Chapter 17: Illusions Are Indeed Spells Effective Against Tailed Beasts
The night had deepened.
The scarlet twilight that had filled the sky had vanished, replaced by the dark and somber night sky.
On the cliff face, Shaya stripped himself naked, wringing out his waterlogged clothes one by one.
“The reputation of Grant Sea is certainly well-deserved.”
“Rescuing a damsel in distress is truly a skilled endeavor. If I hadn’t prepared a life jacket beforehand, I might have ended up like Jack Dawson in Titanic.”
“Sigh, it would be great to have a water-attribute familiar that knows Surf right about now.”
As if sensing its master’s wistful gaze, the little golden-haired monkey let out a dissatisfied squeak.
*You were the one who told me to evolve into a space-time type in the first place. Why are you getting fickle now? Is the grass greener on the other side?*
*Beast Tamers are truly fickle-minded!*
*If you had used water-attribute evolution materials on me back then, I could have learned Surf. I wonder what the species name of the water-attribute Sealed Stone Monkey evolution would be…*
*Water Monkey? I feel like something’s not quite right about that.*
“Yip~”
Yin’s call interrupted Shaya’s interaction with Sparkle.
“I knew it. Norton, that old geezer, must have had ulterior motives.”
Sensing the information Yin conveyed through their Soul Pact, Shaya couldn’t help but frown slightly and turn his body.
Not far from his side, the maiden named Sylvia slept peacefully, her eyes closed.
Her chestnut-colored long hair was damp with seawater, clinging to the side of her face, yet it did nothing to diminish her beauty.
No matter how critically one judged, she was a beautiful maiden who would evoke feelings of pity at first glance.
If—
One were to ignore the pitch-black shadow behind her, laden with an indescribable stench of filth.
That black shadow had no form, yet it was slowly corroding everything around it.
Even from several meters away, just by seeing the formless shadow, Shaya felt an indescribable pressure in his heart, making his breathing difficult.
Even more terrifying were the mutterings that simultaneously sounded in Shaya’s mind without warning.
Insanity, despair, depravity, rage—countless negative emotions flooded Shaya’s heart along with the mutterings.
To briefly summarize the content of those chaotic mutterings.
It was approximately “Suddenly, a madman sharpens his knife at night, the Emperor’s star sways as Mars rises high” and “Heaven gives birth to all things to nourish man, yet man lacks a single virtue to repay Heaven”…
Even with Shaya’s extremely strong mental power as a Second Ring Beast Tamer, it took considerable effort to suppress these surging negative emotions.
“A half-body of the Twilight Evil God.”
Shaya’s expression turned grave.
Although Norton’s hints were cryptic, Shaya was, after all, from five hundred years in the future.
He was a player who knew the ultimate fate of the Azure Court Duchy.
Therefore, after spending some time collecting and verifying information from the Royal Capital of the Azure Court Duchy, Shaya had a general grasp of the situation.
Sixteen years ago, a catastrophe of an Evil God’s descent occurred in the Azure Court Duchy.
The Evil God that descended was named “Twilight,” and the disaster it brought nearly turned half of the Azure Court Duchy into blighted land.
Although in the end, after paying a terrible price, the Grand Duke of Azure Court, along with several powerful cultivators from surrounding kingdoms who came to aid, managed to suppress the avatar of the descended Evil God.
However, even just an avatar of a descended Evil God was not something that several Titled and Legend-class Beast Tamers could easily kill.
Even after paying a great price, they could only barely seal that avatar.
Most of the Twilight avatar’s power should have been sealed beneath the grand formation within the Grand Duke of Azure Court’s family.
But a small portion, for some reason, seemed to have remained on the Grand Duke’s newborn only daughter—Sylvia.
And for the vast majority of the ignorant populace, coupled with the occasional loss of control of the Evil God’s power within Sylvia.
Under the guidance of some who had ulterior motives, Sylvia, who was actually a sacrifice, was viewed by the people as an avatar of the Twilight Evil God, a symbol of disaster.
All hatred, resentment, and even all other negative emotions were attributed to Sylvia.
This was the fundamental reason for Sylvia’s current dire situation, being ostracized and scorned.
It could be said that this daughter of the Grand Duke had been handed the script of a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki since birth.
However—
The Seventh Hokage eventually cleared his name through his own efforts and gained the recognition of the entire village.
But, according to the fate of the Azure Court Duchy that Shaya knew.
This future “Azure Silver Witch,” the founder of the Cretaceous Tower, did not seem to have the opportunity to prove herself to the world in the same way…
Such thoughts flashed through Shaya’s mind.
He quickly adjusted his mood and refocused his attention on Sylvia, who was sleeping soundly before him.
In a sense.
This stage was the most difficult part of Shaya’s third-phase rookie mission.
The power residing within Sylvia, filled with madness and pollution, was merely a portion that had been split off from the half-body of the descended Evil God.
And this portion had also been sealed layer by layer on Sylvia by the Grand Duke of Azure Court.
A seal painstakingly placed by a Titled Beast Tamer would naturally not be easily broken.
The previous instances of loss of control on Sylvia’s part were actually just the Evil God’s aura briefly seeping out of the seal when Sylvia’s self-awareness was unstable, causing external interference.
Compared to the complete Twilight Evil God, this seeping power was negligible, like a drop in the ocean.
However, even so.
Given the status of these Evil God auras, it was not difficult for them to level half a block or transform a dozen humans into twisted flesh that knew only how to praise Twilight.
Of course, since he had gathered intelligence in advance.
Shaya, with his personality, would naturally not be unprepared for the predictable development of the Twilight Evil God’s loss of control within Sylvia.
And as the saying goes, all things have their counter.
Even though it possessed the status of a pseudo-god, it was merely extraneous aura without roots or control, naturally not to the point of being irrepressible.
A small, delicate vial suddenly appeared in Shaya’s palm.
He removed the cap and drank it in one gulp.
[You have consumed a Temporary Mental Strength Enhancement Potion (Produced by the Alchemy City)]
[Within 30 seconds, your mental strength will be enhanced, and the effect of your familiar’s mental-type skills will also be amplified.]
[After 30 seconds, you will enter a state of “Mental Fatigue” lasting for half an hour.]
The system prompts flashed one after another, but Shaya ignored them.
“So, to control Tailed Beasts—”
“It’s indeed most convenient to use illusions as a special attack.”
The next moment.
In the eyes of Shaya and Yin.
A silver moon silently appeared, slowly rotating and enlarging.
Then, that silver moon gradually materialized into reality.
