Chapter 757: Polluted and Offering Merciful Eyes

Aleister grabbed the little crow with one hand and slowly lowered himself down from the big hole that had just been blown out in the bedroom.

Although jumping down wouldn't hurt her at all, Aleister didn't want to dirty her skirt.

——It’s strange to say.

I don't know when it started... Aleister felt that he began to care more and more about his image. Even when killing people, he always paid attention to being elegant.

It was as if...if she made any joke or caused any trouble, it would bring shame to Aiwass.

...That feeling is similar to when a big shot uses a secondary account on a social platform, he will always try to pay attention to his own words, so as to avoid bringing bad reputation to the real person when the vest is exposed in the future.

When she landed, Aleister released the little crow, letting the Night Demon fly freely behind him.

Of course, they couldn't bring the Mirror Demon down with them, so they could only wait for them to return on the ground.

The basement that had been blown open was now in a mess.

It was clear that this must have once been a large-scale ritual site—Aleister could even see fragmentary traces of the ritual that had been shattered by the explosion. The ritual array that had once been carved into the stone was reduced to pieces of broken rubble, rolling to the ground.

From here, you can also see some "blood bags" who were once under house arrest here.

They seemed to be Alphonse's lovers. They didn't look very old, the oldest probably around 23 or 24. They weren't wearing prison uniforms or straitjackets, but rather loose, almost provocative pajamas, and they weren't wearing any shackles or chains.

When Aleister passed by their bodies, he could smell the unique scent of blood slaves from them.

Yes, the corpse—

They weren't killed by Alphonse, but rather by the sudden explosion. Some traces of the Path of Love's power remained in the basement, but they weren't very strong. Based on this, the highest-ranking Transcendent among them was at most the third energy level, and it's possible that most of them were merely mortals.

Now, the bodies of these girls lie scattered across the ground, their eyes wide open—probably without even knowing what killed them.

Aleister frowned slightly.

She felt a little unhappy when she saw these beautiful people die in such a miserable way.

"Anna Kingsford..."

Aleister muttered the culprit's name under his breath and pursed his lips.

She passed by everyone's corpses and stood at the end of the broken corridor.

It was a black round metal door with patterns on it, like a manhole cover.

The entire basement was almost destroyed, but the door protected by the barrier was intact.

"—Probably here."

Aleister whispered, reaching out to touch the barrier.

Crimson lines spread out from wherever she touched like lightning, and Aleister couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

...It's not that this barrier is difficult to break.

If this barrier is really difficult to break, Aleister can just let the Night Demon dig a tunnel from the side and go in.

She made a sound of surprise because it was so easy to solve.

——It’s the same system as the seal of Huyue Manor during the promotion ceremony!

As Aleister continued to touch the barrier, the metal door gained energy and gradually lit up.

The next moment, it split into three rings. White, yellow, and black rings overlapped, and the places where they intersected were filled with blood-red.

In the middle is a rune, which means "rebirth".

Wind, Earth, Dark—as long as the three magic powers are injected in equal proportions, this secret door can be opened. The Moon Child's magic power is evenly divided among these three attributes. Therefore, the Moon Child only needs to inject his magic power evenly to break the seal.

...comes to think of it; this is where Alphonse often comes and goes. If the method for getting through the gate is too complicated, it would be like creating an extremely complex password system for yourself when playing games, and it would be difficult for you to remember it.

As Aleister injected mana of corresponding attributes, the triple rings lit up in an instant, but the rune in the middle was still dim.

Aleister was so moved that he suddenly said, "Rebirth."

The next moment, the rune also lit up, and then the barrier was lifted.

The gate split into three pieces and retreated outward like a pair of ferocious teeth, leaving behind a strange octagonal gate.

Aleister walked through it and saw a ritual site that was relatively well preserved.

The dark green metal walls are covered with abbreviated dragon runes, and the black metal welded directly to the walls and the ground forms a completely fixed ritual site that cannot be easily modified.

And in the middle of the ceremony venue was something that seemed both familiar and unfamiliar to Aleister.

"This is--"

Aleister's eyes suddenly widened.

Because it was a broken crystal ball.

——It was a crystal ball with exactly the same specifications as the “Crystal Liver Specimen” he got from Earl Dawn!

However, inside was not a still-throbbing liver, but a pair of extremely beautiful eyeballs, their pupils as clear and transparent as rubies.

They seemed to float in water, bobbing up and down within the pale pink crystal ball, while clumps of jet-black blood continued to melt. Those dark, filthy stains spread like hideous tentacles, binding one of the eyeballs like shackles.

The originally pure white surface of that eyeball was now stained with a few dark red spots. The other eyeball, slightly lower, was still clean, but its surface was also stained with patches of light red from the blood.

The moment she saw it, Aleister felt an extremely strong desire—an obsession to possess it for herself. Her body was filled with an extremely strong thirst, and she especially wanted to drink up the "light pink liquid" in the broken crystal ball.

—Aleister knew what this was.

Or at least, from another world line, Aiwass knew what this thing was...

"Be careful, Master."

Night Demon reminded from the side.

"I know……"

Aleister whispered, swallowed, and touched the crystal ball with his visibly trembling right hand.

As expected, no clues popped up in front of her.

With some intuition, Aleister suddenly clenched his fist and smashed the crystal ball into pieces with one punch!

At that moment, a rich, fragrant and pungent smell filled the air.

Only then did Aleister and Night Demon realize what the liquid inside was - it was some kind of transparent strong liquor.

Wine itself belongs to the path of love, so contaminated wine can also be regarded as an excellent "pollution solvent".

The two eyeballs didn't fall to the ground, but instead, after breaking free from the crystal ball, they floated in the air on their own, entwined with each other like a binary star system, flying steadily in the air.

Aleister touched one of the two eyeballs again.

When she held one of them, the other one also stopped flying and suddenly turned around and stared at Aleister.

At the same time, the system panel appeared in front of Aleister:

[Polluted, offer your eyes of mercy]

【Extraordinary Equipment (Light Purple)】

[Armor-Head]

[Extraordinary Feature: When you actively lose your life, the effect of this skill increases based on the vitality consumed (only triggered by the Path of Devotion or the Path of Love)]

[Extraordinary Characteristics (Pollution): This effect has been invalidated]

[Pollution Characteristics: When you lose health, you will lose additional health at a certain ratio; when you receive a health recovery effect from others, the healer will lose health at a certain ratio of the treatment amount.]

[Set: Sister Sasha's Holy Feast (1/4)]

"—I took off my eyes, but they were clear; I threw away my body, but my soul was free."

This is exactly the Sasha suit Aiwass wanted!

The word count is enough but I haven’t finished writing it yet, so I’ll post one chapter first!

I'll spend another half an hour writing the second chapter and then post it!

(End of this chapter)