novelonline Chapter 3733 Mutual Love
Chapter 3733 Mutual Love
Chapter 3733 Mutual Love
On the island of Fatummster, atop the snow-capped peak—the Peak of Destiny—Shad, Priest Augustus, and Dr. Schneider emerged from a cloud of black mist. Snowflakes fell in a flurry; dawn was still some time away, and the starry sky overhead was clearly visible. Shad and the doctor helped Priest Augustus up.
The old priest was fine, just a little tired, and he sighed:
"This power should not be used lightly after all. One must accept getting old; I am no longer a young person like you."
As he spoke, he handed the silver "Death" ring in his hand to Shad. This was not a ring of fate that appeared out of thin air, but rather a complete destiny that the arc of death had re-evolved within death, through the power of the angel of death and the power of the moon.
This is also the first ring ever formed from a curved arc.
"Detective, you should keep this. I'm afraid I'll need to rest in Tobesk for a while. Cough, cough."
“Priest, you have been a great help tonight. Don’t speak yet, sit down and rest.”
As he spoke, Xia De put away the Ring of Death. He resonated with [Resurrection], but while his compatibility with [Death] was high, it wasn't entirely suitable. After all, no matter how you looked at it, the outsider had never truly died.
"Although you described the enemies here, that noseless thing that appeared in front of the temple is still more dangerous than I thought."
The doctor, who had just transformed into a raven, also mentioned that after Shad tossed out a small piece of gold and conjured up a campsite, the three of them sat down by the campfire on the mountaintop platform. The preparations for the "Grand Symphony of Destiny" ceremony were complete, and to avoid disrupting those preparations, the campsite was located slightly to the east of the summit.
"The enemies I faced in the past were also very dangerous. You don't need to worry about things here; we'll find a solution."
As Shad explained, the doctor sat down and presented the small section of the broken blade. Mr. Snake forged the sword with his demonic essence and two intertwined souls. Originally, the two parts had merged into one, but when Shad lifted the "love spell," the souls were no longer in harmony. Therefore, this broken blade was actually just two souls.
He held the broken blade in his hand to feel it for a moment, then handed it to Priest Augustus:
"Mr. Serpent is still not in its complete form, and the next time it appears, it will likely be even more dangerous than it is now. There are currently only two ways to fight it: either forge a weapon of destiny or find someone who possesses the three Rings of Destiny."
Shad sighed and looked up at the starry sky and the moon:
"But in any case, the fifth act is finally over. It really is like a drama. Even though you defeat the enemy near the end, the final enemy still shows up and threatens you, but then quickly retreats for some reason."
He shook his head and then said to the priest:
“Priest, can you look at this broken blade? There are two entangled souls within it. I have already broken their intertwined fates with the antidote. Now, can you separate those souls?”
Tonight, the old priest received from "Lady White" the angel bones that Shad had obtained from the Tomb God during his adventure in the Tombstone Wasteland. They were the foot bones of the left leg and the shin bones connected to it. They weren't as important as the skull or the heart, but the priest still displayed great power because of the return of these bones.
Although this power appears to be one-time use, it is also true that the power of the Angel of Death has become more complete.
While the priest examined the broken blade, Shad told them the story of Valentine Halonin and Baron Samir. The doctor, who didn't need to examine anything, listened attentively. After Shad finished, he asked:
How did that baron end up on the battlefield?
“I wasn’t there, so I don’t know for sure, but it’s most likely the snake’s doing. However, I’m pretty sure the Baron is an ordinary person, otherwise I wouldn’t have dared to smear the ink that dissolved fate directly on his wheelchair.”
The doctor asked curiously again:
"So, that so-called love spell wasn't actually completely neutralized by the Baron's family heirloom?"
"Since the Tears of True Love worked, it means the spell was indeed effective."
After a brief examination, Priest Augustus also reached the following conclusion:
“No problem, I can liberate their souls. After eliminating the power of fate, this craft of forging souls is not complicated, and many people before our time could do it. However, both souls have been corrupted by demonic power, Doctor, please help purify them first.”
"no problem."
The doctor took the blade, pressed the Demon Hunter's Seal onto it, and chanted an incantation over the broken blade. He then asked Shad for a bottle of holy water and poured it over the blade. After evaporating the holy water over the campfire in front of him, he returned the broken blade to the priest. The priest then plucked a charred feather from the void, threw it onto the broken blade, and tossed it aside.
The broken blade pierced the snow on the mountaintop, and with a humming vibration, two souls embracing each other appeared—the two protagonists of the fifth act.
Shad had initially thought their souls would be corrupted by Mr. Snake's power, but both souls at least appeared normal. Then Shad realized that they had probably already received Mr. Snake's power, and the fate of the apocalypse had already corrupted them.
Upon regaining consciousness, the two souls, who had been tightly embracing, immediately pushed each other away. Baron Samir fell backward, instinctively reaching for the armrests of a wheelchair, and then a transparent wheelchair actually appeared.
The middle-aged man and woman saw each other and opened their mouths to speak. But Priest Augustus raised a hand, and both souls lost the ability to utter a sound in any form.
The priest explained to the other two people by the fire:
"This is an experience I gained while working in a church. When trying to mediate a conflict between a man and a woman, the first step is to get both of them to shut up."
The old priest then asked Xia De:
Who would you like to talk to first?
Since both of them were here, Xia De wasn't worried that one of them was lying, so he said:
"Let's talk to the Baron first. Is there any way to guarantee that he's telling the truth?"
"No, but I can tell you when he lies."
Shad then stood up, Dr. Schneider sat on a rock, and the priest sat on a cushion on the snow. Despite their different heights, all three looked towards the two spirits by the fire. The Baron in the wheelchair briefly regained his ability to speak; his spirit, which had been somewhat agitated when it first appeared, had now calmed down.
After adjusting the wheelchair's direction, I looked at the three people by the fire. The combination of a young man, a middle-aged man, and an elderly man seemed strange on this snow-capped mountain peak, but their presence together by the fire appeared so harmonious.
The dejected baron had many things he wanted to say to Shad, but in the end he only said:
"Thank you."
"No need to thank me. You've been using me to get closer to your former lover. You should be the one apologizing to me."
Shad pointed this out, but didn't give him a chance to apologize:
"Then tell me. Tell me what I don't know yet. I freed you to find out the truth, not to pity you two who don't tell the truth, Baron. You must understand that."
Although he was scathing in his words, Shad was actually in a good mood. The truth of the story was no longer relevant to the conclusion of Act Five; he was simply resting by the fire.
The soul in the wheelchair nodded. He didn't look at the woman beside him, but instead spoke to the three people by the fire:
"The true story is not complicated. My previous account was not a lie, except for one thing. That happened after my legs became like this. I don't think any normal person would accept suddenly becoming a disabled person who can only sit in a wheelchair."
I don't regret saving her, but I really want my legs to return to normal. At that time, I tried many methods using my family's connections, but nothing worked. Until one day, I dreamed of a temple, where a snake spirit invited me inside and told me he could grant my wish and heal my legs.
“For a superhuman, healing your injuries wouldn’t be difficult, and for that snake, it would probably only take a moment. But when I met you, I was certain that your legs were crippled.”
Shad said, and Priest Augustus also said:
"Even in your soul state, you subconsciously believe that you should have a wheelchair, which proves that you are aware that you are disabled."
The baron in the wheelchair gave a self-deprecating laugh:
"Looking back now, if I had only asked to get my legs back, maybe there wouldn't have been so many problems later."
Actually, that's possible. As long as someone becomes entangled with that snake by fate, the snake won't let them go.
"When I heard that the snake could grant any wish, I didn't think about getting my legs back, so I made another wish—I wanted her to love me forever."
Dr. Schneider, sitting on the rock, showed no surprise; as a psychologist, he had dealt with many relationship problems. The old priest, sitting on the cushion, sighed, lamenting that what could have been a beautiful love had turned out this way.
Standing, Shad asked:
“Baron, I don’t know if you know this fact—she also made the same wish to the snake, and that wish was made before yours.”
Then Shad realized something else:
"When your leg became disabled, you should have already experienced her chanting spells on you. Even so, you're still worried that she'll leave you?"
"Yes, I don't know what kind of power her spell has, nor do I know whether the power that makes me love her forever is one-sided or two-sided. Since she wants me to love her forever, then I also want her to love me forever."