Nightmare Light

Chapter 214 Salvation and Forgiveness

The man's soul spoke haltingly and incoherently.

But Lin Wang and A Zhe still understood the meaning behind his words.

“Deep within this passage, someone is building an army—an army entirely composed of ‘dual shadows’.”

Lin Wang and A Zhe didn't know what "Double Shadows" meant, but they knew very well that someone down there was up to something.

“We must find this place as soon as possible... and stop this army.” Lin Wang frowned. “Teacher Liu, I suggest that I continue forward to rescue the children, while you return the way you came to see the priests.”

He said to Azhe, "The temple has sent two Holy Army units, fully-fledged Holy Legions. Go and report this news to them and ask them to come down and help... If there really is a whole army down there, I definitely can't defeat them by myself."

Then, to his surprise, Ah Zhe shook his head vigorously: "I'm not leaving! I have to go with you! I'm going to save the children!"

"to be honest."

"I'm afraid of the dark."

Lin Wang turned his head and looked at Liu Azhe very seriously: "Teacher Liu, if you go back and call people now, that will truly help the children."

His tone started to become impolite, and he always looked like this when he got serious: "If you stay here, I'll have to protect you when we're fighting later, so what's your purpose here? To hold me back?"

"Why are you being so fierce all of a sudden..." A-Zhe said, sounding aggrieved. "Then I'll leave... but could you give me that fruit?"

"What do you need this thing for?"

“It’s brighter than my flashlight,” A-Zhe said. “I’m not easily scared when I hold it.”

Lin Wang shook his head: "That won't do, I still have a use for this fruit."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head, looked at the ice sculptures on the ground in front of him, and raised his hands.

One hand controlled the white flame, switching it to a high-temperature state, and began to scorch the ice sculptures.

With his other hand, he began to form a hand seal.

A few seconds later, an extremely cold, bluish-white vortex appeared out of thin air.

A sound of extreme pleasure rang out from within the cyclone.

"Ah! My omnipotent, supremely powerful Lord! Your most loyal and most powerful... oh yes, and most beautiful servant! Night Wanderer greets you!"

To A Zhe's horrified gaze, a strange figure suddenly appeared within the vortex of air.

It was a long, thin, and terrifying body that, at first glance, resembled a human figure, but was dressed in a strangely styled, jet-black dress.

He held a sickle that was more than two meters long in his hand. The blade gleamed coldly, and the murderous aura he exuded was enough to send chills down one's spine.

But what's even stranger is its head... which is only half a head.

Its enormous skeletal jaw and nose opened and closed, constantly spouting nauseatingly flattering words at breakneck speed.

“My lord! You have no idea how much your loyal Night Wanderer has missed you in the past few days… it seems like only a few days…”

"Your subordinate will report to you immediately regarding my recent activities in the underworld... Wait, why can't I see you?"

"Stop!" Lin Wang shouted.

His eyes twitched as he said to the Night Wanderer, "You've stuck your head in the roof, of course you can't see me."

"...Oh, please wait a moment, I'll adjust myself."

After saying that, the Night Wanderer shook its body a few times, gradually shrinking until it became a figure slightly taller than a normal person, hovering in front of Lin Wang.

"My lord! I've finally seen you!" He twirled in front of Lin Wang. "How do you think of my outfit?"

"Replace it, immediately, right now."

"Ok."

A bluish-white aura emanated from the Night Wanderer, and when he reappeared, he was dressed in a jet-black robe and holding a scythe.

Lin Wang nodded: "Much better looking."

Night Wanderer wanted to say, "I still think..." "No, you don't think so," Lin Wang interrupted him. "Now, listen to me, you have a mission."

"Ah, my domineering lord is quite charming too!"

Lin Wang ignored the noisy fellow, pointed around, and held up a tree fern fruit: "Take these souls back to the underworld."

Upon hearing that it was a legitimate mission, the Night Wanderer stopped its nagging and instead circled over the souls in front of it.

During the time He was making a racket, Lin Wang had basically dispelled the shadow energy within these people.

So now, what the Night Wanderer sees are dozens of pale, gloomy, and motionless human souls.

"Oh, souls that have died but still wander the earth, that is indeed my job." The Night Wanderer circled around. "That's easy, I can do it right away... Hmm?"

He suddenly hummed in confusion.

"what happened?"

"My lord, these souls..." The Night Wanderer's voice was filled with deep confusion, "I have never seen anything like them before..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly looked up and glanced at Lin Wang.

He saw the tree fern fruit in Lin Wang's hand, which was already very full but had a black outer skin, and the sacred light emanating from the fruit.

The Night Wanderer exclaimed in shock, "You...you forgave them? You forgave so many people all at once?"

"Forgiveness?" Lin Wang was taken aback. "Me?"

He thought the Night Wanderer was referring to how he had used the tree fern fruit to absorb the shadow energy within the other party: "I purified the negative energy within them."

"I see, as expected of my lord." The Night Wanderer nodded. "Then, my lord, what do you intend to do with these pure souls?"

"What to do? Of course, it's to let them cross the River Styx and re-enter the cycle of life."

"No, that's not what I meant... These are pure, pure souls! They're incredibly useful!" The Night Wanderer sheathed his scythe, gesturing with his hands. "Pure souls can be used..."

"Forget it, we'll talk about that later. You take them away first." Lin Wang interrupted the Night Wanderer's chatter. "I need to finish what I need to do here first. We can talk about these soul issues later."

"I obey your will!" the Night Wanderer said, spinning in the air while letting out a low whistle.

Amidst that howling sound, the surface of all the souls' bodies was enveloped in a layer of bluish-white gas.

The next second, bluish-white aura swirled and roared around them.

After the aura dissipated, these souls had vanished from people's sight.

"My lord, these souls have been sent back to the underworld! I will find them a good place to settle them! I will stay with them there and wait for you!"

Lin Wang ignored the somewhat cheesy remark: "Alright, I have something to do... Hey? Teacher Liu? Why haven't you left yet?"

Liu Azhe pointed to the tree fern fruit in Lin Wang's hand: "I want that one, I'm afraid of the dark."

"No, I need to use this later."

"But I'm really afraid of the dark... By the way, could you let this big-headed monster go up and report to the Crusaders?"

The Night Wanderer was furious: "How dare you disrespect me! I will use my scythe..."

"stop."

"Yes, my lord."

Lin Wang looked at the Night Wanderer: "Sending him is possible... but having a Night Wanderer from the underworld appear before the Holy Army of the Temple... that's just......"

“My lord, you need not worry about this. In the eyes of the temple people, the Night Wanderer is a skill that mortal masters can summon. They will not attack their subordinates indiscriminately.”

"That's fine then." Lin Wang clapped his hands. "Then go ahead and do it... The question is, do you know the way?"

"I don't need to know the way; I'll just walk through the wall."

(End of this chapter)