Whispering Verse

At that second when time almost stood still, Shade and the devil's eyes met. Then the snowflakes returned to their normal flying speed, and the almost frozen time began to flow again.

Speaking of which, this is the first enemy that Shade has encountered that can manipulate time. This kind of experience against enemies is very valuable. If he hadn't insisted on pursuing Luvia's secret and finally learned everything on the clock tower in Tobesk, he might have suffered a big loss this time.

"Time...it seems I still underestimated you."

Oxenfurt said, looking at the silver cross and taking a slight step back.

"If I don't have some skills, how dare I get involved in this kind of thing. I repeat, I don't want any marks,"

Shade did not relax his vigilance. Just as he thought, the light in the originally not bright environment around him became weak again. All the shadows around him squirmed as if they were alive, and the colorful world began to fade into black and white like a photo. The intersection of all darkness was the stone mirror demon Goethe, whose body seemed to be melting.

"what's the situation?"

[Similar to the Mystery Lock, but stronger. 】

The shadow has been creeping towards Shade, the only one who has not faded in this black and white world. This time, there was no need to hesitate at all. The clear yellow moonlight at his fingertips illuminated all directions. Although it was not as powerful as the silver moon, it still bought Xia De precious time.

His other hand reached into his pocket, and the "gold potion" used to fight demons was poured into his mouth. But unlike what Priest August said, Shade did not need to exercise to promote blood flow at all, so that the medicine could take effect as quickly as possible. After entering the potion, the potion took effect almost immediately, and Shade's eyes were gradually dyed a dazzling golden color.

"Moonlight Great Sword!"

The empty bottle lost its color the moment it was thrown away from Shade's hand, but Shade's free hand also pulled out a long sword with bright yellow moonlight from the air. Due to the effect of the "golden potion", the long sword was covered with a dazzling golden color. As Shade waved the long sword forward, the golden light blade seemed to tear a crack in the black and white world, pointing straight into the distance. "Ston Oxenfurt" whose body gradually melted flew away.

The arc of light collided head-on with the melting body, and an angry howl that almost tore the eardrums came from high in the sky. The explosion of snowflakes and smoke even forced Shade to raise his arms to shield his eyes.

"Hahaha, very good, very good!"

The applause and laughter still seemed to come from high in the sky, and the world around them was still black and white, but the voice was clearly filled with angry emotions. When the smoke and dust from the explosion completely disappeared, a giant stone mirror made of obsidian stood where "Ston Oxenfurt" originally stood.

Reddish-brown stone veins like blood vessels cling to the surface of the stone mirror, and the mirror, which is smooth enough to illuminate everything in front of you, does not reflect Shade's figure, but instead clearly shows the dark-skinned "Stone Oxenfurt" figure.

[The real body. 】

"Huh? It appeared so easily? Priest August's potion is too... a trap."

Although he had figured everything out, Shade, who had already reached the peak of the effect of the potion, still inserted the silver cross into his waist and rushed forward with the moonlight sword in hand:

"You're kidding, if you don't flush it now, why don't you wait until the potion wears off?"

His figure left a series of coherent light marks in the black and white world of falling snow, as if his figure was imprinted on the space. Although he was still far away from the mirror just now, given the explosive power of the ring warlock, it only took a few seconds for Shade to arrive in front of the stone mirror.

Click!

Holding the sword in both hands, he directly used the force of the charge to pierce the long sword into the mirror. However, instead of piercing the mirror, the luminous sword blade directly entered the mirror.

Of course, this does not mean that Shade's attack is ineffective. The yellow moonlight sword carried the power of the golden potion and pierced the belly of the dark-skinned "Stone Oxenfurt" in the mirror.

Its left hand naturally drooped by its side, and its right hand held the sword in the mirror, allowing the arm to rot and then regenerate:

"it's actually very good."

His dark eyes stared at Sha De outside the mirror, with a glib smile still on his face, but Sha De's expression changed.

[Your priest friend is right, you can't drive it away with just gold potion. 】

In fact, the pendant hanging on Shade's chest at this time has the power of an angel, which can give him a perfect chance to fight back. But instead of praising the original name and calling out the angel's exorcism power for himself, he snorted coldly:

"Blade of Disarrayed Time!"

Three identical orange long swords pierced the mirror from behind Sha De, piercing the heart and left and right shoulders of the figure in the mirror respectively. The devil in the mirror still looked at Sha De in the black and white world with a smile:

"Very good. In that case, let me see the sins carried by those who are caught in the act of desire."

It laughed, and its body melted into Shade's four swords. The distorted black light and shadow eventually turned everything in the mirror into darkness. When Shade retracted his sword and prepared to attack the mirror body again, his own figure appeared in the dark mirror.

"Um?"

The two stared at each other, but Shade always felt that the reflection of himself in the mirror was obviously different from when he looked in the mirror in the morning. It was more like the original appearance of his body when he first came to this world.

Suddenly the figure in the mirror said:

"I am the real one, you are far less powerful than me."

Xia De didn't care what it was, he held the sword in both hands and pierced it into the mirror again. Under the influence of this strange stone mirror, the words almost blurted out:

"I am the strongest person in the material world!"

The sword successfully pierced the chest of the figure in the mirror again, and the figure laughed and disappeared, revealing what Shade had actually pierced. It was a solemn statue made of obsidian. The robed statue held a stone heart in its hand.

At this time, the statue, which had a sense of oppression and strong blasphemy elements, was pierced through the chest by Shade's long sword.

"What? The Stoneheart Demon's idol?"

The statue seemed to be looking at Shade for a moment, but at this time the cracks had spread outward from around the sword that pierced the chest. In just two breaths, the statue shattered into a pile of fine black stones.

The blasphemy element flows from Shade's sword to Shade's arm, the curse brought about by the destruction of the god's statue, and is trying to entangle his soul. And "Oxenfurt" standing deep in the mirror came over again applauding:

"Arrogance! You are disrespectful to God, cruel to others, and you firmly believe that you are the choice of destiny! I have seen your arrogance and sin, and I declare you to be an arrogant person!"

At this moment, Shade outside the mirror was completely frozen in place by the black and white world, while endless black chains stretched out from the stone mirror, wrapping around his body and limbs, trying to pull him into the mirror.

The devil in the mirror has already extended his palm to him:

"I won't kill you this time. I will give you this mark to complete my mission! Without my mark, the power of the great man who shattered the statue of the god will make your life worse than death!"

The relic [blasphemous cross] inserted in Shade's waist suddenly lit up with a cold silver light when the devil was about to come into direct contact with Shade. The black chains that had been wrapped around him in the mirror suddenly stopped. After a moment, Xia De also took advantage of this last opportunity to carry out one last resistance:

"Arrogant? Are you saying I'm arrogant?"

He didn't want to retreat and dodge, but instead pulled out the silver cross from his waist that was shining with abnormal light, and then directly put his hand deep into the mirror. Able to absorb soul power, Shade was specially used to prepare the relics to fight against the evil god. He pierced the devil's right hand that was trying to touch his cheek:

"Who gave you the courage to come so close to me?"

The chains of sin shot out from his left cuff, facing the dense black chains, and Shade took the initiative to step into the mirror. The dark mirror world tried to drown him in darkness, but this darkness was not even as good as the silent night in the "Eternal Night City".

Holy silver radiates outward from the body surface. Even though the clothes on his upper body are gradually corroded by darkness, the power of the devil in the mirror cannot harm him at all.

Shade kicked away the fragmented stone of the evil god [Stone Heart Demon], and stabbed the demon's chest with the yellow moonlight sword in his left hand:

"Who made you think that I would be afraid of the evil god's statue?"

The final and most violent power of the golden potion radiated through the radiance emitted by Shade's body, and the light around him turned into golden color. He was like the sun falling in the darkness, driving away all the darkness in the demon stone mirror.

The palm prints on the chest glowed faintly as if they were stimulated. At this time, Luvia, who was looking at the crystal ball in the city's Prophet's Association, suddenly turned her head to look in the direction of the northern suburbs of the city where Shade was, but she didn't understand why she was doing this. And that transparent figure flashed behind her again:

"It turns out it was you that time."

At this moment, Shade seemed to hear Luvia whispering in his ear, and the heat radiating from the palm print on his chest made the next words blurt out:

"But you are right about one thing, I am arrogant!"

[Profane Cross] absorbed the soul power of ancient evil spirits and turned into a strange cold current into Shade's body. The golden light around him melted the surrounding darkness. After melting the mirror world, it even continued to melt the black and white world. The world like an old photo slowly faded away, and the scenery of the dark forest in the snow with normal colors reappeared little by little with the radiation of golden light.

The stone mirror demon Goethe's right palm was pierced by a cross, and his left chest was pierced by a long sword. It saw large swaths of steam mist carrying heat appearing behind Shade, and heard the sound of bells that seemed to come from a time older than its own birth.