Volume 1 The Mystery of the Shadows Chapter 59 The Shrine
She killed seven Sages and one War Mage in one fell swoop.
In the presence of all the survivors of Öze, the showdown between Nevenmor and Conrad came to an end.
Anna Christ, a young councillor of the Council of Nine, Hill Manvenlin, General of the Slom City Guard, Dorset, General Dorset, Thorne, the warrior of Goller, Leanne, the maid of Prince Gorre, Benedict Barker, disciple of Archmage Icarus, Harriet Lopez, knight of King Oldlik, and court wizards Jenny Field and Jack Hall...... Under the watchful eyes of this group of people, the mysterious Nevan Mor was crowned a god in a battle.
From today onwards, the name of "Nevon Morr" has appeared on the stage of the mainland for the first time in an unprecedented way.
In Levi's arms, Archer Blaze closed her eyes, her head pressed against Levi's chest, and the corners of her mouth were stained with blood.
In her body, Conrad's soul had been wiped out.
In the battle just now, Levi was well aware that there were many spectators, and although he used the silent secret technique of interrupting the casting of spells on Rudolph, it was impossible for bystanders to detect it at such a distance.
The only thing he cared about was the [Shackles of Fate] as a means of termination, which was a fake form of sorcery, and if anyone else noticed, I am afraid that the name Neven Mor would be tightly tied to the Dark Mage.
We'll talk about that later.
Levi estimated the time, and there were at most thirty minutes left before the three-day limit for the return. At that time, he will be teleported outside of Jiling, and he will not be able to complete the agreement if Terella's physical problems are not resolved.
The current situation is very tricky, not to mention that Terella's body has been baptized with the Intimidation Essence, and the shrine that serves as the heart has absorbed most of its properties, which is also mixed with Terella's soul impurities.
Levi didn't know how to return Tyrella to his body, so he had to perform a ritual in reverse, restoring the properties of the shrine that Archer had absorbed into the shrine and repairing Terella's soul.
Thanks to Conrad's defeat [Dream Eating Spell], Levi has a new and profound understanding of the system of witchcraft theory, so it's not that he can't do these two things, but he is not sure how sure.
About four minutes later, Levi was outside the small room where he had been with Terella, which had floated before the great setting sun and was now unnoticeable in a corner of the spherical Ozer.
Levi floated into the room through the round window with Archer in his arms, and he laid her flat on the floor, glancing at the monster in the corner of the room, confirming that Terella's body was safe.
He sat down on the floor in front of Archer, wiped the blood from his face with his sleeve, and gasped for breath, only to feel physically and mentally exhausted, and it was only a tight mental string to keep his mind clear.
After a quick break of ten seconds, Levi sat up, knelt in front of Archer, and reached out to tear open the hem of her tattered garment, revealing the girl's beautiful breasts.
No matter how beautiful the spring is, Levi has no time to care, his right palm condenses a dagger-sized mini [Queen's Sword], and inserts the ice dagger into Archer's left chest and chest, her skin is very tough, Levi feels like he is cutting a thick cowhide, and his every move is very difficult.
However, [Queen's Sword] is a medium magic after all, no less sharp than ordinary ice, and it is no less sharp than a high-grade steel sword that has been tempered for thousands of years.
The blade pierced the soft skin on Archer's breast*, and the red eyeballs overflowed from the incision, and it didn't take long for Levi to cut a gap of more than ten centimeters, and his psychological tolerance for the bloody scene was not bad, but he frowned slightly, and then tore open the gap, revealing the scene inside:
A red heart was thumping, and the surface of the heart was covered with black blood vessels, countless blood vessels slowly wriggling like small worms, forming an ever-changing pattern.
Next to the heart, a black cube ten centimeters long lay quietly between the flesh and blood, the silver pattern on the surface of the cube was stained with blood and full of cracks, and a black mist faintly overflowed from a round hole.
Levi didn't touch the dragon's heart for the time being, and in order to guard against the threat of necromancy similar to Conrad's possession, he used the chaos secret technique to protect his soul, reached out and grabbed the shrine, and took it out of Archer's heart.
After he pulled out the frost dagger, the skin on Archer's chest squirmed and healed under the powerful recovery of the dragon's heart...... Levi didn't plan to take the dragon's heart for the time being, this high-ranking holy relic was like a double-edged sword, not only would it bring benefits to the user, he didn't have time to deal with it right now.
Unable to take care of the unconscious Archer, Levi set the shrine aside and removed the white orb of Terrella from his cuff.
The Urn is the heart of Terella with a broken character, and the White Orb is the soul of Terella...... Conrad, you've caused me a lot of trouble.
Levi pondered in silence for a while, his understanding of witchcraft was not yet thorough, and many of the knowledge links were memorized, but in the current situation, even if he only knew a little about it, he had to perform the ritual head-on.
He took a deep breath and stretched out an index finger, the tip of which turned an eerie dark blue, and then slowly squirmed like a mass of living liquid. With the help of this index finger, he drew two intertwined and locked triangles in the open space around him, forming a pattern of six-pointed stars that symbolize chaos.
Once completed, the dark blue six-pointed star exuded an aura of chaos, and every line glowed with a strange sheen.
Levi searched his mind and found three corners on the six-pointed star, dragging Archer's body to one of the corners, and then placing the shrine and the white ball on the two adjacent corners.
With that done, Levi made sure that the steps were correct, and he decided to move on to the next step: he recited the incantations in a very stiff way, these demonic words that had nothing to do with the elemental text were very strange, and the syllables seemed disorganized, sometimes high and crazy, sometimes low and hoarse.
After reluctantly reciting the Chaos Spell, Levi saw the six-pointed star suddenly shine, the lines changing from dark blue to glowing red, and flickering in an irregular rhythm, blood red when bright, dark red when dim, the scene was very eerie.
Immediately afterward, Archer's expression suddenly became very painful, and from the six-pointed star horn beneath her, the pitch-black smoke spread along the red light pattern, and continued to rush to the other side of the pattern, and then split in two, a large black mist burrowed into the hole on the surface of the shrine, and a small black mist was sucked into the white sphere.
Based on the immature theories of sorcery, Levi theorized that the black mist pouring into the shrine was necromantic and shrine properties, and that the white ball was pouring into Terrela's soul and consciousness fragments.
"There wasn't enough time, the ceremony was too slow." Levi frowned and said to himself, "If the ritual is accelerated, it may cause the loss of Archer Blaze's soul." ”
He pondered for a moment, applying [Distraction Spell] to himself, then pointed to his eyebrows, drawing out a wisp of his distraction. According to the records of witchcraft in Conrad's mind, the soul of the living is blue, and the soul of the dead or the living soul that has been out of the body for a long time is black, which is the manifestation of the characteristics of death.
Levi's split was a small cloud of cyan smoke, which condensed into his form and slowly swirled around his fingertips. Levi's finger pointed at Archer, and the split soul burrowed into Archer's brain, quickly finding her consciousness.
In Archer's mind, her soul was the appearance of a little red-haired girl, floating in the damaged environment of consciousness.
After entering the consciousness of others, Levi's split soul changed from a blue smoke form to a human body that was no different from reality, and he attached himself to Archer's soul, holding her in his arms, and his feet were firmly nailed to the invisible consciousness space like an anchor.
At the same time, Levi from the outside world recited a gloomy and treacherous demonic language, and under the urging of his incantation, the speed of the black mist surging became very fast, several times faster than before.
As he expected, Archer's consciousness environment was impacted, and her soul was attracted by the overloaded chaos ritual, and there was a tendency to fly outside the consciousness space, but Levi's split soul hugged her tightly and did not let her soul be sucked away with the black mist.
During the ritual, the cracks on the surface of the shrine gradually become lighter and lighter like a healed wound until they disappear, symbolizing that its properties have been repaired; The white orb slowly squirmed, several times larger than before, and watched as Terella's soul was becoming full, and her consciousness was showing signs of awakening.
In order to speed up the ritual and protect Archer's soul, Levi spent a lot of effort, and his mental power, which was already on the verge of drying up, became weaker and weaker like a little flame in the wind.
Finally, as the last wisps of black smoke poured into the shrine and the white orb, the reverse ritual of soul-sucking witchcraft came to an end.
Levi drained his soul and returned it to his consciousness, slumping like a broken string, leaning against the round window and gasping softly.
The red hexagram grew fainter and darker, returning to a dark blue graffiti pattern in a matter of seconds, and the white orb, which had returned to the size of a human head, squirmed faster and faster, and a slender finger poked out of the orb, followed by a whole milky white arm...... In a few breaths, the white sphere turned into a liquid body as pure as milk, the curves of the body were concave and convex, and the lines of the facial features also faintly revealed the appearance of Terrela, but there was a fist-sized black hole on the left breast* room.
The next moment, the milky white metamorphosed into a dark blue, and Terella, with long ice blue hair, stood in front of Levi again, she stretched her arms, puffed up her chest, naked but not ashamed, just looked down at Levi, and looked seriously into his eyes.
Her eyes were calm, but there were some indescribable emotions hidden in the depths of her pupils.
Levi took off his hood and raised a hand, and the shrine lay quietly in the palm of his hand.
"I've done what I promised." He smiled.
Terella's gaze lingered on Levi's face for a few seconds before landing on the shrine, silent as she knew what was going on in her mind.
This scene is so similar to their first encounter on the outskirts of Slom.
One person is only able to get out of trouble, and he is naked; One was scarred and exhausted.
It's like some kind of karmic reincarnation in the underworld.
"What's the matter, the heart you've been looking for is right in front of you, don't you want to take a look?" Levi put away his smile and said a little tiredly.
Terrela crouched down and reached for the shrine from Levi's palm, staring at the black cube in her hand, her fingertips slowly running over the silver pattern on the surface of the shrine.
Levi leaned under the round window, the setting sun shining on his dark hair from the window, he exhaled a light breath and said slowly, "From Conrad's memory, I learned about its construction. ”
Looking at Terella's face, he paused and said, "The shrine does contain your heart, but its physical form has been transformed into crystals and has become part of this sacred artifact. ”
"In other words, you can't take it out, can you?"
Terella finally spoke, looking at her unrecognizable heart with no emotion in her eyes.
Levi nodded, adding, "The shell of the shrine comes from Hell, and according to Conrad's limited knowledge of it, its raw material is the core of the demon body of the Demon King Neven Morr, which has the characteristics of Nyven Mor. ”
After saying that, he opened his mouth slightly, and then fell silent.
Tyrella grabbed the shrine in her hand, she stood up, glanced at Levi, and said lightly, "What else do you know, don't shy away from me, just say it." ”
Levi's gaze fell on Archer on the side, but he didn't pay attention to Archer, just avoiding Terella's eyes.
"I don't think your heart can get you back into your body."
He said calmly.
Just after a short break, he carefully combed through the fragments of memories about the shrine, and finally came up with this answer.
The conclusion was cruel, but he had to say it to Terella.
"Give it up."
Levi whispered in his heart, but he didn't say it after all, because he suddenly vaguely understood Terella's mind.
Instead of the usual mutual calculations, and different from the usual speculation on people's hearts, at this moment, Levi felt as if he could grasp Terella's mood, as if he had become a part of her, understood what she was thinking.
How willful...... Queen.
Tyrella did not react to Levi's words, and Levi believed that she, as the owner of the heart, would not fail to perceive this, but so what?
Terella stooped down to pick up the frost dagger that [the Queen's Sword] had turned into from the ground, leaving her naked and seductive back to Levi and slowly walking towards her body.
"It's time to tell you about [the Fire of Destruction]." She said lightly, "There is not much time left. ”
Levi didn't speak, just quietly looked at Terella's back, there was no lust in his eyes, only a bottomless calm, and a subtle ripple in the calm.
"Although I know very little, I can tell you with certainty that your suspicion has been correct, that Archer Blaze's father, the Brilliant Duke of Glory, whom you have so much attention, must be a member of the Flame of Destruction."
It turned out that Terella had already sensed Levi's intention to approach Archer.
"A thousand years ago, their name was not 'Destruction Fire', but [Knights of Destruction]." Tyrella raised her dagger and looked down at the huge and ugly monster body beneath her feet, "At that time, in Saladin's Inferno Legion, in addition to the famous [Knights of Kings] on the surface, there was also a shadow army that came and went without a trace, which is what I call the Knights of Destruction. ”
Knights of Destruction? Levi had never heard of this title, and according to the meaning of Terella's words, the Knights of Destruction were on a par with the Knights of Kings, what an unimaginable historical truth? You know, even the Origin Warrior [Tyrant], the founding emperor of the Gorer Empire, Munso is just a knight in the Knights of Kings.
"There are six members of the Knights of Destruction, and they all have one thing in common, which is that they have a unique talent and use of the power of fire." Terrella said bluntly, "And these six members are from six different races or realms: demons, dragons, necromancers, ogres, merfolk, and elementals. ”
That's a lot of information!
Levi was keenly aware of the words "flame" and "demon", and there was no doubt that these two clues pointed directly to [Duke of Splendour] Gustav Blaze, who had seen the flaming golden trident on the mysterious card on the corpse of Bonier Lang, which in turn was linked to the Dark Blue Court and the "Merfolk...... That's right, Bunier has the same demonic arm as Gustav the Demon, and Levi has long suspected that he is a member of the Flame of Destruction.
In this way, the fire of destruction hidden in the fog suddenly became clear.
"That's all I can tell you, and you'll have to do the rest."
Terrella plunged the dagger into the monster's body, making a sharp cut in the heart, revealing the empty ribcage inside.
She then placed the shrine inside the ventricles.
Levi withdrew his thoughts from the clues of the Flame of Destruction and stared at Terrela's back.
He knew that Terrela would return to her original body no matter what, but if that failed, her soul would die with it...... Levi was sure that if Terella insisted on doing so, the odds of success were less than 1 in 10,000.
But he knew Terella well, at least in some ways...... So, he knew that persuasion was pointless.
After Terella placed her heart in her body, her movements suddenly paused, and she tilted her head slightly, revealing half of Levi's face, a disapproving smile on her lips.
"You're doing a great job, Levi's, better than I thought you would."
She whispered.
"Thank you."
Levi didn't really hear the last thank-you, he couldn't tell if it was a hallucination or reality, and Terella suddenly became a blur in front of him, and her body liquefied again, turning into a white spring that poured into the head of the giant monster.
Her soul was pouring into the ugly corpse, and soon there was no sign of Terrela in the room, except for Archer on the floor and Levi under the round window, and the monster body in the corner: it was coiled like a black dragon, with long limbs, sharp, sharp claws, a tail like a spear, and a pair of twisted threaded horns bewitching out of the black bat's wings.
Will it be able to reawaken?
Can she be truly resurrected?
Levi subconsciously clenched his fists.
("In their own space of consciousness, each person reveals his truest form. - Necromantic Magic, Dark Library Collection)