Crack!
Another astonishing bolt of black lightning tore across the night sky. Even the earth trembled beneath the deafening thunder rolling through the heavens. A massive shadow appeared beyond the mountains, and the aura of Earth Filth actually fell silent, as though suppressed. The battles against black mud, fossils, and indescribable monsters all slowed somewhat, but the mortals were likewise affected by that shuddering presence.
It was ancient, frenzied, eternally insatiable, and reeked of blood.
"Does the God Summoner intend to summon a god?"
When that black thunderbolt crossed the snowy night sky, more than one person had that thought. But for Shade, sprawled across the tabletop, he discovered to his surprise that even after consuming so much pepper, Lord of the Blood Feast still gave him no response.
The gift Fiona had left him from the Fifth Epoch had been described at the Dragon Maid Cafe as follows:
Great One—Lord of the Blood Feast's Pepper Shaker. Relic. Sprinkling it over any food makes it delicious. Frequent, heavy use will trigger severe gluttony, until it draws the gaze or descent of the Lord of the Blood Feast.
The delicious bait of the Lord of the Blood Feast.
When he had seen that Pepper Shaker in the passage connecting Saint Byron's and Randall River Valley, and recalled the advice Miss Feliana and Miss Olanord had given him in that Glass Flowerhouse during the Fifth Epoch, Shade had planned to use this opportunity to call upon that familiar Old God and use the relic in his hand to obtain another drop of divinity, just as he had the previous two times.
It sounded mad, but after advancing, Shade still had a drop of divinity within him. There was no need to worry about an accident.
Moreover, he could even use the power