novelonline Chapter 3563 The Demon Possessed
Chapter 3563 The Demon Possessed
Chapter 3563 The Demon Possessed
The demon's gaze possessed the power to freeze everything, and the combined effect of tens of thousands of stares in the narrow room was terrifying. Fortunately, the "Ember of the First Flame" state manifested at this moment, and Shad pulled his left hand from his pocket, then swiftly slashed with the black dagger the doctor had given him to fight the demon.
Although this dagger was prepared to deal with the demon of nightmares, the doctor said it could also harm other demons.
Crimson flames clung to the dagger, the blade leaving a lingering crimson trail in the air, obscuring the most dangerous gaze emanating from the direction of the "demon's true form." A series of cracking sounds echoed as the blade traced its path, shattering ice particles one by one, and Shad immediately retreated.
He already knew this thing was probably not easy to deal with, but the demon had already silently emerged from the ice particles behind him. The other party clearly looked like a young woman with black hair and black eyes, her face as pale as a corpse, but apart from that, neither her clothes nor her attire resembled an evil spirit or demon.
"The demon has possessed a living person! So that's how it minimizes the environmental impact of this hotel!"
Shad realized what was happening and immediately brandished the flaming dagger at the demon. Sure enough, the demon instinctively dodged to the side, and Shad crashed into the door and rushed into the corridor.
For some reason, not a single trace of the chill in the room seeped into the corridor. The corridor wasn't completely dark; the door to the glowing "safe room" 1024 was the second one on the left.
As soon as Shad stepped out, he tried to close the door, only to see the demon standing blankly inside, staring at him. Just as the door was about to close, amidst the rustling sound of ice forming, he saw a fleeting icy blue figure appear in the demon's black pupils.
The figure opened its mouth towards Shad in the demon's pupils, its lips clearly saying "Save me" in the language of this era.
But with a bang, the door slammed shut. A pale-faced figure stood behind the door, staring blankly at it for a long time before turning and walking to the corner of the room.
With a loud bang, the door was flung open from the outside again. Shad, wielding the holy sword [Dawnbreaker], swung his sword at the demon's back. But the dazzling light of dawn missed its target, merely cleaving through a thin layer of icy mist. The demon appeared in the frost before Shad, and in the next instant, Shad, having anticipated this, pierced its heart with his dagger.
"False immortality!"
A piercing shriek echoed throughout the corridor, and from the darkness within, several malicious eyes peered in.
But Xia De had no time to pay attention to any of that. The icy blast from that pale face struck his head directly, causing him to lose consciousness for two seconds.
When consciousness returned, the pale-faced young woman had closed her eyes and slumped forward. Behind her, a semi-transparent black shadow was struggling desperately to return to her body, while the black dagger that had pierced that body was rapidly decaying.
"Moonfire!"
As he held the girl, whose body was terribly cold, Shad opened his mouth and spewed forward. The dazzling silver flames dispersed the shadow behind the girl and completely drove the demon out of her body.
The demon, struck head-on by the moonfire, lunged deeper into the room with a shriek, while at the same time, a gust of frost carrying a black aura rushed toward Shad.
Still feeling dazed, Shad simply carried the girl out of the room and kicked the door shut. However, perhaps because the demon was already in the room, no key appeared.
The girl he was holding opened her eyes in a daze, then felt dizzy. Shad had pressed her directly onto the corridor floor. The vampire, Miss Novare, who had come to help, was startled, then noticed that Shad had pressed the borrowed [Demon Hunter's Seal] onto her forehead.
He used so much force that the red-haired vampire witch even doubted that he could imprint the pattern of the stamp on the stranger's forehead with sheer strength.
After discovering that the Demon Hunter's Seal was not responding to the other party, Shad rather roughly pulled out the stopper of the holy water and forced the other party to drink it.
The weak girl hadn't figured out what was happening and choked on her. But Xia De didn't care; he forced her to drink the liquid before carrying her back to room 1024 like a human doll.
Miss Novare followed closely behind, shutting out the darkness and danger of the corridor. Shad finally breathed a sigh of relief as the firelight from the fireplace illuminated him.
However, instead of explaining to the middle-aged witch Lady Gerd and the hunter Miss Koens who had come looking for his mother, he pointed his Dawnbreaker at the unfamiliar girl who was still coughing weakly.
The latter had black hair and black eyes, just like the one Xia De had seen earlier, only his complexion wasn't as pale as before.
Judging from her beautiful appearance, one could tell she was a witch, though her level was probably not very high. Although the demon had been banished, its power still lingered in her body, causing a great deal of chaos within her, which was why Shad couldn't accurately determine her specific level.
She sat on the floor in front of the fireplace, her right hand on the floor for support, her left hand patting her chest repeatedly to stop coughing, while the sword in Shad's hand was pointed at her heart.
Just now, when she was in the demon's room, there were filthy marks of evil spirits and demons floating above her head, but now the marks above her head are quite blurry, as if multiple marks have been superimposed together.
Shad knew that the [Destiny Handbook]'s ability to identify races was not omnipotent. Miss Cohens did not show any demonic mark on her head, so he would not let his guard down, because saving people would mean bringing danger into everyone's safe house.
"You need to explain your situation in detail."
But before he could even speak, the dark-haired girl closed her eyes and slumped to the floor. Shad wanted to ask, "Are you faking it?", but Ms. Gerd and Miss Cohens had already gone to check on her.
"Aren't you being overly cautious?"
The vampire witch asked Shad a question, but Shad, with a serious expression, still held his sword and watched the unconscious girl, preventing her from suddenly attacking.
“I can’t bring danger to everyone because of my kindness. Besides, no one knows how long she’s been possessed by a demon. She might even be from the Fourth Epoch. I know all too well how bizarre and dangerous the methods of those ancient evil spirits are. In addition, this hotel is not a safe place to begin with, so it’s necessary to be cautious.”
Miss Cohens quickly completed the initial examination:
“Although I don’t know what methods you used, she shouldn’t be controlled by demons now. We should trust the power of this safe house; if she really had a problem, she wouldn’t have been able to get in here at all.”
If this safe house is omnipotent, these three potentially problematic companions shouldn't be able to get in either.
"So how is she now?"
Miss Novare then asked, "Although Lady Gerd doesn't understand demons, she is the most skilled in healing among the three witches. She also mentioned in her self-introduction that she was originally a researcher at the Zalas Institute."
"Her soul is severely damaged, and she's only one step away from its complete demise. Moreover, although she looks like a human, her actual race is probably not human. It's just that she has maintained her current appearance for too long, and her body is instinctively keeping her in this position."
"So, can she be our helper?"
The vampire witch asked again, and Lady Gerd shook her head:
"At least for now, that's not an option. What she needs most right now is rest. I still have some materials that I can use to concoct some potions to heal her soul injuries. But even with those potions, her condition is still extremely dangerous."
If this weren't a hotel but a normal world, I would actually suggest she seek healing from a thirteenth-tier witch or even a demigod skilled in soul power. Her soul isn't injured; it's withering. Let her stay here for now. Even if she wakes up, she probably couldn't even defeat an ordinary person.
"Perhaps she knows some of the hotel's secrets. Even if she can't be a helper, providing some information would be good."
The vampire girl said this and agreed to keep her there for the time being.
Shad then said:
“After all, she was possessed by a demon for a long time, so we should be careful. I have some potions here, Miss Gerd, please give her some more. Also, we should all drink some of these potions to prevent our souls from being corrupted by the power of the demon.”
As he spoke, Shad took out the special potion provided by the doctor that allowed dreams and reality to briefly merge. The blue potion was somewhat like the color of the sky. Of course, it did not have the power to prevent demonic forces from corrupting the soul, but normal people would not experience any other problems after drinking it.
He divided the potion into five portions, added some holy water, and first had Lady Gerd feed it to the unknown black-haired girl. Then he drank the potion himself.
The potion tasted slightly bitter, but not particularly unpleasant. Neither Miss Novare nor Lady Gerd suspected anything wrong with it and both drank it.
Shad had already made it very clear that the potion could prevent the demon's power from corrupting the soul, but Miss Cohens did not hesitate to drink the potion, it seemed that the demon in the dream was quite confident in itself.
Nothing happened after that, since the doctor had said the potion would only work when used with a dagger. Shad didn't rush to attack; instead, he returned the [Demon Hunter's Seal] and [Dawnbreaker] to the huntress, further lowering the demon's guard. Only then did he sit down by the fireplace and ask about what had happened while he was away.
He rushed in after knocking on the door in the way he had agreed before leaving last time, borrowed the sword and ring, and then hurriedly returned to the corridor, so he hasn't asked about the witches yet.