blueteamnovel Chapter 109 Ivina steps out of the Duke's mansion.
Chapter 109 Ivina steps out of the Duke's mansion.
Chapter 110 Ivina, Stepping Out of the Duke's Mansion. (4k)
Within the library of the St. Starson Academy, things are twisted, folded, and reassembled.
Clara, corrupted by Isadora, began to exude pure white, blue-silver threads from her body.
These threads continuously wrapped around her, but under the influence of the demon god, they were stained with a layer of black, polluted film.
Even so, a thick layer of silkworm cocoon still formed on her body, covering everything.
Most notably, Clara's body is gradually growing larger through the shadows, transforming from a young girl's body into that of a teenage girl.
Even through her silhouette, one can see that her slender waist creates an arc in her figure, her chest is slightly raised, and her whole body floats gracefully in her cocoon like a fish in the deep sea.
Moreover, she seemed to be emitting a deep-sea-like murmur, and piercing waves were spreading continuously, calling upon the tribe.
Cecilia, or rather one of her twelve bodies, was calmly observing this strange change.
In fact, before she separated the souls, a soul could only control one of the directions pointed to by the pointer.
However, since her body on Rhodes' side is currently asleep, she here has naturally revived in a rather shameless way—she doesn't need to sleep for 24 hours.
Top-tier bull and horse skills.
"Is it evolving, or rather, undergoing a bloodline inheritance?" Cecilia pondered, resting her chin on her hand. "But it's already become a Fallen Demon God. If it truly evolves successfully, what kind of monster will it become?"
Cecilia sighed.
"Oh no, I've really become the villain who caused all this trouble, even though I never really wanted Clara to die."
"Isadora, I never expected that not only would her appearance be useless, but the things she did in the end would be truly stupid."
This is true.
Yesterday I was still marveling at how Isadora had given her a hand that allowed her to get revenge on Rhodes for making her kneel down and be his dog, but today I realized that this hand was extremely malicious.
She had assumed Clara was just the daughter of a sea creature who had reached the peak of the fifth level of ascension, but she hadn't expected things to be so complicated.
After all, she couldn't even break the silkworm cocoon.
Moreover, those who can inherit and evolve must be the most special beings among those races.
In other words, she killed people like saints among the marine species—no wonder the coastline is in such chaos now.
In a few days, the central government in the capital will likely learn about the situation and send a large number of powerful individuals over, since this is a conflict between the [Divine Seeds].
It's been so long since something like this has happened.
"This is troublesome, but let's see how it goes." Cecilia looked at Clara and rubbed her elbow. "Anyway, we're not going to die."
In the early morning, Ivina was still in bed, drool dripping from her lips, and wrapped herself up in a ball with the sun behind her.
Rhodes had already gotten up.
He sat cross-legged on the sofa, his eyes tightly closed, as he burned all three link scrolls in his hands. Last time, he upgraded [Life Dragon Heart] and [Creative Body], and this time he wanted to upgrade the skills [Elf Dragon Sword], [Listen to the Song of the Dragon of Life], and [Dream Soul Chaos].
These three skills were the ones he selected for their best improvement effect.
It's a very simple principle: although the Dragon Sword directly increases basic attribute values, the 35 points it provides are negligible due to the low skill level.
But once you level up, things will be completely different.
In his previous battle with Sheila, Rhodes realized that if he couldn't level up his healing skill [Dragon's Song] when facing opponents of higher ranks, he would obviously be in a difficult situation.
Therefore, these three skills are undoubtedly the most comprehensive and the highest priority to improve.
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Without hesitation, he quickly sensed his body's nerves frantically transmitting signals; the so-called "divine runes" were embedding themselves into his body and activating its potential.
My blood and qi were burning hot, and my body began to feel as if it were boiling water, while my eyelids were tightly closed.
Cutting, connecting, repeating endlessly, and ultimately, it changes the skill level. [Elf Dragon Sword LV.1→2]: You can forge an Elf Dragon Sword. When equipped, your Strength increases by 35 to 70, Agility decreases by 10, and when the weapon pierces an enemy, you can inflict [Mental Damage] effect.
Psychological damage?
Rhodes held his breath slightly.
If his previous skill, Mental Shock, was just a tricky mental attack, then Mental Damage is a real attack that cuts a small piece off the opponent's mental defenses.
If the enemy's mental strength is 100, then as long as his mental strength drops to 30, that is, below 30%, then the enemy will lose the ability to control his body.
Once the mental energy reaches zero, the enemy will become a complete living dead.
Mental damage is a form of injury that can truly reduce a person's mental strength to zero.
This type of damage ignores the enemy's recovery skills and those insignificant defensive enhancement skills, making it the noblest and rarest talent direction among true mental damage.
At least in the first playthrough, Rhodes achieved this kind of genuine mental damage effect, which was something he only did when he reached the Saint level.
In other words, as long as Rhodes can plunge this sword into the enemy's flesh, he can kill the enemy.
"That's right. If I had this skill when I fought Sheila, I wouldn't have been afraid at all. After all, spiritual death is ineffective against normal resurrection techniques."
罗德将视线继续往下，看第二个技能的强化效果一【聆听生之龙曲LV.1→2】：可无障碍交流全物种，全属性+8→+30点，且激活技能后在【龙曲世界】範围15米内的所有友方单位及自身以每秒1.5%伤势治癒恢复。
【Dream Realm Chaos LV.1→2】: When you activate this skill, you can create your own domain within a 20-meter radius of your original location. Within the domain, your attributes will increase by 15%→20%, and the damage of your soul attacks will increase by another 15%→20%.
The upgrades to the other two skills were quite drastic.
Dragon Song has been transformed from a single-target healing skill into a group healing skill, and the recovery speed has increased by half.
The domain simply and directly improves attribute values in all aspects.
However, I am now undoubtedly a terrifying being with multiple effects.
I wonder if Natalie will be shocked and bewildered when she finds out that she can take away Natalie's role as a life-seed support.
The thought of Natalie made Rod feel a little itchy inside.
After all, she's the one who clearly likes him—what would happen if she showed up?
She would probably circle around Ivina twice, then examine her with her chin in her hand, and finally exhale in dissatisfaction.
As for Felicity, she was naturally happy to shake hands with her and scratch her chin.
As for Lilith and Cecilia... tsk.
Rhodes shook his head; just thinking about it gave him a headache.
"Hey."
Ivina's small figure suddenly appeared in front of Rhodes and patted him on the shoulder.
Rhodes opened his eyes, looked at the girl in front of him, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Awake?"
"Of course! It's past ten o'clock, and the sun is high in the sky." Ivina pointed to the sunlight outside, a little annoyed that Rhodes hadn't woken her up.
However, it cannot be denied that she was really exhausted last night. She should have known better than to try it so casually.
Rather, one might ask how much repression Rhodes must have been under to allow her little hands to endure such torment.
"Ivina." Rhodes reached out and took her slender wrist, speaking gently, "Now that you're awake, let's give it a try."
"Huh? Hey, you're not going to—you're going to want more, are you?" Ivina covered her mouth.
"What are you thinking? I mean, we should try to get out there."
Tick.
The pendulum on the wall swung for a moment, and Ivina's crimson eyes calmed down.
"Okay, sure."
"Take off the umbrella and walk out openly and honestly."
"I'm not going to be a monster anymore."
A short while later.
The entrance to the Duke's mansion.
To allow Ivina to leave in peace, there was no one else present, only Ivina and Rhodes.
Directly opposite Ivina is the bridge that spans the territory of the Duke's mansion.
And she now stands within the boundary of this cursed seal.
When she was around ten years old, she was kidnapped and abducted. The panic and suffocation she experienced almost caused her to die in the outside world.
To her, the outside world was darkness and an unknown place.
She has never gone out to experience, nor is she ever worthy of going out to touch this world.
Like a monster trapped in a cage —
But now, someone has unlocked the cage and released her. Ivina bit her lip, then took a deep breath and puffed out her slightly arched chest.
We cannot fail, we cannot panic any longer.
Some people have sacrificed so much for her, so I should also bravely take a step forward.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that if someone is willing to love her, then she has no reason not to move on.
"first step."
"OK."
Rod took Ivina's hand and took a step forward.
"Step two."
"OK."
The two of them were like dancers, being led step by step, their figures moving in unison.
Strangely, although Ivina was becoming increasingly nervous, she felt her body becoming lighter and lighter.
It's as if they've discarded the burdens of the past, and cast aside those meaningless pains and hatreds.
You shouldn't be alive. You killed your mother. You are a hideous monster.
You created me, and you bear the sin of killing millions of humans, from which there is no escape.
These things were all real, but she only became greedy, selfish, and focused on making herself better and better.
Yes, step by step, I walked forward, gazing at the rising sun and the endless bridge, my eyes rippled with emotion.
He landed in a few steps.
She stepped out of the Duke's mansion.
But nothing happened.
No monster ate her, and no so-called justice punished this ugly bastard.
Even my own heart is so calm, with only a little bit of happiness, happiness that I can walk out with the person I love—
She turned around and looked at Rod, who was standing behind her and had quietly let go of her hand long ago. Her silver hair fluttered in the breeze, and her shadow stirred her heartstrings.
Ivina's eyes curved slightly, her smile like a crescent moon, and she said sweetly, "Why are you letting go? You should hold my hand forever, okay?"
The sound faded.
Rhodes' pupils narrowed slightly, and he chuckled in a hoarse voice.
"That's true."
He took a few steps forward and took Ivina's hand again.
"Next, our destination is St. Stasson Academy, which is my and Felicity's school, and a place with many young people."
"Oh? That's good."
Aren't you scared?
"Just a little bit, just a tiny bit." Ivina stretched out her other hand, her fingertips forming the shape of an infinite universe.
"We'll go to many places in the future. I'll take you to the capital, and even take you back to my country, Melanie."
"Huh? Going back to your house—"
"That's not a good place, but I still have to go and settle some old scores."
Rhodes reached out and patted Ivina's head—she lowered her head and paused for a long while.
The little brain thinks a lot and understands a lot —
"I will also become stronger, so that I can protect you in the future, Rhodes."
Rhodes went into the stone house and opened the door to the room where he controlled Cecilia's clone.
But in an instant, he couldn't help but hold his breath and then closed the door of the stone house.
"Do you have some kind of unusual hobby? You dare to sleep naked in such a dangerous place, right?"
Rhodes spoke to the girl who was lying on the stone slab, breathing peacefully.
That's right.
At this moment, Cecilia was naked, curled up in a ball, clutching her clothes while a sliver of skin was vaguely exposed.
"Hmm—" she murmured, seemingly still not fully conscious, propping herself up and rubbing her eyes as she looked toward Rhodes.
"Huh?"
After recognizing Rod as the visitor, she pulled her clothes aside and winked. "Honey, no normal person would dare come in here, right? As for you coming in, it doesn't matter whether you see me or not, does it?"
"You would have seen everything long ago."
She got up slowly, then pulled her underwear through her legs and tossed her hair.
But all I was wearing was my underwear.
"————" Rhodes touched his forehead. "Get dressed."
"You were willing to kill me for Lilith in the end, but you still have to meddle in something as trivial as getting dressed?"
At that moment, Cecilia suddenly uttered a sentence that left Rhodes speechless.
She leaned against the wall—
"In the end, they didn't really punish me much yesterday. Those two humiliations and blows were nothing more than that—I really don't understand."
"I said—darling."
"In your eyes, which is more important, interests or feelings?"
Her eyes were moved, and she clutched her heart, unable to find peace.
After all, she had seen and knew everything Ivina and Rod said last night.
It's a minor problem that Ivina's burning desire makes her chant water magic.
Could those words from Krod really have come from someone who could kill her at will?
hatred----?
I wouldn't say that—maybe she was just too arrogant from the beginning, so arrogant that she thought Rhodes' love and tolerance could easily accommodate her little goals.
"Honey, did you ever like me, even because of those little things I did?"