Chapter 1006 Meeting Yingtiansi
There is no doubt that the environment in Shadow Kingdom is terrifying.
The pitch-black night, the biting cold wind, the occasional strange and shrill roars... and the incessant lightning and thunder. It was an ominous scene of impending storm, yet the impending storm never fully subsided.
The Shadow Kingdom has no "citizens" in the ordinary sense, so you won't see any civilians walking on the streets. In that empty and silent wilderness, there is nothing but various monsters.
The land here is gray or black, and there are trees and bushes around, but their shapes are rugged like skeletons, and all the plants are black in color. When the lightning in the sky flashes, a dazzled person can easily mistake them for shadow monsters with bared fangs and claws.
—It looked like the world was shrouded in a black and white filter. The world was composed of only three colors: black, white, and gray, with the black and gray being overwhelmingly predominant, like a gloomy black and white movie or a dirty black and white manga.
The only ones who "came alive" were the warriors of the Shadow Kingdom and outsiders like Aiwass and Yasen.
The colors of their clothing, hair, and eyes are the only colors in this dark world. But even so, some of these warriors gradually become "black and white" - the price or blessing of living in the Shadow Kingdom for a long time is to be gradually stained by the power of shadows, and eventually become an elemental life form.
Just look at their clothes, skin, pupils, hair... whoever has lost more color has likely been here longer. Of course, it could also be because they are too weak to resist the erosion of the shadow's power. Lancelot, for example, has been almost half-saturated by the shadow.
In this shadow world without sun or moon, time also loses its meaning.
But fortunately, these soldiers are very cheerful.
They actively assigned several people to carry the prey, while the rest gathered around Aiwas and Yasen with enthusiasm and curiosity.
The soldiers shared their "shadow brew" with Aiwass and his companions, asking them about what was happening in the real world. Aiwass and Yassen, not shy and reserved, accepted the wine with open arms, drinking while vividly recounting stories of the outside world, drawing exclamations from the soldiers.
That feeling was quite novel to Aiwass, but quite familiar to Yasen - he often visited some of his predecessors who had been imprisoned for more than ten years or even dozens of years, and similar conversations would take place at that time.
This effectively dispelled his fear of the "phantom demon".
...these legendary dead souls, the cruel shadow warriors of Shadow Country...are nothing more than a group of prisoners with a rich entertainment life. From what they say, Shadow Sky Division is already a very good boss, but they still don't allow them to leave Shadow Country at will - the only one allowed to visit is probably Yan Tian Division.
Because there are so many bizarre and dangerous phantom demons in the dream world. Among them, there are even quite a few powerful enough to be enemies of the Heavenly Master, but they just don't have the opportunity to obtain the Heavenly Master fragments...
After all, Sky Master fragments themselves are a form of enhancement, just like how both Mist Sky Master and Feast Sky Master are much more powerful after their upgrades. Even powerful phantom demons like the Fairy Queen are not uncommon in the Dream Realm. Therefore, Shadow Sky Master doesn't want them wandering around in the Dream Realm.
However, the love relationship between them and Ying Tiansi, which belongs to the path of love, makes Ying Tiansi unwilling to put them into the material world.
So they were trapped here, sitting in a sweet prison day after day. Normally, they were happy... but the only stories they could hear were from the witches who had returned from the material world.
But the witches were masters of deception, and they harbored ulterior motives. Their words were half-truths, half-false, and often conspired to trick them. Now, with the help of two outsiders, Aiwass and Yassen, they could finally discern the truth from their words.
They were like students on an outing, eating, drinking and strolling leisurely.
I couldn't count how many thunders fell, but finally I saw something different.
It was a castle built of black and gray.
It stood in the dark crevice of a canyon—unlike many castles built on high ground, it was built in the center of a sunken basin. Although it looked quite large, its scale was only two stories, which seemed unbecoming of the "Queen of the Shadow Kingdom"...
"This castle is down."
Lancelot, who was drinking with Aiwass, arm in arm. He saw the meaning in Aiwass's eyes and quickly explained, "It's like falling into the abyss like death, or like the shadow always behind the sun. If the lightning were in the sky, the downward shadow would extend infinitely... That is Shadow Sky's 'Infinite Palace'. It was once a huge cave, a palace built by Her Majesty the Queen. We usually live there."
"If that's the case," Yasen said, somewhat puzzled, "then why build a second floor?"
"That's called the Thunder Observation Platform."
Lancelot replied, "Her Majesty sometimes stands there and uses the shadows cast by the lightning to tell fortunes or curse."
"Are there any lights in the palace?"
Aiwass was somewhat concerned about this issue.
Although he also had night vision... but ever since he acquired the power of the Candle Child, he had developed an inexplicable love for light. Just being in the Shadow Kingdom for a while made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"—That's natural."
Before Lancelot could respond, a woman's voice rang out from nowhere, full of laughter: "Without light, how can there be shadow?"
As she spoke, the tall giantess pushed open the door and walked out of the castle.
It was undoubtedly a pure-blooded giant.
Unlike the ugly, brute, ape-like male giants, female giants are often extremely beautiful. However, their skin is often not very good, with white scum like peeling wall paint, like a rock. They look like giant, cracked stone statues.
But this is not the case with Ying Tiansi. Her skin is soft and neat, without any cracks.
She stood about four meters tall, petite for a pure-blooded giant, but tall for a priestess. Her long, silky hair, once a fiery red, was now stained a deep red like wine by the shadows. Her pupils were the same blood-red, gleaming with countless shattered diamond facets like a kaleidoscope.
She possessed an elven-like beauty tinged with heroism—not as stunningly beautiful as Cardinal Galatea, nor as hazy and mysterious as Mist Sky.
If you ignore her immense height, she appears to be a cheerful, generous, and confident beauty. She is currently clad in revealing dark red leather armor, and a cloak woven from the shadows of night draped behind her. Behind her is a hideous, blood-red spear riddled with thorns, resembling either a fish spine or some kind of giant harpoon.
——Without a doubt, that was Shadow Sky, Scathach, the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows.
She came out to greet him before Aiwas entered the castle.
"Greetings, Her Majesty!"
Yasen didn't hesitate and immediately half-knelt on the ground.
He couldn't even imagine that a lowly thief like him would one day be able to meet the Heavenly Judge!
He even saw Tiansi with his own eyes while still alive!
This made him feel like he was living in a dream... Oh no, it seemed like he was in a dream.
But this also made him tremble with fear, and he dared not show any disrespect at all - this was a genuine celestial official! A true god!
The god appeared just a few dozen meters in front of him!
But his reaction was different.
However, the other warriors were not very respectful to the Queen of the Shadow Kingdom.
They shouted enthusiastically, "Your Majesty, our guest has caught a great game for us!"
"My lord, Vio and the others can now regain their consciousness!"
"Honey, shouldn't we have a party?"
The warriors have different names for Ying Tiansi.
No matter what the name is, it does not contain much "reverence" but genuine "love".
These people were aggressive, lustful, jealous, good at fighting, and good at sex. Ying Tiansi had no adaptability to the path of authority, so she didn't care how much respect these people had for her - because they were her things, pets, and lovers.
As long as a pet doesn't show its teeth, no matter how naughty it is, it can be forgiven. Even if it does show its teeth, it's even better—Ying Tiansi may be a priestess, but she's also a warrior. If someone dares to challenge her, she will fight them with all her might.
No matter where or what form the duel took, she would gladly accept it.
Ying Tiansi smiled and waved his hand: "Pull them down - let your brothers out! Then, dismember them and eat their flesh!
"Call the fairies again, my warriors! Ask them for the best wine, and have a feast tonight!"
"--oh!"
"Great—"
The soldiers shouted loudly with joy.
They were all tough guys with high execution ability and decisive personalities. No one dawdled and wasted any time, and they all dispersed in a swarm.
Even though every night was a banquet, the warriors always looked forward to tomorrow's dinner. Banquets were originally the prerogative of the Feasting Heavenly Master, but the Shadow Heavenly Master, jealous of the banquet host's excellent banquets and many friends, insisted on holding banquets as well to keep the souls he favored.
When the soldiers dispersed, only two soldiers were left by Aiwass's side.
Ares, the destroyer of nations, and Lancelot.
After they politely greeted Ying Tiansi, they tactfully left.
(End of this chapter)
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