Chapter 1024: The Bard

Xia De asked about Sir Pu Li Xia because he had no means to completely kill this demon, and he couldn't set up a sealing ritual in a hurry, so he could only wait for the Doctor to arrive as soon as possible.

In the concert hall separated by a wall, the performance was still continuing. The moonlight illuminated the wall, and the silver sword 【Night Watcher】 nailed to the wall shone brightly.

The demon was still wailing and groaning; the influence of that sword on it was extraordinary:

"I informed him what exactly a Chosen One is. I stimulated his desire; even if he didn't agree to let me possess him, I still gained power because of this."

"Sure enough, you already knew... What do you know about his past?"

Xia De continued to ask. Although the demon was still screaming, a strange smile appeared on its face:

"In order to obtain some precious books, he killed people. In order to learn the mysteries of the past, he murdered his best friend."

Xia De frowned slightly; he had to decide for himself whether the demon's information could be believed. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt the chain in his hand loosen.

In the screaming that almost tore his eardrums, he was astonished to see the demon nailed to the wall actually forcibly abandoning the part of its main body pierced by 【Night Watcher】 and escaping the influence of that sword.

The "Great Sin Chain" was forcibly broken free for the first time. The howling demon gave a final warning fiercely:

"If the Great Sin Chain had one more sin, I'm afraid I really wouldn't have been able to leave. What a pity, the..."

That blurry black shadow melted directly into the wall, looking like it had passed through the wall and gone to the concert hall stage where the performance was taking place.

【Great Sin Chain】 wrapped around the hilt of 【Night Watcher】, taking it off the wall. And outside the wall, the music that was playing suddenly changed its tune. The originally impassioned tune became oppressive and low, and the sound made by the violin like sawing wood made the majestic movement describing the hero's epic sound like it was telling a demon's story.

At the same time the tune changed, Xia De also heard the commotion. Both the Orthodox Church and the three major academies had arranged manpower in the concert hall tonight, and this bizarre music naturally attracted attention.

But the demon, which hadn't taken advantage in Xia De's hands, was still unable to be dealt with by ordinary Ringed Ringed Shushi who didn't have weapons with restraining properties like 【Night Watcher】. The eerie and terrifying music didn't stop, but the resistance and commotion sounds became smaller and smaller.

Xia De knew that this was an accident caused by him and the Doctor's actions. He couldn't wait to meet up with the Doctor; he had to go and solve all these troubles right now.

Just as he was about to take a step with the sword in his hand, he heard the sound of applause.

Looking suspiciously toward the window, a young man wearing a large green hat with feathers on it, holding a lyre in his arms, wearing a dashing white shirt, green coat, and flared trousers and brown leather boots, was sitting on the windowsill with a smile. The moonlight shone on this man who looked like a bard, and Xia De didn't notice at all when the other party appeared.

【Outsider, you have touched whispers.】

"Another relic?"

"Very good, a very good drama."

The young man smiled and applauded, and signaled Xia De not to be nervous:

"Let me introduce myself. In the collection records of the 【Church of Creation and Destruction】, I am known as the Keeper-level relic 【Bard Ryan】."

He plucked the strings, as if plucking the heartstrings of the audience:

"I always appear in concerts, banquets, and celebrations, providing tests and rewards for those artists who have performed magnificent movements."

Saying that, he plucked the strings again. This time the tone was slightly higher.

"Hmm..."

Xia De hesitated for a moment. He guessed that this one in front of him was probably the target of the church and the academy tonight:

"I am honored that you could appear before me voluntarily, but... I am not an artist. Perhaps you should go to the stage; tonight the Orthodox Church has probably prepared a quite grand welcome ceremony for you."

"No, no, performances don't have to be on stage."

The bard said with a smile:

"Just now, the "Hero Fights the Demon" you and that demon gentleman performed was very outstanding. Who could have imagined that in the present day when human civilization in the Sixth Era is flourishing, a young man holding a demon hunter relic from the Third Era could defeat a real evil spirit demon in a corner where no one was around?"

He plucked the strings again, smiling at Xia De with his back to the moonlight:

"Actually, besides you, I also took a fancy to a poet with ancient sacred blood, but unfortunately he couldn't compare to you, and he left after seeing the demon, so I appeared before you."

Xia De hesitated:

"The one you mentioned, has the blood power of a Wisdom Angel?"

The bard smiled and nodded. This was considered to have completely proven Xia De's conjecture. The Chosen One of 【Knowledge and Wisdom】 had the blood power of a Wisdom Angel; this sounded quite like a destined feeling.

"Hero of the Sixth Era, but now, I still cannot give you the test, because your movement has not ended yet. Go and defeat that demon, complete the hero's epic that belongs to you tonight, and then I will speak the test."

"Defeating the demon is what I was going to do anyway."

Xia De gripped the sword tightly and walked toward the low stairs leading to the stage amidst the bard's playing and singing.

In the main concert hall where the performance was taking place, it should have been brightly lit and magnificent, but when Xia De, holding the glowing silver sword, stepped onto the stage, he found that all the lights were extinguished, and impenetrable black mist shrouded the audience.

Only one beam of light remained on the stage, shining on Victor Victor Fanni. Behind him, the orchestra manipulated by the demon was playing the demon's movement more and more crazily.

The light that flashed from time to time in the audience represented that the battle was ongoing. Although the church had not prepared special relics to deal with demons tonight, the church was also very professional in dealing with demons.

Even though it escaped here, the demon's situation was still not good. Being exposed to the church was even more miserable than being chased by the Doctor.

Compared to abandoning part of its body to escape just now, at this moment, Victor Victor Fanni had actually restored the posture he had when they first met at the Three Cats Inn. Black mud was continuously gathering toward his feet, which represented the desire being continuously absorbed.

"Elegant occasion, cheap desire. Human thoughts are myriad, but nobles always want more than ordinary people."

At this time, it didn't look embarrassed at all, and its body kept expanding in the shadows. At the same time as the eerie music reached its climax, its head had already reached the ceiling of this concert hall.

"Sunlight Gun!"

Just at this time, a clear voice came from the audience shrouded in black mist. In the dark golden radiance, Yi Lu Na, with the scales floating above her head, together with Miss Ge Lin, a ten-tier Ringed Ringed Shushi of the Sun Church, and Mr. Pi Te Luo, a nine-tier Ringed Ringed Shushi of the Peace Church who looked quite young, passed through the black mist and arrived on the stage.

The exploding lightning spear blasted a large hole in the chest of that huge, terrifying black figure, but the hole was quickly repaired.

Yi Lu Na looked at Xia De, who was holding the sword, and nodded at him covertly; she naturally recognized 【Night Watcher】.

"You are finished."

Xia De looked up at the demon preparing for the final strike, knowing in his heart that this matter was over.

Yi Lu Na could identify who appeared on the stage at this moment by relying on 【Night Watcher】, and the church's high-tier Ringed Ringed Shushi also identified the famous "God-Caller" after a little thought.

Of course, given that the "God-Caller" had always had a good reputation, and the enemy appearing at this moment was a demon, the church's Ringed Ringed Shushi didn't say anything more.

They just couldn't understand why the demon appeared in the city when the target tonight was a bard-like Keeper of Secrets.

"Sunlight Gun!"

"Lightning Spear!"

One golden and one silver lightning spear pierced the demon's body together, but the demon was still able to heal quickly, looking completely unaffected by the injury.

Amidst the roar, the demon's terrifying claws grabbed toward the group, but were easily dodged. Its purpose was of course not to 'grab to death' these humans easily. At the same time as the claws touched the ground, its entire right arm exploded into black mist, and the black mist spread rapidly, completely obscuring the entire stage.

Only those musicians who were playing eerie music were still crazily manipulating their instruments, and the low, cold orchestral music made people feel hairy in the darkness.

"Xi Dun Seal!"

The black mist separated the group. Xia De, who was silent, stabbed the long sword in his hand into the ground again. And in the next second, Victor Victor Fanni's illusory shadow appeared outside the shield flowing with golden light, crazily hugging the shield and perishing with it.

Countless illusions flashed one by one in the darkness. Even in the demon's severely injured state, its own power was still unimaginable for mortals. Those fine whispers and murmurs were still trying to corrupt Xia De's soul relentlessly.

"Xia De!"

Lu Wei Ya's transparent figure stood in the distance, making a posture of trying to hug Xia De.

"Xia De!"

Professor Manning, holding a book, seemed to be inviting Xia De to walk over and discuss problems with him.

"Xia De!"

Detective Sparrow had a gentle expression on his face, wearing the pajamas he wore before he died, waving at Xia De.

The phantoms of the friends he knew well appeared around him one by one, tempting Xia De to give up his current resistance.

【Illusion.】

"I know."

Seeing that the phantoms of those friends had no effect, those phantoms retreated into the darkness. Subsequently, shadows of wealth, power, and a large group of beautiful girls appeared in different directions in the darkness like traps. Although the demon of proliferating desire could not directly tempt Xia De, its power to drive desire and amplify emotions still made Xia De feel instinctive discomfort.

He noticed that his desires were expanding; fortunately, he hadn't produced any too intense emotions so far. ===== CHAPTER 1025 =====