OBS Chapter 3487 Sword Demon Contract
Chapter 3487 Sword Demon Contract
Chapter 3487 Sword Demon Contract
"This does sound noble, but I must remind you that if you die here, the knowledge you have passed down will be lost, and your school will lose another person."
Shad reminded her, and Miss Cohens remained silent for a moment until the elevator returned to the tenth floor amidst the vibrations, before she spoke:
"If this is the price I have to pay, I will accept this fate. After all, our heritage is meant to eliminate these things. Evil spirits and demons no longer ravage the material world, and it is normal for hunters to gradually withdraw from the stage. Perhaps when all hunters disappear, the demons will also disappear."
Instead of opening the door, she took out an old-looking scroll and handed it to Shad:
“Although you’re not a hunter, I think you can learn this too. Destroying demons requires more power, and hunters don’t mind sharing our knowledge with others. Here, take this as a gift; I think it will be very useful to you.”
The scroll contained witch's secret arts that had been lost in the Sixth Age. After all, very few people in the Sixth Age knew how to use a sword to cast spells. Shad even suspected that the secret arts had never been modified into magical arts.
【Witch's Secret Art: Sword Pact】This is an inspiration hunters draw from the practice of demons making pacts with mortals, allowing them to use a secret technique to also form a pact with their own weapons. Although it's called "Sword Pact," it can actually be used with a variety of weapons—except firearms.
The arcane spell can only select one weapon at a time, whether it's a regular weapon, an alchemical weapon, or a relic weapon. Once the contract is successfully signed, the weapon's abilities will be further enhanced, making spellcasting with it easier, consuming less energy, and granting it the functions of "automatic return within ten miles" and "location alerts within the material world," essentially making it virtually impossible to lose.
This secret technique should actually be considered a basic ability, but it suits Xia De exceptionally well. He even imagined himself beckoning to the Night Watchman, who was placed in the Snow Mountain Hall, and the Night Watchman flew to him on his own.
As the duration of the magical bondage gradually increases, the weapon itself becomes almost as controllable by the user as a part of the body. Judging from the description on the parchment, this is very similar to Shad manipulating those omnipotent cards.
In short, this secret technique is indeed suitable for Shad.
“Miss Coens, please allow me to express my gratitude.”
"There's no need to be so polite."
The hunter smiled and shook her head, then reached out and opened the gate. Shad followed behind her, determined to save the witch.
At this moment, the white mist had even dissipated from his body, but fortunately, this time in room 1024, the right side of the elevator room appeared directly, which allowed Xia De to say goodbye to his companions.
The warm fireplace was comforting, and Miss Novare and Lady Gerd were both delighted to learn that the mission on the 19th floor had been completed, as evidenced by the fireplace's firelight.
"If we complete two more tasks at this pace, we can leave at any time, right?"
They were indeed more concerned with "leaving at any time" than "leaving immediately".
The matches that Shad had secretly hidden on him couldn't be taken away. He had asked Miss Cohens to keep them for him in the corridor. After all, although everyone had something hidden, it wasn't appropriate to talk about it in person.
As for the key to the third floor, Shad left the decision to everyone:
"I don't know when I'll be back. In the meantime, please think about what you want to exchange this key for."
Considering the complicated situation of the vampire girl and the witcher girl, as well as the potential problems that Lady Gerd, who was searching for her mother, might face, Shad reminded her again:
“Although this key can access the resident list and you can most likely find what you're looking for, there's no need to fight over it. We still have a chance to get other keys. Right now, we're all trapped here, so the most important thing is to stay united.”
The witches all rose before the fireplace to bid farewell to Shad. With the supplies Shad had brought, they could reduce the frequency of their expeditions. As for what Shad had said, different people had different opinions:
“We understand. And we wouldn’t have gone down to the first floor on our own without you.”
Xia De smiled, and at that moment, the "she" in his ear had already begun the countdown.
"See you next time. I'm going back to face the challenge of the [House of False Humans]. With God's blessing, I think escaping shouldn't be a problem."
As he spoke, he took out the crystal shoe, and the three witches gave Shad their final words of advice.
Miss Novare, the vampire, said:
"Although the pseudo-humans look all sorts of strange things, most of them are related by blood. This is the source of their unique maternal spirit abilities, and it also shows that the things that made them belong to the same source. Theoretically, if you capture a pseudo-human, you can trace its bloodline to find the pseudo-human that is most similar to it. Our race is particularly good at this."
I remember someone in my race is developing a secret method for tracking pseudo-humans. I don't know if it still exists in your time, but you should ask the vampires.
Miss Cohen, the Witcher, then mentioned unicorns again:
"The interior of the [House of the Pseudo-Humans] has a field damage effect on flesh and blood creatures, which even unicorns cannot completely avoid. So if you are going to seek revenge on the [House of the Pseudo-Humans] with your unicorn friends, remember to protect those pure sacred beasts."
Finally, the middle-aged witch also offered a reminder to Lady Gerd, with whom Shad has not yet had a private moment:
“Destroying the exterior of the ‘House of the Fake People’ can temporarily drive it away. But my mother has done quite in-depth research on the ‘House of the Fake People’. She believes that as long as the deepest secret of the ‘House of the Fake People’ is sealed, which is the true source of the fake people’s power, this relic can actually be completely contained.”
Xia De nodded to indicate that he understood, and was about to thank them when, in the eyes of the three witches, he disappeared like a phantom.
The witches stood for a while before slowly sitting down again. Miss Novare rested her chin on her hand, gazing at the flames; Miss Koens looked down at the notebook of the ancient hunter they had just brought back; and Lady Gerd looked at the pile of fresh food.
The flow of time, which had been somewhat normal, became chaotic and disordered again at this moment, and their mental state returned to its original state.
No one mentioned the next steps in the plan. The key to the third floor is currently being kept by the red-haired vampire girl. This is not only because she is the strongest, but also because she and Shad obtained the key together.
It will probably be a long time before one of them speaks first.
(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, 1/3 damaged.]
The next opening time will be one week later.
The white mist blurred Shad's vision, and when it dissipated, the blood-red light returned. However, Shad felt his mental state had improved. This wasn't because anything had changed in the [House of the Pseudo-Humans] during his three-second absence, but rather because the negative influence of the [House of the Pseudo-Humans] on him was significantly less than that of the dark inn on Whispering Hills.
"where did you go?"
On the wall beside the blood pool, the male servant's face reappeared. It did not detach itself from the wall; its skin, covered in blood vessels, was now connected to the writhing flesh of the wall.
Xia De collected his belongings from the ice, then regretfully discovered that the door pendant was gone. He then turned to look at the door from which drops of blood were flowing.
If his only goal was to expel the "House of Deceivers" from Fatummister Island, he wouldn't need to re-enter. But since this is a story of fate, and a viable solution exists, perhaps completely containing the "House of Deceivers" is the true way to complete this chapter of the story.
Xia De knew what conditions were required to open the spaces left behind by the ancient gods, but he had never heard of any conditions required to close them. Or rather, he had never closed any such doors; these doors closed automatically after he left.
【so? 】
"Therefore, it is not some mechanism of the [Creation House] that prevents this door from closing. Rather, it is some external force that prevents this door from closing."
Seeing that the fourth-stage pseudo-human had no intention of fighting him, Shad did not answer its question, but instead took the crystal shoe and walked towards the door.
He was on guard against an attack, but it seemed the fake man wasn't worried that Shad could affect the state of the door:
"It seems you're still not giving up."
It said so.
The door, covered in flesh and blood, looked utterly disgusting. After a moment's hesitation, Shad placed his hand on it. The flesh on the door began to writhe, trying to assimilate his right palm. But in the end, it merely rubbed against Shad's palm and did nothing more.
And through such close investigation, Xia De also understood:
"This door wasn't originally covered in flesh and blood. It's this layer of flesh and blood that's preventing the door from closing. What is this thing?"
As he pondered this, a huge Dark Moon symbol appeared on the door.
This rune, which was supposed to annihilate everything, only managed to remove some fragments of the flesh clinging to the door. The Dark Moon Mark wasn't ineffective; rather, the current state of the magic was insufficient to annihilate something of this level.
What kind of flesh and blood is on this door?
Shad then asked the face on the wall, which, perhaps thinking Shad was truly trapped, or perhaps simply wanting to boast of its own excellence, actually spoke:
"Our revered deity of flesh and blood—the Twilight Creator—first created an omnipotent mass of flesh and blood before creating the first races; this is the 'Firstborn Flesh and Blood.' Many races that followed, including the Titans, were created based on the 'Firstborn Flesh and Blood.' This is a miracle of the ancient gods' creation, the common source of the many different bloodlines in the material world."