Chapter 5 The Beginning of the Tide
A figure appeared on the top of a dilapidated tower covered with vines. Its long, fluorescent light blue-purple hair, which reached down to its heels, reflected a beautiful yet poisonous glow under the moonlight.
The night wind howled past, bringing with it the distant howling of the possessed Moon Messenger.
Awooo────
A wild yet slightly sad cry, like a wolf's howl, came from the distant hilltop.
There was a vast sea of trees under my feet that seemed to have no end. A group of startled birds flapped their wings, and a few tiny white shadows quickly passed through the treetops and disappeared into the night sky.
“…”
The figure made an almost imperceptible breathing sound as he walked to the edge of the tower top. His blood-red mechanical eyes narrowed in the howling night wind. On the skeleton of the wings behind him, the soft light of the star spirit power formed the wing membrane, bringing out countless firefly-like streams of light around the figure.
He raised his hand towards the bright moon above his head, as if trying to catch the distant shadow floating in the sky.
Then he opened his mouth and a grunting, beast-like breathing sound came from his throat.
Awooo────────
The loud and primitive sound of howling moon burst out from his mouth, long, powerful and distant.
The wind was stirred, whistling and carrying the sound into the distance. The star power floating in the air began to leap and circle excitedly. The forest under his feet made a rustling sound again, and large flocks of birds rushed out from it, flying in groups to the farther sky.
Awooo────Awooo────Awooo────
The howls in response came one after another.
There was a slight rumbling and shaking from the earth; it was the sound of countless possessed moon messengers jogging forward.
Blue-purple spots of light gradually approached from all directions and gathered towards the tower. The figure looked at his fellow creatures gathered at his feet and hummed excitedly, and slowly raised the huge transparent wings behind him.
"here we go."
A cold and mellow voice, as if it could directly melt and penetrate into the soul of others, floated gently out of the figure's mouth and disappeared in the whisper of the night wind.
"……here we go."
He repeated this softly, looking up at the sky above his head.
"Celland's Hymn, Canto 11, Stanza 3, Lament from the Moonbringer."
An extremely cold and charming voice, accompanied by the leaping of star spiritual power, bloomed with a wonderful and mysterious aura at the top of the wreckage of the tower.
It was like some heretic was performing some crazy ritual alone.
"Narayesa, Feinheim; Naarayesa, Feinheim."
With beautiful and rhythmic voice, she sang the name of the paradise.
——Narayesa, Feinheim.
──Come back, our paradise.
——Only blood can soothe our anxiety.
——Our pain can only be relieved by screaming.
——Only killing can eliminate our hesitation.
──We came from heaven, but we have nowhere to go.
──We long to go home, but we can't find the stairs leading to the sky.
——We are searching for a ladder, wandering all our lives in a land that does not belong to us.
——Built with blood.
——Built with internal organs and bones.
——Built with the helplessness and loneliness in the soul.
——Build with endless despair of enemies and food.
──The stairs fall down again and again, and we lose the signposts ahead again and again.
——No place to go.
——There is no peace.
——No joy.
──No happiness and hope.
——There is no companion to accompany me.
——How small are the things we desire.
How humble is what we ask for.
──So, come back.
──Our paradise, come back.
——Narayesa, Feinheim.
──Narayesa, Feinheim──────
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Title: ◆Fifteen days left until the Red Moon Witch descends upon Senagard, Feinheim◆
In the huge, empty indoor basketball court, the clear sounds of fighting echoed in the air.
“Too slow!”
“Woo!”
Gu Yinyue mercilessly stretched out his palm and pushed forward, hitting Beichen on the shoulder. Beichen let out a small scream, staggered back several steps and sat on the ground, but Gu Yinyue still had no mercy on him and chased after him with a knife!
"Wow..." Longyun couldn't help but cry out softly, "Such a petite and cute girl, it's hard for that damn monk to beat her."
"Once that damn monk gets into combat mode, he doesn't care about gender, right?" Naraka said sarcastically, digging his ear. "At least he still has a sense of propriety."
“────”
Ling Shuang's face turned pale and she stared at Beichen's figure worriedly.
In the field, Beichen endured the severe pain and leaned back, raised his hand to grab Gu Yinyue's knife, used the force to jump up, then raised his legs and twisted his waist, and kicked fiercely!
The next second, Gu Yinyue dodged to the side and grabbed Beichen's ankle, and with his other hand, he slapped Beichen again -
Beichen gritted his teeth and endured the fierce blow to the abdomen again. He stretched out his hand and hit the side of Gu Yinyue's arm with a knife. Then he suddenly jumped into the air with his other foot, spun his whole body upside down, broke free from the restraints, then supported himself on the ground with both hands and kicked Gu Yinyue's chest hard!
There was a slight muffled sound when it hit the ground. Gu Yinyue kicked forward, jumped back a step, and curled the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Improvement. Rest ten lire."
After hearing this, Beichen said nothing. He collapsed to the ground without caring about his image, gasping for breath.
──Even with the support of the three fighting weapon inscriptions in his body, it is still too terrifying to engage in close combat with a warrior of Gu Yinyue's level!
"Hey, are you okay?"
Ling Shuang walked to Beichen with a bottle of sports drink, squatted down, tilted her head, deliberately not meeting her gaze, and handed the drink to her.
"You're really asking for trouble. Why practice bare-handed combat when you have weapons? Be careful you turn into a muscle woman."
Beichen took the bottle and was about to say thank you, but she heard Lingshuang's sarcasm. She gasped and twitched her mouth, but she didn't have the strength to refute.
That's right, she was learning the techniques of bare-handed combat from Gu Yinyue.
In Senagad, due to the existence of the race of warriors, people almost equate combat effectiveness with the ability of the weapons plus their own spiritual weapons level.
Generally, in order to cope with attacks at different distances, many Lingwu Divisions have multiple weapons. For example, Gu Yinyue has two typical weapons, one close and one long.
Therefore, few people have thought about and calculated how strong they are when they are empty-handed.
But Gu Yinyue said that the foundation is the most important.
Because the calculation of the level of the Spiritual Martial Arts Division is a comprehensive judgment of the contract force and the resonance force, and does not include the basic physical quality of the individual (that is, the ability after all the weapon contracts are released), so Gu Yinyue's level is the third-level Phantom Spiritual Martial Arts Division. Although it sounds very powerful, it is actually not that surprising.
However, according to Naraka, Gu Yinyue can defeat enemies at the Wu Sihuang level using only Longyun. It is conceivable that when Gu Yinyue grows to the Wu Sihuang level, will he still have any rivals who can match him?
──This is the power of foundation.
Before controlling a weapon, one must first control one's own body thoroughly and without error, transforming the contract into power within one's body, and tempering one's body. This way, even if the contract ends and the contract disappears, the body can still remain strong and powerful.
The reason Beichen was chosen as a partner was precisely because, unlike most Spiritual Martial Division members, she didn't overly rely on the power of weapons, but instead focused on solid physical training. She was gentle and tolerant with her sword, not only not caring about his lack of combat power, but even taking a bullet to protect him.
Be strict with yourself and lenient with others, this is the mentality of a true warrior.
But in Senagad, a world where weapons are everywhere, it is not easy to find such a person. He wandered for seven years before he met Xiang Beichen.
Therefore, we must do our best to guide and help her grow.
"Ten riels is up. ...Can we continue?"
"Well!! We can't waste time like this. When we see Xiang Ying and Hei Huo Su Jie again, we must give them a big surprise!"
Beichen panted and clenched his fists, speaking loudly as if to encourage himself, while Gu Yinyue showed a faint smile.
"Let's get started."
The two figures collided again, and the sound of fighting was heard again in the center of the court.
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Title: ◆Thirteen days left until the Red Moon Witch descends upon Senagard, Senagard◆
In the reception room of the Third Prince's residence, Rui staggered onto the large sofa, closed his eyes, and spoke in annoyance to the figure sitting in the guest seat:
"I've been pestering you for three days. You guys are really in a good mood. I've seen too many street swindlers like you. It would be best if you could come up with some information. Otherwise, don't blame me—"
"Oh, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you've become so arrogant. Every time we see you, we have to shout and send messages to you countless times. Are you, the Third Prince, really precious? Be careful or I'll tell Little Loach about your attitude."
Rui's eyes widened when he heard Black Disaster's voice, and he jumped up from the sofa.
"Black Disaster, Su Jie...Xiang Ying!? You're alive!? Where's Beichen?!"
"She went back to Feinheim. I don't know when she'll be back, but Xifeng should be with her... I believe she's fine."
As Xiang Ying spoke, he gently stroked his forehead - that was where Beichen and his brand were.
As soon as these words came out, Rui seemed to lose his strength, collapsed back on the sofa, and covered his eyes with his hands.
"That's great, she's not dead."
"What?" Su Jie's expression became serious. "Who told you that we are dead?"
Ruy sighed tiredly.
"The town of Welvis was massacred. Not a single person was left alive."
“—What!?!?”
"None of my subordinates have returned. Some of them didn't bring all their weapons with them. The weapons that remained here told me that the contracts within them were forcibly severed—which means death."
“…”
Xiang Ying lowered his head in silence.
"So I thought you guys were damned too. It was all that damned royal brother who gave you such a crappy mission, and I was so careless as to let you go! I really want to burn down his mansion while he's gone!"
"If you're not afraid that this place will be turned into a beehive by Xifeng's sniper rifle after he comes back."
“…”
Su Jie shrugged, while Rui Yi twitched his mouth a little aggrievedly.
"Don't be so quick to relax, Rui. Has any strange force suddenly emerged recently?"
Black Disaster interrupted and Rui's eyes immediately lit up.
"Have you heard? A week ago, a new religious group appeared in the neighboring country of Latia. It's called the 'Jaffa Divine Group'."
The three warriors immediately frowned and looked at each other: the thing they were most worried about had indeed happened.
"What are you talking about specifically?"
"They advocate the doctrine of fraternity, treating weapons with kindness, and provide shelter for abandoned and defective weapons. They even advocate for the abandonment of weapon graves. Most importantly, they seem to have a method to cure the moon poison, which has attracted a large number of believers. Whatever the cult's leaders are planning, the Heyang Kingdom must obtain this method. I am planning to send someone to negotiate with them."
"No need to negotiate. We have the method to remove the moon poison right here."
Heihuo interrupted coldly, and Sujie on the side also punched the sofa chair next to him hard.
"Damn it! What's this about storing abandoned and defective weapons?! They're using them as medicine, right? Dying from being drained of blood is worse than dying in a weapon graveyard!"
"Medicine? Blood draw? What are you talking about? Do you also know the solution to the moon poison?"
Rui was a little confused by the sudden outburst of anger from the three warriors, but the good news of the solution to the Moon Poison still made him excited.
"That's right. The antidote to the Moon Poison is to have more than one War Machine's blood. Using the cover of housing the War Machine, we can obtain enough antidotes. Not only can we use the antidote to gain popularity, but we can also establish a glorious image. This is a brilliant plan."
Xiang Ying frowned and spoke in a cold voice, and with every word, Rui's expression became more complicated.
"I didn't expect the antidote to the moon poison to be so simple—" Rui lowered his head and pondered, "It turns out that the seemingly righteous Jafa group is even more disgusting than I imagined. But how do you know all this?"
Black Fate twisted his mouth and laughed mockingly: "Why do you think Velvis was massacred?"
Rui was stunned for a moment, then gasped: "You mean, they want to silence us?!"
"That's it."
“…”
The third prince remained silent for several minutes. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and slowly uttered a few notes.
"The Ka-F-F-Divine Group"
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Title: ◆Ten days left until the Red Moon Priestess descends upon Senagard, Feinheim◆
Xifeng's complexion became worse day by day, and he often appeared distracted.
But every time Beichen showed concern for him, he showed an impatient and malicious look, which made Beichen feel that he was probably hated very much.
She ran to Gu Yinyue to complain, and Longyun beside her immediately burst into laughter and told her not to worry.
Not long after, Xifeng ran to Beichen with an expressionless face to apologize. Maybe Longyun said something to him.
Although it was impossible to tell from his calm face whether he was sincere in his apology, Beichen still nodded to show his understanding.
Then he was silent for more than ten seconds and suddenly spoke.
"I know what Redis meant by that. This is damned."
"……ah?"
"Nothing much. By the way, have you considered looking for a long-range weapon?"
“Huh…? This…”
Beichen scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I've thought about it, but I don't want to upset Xiangying and Heihuo Sujie. Besides, I haven't even mastered how to use all three of them yet. ──Xifeng, you ask..."
Although I don't want to be too sentimental, Xifeng's question is really a bit abrupt and too tempting.
"Is that so?"
After a pause of a few seconds, Xifeng continued calmly:
"When you reach the level of Wu Si Huang and still haven't found a satisfactory long-range combat weapon, you can come to me."
"Oh, okay...Huh!? Huh, huh, huh?!"
"Shut up!" Xifeng frowned, interrupting Beichen's surprise. "Wouldn't it be nice to have a weapon that can open a dimensional door? You'll want to come back to Feinheim sometimes, right?"
"Of course! But why... don't you... hate me?"
"I really hate you."
Xifeng answered immediately.
"Don't you hate me too? We both know that, right? But that doesn't mean you're not a decent master. Objectively speaking, you're quite good. Useless, cowardly, easy to talk to, easily crushed and kicked, but generally agrees to requests and won't issue ridiculous orders. As a weapon, having a master like that is certainly a comfort."
"Wait, are you really praising me..."
"Who is praising you? Can't you even tell the difference between praise and criticism?"
“…”
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Title: ◆Seven days left until the Red Moon Priestess descends upon Senagard, Selenkrad◆
Atlas was lying in a huge vessel that looked like a culture tank, with blue-purple liquid all over his body.
The repair progress is very stable and the energy filling rate is normal.
For him, who had been on the Poison Moon for more than a hundred years, two months should be just a blink of an eye.
But now he felt—well, wait, he had to find a word from the database.
Every day feels like a year.
That’s right, every day feels like a year.
He had endured it for over a hundred years, but after foreseeing Beichen and the others, he felt uncomfortable after only a week alone - there was clearly nothing wrong with his body functions, but he always felt that something was wrong beyond the data.
The operation of the core will always go astray, automatically replaying some recorded clips.
Beichen gave himself a clean and gentle smile.
Beichen was grinning and jumping up and down at himself.
Beichen was covered in blood and roared as if he was going to kill the enemy.
Xiang Ying twitched his lips as he looked at himself disguised as him.
Black Disaster smiled and tried to pull his tail but was hit on the back of his hand by the tail instead, looking annoyed.
The sound of Su Jie patting the back of his head and calling him "little tail".
Scene after scene, without any deviation, played automatically in my mind.
He closed his eyes and tried hard to suppress the star power circuits in his body.
He finally vaguely realized his own feelings.
——In human terms, he felt lonely and irritated.
“──”
He wanted to open his mouth and call Beichen's name, but the blue-purple liquid rushed in all at once, so all he could do was make a gurgling bubbling sound.
So he moved the calling sound to the core.
──Beichen, wait for me to come back.
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Title: ◆Five days left until the Red Moon Witch descends upon Senagard, Feinheim◆
The day's special training finally ended. Beichen rushed into the bathroom sweating profusely. When he came out, he heard the noise coming from the study.
"I don't care. She's finally willing to reconcile with me. How can I give up?!"
It was Ling Shuang's voice. Beichen stopped outside the study door.
"Reconciliation doesn't mean she'll agree to sign a contract with you. You can see that she and her war weapon have a good relationship."
Longyun's low and patient voice sounded, as if trying to enlighten Lingshuang.
"Well... so what? As long as she's willing to sign with me, I'll get along well with the other war machines."
Ling Shuang lowered her voice and said this a little awkwardly.
"Really? Who are you kidding?" This time, it was Naraka's cold voice. "Forget about the weapons. Don't think I haven't seen how you've been looking at that dead monk these past few days. If you really sign a contract with her, it won't be long before you're in trouble with Xiang Ying and Hei Huo Su Jie. Then she'll be the one causing trouble."
“…”
There was a silence.
"Lingshuang, take it easy. When you return to Feinheim, find a good master. There's no need to force yourself to be her weapon, right? Look at me and Naraka. We're not her weapons, but we still chat and laugh with her."
"Don't try to persuade me. I won't give up."
"how?"
Naraka's voice suddenly became cold and sarcastic.
"Are you really planning to threaten her with your own life? Lingshuang, don't push your luck. That woman hates this kind of tactics. Longyun may have persuaded her the first time, but he certainly can't persuade her the second time. If you really hope she's disgusted by your words, then just do it generously."
"She's going to need me."
Ling Shuang still said this stubbornly.
"I can make up for the lack of range of my sword and grappling hook. She'll figure it out."
There was silence for ten seconds.
"Don't try to persuade me. My feelings towards her...are different from your feelings towards Gu Yinyue...and the feelings of ordinary weapons towards their masters...
Beichen frowned outside the door, took a few steps back, then turned and walked back to his room.
“…”
After closing the door, Beichen sighed heavily.
She had experience in love, so of course she knew what Ling Shuang's words were hinting at.
However, after what happened to Yin Lingsi, she no longer had the energy to accept the kindness of the opposite sex. Besides, she had too many things to do right now and shouldn't think about these things at all.
She also knew how cruel it would be to give him hope with her ambiguous attitude and then crush his hope in the end.
Therefore, it is better to draw a clear line from the beginning.
So, sorry.
She leaned against the door and frowned, closing her eyes.
Sorry, Ling Shuang, please pretend that I didn’t hear what you said just now.
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Title: ◆Three days left until the Red Moon Priestess descends upon Senagard, Senagard◆
Rui brought Xiang Ying, Hei Huo and Su Jie back to the lounge.
"Isn't it time to finally eat your fill?"
Rui rubbed his shoulders somewhat weakly, then shouted to the outside of the door:
"Blue Carter!"
"Yes, Your Highness, what are your instructions?"
A knight in green immediately walked in from outside the door. This man seemed to be very important and had been seen coming and going several times.
"How's the matter I asked you to do going?"
"His Majesty appears to be quite satisfied with the amendments you have proposed."
"Tsk." Rui laughed sarcastically. "In order to successfully publicize the solution to the Moon Poisoning Disease and, in this case, protect the weapons from excessive abuse and malicious exploitation, I spent two whole nights revising and deliberating the relevant laws, and the result is only 'moderately satisfactory'?"
"Your Highness, please do not be sad. His Majesty will understand your painstaking efforts one day."
"He doesn't need to understand."
In response to his subordinates' whispered persuasion, Rui just smiled viciously yet gently.
"Let's get on with this matter first. You're my substitute in front of him. Do a good job, Lan Carter."
"Yes, then, regarding the matter of dealing with the Jafa Divine Group, Your Highness plans to..."
"Is the news that the divine group plans to send people to participate in the Latia Martial Arts Tournament true?"
"Yes, I have confirmed it again and again."
"The Latia Martial Arts Tournament..." Xiang Ying muttered to the side, "Wait a minute... the winning prize of the martial arts tournament is the contract right for the Demonic Sword Xiaxue! If the Jafa Divine Group gets it, it will be disastrous!!"
"It's troublesome. They're in a neighboring country. If news of us gets through, I don't know how big a blow it will be to them. It would be disastrous if they've already established a foothold."
Su Jie smacked his lips irritably.
Black Disaster folded his arms and laughed, "Apparently, I thought I didn't need to look for Xiaxue now that I had Xifeng. But I still have to go to this martial arts tournament. I don't ask for victory, but at least I have to prevent them from getting Xiaxue."
"You guys going?"
Rui was a little surprised.
"It's too dangerous! Let me select the elites—"
"Of course you have to choose someone to go, but we will also sign up as civilians. Rui, do you think that with Little Loach's temper, she will ignore Pinhua's revenge?"
As soon as Black Plague finished speaking, Rui fell into deep thought.
"It seems you have already made up your mind?"
"Yes," Xiang Ying nodded solemnly, "As soon as we meet up with the master, we will immediately set off for Latia. So, now we have a few important things to do."
"What?"
"The legend of the Scarlet Moon Witch. This is the master's thorn in her side. Before she returned, I discussed with Brothers Hei Huo and Su Jie. We want to go to the National Library's advanced reference library to collect all relevant information for her. So—to gain access, I need your pardon."
"That's no problem. I'll draft the paperwork in a moment."
Rui immediately agreed readily, then smiled at the three warriors.
"You guys are working really hard. It's rare to see a warrior so dedicated to his master."
"The Master must be working harder than us right now. I can feel it." Xiang Ying gave a reserved and gentle smile. "In order to catch up with her, we have to work hard too."
Heihuo Sujie didn't say anything, but nodded slightly, with a rare firm and serious look on his face.
Seeing this, Rui burst out laughing.
"Hey, Black Plague, Su Jie, do you know that the expressions you have on your faces right now are as inappropriate as a drunkard suddenly singing a hymn?"
"Ruyi, you deserve a beating!"
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Title: ◆One day left until the Red Moon Priestess descends upon Senagard, Senagard◆
There was a tall man standing on the rooftop of a magnificent building. He looked up, but not at the poisonous moon above his head that was about to become full. Instead, he looked at the purple-black sky at the other end of the sky.
──That’s where the red moon is.
Of course, he couldn't see the red moon, but according to legend, the red moon would appear in the sky opposite to the poisonous moon, so he stared in that direction.
The man had a terrifyingly muscular body of two meters tall, covered in heavy armor, with short, stiff hair, and facial features so stern that they could shut up a crying child immediately. He stood with an upright posture and looked like a majestic and fierce military commander.
But his identity is the biggest sinner of the Heyang Kingdom, Darim Fertadis, the Governor of the Star Mines.
"It's almost here." He whispered, "I've waited so long, it's finally here."
He stretched out his hand in the direction of the red moon.
"Come quickly, my miko-sama. I have prepared everything you desire. As long as you ask, I can get anything for you. Even my life, even... disaster and destruction -"
"Everything is ready, so... come quickly—"
He was like a neurotic madman, whispering these creepy words over and over again, his tone as gentle and sticky as if he was talking to a lover.
"Please come to this world, my miko-sama—"
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Title: ◆The Day the Red Moon Priestess Arrives, Feinheim, Senagard◆
"Well, everything is ready!"
Beichen stretched his body and nodded to Xifeng.
"Me too, the storage space is full! Feinheim has so many great things!"
Longyun said this with a smile, and then was slapped hard on the back of the head by Gu Yinyue.
Ling Shuang remained silent, staring at Beichen without blinking.
"We are fine," Naraka glanced at Redis, "Your Majesty, are you not going back?"
"There are still some things that haven't been investigated clearly. You guys should go back first. If you run into Rui, tell him to stop being so arrogant and overdoing it."
Beichen laughed dryly: Why do you still want to bully him even though we are in a different world?
After a brief exchange of pleasantries and confirmation that there were no remaining issues, Xifeng walked among the group.
"Get ready, I'm going to open the dimensional gate."
"oh oh!"
"Well, I'm ready!"
"Open it."
Xifeng stretched out a hand, and in an instant, the familiar white light spread throughout the room.
There was a dazzling white in front of his eyes, and Beichen was forced to close his eyes. There was a huge roar in his ears, but he could hear his heart beating rapidly.
──Senagarde, here I come.
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