vrcanaries Chapter 839 - 839
Chapter 839 - 839
Fortunately, thanks to him, the number of vessels on site had reached ten. Once resurrected, the Fourth True Ancestor's power would surge wildly, and by then, the armored man would no longer be a threat!Once his plan succeeded, he would tear that armored man to pieces to vent his hatred!
Such were Zaharjas's thoughts, though not a trace showed on his face.
"To resurrect your sister!"
Eiji nodded as if in admiration upon hearing this.
"When I learned of your wish, I almost felt I couldn't bring myself to act against you."
This was true.
Though high in the sky, Eiji had been monitoring the conversation inside the Quartz Gate through Nina and the voice transmitters she created. When he heard Zaharjas's wish to resurrect his sister, he nearly lost his composure.
He had almost thought this guy was a tragic figure and considered sparing his life!
A flicker of pride flashed in Zaharjas's eyes.
He knew this kind of backstory was most likely to sway people, especially those with kind hearts. Upon learning his wish, they would inevitably feel reluctant to oppose him!
However, he was somewhat surprised that this guy would care about such a thing. Could it be that he was actually a good person?
No, no—he had killed him twice!
There was no way he could have seen through his identity as a Blood Servant from the very beginning, right?
"Since you agree as well, then let Nagisa Akatsuki release the Fourth True Ancestor first!"
Zaharjas gave up further contemplation. Whether this guy was good or evil was irrelevant to him. The moment he snatched the vessels from his hands, he had already decided this guy's fate!
He turned his gaze toward Nagisa Akatsuki, who was being held by Tōyama.
At that moment, the girl was hanging her head. Though it was unclear what she was thinking, her trembling body suggested she was likely afraid of the fate awaiting her.
"Nagisa!"
Kojou Akatsuki's expression instantly changed. Was that armored man really going to harm Nagisa?
Beside him, Avrora weakly raised her hand to cheer herself on, feeling that her moment to step forward had arrived!
"Who agreed?"
But the next moment, the situation reversed.
"Don't speak for me. I never said anything like that!"
The armored man reacted to Zaharjas's proposal as if it were a venomous snake.
"If the Fourth True Ancestor found out, wouldn't she misunderstand that I'm in cahoots with you? That would lower my worth!"
He glanced meaningfully at Nagisa Akatsuki.
The atmosphere around that girl was gradually turning unusual.
Avrora looked left and right, then silently retreated to continue being an invisible presence.
"Ultimately, are you really doing this for your sister?"
Before Zaharjas could flare up, the words that came from the armored man's mouth startled him again.
Huh?
Kojou Akatsuki was surprised, sensing that something seemed off about the situation.
"Of course it's true."
Zaharjas replied impassively.
"In that case, I assume you wouldn't mind me examining your sister's condition, would you?"
The armored man pointed toward the center of the twelve coffins, at the emaciated girl's remains encased within the crystalline gem.
"Examine the remains? Do you want to disgrace my sister's memory?"
Zaharjas's face changed, and a trace of unease arose in his heart.
"Nina!"
"Yes, Master!"
But the armored man paid no heed and gave orders to his subordinates.
Zacharias immediately tensed up, his gaze fixed on the golden-haired beauty.
However, he was focusing on the wrong target.
Beneath the twelve coffins, where the ground had been shattered by the aftermath of the earlier attack, a gleaming silver liquid surged forth, transforming into a massive tent that swallowed the crystal sealing the remains whole!
"This is bad!"
At this moment.
Not only did Zacharias inwardly curse, but even Kojou Akatsuki's lips twitched.
Was it really okay to desecrate someone's remains like this?
"There's no mistake, Master."
Nina murmured, speaking with absolute certainty.
"Inside that corpse, there is a magic circle designed to capture souls!"
After taking the crystal into the Sage's Blood—that is, into her own body—Nina instantly analyzed the hidden mechanism within the remains.
She had sensed something off about the corpse earlier, which is why she had warned Eiji.
"You deliberately shattered the ground for this purpose!"
Zacharias's face twisted in fury.
Blocked by the crystal, it would normally be difficult to see through the mechanism he had hidden in his sister's remains. The light emitted by the crystal made the magic circle appear blurred.
But if the crystal was taken into someone's body, that was a different story!
Following Nina's advice, Eiji had deliberately made a flashy entrance, leaping straight down from the sky and shattering the marble floor of the Quartz Gate, giving Nina the chance to swallow the crystal from underground.
"A soul-capturing spell, huh?"
Eiji looked utterly speechless.
"Yes, he likely planned to wait until Nagisa Akatsuki awakened the Fourth True Ancestor, then, under the pretense of asking the Fourth True Ancestor to revive his sister, lure it into his sister's remains and use the magic circle to capture its soul, thereby gaining control over the Fourth True Ancestor!"
Connecting the dots from their earlier conversation, Nina quickly deduced the truth.
"Truly, a rotten orange is still a rotten orange!"
Eiji clapped his hands and laughed.
All this grand spectacle, just for a mere soul-capturing magic circle?
"Are you sure this thing can actually control the Fourth True Ancestor? If it were that easy to manipulate, why would the Celestial Ministry have split it into twelve parts and sealed them across the world back in the day? Even the super-ancient humans couldn't do it—what makes you think you can? Who gave you such confidence?"
Eiji mercilessly mocked Zacharias.
"Your status has limited your imagination, you fool!"
Zacharias's face shifted between shades of green and purple.
For a long moment, he couldn't utter a word.
"Thinking about it now, the story he told about the war in the Balkan Peninsula probably isn't accurate either, is it?"
Eiji sighed.
I actually fell for his story earlier—how embarrassing!
I must practice the "Complete Mastery" skill diligently from now on!
"Thou art correct."
A calm voice rang out.
The one who spoke was the golden-haired girl who had risen from the first coffin, her face devoid of any excess emotion.
"Seventy years ago, this man sacrificed his homeland and his sister to extract a rib from me—the one who killed his sister was none other than Zacharias, the clown himself."
"The First?"
Zacharias stared at her in disbelief, his features contorted.
"Shut up! This is your master's command!"
He still wanted to manipulate the Fourth True Ancestor. Even if he lost his sister as a tool, he could still use words—whatever it took, there was still hope!
But the First so bluntly tore off his disguise—wouldn't that alert the Fourth True Ancestor?
"Pitiful clown."
The Seventh opened her eyes from within the coffin.
"You were never our master."
The Eighth stared at him with a frigid gaze.
"Go ahead and perform your clumsy act. This will be your final stage."
The Eleventh's eyes looked upon him as if he were already dead.