Chapter 353 Amber Wind

So-called people are all stars—

After Aiwass said this unconsciously, the ground in Eagle Point Village suddenly began to shake.

The tremor was so clear and sudden that almost everyone present was unable to react.

"Earthquake?"

Haina blurted out: "How is it possible?"

"No, it's not an earthquake."

Lily, still in wolf form, spoke in human language: "I didn't trigger any danger premonition."

The gift of adapting to the Tao is the ability to foresee all kinds of natural disasters. Whether it's a tsunami or an earthquake, one can sense it before it strikes. It's as sensitive as a small animal.

After about three or four seconds, the vibration finally stopped.

Immediately afterwards, a dim yellow deathly aura came from the distant horizon, roaring like a wave!

It was like a sandstorm, covering one's face with dust. Even Aiwass's hair was blown away.

As the deathly aura permeated his body, Aiwas immediately felt a strong discomfort.

It's like the feeling of being bedridden for a long time, with the heart beating violently at the slightest movement - the weakness is accompanied by a deep cold that penetrates into the internal organs, making people shiver uncontrollably.

A gloomy mood follows, which makes people unable to help but have wild thoughts, thinking about their deceased relatives and their own death.

Lily also felt uncomfortable.

Perhaps because her wolf form's vitality was too weak, her reaction was even more dramatic. The gray wolf was washed away by the deathly aura, stumbling backwards like a dog caught in a strong wind, and nearly rolled out. Only after transforming back into its original form did it feel slightly better.

Only Haina remained calm, but she also frowned slightly because of the discomfort.

Seeing that the wave of death did not seem to be able to end anytime soon, Aiwass immediately took out the mirror and switched back to his original form.

He raised his right hand high and chanted the name of the Pillar God: "I worship the Candle Master, the God of the Holy Number Three, the God who binds the body with sin, the God who burns himself to drive away darkness—

"Give me the light of protection!"

As Aiwass prayed, a holy light bloomed from his right hand.

A pure white light emanated, forming an irregular sphere within the dim wave of death, enveloping the group. Aiwass, after all, lacked a diadem, and without the aid of a sacred artifact, the light constantly shifted in shape and teetered under the onslaught of the deathly aura.

But the chills and uncontrollable shivering from a bad cold also subsided. A warm power rose from the hearts of the few people, dispelling their dark thoughts.

"Give it back to you!"

Haina was the first to react and handed the holy sword in her hand to Aiwas.

Aiwass took the holy sword in his left hand and passed it to his right hand.

As expected, after holding the holy sword high in his right hand, the light immediately stabilized.

Not only that, it was even expanding steadily outward - like a high-speed motorcycle rushing into the rainy night, an arc-shaped protective shield opened in front of it, resisting the seemingly endless waves of death, and the light caused by the violent friction even made Aiwas in front of it shine into a ball, and the whole person appeared blurred.

More than ten minutes passed like this before the deathly aura gradually weakened and disappeared.

After confirming that the radiance of the holy sword in his hand had not been obstructed again, Aiwass slowly lowered the sword. The light also went out.

"This is……!"

Haina cried out in surprise.

It's no wonder she was so startled.

If Aiwass and Lily were not such extroverted and lively people, they would probably have screamed out loud at this moment.

——I saw a layer of dim yellow shell that came from nowhere, covering the entire Eagle Cape Village.

Whether it is the earth, the woods, the buildings, the rivers... everything here seems to be washed and dyed by the deathly air, covered with a thin shell.

Even the night sky turned dim—not because time had returned to dusk, but because the night sky had been frozen.

If you look up, you can even see the twinkling stars.

They had even ceased to flicker, becoming mere wisps of light seeping through like thin cracks. It was as if the sky had been shattered, with light seeping through the cracks. And beneath the storm, the raindrops had been stretched into thin threads, like tears suspended by threads, still in the dim night sky.

The whole world fell into absolute stillness.

It was as if the entire Eagle Cape Village was wrapped in amber by the blowing wind.

Aiwass reached out and tentatively touched the raindrops floating in the air, but it melted immediately after touching Aiwass and turned into an ordinary drop of raindrops.

"...Haina."

"Um?"

"Punch the ground."

Aiwass ordered.

Upon hearing this, Haina didn't ask why, but only cautiously confirmed, "What force?"

"Just enough to make a hole."

Aiwass replied.

So Haina punched the ground without hesitation.

"--ah!"

Haina immediately let out a cry of pain and bent down to cover her finger bones.

Aiwass leaned over and grasped Haina's right hand, projecting his awareness into her to assess the injury. From the relentless blow, her finger bones were slightly cracked, but not broken.

Under normal circumstances, this punch would be enough to shatter the earth, and she would not be hurt at all.

Aiwass first touched her chest with his right hand, which was shining with light, and instantly healed her injuries with illumination magic.

He frowned slightly, feeling a little uneasy about this sudden strange phenomenon: "The earth is frozen."

After Haina was healed, she felt her finger bones and looked in the direction of the deathly aura: "It seems to be coming from the swamp."

"There's no rush yet."

He'd consumed too much mana previously creating the card, and now, fighting the deadly aura had burned through some more. Aiwass's mana was completely depleted, but fortunately, he was no longer in combat, so he could still activate Prayer to replenish his mana.

"Wait a moment, I'll pray first."

Aiwass took out the red candle from Sherlock's ritual bag.

The Giant Prince's class was a Great Wizard, so it was highly likely he wasn't dead yet. After all, he was the one who had survived all the way to the current patch... Even his Demonology tutor at Star Antimony had entered the dungeon, and he wasn't dead yet.

This is why when Aiwass saw that the King of the Wild Hunt was about to defeat the Giant Prince, he did not rush over to finish him off and gain experience.

Because based on Aiwas's understanding of this old turtle, he definitely didn't die this time.

The Great Wizard possessed a range of escape methods, including body doubles, feigned death, resurrection, and reincarnation. According to Aiwass's memories, the leader of the Noble Red died three times, the third time being reborn into the body of a black goat. This was also his final form.

Given the old turtle's cautiousness, he would most likely set his resurrection point far enough away. This meant that the other party couldn't immediately return to the scene—which was why Aiwass dared to leave Sherlock, who lacked combat ability, alone there to search for corpses.

Because the Giant Prince must not know that the King of the Wild Hunt here is Heleqin.

He probably didn't know the information that even Aiwass didn't know before. And if he knew it, he definitely wouldn't have been so bold as to come here.

This was the first rebel leader executed en masse by the giants, a criminal on the giants' blacklist, perhaps rivaling Arthur and Lancelot. It was obvious he had a blood feud with the giants... which meant he likely wasn't prepared for certain death this time, so he must have something valuable.

First, there must be some equipment. Ritual Mage equipment, which Aiwass could probably use. And even if you remove the human materials, he should still have some other rare ritual materials.

——Even if he is not allowed to “run the corpse” back to pick up the body, Sherlock must strip him clean!

But the current situation makes Aiwass a little confused.

They'd barely done anything here, and suddenly there was an earthquake? And a phenomena of this magnitude...

Could it be that the Giant Prince's "resurrection" ability conflicts with the power of amber here?

It couldn't be that I sealed the demon of punishment myself and triggered some special mechanism, right?

But to be on the safe side, Aiwass made the cautious decision to replenish his mana first before going over to take a look.

(End of this chapter)