Chapter 34: The Fall of the Evil Star (Part 2)
Yagad was born into a humble family in the town of Wilvis.
No, it should be said that until he was born, his family had always been very unremarkable. It was just a poor family that you could find everywhere, with the man working to earn money and the woman taking care of the children and managing the household. However, from the moment he was born, everything began to change.
Because, when the baby was born, a human-shaped possessed moon angel suddenly broke into the delivery room, frightening the mother who had just given birth so much that she fainted, and the father and other relatives were so frightened that they shrank aside and trembled.
The possessed Moon Messenger placed a small diamond-shaped cone-shaped object into the body of the newborn Yagard, which immediately enveloped the entire hut in a dazzling and ominous red light. The red light immediately attracted the attention of many townspeople, who surrounded the house in a noisy manner and shouted something loudly outside.
The possessed Moon Envoy turned a deaf ear to this, but threw a huge bag of gold coins worth tens of millions of gold coins to Agard's parents - buying his right to name Agard.
Arcad=Balmung=Celland (Arcad Balmung Celland).
The first two names come from the Feinheim mythology, while the last one is the pronunciation of this world - the same name as the Red Moon, a name that all Senagard people will shudder at.
Under the temptation of money and the threat of the powerful force of the possessed Moon Messenger, the Fertadis couple had to compromise and accepted the proposal. However, because the surname was too scary, they asked to give Yagard another name to conceal his identity - Darim Fertadis.
The possessed Moon Envoy agreed, and after asking the couple to raise him well, he spread his wings and flew out of the window, disappearing into the night sky.
The Fertadis couple were not very educated people. The husband was just a farmer, and the wife could hardly read or write, so they didn't know what Feinheim was, and naturally they didn't understand the meaning of the first half of the name. But even they knew what the name Selland meant.
Calculating it, the time is almost here, the second great disaster.
That night, the simple and honest couple closed the door of the cottage and even blocked all the entrances and exits with furniture. They ignored the noise outside, looked at each other in silence, and did not sleep all night.
Fortunately, their child is a boy and cannot be a world-destroying witch, but they also know that if their child is associated with the word Selland, he will probably never have peace in his life.
After all, this was their own flesh and blood. Even though the Fertadis couple knew that this child could bring disaster, they still did not succumb to fear and kill the young Yagard. After thinking about it all night, at dawn, when the people outside had dispersed, the couple packed up their things and left the town of Wilvis overnight, setting off on the journey to the capital.
From then on, the family of three lived a secluded life in an inconspicuous alley in the capital.
When he was a child, Yagard was very curious why his parents always wore big hats or masks to cover their faces even when they went out to work. But every time he asked, his parents, who were only over 30 and had white hair due to fatigue and worry, would hold his hands, answer irrelevant questions, and repeat the same few words to him over and over again.
"Darim, your real name is Yagad Barumunk Celand, but you must never reveal this name to anyone except when it is destined."
"Your mother and I left you a sum of money, exactly over ten million riyals. We've put it in the innermost box in the basement. If anything happens to you, don't feel bad. Just use it. It's yours to begin with."
"Darim, no matter what your mission may be, Mom and Dad still hope that you will be a good person..."
Every word came from the heart, but it was so irrelevant that the young Agard was confused.
At that time, Yagad had not yet realized the difference between himself and ordinary people.
When he grew a little older, the uneasiness hidden beneath the surface gradually surfaced.
Yagad is a genius in martial arts.
When he was only eight years old, he could already lift a wooden stick that was almost as tall as himself. With just a little practice, he could easily master some fighting skills that others might have to practice hard for a long time to master.
He was a little quiet and taciturn, unlike other children who liked to laugh and play in a group. Instead, he often carved wooden sticks into weapons and waved them around, having a lot of fun. Not even ten years old, he was already taller than other children who were eleven or twelve years old. His strong and lean body looked like a wild beast that was about to grow up.
Seeing how much he loved martial arts, his father took out a small sum of money from the box where they stored gold coins and asked him to join the Lingwu Division Union to hire weapons.
His parents' original intention was that since he liked martial arts so much, they should let him develop it well, so that he would be able to protect himself in the future.
However, because of this, the hell that Agard was about to suffer came early.
After receiving the money, Yagad quietly went to the Lingwu Division Union, but was rejected because he was too young. Angrily, Yagad lifted a large wooden table with one hand to prove his strength, which frightened everyone in the room into silence.
With the membership of the union, he began to look for his own combat partner. He had a very fierce nature in his bones, and did not seem to have much interest in those beautiful female combatants - because most of the female combatants were light weapons, while the giant swords, hammers, axes and the like were mostly used by men.
Yagad ambitiously chose a black giant sword named Taye.
Ta Ye is considered to be a relatively popular ownerless weapon in this city. He is of the Yeyue clan descent and has a handsome, masculine and heroic appearance. He has been making a living by doing odd jobs around here. Because of his open-minded, enthusiastic and straightforward personality, he is very popular in this area and is therefore very popular with both men and women.
When Yagad picked him out, he thought it was a joke, and he laughed and waved his hand, hoping to coax the child, who was no taller than his chest, back home. But he immediately regretted it, because Yagad raised his knee without a word and kicked him in the abdomen. If he hadn't had good balance, he would have been humiliated and knocked to the ground by a child.
Taye put away his contempt and apologized to Yagad, then gave him a one-month contract.
As a result, three months passed and the two still did not terminate the contract because they got along very well with each other.
Taye is a reckless and brainless person, while Yagad is calm and rational despite his young age. He often acts as a buffer for him and gives him better advice on the battlefield.
The carefree, enthusiastic and reckless Ta Ye also brought a lot of warmth to the silent Yagad. Every time Yagad saw the big guy making some stupid jokes, a childish smile would occasionally appear on his face.
The two grew up together, caring for and supporting each other. They influenced each other, sharing everything, almost like brothers despite the age difference. One's strength soared, reaching the Phantom Spirit Martial Division, while the other quickly advanced to the Seven Scars. The strange combination of the young man and the greatsword was once very conspicuous in the mercenary guild.
Those days were probably the most carefree and happy time for Agard as a "human".
However, the good times did not last long.
As the power he possessed grew, the "Red Cone" that was originally inserted into Agard's body by the possessed Moon Messenger, representing the identity of the Red Moon Knight, became more and more active.
The young Agard began to dream.
He dreamed of some scenes that he had no idea what was going on, and dreamed of some strange voices that were repeating and explaining knowledge that he could not understand at all.
At first it happened once every one or two weeks, and he didn't take it seriously. But later, the dream became more and more frequent, even to the point where it happened every night. Later, even when he was awake, there were inorganic voices chattering in his mind, saying things he didn't want to hear at all.
He began to weaken rapidly, had no appetite, could not sleep, and had no desire to go out on the mission with Ta Ye. When Ta Ye and his parents worriedly asked him the reason, he said nothing.
Because, after listening to the dream repeatedly, he had begun to understand what the dreams were trying to tell him.
He was chosen as the Red Moon Knight to assist the witch in destroying the world.
The fragments that kept flashing through his mind were the tragic scenes of the last disaster, and what was repeatedly reminded in his ears was the "knowledge" that a knight must know.
Yagard tried to communicate with the voice, but later he gradually discovered that the voice had no wisdom or thoughts at all. It was just like carrying out a mission, constantly forcing those dry and difficult to understand things into his mind.
He tried everything to interrupt the sound, but to no avail.
Those voices were like a monster that had invaded his brain, wreaking havoc in his mind with a grin, attempting to cleanse his thoughts and control his mind. They made him feel disgusted, yet helpless to do anything about it.
Gradually, he began to become irritable and neurotic, not allowing others to approach him and not wanting to talk to anyone.
He spent all his energy on expelling the voice in his head.
But no matter how he tried to escape, ignore, or even self-harm or take drugs, those voices could not be stopped.
He also thought about telling this to his parents or Ta Ye, but when he thought of the myth of the Red Moon Priestess that Ta Ye had told him, he was afraid of death and became timid.
Gradually, because of this helplessness, the young boy's thinking began to deteriorate.
He began to envy all the normal people around him and began to envy them for having a quiet living environment. He began to hate the Red Moon Priestess whom he had never met, because it was she who made him suffer this inexplicable torture.
He even thought about waiting for the witch to come to him. Not only would he not be able to assist her, but he would also have to torture her to death in the most cruel way.
However, the voices ignored his despair and instead became more intense.
Originally, it was just sounds, but now, besides sleeping, his vision was often deprived. He was forced to watch extremely dark scenes—scenes of humans using various means to commit various evil deeds. Some of them were unbearable just to hear, let alone be forced to watch.
It is obvious that the party who imparted knowledge to Agard - probably Chiyue - wanted him to face the ugliest part of the world so that he would develop a world-weary attitude and thus more smoothly assist the witch in her mission of destroying the world.
But the young Yagad couldn't think so far. He was just frightened by the scene in front of him and completely lost control. His entire outlook on life was completely shattered.
He was nearly on the verge of collapse and locked himself in the house, frantically destroying the furniture and roaring hoarsely like a monster, trying to break up the scene before his eyes. No matter how his parents and Ta Ye knocked on the door and shouted outside, he had no heart to respond, nor did he dare to respond.
The situation began to become more and more serious.
In the end, even his appetite had become extremely poor. The meal delivered to his door every day was always half left and pushed out.
Finally, Ta Ye could no longer tolerate this situation. He discussed with Yagad's parents and decided to break into Yagad's house when he opened the door to get food, intending to ask him what was going on.
At that moment, the murderous aura emanating from Taye snapped the last shred of sanity from Yagad, already tormented by hallucinations and voices. The image of the three men rushing in overlapped with the figures in the ugly, bloody scenes Yagad was seeing.
A tragic and helpless bloody incident happened.
When Yagad gradually woke up, through the chaotic hallucinations in front of his eyes and the voice of explanation in his ears, he saw three corpses lying at his feet.
There was a big bloody hole in his mother's chest, his father's head rolled under the table, and his body was twisted into a strange shape in the corner of the wall. And Ta Ye, his good partner who always laughed and stroked his head with warm hands, his strange mechanical internal organs were scattered everywhere, and the broken crystal core was right at Yagad's feet.
Even though he was treated like this by his contractor, Taye still gave Agard a gentle smile at the last moment before his death.
He was no longer able to speak, so he just gently conveyed the last words of his hope through his lips.
"take care of yourself."
After saying this, he turned into a giant sword that had broken into countless pieces and fell to the ground, and his star spirit power completely dissipated.
At that moment, Yagad wanted to commit suicide.
──Of course, he didn't die in the end.
Because when he was about to die, the voice in his head suddenly changed - it became a reminder.
The voice said that the witch would return to him what he had lost.
At the time, Agard hadn't realized this was a lie, a system designed to keep the knight motivated to survive even when he felt the urge to self-harm. This setup proved effective, as those words rekindled his courage to live—and he began to look forward to meeting the miko.
He began to wander aimlessly in Heyang Country, making his home everywhere, secretly inquiring about various rumors and information about the witch. He naively believed that as long as he could assist her well, his father, mother, and Taye would return to him.
Slowly, he began to accept this never-ending indoctrination of knowledge and tried to use it.
A few months passed, then a year passed, and he was somewhat delighted to find that as long as the knowledge was mastered, it would no longer appear in his mind repeatedly, and the amount of knowledge that would be instilled into his brain every week was fixed. As long as he could master the knowledge in this time period as quickly as possible, he would be able to gain a brief period of peace.
But the sound can be eliminated, but the picture cannot. Although Yagard has always been resistant to these ugly scenes, over time, the brainwashing effect is somewhat effective. His response to the warmth and coldness of the world has become weaker and weaker. In the end, he can almost be said to be indifferent.
Years of pain and loneliness have completely twisted his heart.
As he grew older and gained more knowledge, Yagad began to understand that the so-called "the witch will return what he lost" was mostly a lie.
Yes, not to mention that a person has been dead for so long and it is impossible for him to be resurrected, how can the mother of disaster who dominates destruction bring hope and happiness?
A new goal began to form in Yagard's hard and cold heart.
He once again began to hate the witch and Chiyue who forced the knight's mission on him. He once again began to have twisted expectations, wanting the witch to fall into his hands so that he could use various means to torture her until she wanted to die.
Then, with this mood in mind, he "met" Beichen.
It was a very ordinary day. He accidentally found a dusty manuscript of the Red Moon Priestess myth in a store in a remote town. At first glance, the manuscript looked no different from other versions of the myth, but it mentioned a term that was very new to Agard, the pseudo-shell.
He tried to say this word to the voice in his head - sure enough, the knowledge system in his body was very obedient to the retrieval of knowledge. The voice interrupted the pharmacological analysis of a certain drug and began to explain everything about the pseudo-shell - then Yagard discovered that he could observe everything in the pseudo-shell's eyes through the pseudo-shell's perspective.
This was originally a method for the knight to monitor the false shell, but now, Agard has found the best way to escape.
Through Xiang Zhiyan's eyes, he saw a little girl lying in his arms and smiling softly at him.
That smile was so pure and dazzling that it made Yagard, whose heart was already covered with a layer of gray, feel particularly irritated, but at the same time, a trace of nostalgia and envy arose in his heart.
Did he once smile like this at his parents and Ta Ye?
Then he was surprised to find that because he was too focused, the images and sounds in his mind seemed to fade away when he looked at her.
He turned off the surveillance, and the sound and images returned to the surface. When he turned on the surveillance again and stared at the little girl in front of him, the harassment seemed unable to withstand his concentration and retreated to the back of his consciousness again.
He suddenly had the urge to cry for joy.
Then, the nearly two-meter-tall young man finally couldn't help it. He covered his eyes and nose and cried and laughed nervously in the simple hotel room.
That tiny child who stumbled as he walked and even had a missing front tooth liberated him from the endless noise and illusions and became the long-lost sunshine in his life.
He began to watch Xiang Zhiyan's growth through her eyes almost greedily. He slowly learned that her name was Xiang Beichen. Through the phone calls between Xiang Zhiyan and the Zhao Yuan brothers, he learned about her life experience. By observing Xiang Zhiyan's attitude towards her, he vaguely realized that the little girl named Beichen might very likely become the next witch.
Then, slowly, he was attracted, bewitched, and even led by the girl who was much younger than him.
Seeing her studying silently amidst the ridicule of her classmates, he began to think that if even such a young child could fight against adversity, why couldn't he? So he picked up his abandoned martial arts and started training again.
Seeing her quietly and sensibly helping her grandmother with housework, and deliberately telling jokes and acting coquettishly to cheer her grandmother up when she was worried about the family's financial situation, Yagard also felt this consideration and began to imagine that she could also support each other with him. Gradually, the dark and negative thoughts in his heart were slowly diluted, and his character began to move closer to the original Yagard.
As he watched her begin to shake off the shadows of her past and make many friends, he felt he couldn't continue in this chaotic state—so he took the initiative to make friends with the members of the Spiritual Martial Union. He felt he should prepare something for this girl who was about to come to him. She looked so fragile, so he had to prepare some means to protect her. After all, the title of Red Moon Priestess was such a dangerous one.
As time went by, Beichen in Feinheim knew nothing about Agard, but Agard had already regarded her as the pillar of his survival. Every day, just seeing her would bring him great courage and joy. From then on, illusions no longer posed any threat, and those whispering voices in his mind became something he longed for - because he needed knowledge, and needed rich knowledge to enrich himself and make himself an outstanding knight.
He started to join the army, and through his military merits, he gained the qualification to enter and leave the palace. Then, with his deliberate performance, he obtained a civil servant position. Then, step by step, he climbed up steadily until he sat in the powerful position of Governor of the Star Spirit Mine. Then, through this position, he came into contact with the Thirteen Moon-Slaying Thrones, and naturally, he joined.
During this period, his feelings for the girl from another world never stopped growing.
When he saw Beichen snuggling in Redis's arms with a happy smile, the jealousy that almost burned out his reason covered all his thoughts. He wanted to rush to her side countless times, tear Redis into pieces, and then hold her in his arms.
When he saw Beichen being dragged into the bathroom by Jin Mingjing and humiliated, he went straight to find Eugenia, the Thirteenth Heavenly Gate Staff, and asked her to send him to Feinheim. However, after trying, he found that for some reason, the dimensional gate had no effect on him - Eugenia was puzzled, but Yagad knew - probably because he was the Red Moon Knight, and his mission was to make adequate preparations for the arrival of the witch in Senagard.
Seeing the sorrowful expression on her face as Redis approached Jin Mingjing, and her screaming and struggling surrounded by a group of thugs, the dark fire of rage burned away Agard's remaining hesitation. He decided to take revenge on the country where the second prince lived. He began to secretly bribe the royal knights and began to use the privileges of the Governor of the Star Spirit Mine to amass money for his own benefit, expanding his power at all costs.
He had sneered when he saw Xiang Zhiyan intentionally giving the position of shrine maiden to Jin Mingjing. Everything he had prepared wasn't for someone like this. If the shrine maiden was this woman, he wouldn't mind sticking with his original goal—torturing her to death. Then, he would find a way to remove his knighthood, so he could cross the dimensional gate, find her, and stay by her side forever.
However, in the end, Xiang Zhiyan still chose Beichen.
When Yagard was ecstatic about this, he suddenly discovered that Pandora's Box had been transferred into Beichen's body. The false shell was no longer a false shell, and he could no longer look at her through Xiang Zhiyan's eyes. The images and sounds that he had been relying on circling in his mind also came to an abrupt end at this moment.
At the same time, a small cylinder appeared in the red cone in his body - the voice in his mind told him that this was the last component of Pandora's Box. With this component, Beichen would become a red moon priestess with endless power.
Yagard called the red cone out of his body, looked at the small cylinder in the photonic crystal, and gradually calmed down.
He had no time to enjoy this long-lost tranquility, because he finally realized that his feelings for Beichen had become mad and terrifying. The life and death of others, the joys and sorrows of others, had gradually lost their meaning in his eyes. Only her every frown, smile, and every move would make him worry.
Is it love?
He doesn't know.
What is understandable is that she is no longer just a pillar, but has expanded infinitely and become his whole world.
Yes, apart from the memories of his parents and Taye, everything else in the world has lost its meaning. Black and white, good and evil, life and death, honor and disgrace, what does it have to do with him, Agard? He is the Knight of the Red Moon, and it is enough to dedicate everything he has to his witch.
This is not a mission.
On the contrary, it was his witch who freed him from his mission and brought him peace and happiness. So now, he decided to bring her everything she wanted with his own will.
Then, Yagad also discovered something.
I might scare her.
She is a kind and gentle girl. His cold-blooded and cruel style, as well as his almost abnormal devotion, possessiveness and protectiveness towards her, may cause her to be hurt because of him.
No, this must not happen.
Don't expect to get her, just being able to stay by her side will make you satisfied - because Agard is no longer a human being.
With this feeling, he made a request to Chiyue through Chizui.
Request to block his desires and strong mood swings.
Just like that, he became a heartless, without any sense of good or evil, and without any constraints from any concepts... a colorless demon.
Then, a year later, they met.
Although the relationship between the two was not very pleasant when they first met, later on, with his efforts, she slowly accepted him and gradually began to trust and rely on him.
She accepted the money and army he prepared for her, allowed him to stand behind her, and led him to build his own country and told him: This is our home.
Her attitude towards him became more and more gentle and casual, without any formality. She began to joke with him. When she was sitting on the throne, she would always look in his direction when she encountered a difficult problem. If she had any questions, she would always reflexively call out "Agad". When he smiled at her, a faint blush appeared on her face.
Life was so fulfilling that the knight would often pray to the heavens.
Pray that time will pass more slowly so that he can savor the feeling called "joy" and "happiness".
But──perhaps he has done too much evil and will eventually be punished.
In the end, he fell into her arms in such an ugly posture. He didn't even accompany her in the most important battle. He was defeated miserably because of Pandora's Box.
But he has no regrets.
If I lose my hands, if my death can delay her life for even a second, then it will be meaningful.
Yes, no regrets - just some regrets.
"Miss Beichen, could you please give me one last...goodnight kiss as a reward?"
So in the end, he mustered up his last bit of courage and spoke out the words that had lingered in his heart countless times.
All he wanted was for her to kiss his forehead.
But she cried and kissed her lips.
It was at that moment that the Cavaliers began to feel unwilling.
It turns out that she also likes and depends on her in her heart.
The burning touch also conveyed the bone-eating pain from his heart to Agard's heart.
She was so sad, so reluctant, and so unwilling to leave.
How could I possibly disappoint her? How could I possibly be her knight if I went against her will?
The knight's scattered will suddenly gathered.
He used the last of his strength to call the red cone out of his body, moved it into his mouth, and then used the tip of his tongue to send it into Beichen's mouth.
...If I can't stay with you, at least let my power merge into your body, Miss Beichen.
This way, even if I can't stay by your side,... I can still protect you.
With such a satisfied smile, the knight slowly stopped breathing.
Beichen, realizing his death, shuddered all over and let out a broken cry from his throat. At the same time, Seraphimir on the side laughed sharply.
Amidst this laughter of twisted pleasure, Beichen fell silent.
She slowly let go of Yagad with laughter, and moved Yagad's body to the arms of the pale-faced Black Disaster. She stood up shakily with laughter, and then, with laughter, she waved her hand and summoned a red light.
Seraphimíl suddenly stopped laughing—she couldn't laugh anymore.
Beichen on the opposite side was wearing the silver-white Red Moon armor and holding the huge red sword in his hand.
Then she suddenly looked up, and in those black eyes, there was something that could freeze everything -
It was like absolute zero, a bottomless murderous intent.
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