Volume 1: Shadow Rising Chapter 16: Shadows
"The moon is round tonight. ", the man muttered as he sat on the edge of the cliff of Vatican Mountain.
The moonlight reflected on his handsome face, but his gaze was as cold as ice, and his short black hair swayed in the wind, but it made people feel the desolation and cangsang that enveloped him.
The shadows of the trees behind the man gradually began to distort, and a vague figure gradually emerged from the shadow, standing quietly behind the man, its face hidden in the darkness and standing without saying a word.
As if sensing something, the man bowed his head slightly and asked softly, "Are you here, it's really punctual." ”
"yes, I'm here. A vague shadow replied, like a voice from the abyss. It took a few steps forward, but its face was still covered in darkness. "It's rare, how did you think of taking on a human form today, Mammon. ”
Mammon didn't respond directly to its question, and it continued without looking back, "It's not important, but I didn't expect you to be alive, I thought you had been crushed by that human kid." ”
"That kind of half-baked awakening can't kill me, not to mention that it's just my split body that fights with him, it seems that he can't fully use the real power in his body after awakening, for the time being, he is still safe. Shadow said with a smile.
"Sure enough, you're a natural conspirator behind the scenes. A smile appeared on Mammon's handsome human face, "It seems that that kid still has some skills, and he can actually awaken the Holy Word in battle, I have to say that it is beyond my expectations for him, but compared to the loss of your splinter, it is more regrettable for me that I have lost a good spy on my side." ”
The shadow took a few more steps forward, and the face that had been hidden in the darkness finally revealed itself in the moonlight, and that face was none other than Levi Anson, who had fought with Shore and was considered dead by all.
"I'm going to test him on your orders, or I wouldn't have to take such a big risk and ask Mephistopheles to do it at the meeting, what if it suspects me?" Levi Anson muttered dissatisfiedly, "Although it is just a waste of a splinter, your attitude is really cold, no matter what, only you and I can really understand each other, don't forget that only I can complete the plan you have been thinking about day and night." ”
"I haven't forgotten, and I will never forget. Mammon frowned as he looked at the clouds that were gradually accumulating around the moon, "But it's really troublesome for you to send the split body to run away, knowing that the kid hasn't fully mastered the power in his body, you and I can rest assured now." Right, Levi Anson. ”
"Don't call me by that name, you and I both know that it's just the name of the body I occupy, and it's uncomfortable to be called the name of a dead man, or the name of someone I killed with my own hands. Levi Anson snorted from his nostrils.
"I see. Mammon finally stood up, "But that's fine, everyone else thinks you've been killed by that kid, so you don't need to continue to disguise yourself like this, and it's easier to move." ”
"Don't pretend to be so tall. Once known as Levi Anson, now the Nameless Man clasped his hands to his chest and smiled, "You and I are nothing but false beings in this world, otherwise how would I have found you 10,000 years ago, because you and I are the same." ”
"The world is hypocritical, and what I want is to break this infinite cycle of lies, which is why I agreed to cooperate with you, a guy who has long been forgotten by the world. Mammon reached out and covered the full moon in front of her, and the afterglow through her fingers dappled its face.
"When do you want to mention the old past? "What's the point of the future if we're always immersed in the past, haven't we decided a long time ago to destroy everything in the past and create a real world?"
Mammon's hand slowly drooped, and it said calmly, "You're right, the past doesn't matter anymore, what really matters is the plan we are going to complete. At that time, whether it is Satan or God, heaven or hell, everything that was past will cease to exist, the old world will be gone forever, and the rotten cycle of this world will be completely destroyed. ”
The nameless man nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's right, after all these years, the little ghost at that time has finally grown up and become able to understand what he needs to do a little." Speaking of seniority, I've brought you a gift. ”
"Gifts?" Mammon looked at the nameless man in confusion.
The nameless man stretched out his right hand, and countless black tentacles emerged from his palm and gradually began to wrap around each other and extend upward, the entangled tentacles were like the stems of plants, growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the stem formed by the tentacles, a ball was slowly moving up the stem from the palm of the hand, and finally reached the top, bursting like a budding flower bud, and a flower of black death that exuded a strange black bloom.
The moonlight shone on the black flowers, and the pink balls in the center of the flowers swayed in the wind, and the viscous liquid dripped at the feet of the nameless man from time to time, and the blood-like objects were rolling down the long black stems, forming a small dark red pool in his hands.
Mammon looked at the flowers blooming in the hands of the nameless man with disgust: "Is this a brain, and whose brain did you take out?"
"This is no ordinary brain. The nameless man said ostentatiously. "I think you should know that the prophecy is already known to the humans, and that the person who made it is undoubtedly a threat, but I made a special trip to the north to dig out the old fellow's brain, but he didn't even scream when I did it, which really made me feel bored. ”
"Is that the old man named Clough?" said Mammon thoughtfully. "That guy's prophecy was a bit tricky, and from the time he made that prophecy, he had to die. You've done a good job, and now there's one less person who threatens us. ”
"What are you going to do next?" said the Nameless Man and Mammon stood side by side. "Mephistopheles has learned the whereabouts of Satan's Sword, that Michael was killed by Lucifer, but it is strange that Lucifer actually took his brother's body, and I thought he would have broken his brother's body to pieces. ”
"That man is a madman, his actions and thoughts can't be thought of by common sense, you must have found a way to spy on him, right?"
"I've split out a part of the hidden place in his room, rest assured, I'm doing it well, there's absolutely no way he'll find out we're spying on him. ”
Mammon nodded in satisfaction, "Only this man must not let his guard down, God knows what he is planning." ”
"What about the humans?"
"You don't have to worry about that. "The seeds of doubt have been planted between them, and they are bound to go to division and hostility, and then we can use the forces of hell to break them apart, so that we can both annihilate them and weaken the power of hell, isn't it a double win?"
The nameless man put his hand on Mammon's shoulder approvingly: "I am a conspirator, I think you are more scheming than I am, and now you don't know how many times more treacherous than I am, so that our plan can be carried out very smoothly, and the world seems to have finally come to its end." ”
The two of them were silent, everything was silent again, the moon was finally covered by thick cumulus clouds, and huge shadows were cast on the whole land, no one knew what was going on in their hearts at this moment, but the countdown to the fate of this world was already ticking unconsciously.