Chapter 410
Her once dull gaze began to shimmer with color. Soon, Mond's pupils darkened, and the terrifying exoskeleton, riddled with holes like a parasitic barnacle, started to creep along her neck towards her face and brain.
The corruption from the Otherworld was gaining strength.
“Hang in there, Mond,” Xiar encouraged, her voice steady and supportive.
She knew Mond could hear her.
As Xiar's words reached her, Mond's expression flickered with a glimmer of light. She turned her eyes towards Xiar, her pupils gradually filling with rage.
Yet, the erosion caused by the potion on her body began to slow, halting completely as it reached her eyeball.
At that moment, Mond was already covered in terrifying, pockmarked holes, and the eyes affected by the exoskeleton were showing signs of disease, as if infected by some unheard-of, horrific parasite.
She had endured the Otherworld's corruption.
No wonder she was a Tier 3... far stronger than the “Crown Guard.”
Watching Mond before her, Xiar began to question whether she had held a biased view of the “Crown Guard.” Perhaps the higher-ranking guards in the Order of the God of Order had all been tainted to varying degrees by the Otherworld...
But then again, Opode's spirit was incredibly weak.
If it weren't for the fact that everyone's potion formulas or revival rituals had gone awry, it might simply be that the “Crown Guard” had weak spirits.
Xiar continued to observe Mond's transformation, and just then, the shadow of Eleanor, who had been standing behind her, flickered slightly.
Eleanor appeared behind Xiar.
As she took in her surroundings, Eleanor caught a strong metallic scent. Frowning, she glanced at the “table” nearby, which held the gruesome remains of a common person, their skull opened.
In front of her, Xiar was half-squatting before a member of the Joyous Society, bound by her powers. Just a glance at Xiar's blood-stained gloves revealed the grim reality of what had transpired.
Then, Eleanor noticed the dark green frontal lobe that had parasitically attached itself to the forehead of the Joyous Society member.
For a moment, Eleanor wondered if she had misjudged her allies. In just two hours of reporting back, such a brutal transformation had occurred.
“I promised to spare her life,” Eleanor said, looking at Xiar's back.
People from the Tribunal were often quite stubborn.
“You promised to act as if you hadn’t seen her,” Xiar replied without turning around, her tone calm. “You didn’t see her just now... and besides, I never promised to let her go.”
Eleanor's mask cracked slightly, and for a moment, she was at a loss for words.
Xiar's reasoning... was indeed hard to refute.
“What is this?” Eleanor asked, looking at Mond, raising her hand to reinforce the shadow that was beginning to fade.
She could sense two emotions fiercely battling within Mond's mind, one of which radiated a fear that made Eleanor particularly uneasy.
“Memories of Qiangyin,” Xiar said slowly, rising to her feet and removing her gloves, tossing the bloodied pair onto the ground. “His living spiritual notes.”
Living notes...
Eleanor remained silent, aware that a crisis threatening the very existence of the Savior Goddess Church was looming, and they were essentially powerless to resist...
The girl before her, along with the organization behind her, might just be the key to breaking the deadlock.
The Savior Goddess Church could not afford another formidable enemy; they had to find allies at any cost... to survive... and then seek revenge!
Mond, kneeling on the ground, hung her head, motionless.
Just as Xiar was about to dispose of the corpse on the table and flip the waterproof cloth to lie down for a bit, Mond slowly lifted her head.
She calmly scanned Xiar and Eleanor, a gentle smile gracing her lips as she spoke in a soft voice, “I feel like I’ve gained a fragment of a Joyous Society member’s memory~”
“Ladies, do you have any clues?”
“You are... Eleanor?”
Mond slightly turned her eyes towards Xiar, a hint of confusion crossing her face.
“You are...”
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Chapter 219: The Resurrection of Little Xiar (4026 words)
This tone is...
Qiangyin?
Eleanor's expression was one of shock as she glanced back and forth between Xiar and “Mond,” unsure of how Xiar had managed this.
Xiar studied the “Mond” before her, deep in thought.
If this brain was a living note storing Qiangyin's memories, there must be a specific point in time it recorded. She wasn’t sure which moment in time the Qiangyin memories before her were capturing.
“What’s today’s date?” Xiar asked, looking at Mond.
Mond merely rolled her eyes, giving Xiar a fleeting glance before slowly responding, “Oh... you’ve obtained this memory...”
Then, Mond’s gaze shifted away from Xiar, her eyes locking onto Eleanor, a smile creeping onto her lips. “The Savior Goddess Church... and the Holy Ascendancy, have they actually merged successfully?”
“What an impressive keybearer...”
As she said this, Qiangyin redirected her attention back to Xiar.
With part of Mond's memories now in Qiangyin's brain, it seemed she had also recognized Xiar as the keybearer.
Qiangyin's words made Xiar realize something.
He knew about the merger of the Holy Ascendancy and the Savior Goddess Church, which meant the memories he had stored this time were definitely from after the “uniqueness” side effect had activated.
The memories stored in this brain were incomplete, and Qiangyin himself had not undergone any surgical modifications, so he couldn’t communicate thoughts with this brain.
Moreover, the Windsor in this simulation was still alive and well, so Xiar didn’t have to worry about Qiangyin suddenly changing his mind and agreeing to undergo surgery.
This seemed to be the first time Xiar had engaged in such a normal conversation with Qiangyin—even if it was just a fragment of his normal consciousness.
“Are you looking to extract some information from me?” Mond squinted her eyes, speaking softly. “It’s useless~”
Qiangyin's tone was confident and dismissive, as if he didn’t believe anything would go wrong even if this memory was taken by the keybearer.
Standing beside them, Eleanor had been struggling to understand what they were discussing since Qiangyin and Xiar had started talking.
Hearing Qiangyin's provocation now, the agitation from the potion's essence surged within Eleanor, prompting her to step forward, raising her hand towards Qiangyin, and coldly huffing, “Qiangyin, no matter what your scheme is, you’ve defied the will of the Goddess.”
“Your plan will ultimately fail. I will capture you and ensure you face the judgment you deserve...”
Xiar slowly raised her hand, stopping Eleanor from advancing further, preventing her from losing her temper and crushing Qiangyin's brain in front of her.
After halting Eleanor's actions, Xiar turned her gaze back to Qiangyin, responding in a calm voice, “You seem... quite confident?”
“I’m not confident,” Qiangyin, wearing Mond's appearance, smiled at Xiar and said, “Fate cannot be changed, keybearer... no matter how hard you try, you cannot fight against destiny.”
“Is it the countless resets of time that have given you this illusion of omnipotence?” Xiar smiled back, speaking calmly. “Even if you can’t retain any memories?”
As soon as Xiar finished speaking, Qiangyin, who had been smiling, momentarily stiffened, but he merely stared at Xiar without saying anything more.
Saying too much could lead to mistakes; he knew Xiar was trying to extract useful information from him.
“Rest assured...” Xiar slowly reached into her pocket, pulling out a silver pocket watch. She flicked open the cover and casually remarked, “I will reclaim my chain sooner or later.”
As Qiangyin looked at the pocket watch in Xiar's hand, his expression shifted when he noticed the intricate patterns on it.
He realized that the ouroboros chain he had obtained was not the complete “uniqueness,” but rather a component, as it lacked many abilities. For instance, when Qiangyin used it, he could deeply feel the chain's flaws.
The chain could reset time but couldn’t allow him to retain memories, and it even threatened to consume his flesh and blood.
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