Steampunk: Sixth Era Epic-Chapter 809: The Sealed 【Red Moon】
Chapter 809 -809: The Sealed 【Red Moon】
“Sir, it seems that this really is the final farewell.”
Grace, dressed in a white dress, seemed to drop all her burdens at that moment. She looked at her gradually transparent hand and then turned to look at Shard, who was gathering in the light rain:
“Although I am reluctant and really don’t want to, our mission is complete… We have to leave.”
She held her sister’s hand. Helen’s blue eyes gazed at Shard, with a regretful smile on her gentle face:
“Sir, I wanted to share more stories with you, to see your life, but in the end, we only had a brief meeting.”
She tried to embrace Shard with her left hand, only to find her hand passed through Shard’s body:
“Everything you’ve done for us is truly wonderful. We were merely ordinary twin girls, although we experienced so much and crossed such a long time, you still are our most… because only with your help, without asking for anything in return.”
Brilliant streams of red light flew from their bodies, entered the path to the starry sky, and headed towards the boundless star ocean overhead. Accompanied by spirits, accompanied by star whales, together they walked towards the end.
The night wind by the cliff was very cold. Shard’s expression was completely solidified, as if he had saved everything, even Joey Barton had found his beloved. But the outlander alone did not save Mia, the girl he had waited for since the beginning of the Milestone story.
Turning to look at Sister Delphine watching the scene quietly by the bonfire, she only shook her head slightly, powerless.
“You said you wanted to help those two girls who were more than sisters? Please take this.”
Grace and Helen handed Shard the red butterfly pendant tied around their waists. It was still solid, a gift given by the Vampire God at the end of the gala:
“Give this to them. It has followed us for so long, it has also become a relic. Each holds half, and every 21 days, they can reunite for a full day, in a cycle of 22 days. This is equivalent to a Sage-Level relic.”
The transparent girls kissed Shard on his left and right cheeks, but Shard felt no touch at all. freёwebnoѵel.com
He saw the tear marks on their faces, the transparent tears sliding down similar faces, disappearing before landing:
“Our initial gratitude to you was our headbands, now it’s our pendant. Compared to what you’ve given us, these are far from enough.”
“Do you really want to leave?”
Shard asked. Their departure was not just because the mission was completed, but also because nearly a quarter of their essence had been taken by the Vampire God, a wound far more severe than Shard had imagined.
Grace looked at Helen, and Helen looked at Grace. They shook their heads together and embraced:
“If possible, I hope to stand guard with my sister to the end of eternal time.”
Shard worried they might kiss each other in front of him.
“Even suffering the pain and torment of the cycle again, we still want to be together… really want, really don’t want to leave, don’t want to say goodbye…”
The color of their bodies completely faded, the vermilion souls snuggling and crying. The sky full of red butterflies dyed the starry sky with extra color, following the path of shattered light to the starry sky, adding more reality to the scene under the moon.
[Shouldn’t you do something?]
“She” asked with a smile.
Shard sighed:
“Grace, Helen, I can keep you here. But you must know, there are consequences. For me, I need to pay with power. For you… I don’t know what might happen. But I do have a way.”
The two crying crimson souls separated and looked at Shard standing by the bonfire. A white glow surrounded him, the warm yellow bonfire illuminated his light and shadow, and the Silvermoon above seemed to wrap him in a thin veil.
“You…”
“Since I want to help you, and have already done so much, helping once more is no big deal, just consider it a thank you for helping my friends.”
He turned to look at the nun:
“Something might happen in a while…”
“I’m blind, I can’t see anything.”
Sister Delphine said softly.
Shard nodded, casually patting Mia Cat’s small head, noticing a familiar ring on its tail:
“Hmm? [Vampire Ring]? Where did this come from? I remember those nine relics were on the Evil God, after defeating it, did those relics scatter in the mountains and Mia happened to pick them up?”
In utter amazement, the small cat called out proudly, truly proud.
The white light rain followed him. The spirits’ gratitude transformed into the purest spirits, and this powerful force influenced the space in reality in the form of enlightenment.
The whistle roared, and the bell rang. In the thick and scorching steam mist, the colossal Brass Life Ring emerged completely.
The gratitude offerings from the massive souls trapped in the Interstice for several eras affected Shard’s soul essence. The pure spirit, which could not be accommodated, transformed into brass-colored Enlightening Aura. That aura radiated across the entire mountain summit with unprecedented momentum, to the extent that above Sicarl Mountain, it seemed as if a brass-colored sun had appeared.
Even the Circle Sorcerers fighting the Undead Behemoth in the city sky saw the glimmer again:
“What happened again? How many more events will occur tonight?”
Fortunately, they had no time to fly over and check what was happening here.
Each time Shard took a step forward, the cliff scenery in the darkness around him transformed into a lavish palace hall.
Sister Delphine, by the campfire, lowered her head to “see” the red carpet that appeared beneath her feet, then looked up at the walls adorned with silver and green tapestries. On the silver tapestry was the moon, and on the green tapestry, a giant tree:
“Maze Lock.”
“Sleeping Princess.”
Grace and Helen, who were leaning against each other, also noticed the surrounding changes and realized that their location was somehow higher than Shard’s.
Shard walked up; the steps appeared one by one under his feet. When he treaded on the carpet and climbed the seventh step, he had already reached in front of the girls.
The palatial hall was so warm that even the transparent spirits took on color here. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was Snowfall Village under the night, and further in the Sea of Trees, a towering giant tree swayed in the night wind under the glimmer of Silvermoon.
For some reason, seeing Shard walking towards them at this moment, Helen, wearing a black dress, instinctively took a step back, only to realize that a massive ice coffin had appeared behind them.
On the lid of the ice coffin, a butterfly pattern was engraved lifelike. The blood-red pattern seemed as if the ice surface was stained with blood. Inside the ice coffin, soft cushions had long been laid out, and the coffin was large enough for two people to lie inside.
“I must confirm one thing.”
Shard asked as he ascended the steps in the palace hall:
“If I suddenly kissed you both, would I get punched by each of you?”
The always calm Grace was amused by this question; she shook her head slightly:
“Helen and I truly don’t know how to repay you.”
“I don’t need repayment. But have you really thought this through? Not only will I have to pay a price, but even you will have to bear a cost for this.”
Helen Black wiped her tears, and Grace White also composed her expression:
“No matter how much we have to pay, I am willing to be with my sister forever. This was our wish when we met you, and it is our wish at this moment.”
“Alright.”
Shard nodded, pointing at the ice coffin behind them. Grace then lifted her shy sister and placed her inside the coffin. Helen, sitting in the coffin, also pulled her sister in.
The two lay side by side inside, their bodies gradually lost color and turned back into spirits about to depart. Shard stepped forward, lifted them, and kissed them (note).
[Outlander, the Spirit Rune “Red Moon” has become inactive.]
[Note, this status might be changed, but you need to find a way yourself. If the inactive status cannot be altered, you cannot learn Arcane Techniques related to it, and this Spirit Rune cannot be used for promotion purposes.]
This was the sacrifice Shard made. Compared to Miss Fiona Drago, who only truly slumbered, Grace and Helen’s situation was worse, so he paid more.
“This time’s sacrifice is really considerable…”
The Enlightening Aura rewrote the story of the Maze Lock’s owner. Through that kiss, the enormous spirits transformed into a human miracle, allowing the two souls who had endured the long years and were about to depart to stay again.
Shard didn’t know what price the Red Butterflies paid, but he distinctly saw two Red Butterflies land on his shoulders before silently disappearing:
[A long wait, mutual torment, transformative familial love, bittersweet romance. From the twins’ encounter with the Outlander at the Fifth Era Gods’ banquet, to this kiss at the peak of Sicarl Mountain in the Sixth Era. The story has finally reached its conclusion. The tale of the Red Butterflies spanning two eras, Outlander, only you and I can comprehend.]
[You have learned the story of the Relic “Red Butterfly Twins,” you have encountered the Whisper.]
But not the Spirit Rune, as the sacrifice made voluntarily did not yield a reward greater than the cost:
[Outlander, you have obtained sorcery – Scarlet Butterfly Form. Transform your body into a swarm of butterflies for movement, but prolonged use will lead to self-loss. Minor butterfly losses won’t cause bodily harm.]
[You have obtained sorcery – Red Butterfly Illusion. Use the flying butterflies to create illusions.]
[Given that sorcery derives its true power from Angel-Level Relics, it can exempt the effects of most relics.]
From his shoulders, the blood-colored butterfly swarm began to spread all over his body, dying Shard’s entire body in the colors of the Red Butterflies. Indeed, there was no Spirit Rune, but the special power through the Sleeping Princess feedback to Shard’s soul. Regardless, the shadow of Red Butterflies was already imprinted on his soul.
