Mystery: The Stranger

Chapter 51 Wishing Lamp

Meanwhile, in Backlund, the moon in Snow's hands lost its uniqueness and had entered the depths of Snow's soul. It was intended to use the connection between the divine fire and the otherworldly symbol to directly escape the encirclement of the Goddess of Night, which had not yet been fully closed, and transfer it to the hands of the otherworldly queen. This obvious action was naturally noticed by Snow and Xalatas.

Snow wasn't angry, didn't stop him, and didn't hesitate. He directly abandoned this physical body, his soul attached to the moon's uniqueness, ready to disappear along with it. As for the Dark Empire's Blade?

Even if it's lost, it's okay. At worst, I wish Xalatas good luck.

But in reality, it cannot be lost; it is a magical item bound to the soul.

I'm already going to die. It would be good enough if I could just abandon my physical body and escape. As for what I'll have to face when I'm teleported to an unknown place, that's not important right now.

At that moment, Snow was only thinking of himself and didn't think of Karen Tamara, who was "implicated" by him.

She was about to die facing the overwhelming undercurrent, but strangely, there was no fear on her face.

Even in this moment, she remained rational, and the "protection" talisman she wore bought her three seconds.

This is a high-level talisman made by Tamara herself and blessed with the uniqueness of the Judge.

Rather than a protective rune, it's more of a balancing rune. It can forcibly divide the battlefield, separating forces with energy levels higher than Karen Tamara's, ensuring that the overall pressure on the environment does not exceed the user's tolerance limit. However, the stronger the enemy, the shorter the duration of this effect.

But this was ultimately created with the utmost effort by a true "balancer," and was further enhanced using the unique power of the judge. Even now, when the Goddess of Night attacks with all her might, it can withstand the attack for a second or two.

Karen Tamara was unaware of this unexpected turn of events, but she knew she was bound to encounter one. This was something the Elf Queen (Queen of the Scourge) had told her herself. In the Queen's prophecy, she might stumble upon the best opportunity in thousands of years to resurrect the Elf King.

She needs to make a sacrifice.

Karen Tamara was willing to make sacrifices. In fact, if sacrificing herself could bring the king back, it would be a great deal. Only after losing the protection of the Elven King did the elves realize how difficult it was to survive in this world. They tried countless times to lead their people to rise again and at least regain their rightful dominance, but each time they hit an invisible ceiling and encountered all sorts of unexpected events. It seemed that there were too many beings who did not want the elves to give birth to another supreme being who could truly shake the established order of the North and South continents.

Under the protection of the talisman, Karen's true appearance was revealed. She still had black hair, but her ears became pointed, and her face became completely softer. She transformed from a Western countess into an Eastern woman with a heroic air. She took out a golden oil lamp and looked up at the six gods in the sky, especially the Lord of Storms, who subconsciously showed anger and disgust upon seeing the elves, his eyes filled with hatred and hostility.

She had long been prepared to die, but she didn't know when. That's why she left Snow in the room to have fun. This devil was indeed very good-looking, and he was likely to be dragged down by her, so he was "loyal." However, she never expected that he would be the fuse that set everything off.

The six gods present, along with two Sequence 1 governors, were certainly not just NPCs who would just stand there dumbfounded and show no reaction.

Faced with this unexpected change, their reaction never disappoints. This is not something that would upset the gods, such as some evil god casually sacrificing a large city with millions of people. The elves and demons in front of them have clearly crossed certain red lines, which is tantamount to treason, so they must strike hard.

At this moment, the vision of the mortal believers and the group of low- and middle-ranking nobles was already obscured by darkness, as if they were in a dream. They had already begun to participate in the grand banquet after the ceremony and enjoy this beautiful night. Meanwhile, the Goddess of Night appeared in her hand and slashed towards Snow and Karen.

Tudor and Trensost, as the two governors of the United Empire, rushed forward to cooperate after the Goddess of Night unleashed her power. Their twisting motions directly amplified the power of the black scythe.

The other five gods were not idle either. While keeping an eye on other great beings who might intervene, such as the Fallen God, the Primordial Witch, the Demon King, and the Underworld King, they worked together to seal off the entire plaza. At this moment, they appeared more united than ever before.

Anyway, it's not time to fight for the moon's uniqueness yet. On the one hand, there's no urgent need for it, and on the other hand, they're waiting for the Night Goddess's attack to be fully implemented, to find out everything about Snow and Cullen, and to see if anything else will pop up.

These great beings reacted very quickly.

But the time left for Snow and Cullen was actually enough.

Snow's soul, attached to the Moon's uniqueness, followed the summons of the Otherworld Queen, leaping out of the Night Goddess's domain and heading towards the Astral Plane, a transit point.

Karen, too, had rubbed the wishing lamp and made ten identical wishes.

"I want to resurrect the Elf King Sonia Zorem!" ×10

His tone was firm and resolute.

The sealed item 0-05, the Wishing Lamp, was used by "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun" in the First Era to seal the "Lamp God" who claimed to be "Eternal". It has never been obtained by any of the six gods. It corresponds to the Sequence 2 Miracle Worker of the Fool's Path. Its effect is to grant the holder any ten wishes.

However, it will either be accomplished in a distorted form, or it will come with unpredictable and extremely terrible consequences. If it involves the level of a true god, the degree of distortion of the wish will be beyond imagination. It is even possible to wish to become a true god of sequence 0, in which case the body and soul will be merged with an evil god of unknown origin.

Every wish you make may result in a backlash from the genie. You can still carefully avoid the first two wishes, but making 10 wishes at once will almost certainly lead to your death.

Moreover, genies, when faced with complex wishes, even have the power to refuse to grant them and treat it as if you have already made a wish.

Whether a wish is complicated or not, the standard for judgment is also in the hands of the genie, just like a typical gangster boss.

However, since the genie is also bored being sealed inside, and since he is strongly associated with the order, he is willing to grant simple wishes, even if it's just to relieve boredom.

When the genie was summoned this time, he was stunned for a moment when faced with the fierce elf girl who made 10 wishes at once.

Then came the unique Judge that fell from the branch of Karen’s personal destiny, the heavy scythe of the Goddess of Night crashing down on his head, and Tudor and Trensost, who were instinctively close to him and rushed forward due to the influence of the aggregation of extraordinary characteristics. They were as steady as genies. At this moment, I also had an urge to curse.

In this respect, the genie and Xalatas were in complete agreement. Being sealed inside the Wishing Lamp/Blade of the Dark Empire was already bad enough; they didn't want to be sealed another layer, with the lamp and dagger in an additional seal, cut off from all perception and contact with the outside world.

Although the genie would have to be sealed to some extent no matter who it was in, it had no desire to fall into the hands of the six gods of this world.