novelonline Chapter 4175 The Old Man with the Leather Scroll
Chapter 4175 The Old Man with the Leather Scroll
Chapter 4175 The Old Man with the Leather Scroll
Because Shad opened the door using the door pendant, he returned to the same spot. As the fog dissipated, he immediately saw Viggo's back and Ellie's white hair, and also noticed that several leatherworkers had appeared in the dimly lit banquet hall, which had been empty just three seconds before.
Vige tried to lift the [Night Watchman], but Shad's hand rested on her shoulder. The petite doll, who had been motionless before the phantom of the giant tree, also regained consciousness at this moment. Her combat skills as a demigod witch allowed her to immediately match Shad's description with the current situation.
"Let's deal with these things first. It's time to use sealing techniques."
She spoke softly to Shad, and violet light spread from her body to Shad's. The doll-like lady certainly didn't possess true demigod-level power, but as a support, she could offer Shad considerable assistance.
"Moonlight Slash!"
That night at the "Glamour Ladies' Club" proved that leatherworkers could have multiple chances to start over with layers of leather, and for such an enemy, sealing was more effective than killing.
A bright purple hue appeared in the crimson moonlight that Shad had cleaved with one hand, and when that sliver of moonlight struck the leatherworker closest to Vigo and Ellie, it was actually cut in half.
The remaining leatherworkers did not back down and immediately cast spells to try to block the moonlight, but Shad's hand had already grasped Viggo's sword-wielding hand. [Night Watch] cleaved down, and the crimson moonlight sliced through layer after layer of leather, leaving several more strange objects on the ground, each cut in two.
A purple halo clung to the two severed sections of the leatherworker's body. The two sections struggled, but could not rejoin, and he was even temporarily unable to use his own power. This powerful effect was not only due to Miss Felianana's power; after the final adventure in the [Stained Blood Factory], Shad's crimson moonlight had become stronger than ever before.
He even had a feeling that he could break through the core of the guild hall with his current strength. The enhancement of Red Moon's power made him more lethal to any enemy with life force.
Vige's gaze was instinctively drawn to the leatherworkers. She noticed that their cross-sections revealed no bone or blood, only rings of veins like tree rings. Knowing what that meant, Vige immediately looked away. Then she heard a strange voice explain:
“My light can temporarily seal the leatherworkers’ power, but it can’t last long. Don’t linger here. Keep moving forward, find what you need first, and then head to the core area of the [Leather Goods Guild]. If things go smoothly, we should be able to resolve this problem completely this time.”
Viggo returned the [Night Watchman] to Shad and turned to see what was speaking. She noticed a cute doll on Shad's shoulder as he returned. Her first thought was that Shad's cat had taken human form, but she immediately realized that couldn't be true. Mia was a sun-like, adorable creature, while this female doll was as beautiful as a violet and possessed witch's powers.
The doll-like woman sized up Vige, somewhat surprised by her beautiful appearance, but still nodded slightly:
"Mana Ferrianana".
Wei Ge responded subconsciously:
"Vigo As... huh?"
"Miss Ferrian Anna!"
Ellie smiled and waved to the doll lady. The little unicorn, who should have been frozen in the middle of the Fifth Age, actually seemed to know the founder of Saint Byrons.
Miss Feliciano smiled at her, and in those few short seconds, the five tanners who appeared in the room were all split in two by the moonlight, and the purple halo attached to the moonlight temporarily sealed their power.
"The power of this seal comes from my understanding of 'light,' and I am sharing this power with you, but this power is by no means omnipotent."
The purple aura flew towards Ellie and Viggo again. Ellie easily connected with this new power and almost obtained a new spirit rune. Viggo didn't have Ellie's talent, but she could also sense from that purple light that this was a power beyond the reach of a witch of her level.
"Shad, are you alright?"
Only then did Vige have time to inquire about Xia De's condition. In the dim light, she noticed several barely perceptible lipstick marks on Xia De's face. The little doll smiled, and the lipstick marks gradually faded. Xia De then gave Vige a spirited hug.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. The past issues have been resolved smoothly. Now it's time to deal with the guild hall. Ellie, you will still lead the way and find the direction you believe is right. Be quick, Viggo and I can keep up with you."
"Ok!"
Ellie, now brimming with newfound power, transformed back into her original form in the soft white light. After running merrily around Shad once, she crashed headfirst into the wall.
A purple light appeared on the dark golden horn, which smashed through the wall. This time, Ellie didn't even need to go through a door; she led Shad and Viggo directly into the new room.
Vigo clearly knew who "Mana Ferrianana" was. As Ellie smashed through any obstacle in her path like a bulldozer and Shad slashed through layers of skin with his longsword, Vigo was also participating in the battle, but she would occasionally glance at the doll on Shad's shoulder.
Viggo had a very strange feeling that the relationship between Shad and Mana Feliana was definitely not normal. She pondered her thoughts and praised herself for becoming increasingly sensitive to interpersonal relationships lately.
Of course, while thoughts kept swirling in her mind, Vige's spellcasting didn't stop. The power shared by Miss Felianana had also sealed her Chaos Arcane Arts, and Vige found herself increasingly adept at using that purple light.
"Shad seems to really like purple."
Ellie charged forward quickly. Shad, who had returned to his prime after his return from the past, thought about what he had seen and heard in the [Leatherworks Guild], and his silver sword swung even more swiftly and fiercely than before.
Mummified corpses clad in leather, leatherworkers, and all sorts of bizarre creatures formed from human skin—nothing could stop the group. The crimson moonlight, infused with the life force, was as destructive to leather as flames melting snow. With Miss Felian Anna's help, nothing could stop Shad and Ellie now.
Boom!
After a loud bang, the mummified corpse wearing human skin, along with the wall behind it, was pierced through by Ellie's horn. A silver orb of light flew and illuminated the new room, where Mr. Gerald Delon was fighting alongside the ring sorcerer suspected by the false man of being from the Church of the True God, and an old man dressed in leather.
The opponent wasn't a leatherworker, but his combat prowess surpassed that of any leatherworker Shad had ever encountered. The building, resembling a study, was filled with bookshelves overflowing with scrolls, and in this room brimming with human skin scrolls, even facing a combined attack from a thirteenth-ring and a twelfth-ring warrior, the old man held his own without being at a disadvantage.
Mr. Delon had, of course, noticed Shad's arrival, but he was focused on casting spells to defend against the enemy's attack. It was incredible that a derivative from a Sage-level relic could exert such pressure on a thirteenth-ring cultivator, and while the twelfth-ring warlock hadn't recognized Shad at first glance, he had recognized Ellie, who had transformed into human form in the light.
The oldest records in the church contain the following: The [Leatherwork Guild] consists of four active core derivatives: the Guild Master, the Leatherwork Leader, the Leather Scroll Elder, and the Sacred Artifact Master.
The thing in front of me is the Old Man of the Leather Scroll. Force it out of this room, otherwise the contracts the [Leather Goods Guild] has made with various beings since the mythical era, signed on human skin scrolls, will become its power.
This information was also provided to Shad by "Desire," but "Desire's" information was more comprehensive than that of the Church. Among the four core members, the "Artifact Master" was specifically responsible for managing the artifact that was once stored in the guild hall. However, after the artifact was taken away by "Desire," the Artifact Master lost his meaning and could no longer be considered a core member.
At this moment, Xia De also sensed that the agreement with his own signature was in the room in front of him. The appearance of the old man with the leather scroll also proved that the contract that "Desire" signed with the leatherworkers back then was most likely also here.
He drew his sword to help, but Miss Feliana said:
"There's no need for such trouble. If your library were to operate at full capacity, to what extent could it be utilized now?"
Last summer, when Miss Ferrenanna visited 6 Place Saint-Delan, Shad spoke in detail about the power he possessed; last autumn, on the night he and Britney were intimate at the "Moon Sanctuary," Shad also mentioned his power over the moon to her.
"It can reveal a small library. But although it is a scene, it is not a maze; it can only display the books I have recorded."
"enough."
"I understand—the Mystic Art: The Library of the Moon!"
As the longsword slashed forward, the colors of the starry sea in the dim space rapidly expanded outward, and rows of translucent, star-blue bookshelves gradually covered every corner of the library that housed the human skin scrolls.
Apart from Shad, no one could directly take any book from those bookshelves, so the people fighting inside seemed to pass through an illusion without being hindered by the Starry Sea Bookshelves.
This was indeed not a illusion, but rather a mirage. Viggo, who was beside Shad, couldn't even feel the power of the stars from this beautiful picture of the starry sea.
But precisely after this near-illusory library unfolded, the old man's power, which had initially been able to suppress "Construct Master" Gerald Delon for a short time, rapidly weakened. Five seconds after the Moon Library unfolded, Mr. Delon was able to withstand all of the opponent's attacks simply by maintaining a basic shield.
The doll said to Shad:
"You can think of this so-called 'Old Man of the Leather Scrolls' as a ring sorcerer who draws power from stories, except that his stories come from the human skin scrolls in the library. These scrolls contain agreements signed between various beings and leatherworkers, as well as stories and knowledge written by the leatherworkers themselves. Therefore, each human skin scroll is associated with a real and ancient legend, which is why it is so powerful."
But once its connection to those scrolls is severed, its fighting power is even less than that of the dried-up corpse that Ellie just smashed—now, use your chains to rip out its heart.”