Chapter 88: The Mysterious Cecilia
Chapter 88: The Mysterious Cecilia
Everyone had immense trust in Bad, the renowned Star Realm Wanderer.
Since he was willing to swear by his name, it meant that the obscured images in the playback weren't his doing but the work of some other supernatural force, making it difficult to see what Cecilia Nightblade was holding.
Bad resumed the playback, and everyone stopped worrying about the obscured parts and continued watching.
...
In the playback, the village chief examined the object in Cecilia Nightblade's hand for a long while.
Clearly, he couldn't immediately figure out what it was.
"Excuse me... Lady Cecilia, what is this?" the village chief asked.
"Think harder. As her avatar, you should know," Cecilia Nightblade said, her expression unchanged as she waved the obscured object in front of the village chief.
By this point, it was evident that this obscured object was of great importance.
Su Yu stepped back from the playback, squinting to get a better look at the obscured object. He vaguely noticed that it seemed to be some kind of badge.
If it was a badge, then it wasn't obscured by the game's code, meaning there was another reason for the obscuration.
In the playback, the village chief tilted his head and stroked his chin, trying hard to recall a pattern similar to the badge Cecilia Nightblade was holding.
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something.
He was initially stunned, then his face changed dramatically!
"Damn it!!" the village chief shouted, then turned and ran toward his house as fast as he could.
He disappeared in a flash, leaving the NPCs in the square shocked.
They had lived in the village for so long and had never seen the usually composed village chief act so out of character. What had happened?
The NPCs all looked at Cecilia Nightblade in surprise.
Cecilia Nightblade ignored them and revealed a standard villainous smile. She then put the obscured object back in her backpack and slowly walked toward the village chief's house.
...
The scene shifted to the village chief's house, which was also the residence of Bernina Tide.
As the village chief rushed into his house at breakneck speed, a massive water curtain rose around the house.
The water curtain soared to the sky, and blue light spread out in concentric circles from the village chief's house. It seemed that Bernina Tide had cast a powerful defensive spell.
Seeing this, Kevin Gorse said in a deep voice, "This is Bernina Tide's strongest defensive spell, the 'Final Water Curtain.' I know her well; the fact that she used this spell right away means she is extremely afraid of the intruder."
"Extremely afraid?" Su Yu and the other god-tier beings were puzzled.
Cecilia Nightblade was just a regular seventh-rank, with limited strength. Was there any reason for Bernina to be so afraid?
Even if it were a peak god-tier being, Bernina's strength wouldn't make her fear so much, right?
However, they didn't ask and continued watching the playback.
In the current playback, after the 'Final Water Curtain' rose, a figure ran out from behind the water curtain.
Su Yu recognized this figure and introduced it to the other god-tier beings, "This is the 'Woodcutter,' one of Lady Bernina's three avatars."
The 'Woodcutter' left the water curtain not for any other reason. Once out, he immediately helped the villagers escape, leading them to safety.
Meanwhile, Cecilia Nightblade calmly walked up to the water curtain.
Despite the massive water curtain, her expression remained very calm.
She was facing a god-tier being, yet her demeanor suggested she was merely doing a routine task.
Cecilia Nightblade stopped in front of the water curtain and pulled out a pitch-black short knife.
If one looked closely, they would notice that this short knife was highly unusual!
The entire blade and edge of the knife were made from compressed spatial rifts!
Since spatial rifts absorb all visible light, the knife's blade and edge appeared pitch-black.
Seeing this knife, Su Yu, Alyssa, and the other god-tier beings all widened their eyes!
What was this?
A weapon made from compressed spatial rifts? This was unheard of!
Even an eighth-rank legendary-quality weapon wouldn't have such a bold design!
Before the god-tier beings could discuss it, Cecilia Nightblade in the playback already made her move.
She lightly drew her short dagger across the water curtain, and it split open like tofu being sliced by a kitchen knife. Without a moment's hesitation, she immediately slipped through the large opening.
"Is... is it really that easy?" Kevin Gorse's voice was hoarse.
He couldn't believe his eyes.
He had once witnessed Bernina Tide's most powerful defensive spell, the Final Water Curtain, when she was at the peak of the Seventh Tier. Back then, she had withstood a god-tier powerhouse's assault for half a day with this spell.
But now, Cecilia Nightblade had sliced through the water curtain with just a light draw of her dagger, faster than he could imagine.
What kind of power was this, and what kind of weapon was that short dagger?
Kevin Gorse trembled all over, feeling a deep-seated fear welling up inside him.
It wasn't just Kevin Gorse; the other gods, except for Su Yu, all wore expressions of terror.
The scene of Cecilia Nightblade slicing through the water curtain had a profound visual impact, making them shiver.
If this assassin had targeted them instead of Cecilia, they would have been completely defenseless against her blade!
...
After Cecilia Nightblade entered the water curtain, it began to tremble violently and irregularly.
The perspective from the replay didn't show the battle inside the water curtain, but the intensity of the shaking indicated that the fight inside was extremely fierce.
Su Yu stared intently at the water curtain, faintly seeing a blue light and a black light continuously colliding.
With each collision, a large amount of black gas escaped from the top of the water curtain, just like the black smoke rising into the sky.
After a while, the blue light seemed unable to hold its ground and gradually fell into a disadvantage.
The black light gradually took control, and the water curtain's color rapidly shifted from blue to black.
About ten minutes later, the Woodcutter returned to the village leader's house after evacuating the villagers and plunged into the now black water curtain.
With the Woodcutter joining, the blue light stabilized somewhat, gradually stabilizing the situation and even launching small counterattacks against the black light!
However, the Woodcutter's involvement was only a temporary reprieve.
Soon, the blue light once again fell into a disadvantage, being overwhelmed by the black light and gradually losing its luster.
Another five minutes passed, and the black light completely dominated the water curtain, with black gas surging up into the sky, aided by the black water curtain, engulfing the entire sky.
The blue light completely disappeared, at least in the replay video, they could no longer see any movement from the blue light.
The black gas spread out from the village leader's house, destroying all the houses in the village.
Fortunately, the Woodcutter had proactively evacuated the villagers; otherwise, the village would have been littered with corpses.
After that, Sunny Breeze Village was completely transformed into its current state.
Ten minutes later, the Star Realm Wandering God, Bard, arrived at the scene;
Twelve minutes later, Kevin Gorse arrived;
Then came the Elven Empress, the Dwarf King, the Orc Chief Shaman...
...
Here, Bard directly turned off the replay: "There's no need to continue watching; we all know what happened afterward."
"Hmm, I didn't expect it to be Cecilia Nightblade causing trouble!" Kevin Gorse frowned deeply.
He was still fixated on Cecilia's short dagger, which seemed to be made from a spatial rift. Where did she get such a thing?
Su Yu wiped his sweat and said, "From what we've seen, Cecilia Nightblade's strength is definitely beyond that of a Seventh Tier powerhouse. Even a peak god-tier powerhouse couldn't put such pressure on Lady Bernina, right?"
"That's correct," Bard hummed.
At this moment, Alijia tugged on Su Yu's sleeve: "Kestar, aren't you skilled in divination? Can you use your divination to see if Lady Bernina can escape this calamity?"
"Uh... I'm afraid that's not possible," Su Yu apologized. "What's happening here has already deviated from the timeline I predicted, and there's not enough information for me to use divination."
Joking, Su Yu wasn't really skilled in divination, so he quickly brushed it off.
However, Su Yu also seriously recalled his previous life.
If he remembered correctly, there was no such outrageous plot in his previous life.
Moreover, Bernina Tide never revived, and Cecilia Nightblade was a nobody, living well in Gorse City until his death in his previous life.
What in the world is happening?
...
Bard's gaze swept across the faces of all the divine beings, and he emitted another "hum."
This "hum" conveyed the message: "Regardless, our top priority is to rescue Bernina as quickly as possible.
Cecilia Nightblade has already entered the water curtain and is forcibly merging with Bernina. From the current situation, it's clear that Bernina has completely lost her ability to resist.
So, we must act fast. If we're even a moment too late, their successful fusion will be a disaster!"
"No problem," the other divine beings responded in unison.
Cecilia Nightblade was truly bizarre, and each divine being felt a chill in their hearts.
Not only did they need to rescue Bernina, but they were already planning to completely eliminate Cecilia Nightblade.
Such a strange entity couldn't be allowed to continue existing in the world.
"However," Kevin Gilded interrupted, "if Cecilia Nightblade successfully merges with Bernina, what will they become? Will they still be human?"
"Hum, that's hard to say. I think the more likely outcome is that they'll transform into some kind of world-destroying monster," Bard replied.
Then he looked at all the divine beings present: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have no time to waste. Let's pool our mental energies through shared telepathy, and I'll attempt to rescue Bernina."
"Agreed."
The divine beings did not hesitate.
They once again contributed their mental energies, merging them with Bard's.
Bard wasted no time and immediately directed this vast mental energy, piercing the black water curtain once more.
...
This time, the mental energy entered the black water curtain smoothly, quickly reaching its deepest point. After all, this was a combined effort, and their mental energy was much stronger than Bard's alone.
Upon reaching the deepest part of the black water curtain, they immediately saw the true situation at the heart of the battle.
Cecilia Nightblade and Bernina's bodies were now fused together like conjoined twins, almost completely merged.
The blue light symbolizing Bernina Tide was almost entirely gone, barely holding onto a core. In contrast, Cecilia Nightblade's black aura was rampant, filling the entire space.
Bard and the other divine beings immediately understood the current situation—Bernina Tide could only defend the last line of her core. If this final defense fell, she would surely perish!
Cecilia's advantage was overwhelming, and they needed to weaken it!
After confirming the situation, Bard channeled all the mental energy into the form of a sharp "mental blade."
The "mental blade" aimed precisely at the connection between the two bodies and struck.
Sssssss!
The blade's light sliced through, and Cecilia Nightblade and Bernina's left arms, which were already fused, were immediately cut in half, separating them.
The blue light symbolizing Bernina Tide seemed to sense this unexpected aid and immediately burst into bloom.
This blue light rapidly spread from the core of her heart to her left arm, dispelling all the black aura and firmly occupying the entire left arm.
It seemed she understood how to coordinate with the aid and launch a counterattack!
Seeing this, Bard and the other divine beings were overjoyed!
It seemed they had a chance!
As long as they continued to use the "mental blade" to sever the physical connections between the two, they might actually have a chance to rescue Bernina!
So, Bard once again channeled his mental energy, preparing to control the "mental blade" for another strike.
...
But they were clearly too optimistic.
Just as Bard was about to control the "mental blade" to strike, the half of the body belonging to Cecilia Nightblade suddenly opened its eyes.
They were eyes without whites, pure black like the depths of an abyss.
In the next instant, she threw a pitch-black "card" with her left hand.
The pitch-black "card" traversed space and immediately struck the "mental blade" controlled by Bard.
Crack!
Without any resistance, the "mental blade" shattered under the black "card's" attack, breaking into fragments of mental energy.
The mental energy cluster controlled by Bard was also severely damaged, instantly scattering and dispersing within the black water curtain.
In the first clash, the divine beings were utterly defeated by Cecilia Nightblade, without any means of resistance.
(End of Chapter)
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