Mystery: The Last Shepherd.

Chapter 177 Heavenly Fire

Hugh's treatment was very easy. Luze first used flesh magic to stop the distortion of her wounds, and then performed a ritual to extract the curse hidden deep in her body and transfer it to himself.

The curse quickly lost its effect; after all, cursing a shepherd's flesh and blood to become deformed seemed rather ridiculous. However, a trace of evil aura within it was somewhat troublesome, but thanks to the suppression of the tidal waves within Lu Ze's body, it was suppressed without much effort.

"It's that simple?"

Seeing Hugh's wounds healing at a visible speed, and the dark aura that had accumulated on his face dissipating completely, Fors asked in great surprise.

The injury, which had been treated by many extraordinary individuals and visited various gatherings without success, was resolved so easily here?

To be honest, the hardest part of this treatment was finding a doctor!

"Um."

Luze held a still-wriggling bud in his hand, sensing a familiar presence emanating from it. He squeezed hard, crushing the bud and smashing it to the ground with a snap. Blood splattered, staining the ground and beginning to flow and recombine, eventually forming Lanius's mocking smile.

It's him!

When Fors saw that face, her body trembled violently.

"Was your friend hurt by him?"

Lu Ze turned around and asked.

"Yes.."

Fors hesitated for a moment, but under Luzer's scrutiny, he obediently nodded.

Tell me the specific details of what happened.

"Um, okay, okay, we were in the East District back then..."

After listening to Fors's words, Luze gained a deeper understanding of Lanluus's current situation. This guy really did want to transfer the evil god's offspring out of his body, which was why he was wandering the streets looking for target women.

"...Don't come here recently."

he warned.

"I will remember that."

Fors said with lingering fear.

If Miss Audrey assigns me such a dangerous task again, I will refuse no matter what!

After a while, Xiu woke up. Although he was still a little weak, he was fine.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Anderson."

Fors said gratefully to Luzer, "If it weren't for you, my friend would have been in danger! Please accept my thanks."

Luze only asked for answers about Lanius as payment, but she felt this did not fully express her gratitude. So she reached for her wrist, pulled up her sleeve, and revealed a silver bracelet.

The bracelet had many empty spaces, suggesting that it had originally been inlaid with gemstones. But now, only a rough, dark blue stone remained, its surface covered with burn marks and uneven.

There were originally three, but one was used to escape from Zilingus and Lanius... Fortunately, the last one wasn't used in the alley just now.

With that thought in mind, Fors took off the last stone and gave it to Luzer.

"This stone has a peculiar effect; it can open a portal. Simply throw it against a wall while shouting 'door' in Ancient Hermes, and you'll be teleported to safety."

Fors explained the usage to Luzer.

Actually, the gift she originally prepared as a thank-you gift was this stone.

"Then I'll accept it."

Seeing that the other party insisted on giving it to him, Lu Ze naturally wouldn't refuse, especially since the item looked really good.

The calculation is finally complete...

Stepping onto the ground outside, Fors finally breathed a sigh of relief. There was no way around it; the oppressive aura of that mysterious Mr. Anderson was terrifying. Although he had healed Hugh, the scene of him casually melting a group of people into blood was still vivid in his mind.

"Fors, thank you this time."

Hugh walked beside her, expressing his heartfelt gratitude.

"Hmph, it's good that you know how to thank me."

Fors smoothed his hair. "Do you know how much effort I've put into saving you these past few days?"

"I know, that's why I'm thanking you... You can have a bigger share of the reward."

"You idiot, do you think I care about that money?!"

"By the way, Fors, how did you find such a powerful individual?"

"Well, it was a coincidence. I got the information at a rather secretive gathering... that gathering was quite cautious about recruiting new people."

I can't bring you in right now... :"

The two gradually walked away.

"Cecilia, come with me to the Extraordinary Gathering tonight. I'll see if I can help you buy the main ingredients for the potion 'Instigator'."

After seeing off the two female extraordinary individuals, Lu Ze played with the peculiar stone in his hand and suddenly said to his sister.

While in Tingen, he obtained the potion recipes for "Assassin" and "Instigator" from the witch Sharon. Now that his sister has digested the Assassin potion, it's time to upgrade her.

"No need to rush."

He heard his sister say nonchalantly, "I haven't finished digesting yet..."

"Don't lie to me, you've already digested it."

Lu Ze looked up and said, "You were so agile in the alley just now. Only someone who has fully digested the potion could do that."

The blue-eyed girl fell silent.

"Cecilia, do you feel that we're in a difficult situation right now and don't want to spend money on yourself?"

Lu Ze earnestly advised, "It's alright. If I want to, making money is still easy. Besides, it's good for both of us if you continue to level up and become stronger. When I'm not fully conscious, you can better protect me..."

Lu Ze tried to persuade her for a long time before she reluctantly nodded, but she still meant to wait and see and not rush to buy.

You became an Extraordinary without hesitation to help me back then, so why are you hesitating now...?

Lu Ze found it funny.

"Alright, my sober time is almost over. I need to go say hello to the true creator first," he joked, leaning back on the sofa. "Wake me up after dinner; the party will probably start around that time."

After saying that, with his sister's help, he put on the straitjacket, fastened all the belts, and then closed his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, the scenery around me had suddenly changed.

Luze saw a burning city.

Crimson sulfur fell from the sky, leaving dazzling streaks in the field of vision before crashing into the buildings. Then, blazing flames rose up, engulfing the city and growing ever larger.

The terrified people screamed and ran, transforming into a bright torch. When the torch ran out of fuel, it stopped wailing and fell to the ground, curling up into a filthy ball of black ash.

The scorching air made it hard for Luze to breathe. He saw the towering flames illuminating the gloomy sky, and everything was dancing in the fire: mournful cries, howling winds, sparks flying in the air, and the night illuminated as if it were daytime... All of this was playing out a desperate carnival from the end of the world.

I could hear frantic eating sounds in my ears.

"...When the Lord saw how great the wickedness was, he sent down sulfur and fire from heaven. And so smoke rose from that place, like that of a kiln..."

Just then, Lu Ze's arm was pushed.

The familiar touch jolted him awake.

He opened his eyes and found the room completely dark. He saw his sister's blue eyes shining brightly in the darkness.

"Cecilia, what's wrong?"

Lu Ze couldn't help but ask.

"Emily...she still hasn't come back."