Chapter Seventy-Three: Killing You a Thousand Times Is Not Enough!
“Killing you will be enough.”
Shaya’s light remark drifted into Mevis’s ears like a ghost appearing and disappearing.
Her pupils constricted, and her figure instantly vanished from the spot.
This guy…
Dressed in a moonlight white mage robe, Mevis’s delicate face tightened, cold sweat beading on her forehead.
Although blessed with the power of light, she actually couldn’t feel Shaya’s current level.
Sorcerer?
Paladin?
Or perhaps… even higher?
Her heart raced wildly, an unprecedented sense of crisis enveloping her.
Even though she had just used too much dimensional teleportation, at this moment, Mevis still dared not pause.
As long as she could stall until the effect of the Goddess of Light’s blessing wore off, she could instantly counterattack Shaya.
“Hey, hey, what are you afraid of?”
Seeing this, Shaya’s back unfolded a pair of dazzling golden wings, gently fluttering, locking onto Mevis’s back with a speed rivaling teleportation.
Originally a knight, aside from his physical abilities and a few extraordinary powers granted by the system, Shaya had no miraculous means.
But after receiving the buff from the Goddess of Light, his mage cultivation level was now stronger than Mevis’s!
The fierce wind whipped his black hair and robe, and bathed in the power of light, he laughed loudly, feeling that he could do anything now.
Watching the swaying beautiful figure ahead, Shaya gently snapped his fingers while maintaining a rapid flight.
In an instant, a massive magical array enveloping a radius of several hundred meters immediately traced itself beneath Mevis’s feet, at first glance resembling a clock.
“?!”
Gazing at the array appearing beneath her, a flicker of terror passed through Mevis’s eyes.
The next second, the previously fast-moving second hand sparkled with light, and then, as if gripped by an invisible hand, it slowly trembled twice before weakly stopping in place.
In an instant, time around Mevis had frozen.
Time, this was the unique domain of the Goddess of Light.
“Crackle crackle—”
Trapped within the stopped time, the feeling of helplessness was unpleasant, but fortunately, since Mevis had previously fought against a Time Mage, after hesitating for a second, she launched a counterattack.
A flash of emerald green light flickered in her pupils, transforming into a shockwave that slammed against the time barrier.
Accompanied by the sound of shattering glass, her body shook gently a few times before awkwardly breaking free from the time-stopped area.
Shaya was not surprised. The moment she just left the stopped time, he snapped his fingers again.
“Boom—!!!”
The light sorcery blossomed brilliantly, a light sphere accompanied by a violent explosion completely engulfing Mevis’s slender body with holy and majestic power.
Then, before she could regain her senses, Shaya’s wings gently flapped, instantly appearing at the center of the explosion!
The power of light could not harm him in the slightest, so he precisely seized Mevis’s small face within the explosion and brutally hurled her downwards!
With a loud crash and the sound of the ground shattering, Mevis’s body was turned into an afterimage, crashing into the hard rocky ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
“Cough cough cough…”
As the dust gradually dispersed, Mevis slowly crawled up from the deep pit, spitting blood and trembling.
Mages had relatively weak physiques, and after sustaining such a heavy blow, she was certainly severely injured.
At this moment, Mevis’s once-beautiful face was extremely pale, filled with undeniable shock and disbelief.
“Great Sage…?”
Mevis gazed at Shaya, suspended in the sky like a descending saint, biting her lip while speaking in a daze.
Under demigods, the Great Sage represented the pinnacle of mage cultivation.
That was an existence that surpassed Sorcerers.
She initially thought Shaya’s level would at most be on par with hers, but it now appeared she had overestimated.
Shaya chuckled lightly, looking down from a height at the utterly disheveled Mevis.
At this moment, her originally moonlight white mage robe was covered in dust, and the torn fabric faintly revealed her flawless pink-white skin.
“Tell me the truth about the extermination of the Adelaide family back then.”
“……”
Mevis bit her lip tightly and took out her magical device from her dimensional ring.
It resembled a divination crystal ball, with a faint gray mist swirling in the center.
“Bang!”
Shaya snapped his fingers again, and pure light power detonated around Mevis!
Accompanied by the silhouette of a slender figure tumbling backward, Mevis managed to resist this blow but was subsequently sent flying to crash harshly onto the rocky ground.
“I need the truth.” Shaya stepped forward, appearing before Mevis again. “Tell me, which member of the Twilight of the Gods was the murderer?”
Hearing this, a bitter smile crept onto Mevis’s lips: “They’re all dead anyway, what difference does it make if I say it or not?”
At this moment, the originally elevated position that belonged to Sorceress Mevis had been completely reversed.
And this change occurred within merely a few minutes.
“Tell me, and I will let you ‘live.'”
Shaya said calmly.
Of course, exactly how she would live, whether she would be possessed, was not something to discuss right now.
Shaya had not forgotten the promise he made to Miss Jing last time.
And he never expected that merely a few days later, that promise would come true so quickly.
It could only be said that Miss Witch was doing a great job.
Upon hearing this, a glint of hesitation flashed in Mevis’s eyes.
“Really?” She fixed her gaze on Shaya, as if verifying the truth of his words. “Will you really… let me go?”
Shaya nodded noncommittally.
“Then I…”
Upon hearing this, Mevis seemed to fall into a struggle, lowering her head deeply as she spoke.
After a long time.
Just as Shaya frowned, preparing to ask again, she finally lifted her head and softly said, “I’ll tell you.”
“Your parents… died in an organization’s sacrifice.”
“At the time, to gather all the materials needed for the sacrificial ritual, they required the blood and souls of two hundred humans, so they targeted the nearest small village…”
“And I happened to pass by that village, inadvertently discovering your sister’s extraordinary talent, and casually brought her out.”
“You know what happened afterward.”
Mevis said with a bitter smile.
From start to finish, this was an absolutely unabashed murder and slaughter.
Not because of any noble reasons to cover up, nor any other explanations that could barely make sense.
Just because they needed, needed lives and blood as part of the sacrifice, just like casually pulling a weed by the roadside, they easily killed over two hundred villagers from the village.
For this so-called answer, Shaya had given everything he could over the past decade, enduring pain that was unbearable for ordinary people.
But when he finally heard this answer, he felt extraordinarily unreal.
The saying that human lives are like grass reappeared before his eyes.
To destroy you, what does it matter to you?
Shaya smiled.
Because of such a simple reason?
Because of such a simple reason, over two hundred living lives were lost?
Just for… what you call saving the world?
Shaya’s pupils dulled.
He still could not forget the brutal fight that occurred when his parents died trying to protect him, and their eyes looking at him helplessly as they collapsed in a pool of blood.
“……”
While Mevis observed Shaya’s daze, a flicker of cruelty flashed in her eyes.
In her hand, the mist within the crystal ball swirled silently, quickly coalescing into the shape of an eye.
An ancient and immense aura instantly descended upon this area.
She seized the opportunity when Shaya was distracted; her figure instantly vanished from where she was, leaving the nearly shattering crystal ball falling to the ground.
An invisible great door seemed to open, unleashing a powerful aura that belonged to deities!
Mevis was affiliated with the Mage Tower, and her faith was in the Trinity God of Wisdom, whose mark was an eye.
“You’re not the only one who can invoke a divine descent.”
Mevis’s face turned pale, her level continuously falling, quickly dropping to that of a Great Sorcerer.
The God of Wisdom was a gentle being. Generally speaking, as long as the praying followers were sufficiently devout and offered valuable sacrificial gifts, He would respond in kind.
For example, that day in the arena, Angelica expended a large amount of magical power to summon a being comparable to the realm of Extraordinary Knights.
And at this moment, Mevis had paid an incredibly painful price to invoke the God of Wisdom, Adrien, to take personal action.
Die!
Madness and killing intent flickered in Mevis’s eyes.
She watched the boy bathing in the power of light at the center of the storm, then paused slightly.
Why… isn’t he running away?
In terms of momentum, although Shaya had received the blessing of the Goddess of Light, it was absolutely impossible to withstand a divine-level attack.
“Seeking death.”
She had just begun to speak when the remaining trace of a smile abruptly froze on her face.
A colossal eye slowly appeared in the sky, formed from clouds and mist, resembling a Creator deity overlooking the world.
But Shaya, instead of panicking, showed a mocking smile while looking in the direction Mevis had fled.
“Buzz—”
Accompanied by a marvelous tremor, a pale divine power burst forth from Shaya’s forehead!
A small eye mark appeared on his forehead, radiating power and seemingly conveying some signal to the heavenly eye that Mevis called forth.
Instantly, the once-thundering and stormy realm came to a standstill.
Then, within Mevis’s horrified gaze, the otherworldly phenomenon from the God of Wisdom quickly faded like a receding tide, disappearing completely within a matter of seconds!
“Forgot to tell you.” Shaya said quietly. “It seems I know quite a few deities.”
Then his figure flashed, instantly appearing before Mevis.
Upon feeling Shaya’s towering presence above her, Mevis’s legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.
“You said you could let me live…”
Hearing this, Shaya smiled widely.
But the words that came out of his mouth made Mevis’s heart sink.
“Ten years ago, my parents, the villagers in the territory, once prayed like that to you, but you didn’t care.” Shaya grinned, his white teeth making him look menacing, “And now, what right do you have?”
“What right do you have to… pray for me to spare your life?”
Shaya enunciated each word clearly.
“I could kill you a thousand times, and it wouldn’t be enough.”
…
When the Invisible Demon sensed a rejection signal sent from Shaya’s sea of consciousness, it couldn’t help but feel a pang of panic.
Still accumulating power in a sneaky manner, it hadn’t waited long when it seemed like it was about to be expelled by Shaya.
But when its ink-like form appeared in reality, it froze instantly.
Before it stood a beautiful woman, her body covered in the scars of torment, who was slowly healing with the help of the Holy Healing technique.
Miss Jing froze slightly.
Because this woman looked exactly like the enemy in Shaya’s memories.
“What’s happening to her…?”
Miss Jing hesitated because she instinctively recalled Shaya’s promise to her last time, glancing at him in astonishment.
At this moment, Shaya was enveloped in golden light, with a cross-shaped light mark hovering behind his head, looking like a deity walking on earth.
“The Holy Healing technique is indeed convenient.” Shaya calmly observed the now mentally dazed beautiful woman before him, “Next, it’s your turn.”
Just a moment ago, he had employed every means available, continuously torturing Mevis, and each time she was on the brink of death, a Holy Healing spell just barely brought her back, restoring her consciousness, and then unleashing magic and fists upon her once more.
Now, having endured surpassing limits of pain, she had already experienced some mental breakdown.
Hearing this, Miss Jing looked at Shaya with some surprise: “You… you are willing to let me free now?”
“Not quite, you still have other uses.” Shaya snickered, “Look at the mark behind my head; do you understand what it means?”
Upon hearing this, a flash of disappointment crossed Miss Jing’s eyes, but she quickly composed herself: “I understand, I will continue to assist you as I did before.”
Shaya nodded.
Then, under his gaze, the Invisible Demon completely transformed into a slippery, viscous liquid, resembling a slime as it tightly enveloped Mevis’s entire body.
Gradually, it seeped into her through each pore of her skin.
“I probably need an hour…”
After initially gaining control over Mevis, the Invisible Demon managed to control this body and spoke with some difficulty.
“Perfect, I seem to have something to do as well.”
Sensing the faint flicker of light power on its surface and the faint, almost divine call in his ears, Shaya had an epiphany.
Then, he slowly descended to the ground, the light mark on his head gradually fracturing into pieces and floating gently before him with the breeze.
Under his watch, these fragments slowly pieced together into a light door.
Shaya sighed and walked in slowly.
