Chapter 648: 126. Steal
“Chirp chirp chirp”
When Fisher recognized the familiar Lark from the black-haired Sorceress, outside the window, the previously tilted Lark seemed to suddenly focus, shifting its gaze from the floating Emhart to Fisher beside him.
“!”
Fisher hurried to the window and opened it. Since the window opened outward, the Hart Bird even spread its wings and flew back a short distance, waiting for him to open the window before landing back on the windowsill.
“Renee, you’re back.”
“Coo coo coo~”
Fisher instinctively wanted to reach out and stroke the Lark’s small head, but the bird suddenly opened its beak and bit down on his finger.
“Hiss”
“Coo coo coo coo!”
After he reflexively pulled back his hand in pain, the Lark stood there cursing and chirping for several moments.
“Didn’t you notice me earlier?”
“Coo coo!”
“Uh, the situation is a bit complicated now. Can you reveal yourself so I can explain?”
“Coo coo.”
“Then I’ll wait for you here.”
“Coo coo!”
The Lark nodded, then spread its wings and flew into the sky behind it, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Behind him, Alicia opened her mouth, looking curiously at Emhart beside her and asked,
“Can big brother talk to animals?”
“. He’s in a relationship with animals.”
“?”
Fisher cast a blank glance at Emhart behind him, making him embarrassed enough to hide on top of Alicia’s head. But soon, the fluttering sounds outside grew stronger, and looking up, he saw many Larks gathering outside.
Fisher stepped back to let the Larks enter the room. Strangely, those Larks soaring in the air suddenly transformed upon crossing the window’s threshold; their black feathers slowly became soft, until they turned semi-transparent, forming the shape of black gauze.
Fisher opened his mouth, instinctively reaching out, and then, with a rich fragrance, a soft delicate body slowly took shape beneath the black gauze, transforming into the black-haired Sorceress, landing gracefully in Fisher’s hands, still as light as the previous Lark.
“Renee.”
Fisher looked down into his embrace to find those enchanting purple eyes, like exquisite wine, simultaneously opening to look at him. A hint of annoyance colored her beautiful, sisterly face as she stretched out her hand to pinch his cheek, before she ghosted upward a short distance, settling not far from Fisher.
“You really worried me. I suddenly couldn’t see your position in the Spirit Realm. I thought you got caught up in that Chaos.”
It was really a person!
Alicia blinked, watching the magical transformation from Lark to beautiful Sorceress, and thought that since she left Grandpa’s house and stayed with big brother, she often encountered such wonderful events.
However, she couldn’t help but feel a little confused, thinking that Empress Elizabeth and big brother had a good relationship; they should be together, just like Sister Valentina and her husband. So why did big brother still seem so close to this sister named “Renee”?
Fisher was unaware that he had provided a small shock to the five-year-old Alicia. He just rubbed his chin and muttered,
“Can you not see me in the Spirit Realm?”
“Of course. That’s why I sent Hart to find you. I’ve searched here, the Northern Region, and the Southern Continent. Luckily, I saw Emhart here, so I guessed you came to Nali.”
“But you should be able to see me now, right?”
“Hmm, indeed.”
Thinking it through, the effect of this blessing actually seems to be determined by one’s own judgment; it was only after he recognized Renee’s Lark that it lifted its concealment on her. In other words, the activation of the blessing can actually be controlled, but currently, Fisher couldn’t actively manipulate it to perform more intelligent and specific shielding actions.
Don’t forget, the blessing he was granted actually came from the tentacle still attached to him, so could communicating with it make it more flexible in utilizing this blessing instead of being as rigid as it is now?
“I’ve roughly resolved matters in the Southern Continent. I came to Nali previously because…”
Fisher had never concealed anything from Renee. He roughly told her what he had done in the Southern Continent and the secret about the blessing he found in Nali, explaining why he couldn’t be observed.
Renee looked at Fisher with surprise, up and down, and then pouted, saying,
“Oh, so you were forced to wrap yourself in the blessing? I thought you were just afraid of getting caught doing bad things.”
“Renee.”
“Okay, okay.” Renee sighed, then quickly smiled mischievously. “But since you’ve returned to normal while wrapped in a blessing, it seems you can’t do much about the women you know. Look, aren’t you now locked up by that Elizabeth as a canary?”
In fact, there was a chance to escape at the time, but he couldn’t bear to keep Elizabeth waiting any longer.
Better short pain than long pain, so he let it go. Now, it seemed that besides the safety of his kidneys and the restriction of personal freedom, Elizabeth hadn’t done anything overly excessive.
Ah, but it’s hard to say what would happen if she discovered Renee had come by.
“Are you just here to mock me?”
“Hmph, mock? I can help you escape the Golden Palace. Do you want to come with me?”
Facing Fisher’s apparent accusation, which was actually a change of topic, Renee had seen through it long ago. She smiled at Fisher and threw the topic back at him. Just as she had said earlier, if he wanted to leave, he would have followed Valentina long ago; why wait for today for Renee to come?
“I can’t leave yet. It’s not just this child beside me, who seems to be an experimental product of the previous Creation Society, but there are also many mysteries surrounding Elizabeth.”
“Right, right. If you could hear me now, you’d have done as I said back then and stayed out of this turmoil. Clearly, I’ve already kept you away from matters related to the Apocalypse Prophecy, but you just don’t understand.”
Renee rubbed her temples, glancing at Fisher with a hint of helplessness but then continued speaking.
“Back to the point, I have some clues about the mysterious blessing on you. Beyond the boundaries of the Spirit Realm, protecting the entire realm from external invasions is ‘The Ultimate.’ That is constituted by the power of another powerful Deity’s authority, and that deity does not come from Ramastia; however, it has some similarities to the aura on you.”
“A barrier, huh?”
Renee blinked, then reached out a hand toward Fisher’s body. Under a peculiar wave, his previously light, seemingly imperceptible body suddenly felt heavy. Looking down, he saw that the golden tentacle that had been entwined around him had taken form, glaring menacingly at Renee, who was reaching out to it.
“Stare”
“Smack!”
“It manifested! This is the essence of that bless—ow, it hurts!”
Before Renee could fully reach out, the glaring tentacle suddenly curled up like it had been startled, slapping her hand away, causing her to retract it in pain, her expression turning dangerous.
“Oh dear, this little tentacle can sting, huh?”
“Smack.”
As Renee lifted her fist with a dangerous smile, the tentacle on Fisher recoiled as if electrocuted, entwining around his neck while concealing the tip behind his head, slowly becoming less visible.
The tentacle’s pathetic appearance left Renee speechless, and she couldn’t help but retort in a slightly stiff tone,
“Aren’t you supposed to be the favored one of that deity? Why are you so cowardly, you coward?”
“Smack!”
Fisher couldn’t help but touch the gift from the Subhuman Girl Enthusiast, but just then, a sudden jolt of inspiration surged through Fisher’s brain, making his fingers momentarily freeze.
Coward.
Wait, didn’t Diane use this word earlier too?
Moreover, at that time, he had felt a fear that didn’t belong to him. Could it be that the fear also came from this tentacle possessing him?
Renee would make it feel fear because she was an embodiment of a Spirit Realm deity with real authority; what about Diane, who could also make it feel fear?
“However, it seems it should be able to communicate. Have you tried getting it to change the blessing state on you? It might be more flexible that way?”
“Azanros?”
“.”
Fisher called out to the tentacle on him, but it completely ignored him, as if it didn’t understand what he was saying.
It seems this approach won’t work; another method will be needed to communicate with it.
“Renee, did you see the Crevice burning in the Spirit Realm earlier? We can see the pollution inside it from here. Has that pollution worsened again?”
At this moment, Emhart quickly flew back onto Fisher’s shoulder, affected by the blessing, appearing to Alicia like he had suddenly vanished, leaving only Renee and herself in the room.
“Oh, there’s no need to worry about that; it’s just that the place where the Crevice burns happens to be next to it. Although it has never given up trying to enter reality, it won’t come here until that Crevice completely burns. Both for it and the upcoming Apocalypse Prophecy, I have certain countermeasures, but…”
Here we go again with this rhetoric.
Fisher didn’t rebut, just listened quietly while watching her profile and asked,
“But what?”
“This time, I returned to reality for two reasons: one is to confirm your safety, and the second is that I truly need some help from you, Fisher.”
“Alright, go ahead.”
“Earlier, I told you about some parts of the Apocalypse Prophecy, right? I can share a bit about the steps to address it from the gods’ perspective. The third part of the Apocalypse Prophecy has already been confirmed to be the crimson pollution still lingering in the Spirit Realm. We intend to resolve all troubles in the third part while the first two prophecies aim to minimize their impact.”
As she spoke, Renee gave an example,
“In the first part of the prophecy, Dalasgon had been preparing for the burning of the Crevice for a long time. So now, even though he has been severely injured, at least the speed of the Crevice burning has been controlled; as for the second part, that’s closely related to the Life God Ramastia’s powers; he has also been well-prepared for the decisive battle against Chaos in the third part. However, something went wrong in the process, causing the intruding chaos to start abandoning the path of the Soul Supplement Handbook, which involves you, Fisher.
“Based on the protection provided by the barrier and Dalasgon, gods outside the barrier must leverage the Trans and the left-behind Soul Supplement Handbook to reveal their power. But during the Demon Dynasty’s time, you made the surging soul chaos vanish. According to Ramastia’s inference, it was because the chaos in the Soul Supplement Handbook completely lost vitality that they felt panic and had to start turning their sights to other chaos that had separated from the Handbook to prevent their authority from failing to manifest.”
Alicia bit her lip, and the next moment, Renee’s gaze suddenly shot over, making her lower her head in fear.
“So.”
“So, currently the only two paths before the chaos are either to leverage the chaotic creations that have long been separated from the existence of the Soul Supplement Handbook, or to kill you, the one who can render the Handbook obsolete; or kill Dalasgon or Ramastia, who obstructs their authority from being directly manifested.”
Renee remained silent for a moment but still request of Fisher,
“The powers of the gods cannot probe reality because we are the rules that protect reality from collapsing, while the gods of chaos are just the opposite. They have countless reasons to selfishly let their authority bloom in the real world, destroying the rules of reality. Dalasgon is the first line of defense against this invasive force, and the blessings left by Ramastia are fundamental to maintaining the operation of reality’s rules.
“You should know that several gods have granted blessings fitting the rules to several demigods created by Ramastia. Aside from the blessing of Dalasgon, which got polluted and fell into the world, the blessings of Anebatos and Ouyun have already been recalled. However, what you might not know is that Ramastia’s blessing for maintaining the rules still lingers in reality, deep in the Abyss guarded by the demigod Xu in the Deep Sea Trench, meant to safeguard the treasure transferred from the three deceased children of Ramastia.
“I’m not worried about Xu, but Dalasgon has been worn down due to the burning of the Crevice. I was worried when I couldn’t see you; I thought those chaotic beings had gotten to you, but then I realized you were protected by this hidden force. What I am truly worried about is the Life chaos seizing the opportunity to descend, causing further accidents to the already severely worn Dalasgon, especially since the second part of the Apocalypse Prophecy already mentioned matters relating to Life chaos.
“So, Fisher, even for my sake, I need you to eliminate any independent existence related to Life chaos, apart from your Soul Supplement Handbook, and completely block this possibility, alright?”
Fisher opened his mouth and turned to look at the somewhat scared Alicia beside him, unable to help but ask,
“Do you want me to kill Alicia?”
“Not just her; there should be other existences related to Life chaos. But based on Ramastia’s observational inference, there shouldn’t be more than three.”
“.”
Three.
Alicia counted as one, and it seemed Valentina also counted?
Fisher looked at Alicia, who was timidly standing next to him. From a rational standpoint, sacrificing one for the greater good was entirely logical, just like the “trolley problem” that Feilon had asked him years ago.
Now, this long-delayed bullet had finally returned to his forehead, forcing him to make a choice.
But for him, this wasn’t a matter that he could easily choose.
Alicia was the favored granddaughter of his teacher, Heilson. It was hard to say whether Heilson intended for Alicia to be entrusted to him for care when he had Alicia deliver that notebook to him.
Then what about Valentina?
She had also succumbed to the powers of Life chaos during her slumber; otherwise, how could she have changed her form?
Did he also have to kill Valentina?
Fisher might feel emotionally confused, wondering why every time they faced the problem of resolving the Apocalypse Prophecy, another Lady closely related to him was added to the balance. Last time it was Raphael, and now it was Valentina. Would this never end?
But rationality quickly led him to the answer.
Don’t forget how Fisher initially found these women closely related to him in accordance with the Apocalypse Prophecy.
They were already intrinsically linked to the Apocalypse Prophecy, and it wasn’t because they had relations with Fisher that they became relevant.
Fisher sighed and faced the issue head-on, pondering how to resolve it,
“. Is there any way to let her or other creatures of Life chaos escape from the chaos? Besides killing Alicia.”
Renee thought for a moment, seeming about to say something. But watching Fisher’s furrowed brow, she seemed to understand a bit inside.
After a slight pause, she smiled and touched her chin, saying,
“Maybe there’s a way, but I’m not too sure. Well, there’s no need to be so serious; we still have time. I’m not forcing you to do this right away; we can figure out a way before then, and I’ll help you think of it.”
Renee’s gentle and lively words eased some of Fisher’s chaotic feelings. He looked at the witch, who had her nose in the air, pounding her chest as if to say, “Leave it to me,” and couldn’t help but smile as he asked,
“So, respected Lady Renee, do you already have a good plan to help me find a solution?”
Renee tapped her head, thought hard for a moment, then smiled and said,
“Uh-oh, no.”
“.”
“But, I can treat you to some delicious food; it might have an amazing effect! With a beauty like me and tasty food around, Professor Fisher’s little brain will definitely become sharper, don’t you think?”
“. Now?”
Fisher paused slightly, instinctively turning to look in the direction of the outer court of the Golden Palace, faintly considering Elizabeth, who was still out there.
But the next second, a pair of cold hands gently cupped his cheeks, turning his face bit by bit to align with the smiling face of the Sorceress, who was now inches away.
“Yes, right now.”
“Hey, I said, don’t care about Elizabeth.”
“Come on, let’s sneak out and have some dessert.”
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