Mystery: The Last Shepherd

Chapter 123 The Sea of ​​Chaos
"Wow—"

The sound of the ocean waves echoed clearly, and I could feel the dampness pattering against my feet, again and again.

Lu Ze opened his eyes and found himself standing in front of a strange sea.

What came into view was a vast, boundless sea, its waters dark and viscous, seemingly encompassing all colors and possibilities. Yet, the seawater also appeared incredibly ethereal, as if it didn't exist in the real world at all.

Mysterious, chaotic, lofty, profound.

The horizon of the sea, and the space above where Lu Ze stood, were shrouded in a hazy white mist, making them impossible to see. All he could see was this chaotic and illusory ocean.

This sea, and the sound of the tide.
The sound of the ocean waves felt incredibly familiar to Lu Ze. He immediately recalled that it was this very sound that had shielded him from the evil god's corruption and mental attacks on numerous occasions.

Is this its true form?
"Isn't it beautiful?"

Someone whispered from the side.

"who!"

Lu Ze suddenly turned around.

On a hazy, dreamlike beach, a woman stood barefoot, gazing intently at everything. The wind ruffled her long, blood-red hair, outlining her graceful figure beneath her white robe—

Ms. M.

"you again!"

Lu Ze cursed angrily, and the moment he recognized Ms. M, he lunged at her.

"Wow!"

Ms. M was knocked down by him and fell into the shallow seawater. He pressed down on her, reached into his pocket, and naturally found his usual ceremonial silver dagger.

"Bastard thing!"

Lu Ze roared, raised his silver dagger high, and plunged it fiercely into her chest, once, twice!

The illusory seawater soaked Ms. M's white robe, which clung to her body, revealing her slender waist and full curves. Her long red hair floated on the water, spreading out like blooming flowers. Blood seeped into the seawater, mixing with her red hair, making them indistinguishable.

Lu Ze raised his dagger and brought it down, blood pooling on the water around him and Ms. M. It added a striking crimson hue to the otherwise monotonous, illusory sea.

Ms. M did not struggle, but looked at Lu Ze with a gentle smile.

"Why don't you just die?"

After stabbing her countless times, Lu Ze finally got tired. He stopped, stared into Ms. M's eyes, and asked coldly.

His face was reflected in Ms. M's golden eyes.

“It’s really beautiful here, isn’t it?” She didn’t answer Lu Ze, but smiled and said, “You know, I almost gave everything to get here.”

"So your real purpose was to come here?" Lu Ze sneered. "This is the task your master gave you? What a foolish task."

Only then did he finally understand the true intention behind Ms. M's actions.

Ms. M slowly shook her head.

"It has nothing to do with the true creator."

She said this with a hint of pleasure in her voice.

Lu Ze was taken aback.

A true creator?
She actually called out the name of the deity she worshipped, instead of calling Him "Lord"?
Lu Ze had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

In Enmat, Ms. M was a fervent believer, willing to give everything for the Lord. But when she was met in Tingen, she became less fanatical. She seemed more concerned with herself than with God, even changing out of her white robes and donning various women's clothing.

"Surprised?"

He heard Ms. M laugh. "I'm no longer a believer in Him, all thanks to you. I should thank you." "Thank me?"

"Correct."

Ms. M touched her chest. Her body, stabbed by Lu Ze, had healed, but the torn white robe could not be restored, revealing large patches of her fair skin. "Remember? You stabbed me in the warehouse in Enmat Port."

"I really regret that I didn't kill you back then."

Lu Ze said. Back then, he used a level 1 sealed artifact to pierce through Ms. M, pinning her to a bomb made of flesh and blood, which exploded at close range. Unfortunately, the explosion failed to kill Ms. M; instead, she has haunted him ever since.

"When you pierced me with that cane, you mixed a trace of this place's aura into the cane."

Ms. M seemed not to hear Lu Ze's malicious words and continued speaking. The "here" she referred to was naturally the sea where the two of them were currently located.

"here?"

Lu Ze was taken aback.

Back then, in order to resist the erosion of the true creator, the sound of ocean waves echoed in his mind. Could it be that this aura, along with the cane at that time, also entered Ms. M's body?
"What a great power!"

Ms. M murmured, her golden eyes shimmering with a mesmerizing haze, like a mist of exquisite water vapor, “It has actually freed me from the control of the true creator. After so many years, I have regained my clear consciousness.”

Her words left Lu Ze utterly confused.

In other words, Ms. M, upon arriving in Tingen, no longer believed in a true Creator. Were her actions entirely for her own benefit?
That's why she craved Lu Ze's body;
That's why she didn't go to the Aurora Club to treat her injuries;

That's why she resorted to so many tricks until she possessed Lu Ze's body and came to this space.
"Is this place so attractive that it's worth you going to such great lengths, even sacrificing your own body?"

Luze couldn't understand.

"of course."

Ms. M smiled and said, "As it turns out, my efforts were worthwhile. This sea holds the opportunity to become a top figure, or even above the top."

Her smile gradually widened, until it became radiant and fervent.

"My guess was absolutely right, this is the place they said should not be mentioned!"

Ms. M murmured to herself, savoring the touch of the seawater, overjoyed.

Lu Ze gleaned some information from her words.

It seems like this is some kind of extraordinary place.

My cheat code seems to be extremely powerful. But so far, apart from resisting the corruption of the evil god, it doesn't seem to have any other use. Could it be that my sequence is too low to mobilize the powers here?
He used his existing knowledge of occultism to deduce and came up with a rough guess.

"Luze Longdor".

In that moment of distraction, Ms. M stopped muttering. She looked at Lu Ze, her eyes filled with greed.

"Please give me everything you have."

"Wow!"

Amidst the blood-soaked sea, several twisted humanoid monsters suddenly emerged. Lu Ze could vaguely recognize their faces; they were the six people who had sacrificed their lives, bodies, and souls for Ms. M!

"Ahhh!"

The monsters roared and pounced on Luze, pinning his body down and devouring his flesh and blood.

Passing the monster, Lu Ze saw Ms. M slowly rising from the water.

She gazed at Lu Ze, a beautiful smile spreading across her lovely face.

(End of this chapter)