Kaleidoscope of mirrors and black robes.
This once most prosperous commercial center of the Senluo wasteland, under the endless darkness, melted and eroded like ice cream, leaving only the broken walls riddled with holes after wind erosion. Ash carried a silver-green lantern and walked through the spacious central street. The dark green light emitted by the silver lantern illuminated the empty street with dense crowds of people. They were all beautiful and charming beauties without exception, with enchanting figures and natural charm. Their clothes also perfectly outlined their graceful figures. Even if no sound could be heard, their laughter could be seen from the light and shadow.
Ash passed by them and felt like a ghost out of place.
With the collapse of Senro, the imaginative heritage of the Age of Gods naturally lost its effect. Ash has always been curious about the mysterious heritage "Kaleidoscope" in Black Robe Town, which can turn everyone in the range into a character girl, indirectly eliminating everyone's combat power. Although he is not interested in becoming a beautiful girl, if he can master a miracle that can turn others into beautiful girls, he will definitely not refuse... Apart from anything else, Harvey will never have the opportunity to use his lower body in this life, so it is better to turn him into a beautiful girl, so that other people will be more tolerant of him as a necromancer.
Moreover, if he could turn all the enemies into beautiful girls, Ash was sure that even if he didn't kill anyone, his mighty power would be able to overshadow the Ghost Prophet's monstrous demonic power.
It was because of seeing the "Kaleidoscope" that Ash truly believed that in this chaotic and corrupt wasteland, there were not only crows rising and falling, but also a great era of gods that allowed dreams to fly. At that time, Dafa was the dream followed by all living beings, there was only one voice in the country, faith replaced selfish desires, all contradictions and disputes disappeared, and everyone burned their skills and wisdom to realize the unattainable miracle - otherwise, how could they create a prop that "turns everyone into a beautiful girl"?
Even in the Wasteland Age, there are still countless sects trying to restore the glory of the Age of Gods, or to create a new Age of Gods. For the life on this land, burning oneself to pursue dreams seems to be an instinct engraved in their souls. Catastrophe Fire, Crow Killer, Transcendence, Twins...
Everything, everything is gone.
Ash came to a dilapidated house and went in with a silver-green lamp, which illuminated the diners who were drinking and chatting inside. This silver-green lamp was the "Soul Lamp" performed by Vichy and Weisser, which could illuminate the traces of souls in the past year and help Ash collect traces of Igula and Harvey.
Ash simply couldn't trace the past through memory. He could only reminisce about things that had changed. In the current Senluo, even the scenery that he could miss no longer existed.
The lazy and charming proprietress was next to the counter, the innocent and lovely waiter was hurriedly serving the dishes, and the guests were loudly discussing the intelligence of the virtual world. Ash came to the north side of the round table in the middle, barely found a stool that could still be sat on - it was originally supposed to be a chair - and placed the soul lamp in the middle of the table, slightly adjusting the time on it, and the phantoms around the table also changed rapidly.
Finally, Ash saw them.
The depressed girl with dark skin and curly hair, the tall and elegant blonde girl, the hot and lively cat-eared beast girl, the quiet blue-haired girl, and the black crow covered in a black mask. Sitting here, Ash seemed to have traveled through time and came to the Fox Lantern Ice House to have dinner with them again.
It was obviously not the first time they met, but Ash felt like laughing for some reason. He leaned on the table, tilted his head and looked at everyone, and laughed softly: "I didn't expect that one day I would miss the hard time with you guys..."
Ash actually hated reminiscing by himself, as it made him feel like a wild dog being chased by loneliness.
The collapse of the Spiral of Silence changed the lives of countless people. Gwen died, and Chikara also died. Igula and Harvey were trapped in hell and their lives were unknown. The only one who was safe was Black Crow, but Black Crow was in the Thousand Wishes Heaven at that time, and Ash didn't know how to face her - as well as Annan, Freya and Shifrin - unlike others, Black Crow was as pure as a blank sheet of paper in this regard, and coupled with her character of advocating justice and hating evil, Ash always felt that he had tarnished her...
Recalling the fragmentary fragments of that ridiculous bathing experience, Ash's face turned a soft pink. He pursed his lips and stared at the wood grain of the table. He didn't know what was going on in his mind. The loneliness in his heart was swept away, and the sad feeling of revisiting the old place was gone.
Ash thought that there was a reason why everyone believed in the Four Pillars of God. Violence, curiosity, sense of life, and desire for love were indeed good ways to fight sadness.
He felt around and collected some traces from the soul phantoms of Igula and Harvey. Seeing the progress bar of the "Six Levels of Hell" increase a little, he left with the soul lamp.
During this period, he was completely unable to use his magic power due to the curse of the Shadow Sword, so he could not enter Hell to explore. However, he could accumulate traces of Igula and Harvey, and then he would have enough time to explore Hell, so Ash was not in a hurry.
As soon as he walked onto the street, Ash suddenly heard a thunderous explosion in the distance, as if thunder was exploding in his mind, and a scarlet blood moon rose on the horizon. He could feel the supreme and powerful divine power and the darkest and darkest murderous intent even from several kilometers away. Tens of seconds later, the aftermath of the violent wind swept through Black Robe Town, causing Ash's face to hurt.
Silver light surged, souls screamed, the earth collapsed, a war was breaking out in the distance, the chaotic sky was torn apart several times, and the broken earth was twisted and changed repeatedly. If this world was not the apocalypse, if this place was not a forbidden zone for life, the aftermath of their battle alone would be enough to bring unbearable natural disasters to the nearby areas.
They began actual combat drills.
Sword Princess and her friends prepared a complete training plan for themselves, including "Mastering Wonders", "Experiments on Divine Spirits", and "Soul and Body Training". There are three actual combat exercises: "Team Battle", "Single-Player Melee", and "Extreme Challenge".
The first two need no introduction. "Extreme Challenge" is where one person fights against three people. Through high-intensity beatings, the weaknesses of the challenger's combat system are found, and the challenger's potential is tapped under extreme pressure of near-death threat.
But since it was an extreme challenge, it was a real fight. To be honest, Ash was quite worried about this. After all, the relationship between the four of them was not close, but at least they were full of intrigue. Ash was not worried about the witch and the silver lantern, but if Sword Princess or Vichy accidentally had an "accident", Ash would not be surprised.
Needless to say, Vichy was the cause of her own death; as for the cause of Sword Lady's death, it was naturally Ash.
But perhaps Ash was judging geniuses by his trash can mentality. Not only did they not encounter any accidents in the past few days, but their training results were remarkable and their skills improved rapidly. Even though Ash had not recovered yet, he could clearly feel that their combat power had risen to a higher level. More importantly, they were gradually becoming familiar with the war mode of the demigod level.
If they meet the Sword Law Angel again, although they will most likely still be no match for Jian Yu Chi, they will never be as embarrassed as last time.
Watching the increasingly fierce battle on the horizon, Ash suddenly lost interest. He quickly checked Black Robe Town and went back to the temporary camp.
Felix was the only one in the camp, and Deda Rose also joined the training team of Sword Princess and the others - apart from anything else, Deda Rose's singing during their rest time could effectively eliminate their fatigue. Moreover, Deda Rose's chaotic heavenly sounds could even affect the Sword Law Angels. Although she was only a Sanctuary Magician, she was indeed qualified to participate in the Demigod War.
Felix was using water magic to wash clothes. Although housework was not tiring for a magician, it was still quite tedious, especially since everyone's clothes were made of different materials. She had to carefully adjust the water flow intensity to avoid damaging the clothes and fading the colors - Senluo had nowhere to buy clothes, so if one set was damaged, she would have one less set.
"Where are my clothes?" Ash asked, putting down the soul lamp.
"I can wash it." Felix said casually, "I've always washed it."
"I have nothing to do anyway." Ash rolled up his sleeves.
Felix pointed to the wooden barrel next to him. Ash went to the puddle next to him, squatted down, poured a few laundry beads and started scrubbing.
The camp became quiet again, with only the sound of running water and rubbing clothes echoing. After a while, Felix finished washing the girls' large clothes and said, "If you need them, here are Jian Ji and Wei Xi's underwear. I haven't washed them yet. They are in their original smell."
Ash stopped and looked helplessly at Felix, who was smiling like a hamster: "It's been almost ten days, aren't you tired of smiling yet?"