Shadow Covenant

Chapter 46 "Praise the Stars"

The slums are pitch black.

There is only one round of bright moon that casts a cold moonlight that never favors one over another, and this is also the only light source for most people in the slums at night.

Unlike the hustle and bustle of the trade zone, more than 70.00% of the people here are not even qualified to light candles.

Light is a luxury to them.

The same was true for Angelina, but she lit a candle that was usually seldom lit - just after a smooth-feathered night raven came by.

But when she held the candle and wanted to go out, there was an immature child's voice from inside the hut.

"Sister, do you want to go out?"

It was Garo, one of the four children who had been with her since the five-year-old orphanage disappeared, and it was he who went out of the city to look for Angelina in the morning.

"Well, Jia Luo, I'll go out for a while, you stay at home and take good care of Lin with Ferrero and Cissy, you know?"

Angelina warned, but Jia Luo's next sentence made her expression freeze.

"Did you meet that brother this morning?"

The pure voice combined with the child's innocent inquiry made Angelina unable to get angry.

"Garo, why are you asking this?"

She was a little helpless, when Jia Luo became so gossip, it must have been instigated by Sissy.

"I want to tell my sister to seize the opportunity. My brother is a nice person this morning. You will be happy with him."

The child is showing off the knowledge he doesn't know where he learned, his words are swearing, and his eyes are extraordinarily bright in the dark night.

"He is different from those people. He has never looked down on us, nor has he discriminated against you because of your hand injury, sister. His eyes are the same as the noble young master who sent Lin off last time, but the nobles definitely don't like us, so This person, sister can try."

Jia Luo said all the words he had held back for a day in one breath, in his young eyes.

My sister has worked too hard, and she is still injured now. If there is a chance to meet a suitable person who can take care of her, that would be great.

And her sister's appearance is more than enough for him, well, even the number one beauty in the slums, Mary from the tavern bowed her head in shame when she looked at her sister's breasts, he noticed it several times.

"Nothing like that, he and I just help each other, and..."

When Angelina said that, Woody's figure flashed across her mind. Although there was only a relationship between the two sides, the memory left on her was so deep for some reason.

"And, a person like him..."

"Sister, big sister! Don't be discouraged! If it's because of us, don't worry, I will be able to work in the dock area in two years, and Ferrero and I don't need your care. Cissy and Lin are also on us, you have the courage to try it, really."

Jia Luo seemed to have seen Angelina's hesitation, and suddenly became anxious. Even in the dark, he could see that his little face was flushed.

And the echoes of the other two came from the room.

"That's enough, Jia Luo, don't talk anymore! I've said it, I'm really just going out to help, and you don't need to do anything. You can go back at ease. Lin just woke up. Take good care of her. Don't let her catch a cold. Remember to let her She takes her medicine on time."

Angelina interrupted their conversation. She felt that if this continued, the topic would continue endlessly. She didn't forget that there was still someone waiting for her tonight, so she quickly ended the topic and closed the room. Door.

She held the candle and left the alley.

But for some reason, when Angelina was walking on the street leading to the trade area, she felt dizzy after being blown several times by the night wind.

Moreover, the familiar feeling in her heart once again occupied her brain, and the nightmare that had tormented her for several days struck suddenly this time.

she is thirsty...

"Damn!"

"Is it early again this time?"

"But I still have an agreement! Can't sleep over!"

Angelina went from brisk walking to stumbling, but it only took about ten minutes, and by the time she noticed it was already too late.

She kept twisting her thigh, trying in vain to wake herself up, but even if her thigh was twisted black and purple, it still didn't help.

Finally, the nightmare that surged again swallowed her consciousness like a tide, and she couldn't hold on any longer, her body lost her balance, and she fell to the ground.

"sorry."

Lying on the ground on her back, the girl monk who couldn't suppress her drowsiness despite the pain coming from her body had two lines of crystal tears streaming out of her closed eyes, as if she was in pain for her missed appointment.

And the last scene remained in Angelina's mind.

It is in the dark blue sky.

A bright moon is hanging high in the sky...

……

The trading area, brightly lit.

Woody's figure appeared in a remote alley. With an agility of up to 18 points, and the traffic in the trade area was at the peak of the banquet, the carriage could not drive too fast.

Woody easily arrived a few blocks in front of Grantia's carriage.

And after confirming the direction of Grandia tonight, he also manipulated the Night Crow through the "Eye of the Crows" to inform the monk girl Angelina to go to the preparation place he planned.

The young hunter who was walking in the alley, his eyes covered by ribbons could not see the slightest wavering and apprehension, but were firm and sharp.

Although less than a week has passed since he just woke up in another world, he has been preparing for this moment every day of the week.

The plan in my mind, the advancement of professionals, the resources prepared for this...

It will all come to an end tonight!
But as time passed, Woody couldn't wait for the monk girl.

"what happened?"

"Delayed on the way?"

But he clearly remembered that Night Crow had sent her a message.

Is there any accident?
Lawful monks seldom break their vows that they will never fail to help others.

But the fact before Woody now is that Angelina, the monk girl, she didn't come.

I don't know why, but it's true.

Finally, Woody waited for another 5 minutes, but Angelina's figure still hadn't arrived.

Woody, who was in the corner of the alley, finally gave up waiting and left here straight away. He didn't intend to wait any longer.

Although there is still a lot of time, he decided to go to the secret shop.

The Monk's Weakness Sense is essential, it's part of the plan.

And there was a mistake here, and he could only make up for it by himself.

He suppressed the slight disappointment in his heart, that's fine.

The incident about Angelina just woke him up.

Never pin your hopes on others, because you never know, accident and tomorrow will come first.

That being the case, tonight, he can go alone.

Fortunately, the harvest this time was rich enough. Selling the most expensive red dragon card should be able to make up for the gap exposed by Angelina's inability to come.

He didn't feel sorry at all.

No matter how good something is, it has to be useful!

Woody thought.

His body gradually disappeared into the shadows.

……

Grandia was looking at the passing buildings outside the window in boredom, but what she was thinking about was her mother's perfect face, her dissatisfaction with her body, and her dissatisfaction with the earl Filiu just now. Adams kissed himself out of physical disgust.

It's just a fake flesh and blood creature. She has already seen the perfect creation and naturally she can't look down on it.

She is a little ashamed now, why in the past she would be so complacent in such a group of crooked melons and split dates, and also indulge in the virtual pleasure brought by being sought after, it is simply stupid.

Fortunately, she corrected it in time, and not long after, her mother promised to make her perfect as well!
Just as Grandia was thinking wildly, the carriage stopped suddenly.

She hurriedly called, but found that her coachman suddenly passed out.

"Who! I am the heir of Baron Pike's family, attacking nobles is a felony!"

Grandia took out the talisman that her mother had told her not to use easily and sealed the evil power, and shouted bravado.

This is the only way leading to the trade area halfway up the mountain, which is specially supplied to rich merchants and noble residences.

There are no buildings nearby, only a cemetery 500 meters away.

The person behind the attack chose to do it here, obviously he had already made plans to kill people and silence them.

"Damn!"

Just when Grandia was cursing and planning to attack secretly, a deep and mellow voice came from her ear.

"Miss Grantia, I mean no harm!"

"I just smell my mother who is already in the sky and turned into a star from your body."

Hearing this sentence, Grandia froze immediately, "Mother of the Stars." It is the pet name of the corrupt mother tree that the profane sect believes in, and some people firmly believe that they are the offspring of the corrupt mother tree.

"you are?"

Grantia actually believed half of this sentence when she heard it. After all, there are not many profane cultists in Asenland, and there are almost no fake ones.

Now they are not the targets of the paladins in the temple. Compared with other cultists, they are more like play houses at this moment.

However, when the speaker stepped out from the shadow of the carriage, Grandia, who was still half suspicious, immediately dispelled all doubts.

I saw the man who was a head taller than her, wearing a wolf-head mask that covered half of his face, leaving only his chin, and on the bare chest of the man in the worn-out gray hunting cape, there were plump radiances. The moist and shiny cysts are densely occupying every inch of his skin.

The "perfection" defined in Grandia's eyes is slowly taking shape on this strange man's body.

This is a "sublimation" person, his body is covered with scars cut by himself, and it seems that he wants to speed up the progress of sublimation in this way.

His piety is unquestionable, after all, except for the Sacrilegious Cultists who believe in the corrupt mother tree.

No one will take the initiative to draw a knife on himself to support the "seeds" in his body.

It was too late for them to avoid it, not to mention having cysts and abscesses covering half of their bodies.

And the reason why he didn't choose others, maybe he has the same mission as himself, although the purpose is different, but the meaning is the same.

That is to "correct" the wrongs of the world.

Let the flesh and blood return to the most true and perfect form.

Sure enough, the man heard Grandia's words and didn't speak.

Instead, he slightly raised his head and leaned over, with his hands open, looking at the stars near the full moon in the sky before saying piously.

"Correct the wrongs of the world!"

"The mother of the stars guides the way we go."

"Although the journey of correction is bound to be painful."

……

After hearing this passage, Grandia was already convinced, and said the last paragraph with him in unison.

"But life-forms are but the false cry of the gods, and his whisper will tell us what true perfection is."

"Praise the stars!"

　I don't want to divide chapters anymore, woo woo woo
　　
　
(End of this chapter)