Chapter 755
Super Fusion!
A long time ago…
At least before his foster father, James Moriarty, met Anna Kingsford, he was a noble young man with a righteous heart.
Strong and independent, intelligent and self-controlled. With outstanding talent, diligent effort, and a near-fanatical love of learning, he was able to learn the Stellar Secrecy, something the short-lived species had never mastered. He also had a deep understanding of the philosophical concepts of Controlled Fire and a passionate heart that was recognized by Cardinal Loki, who had embarked on the Path of Devotion.
At that time, he was a “Brave Hero who saved the world.”
—Until he came into contact with his wife, Anna Kingsford, the situation changed.
A confused soul reborn from the future of the world’s end on the day of Amber’s birth was summoned and stitched onto James Moriarty by Anna Kingsford.
From then on, the two souls merged.
Rather than the “Savior” stealing the “Brave Hero’s” body, it was more like the “Brave Hero” who obtained the “Savior’s” memories. From then on, James Moriarty’s already a priori and advanced perspective directly saw the day of the world’s end.
It was like skipping through an entire book and seeing the not-so-satisfactory ending, and then losing the passion to open the book again.
—This is roughly what “pre-emptive death” is.
If you see through the ending, the process is no longer important.
And the one who did all this was Anna Kingsford, who had given James Moriarty a daughter.
It could be said that she personally cultivated an incomparably powerful BOSS for this world.
Regardless of her motives, Alistair felt that her mental state was not quite normal.
But undoubtedly… Anna was incomparably powerful.
She could even be considered James Moriarty’s other mother, another mentor. Although Loki was also skilled in conspiracy and schemes, and James did learn lies from him.
However, his planning and other abilities—especially his glib tongue and ability to become anyone’s friend—clearly came from Madam Kingsford.
So the question arises.
As a witch on the Path of Love, how did Madam Kingsford join the Rose Cross association, a club where only the highest-level Transcendent—high-level Demon Scholars and Demon Avatars—could participate? She knew so much, so why didn’t she hint at the side effects and truth of the Ouroboros Ring to the others in the Rose Cross?
Furthermore, Madam Kingsford was also the founder of Avalon’s Ritualist association, the “Golden Dawn.”
Eivass’s grandfather, Jacob, as well as Bishop Mathers and Yeats, all came from this association. In other words, Madam Kingsford also knew Jacob…
Through this person as the umbilical cord, the many mysteries surrounding Eivass could be intertwined.
Because only she was connected to the Ring Heavenly Envoy, Sacred Entity, time travel, Jacob, James, Bishop Mathers, Swamp Dweller, pre-emptive death, and the Golden Dawn all at the same time!
There might be many answers. But according to Alistair’s intuition, there was only one answer at present.
He could be sure that Madam Kingsford must have some connection with the Ring Heavenly Envoy.
In other words, the Ouroboros Ring conspiracy… was likely orchestrated by her!
This salvo was her—and the Ring Heavenly Envoy’s—welcome and declaration of war to Alistair, who had officially entered the game by herself!
And it was obvious.
The Mirror Demon could not understand.
On the contrary, the Night Demon, who had been sharing Eivass’s vision all along, vaguely sensed the invisible terror.
“Do we need to leave here first?” the Night Demon asked.
And immediately the Mirror Demon reminded, “The police are rushing this way… They’ll arrive in about half an hour.”
“Half an hour?!”
Before Alistair could respond, the Little Crow in her arms immediately questioned, “How big is Leipzig? Why would they be so slow?”
Although the Night Demon had the same abilities as the Mirror Demon, the Night Demon in Alistair’s arms was not evolved from a proper Mirror Demon but had leaped and evolved from the Shadow Demon next door. Although Shadow Demons had similar abilities, she had hardly ever used them. She had only used them once when she helped Alistair deal with the assassins at the very beginning.
“Because they are already trying their best to slow down.”
Alistair gave the answer.
At the same time, she raised her right hand, injected Mana, and struck out a palm in each of the five directions: east, southeast, west, north, and south.
Then she released the Little Crow and clasped her hands together.
Immediately, an invisible cubic barrier spread out, enveloping the house, which was almost in ruins.
As the sounds were sealed, the black smoke that was still evaporating was isolated inside. This also made the air more polluted… but with the Night Demon’s protection, the smoke could not get close to Alistair at all. This allowed her to breathe freely.
“I’d like to see if they dare to come in.”
Alistair chuckled softly and patted the Little Crow flying beside her, “It’s time to work, Viness—go and collect the ashes with traces of the Path of Love around here. You should be able to identify them.”
“Ashes?”
The Mirror Demon was somewhat puzzled.
But Viness, who had the memories of the Child of the Moon, immediately reacted, “Master, do you mean… Alphonse is not dead?!”
“Given the scale of the explosion, he died by at least 40%.”
Alistair objectively evaluated, “If this house is not purified and dispersed with Holy Water or blessings, he can probably be resurrected when these ashes settle.”
He had read some literature about the Child of the Moon in the Church.
The Elves believed that the essence of why the Child of the Moon could live forever, be resurrected after death, and even be “resurrected by piecing together multiple people” was because the soul of the Child of the Moon was actually one with the body, and this “powdered soul” was highly compatible with each other.
So if the Child of the Moon died again, their soul would not enter the Dream Realm. Because their soul was still with the corpse, if the corpse was divided into several parts, the soul would also be divided into several parts.
Their ability to be resurrected by piecing together multiple people was actually reassembling these “powder-like souls” to form a new individual. The Child of the Moon’s ability to devour Phantom Demons and absorb the power of other Child of the Moon individuals through rituals was also based on this principle.
Because from this perspective, they were a special kind of Phantom Demon. Phantom Demons bound to the Material Realm by peculiar flesh and blood.
“Then why did we…”
…not directly disperse him completely?
The Night Demon asked halfway.
After all, Alistair also had Little Butterfly—although switching to Little Butterfly Leah meant that the Night Demon Viness could not protect Eivass for the next day. But Little Butterfly herself was not weak, and she was good at dispersion and purification, which could completely kill Alphonse.
“Because I don’t intend to kill him, nor do I intend to resurrect him just like that.”
Alistair narrowed her eyes, making a remark that even demons would find demonic, “Selene, as a Moon Witch, has the ability to cultivate monsters. But we have been lacking souls…
“I think Mr. Alphonse still has something to say, and I plan to give him this opportunity. But rather than killing him again later, it’s better to turn him into an ally…
“But in that case, we’ll need to find some more materials. I estimate there aren’t many ‘Mr. Alphonse’ left in this house.
“Let’s go and search the Basement. Mr. Alphonse must have collected some materials himself to preside over the sacrifice. I plan to… fuse them.
“—Those who presided over a brutal murder ritual became ritual materials for others; those who absorbed the blood of others were also used by others for their souls; those born from corpses, their own corpses were used to give birth to new life—this is fair, isn’t it?”
(End of this chapter)
