Chapter 16 (2/2)
Questions flooded out as soon as I gave my approval They were all inforela could not hide her amazement at how I could answer all of them without any hesitation
“You are still a young e!”
I even told Angela that I would answer anything she was curious about Others would never even believe this situation without seeing it with their own eyes The Prioress of the Order of Sisters of Walpurgis was renowned as a sye
Since the moment and opportunity was here, I wanted to share asbeside me was surprised
“ Valler, your knowledge is truly tremendous”
Angela ide-eyed as well At first it felt like she was a teacher giving a test; but now, it was more like she was the student I was fairly well-acquainted with the main interest of the Order, Pejamut
“The Prince of Darkness Peja time; but, I think I can find out if I see the Abbess’ condition I have a guess of my own…”
“Ah, you are most wise, Mr Valler”
Angela swayed her head with her mouth still wide open
“I can only conclude that you have indeed read the Canon of Seven Evils You wouldn’t be able to find the kind of knowledge you’ve shared today even if you searched the libraries of this Order”
She changed her attitude and asked carefully
“May I ask for the nae?”
She probably thought I wasn’t who I appeared to be
“A sage? No, you give me too much credit I’m simply an ordinary man”
“Surely you do not take me for a fool I may be an old nun who has severed ties with the secular world, but I know enough to know an ordinary mercenary cannot save the Lady Templar and know the contents of the Canon of Seven Evils inside and out”
“There’ll come a day when I can reveal myself Until then, just think ofhard to defend humanity”
She didn’t ask further when I drew the line there She bowed to me instead
“Thank you for co to this Order’s aid I will lead you to the Abbess now”
We headed to the chaeway
“The ones standing guard inside are all trustworthy nuns under ht will be a secret”
I felt that Angela was trying to protect me as best she could
“Over here”
An evil aura was already radiating out from the sturdy door in front of me
“Please steel yourself You may be shocked by what is inside”
Angela blessed both is It was because you could die from a sudden encounter with a powerful Darkness
“Please, enter”
I followed Angela in to see a rather s white For soirl Around the holy circle were kneeling high ranking nuns praying endlessly
“Ah!”
I let out an excla at the Darkness that sed the Abbess The pitch black Darkness sprouted spider-like legs from the centre of the chest
I immediately knew the Darkness’ identity
Do aura of death
The irrefutable master of the eventuality
“Mr Valler, do you recognize it?”
“ yes”
Angela sounded surprised as if she didn’t expect me to know it as well Why not, after all even the ed experts in the Order didn’t knoever, the one most surprised was me
“That’s… the husk of the avatar of the Prince of Darkness ‘One Crouching by the Grave’”
It was only natural for the Order to not knohat it was The husk of the avatar of ‘One Crouching by the Grave’ was an important feature in the later storyline
But as it here noever, that wasn’t ht now The real i that players could absorb
“A husk of the avatar? Also, I have never heard of the ‘One Crouching by the Grave’”
“It can’t be helped He is a Prince of Darkness not well known to humans Only those who read the Canon of Seven Evils would know of hi of Gravekeepers, he oversees the dead In other words, he controls the powers of necromancy”
“Necromancy! How vile…”
Angela drew a cross in the air as if just the thought alone repulsed her
“That is the power of the avatar of the ‘One Crouching by the Grave’, but it seeo and only the husk remainsBut even that husk is fatal”
“Then what is the purpose of the re them?
I swayed ela’s question Purely by the condition of the Abbess, it e for the husk of the avatar
“That is a dark relic which bestoer onto the user It’s so that demons covet yet fear”
Walpurgis titled her head in curiosity
“Covet yet fear? Stange De that would not hesitate to ain more power They would not fear a mere curse”
“That’s because it’s not a e for power”
It was definitely one of the worst kinds of dark relic It bestowed power to those who accepted it, but took their life in exchange
Pejaled for awhile on how to use it after obtaining it In the end, he seems to have used it as a trap He probably thinks hih to be fair, it did work
If you kne to, you could keep the power and still live I decided this was the time for decisive action
“I can save the Abbess by siphoning all the Darkness from her”
“Is it possible?”
“Is that true, Valler?”
Angela and Walpurgis seemed relieved However, there was a pre-requisite
“But I have a condition”
“What may that be?”
I looked straight at Angela
“I need the Angel’s Heart”
Maybe they already had a plan to use the Angel’s Heart on the Abbess But, since the Abbess would never accept Darkness’ power, it would be just killing her twice
On the other hand, I was different I wanted to sacrifice the Angel’s Heart and take the Darkness’ power
This was a once in a lifetime opportunity
If I’ the husk of the avatar is ‘One Without Blood or Tear’ It was the top necrouardians
{Editor’s Comment, Perditor: “Roll Credits!”}
I still remembered How the eneuarded by liches The coldness of death aura froze all living creatures in the vicinity
It was a truly a sight to behold
A true lord of the dead