297 Deva Sensing (1/2)
Above the tall tower, Ye Qingxuan studied the rift in his chest with a shocked expression. The heart of the enchantment of Avalon’s Shadow had somehow moved into his own heart. A heart created by the royal capital’s enchantment? A one-of-a-kind sub-originator? No one would believe him, right? It was too theatrical…
He closed his eyes and connected to the rhythm beating within him. He was instantly intoxicated by the heavenly heartbeat. His vision seemed to leave his body and rise up to the sky with the moonlight.
It rose, rose, and rose…until it was at the top of the heavens. Avalon’s Shadow instantly became too small to see. His mind hovered above the sky and looked down on the large world.
Light dotted the endless land. Above him, stars dotted the heavens. The stream of aether created a large ”star ring.” It shone like stars and ran across the skies and earth like rivers and streams. For a moment, he could not tell the sky and land apart and was lost. Then, he heard the song.
Waves of aether rolled between the two extremes and formed a faraway song. It spread long and wide but was fleeting and untouchable. It disappeared within an instant. However, it left an odd enlightenment in his heart.
”Is this Deva sensing?”
When it dawned on him, Ye Qingxuan reached out toward the world. The complex music theory weaved at his fingertip and played the melody. Small ripples formed in the aetheric sea. The ripples spread in all directions and instantly reached thousands of miles away. Melting into the endless lights, the stars were touched as well before the ripples disappeared.
In that moment, Archbishop Albert, who was sleeping inside the Sacred City, was startled from his sleep. Opening his eyes, he saw the full moon rise from the darkness that had covered Avalon and enter the musician’s world.
”What…is this?” he murmured.
Deep within the aetheric world, the sleeping minds opened their eyes and looked at the ripples in the starry sky with confusion. It was a small greeting. Someone was saying, ”I am here.”
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”An official musician now?” Lola, layed weakly on the ground and asked softly.
”Yeah.” Ye Qingxuan chuckled and helped Lola up. ”Thanks to you, I’m finally on the third level.”
”You’ve just become official but you made a bigger commotion than when I went for the scepter level.” Lola coughed quietly and spat out fresh blood.
”Are you injured?”
”I accidentally embarrassed myself. I could’ve succeeded but that guy committed suicide.” She managed a smile, revealing a bit of disappointment. ”And then he dragged that big thing down.”
”You’ve worked hard.” The youth took off his long robe for her. ”Take a rest and hand everything to me. Old Phil will come find you after it takes the Butcher away. Just follow it.”
”You’ve finally survived and now you want to die again?”
”To collect my debt.” Ye Qingxuan rose and patted the wound on his chest. ”He broke my heart. I should express something.”
Lola managed a smile and closed her eyes. ”Remember to run if you can’t beat him.”
”Don’t worry, I’m the best at running.” The youth pushed the brim of his hat down. He slammed his cane on the ground. ”But first let me act cool.”
Boom! The white tower trembled and the twelve zodiac gates fell open. Moonlight swept into the darkness like a tide! Amongst the dark musicians, Naberius froze. Seeming to think of something, he subtly retreated and hid inside the darkness.
”What is this?” The dark musician in the front wrinkled his brows. He shook his head when the broken moonlight fell upon him and he looked at his companions. ”It looks like…like…”
Like what?
Suddenly thinking of it, he raised his hand to pat his head. However, his arm loosened and a clump of sand fell onto his face.
He was stunned. His companions stared at him as if they had seen a ghost. The dark aura of demons flowed in that place covered by moonlight. The aura writhed like a dying snake and dissipated.
The moonlight surged like waves that destroyed the castle on the beach. It destroyed the dark musician’s body as well. Shrieking, he stumbled back. However, his companions could see that his mutated body parts were rapidly deconstructing and scattering in the wind and moon.
”What…curse is this?” he stuttered.
His face became weathered, baring the goat-like skull. Three eyeballs trembled in the eye sockets as they were invaded by moonlight. Horror, panic, despair…and finally, a terrifying serenity.