Mystery: The Last Shepherd

Chapter 228 Attempting Prayer
In the East District, in the apartment rented by Lu Ze.

"Emily, I'm sorry, you'd better leave."

Lu Ze slid his dagger through the air, creating an invisible spiritual wall, as he spoke to his landlady, Emily.

Emily was home during his lucid moment today. Now that he had obtained the name of the Fool, he decided to try reciting it and establishing a connection with the being who seemed to be hostile to the true Creator. This process might be dangerous and not suitable for ordinary people to watch.

"Are you going to cause trouble in my house again?"

The landlord asked helplessly.

Because of Lu Ze, the house her parents left her has been vandalized several times, from the floors to the wall lamps. Eventually, she's even gotten used to it.

"I'm sorry, if the house is damaged, I will compensate for the damage."

Lu Zedao.

"It's alright, use it as you like. You've already helped me a lot."

Emily said that besides saving her several times, Lu Ze's daily tutoring had also improved her grades. He would also occasionally teach his sister how to cook, allowing Emily to taste delicious food for the first time. Their relationship was no longer as strained as before.

Not only that, but lately she'd felt that Lu Ze seemed to have become even more handsome. When he smiled at her, the young girl's heart skipped a beat.

"Thank you very much for your understanding, Miss Emily."

But just then, she felt another gaze fall upon her. She looked up and met the eyes of the third person in the room—Lu Ze's younger sister, a stunningly beautiful girl with black hair, who was smiling at her.

For some reason, Emily sensed a subtle danger in that incredibly charming smile.

"Anyway, please be careful!"

She panicked for a moment, quickly grabbed her schoolbag, hurried back to her room, and closed the door.

"Brother, do you really have to do this?"

After seeing the landlord off, the girl looked away from Lu Ze and asked with concern.

Her deep blue eyes were filled with unease.

"Don't worry, Cecilia, I'll be fine."

Lu Ze chuckled lightly, "Your brother here has dealt with many evil gods. We can't be sure how dangerous this one is yet, but it can't be more dangerous than those, right?"

After comforting his sister, he continued to use the ritual silver dagger to cut through the air, creating a spiritual wall. "However, you'd better stay away from here too."

After all, he could withstand the erosion, but his sister might be affected.

Only after the latter obediently created some distance did Lu Ze completely build up the last wall, completely isolating himself from the outside world.

He was about to begin praying!

"call."

Lu Ze took a deep breath, surprisingly feeling a little nervous. Perhaps it was because he had prepared too much that he felt more burdened.

It's nothing, at most you'll just get a little head hit.
He encouraged himself in this way, slowly calming his mind. After smiling at his sister outside, he opened his mouth and began to call upon the fool's name in Hermes. Hermes, as a language of prayer, had been modified to offer some protection to the user, making it perfectly suitable for this situation.

"Whoosh—" At the same time, the illusory sound of the ocean tide began to echo in his mind, which he had actively summoned to protect his mind.

"A fool who does not belong to this era."

As the first sentence was uttered, something seemed to be stirred up somewhere far away.

"The mysterious master above the gray fog."

There is an indescribable being that is resonating with one's own spirituality through the spirit world.

Hmm, it seems alright. I didn't feel that crazy and terrifying feeling when I called on the name of the evil god. Lu Ze experienced the changes after calling on the name and secretly assessed the danger level of the [Fool] in his heart.

Perhaps it was just my imagination, but the illusory sound of ocean waves in my head seemed to have become louder.

Since the Fool wasn't as terrible as he had imagined, he felt relieved and continued reciting in Hermes:
"The Yellow One Who Holds Good Fortune"

"boom!"

Before Lu Ze could finish reciting the last word of the honorific name, he heard a deafening roar in his mind. The sound was deep and vast, as if it would overwhelm his consciousness and drown him in an endless, raging sea.

"what!"

He cried out in pain, covered his head, and collapsed to the ground.

His vision had turned completely crimson; blood gushed from his eyes and streamed down his face. A deafening roar violently assaulted his brain, giving him an experience unlike anything he had ever had before!
It hurts!

What's the deal with this fool?
Lu Ze almost lost consciousness for a moment, only vaguely thinking that other evil gods had been influencing those who prayed from the very beginning, but this Fool was holding back evil until the very last sentence!

He suddenly noticed something was wrong.

Although the loud voice in his mind was loud, upon closer listening, it seemed somewhat familiar, like the sound of surging waves crashing against the shore, only more intense than usual, so intense that he didn't notice it for a short time.

That's right, that sound is indeed the illusory sound of the ocean waves!
What hurt him was not the Fool, but his own cheat code, the illusory tide that had been protecting his spirit since he transmigrated, preventing him from being corrupted by the evil god!
Lu Ze was startled; the sound of the ocean waves was fiercely resisting his actions and showing a strong rejection of the fool!

Moreover, it wasn't just repulsion; the tide was surging forward, as if trying to connect with the Fool through an invisible link, forging a deeper connection there.
Repulsion and integration—two completely contradictory feelings—appear simultaneously on the illusory ocean tide.

This strange, distorted, and contradictory feeling astonished Lu Ze.

What the hell?

This fool is too dangerous!
He had no choice but to stop calling out the other person's name and then forcibly control the illusory tide in his mind, stopping its surge and returning it to its original nothingness.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the ocean waves gradually subsided, and the pain in Lu Ze's head also gradually eased. He looked up and suddenly saw his sister rushing towards him outside the spiritual wall, dagger in hand, as if preparing to force her way in.

"I'm fine!"

Lu Ze quickly waved his hand, trying to calm his sister down before she could break through the wall and burst in. Seeing that he seemed relatively normal, she relaxed a little, but still held the dagger and showed no intention of leaving.

What happened just now?

Lu Ze stood up from the floor and casually wiped the blood off his face.

Since his transmigration, the sound of the ocean tide had been protecting him. This was the first time such a situation had occurred; instead of protecting him, the tide was doing everything in its power to prevent him from connecting with the Fool. "Preventing" wouldn't be the right word; it was simply very strange—repelling opposition, yet simultaneously devouring and merging with him.
What is the connection between that Fool and the illusory tide within him?
(End of this chapter)