Chapter 95 The Price of Stealing Shadows

But Chloe hesitated for a moment and still didn't touch the key first.

Although I don't know if this key has any warning function... but it's better to take it last just in case.

The closer she got to victory, the calmer Chloe became. She began to think about various possibilities in her mind, thinking about her own omissions and mistakes.

After a quiet review, she confirmed that there were no loopholes.

Aiwass was really drunk, and there was nothing abnormal about his various behaviors in his sleep.

So she walked forward boldly. She took out a dark red lipstick from her arms and gently applied it to herself.

The basic ability of the Adaptive Path is the resistance to poison and disease, and the higher the level, the stronger it is. Because of this, they can swallow a lot of herbs without worrying about side effects, or eat any visible creatures in the wild to replenish energy and nutrition. Many poisons are useless to them, but they are useful to others. Through this cognitive difference, the assassination ability of the Adaptive Path is very strong.

As a member of the "Eagle Eye" organization, she can learn from the organization how to make various secret poisons and cursed poisons. In addition to applying this paste-like poison to the "Eagle Feather" flying knife, she also made them into lipsticks that are easy to carry and hide, and triggered them with a fatal kiss.

Of course, this actually has no special meaning. It's just her bad taste... If you have to say it, a kiss is always lighter than applying lipstick to the other person. But in fact, what she really wants to do is just "kissing".

A kiss that quietly takes away someone's life gives people a romantic and charming feeling. It's as if she is a legendary succubus or banshee. There is a sense of ritual.

But Chloe now thinks back... Maybe she has been leaning towards the path of love from the beginning. This habit along the way is actually constantly strengthening her own affinity for the path of love, but she herself has never noticed it. Only now, she really realized how strong her desire is.

Just like she always dresses up beautifully in clothes that are too revealing and conspicuous for the people of Avalon. This seems a bit too high-profile for an assassin.

She has always disguised herself as a believer of the Path of Beauty, but she may be more suitable for the Path of Love. Unfortunately, Iris's Path of Love is completely controlled by the Son of the Moon, and she may leave the organization, but she will never become the Son of the Moon - otherwise she will be found and killed by her colleagues.

- But it doesn't matter.

When I get this sacred weapon, I will have the confidence to negotiate with the organization.

After applying lipstick on herself, Chloe smiled at Aiwass who was sleeping and smelling of alcohol.

...Looking closely, although he looked quite irritating before, this young man is still quite handsome now.

Then kiss him, I won't lose anything.

She leaned over and kissed Aiwass gently - but for some reason, her waist could only bend halfway.

She could already smell the faint smell of alcohol from the sleeping Aiwas's mouth, as well as the smell of the opposite sex emanating from him. But her waist seemed to be anesthetized, maintaining this strenuous movement, unable to move at all.

"——Have you had enough trouble?"

A cold female voice sounded in her mind.

Judging from the voice and tone, it was like a strong and arrogant mature woman.

——Not Aiwas's personal maid.

Damn, is there someone else ambushing in this room? !

Chloe woke up in an instant, subconsciously melted into the shadow, broke free from the shackles of unknown origin, and sneaked into Aiwas's shadow.

But it was different from every previous shadow sneak——

Or, it was just like the last time she sneaked into Aiwas's shadow. A great, extremely strong sense of fear gripped her heart.

——But she was too late to escape.

The shadow that used to move freely was now like frozen ice, cold and solid.

It was as if she had thrown herself into a cage and frozen herself in ice.

And the cold voice mocked in her ear: "You little thief who stole the power of shadows, you actually trust this power..."

At this moment, Chloe felt dizzy.

When she regained her sight, she saw that Aiwass lying on the bed became very far away.

And her perspective...

--It was as if she was sealed in a mirror!

And the "other self" who looked almost exactly like her, but with pure black hair and eyes, stood in her previous position, sneering at Chloe in the mirror.

She slowly "approached" the mirror, approached - her "walking" was just a movement, but in fact she was floating. When she walked, half of her feet would merge into the ground. And her body did not rise and fall due to walking, but emitted a faint black smoke.

Chloe in the mirror had no control over her body. She was forced to make the same movements as herself outside the mirror, approaching the "other self" who made her feel great fear.

After the "other self" came closer, Chloe noticed... her pupils and hair were not black, but a constant flow of nothingness. It was not the kind of black that could reflect light and make the hair visible, but "non-existence".

Her skin was also white as a ghost, showing an almost translucent texture... Only the clothes on her body were real.

——Who are you?

Chloe wanted to speak, but couldn't even open her mouth. It was as if he had really turned into a reflection.

But the self outside the mirror seemed to hear his own voice, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a charming smile.

But at this time, the self who was sealed in the mirror did not make the same movements simultaneously.

Chloe in the mirror still had short caramel-colored curly hair. Visible fear appeared on her face, and her beautiful face was distorted.

"The followers of the Lord of Scales and Feathers, the thieves who steal fish scales and bird feathers... At this point, no one even remembers the source of his power?"

She mocked, stretching out her slender white fingers and gently sliding them on Chloe's cheek.

Click——

Chloe seemed to hear a phantom sound. As if her soul had been cut, unspeakable pain was felt - a crack was cut into her mirror image, but she could not shout a word.

Her mind went blank due to pain, but soon the word came to her heart——

——Who does your strength come from?

It's the Shadow Demon!

...There is a shadow demon in Aiwass's shadow? !

How can it be!

But...if this is true...

In that moment, she understood everything.

Why can Aiwass see himself, why is he not afraid of himself at all, why does he feel great fear when he enters Aiwass's shadow...

And she also understood that what Aiwass said at the banquet was just a trap and disguise to lure her in!

——What a priest, what a hero! It's all fake!

He is not a good person at all - there is absolutely no way that a demonologist who can make a contract with a high-level demon is so young!

This must be some extremely powerful demonologist who worked part-time on the Dusk Path, reincarnated into Aiwass’ body, and stole his identity and body!

At that moment, regret overtook her.

If she had another chance, she would never provoke Aiwass!

But it was too late.

There is absolutely no way she can escape from the Shadow Demon!

The power to adapt to the path comes from imitating others. Whether it is poison, precognition, invisibility, regeneration or other abilities, they all come from imitating other life forms in nature. And her shadow sneaking skills are abilities built by the seniors of the Hawkeye organization by imitating demons like "Shadow Demons".

However, it was a pirated copy after all. After all, they could not really capture a shadow demon and imitate its talent. This is just a weakened version of ability built through observation and imagination.

Only now did she know that the Shadow Demon's control of "shadows" actually included mirror images!

Rather than saying that this is how to catch her, it is better to say that the Shadow Demon has already caught her, and then specially showed her how the real Shadow Demon hunts...

"I don't mind if you copy its talent from one of my kind. But the way you use it is too ugly. It's like a toad is singing and a donkey is dancing. I feel like there is an elephant running thumping above my head. It was so noisy."

Shadow Demon's voice was full of malice, and Chloe realized more and more clearly that Shadow Demon's voice was gradually getting closer to her own - from the arrogant and mature female voice to her honey-like voice. Charming voice.

"And, more importantly - the master's shadow, that is my territory."

Her voice was soft but cold, and her slender fingers passed through the mirror and held the neck of the person in the mirror: "You have crossed the line, little thief.

"If it weren't for the kindness of the master, I would have torn you into pieces at that time. Fortunately, Father Snake protected you and you dared to come back.

"You are even stupid enough to want to kill my master - who do you think you are? So weak, yet so confident..."

Chloe was in agony in the mirror, her whole body being corroded by shadows. The edges of the floor-to-ceiling mirror gradually oozed blood, as if it were not a solid mirror, but an iron maiden that was gradually closing.

Before Chloe lost consciousness, Shadow Demon's voice sounded in her heart: "If you copy mine, I'll copy yours too. It just so happens that I still lack a set of skins suitable for human aesthetics."

"Since you tried to steal the shadow...then your throat and face belong to me now.

"In human terms, this would be called debt settlement."

As he spoke, Shadow Demon touched the mirror with his finger and gave her a big cross: "You are insolvent now, miss."

In an instant, Chloe's soul, already filled with cracks, was completely torn apart by the Shadow Demon's nails.

Until the next day, when Aiwass woke up in a daze, he was not woken up by the Shadow Demon.

This was what he had agreed with Shadow Demon before, to quietly kill the assassin. There is no need to wake him up unless there is anything special.

This also shows his trust in Shadow Demon.

"How was it last night?"

The first time he woke up, he asked in his heart: "What were her last words?"

Aiwass wasn't worried about Shadow Demon letting her run away.

Because when he woke up, the pop-up window had already appeared in front of him:

[Kill the fourth-level transcendent and gain 120 free experience]

It's about a hundred lower than the Deformed Limb Demon, but the experience he brings to the door is enough. Counting the experience that Aiwass had not used up before, he already has 364 free experience points. In this way, after advancing to Demonologist at the beginning of the month, Aiwass can continue to advance at the beginning of next month - it only takes two months to climb directly to the third level!

Now what restricts Aiwass is the ritual's cooling time. Of course, in order to prevent experience overflow, you should read the book normally before, and finally use free experience to replenish your level.

Save whatever you can!

Aiwass was just a little worried - the Shadow Demon wouldn't tear up and corrode everything on her body, right?

"I remember I told you to keep all the equipment she could have on her... Where did you put it?"

He asked: "Also. The floor is not dirty, right?"

"She had no last words, and she didn't say a word until her death. She just regretted offending you."

And Shadow Demon's voice, which was different from yesterday and more human than yesterday, rang in his heart: "The spoils are on the sofa next to me. They are all there. Master... As for her blood, I also ate it." . It won’t leave any trace.”

Aiwass looked over - it was true.

The clothes were neatly folded and laid out in order and categories. It's like he took it off and put it there. Very complete, no damage at all.

"...Lily has been here?"

Aiwass's first reaction was, had Lily come over to set it up?

But he soon realized that he had already reminded Lily last night not to call him today. She would not enter her room without permission.

This shadow demon...is quite organized?

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