"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 [Chain of Sin] returned to normal, but the dark color seemed to indicate that the chain was somewhat different.
Darkness' right hand seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, and it quickly let go of Shade's shoulder and retreated.
But the consequence of doing so was that the black chain piercing his arm was also pulled to Darkness.
The blessing of Priest August disappeared, and the [Dark Box] ended its out-of-control state because it was devoured by power, and the surroundings returned to the internal environment of the dark realm. Shade covered his right shoulder and saw the right side of his body.
The silver light has been extinguished, and half of his body seems 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
Almost completely able 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 is chuckling.
Darkness retracted her arm, squirmed and turned into pus, and "vomited out" the rune chain pierced in her arm. Shade, who was suddenly filled with spirit, jumped forward and used [Raglai's Jump] again.
Breaking through the space, he 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 Silver Moon floated into the mouth in his palm, and the huge suction force made it impossible for Shade to move. However, Shade's abundant spirit allowed him to maintain the existence of Silver Moon Great Sword for a long time.
] The demon who had been hurt one after another could only barely suppress him this time.
At this time, the ritual matrix 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 opponent's hand. When the [Demon Hunting Seal] touched the devil's mouth, Darkness wanted to retreat as if he had been burned, but
Behind him was the black stone pillar, and the [Sin Chain] poured out again, tightly binding Shade's hand with his right hand.
Darkness opened his mouth and blew out a puff of black smoke at Shade. The black smoke covered half of Shade's face, and with the rustling sound, half of Shade's face completely crystallized.
But it doesn't matter, Shade's goal has been achieved.
"What?"
The moonlight fell, and [Blade of Chaotic Time] summoned the second moonlight sword.
The right hand housing the devil was held tightly by Shade and could not leave. The moonlight passed through his wrist, and the whole right hand fell to the ground along with the falling moonlight. But before being tracked and entangled by the [Chain of Sin], that
His right hand turned into a pool of pus, escaped from the gap in the chain, and landed on the crystalline ground beneath their feet with a splat.
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, and 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 far away. She covered her right wrist with her left hand and howled miserably. However, the ritual continued, and having a demon attached to her body was 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?"
Taking advantage of the demon's brief separation 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's eyes with his uncrystallized eyes:
"Your talent is darkness, not the devil. Don't be deceived by the devil."
After being kicked by the opponent, Shade also felt very uncomfortable. 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 together.
"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 his 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."
Although Darkness was pale in the air in that strange beam of skylight, he looked directly into Shade's eyes. He frowned, really answering Shade's questions seriously, thinking about the meaning of these words:
"No matter how old you are, 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 killed me. 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 in my opinion, darkness is not such a thing."
Shade wanted to retort:
"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's 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 his heart tremble.
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 understands the power he seeks. Priest August is right, it is not the light that defeats the darkness, but the face.
Courage in the face of darkness.
He knew that he was only one step away from a new thaumaturgy, and he no longer lacked spirit. He only lacked the last touch, the touch that pushed him to touch the great power.
The ritual base array composed of thirteen light points completely rose and reached the top of Daxnis's head. The black-robed shadow merged with the six-ring life ring, and the true power of the dark chosen one swept in.
With a muffled sound, all the crystals on Shade's body exploded, along with his skin and clothes. The cracked marks revealed were the divinity that lit up due to the contact with the ancient god's power.
The golden afterglow and the power of darkness rushed over. Shade blocked the two girls behind him, and the cracked afterglow on his body dragged behind him like a golden flame tail. He touched the dice in his pocket and smiled:
"Just don't regret it yourself."
Darkness stared 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 candidate 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 that beam of pure white light exploded in the air. There was a boom 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 second chosen one.
Appear.
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 out 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, like a spring, the pus continued to spread around.
In the blink of an eye, the open space in the crystal forest was covered with pus. Outside the forest, amid the earthquake and mountain roar, 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 his Devil's Mouth form was seriously injured by Iluna and [Weak Angel Potion]. But he did not enter the third form, which is the half-body devil form, but directly drained human pus
Covering the right half of his body, he entered the human pus demon form, and gradually merged with the huge black pillar behind him.
"He wants 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 can prevent 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 moment 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 wizard 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 need to make sure of one thing."
"Meow~"
The little orange cat, as if in fear, huddled up in the corner of [God's Gift Box]. Seeing Shade looking at it from above, it raised its head and looked at him with its big amber eyes.
, and also 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, who seemed to be biting something. He first looked at his hand to confirm that all three rings were there, and then asked hesitantly:
"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 his right hand was re-spliced, resulting in the temporary threat from the Devil's Mouth, the half-body demon could not appear, and the Dark Chosen talent was suppressed by the balance.
Although he has completed the most critical ritual and gained his identity, now Darkness only has the final form of human pus left to use. And because of the weak angel potion, Darkness in the human pus form does not seem to be able to use it.
There is no overwhelming force.
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.