Chapter 83: She and He

"Damn it! Evil god! Lord of the Blood Feast..."

If he hadn't once faced a saint, the moment that figure appeared, Xia De absolutely wouldn't have been able to hold on.

His vision blurred, his ears buzzed, his sense of smell was disordered, his sense of taste failed, his balance was chaotic, his sense of touch disappeared, his memory decayed, and his emotions were disordered.

Xia De wanted to laugh out loud, wanted to cry out loud, wanted to kneel and pray, and wanted to point at the sky and curse.

Clearly his spirit was abnormally calm, but his body was completely out of control. The shadow of the high-dimensional existence just before its manifestation, showing its essence, had already almost driven this body mad.

This was not borrowing possession; descending in the state of a saint, this was the evil god descending directly.

"No, how can I go mad so easily! The doctor and the others are still waiting for me to take them away, Miss Anate is still waiting for me to keep her token, and Mia is still waiting for me to go home!"

The Outsider had once been terrified when coming to this world, but he was by no means cowardly. Human courage was a hymn; he had almost nothing in this world, but because of that, he cherished everything he possessed even more.

His stubborn will persisted, letting him bite his tongue to wake up from the pain, but more importantly, the protection given by the 【Innocent Creator】 exerted its final power at this moment, letting him finally barely control his body.

Just the blurry figure at the moment of descent was enough to drive Xia De mad. The gods of this world were truly high-dimensional existences.

"This is really bad."

Xia De thought in his heart. The blood feast had begun, and the other living sacrifices in the room had already gone completely mad. They tore at each other, and the moment the god's shadow stepped here, they had already headed toward death.

【Since you are awake, do you want to run away?】

The woman whispered. The voice brushed across his soul, unexpectedly making his consciousness even clearer. Xia De actually felt the barrier between his body and soul at this moment; his body was mad, but his soul remained stable.

"Even if I could leave, what about here? What about the doctor and the others? What about this city? I am no messenger of justice, but now, no matter what, I can't leave."

The figures of the monsters dancing wildly appeared and disappeared in the blood mist, and the human remains contained in the silver and gold utensils on the dining table called out to Xia De to taste them.

He dragged his disobedient body and approached the red-robed, great figure that was becoming clear bit by bit.

【You still have a way.】

"Even if I die, I cannot die on the road of fleeing. I still have a crazy idea, although it's just a document-level 【Relic】."

【But it is also your only idea.】

Xia De nodded barely in his trembling, and tried his best to put the 【Ring of Vampirism】 on his hand.

The ring could help heal itself by touching humanoid creatures and absorbing their blood. The living sacrifices had all died, and the twisted monsters in the blood mist certainly couldn't be counted as humanoid creatures. But besides Xia De, there was another one here.

The illusions before his eyes were even more severe, and the blood feast with hanging blood corpses almost completely overlapped with the banquet hall of the Lake View Manor. The evil god's shadow had completely descended, and afterward, it would be the true main body.

Supporting himself by the long table, he tried his best not to touch those empty seats, as well as the exquisite utensils and fine meals on the table. With every step he took, the real banquet hall disappeared a little, and the illusory bloody hall became more real.

By the time Xia De, almost unable to hold on, arrived at the main seat of the banquet hall, which was the only golden chair at the end of the long table, he even began to suspect that the brand-new life he had experienced was just a dream.

"Sorry, if I die, you will disappear too, right?"

【Do you finally believe that I am you?】

Impulse made Xia De want to fall down right there, but the courage and determination in his heart still made him stretch out his hand wearing the 【Ring of Vampirism】 and touch the shadow before the evil god's descent, which was still very illusory, in the golden chair before him.

His consciousness was about to sink, and the blood mist was harming his body. The shadow of the Great One was right before his eyes, and he was finally about to fail to hold on. He felt as if he were trying to touch the abyss, and the abyss was devouring everything he had.

"Whether you are me or not, it doesn't matter anymore. Sorry, I didn't let you see more stories, more journeys."

At this moment, Xia De could be considered to have completely figured it out. Whether she was him didn't matter, but having someone to accompany him at the last moment of life was what was important. She had really always been with him, even now.

The shadow of the Ancient God trembled slightly, turning toward the man who was about to fall. The immense pressure made him tremble, and the protection of the 【Innocent Creator】 was about to disappear. Once he fell in this blood feast, he would become a part of the banquet, just like those living sacrifices.

His fingers moved slightly forward. In his blurry eyes, his fingers were only one last inch away from the evil god's shadow. But with a light click, a crack appeared in the amber of the ring; the ring couldn't withstand close contact with a god.

"Sure enough, a document-level (4th level) 【Relic】 cannot be useful against a god."

He fell toward the ground, which was squirming with blood-red fungal mats.

【It's useless in other people's hands, but you are different, Outsider, because...】

"Sorry."

"Why sorry?"

A soft and warm female body hugged him from behind, letting him stand firm. The woman's head rested on Xia De's shoulder, and her long hair brushed Xia De's side face. This was reality, or perhaps an illusion; Xia De could no longer tell.

【Do you still refuse to accept my existence?】

She whispered in his ear.

"Are you really me?"

He whispered in front of her.

【What does this have to do with anything? You came here and should have accepted all of this. If you can't even accept the status quo, how are you going to accept yourself?】

She asked in a low voice.

"Will you always be by my side?"

He asked with his final consciousness.

A light chuckle came to his ears, and her hair touched his ear.

Her hand held his hand, only, Xia De, who could barely open his eyes, couldn't see the appearance of that arm.

【Of course, Outsider, I am with you.】

Both of their hands reached forward together, and both of them whispered together:

"You are me..."

【... I am you.】

Xia De's hand touched the shadow of the Ancient God 【Lord of the Blood Feast】 that hadn't yet fully manifested. The ring with cracks on its fingers absorbed power, and then the amber of the ring shattered into dust, and the ring quickly rusted and cracked.

As the rusted metal left his finger and fell downward, the illusory evil god's shadow was absorbed into Xia De's palm. He felt as if a mountain had been stuffed into his arm, and the twisted, violent power impacted his soul. The blood feast before his eyes became even more blurry, his soul seemed to expand to its limit in an instant, and the twisted monsters that didn't know if they were real in the blood mist roared. At one moment, he actually saw himself sitting in that magnificent golden chair.

But he also felt the endless emptiness in his stomach and perceived the woman emitting a pleasant chuckle:

【You have touched the shadow of the Ancient God "Lord of the Blood Feast".】

【An existence born in an endless feast, immersed in desire and pleasure, taboo and blasphemy. In the twilight of the old days, it lived in the shadows of the human heart, walking wantonly through joyful banquets.】

【You have listened to the story of the Ancient God "Lord of the Blood Feast", and you have learned the miracle of the Ancient God "Lord of the Blood Feast".】

【Outsider, you have inscribed the silver blasphemy spirit rune - Gluttony.】

The endless hunger let Xia De break free from the phantom of impending death, and the power extracted from the evil god's shadow repaired his severely injured body and the insignificant price paid for writing the script.

Behind him, bells buzzed, steam whistles sounded, steam surged, and giant hammers struck.

The rotating brass Life Ring appeared in the material world again. On the Life Ring, the silver spirit rune 【Gluttony】, which seemed to be dripping with blood, manifested.

At the same time, a drop of golden liquid silently permeated into the Life Ring.

【Xia De, perhaps, this is the blood feast welcoming you.】 ===== CHAPTER 84 =====