The body that was split in half fell heavily into the snow, but the thick black mud flowed out from the huge wound and reunited the two halves of the body. Even so, Stone Oxenfurt still remained
Not dead, but completely unable to move.
The sound of the panting Shade approaching reached the ears of the man lying on the snow. His eyes on the left and right looked at the red night sky reflected by the fire, and he heard the soles of his boots crushing the snow.
He made a very rhythmic sound, and then felt a few pages falling next to him.
"I have learned all about you and Mrs. Haela Oxenfurt. I would like to know if you have ever thought of solving the problem in other ways."
Shade held a long sword and looked at him condescendingly:
"Maybe this tragedy can be solved from the beginning."
"You win, you can kill me, but you can't laugh at me."
Oxenfurt could not move. He could only grit his teeth and steady his voice while feeling the boundless pain. He still did not look at Shade, but looked at the falling snowflakes:
"Aren't you very busy? Why are you still talking nonsense to me?"
"I'm not laughing at you, and it's not a waste of time. Do you remember? The wedding we went to together, the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Enriquez, the time the ghost of the bride's lover came to her while she was studying."
Shade asked.
"of course I remember."
"Do you know the ending of that marriage story? Where will a marriage that started with betrayal go?"
Shade asked again.
Oxenfurt did not speak, and Shade controlled the letters written by Mr. Enriquez to his wife and floated them in front of his eyes:
"But I know that after the shameful betrayal, Mr. Enriquez and Mrs. Enriquez still love each other deeply. Maybe this sounds ridiculous, but Mr. Enriquez is tormenting and thinking repeatedly
Finally, I decided to continue to maintain that marriage. To describe it in simpler words——"
When Shade spoke, the white smoke drifted away like a long dragon. He looked at the man on the ground with sharp eyes. He didn't care even if the snowflakes fell all over his shoulders. Shade lit up the moonlight on his fingertips to illuminate Oxenfurt, and also for him.
Plenty of time to read the contents of those letters:
"The mistakes made before marriage were forgiven after marriage. The marriage that was on the verge of being broken was finally healed."
At this moment, even though the pain was unbearable, Oxenfurt could not help but yell:
"You idiot, are you suggesting that there is a possibility of reconciliation between Haila and I? The Enriquez couple just had an affair before marriage, and the woman didn't sleep with anyone else at all, and I have already killed my wife and her whole family, you bastard is really
Do you think there is any comparison?"
"But based on the facts I know."
Shade maintained the moonlight with his left hand, and the long sword in his right hand was pointed at his heart. He was signaling to Mrs. Haila upstairs:
"Your wife also hid a secret from you regarding the destruction of the Watson family. If you communicated seriously, maybe, it is really possible, you wouldn't have reached this point."
When he said this, Shade didn't even notice that his eyes were so bright.
"What?"
The moonlight on Shade's fingertips illuminated Oxenfurt's wide-eyed expression and look of astonishment:
"What do you mean?"
"You had a chance."
He wanted to say something more, but Shade had already pierced the sword in his right hand into his heart.
【Killing someone is also heartbreaking.】
In the still biting wind at the end of winter, only "her" laughter was still so gentle.
For ordinary people, piercing the heart with a long sword will cause death almost immediately, but Oxenfurt, who fell on the ground, is still holding the sword with one hand even now, vomiting blood while looking at Xia Xia.
De, then he died here with his eyes wide open.
He was indeed dead. Even though the corpse on the ground was still trying to heal itself, Shade clearly saw Stone Oxenfurt's soul floating out of the corpse on the ground.
The soul full of resentment and unwillingness looked blankly at his transparent hands, then looked up at Shade, showing an expression that wanted to strangle Shade.
Shade immediately reached for the Rhodes deck in his pocket with his left hand, but before he could take it out, the sound of clapping sounded from the door of the manor.
Shade and Oxenfurt's souls looked there together, and then against the background of firelight and flying snow, they saw "Oxenfurt" with dark skin and a smooth smile on his face, emerging from the burning forest.
Walking in through the snow.
The devil looked at the two of them with a smile:
"Not bad, not bad, really good."
This sentence is said to Shade:
"Although the process was a bit tortuous, you did complete my commission. Very good."
Shade did not take back the sword, but put the hand in his pocket and touched the bottle containing the "golden potion". This was a potion made by Priest August. There were only two bottles in total. It was his first time with the devil.
Shade used it once when they met in front of Watson Manor.
At this time, Ms. Marilyn Handel was not called immediately because it was best not to let her encounter the devil. Doctor Schneider was not called because the test given to Shad by the "Lady of the Lake" was not completed.
He let out a long sigh and saw that the yard was littered with traces of the fight just now. The millstone was split in half under his feet, so Shade, who felt a little tired, simply sat down. But the devil saw that Shade was not there.
The smile on his face became even thicker as he meant to resist or turn against him.
From the mountains in the distance, the roar of giant beasts was heard at this time. In addition to the surrounding Oxenfurt Manor, looking into the snowy night sky, more burning smoke was floating high into the sky. The filth of the earth was destroying this land.
The essence of madness is spreading, trying to pollute the entire world, and the story of this night has only just begun.
"I think our agreement has been reached, and your soul belongs to me."
After praising Shade, the devil smiled and said to Oxenfurt, who asked blankly:
"What?"
He subconsciously looked up at the sky, and then said with certainty:
"Wait a minute, I don't think our contract is complete. If you want to reclaim my soul, you must meet the conditions I set out."
"When the power that does not belong to me kills you next to the moon on a moonless night, then your soul can belong to me."
The devil said calmly, with anticipation in his calmness. He walked up to the two of them in the snow and sat on the other half of the millstone. His legs were spread apart and his body leaned forward slightly, but his eyes were always looking at the two.
Unlike Shade, there was no white smoke coming from his mouth when he spoke:
"The conditions are very harsh, but fortunately I found the moon."
Oxenfurt is still puzzled:
"Where is the moon?"
"Please allow me to introduce you."
Then the devil looked at Shade with a smile:
"This one is the beloved of the Moon God. After the gods have left, the five righteous gods have not touched the realm of the moon, and the 'Moon Chapter' of the murmuring great movement has not yet begun, he can be called the material world.
The only moon. Maybe the God Caller can do it, but unfortunately I have never seen him."
Oxenfurt's soul looked at Shade blankly, and the devil asked Shade:
"So do you agree with me?"
Shade looked at it, hesitated for a moment, and nodded slightly.
"No, you are playing tricks. What kind of moon is this? No, I don't admit it!"
Oxenfurt stepped back as he spoke. When the soul looked at his split body, he suddenly got in. Then, the dead body with eyes wide open actually started to move.
【Not resurrection, living dead.】
"She" reminded softly.
The devil's face, which was exactly the same as Oxenfurt's, was still smiling, but Shade instinctively felt the change in its mood:
"Do you think it will be easy for me to find this person and let you meet him? I originally planned to wait until the chosen one of the moon appears before starting my plan. Do you think there are many people in the material world who meet the conditions?"
Shade now understood why the long-haired Luvia mentioned that the first chosen person she met was the chosen person of "Moon".
The devil opened his left hand and aimed it at Oxenfurt, who had just climbed up from the ground. The latter's feet buried in the snow immediately began to petrify. The devil's hand seemed to be dancing in the air, and petrified rose vines emerged from the ground.
Along the petrified body, he gradually wanted to swallow Oxenfurt's entire body.
It stood up with a smile:
"Since you signed a contract with the devil, you should have expected that such a day would come. However, I didn't expect that you would actually question the content of the contract. Oh, Oxenfurt, do you think I am a fellow idiot in fairy tales?
"
It stood up and slowly walked towards the desperate man, trying to touch his head that was not yet petrified with its right hand. But it failed because the long sword blocked it. Shade, who also stood up, looked expressionless.
Look at it:
"Where's the reward you promised me? We'll hand over the money and deliver the goods."
The devil looked at him slightly frivolously and looked him up and down:
"I didn't expect you to be so impatient, but no problem, you did a pretty good job on this matter. Maybe we can cooperate again if we have the opportunity in the future. After all, guys who dare to sign a contract with me usually like to play tricks, and you
I am very satisfied with the work efficiency.”
Let the living dead, with only its head still not petrified, stand in the snow. It turned to look at Shade, snapped its fingers, and six items slowly appeared in the air.
Flame, ring, blood-red stones, red wine bottle, black skull-embedded parchment and a small note:
"As agreed, choose one of the six. Let me introduce it to you."
In the snow, six objects rotated around it, the first being the red flame:
"One: The sage-level relic [Eternal Fire], whose only characteristic is that it will never be extinguished. This kind of flame can be directly wrapped around one's own life ring by a magician, thereby causing changes in almost all thaumaturgy. In
Among the relics rated as sage-level by intelligent life, this can be considered the most valuable one."
Shade has already felt that the original fire in his body is stirring, and it longs for this flame.