In Ash's soul, the substitute spirit hurriedly pulled the other spirits to a safe place, preventing them from touching the faded area.
For the spirit, the fading of soul is the end of the world, it is better for Ash to die directly. To the spirit, the magician is like a company. If the company fails, everyone will become unemployed at best. Those who have flexible employment can go back to their hometowns and lie down. If they want to find a job again, they can go to the virtual world biological talent market.
As for feelings, the magician loves the magic spirit as much as the magician loves the magician - but in the eyes of the magic spirit, all magicians are big slave owners who exploit them. The magician's love for the magic spirit is purely because of the magic spirit's functionality. Who would be moved to tears just because they have done a good job as a slave?
The reason they don't hang your street lamps is because the magic spirits are ignorant and naive and won't seek revenge. When the magic spirits grow up to become gods, they won't be so easy to talk to.
If Ash was hacked to death, the magic spirits would never intervene. But now Ash's soul is fading, this is not the company closing down, this is the company building collapsing in an earthquake!
However, the magic spirits did not know how to avoid danger, and they were so ignorant that they would even actively crash into the faded area. Only the substitute magic spirit with four-color pollution knew how to avoid danger. Although it was domineering at ordinary times, it was very responsible at this time. If it had not driven all the magic spirits to the other side in time, at least half of them would have faded and perished.
But even so, the fading pollution soon invaded most of the souls, and the safe area was shrinking rapidly. The substitute spirit stood in the front, trembling to protect the spirits, and was about to become Ash's number one burial object.
At this moment, the fading pollution stopped. As the fading nectar flowed in, the damaged soul was quickly reconstructed, and the new soul area was full of brilliance. The substitute spirit stepped in tentatively, and instantly felt a chill all over his body, sucking away the wandering spirit in the new soul.
It blinked its eyes and felt its mind becoming clearer and clearer. It immediately realized that this was a good thing and quickly asked the magic spirit behind it to catch up.
However, it found that this kind of divine power was limited, and very partial to letting the familiar Heart Sword, Love Sword and other magical spirits absorb it first. After many days of contact, the Heart Sword and other magical spirits were able to vaguely understand its instructions and obediently went over to absorb the remaining divine power of the colorless nectar.
At the same time, Ash also clearly felt the drastic changes in his body. As he absorbed the colorless elixir bit by bit, his golden virtual wings, rainbow virtual wings, and sword-colored virtual wings (the silver virtual wings had been broken) were all rapidly losing their color, and all turned into transparent but rainbow-refracting colorless virtual wings.
This is the effect of the color-destroying nectar!
In addition to growing his seventh virtual wing, its more important effect is to transform the first four virtual wings, turning the silver, gold, rainbow, and different-colored virtual wings into faded virtual wings!
Moreover, Ash could feel that as long as he wanted, he could change the first four virtual wings into any color at any time, for example, turning them all into sword-colored virtual wings!
Even if the quality of the magic power contained in the virtual wings remains unchanged, changing the color means that his virtual wings can permanently enhance the magic spirit. According to Vichy, every sword-colored feather he has can improve the effect of sword magic spirit, reduce the consumption of sword magic spirit, generate resistance to sword magic spirit, and make it easier to create sword magic miracles, etc.
If a mortal wants to change the color of a virtual wing, only a legendary magician can do it, and that can only change the fourth virtual wing. Even if you step into the realm of God, a magician cannot easily condense the color of a virtual wing. The fifth virtual wing must plunder virtual realm resources, and the sixth virtual wing even has to plunder the world's secret domain. It can be seen how difficult it is to add color to yourself.
Now, Ash can modify the color of the first four virtual wings at will, which means that no matter how hard other legendary magicians try, they can never be more colorful than Ash! Their silver, gold, and rainbow virtual wings are like blank slates, but Ash's three virtual wings can add color to the magic spirit!
The same miracle, when used by Ash, can create an eight-fold difference in effect from other legendary magicians!
However, Ash did not change the color of his virtual wings, but allowed it to remain in a discolored state.
Because this is the biggest difference between the Lost Holy Grail and the Rainbow Holy Grail.
The effect of the Rainbow Holy Grail is that the magician can change the colors of the first four virtual wings at will. The Lost Color Holy Grail adds a new color option for the magician - Lost Color.
The various bonuses of the fading feather are weaker than those of the color one, but its advantages are irreplaceable: it can be applied to all magic factions, which can not only enhance the effects of all magic, but also produce resistance to all magic!
Although Ash is mainly a swordsman, he also uses a lot of other faction spirits, serving as a tactical position for output, support, defense, treatment, and movement. The fading feathers can help him deal with any situation, and when he uses a composite miracle, the bonus of the fading feathers is probably no worse than that of the colored feathers!
More importantly, the Faded Feather is a hidden reward for the Faded Holy Grail, and it would be a shame not to use it... He is the type of person who shows off every time he unlocks new equipment when playing games.
He was immersed in the great changes of the Soul Wings, absorbing the nectar eagerly. When the nectar stopped flowing, he subconsciously licked it, then reacted, opened his eyes, and met the eyes of the blonde girl in front of him.
The astral body was released at some point. After all, they had already condensed the Holy Grail, and the Star Master was naturally too lazy to waste resources, so they could no longer communicate with their eyes. But Ash looked at Fili's shy and courageous eyes, and felt that he was closer to her heart than before.
As their sights intersect, confused emotions are nurtured in the light and shadow.
Boom!
There was a heavy sound from the safety door behind him, and Ash subconsciously turned his head to glance at his hand that was sticking out of the gap. When he turned back, his black eyes became clear and bright again, allowing Fili to clearly see her unwilling reflection.
"I--"
"If you apologize, I might really cry." Fili lowered her head and said while biting her lower lip.
"...Thank you." Ash smiled and took the Holy Grail from her hand.
There was not a drop of water left in the Lost Chalice, but it did not disappear, nor did it emit light. Perhaps like the Seven-Colored Tail and the Golden Fish, the Lost Chalice could be taken out and turned into a special item.
"No matter what happens, don't say anything. Let me do the talking." He warned, "But she shouldn't be angry with you. The main thing is that you must not speak for me when something happens to me. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if the hatred deviates."
Realizing that Ash wasn't joking, Fili also became nervous: "What will happen to you?"
"It's just a small matter." Ash said calmly, although his left hand holding the Holy Grail was shaking slightly: "Anyway, you won't die...right?"
"Why don't you just stop—"
"No." Ash shook his head firmly: "Not to mention that I have no talent for hiding things or lying, more importantly, I don't want to hide things or lie to her. I can't stand it myself. For me, if I have to wear a mask in front of Sword Lady, that would be real hell."
Fili blinked: "So it's not hell now that you said it?"
"It's also possible to go to physical hell."
Fili shook her head, grabbed Ash's arm and said, "Let's explain it together. After all, it happened suddenly, and I am also responsible--"
"Don't say a word. Just be an innocent victim." Ash refused: "I was the one who triggered the trap, I was the one who signaled you, and I was the one who benefited from it. What responsibility do you have? It's okay. Just cover your ears and don't look at me. It will be over soon."
“Then I benefit too!”
"The Lost Holy Grail was originally condensed by you. It is only natural that you drank some of it. It does not count."
"That's what I mean." Fili looked at his collarbone exposed from his collar and said softly, "It's not the Lost Holy Grail."
Ash blinked his eyes, feeling a little happy and a little annoyed. Of course he was happy, but he was also annoyed because he might have to confess one more crime later...
At this time, there was a knock on the door. Apparently, the magicians who realized that there was no loot retreated, and the battle to defend the Holy Grail came to an end. Ash let go of the sword girl's hand and was about to open the door, but the Faded Holy Grail suddenly cracked into a portal and sucked Ash in. Fili immediately reached out her hand but grabbed nothing.
When Sonia and the others opened the door, they saw only the stunned Fili in the vault.
"Huh?" The Veela was also shocked: "So Sonia, your lover is a woman?!"