Witch’s Night: Chapter 30 Shadow, Lin Qingying
The familiar venomous tongue, the same tone as in his memory, even after hundreds of years, Hamid hadn’t forgotten.
It was unforgettable.
“You’ve come.”
Hamid didn’t turn around, just said softly.
This woman had brought him the most painful defeat of his life, a defeat that Hamid still couldn’t let go of even after betraying humanity and embracing the Gods.
“Lin Qingying, or… Shadow.”
Lin Qingying, the current Eleventh Saint, due to the nature of her ability, had completely inherited the legacy of the previous Saint “Shadow,” and also inherited the name “Shadow.”
“Yo, you still remember. It’s been so long since anyone called me by my name, even I almost forgot.”
Shadow shrugged. Her impression of Hamid was no less profound than his impression of her, after all, Hamid had almost killed all her classmates.
As for resentment… it couldn’t be said to be that. Shadow had already passed the age of hatred. Time hadn’t left any marks on her appearance, but it had brought the most profound change to her.
Now, to Shadow, Hamid was just a cultist, an enemy of humanity and civilization, nothing more.
Hamid sighed. He had anticipated that Noah might send a Saint, but he hadn’t expected them to arrive so quickly.
Even the Church of the End Gods didn’t know about the existence of Shadow Guards. They could only vaguely guess that there were informants from the Noah Holy Church in Lannister, but they didn’t expect an entire ancient noble family of Noah to be her informants.
Hamid slowly turned around, only to see a dark figure, and couldn’t help but chuckle self-deprecatingly,
“So it’s a shadow avatar, no wonder you could arrive in Lannister in just a few hours…”
In their planned scheme, no matter how fast Noah acted, it would take at least half a day for a Saint to arrive in Lannister.
Not to mention that most Saints were currently slumbering, and mobilizing a Saint required extra caution, they couldn’t use the large-scale Teleportation Array.
Moreover, Hamid had also controlled the severity of the situation, making it difficult for Noah to decide whether it was worth mobilizing a Saint.
Obtaining the oracle during this period of delay, and then destroying Lannister, was the Church of the End Gods’ plan.
Unexpectedly… this carefully arranged plan was completely ruined by Lin Qingying’s appearance.
“However, Lin Qingying, you’re still as arrogant as ever, just a mere shadow avatar… is no match for me.” Hamid said indifferently. “Errants who are completely ignorant of the truth, ignorance has blinded you.
“If you had seen the truth, you would make the same choice as me, everything is to save the world.”
“You old man are so nagging, just as long-winded as you were back then.” Shadow crossed her arms. Her expression couldn’t be seen in the darkness, but a hint of disdain was evident. “The so-called truth, isn’t it just the false starry sky and the secrets behind it? It’s not like I haven’t seen it.”
Hearing this, Hamid was truly stunned. He widened his eyes and said tremblingly,
“You, you’ve seen it too?”
“Every Saint has seen it; this was an arrangement left by the Saint herself.” Shadow sneered and twirled a strand of hair between her fingers boredly. “You cultists, thinking yourselves the only ones awakened in the world, are so immersed in the Malice of All Worlds and the lies you’ve fabricated that you can’t extricate yourselves.
“Shouting about destroying civilization to save the world every day, do you think you’re great? Wrong, completely wrong. You, like the Malice of All Worlds, are just escaping.”
“No, impossible!” Hamid almost screamed, nearly losing his mind. “After seeing the truth, how can you be so indifferent! Why do you still choose to go against the Gods!”
After seeing the truth hidden within the false starry sky, Hamid had always believed this: everyone who saw the truth would be like him, making the most correct choice.
This belief had lasted for hundreds of years and had become like an absolute truth to him.
But Luo Yan was the first exception. After seeing the Gods, she didn’t choose to side with them, and even brought the news that broke Hamid’s defenses: the God of Hope (Witch of Envy) was dead.
Under multiple blows, Hamid was on the verge of madness, although in the eyes of the world, he had been mad for hundreds of years.
Cecilia, looking at the suddenly unfamiliar Grandpa Bishop, felt distressed and afraid. She wanted to approach him, but was stopped by Luo Yan.
Luo Yan shook her head slightly at Cecilia, then steadily retreated, preparing to leave.
She sensed Hamid’s unstable emotions. Staying here would only become more dangerous. Her previous judgment seemed to be a mistake; this Bishop was definitely not just “Peril” level, otherwise he wouldn’t have said that a Saint’s shadow avatar with thirty percent of their power wasn’t his match.
Actually, from some details, Luo Yan also noticed Hamid’s complex emotions towards Cecilia. On the one hand, he loved and cherished this little girl he had raised, and on the other hand, he doubted the motives behind his own actions.
Whether it was out of human emotion or a plan for destruction, Hamid had been hesitant, until he met Luo Yan and finally let go of this confusion and decision, leaving all the choices to her.
A flicker of excitement flashed through Chris’s eyes when she saw Shadow appear, but she didn’t show anything. Her identity as a Shadow Guard was top secret and couldn’t be easily revealed.
Shadow immediately recognized Chris, after all, she looked very much like Tina, her mother, but she didn’t say anything.
As for Luo Yan, Shadow just glanced at her and then ignored her. Luo Yan wasn’t important on this trip; the interaction with Luo Yan would be left to Illusion.
Shadow only had a sharp tongue; she actually listened to Illusion very much. Whatever Illusion said, she did.
“Words are useless, it’s time to send you on your way, old classmate.”
Shadow raised her hand slightly, and darkness spread from beneath her feet. A gentle force pushed Luo Yan and the others away.
In a battle above “Destruction” level, ability users below that level didn’t even have the right to watch.
Like Granny Zoya, Shadow chose to isolate the battle space. The difference was that Granny Zoya faced an entire sea of enemies, while Shadow faced Hamid, who was going all out, even disregarding everything due to his madness.
“Er-! Rants!” Hamid roared heart-wrenchingly. “You villains who have shamed the Gods, you are the culprits behind the destruction of the world!”
“Heh, drown in your baseless delusions, Hamid.”
Shadow sneered disdainfully, but her eyes were still grim and serious.
Although she had been mocking Hamid, after all, what stood here was just a shadow avatar with thirty percent of her strength. To deal with Hamid, who was considered a strong figure even among “Destruction” level ability users, she still had to go all out.
The spreading black barrier expanded, eventually forming a silent domain that couldn’t be entered, completely isolated from Lannister.
The battle inside couldn’t be seen from the outside, and it wouldn’t affect the outside world until the barrier was broken.
“Grandpa Bishop, wuwuwu… why is this happening…”
Finally, Cecilia couldn’t help but sob.
She didn’t know why Grandpa Bishop, who had been so good to her, had become like this today…
These complicated matters were beyond Cecilia’s little head to understand.
Luo Yan and Chris sighed at the same time. Although what happened today was directly caused by them, Cecilia’s fate was only a matter of time.
Even without Luo Yan and Chris, Hamid wouldn’t be able to maintain their peaceful life any longer. It would erupt eventually.
“Hmm? Chris, Miss Luo Yan, why are you all here?”
Just then, a cold voice sounded.
Luo Yan and Chris turned their heads and saw a tall woman in a suit dress walking towards them, frowning.
“Madam Tina,” Luo Yan bowed slightly, a hint of surprise in her expression. “Why are you here too?”
“Mo-, Mother…”
Chris averted her gaze. Logically, she should be attending the banquet now, not involved in this matter.
Moreover, she had been scolded not long ago for secretly contacting Luo Yan. Now, being caught red-handed taking Luo Yan around Lannister…
Thinking of this, Chris shrank her head again.
But unexpectedly, Tina just nodded to Chris and looked at Luo Yan,
“Miss Luo Yan, have you already contacted Hamid?”
She couldn’t help but size up Luo Yan. At the banquet, Tina had only seen Luo Yan in her black-haired young man form, not her current appearance.
It had to be said that Tina considered herself a beauty. To put it shamelessly, when she was young, the people pursuing her could line up three times around Noah.
Even though the Lequista family only accepted men marrying into the family, there were still countless noble children vying to join.
But even so, standing in front of the unadorned Luo Yan, Tina still felt a sense of inferiority.
What was even more rare was that this silver-haired girl’s stunning beauty wasn’t aggressive. Just standing there quietly gave people a very pleasing and comfortable feeling, and an indescribable sense of security.
But thinking of Luo Yan’s identity, Tina suddenly felt uneasy.
“I have. He even asked me for an oracle.” Luo Yan replied indifferently. “He just wanted to know what the Witch of Envy said when she contacted me.”
“I see,” Tina secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed there wouldn’t be any problems. “Miss Luo Yan, you didn’t give it to him, right?”
“I did.”
“That’s good… Ah?”
Tina immediately looked at Chris, her eyes seemingly saying “Why didn’t you stop her?”
Chris felt her hair stand on end from being stared at. She knew what her mother meant, but she felt wronged too.
Stop her? With what?!
She didn’t even understand what the oracle said; divine language wasn’t something ordinary humans could understand.
“You… just gave it to him like that?”
Tina’s nervous expression mirrored Chris’s.
“Yes, but after hearing it, Hamid almost collapsed, and then Saint Shadow appeared.” Luo Yan spread her hands. “And after hearing what Saint Shadow said, he seemed to have gone mad.”
“…Why do I suddenly feel that this is even more dangerous?”
A single sentence could drive a “Destruction” level ability user mad, what kind of divine being was Miss Luo Yan?
Did the so-called oracle possess such power?
“How about I tell you?”
Luo Yan blinked, her face full of innocence.
“No!”
Tina and Chris both shouted in unison, stopping her.
As expected of mother and daughter, their thought processes were surprisingly similar, although they looked more like sisters of similar age in terms of appearance.
After calming down a bit, Tina cleared her throat, her expression becoming more serious, and said in a low voice,
“Anyway, Saint Shadow being here means that this matter has been resolved. Miss Luo Yan, I will take you back to Restricted Zone Seven. Please don’t leave until the other Saint arrives, alright?”
“No problem, but I want to take her with me.”
Luo Yan pointed at Cecilia beside her. Hamid had given her all the information about Cecilia.
Actually, after losing the balance provided by the old residential building, Cecilia’s situation was already precarious. Her amber eyes were glowing faintly, and her body was trembling slightly.
If she weren’t next to Luo Yan, Cecilia might have already lost control.
“A God’s Chosen?” Tina recognized Cecilia’s situation at a glance, frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then hesitantly nodded. “Alright, but if that’s the case, Chris, you stay with Miss Luo Yan for now.”
“Ah? Mother…”
Chris, who had been suddenly addressed, was startled and showed a troubled expression.
Although Miss Luo Yan hadn’t shown any signs of danger along the way, her actions were truly…
Uttering oracles, traversing the Void… and so on. Each one made Chris break out in a cold sweat.
She had thought that after meeting her mother, she could put down this burden, but unexpectedly, it was back in her hands.
“Hmm?”
Tina stared at Chris, her eyes sharp, her tone eight degrees higher.
“Understood, Mother.”
Chris felt aggrieved.
Just then, Luo Yan suddenly felt a tug on her skirt. Looking down, she saw that Cecilia’s eyes were starting to lose focus,
“God of Hope… Big Sister… Cecilia’s head feels dizzy, it hurts…”
Luo Yan immediately placed her hand on Cecilia’s head, using her aura to suppress the demonic power’s erosion of Cecilia,
“Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’ll save you soon.”
After saying that, Luo Yan looked up at Tina and said,
“Madam Tina, I need to resolve Cecilia’s problem quickly, otherwise…”
Tina naturally knew the consequences of a God’s Chosen losing control, so she nodded seriously,
“No problem, Miss Luo Yan, just go back directly. Chris, follow her.”
“Okay…”
Chris had just responded when a hand suddenly grabbed her, and a bad premonition arose in her heart.
“The situation is urgent, this is the only way, Miss Chris.”
Luo Yan’s demonic whisper sounded in Chris’s ear, and then a spatial rift opened, the aura of the Void rushing towards them.
“No…”
Amidst Tina’s bewilderment and Chris’s terror, several figures plunged into the spatial rift and disappeared.
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