Whispering Poems

Chapter 3843 The Enchanted Lock: Snow White
In the strange scene of Shad's promotion, Ellie, whose hand he was holding, tilted her head and looked at Shad's back with a bit of confusion, while the cat on Shad's shoulder was used to it and was still thinking about whether the breakfast would be plentiful enough.

The shimmering four-colored aura resembled four-colored ribbons swaying in the sandstorm. With Shad's appearance, the four elements were being stabilized again in this sea of ​​sand. Then, energy, information, destiny—everything was transformed into power and absorbed by the rapidly spinning life ring behind Shad.

The serpent ceased its struggle with the witch and the ring sorcerers, instead silently watching him, knowing that the process was irreversible. The Doomsday Serpent from the First Age understood his actions far better than any other mortal observing Shad at this moment.

Golden miracles, silver blasphemy, brass enlightenment, and black iron whispers—four-colored runes surrounded Shad and Ellie in a quadrilateral, gradually shrinking inward. Ellie even curiously tried to touch the illusions with her right hand, but after being glanced at by Chloe's phantom, she shrank back, too afraid to move any further.

The strange four-colored illusion then truly overlapped with Shad's body, and as the six spirit runes contracted, the thick steam enveloped Shad, Ellie, and Mia.

Bells and whistles rang out as a massive hammer fell from the sky, striking the rapidly spinning ring of destiny with tremendous force.

At that moment, when it seemed as if the whole world had stopped, she whispered gently in Shad's ear:

[Outsider, guide a drop of divinity, imbuing the first rune you prepare for the higher realms of ascension.]

Blasphemy - [Fall] and miracle - [World] are both possible, and the one that is not chosen will become the core spirit rune in the future.

Because the Nine Rings have two Miracle Spirit Runes, even if he chooses to "Fall" and be imbued with divinity now, the Nine Rings will not lack "miracles" when "The World" becomes the core spirit rune. However, the outsider had long believed that "The World" was not suitable for him, and tonight's "Fall" made him understand even more clearly what should symbolize the essence of his soul and his destiny.

"If I choose Blasphemy - Fallen as my core spirit rune in the future, wouldn't the ninth ring be missing a Blasphemy rune?"

[No problem. When the core spirit rune transforms, divinity will temporarily maintain the integrity of the four elements until the next acquired blasphemous spirit rune automatically fills the gap in the ninth ring.]

She gave a final reminder:
The choice you make now will determine your future path; fate has once again forked two roads before you. No one can guide you, stranger; which way will you choose?

At this moment, Shad needed not hesitate—

tick~
Like a drop of water falling into the heart, the golden liquid, guided by the soul, permeated the first rune of the High Ring Ascension Word, "Miracle-World".

The world was returned to divinity, and he chose to "fall" for his future.

Divine light dissipated, and gentle golden ripples spread in all directions. At this moment, time stood still; the wind, snowflakes, and yellow sand seemed to freeze with the world. The moon reappeared in the dim yellow night sky, and this time, people knew that the moon would never disappear again.

"This is the ninth time. He always does this."

Iluna said in a low voice.

At this point, Shad had only two drops of divinity remaining, and he officially entered the tenth level of the twelve-level path of divinity ascension.

Ellie, whose hand was being held by Shad, didn't understand what Shad was doing. She looked curiously at the golden specks of light scattering around her, wanting to reach out and touch them, but worried that Chloe would see her.

However, she quickly realized that the right hand that Shad was holding hers also had a golden light mark, so the curious little unicorn carefully sensed it but didn't understand anything.

Even though her body and soul failed to comprehend this great power, her extraordinary talent had already granted her the power she deserved.

When Ellie played "The Fallen Moon Rebirth Song" with the girls just now, the resonance of everyone's spirit and soul resulted in Ellie having three more spirit runes after the performance.

In addition, Ellie received the miracle "Call" after the performance, which was received by half of the participants, including Ellie herself. After the ceremony ended, that is, after the sixth act was reenacted, Ellie was promoted from the seventh ring to the eighth ring due to the power of fate.

At this moment, fate was intertwined with Shad. Ellie witnessed Shad's ascension up close, a feat no one except Mia had ever achieved. Although Ellie did not understand what divinity was, she still gained unimaginable power in one go.

There were no eight-ringed spirit runes originally, but at this moment, Miracle - [Power] appeared first, followed by Blasphemy - [Fall].

Before Ellie could even process the two new powers, she felt as if she had learned many ways to use a sword, so she whispered "Sword" and it appeared on her life ring as well.

The little unicorn girl's life ring was actually the same size as a normal human ring sorcerer's, but it was inconspicuous because it was right next to Shad's life ring. Of course, because of those strange halos and unusual size, apart from the snake, Luvia, and the three demigods, no one else could see what was glowing behind Shad.

In short, the clueless Ellie obtained three spirit runes in one go, among which Miracle [Power] was the last spirit rune in her Middle Ring Ascension Words. At this moment, all that was missing from the ninth ring was Enlightenment.

The little unicorn girl didn't understand what this meant, but she was still very happy to be held by Shad's hand.

The snake watched them from afar, assessing its next move.

Although the effect of Shad's advancement just now seemed impressive, the snake understood that its essence was still just an advancement. Although it didn't understand why Shad's existence had risen to a new level now that he had disappeared and returned, it knew that even if Shad unleashed his full power, he couldn't possibly leave it behind.

Unless Shad can recreate the fusion lock he just performed and merge all those present who possess the Ring of Fate into it, Shad has no chance of winning given that his power continues to increase and the apocalyptic environment continues to spread.

The battle of destiny is a contest of fate. While strength is important, it is of little use if one cannot overcome the opponent's destiny.

Having completed its molt, the serpent, now possessing thirteen destinies, had only been contemplating these thoughts for a very short time. Although it still felt that something was amiss, the end of the Sixth Era had already arrived because of it. Even if Shad destroyed this "Ringed Beast" body, the world tainted by the apocalypse would not be able to return to normal, so there was no need to worry.

Mr. Snake waved his wide robe sleeves forward, and rolling yellow sand surged towards Shad and Ellie like ocean waves, its essence being that it propelled the entire world to press down on the two of them.

Ellie tried to cast a spell, but Shad stopped her, saying softly:

"Ellie, I'm only teaching you this once, so watch carefully."

The girl with beautiful highlights on her forehead turned to look at him curiously. Then, Shad temporarily plunged his sword into the sand at his feet and asked:

"Can I borrow your apple?"

Ellie's eyes lit up:
"Okay! Apple!"

She then handed the pure white apple with a hint of violet to Shad, who reluctantly held it in his right hand, the color of which evoked a sense of melancholy within him. Aside from Luvia from his past life, he hadn't summoned Miss Felianana and the others from the middle of the Fifth Age tonight.

Facing the rolling waves of yellow sand, he tossed the white apple upwards. Behind him, on the still-present ring of destiny, the nine-ringed Enlightenment rune [Snow White] shone brightly, resonating with the destiny of [Innocence], the plump apple responding to this long-held power.

Shad already had a vague answer to what kind of mystery the story of Snow White, which symbolizes "innocence," would bring him, and the appearance of the God of Mist directly proved the correctness of that answer.

He had shown Ellie a glimpse of the still-developing Mystic Lock when Dorothy demonstrated the "apple transformation," and the little unicorn, after gaining the Ring Sorcerer rank, had already mastered the corresponding low-ring Ascendancy rune based on his understanding of that white light—

The adventure begins with a unicorn dancing under the silver moon.

Thus, in Ellie's words of sublimation, Shad also saw the final form of his own illusion.

As the glowing apple was tossed into the air, it created a pure white curtain of light that spread outwards. The story of Snow White, which Shad had already asked Dorothy to write on parchment, floated out of his pocket, each letter imbued with white light, and then swiftly flew towards the falling apple.

So when the apple fell back into Shad's hands, the story of Snow White was already fully written inside the apple.

He whispered in the wind:
"The Enchanted Princess: Snow White!"

From the girls on the deck of the Radiant Messenger in the air, as the apples fell, clusters of flowers spread out from Shad and Ellie towards the ruins that had become a sea of ​​sand. Both the past Adele and the present Adele, who had fallen back onto the sand, heard the chirping of birds and then realized that they were singing.

Where flowers and green grass spread, forest creatures such as deer, foxes, and rabbits rise from their slumber and joyfully run along the spreading green land into the distance.

The howling sandstorm subsided, and a gentle, warm breeze seemed to bring the concept of "happiness" to everyone present. The dusky yellow night sky, as the greenery below spread, finally returned to a deep blue. Stars twinkled as the forest expanded, and then fireflies flew out from among the grass and trees, as if the stars had come to earth.

The chirping of birds, the rustling of the wind through the grass and treetops, and the sounds of forest animals running together create a forest nocturne at this moment.

The cat's tail wagged listlessly, chasing away the fireflies that flew towards it. Standing in front of the low cottage on the hill, Shad held the apple, watching the forest that spread from his heart engulf the sandstorm that was pressing down on him, a storm called "doomsday."

(End of this chapter)