The Shepherds Are Dense – Chapter 1248

Chapter 1246
Kill All Enemies on Sight
What surprised Aimel Nour was that Aimel Nour didn’t react much to Eivass’s arrival.
From July 3rd, when Eivass arrived in Holy Spring City, until the end of the evening on July 4th, Aimel Nour did not come to find him.
Eivass’s entrance, classic to “Anxi,” had already spread throughout Holy Spring City during this period.
Let alone the locals of Holy Spring City, even the Lord of other cities knew that Eivass had brought the “King of Indig o” upon his arrival.
Some witnessed the miracle of fog appearing, some tasted the honey-sweet shadows – while some Lords or Free People from other City-states saw nothing… and thus chose not to believe, dismissing it as mass hallucination.
Lords did not wish for their power and sanctity to be shaken, hence they resisted the birth of a Savior from the bottom of their hearts; while the Free People feared the Savior might not exist… worrying that all this celebration was for naught and that they might be disappointed, thus daring not to believe it was real.
They shouted at the top of their lungs, like yapping small dogs.
Yet, in their hearts, they hoped the other party could produce irrefutable evidence to convince themselves and put their minds at ease…
In these two days, conflicts within the city intensified, with some even resorting to violence and others crying out in despair.
With the Ascension of Calamity Red and Knight Heavenly Envoy, a sense of intense unrest burned like fire in everyone’s hearts.
It was like road rage, or perhaps the weather being too hot… everyone was more short-tempered than usual and more prone to conflict.
According to the information Lily brought back, the Red outside was approaching Holy Spring City – perhaps due to Morgan’s influence, or some other divine power… after the initial complete loss of control and rampage, the Red gradually became orderly under a mysterious force. They assembled into legions and charged straight towards Holy Spring City.
Their purpose was simple, and they didn’t even try to conceal it.
– It was to execute a decapitation strike.
Almost all the Lords of Anxi were gathered in Holy Spring City now. If their surprise attack succeeded, whether by killing the Lords and ending the reign of the Ancient Kingdom of Anxi, or by controlling them, all disputes could be permanently resolved.
This could be considered the final Water War.
It was a war that would truly end everything –
And Eivass had not ventured out these past few days.
Perhaps it was due to collecting too many memories from his past life, or perhaps because Amber was about to hatch… ever since regaining his memories, Eivass had been experiencing auditory and visual hallucinations. Those fragmented memories appeared intermittently before his eyes, occasionally giving him the illusion that “someone seemed to be talking to him,” and this sensation grew more frequent with time.
To avoid trouble, he stayed in Prodhino’s residence.
Within Holy Spring City, the storm was brewing.
Until the Morning of July 5th, Eivass suddenly felt that the abnormal throbbing in his pupils had calmed down significantly, and the auditory and visual hallucinations also disappeared simultaneously.
Previously, Eivass’s right eye had a sensation of fetal movement. It was as if there was a small heart within his eyeball… closing his eyes and touching his eyeball with his hand, one could feel a clear vibration. Because of this, when staring at others, the slight tremor in his vision made him feel a bit uncoordinated.
Now, this fetal movement had become eerily quiet.
His right eye was no longer abnormally cold and dry; its temperature had completely returned to normal. He couldn’t even feel the abnormal throbbing of his eyeball, and when looking in the mirror that morning, he couldn’t even see the异色 (unusual colored) pupils.
… It seemed Zhu Tang and the others were right to leave last night.
If they had stayed two more days, it might have been troublesome…
Eivass thought so, and opened his eyes.
At this moment, a line of text appeared before his eyes without any warning:
Inheritance – King of the Wild Hunt LV9: [King of the Wild Hunt Tactics – Level 1 (0%)], [Undead Martial Arts – Level 1 (0%)], [??? – Level 7 (100%)]
“… Hmm?”
Eivass was somewhat surprised.
This was a temporary profession Eivass obtained as Helchin after undergoing the King of the Wild Hunt transformation ritual.
Since this panel had never appeared after that Ascension Ritual, Eivass had even forgotten about it. This was actually normal… Eivass had no Affinity for the Twilight Path, and he couldn’t be an Extraordinary of the Twilight Path.
Moreover, the profession of King of the Wild Hunt was not meant for the living. At the time, he had undergone the transformation ritual as an Undead, but Eivass was not dead now.
This profession being suddenly activated abnormally must be related to Amber’s anomaly.
Thinking this, Eivass wanted to get up and look in the mirror.
And then – the instant he opened his eyes, the ground before him suddenly petrified.
Eivass looked up in astonishment, and as he gazed, the floor, the table, the walls, and the glass all petrified –
Prodhino next to him was startled and jumped up. The guard behind him dragged him to an adjacent room… Fortunately, Eivass restrained his instincts, otherwise if he had subconsciously glanced over, the three of them would have been petrified on the spot.
“…What’s going on?”
Eivass quickly closed his eyes, then cautiously opened his left eye a slit, and found no anomaly – he then opened his right eye. The instant he opened his eye, a peeled pomegranate in front of him instantly turned into rock.
This process didn’t even involve any Path fluctuations. Not to mention that it was impossible to tell which Energy Level the spell was, there were no fluctuations of Twilight Path power at all.
Eivass mused, and extended his hand to use Petrifying Ray –
A Petrifying Ray shot out from his Fingertips, petrifying a chair.
Immediately after, Eivass only opened his left eye, and reached out to remotely brush away the petrified things, as if erasing “errors” in his vision… the petrified traces on the floor, walls, and ceiling were silently erased.
The ability to control petrification at will… Well, not entirely at will.
This was originally a Divine Art that could only be used when praying to Amber. Now, it was as if he had used a High-Tier Divine Art and Amber had descended into his body, allowing him to use it freely with just a thought.
Only then could Eivass be sure that his body was filled with abnormally powerful Twilight energy, precisely a portion of Amber’s divine power. A part of her Sacred Entity had entered his body… it was just that since Eivass had no Energy Level in the Twilight Path, this power could not further increase his level.
Otherwise, who knows how high he would have been pulled now…
“Lily.”
Eivass suddenly asked.
“I am here.”
The shadow beneath Eivass spoke, its voice clear and elegant. This voice reminded Eivass of the past Shadow Demon, and also made the Little Crow standing in the corner of the room snort.
“Has senior sister not returned yet?”
Eivass closed his eyes, frowning slightly, “It’s already been four hours. She’s a peak expert of the Fifth Tier at the very least, so she should be almost done. Go and follow her – if she needs help, help her.”
As a Fifth Tier Extraordinary, Haina should be able to move freely even in the Third Ring of Holy Spring City. That so-called Cake Maker couldn’t possibly keep up with Haina’s Ascension speed.
Her not returning for so long most likely meant she encountered a formidable enemy. If she wasn’t brought back now, once Eivass entered the delivery state, he wouldn’t have anyone to spare.
– It was his first time giving birth too, and he couldn’t help but feel some Trepidation. Although this wasn’t childbirth in the traditional sense… giving birth to a living God, wasn’t that even more terrifying?
“Young Master…”
Lily’s voice held some worry, “What about you? It’s not that I look down on Mr. Prodhino, but…”
– But you seem close to delivery.
Loyal Lily didn’t dare to utter this sentence.
“Ha.”
Eivass gave a dry laugh, “I can’t even control this power that belongs to Amber… if someone were to come looking for trouble at this time, they would truly pick their moment… Besides, I have Viness beside me, what is there to fear.
“But I’m already close to the critical state. You go find Haina first, and be quick. If you encounter trouble, go all out – don’t hold back, I’ll back you up.”
“…What if it’s a Lord?”
Lily asked with apparent concern.
But Eivass caught a familiar scent of blood from this tea-like question.
Indeed… just as Eivass and Alistair each retained a part of the other’s traits after their separation, Lily, whose nature was that of a murderer, had also developed some of the bloody scent belonging to the Path of Love and the son of the Beast Lord after being separated from Selene for so long.
“There’s no difference, kill them directly.”
Eivass replied without hesitation, “See the enemy, and kill them all, without reservation.”
(End of Chapter)