OBS Chapter 2775: Ghost of Resentment
Chapter 2775: Ghost of Resentment
Chapter 2775: Ghost of Resentment
Even for outsiders today, it is difficult to describe what kind of creature was lurking in the center of the burning village.
It has a hunched body and thick limbs, long and sharp fingers, and its entire body is covered with fiery red hair, but at the same time it is covered with blazing flames.
Flames burst out from its torso and limbs, forming a blazing glow. Under the hair and flames, its skin was charred black, full of cracks and scars, as if it could be torn apart by the flames at any time.
Compared with its abnormal body, its head is even more terrifying.
When Shade looked at it, the monster also looked at Shade with a ferocious face. Its fiery red eyes burned with flames of hatred, its teeth were sharp and dense, and when its mouth opened, it revealed a chilling smile.
Even those who are completely unaware of the secret of this relic can immediately see the pain and anger in its image. This is the core of the Sage-level relic - Lingering Resentment, the "Ghost of Resentment" driven by resentment and hatred.
The powerful pressure and strange shape were already demonstrating its strength, and when the monster leaped into the air and smashed towards Shade and the cat like a flaming meteorite, Shade felt a sense of crisis even stronger than being hit by a giant dragon:
"There's something wrong with this thing, Body of Courage!"
The giant expanded to ten meters and raised his arms and crossed them in front of him, blocking the force of the falling ghost of resentment with a loud bang.
But the price was that the ground under the feet of the giant Shad sank at least one meter. At the same time, with the sound of air waves surging around, the raging flames almost engulfed the remaining half of the village.
At this time, broken marks like flowing magma appeared on Shad's body surface, but when the monster kicked him on the arm and then flipped backwards to the ground, after the clothes on Shad's arms were burned, large areas of burn marks still appeared on his arms.
This was completely unimaginable before. Even if Xia De, the "Hero of Fire", could be injured or even burned to death by the flames, it would be impossible for him to be burned to such a large extent. Because there is only one kind of flame that can burn him now, which is.
"The primordial fire! It's here with you!"
"Roar!"
The red mane trembled with the violent roar. It was clearly the appearance of a wild beast, but in the open mouth of the ghost of resentment were burnt human teeth.
The monster thrust its hand into the sea of fire around it, and then swung the flame-shaped greatsword towards Shade's head. After being deflected by the huge yellow moonlight sword in Shade's hand with a loud clang, it turned its body and then shattered Shade's greatsword with a spinning flame slash.
The flaming sword was unstoppable and chopped towards Shade's head again. It was obvious that it didn't know how to use a sword at all, but just used the flame in its hand as a stick. Since it dared to get close to him, Shade didn't dodge at all.
He reached out and grabbed the flaming giant sword. Even the cat that was sensing the direction of escape heard the loud sound of Shade's left hand bone breaking.
But Shade's expression remained unchanged, and he stretched out his right hand to grab the burning face of the monster:
"Black Moon Symbol!"
Amid the roar of the Ghost of Resentment, the huge Black Moon Symbol dispersed the flames on the ground and appeared beneath it. The burning face, the flaming red mane and the charred skin gradually turned into ashes. As the flaming giant sword disappeared, the Ghost of Resentment also howled in relief, and gradually turned into ashes from the face and dissipated.
Panting heavily and suppressing the curse and severe pain, Shade's body returned to normal. His right hand covered his charred left hand. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard another loud noise in the center of the burning village, and then the ghost of resentment that had just completely disappeared appeared again.
The ferocious face turned to Xia De first, and the fire burning in the eyes seemed to contain more resentment and pain.
The cat immediately reminded:
“It’s useless. As long as this flame is not extinguished, its resentment will not disappear. Unless you directly erase the entire relic, even a magic like the Black Moon Talisman will be useless.
Let’s go, I found the exit, let’s go to the dock, the exit is at the dock!”
So Shade hugged the cat tightly, no longer caring about the villagers around him who seemed unable to see them and the increasingly violent flames, and immediately rushed towards the dock in the east of the village.
The "resurrected" ghost of resentment obviously would not forget Shade just because he died once. As dozens of fireballs the size of a house fell one after another, the huge monster, which was obviously abnormally agile, leaped again and landed in front of Shade.
"Raglai's Leap."
After a flash, Xia De's figure came behind it. Just as he was about to rush forward, he found that the soul of an old woman next to him actually reached out and grabbed his arm.
Just now he clearly felt that all the villagers here were phantoms, but the soul of the old woman from the mountain village who took the initiative to grab him was actually real.
"Take it out! It's asking for help. Take it out! We need clues!"
The cat also reacted immediately, so Shade reached out and grabbed the old woman's soul and continued to rush forward. Behind them, the Ghost of Resentment raised his right arm and turned it into a flaming whip, but the cat climbed onto Shade's shoulder and cast a spell again as the whip fell:
"Wall of Sighs!"
A total of five gray stone walls stood up behind Shade one after another, and the fiery red whip was not stopped until it shattered the last wall.
The witch cast a spell to block the rubble and flames behind her, while Shade quickly dodged the pillars of fire rising from the ground and the fireballs falling from the sky.
Fortunately, Gregory Village is not a big village. When the ghost of resentment slammed the ground with his left hand and turned himself into flames and came over the heads of the three people, Shad, who was carrying the cat and holding the old woman, had already arrived at the dock.
This time, without the witch's reminder, Shade also realized where the so-called "exit" was. However, the raging flames had already turned into a falling ghost of resentment above his head, and Shade had to use magic again to enlarge his body, and punched his right fist upwards fiercely -
Boom!
His right fist, shining with silver moonlight, collided with the two legs of the ghost of hatred that kicked down, but this time it was the cursed Shade who was knocked away. This was not acting, he really could not bear the power of this monster.
But fortunately, this was also in his plan, and the direction he was knocked flying was the direction of the dock. So holding the cat in one hand and the soul in the other, Shade fell into the riverbed that had dried up due to the fire under the dock.
Although there seemed to be no water in the river, he entered the cold water the next moment.
Then all the heat and danger disappeared, and even the pain in the body became more real because of the alternation of heat and cold.
After bubbles gurgled on the water for a few seconds, the boat gradually emerged from the water and lifted the souls of Shad, the cat, and the old country woman to the surface.
The drizzle of rain fell in the woods, and dark clouds covered the sun in the gloomy sky. The cold wind of late autumn made a rustling sound when it swept through the woods, and the gurgling sound of water was actually the loudest at this time.
Without the flames, the normal world was only filled with the bleakness and loneliness of autumn. The old wooden boat drifted downstream, and the last trace of heat in 1854 had disappeared. After all, winter was coming.
Shade's breathing gradually became smooth, and he lay on his back on the boat without getting up immediately. The severe burns on his arms were slowly healing in the drizzle, and the curse that was entangled by the resentment of the ashes was also gradually being driven away by the power of the soul because it was no longer affected by the relics, but this would take some time, so now he just wanted to lie down quietly.
The leaves were swirling in the wind over the river. Looking at the floating dead leaves, Xia De truly felt that the year was coming to an end again.
A gray-black cat jumped out from his chest, and the cat's thin shadow stretched in the air until it turned back into the appearance of a gray-black-haired witch.
She did not urge Xia De to get up. Instead, she stood up and looked at the village upstream that was gradually moving away, making sure that it was still deserted. Then she looked at the soul of the old woman they brought out together.
In the village where the fire had just started, she looked like a normal person, but after returning to reality, her spirit became illusory, until now it was almost completely transparent, and the panic expression on her face became indifferent. Even after experiencing such an incredible thing, she just stood motionless on the boat with an expressionless face.
The whispering element was entangled in her body, which meant that she was still affected by the power of the sage-level relic [Lingering Grudge]. When Flora tried to observe the deeper state of this soul, she even felt a certain power that stung her eyes.
"The power of the devil."
Xia De, who was lying on the boat, said that when Flora saw him trying to sit up, she quickly reached out and pulled him up, then treated his arms, which were still slowly healing, with some heartache:
"You should take a rest first. You will be fine for now. [Lingering Grudge] will not affect scenes outside the place where the incident occurred. The monster cannot chase you out."
"It's alright with me for now."
Shade shook his head and looked at Flora:
“Just now, I came into contact with the ghost of hatred, and I felt more than just the power of the primordial fire. That ghost of hatred was actually a part of the core of the fire demon, Dezast.
If that is the case, then the massacre of the village a hundred years ago was entirely the work of the demon. While hiding in the woods, it destroyed Gregory Village in order to restore its power. I don’t know if the appearance of the relic was caused by it, or if it was purely accidental, but I am worried that it will leave there.”
"It can't leave. This type of event-type relic is not mobile. Unless the core is killed, it will never be able to leave the ruins of Gregory Village. It can't even transmit information to its main body, or it can't pass the message out immediately.
Gaining the power of the Whisper will indeed make it more powerful, but the rules of the relic will also limit it."
Flora helped Shade sit on the side of the boat:
"I think the relic's appearance was an accident. Otherwise, there's no reason for the demon to trap a part of itself in such a remote village. It's totally useless. In my opinion, the relic even served to seal the demon.
But in this case, the people who recently transported the goods from the cellar are very suspicious. They seem to be fully aware of the rules of the relics in this village. Are they devil worshippers? "
PS: I'll add another chapter to celebrate: This morning, the average subscription of "Whispering Poems" finally reached the same level as the current average subscription of the author's previous book "Lord of the Strange Realm". Every subsequent increase in average subscription will be a new record.
The current average subscription is 11554.