Whispering Verse

"Damn, there's something wrong with your blood, what the hell are you?"

The demon's voice awakened Shade, and the long hallucination corresponded to reality. In less than two seconds, even Iluna and Tifa had no time to react.

The mind returned to normal, and the flashing aura runes on the [Sin Chain] returned to normal, but the dark color seemed to indicate that the chain was somewhat different.

Darkness' right hand quickly let go of Shade's shoulder and retreated, as if it had encountered a natural enemy.

But the consequence of doing so was that the black chain piercing his arm was also pulled to Darkness.

The blessing of Priest Augustus disappeared, and the [Dark Box] ended its out-of-control state because it was devoured by its power, and the surroundings returned to the internal environment of the dark realm again. Shade covered his right shoulder and saw that the silver light on the right side of his body had been extinguished, and half of his body seemed to have melted into the darkness.

But in the blink of an eye, the abnormal half of the body recovered, and the influence of swallowing the power of darkness completely disappeared. It was even as if he had adapted to the darkness because of swallowing the darkness. His vision was larger than when Blessing was still there. He is now It’s almost possible to see in the dark:

"Priest August's blessing is really good. I must make a special trip to thank him after I go out."

Shade thought.

She was chuckling.

Darkness retracted her arm, squirmed and turned into pus, and "spit out" the rune chains pierced in her arm. Shade, who was suddenly filled with spirit in his body, jumped forward, used [Ragrai's Jump] again to break through the space, and appeared in front of Darkness. He swung the sword with his right hand and struck it down. This time, Darkness just raised his right hand and grasped Shade's moonlight sword.

The debris of the silver moon floated towards the mouth in his palm, and the huge suction force made Shade unable to move. But the abundance of spirit allowed Shade to maintain the existence of the Silver Moon Sword for a long time. The demon who was successively injured by the weak angel potion and [Sin Chain] only barely suppressed him this time.

At this time, the ritual array composed of thirteen light points had moved from Darkness's feet to his waist and abdomen, and the ceremony of the chosen one was about to be completed.

"Hamilton, what level are you at?"

In the glow of the moonlight sword, Darkness stared at Shade with scarlet eyes, and finally asked this question.

"What do you think?"

Although the suction force prevented Shade from retreating, he could at least let go of his sword and hug the other person's hand. [Demon Hunting Seal] touched the devil's mouth, Darkness wanted to retreat as if he had been burned, but behind him was a black stone pillar, and the [Sin Chain] came out again and tightly bound Shade's hand and his The right hands are tied together. .

Darkness opened her mouth and blew out a puff of black smoke at Shade. Black smoke enveloped half of Shade's face, and with the rustling sound, half of Shade's face completely crystallized.

But it doesn't matter, Xia De's goal has been achieved.

"What?"

The moonlight fell, and [Blade of Chaotic Time] summoned the second moonlight sword.

The devil's right hand was inhabited by Shade, and it was impossible to leave as it was held tightly by Shade. The moonlight passed by his wrist, and his entire right hand fell to the ground along with the falling moonlight. But before being tracked and entangled by the [Sin Chain], the right hand turned into a pool of pus, escaped from the gap in the chain, and landed on the crystalline ground beneath the two of them with a snap.

The [God's Gift Box] that Shade was carrying opened a gap just now when he was knocked away. At this moment, the box seemed to have lost control of the [Dark Box] just now. The lid of the box was removed from the outside world. An invisible force squeezed away, and a black shadow suddenly rushed to the ground.

"My demonic power!"

Under the severe pain, Darkness kicked Shade, who was close at hand, to the ground in the distance. She covered her right wrist with her left hand and howled miserably. But the ritual continues, and having a demon on your body is not a necessary condition for the ritual.

"Is the current situation normal? Are you sure it's not the devil in you who wants to bewitch you and take over your body?"

While the demon was briefly separated from Darkness, Shade, half of his body crystallized, struggled to squeeze out a sound with half-open mouth, and looked directly at the fading red light in the other person's eyes with his uncrystallized eyes:

"Your talent is darkness, not the devil. Don't be deceived by the devil."

Shade also felt uncomfortable after being kicked by the opponent. In addition to the crystallization of his body, he even felt something climbing up his shoulders and climbing towards the box behind him.

After imposing a "false immortality" state on himself, he stood up slowly, and the crystals quickly spread to the other half of his body.

"Shadow!"

The two girls who were seriously injured due to the dark impact just now supported him behind him, and the three of them looked at Darkness in the skylight. .

"No, I have not been deceived, no one can deceive me!"

The black pus on the ground flew up automatically. Darkness, whose expression was twisted in pain, stretched out her right arm. The black pus accurately connected with the blood-spurting arm, and merged little by little in the twisted darkness.

He could have used Shade's sword to reject the demon during the Chosen One Ceremony, but he chose to fuse with the demon again.

"Are you really going to use the power of the devil?"

Shade looked into his eyes and asked one last time:

"Are you sure you're right?"

"I never believe in good and evil, right or wrong, I only believe in myself. With power, I can define good and evil myself."

Darkness, who was floating in the strange skylight, looked pale, but looked directly into Shade's eyes. He frowned, really answering Shade's questions seriously, thinking about the meaning of these words:

"No matter how many rings you have, don't try to stop me."

"I don't believe in good and evil either. Good and evil are determined by human beings themselves. But I have done so many bad things, betrayed my own organization for power, massacred ordinary people who witnessed you, spread demonic power and twisted other people's souls, and then let myself dress up like this It’s such a terrible look, is it all worth it?”

Shade asked.

"Of course it's worth it. When I was a boy, I pushed my cousin who knew my private secrets off a cliff. When I was young, I murdered my brother for inheritance. After I became a ring warlock, for the power of the devil, I used magic to kill the second ring warlock who trusted me. The medicine is poisonous. Do you think I will feel guilty? No, I don't have such emotions, because everything can be discarded. Do you understand the darkness? I understand that I will eventually walk alone, and I only believe in myself. "

"But to me, darkness is not such a thing."

Shade wanted to refute:

"Darkness is just darkness. It is the most profound natural phenomenon that can swallow everything. You gave the darkness your thoughts. Your darkness is not pure. You will be swallowed by the darkness."

Darkness' arm was reattached, the scarlet light in his eyes was lit again, and they looked at each other:

"Be afraid!"

Extreme fear flooded into Shade's eyes again. Even after experiencing the fear in the Terror Fortress, this blow containing the power of the ancient god still made him tremble in his heart.

Thinking about it carefully, this moment seems familiar. It seems that not long ago, he was standing with two ladies in the dark, but someone said another sentence at that time...

The soul is touched, and the power that has been dormant for a long time is trying to revive. This is an impulse, a strange impulse. Shade understood the power he was seeking. Priest August was right when he said that it is not light that defeats darkness, but the courage to face it.

He knew that he was only one step away from a new thaumaturgy, and he was not lacking in spirit. All he lacked was the last touch, the touch that pushed him to touch that great power.

The ritual matrix composed of thirteen light points completely rose and reached the top of Darkness' head. The black robe's shadow merged with the six-ring life ring, and the power of the real dark chosen one swept over.

With a muffled sound, all the crystals on Shade's body exploded, along with his skin and clothes. Among the cracked marks revealed is the divine golden afterglow that lights up due to the contact with the power of the ancient god. The power of darkness rushed over, and Shade blocked the two girls behind him. The afterglow on his cracked body dragged a golden flame-like light toward the back. He touched the dice in his pocket and smiled:

"Just don't regret it yourself."

Darkness stared closely into Shade's eyes, wondering what he was going to do at the last moment.

Shade narrowed his eyes, then bent over suddenly——

"balance!"

Iluna appeared close to the back of Shade's head, and her eyes took Shade's place to look at Darkness.

The world was eerily silent for a moment.

Above his head, Darkness' life ring melted and transformed into a black robe dotted with golden light spots.

The second chosen one officially appeared.

After pinching the dice in his pocket, Shad pulled Iluna and Tifa back. The three of them did not attack Darkness, and Darkness also did not attack them.

He fell back to the ground, and the beam of pure daylight exploded in the air. There was a roar of thunder, and in the sky of the dark realm, penetrating black lightning continued to bombard the ground, as if the world was also celebrating the emergence of the second chosen one.

He laughed crazily in this deep darkness, and his voice spread directly throughout the darkness.

The black robe transformed from the life ring is draped on his body, and the thirteen points of light are integrated into himself. The power of the ancient god is poured into the soul from the distant void. The talent and knowledge that already exist in the soul are pushing him to a higher position:

"Success! Fate is indeed on my side!"

Black pus flowed from the palm of his right hand, pouring the disgusting black liquid onto the crystalline ground. The pus climbed from the ground to the huge black pillar, and at the same time, it continued to spread to the surroundings like a spring.

In the blink of an eye, the clearing in the crystal forest was covered with pus. Outside the forest, amid earthquakes and mountain roars, black crystals centered on the crystal forest and spread to the entire area, with crystal stone pillars piercing the ground one by one.

Iluna turned around and took the golden scale floating behind her. The golden light formed a circular area, opening up a circular area for three people in the gurgling pus.

Darkness's human form was seriously injured by the Church Ring Warlock, and the Devil's Mouth form was seriously injured by Iluna and [Weak Angel Potion]. But he did not enter the third form, which was the half-body demon form. Instead, he directly covered the right half of his body with human pus, entered the human pus demon form, and gradually merged with the huge black pillar behind him.

"He wanted to devour the corpse of the ancient demon. Don't worry, he was affected by my gaze at the last moment. Even though he is smiling happily now, the power he shows is even more terrifying than mine at that time, but this is an instant burst of soul sublimation. The power. I bet that within half an hour, he will not be able to use his power above the fourth ring. As long as he prevents the human pus from helping him swallow the ancient demon and recover from my restraint, we will win this time."

Iluna reminded in a low voice, and Shade also said in a low voice:

"Don't worry, I'll open a mystery in a while to open his eyes."

"Misuo? Didn't you tell the lady that you are not the God Summoner?"

Tifa was surprised, but Shade said:

"It's not the snowy Mystery. I have my own Mystery, which is related to darkness and courage, but it hasn't taken shape yet. It's impossible for a person to have two Mysteries, so it proves once again that I am not a Godcaller."

The rule that "one person cannot have two Mysteries" does not actually exist. It is just that Mysteries are difficult to learn and master. The possibility of a Ring Warlock mastering two Mysteries is almost non-existent.

The darkness around him became thicker and thicker with the gurgling pus beneath his feet, and the deep darkness seemed to swallow everything here.

The three of them stood in a circular area opened by the power of the chosen ones [Balance], but Shade ignored the darkness and took off the box he was carrying, opened the lid and looked inside:

"Before that, I want to make sure of one thing."

"Meow~"

The little orange cat huddled in the corner of [God's Gift Box] as if it was afraid. Seeing Shade looking at it from above, he raised his head, looked at him with his big amber eyes, and made a very aggrieved cry.

Iluna and Tifa also saw the cat, and although they guessed the source of the cat's meow just now, Shade still couldn't believe it:

"When did you drill..."

He was startled again and saw Mia in the box looking like she was biting something. First he looked at his hand to confirm that all three rings were there, then hesitantly asked:

"Mia, you...this ring...where did you get it?"

"Why can't I use my power? Where is my fish training ring?"

Darkness in the demon form suddenly shouted, and Shade understood why he didn't enter the half-demon form.

Without the [Fish Training Ring], the human pus demon cannot speak through the mouth of the demon, so it cannot be transformed into a right-handed half-body demon with a certain degree of autonomy.

The Ring Warlock himself was seriously injured, and the right hand was re-spliced, resulting in the temporary threat of the Devil's Mouth being no longer present, the half-body demon could not appear, and the Dark Chosen talent was suppressed by the balance.

Although he completed the most critical ritual and gained his identity, Darkness now only has the final form of human pus left to use. And because of the weak angel potion, Darkness in the form of human pus does not seem to have overwhelming power.

At this time, it was only four minutes since Steel's right hand left. Although Shade and the ladies were all injured, it seemed that they had the upper hand.