Dark city

4. Authentic

The moment his little hand touched the seventh idol, the idol suddenly turned into a shadow and burrowed into Richard's body. For a moment, Richard only felt that his head was on fire, his blood was boiling, and the pain that directly acted on his soul almost drove him crazy, but he couldn't faint. And wisps of ice were swimming all over his body, colliding violently with the invisible heat that wrapped his body, making Li feel that every inch of flesh and bone in his body was cracking!

Richard endured it with great difficulty, and the tenacity and strength he had cultivated since childhood were manifested at this moment, and he really persevered until all the shadows entered his body. After absorbing the last rays of shadow, Richard's spirit finally relaxed, and his vision was blurred, and the temple of the goddess gradually faded.

In the blurred vision, Richard saw his mother's beautiful and concerned face, and he finally relaxed and lost consciousness.

"I've got two abilities, my mother will be proud of me!" In the drifting darkness, Richard thought subconsciously.

In the attic, a visible crack appeared on the altar of the goddess of the moon, and this rare altar was actually damaged during the ritual. Elaine was pale, and a wisp of blood flowed from her lips, but she didn't realize it, but frantically looked at all parts of Richard's body, and only let go of her mind when she saw that his body was intact and undamaged. But when she noticed a small shadow hovering around Richard's eyebrows, her face changed again.

There was a light and moonlight in the attic, and Richard was lying on his back, and neither light source would leave a shadow at the center of Richard's brow. That small shadow was like fog and smoke, swimming slowly, but it was condensed. This is a shadow that ordinary people can't distinguish at all, but Elaine, who still has the power of the fifth quarter moon in her body, can see it. She shuddered, reaching out to touch it, and a faint cold, tingling sensation came from her fingertips, the feeling of the clash of shadow energy and Elucia's divine power.

"Shadow creatures?!" Elaine cried out. She gritted her teeth and once again poked her finger into the shadow of Richard's eyebrows, silently reciting a prayer that had long since become unfamiliar. It was a divine foresight that Elaine had not mastered back then, but at this moment her heart was already in turmoil, and in her knowledge, only this magic could unlock the origin of the shadow in Richard's eyebrows. No matter how little hope there was, she had to give it a try.

Since she lost her status as a high priest, she has also lost the favor of the goddess and all her divine skills. It was originally a reckless move under desperation, but Elaine didn't expect that the magic foresight was unexpectedly successful.

A picture appeared in front of Elaine's eyes, it was endless nothingness and darkness, only chaotic energy, no moon at all, and no stars. In the chaos, huge shadows are slowly swimming, and the seemingly chaotic trajectory finally converges into a track, pointing to the final clear destination, which is little Richard!

The scroll was fleeting, and the brief foresight had exhausted all her strength, so that she didn't even have the strength to move a finger. Even though she was full of energy, what she saw made her feel a deep despair again.

Shadow is not the same as darkness, it is an energy that has no substance, and it naturally has spatial properties. There are countless types of shadow creatures, most of which wander between planes, aimlessly. The chaotic energy between the planes is their natural nourishment. They are cunning, dangerous, and powerful, so they are also a species that mages love and fear. Shadow summoning is already a well-established spell that can be strengthened from level six all the way up to level nine. This spell will also fail, and although the chance of appearing is small, the shadow creatures summoned will get out of control, and magicians will be one of the tastiest foods in their eyes. So every year on the continent, we hear several accidents where mages are devoured by summoned shadow creatures.