Whispering Verse

In the darkness of the broken mirror, a familiar figure is approaching. Even though [Night Watch] had begun to shatter the mirror at this moment, and even though Dr. Schneider was about to arrive, when he saw that figure, Shade still felt that his heart was completely still.

The dark Shad Hamilton, who looked exactly like the foreigner outside the mirror at this time, moved his hands left and right in an exaggerated manner, applauding, and walked from each fragment deep in the mirror.

Countless eyes in the fragments looked at Shade and told their deepest secrets:

"The greatest enemy of mortals is yourselves."

The flying Rhodes cards and the surrounding snowstorm seemed to be still in Shade's eyes. This wasn't that the demon started manipulating time again, but that the moment he saw his own reflection in the mirror, time in his senses completely stopped.

Shade Hamilton's figure was reflected in the eyes of the stranger. Even though you can see yourself in the mirror every morning when you wash up, the appearance of the devil at this moment has never told strangers clearly what he is.

"Can you defeat yourself?"

No one noticed that the silver moonlight was slowly radiating from the cracks in the broken stone mirror. Goethe, the stone mirror demon, is the demon of the mirror, and in this mirror that takes the initiative to reflect foreigners, even the dark appearance of Shade Hamilton becomes blurry in Shade's eyes.

Outside the mirror is Shade Hamilton, but what is reflected in the mirror is a dark Shade Hamilton. In the mirror was the dark Shade Hamilton, but what was reflected in the stranger's eyes outside the mirror, Shade could see clearly, was a black moon.

"No, that's the back of the moon, that's"

He didn't understand why he felt that time stood still at this moment, nor why he saw this. But the answer already existed in his heart. It was only at this moment, when he truly saw his own appearance in the mirror, that he finally fully understood himself and what he saw:

"That's the shadow of the moon?!"

The moment the answer was spoken in his heart, the applauding figure in the mirror was drowned by the silver moonlight.

Shade saw the black moon with his own eyes, and the moon actually appeared in the mirror, the silver and flawless moon.

Bang!

Shade didn't even notice that the sword in his hand fell to the ground.

Click!

Amidst the explosion, the stone mirror that reflected the moon couldn't even maintain its image for half a second before it completely shattered like a steam bomb exploding from the center.

The demon couldn't even maintain its original existence and "degenerated" into the appearance of "Stone Oxenfurt" again. His eyes and ears were filled with dark blood, he was clutching his chest and vomiting blood, and he appeared in the broken mirror. Among the fragments.

It could no longer be seen or heard, as if a hurricane appeared directly in the courtyard of Oxenfurt Manor. Fifty-four Rhodes cards were flying around Shade, and the thick steam mist was swept by the hurricane, forming a A huge white smoke column shot straight into the sky.

And in the hot steam, the long whistle sounded together with the distant bells from ancient times. The black shadow of the huge brass ring emerged from the steam mist, until the full appearance of the life ring appeared behind Sha De.

On the rotating life ring, the four colors of aura were enriched together, but in the end the golden miraculous aura overwhelmed everything.

On this moonless night, the black moon reflected in Shade's eyes and his soul.

[On the road to pursuing strength, you finally turn your attention to your own inner self instead of the outer world. You have glimpsed your own secrets, stranger, and the path of the moon opens to you. You realize that you are different and you discover your own strength. 】

[Outlander, you have come into contact with a "miracle". 】

On the rapidly rotating life ring, the golden aura next to the [Moon Thorn] engraved the fourth spiritual rune of the five rings on Shade, which was also the second miraculous spiritual rune of the five rings.

[Outlander, you have engraved the golden miraculous spirit rune-Shadow of the Moon. 】

[You have obtained the thaumaturgy - Shadow of the Moon. Passive effect, whenever and wherever, your status is constant, standing under the moon. Any spiritual rune you own that has the "Moon" field can be considered a spiritual rune with the "Moon" field removed. The power of the moon you possess is fully enhanced. 】

The content of the spiritual rune did not surprise Shade. He closed his eyes subconsciously and kept the black moon firmly in his heart. But he didn't know that the silver moonlight attached to his body at this moment was like a beam of light rising upwards to break away the dark clouds.

Although this vision only lasted for two seconds, such an obvious light in the dark night of the late winter snowstorm still attracted the attention of the ring warlocks in Randall Valley who were all tense tonight.

"Shadow?"

The Wilde Opera House had been paying attention to the situation in the direction of Oxenfurt Manor. After observing the bright silver light beam on the roof of the Opera House, the news was immediately passed to Luvia.

The purple-eyed girl looked out of the window into the dark night, but there were no traces of the previous scene in the night:

"The matter with Shade should have been resolved."

She made a quick judgment:

"Ask Miss Servit and Miss Hayley Aurora to prepare for Miss Sylvia's space teleportation. They should be back soon. In addition, ask Miss Swift to report the current situation in the city and the general situation. Summarizing the information sent by the witches, after Shade returns, he should set off again immediately."

She grabbed her sleeves nervously. Although she didn't know what happened in Oxenfurt Manor, she believed in Shade and believed that he would keep his promise.

"what's the situation?"

Dr. Bill Schneider, who was fully armed, put into a fighting posture the moment his vision was restored, and then shook his head alertly and looked around.

Dark clouds obscured the stars and the moon, but the burning forest illuminated the gloomy courtyard. The howling night wind drove gray snowflakes flying, and the ground was covered with fragments of stone mirrors and the footprints of some small animals.

"Don't you want to fight?"

The doctor muttered again. He expected to be attacked immediately, or to start chasing immediately, but what he saw was that in the fiery red snow, Shade's whole body was exuding the holy moonlight, and behind him appeared the Life Ring Closed Eyes Station. In the snow, the demon vomiting blood was almost dying.

Of course, the demon can't die without breathing, which is just Dr. Schneider's way of expressing surprise.

"Aren't you asking me to deal with the devil? Why is it so cold here?"

The middle-aged doctor, who had adapted to Tobesk's winter temperatures, couldn't help but talk about the weather after he was sure that the battle seemed to be over. Seeing that although Shade was covered in injuries, his breathing was still steady, so he didn't bother him and chose to walk towards the devil.

The blue-eyed doctor was very interested in this city that he had never set foot in before, and he was even more interested in the gray snow. After the demon who fell to the ground and was seriously injured barely regained his vision and hearing, he wanted to leave everything behind immediately, take the secret he had just seen, and leave here forever, but when he looked up, he saw the middle-aged man who suddenly appeared. .

Dr. Bill Schneider was wearing a black thermal windbreaker, a black hat, and a pair of black leather boots. He was holding a small suitcase in his right hand. He was also observing the devil. After a slight hesitation, Goethe's eyes widened:

"It's you?!"

Then he looked at Shade, who looked like a moon in his eyes:

"This madman not only summoned her, but also summoned you?"

"What madman? Are there any madmen here?"

The psychiatrist immediately looked around with alertness and confusion, and then concluded that this was the devil trying to confuse his judgment, but he noticed another point:

"Do you recognize 'me'?"

He asked with squinted eyes, then nodded in understanding. While continuing to talk, he slowly took off his black leather gloves and threw them on the half of the millstone in the snow:

"Yes, it is indeed possible for an ancient evil spirit like you, who happens to be good at prying into inner secrets, to recognize 'me'."

He turned his head and glanced at Shade to make sure that Shade was still motionless:

"Originally, I wanted to keep you. Maybe the detective needs to ask you some questions to answer his doubts. But now that you recognize me, I'll say goodbye forever."

The doctor shrugged, and then the expensive black thermal windbreaker was also thrown onto the millstone.

The firelight outside the manor cast a huge, squirming shadow onto Shade's body. The weird giant thing slowly took shape in front of him, and on the other side, the upright black stone mirror full of cracks almost took shape at the same time.

The two shadows collided in front of Shade, but there was no vibration or shock wave caused by the force impact. Two equally weird shadows were entangled together, followed by a tooth-piercing twisting sound and a disgusting devouring sound.

Even though he was seriously injured after seeing Shade's shadow, the Stone Mirror Demon still had strange powers, but unfortunately he met Dr. Bill Schneider.

So, when Shade fully understood the new power and opened his eyes again, the stone mirror demon Goethe had disappeared.

From his mouth, white smoke was slowly exhaled, and the doctor, who had put on a thick black warm windbreaker again, was sitting on a half-broken millstone buried deep in the snow, looking through the dead woods outside the manor. In the light of the fire, he looked at the small black stone mirror with dense cracks in his hand.

He stood up with a smile:

"Shade, you're finally awake. Have a good night."

Doctor Schneider gave Shade a warm hug, and while Shade looked around, he informed him of the outcome of the battle:

"It's over. Goethe's next appearance will probably be in a few thousand years. We did a pretty good job."