holding to prevent the liquid from spilling. Iluna, standing beside him, smiled and took his arm to keep herself from being separated by the wriggling unicorns. She asked Shad:
Will the "Fake House" reappear after this?
Shad looked at the spot where the "House of the Pseudo-Humans" had been, which was now just a wall:
"I'm not sure either. After all, the door is still there, there are still a lot of fake humans in the house, and the blood pool still has a layer of blood. Judging from the fact that it retreated voluntarily instead of staying here and becoming a real building, it must still retain its power. But at least until the story of fate ends, we shouldn't have to worry about seeing it again. The current [House of Fake Humans] is a standard Sage-level relic."
But did that demon really not show itself again?
"What devil?"
Iluna blinked, and Shad gave a brief explanation, but he still didn't understand:
"This is the guy who caused all of this today. But how can a weapon's demon catalyze a relic like the [False Human House]? Can this even be considered a weapon?"
At that moment, Luvia passed by the unicorns and came to Shad's side. However, she didn't ask about the relics or the demon; instead, she hugged Shad directly. Shad gently patted her back with his right hand and then smiled at all the girls who were looking at him.
The three witch apprentices and the elders worked together to complete the All Souls' Day remedial ritual. This not only helped Shad dispel the influence of the Flesh City, but also meant that the Church's reconnaissance ritual, which had been severely disrupted, would be effective again—previously, they had failed to detect the hundreds of unicorns that had secretly landed on the island due to the violent fluctuations of elements above it.
So, before the church's party could catch up, and before Shad even had a chance to speak with the other great witches, he called the girls to ride their unicorns and fly together toward the snow-capped mountains.
“It’s like a dream.”
"Iluna, carried by the unicorn, said this to Dorothy beside her. The white sacred beasts formed a torrent in the air, their shimmering fur appearing even more holy in the sunlight."
Even the Snow Mountain Hall couldn't accommodate so many unicorns at once. Eventually, under Claire's command, the unicorn herd landed on a relatively gentle snow slope halfway up the mountain. The pure white sacred beasts' fur was very similar in color to the clean snowflakes, giving them a kind of camouflage effect when they landed on the snow.
When Matilda, Stella, and Rita arrived, they found everyone still there, but they were all standing together, watching hundreds of unicorns dancing in a circle, their horns all glittering.
Then they realized that the creature surrounded by these massive unicorns was Ellie, whose fur had turned magenta. She lay listlessly in the snow, her horn seemingly drawing light from all the other unicorns around her, constantly converging the surrounding light upon itself.
Besides red and pure white, Ellie also had a phantom image on her body that resembled silver flames; this was Shad's Moonfire.
Everyone watched this scene in silence. Stella felt it was some kind of sacred and solemn ritual, and Emilia explained it quietly:
"Ellie fell into the blood pool of the [House of the Pseudo-Humans]. Although she was pulled out in time, her condition was still not good. Shad examined her and found that although she was still a unicorn, her body was severely infiltrated by the blood of the pseudo-humans, and even Shad could not reverse this situation."
He left the moonlight on Ellie, and now the unicorns are healing her using a unique method—the first time I've ever seen anyone do this. This is the Unicorn Dance ritual, a special ceremony the unicorns use to heal their kind. Look, little Leona is helping out in there too.”
The sight of the eight great witches standing together was rarely seen outside the council. However, the apprentices, who were familiar with their respective teachers, believed that their teachers were simply captivated by the sight of so many unicorns dancing together, and they were not as worried as Shad and Emilia.
The treatment consumed the rest of the morning. Aside from the apprentices being sent back to Kyle Todd to check on the town, and Miss Elizabeth making a brief visit, no one left. After all, it was Sunday, and no one had anything absolutely necessary to attend to.
The apprentices, traveling back and forth between the town and the city, brought news of what was happening there. After the disappearance of the "False Human House," both human settlements remained on guard against the enemy, but the enemy never appeared again.
Both the City of Time and the town of Kyle-Todd are currently assessing the damage. The city's church has sent people to the town to inquire about the outcome of the All Souls' Day ceremony, while the town is also sending other people to search for the missing mountain warriors in the snowy mountains.
Shad was unsure whether the obstacle preventing the fire from reaching the Peak of Destiny was a fake human or a demon. The appearance of fishmen and water ghosts on the coastline also made him worry that his "old acquaintances" might be making their move again.
Therefore, Claire, Shevy, and Granny Cassandra's followers went up the mountain with the townspeople to help search, which made Elder Harald once again glad that he had called his granddaughter back this year.
Shad didn't participate in the search for the missing people; instead, he watched with everyone as the unicorns healed Ellie's wounds. Although the unicorns' physical forms differed from humans, their dance in the snowy mountains was truly beautiful.
Flora even rekindled her enthusiasm for painting, while Daniste, who had suffered greatly from participating in Shad's labyrinth, had recovered after consuming the snowmelt. During the unicorns' dance, she even discussed with Shad whether to temporarily send Ellie to St. Byron's to live with the academy's unicorns.
"It has been injured far too many times on this island."
As the treatment progressed, the red in Ellie's hair gradually faded. It started as blood red, then turned magenta, and then a pale pink—Shad only classified red into these three shades.
The unicorns' unique spirit emanated from the surroundings, even giving Shad and the girls watching a sense of spiritual purification. Ellie, however, lay listlessly in the snow, only occasionally glancing up at her surroundings, but showing no signs of improvement.
At 11:30 a.m., when the "Dance of the Unicorn" ceremony was in its final stage, it finally stood up on its own. Looking around at the unfamiliar kin dancing around it, it let out a soft cry, as if reminiscing about the past or expressing its gratitude.
However, Emilia translated it:
"Ellie asked when the treatment would end; she was a little hungry."
"Meow~"
The cat that had already eaten the cat food that Shad had fed it also meowed, and even though Shad didn't understand cat language, he knew it was the same question.