Schilling thrust the dagger into his throat, but instead of piercing the throat, he pushed the dagger down until it stopped at the waist.
He cut open the dense shirt and drew a straight blood line, which could just divide his upper body into two halves.
Ash's expression changed: "You changed your mind."
"Yes."
Xilin threw away the dagger, tucked his long hair behind his ears, and restored the elf's elegance. His expression was calm and his voice was soft: "Imprisoning you is just my naive wishful thinking. You are the 'touch' that Heath has worked so hard to summon. You You can even escape from Broken Lake Prison, how can I possibly imprison you?"
"There are too many accidents in this world. As long as the Four Pillar Gods are still watching you, accidents are enough to penetrate all my arrangements."
"I can't imprison you, nor can I kill you, nor can I hand you over to the Crime Hunting Hall. I can't even delay. The power of 'touch' will allow you to escape at any time."
"So, I came to a conclusion."
The elf stretched out his middle finger and index finger with both hands, like hooks, and inserted them into his chest along the blood line he had just cut.
"It must be at this time, it must be here, it must be me." Xilin said calmly: "I want to purify you."
Ash tilted his head slightly: "In my understanding, 'purification' and 'treatment' have the same meaning..."
"Purification means to expel impure things, destroy invading things, and annihilate parasitic things!" Xilin's green pupils became brighter and brighter, as if they were shining brightly: "And you, the half-finished touch that resides in Heath's body ’, it’s exactly what needs to be purified!”
"I originally wanted to use this miracle to destroy Hiss...but I never dared and was always afraid, so I became Hiss's puppet, and that's why I made so many mistakes. Touch, I thank you, you gave me a A chance at redemption.”
Ash narrowed his eyes: "But isn't it equivalent to killing me? As soon as I die, the ritual will be completed -"
"So I used this forbidden miracle."
Schilling is glowing.
His green eyes, his blood, his black hair, his skin, every color on his body was glowing with brilliant luster, it was like... he had turned into an oil painting.
"Not just 'you', all the arrangements placed on your body by the Four Pillar Gods and all traces engraved by Hiss on your body will be expelled without leaving any trace. Everything that does not belong to this body will be completely purified. ."
Ash took a deep breath: "Xilin, you are just a two-winged golden magician. Do you have that much ability?"
"Of course I don't, but... the virtual realm does."
Xilin suddenly showed a faint smile: "You came to my "Ancient Ritual Faction" class two days ago, right?"
"I actually didn't say anything at that time." Xilin seemed to be giving a lecture on the spot: "If you use special means to force a two-winged magician to be a sacrifice, the most you can do is pray for a full blow from a four-winged magician. "
"But if the two-winged magician completely voluntarily performs the most advanced forbidden ritual, then this intention will be recognized by the virtual realm, and he can even pray from the virtual realm... for power that surpasses the four wings!"
"Under the protection of the Blood Moon Lord, the Four Pillar Gods can bestow upon you a 'blessing' at the level of four wings." Xilin showed a happy smile: "Fate still favors me. Only I can get rid of Kaimon City just right. Your 'touch'."
Ash's thoughts changed rapidly and he quickly advised: "We don't need to get into this life-and-death situation. Now that I know you have no choice but to do so, I won't trouble you again in the future. I actually plan to leave the Blood Moon Kingdom.
Why don't you help me leave the Blood Moon, so that you don't have to sacrifice your life if I leave, and it's a win-win situation for everyone, how about that?"
"Touch, who do you think I am?"
Xilin sneered: "President of the Elf Rights Protection Association? Congressman? The mastermind behind the gang? Professor? The person who has the highest interests in the fly camp? The immortal species who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"
"I am 203 years old this year. When I was born, the Blood Moon Judgment had not yet begun; after I became an adult, I participated in the Outland Hunting Ceremony; I traveled throughout the Blood Moon, witnessed the destruction of the old city, and the rise of the new city; everything in the world
I have seen and even experienced both suffering and entertainment.”
"You actually think that I would be reluctant to part with this old life?" Xilin's eyes were full of mockery: "If death hadn't been unable to resist Hiss's order, and if suicide hadn't been prohibited by law, I would have wanted to step into the blood moon.
Heaven!"
Ash was startled: "Immortality? Do you hope in your heart that the lights will go out?"
"Immortality? No, I don't have the light of hope in my heart, because there is something warmer and more beautiful than it."
Xilin smiled. Behind him was the huge and beautiful blood moon. The light of the blood moon gently covered his body, as if the gods were blessing him.
"I have long wanted to die with Heath, but I couldn't resist Heath. I have been waiting for this opportunity. I don't want revenge, I just want to prove..."
"I still love this blood moon deeply."
"Ritual Miracle·The Origin of Xucai Dyeing and the Forbidden Ritual."
Snap!
Xilin's hands, which were inserted into the bloody line in the middle, were suddenly pulled to both sides, and his chest was torn open like a door curtain!
What caught Ash's eyes was not the bright red blood and cyanotic internal organs, but the color!
Colorful colors spurted out from Xilin's chest, drowning Ashi like a river!
"The flower language of iron crabapple and water lily is loyalty." He said softly.
At this time, Ash suddenly recalled Varkas in his mind - since Schilling did not voluntarily pursue Ash, then why was Varcas, who failed in the assassination, disgusted and hated by Xiu Lin?
Schilling didn't hate Varcas because he didn't complete his mission.
But he hates Varcas because he 'want' to complete the mission!
Xilin just said that Varcas's mission reward is to 'reunite with his biological son'.
Valkas's acceptance of the mission means that he has not repented and still wants to rebel against the laws of the Blood Moon Kingdom! This is an unforgivable mistake for the Blood Moon believer Xilin - the law is the will of God, and the rules are God's
Desire, Varcas is tantamount to blaspheming Schilling's faith!
"When I pass away, when the skinned twins take off my skin, when the scarlet maid draws out my blood, when the Night Shadow priest sorts out my bones, when there are blessed angels to guide my soul..."
Xilin closed his eyes and whispered a prayer to himself.
He thought he would see the messenger to greet him, but what came to his mind was a dusty page.
The young Xilin sat cross-legged on the wooden floor and saw the elf child crawling towards him awkwardly, making a gesture of hugging him. He smiled and held the child in his arms, wiping away the child's drool with a handkerchief.
"Read it with me, Wa-er-ka-s-"
"Varkas?"
"No, I'm not Varcas, I'm Schilling."
"Chillin?"
"Yes, you are Varcas and I am Shirin."
"Xi Lin!!~"
"...We will eventually be reunited in the Promised Land."
With the last splash of color, the elf scholar's uniform, which had lost its support, gently fell to the carpet.
The moonlight falls on the pure white fabric, reflecting the purest color of blood.
In Nuoda's study, only Asher Heath was left alone.
Without the supply of magic power, the tree that trapped Ash quickly withered and decayed, turning into an easily broken wreckage.
Ash looked down at his hands, his eyes full of confusion.
