Whispering Poems

Chapter 3823 Zarathustra Being Pursued

In the southern sky above the battlefield, the six great witches gathered together. Led by Speaker Adele Isabella, they placed their six hands together, and as a huge ancient holy symbol appeared at their feet, the witches launched a combined attack on the head of the giant serpent in the center of the black snakes formed from shadows.

Although this attack was not as powerful as the combined attack led by the demigod Adele, there were three thirteenth-tier great witches among the six, and the power of this attack was equally astonishing.

The demon undead knight wielding the Ring of Evil, which Ellie had faced before, appeared out of thin air and stood directly in front of the chaotic beam of light. But it only held out for a second before being annihilated within the beam, leaving not even a trace.

The time it bought allowed the snake to turn and spew a dim yellow light that clashed with the witches' chaotic attack. Then, one of the snake heads formed from the giant snake's shadow turned towards them. The black light spewed by the shadow snake head was immediately blocked by Sylvie, who held the Fate of Love. Then, the clock behind Adele reversed, and the shadow snake head shrank back, only to be struck by a punch from the earth giant.

Of course, the witches weren't the ones with the strongest presence.

In his Fate Mode, Shad's body swelled to a full three meters, much taller than Iluna, who was two and a half meters tall.

Both were in a state of double-ring resonance, relentlessly bombarding the black snake head, which offered virtually no room to dodge. Most of the ring-bearers under the snake's command were currently entangled with others, and even the giant snakes formed from their shadows couldn't stop Shad and Iluna's magical attacks.

Little Leona's flying skills were quite impressive, carrying Stella as she continuously used the shield to block attacks that Shad and Iluna couldn't easily dodge. Although the brooding shield was repeatedly struck, causing cracks to appear in the mark itself, Stella believed that it could still hold out until the end of the battle.

As the ring sorcerers gradually adapted to the battlefield environment, the ring bearers under the serpent's command were defeated and perished one by one. However, the serpent's power continued to increase during the time they bought, so the situation remained tense.

【The Night Watchman】was still being carried on Iluna's back, the two working together seamlessly. After most of the black snake shadows were cleared away and the witches helped to stop another wave of pseudo-ring beasts, Shad's body suddenly grew larger in the air, and after leaping down from a height of 100 meters, he grabbed the snake's head.

Iluna recalled the strange feeling of drawing the sword of light in Moon Bay and finally wielding Shad's "body transformed into a sword".

The Night Watchman was drawn from behind, and then the "Mark of Redemption" was superimposed on the sword.

Shad pinned the snake's head down, and Iluna swung her sword to slash it. Although Iluna had also been busy all night, she hadn't drawn her longsword even when facing the Ring Bearer at the entrance to the ruins.

She had been preparing to draw the sword all night. Now that the sword was drawn, her own [punishment of evil] and [hope] resonated with the Night Watch. The fate of "redemption" was superimposed on the chaotic color of the sword. Then, the sword was suddenly struck by a crimson lightning bolt that struck down from the starry sky, turning the entire sword the same color as the lightning.

The "Sword of Light" reappeared in Iluna's hands. This time, the strike that left the crimson sword mark made Iluna feel that it was no less powerful than her own attack during the Battle of Moon Bay.

It was for the sake of the world and for Shad, for both public duty and personal reasons. In short, at this moment, Iluna believed that no matter what the reason, she had to strike with this sword. She even felt that as she swung this sword, she understood fate more and more, and knew that fate was by no means unbreakable.

But at this moment——

Boom!

Amidst towering waves and a deafening roar, a gigantic serpent's head, indistinguishable from the one at the mountaintop, emerged from beneath the surface of the southern waters of Falling Star Bay. Unable to cause the snow-capped mountain to collapse, the Doomsday Serpent manifested as one head emerging from the summit while the other descended to the seabed.

The serpent's head, which had appeared at the summit, could have easily emerged, but it deliberately remained hidden in a crevice beneath the seabed, accumulating power. Now, seizing the perfect moment, the serpent's head burst forth from the seabed, triggering another earthquake in the region. More crucially, the destructive black light accumulating within the serpent's mouth suddenly erupted towards the ruins at the summit, just as Shad was controlling the serpent's head and Iluna was about to strike with her sword.

Boom!

The tip of the black light reached the mountaintop almost as soon as it bloomed, but before it got close to the ruins, a huge red butterfly-shaped shield blocked its path. The butterfly-winged girl, who had been waiting there, blocked the black serpent's full-force attack with all her might, just like an island parting a raging torrent.

Even so, her body continued to retreat, and the enormous, butterfly-like shield that bloomed in front of her peeled away layer by layer. Spatial shields were originally the most reliable form of defense, but when faced with "destruction" and "apocalypse," even those chosen before reaching the thirteenth ring had to exert all their strength to cope.

However, it wasn't just Butterfly Wing Girl who was waiting to make her move. A light appeared on the beach between the town and the City of Time. Mr. Albert, standing on the town's dock, held up his shrunken statue in one hand and raised the other hand high towards the fog-shrouded night sky. After his raised right hand shone brightly, he leaped into the light and flew towards the snake's head in the sea.

At the same time, Claire and more than a dozen high-ring girls also flew out from the Radiant Messenger in mid-air. Several figures also flew out from the direction of the Time Wheel City dock. This was the church's backup plan in the city. However, even with the thirteen-ring "Emerald Walker" - Miss Gaiana Lisbrough - leading the team, the number of people going to the sea could not compare with the number of people on the main battlefield at the top of the mountain.

Fortunately, at that moment, a powerful force suddenly appeared from the mountainside—

About five minutes ago.

"So this is quite a big commotion. Before, it was just an earthquake, but this time even the mountains are being ravaged?"

While chatting with Priest Augustus, the doctor, who was curiously playing with the curved sword he had just obtained from the dead hunting dog, suddenly asked a question.

The doctor and priest were on the side of a cliff halfway up the snow-capped mountain. All sorts of strangely shaped corpses were piled up on the mountain path around them. If Shad were here, he would feel that this scene was very similar to that of "The Last Fatu".

Of course, the doctor and the priest were unharmed.

Directly behind them was a crack in the mountain that had appeared during the landslide, from which a dim yellow light seeped out. Neither the doctor nor the old priest felt anything unusual standing in front of that light.

At that moment, hurried footsteps approached, followed by a figure stumbling and tumbling down the snow slope above. Seeing that it was a human, and that he appeared to be no younger than himself, Priest Augustus went to help him—neither the doctor nor the priest recognized the old man Zarathustra of the [Society of Prophets].

As for the doctor, he stood in front of the two elderly people, frowning as he looked up at the snow slope where the old people had slid down, where a woman's figure was standing and watching them.

High-ring sorcerers' intuition is usually quite accurate, so Bill Schneider almost immediately determined that the people above were enemies. Seeing the two below helping him pursue the old Keeper of Secrets, the threads wrapped around Katrin Schwartz's arm immediately flew out.

As one of the candidates tonight, she believed that as long as she didn't encounter those 12th or 13th ring sorcerers, she would be invincible in this snowy mountain. But the threads of fate spun by the [Prophecy Spinning Wheel] had barely flown out when they were severed by the black flying sword beside the middle-aged man with crimson eyes below.

The sword was completely black, and it didn't even look like a sword; it was just a rough draft. But with a little feeling, one could understand that the sword seemed to be the very concept of a "weapon."

A throbbing pain shot through his temple, and the believer in misfortune almost instantly realized that the two people he had encountered were not part of his destiny's story. If he dared to drag them into the spotlight, he feared he would face something terrifying.

Therefore, even though she knew that letting the old keeper who knew the truth live would cause a lot of trouble, she still turned around and fled.

Dr. Schneider, not knowing who the other person was, initially didn't want to pursue them, but suddenly frowned, sensing that the other person possessed something very important to him, so he said:
“Priest, please take care of this old gentleman. I will be right back.”

As he spoke, the doctor transformed into a wisp of black smoke and gave chase. No one who saw this would think that this was an ability that a righteous character should possess.

Fortunately, the old man Zarathustra was still unconscious, so Priest Augustus fed the unconscious old keeper some holy water and then cast a spell to heal him slightly.
"The physical injuries aren't serious, but the soul is wounded, which happens to be my specialty in healing."

He placed the old Keeper of the Secrets on the snow and summoned his own six-ringed life force. Although the priest could not fight at full strength for a short time due to his brief incarnation as the Deathbringer during the War of the Lustful Ones, simple healing was still possible.

Just as he was about to chant incantations, a filthy blue light silently appeared behind the priest in the snowstorm. As the strange creature hidden in the snowstorm attempted to attack, the priest turned and pointed:
"Death Finger! Hmm?"

The strange blue creature with wings and a bird's head died instantly. As its body fell, the Ring of Ignorance appeared, and then the ring shattered into an arc.

The priest was greatly surprised:

"Is this thing's instant-death resistance really that low? Or is it just having bad luck tonight?"

"It's not bad luck, it's because it has to die tonight. Someone has already set its fate for destruction tonight."

A hoarse voice came through as the venerable Zarathustra managed to utter a sound. The old keeper of secrets had recovered faster than the priest had anticipated, so the priest continued the previous treatment while quickly helping him up from the snow.

The old keeper looked around and, after confirming that there were no other enemies, solemnly thanked Priest Augustus.

The priest didn't know him, and he certainly didn't know the priest either, but Mr. Zarathustra knew that the old man in front of him, who was probably even older than himself, was no bad person. The man even had a unique quality that only clergymen of the Orthodox Church possessed.

Why do you say this thing will definitely die tonight?

The priest, curious, asked, and the old keeper of secrets did not hide anything:

"Because the [Cult of Doom] was deceived."

Both the priest and the doctor had heard Shad explain the local situation, so the priest knew what this heretical cult was doing in the area, which puzzled him somewhat:
"I know a bit about what's going on here. Putting aside the connection between that thing holding the Ring of Fate and the Doom Cultists, who deceived those cultists?"

"The Cult of Doom has been operating under the control of others from the very beginning. Since entering the story of destiny, all their actions have been the result of manipulation by others."

Old Master Zarathustra gasped for breath, trying to calm his chaotic spirit, disrupted by the trauma to his soul. Despite the heavy snow and wind, he knew, having survived by chance, that he had to pass on this secret:
"They were deceived by the [Prophecy Spinning Wheel]. That angelic relic was controlled by something else from the very beginning!"