Ende05: Talk Dirty to Me-Insult Me a Little
Foreword:
Every rose has thorns.
Just as every night will eventually give way to dawn.
Every cowboy sings his lament.
--poison
[Part 1: The Five Sacred Words of the Rose]
"Professor Jason, shall we search the brewery?"
Daniel removed his blindfold. He hadn't stared at the golden mask for long, so he had suffered the least spiritual pressure damage and was able to stabilize his mind to proceed with the post-battle cleanup procedures.
Beneath three tattered golden faces lay a mass of mangled flesh, the horrific remains of which, still clung to the larvae of the White Lady, continued to writhe. Their vitality was truly tenacious—even sunlight could not completely kill these monsters.
Seeing this, Jason did not let his guard down and risked infection to continue his meta-analysis work.
He needs to figure out how this fused monster was created, so that he might be able to find clues about the celestial embryo.
"Don't rush, Daniel, go check Hao Bro's 'Madness Index' — the Spirit Calamity concentration in this godforsaken place is too high."
Even as he said this, Jason still didn't remove the spirit bead bracelet. His enormous werewolf body shed a layer of furry flesh, and he transformed back into human form, wanting to carefully examine the golden-masked corpse.
The young warriors of Lingyun supported each other, their bodies covered in red and purple patches. The warts from the Vita Imprint appeared and disappeared intermittently. Half of A Hao's face was swollen, and his right eye was almost invisible due to the pressure from the swollen blood vessels in his temple.
Having captured the brewery at the Church of Dionysus, Jason showed no intention of retreating. If Gloria hadn't received the message, given the Nameless One's fighting style, continuing to switch bases and steal towers would be the best option.
As long as we destroy Gloria's lair and eliminate the outposts and strongholds of this magic workshop one by one, the demons will lose their advantage of terrain and become bandits. In the sunlit cities, they will become rats crossing the streets. Even without the help of the Lords of Cinder, the monsters will not be able to eat a single piece of meat in peace or sleep soundly. The encirclement and pursuit missions will be much more efficient. This is a method that the Gunsmith personally wrote in "The Great Rift of All Things" to deal with the elite units of the Guiyi Sect.
Jason constantly mentally rehearsed the topographical map of the city surrounding the church, trying to find a suitable evacuation route, set up firing points to block enemy reinforcements, and screen the best locations round by round.
While considering these tactical elements, he also focused on examining the remains of the golden mask. This was a talent of the Blue Stone People, allowing him to simultaneously perform calculations and deductions on three or four mental tasks.
But this time it won't work--
--The relics and remains of the golden mask almost drained Jason's concentration.
Jason's pupils slightly unfocused, quickly settling on the wreckage of the mask bearing the image of a sorrowful face.
"This is a passage from the Blood Butterfly Bible, Rose Virgin."
The fundamental doctrines of the Blood Butterfly Bible originate from the Hand of Omnipotence. It comes from Western Christianity and, in its Flash Butterfly, acquires the image of an angel in many Madness Butterfly cults.
Galahad Magic Academy's ability to teach magic in a modern and standardized way is based on the innate psychic power of sorcerers' "chirality." By gradually analyzing and dismantling the power of these "natural spellcasters," they have ultimately arrived at a complete set of psychic science theories that ordinary people can also master.
Regarding the "Rose Virgin" section of the "Blood Butterfly Bible," several sets of scriptures immediately came to Jason's mind, among which the four Gospels of the five mysteries were linked to the chimeric form of the Golden Mask.
The Blood Butterfly Bible isn't considered a forbidden book in the underworld, and Little Finger recites its scriptures daily without any consequences. However, incorporating the incantation into a sacrificial ritual will cause drastic changes.
"This is Origin Magic!" Jason exclaimed in shock. "This is Origin Magic! This isn't over! Daniel! You guys get out of here!"
Do you remember the Blood Butterfly Bible that Kang Que Johnny recited when he summoned his Flash Butterfly?
That was a large-scale origin magic that transformed into Flash Butterfly, using Eureka Volcano City as the cauldron, elixirs as the casting materials, and the fresh essence of the cadres of the Mercy of Eros to awaken the spiritual light of the casting material.
Katusha uses the BOSS's essence to summon the incarnation of the Netherworld War King, which is also a kind of unorthodox method of borrowing Origin Magic.
At this very moment, in Gloria's backyard, similar Origin Magic also exists on the brewer's three masks.
"This thing is from the scriptures on the Five Mysteries of Sorrow and Lamentation."
"Sinners may go to the Garden of Eden and see the tormented Holy Father, his body oozing blood and sweat."
"Our Lady of Mercy, pray for us."
"My Lord, Holy Butterfly, forgive our sins, deliver us from the eternal fire of hell, and lead all souls, especially those of your mercy, to the Kingdom of Heaven."
"The Holy Son was whipped, his body covered in wounds."
"Blood flows, flesh flies, bones are exposed, all to atone for my transgressions."
"A crown of thorns and spikes was placed on the head of the Holy Son, the thorns piercing his brain, blood streaming down his face."
"No, no, no, no, no, this shouldn't be like this."
Jason was obsessed. He searched through the remains of the man in the golden mask, disregarding the risk of infection, trying to find the last mask.
The Blood Butterfly Bible contains four books of five mysteries in the Rose Virgin: the five joyful mysteries, the five painful mysteries, the five wrathful mysteries, and the five dark mysteries.
Compared to the Rosary in the secular world, this heretical scripture distorts most of the titles of the Son, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Father, and the Blessed Mother. It also changes the Blessed Mysteries and the Luminous Mysteries into a devilish cult similar to the Paradise Lost version.
The contents of the brewer's three golden masks—the joyful face, the sorrowful face, and the angry face—match the cult text of the Blood Butterfly Bible —except for the dark face.
However, according to the ironclad rules of Origin Magic, all four volumes and five elements are indispensable for creating this chimeric monster. If the sacrificial ritual is not completed, the divine power of the Original Seed will not manifest in this pile of rotting flesh.
So where are the Dark Five? That crucial dark face?
"Click."
With a chillingly soft sound, Jason poked a hard metal object into the brewer's stomach with his survival knife.
"Uncle Jason?" Daniel heard Jason's tense command and was momentarily unsure whether to leave or stay.
These children aren't like soldiers in a battle group; they don't have that same level of obedience.
--On the battlefield, life and death are often determined by a single, instantaneous decision.
A horrifying, grotesque face emerged from the blood-red broth and rotten flesh; the last mask was hidden inside the brewer's stomach.
This is the celestial embryo of the Dagda's Cauldron, conceived by three loyal Wings of Light, who hid the Child of Darkness within them, contributing to Judas's alchemy plan.
As it was stabbed by the survival knife, it seemed to know that it could no longer hide and could not escape the watchful eyes of the Lapis Lazuli Guards. The crimson flesh ball inside rapidly evolved and deformed, and its dark face also changed shape.
Originally in the form of a mask, it transformed into sharp golden thorns the moment Jason discovered it, tightly binding the celestial fetus inside his belly.
The needles pierced deep into the supple skin of the celestial embryo, creating twisted and grotesque grooves. The winemaker's corpse also trembled violently and convulsed unnaturally.
Jason retreated repeatedly, and the scalding hot flesh that sprayed everywhere splashed onto the flowers and plants in his backyard, making a sizzling sound.
This wasn't because he carelessly awakened the immortal embryo. Even if he didn't investigate the corpse, the Dark Face would still erupt when everyone was dealing with the body or before the sunlight incinerated the remains.
"Get out of here!" Jason, knowing the seriousness of the situation, yelled at the students, "Get out of the church area!"
Daniel then came to his senses, grabbed the disoriented Hao Bro and Kaycee, and the three of them quickly fled towards the temple area.
"Wendy." Jason didn't run away; he called out Soul Might's true name, "Help me."
[WindMills] arrived at the call of its original form. Just as the golden-masked corpse was about to rise again, the golden, radiant spirit punched the corpse in the stomach!
In an instant, the situation changed dramatically, and the violent psionic reaction turned the sweat on Jason's face into ice!
A square chunk of flesh spewed out from the golden mask's belly, and its tattered woolen coat was completely torn to shreds, revealing ugly, deformed fingers and lower body.
The dark face had transformed into a thorny cage, tightly binding the Chaos Immortal Embryo, determined to transform this nutritious meatball into the form desired by the Origin Magic.
This is a kind of psychic insurance mechanism. When the three foster mothers die and the other three faces are shattered, the celestial embryo will never have a chance to grow into a mature being. The dark face, as the final insurance, will begin to transform the celestial embryo.
As for what the Guiyi Sect's madmen want to make it into?
Who knows? If this thing is successfully created, there probably won't be any living creatures within a hundred miles!
This is Gloria Sebastian's last trump card, a monstrous creation born from the collective karma of all living beings plundered from East Horse Port by the brewery— Flash Butterfly blessed by the Chaos Immortal Embryo.
Jason carefully directed Soul Might to pry open the fragments of the golden-masked corpse, using his psionic skills to separate the flesh and blood.
He cannot allow the celestial embryo to obtain these primordial substances; with the windmill's abilities, it should be able to defuse this bomb.
Is that right?
[Part②·Wolf Skull Lantern]
As the crown of thorns pierced the flesh of the celestial embryo, the bright red sphere gradually transformed into the outline of a five-pointed starfish.
The thorns formed its limbs and body, and its skull was fully formed. Beneath the pink flesh membrane, it rose and fell. With each thorn piercing, eyes, ears, mouths, and noses appeared to grow out of the skin and flesh, randomly distributed!
Jason, in his spirit form, parted the flesh of the golden-masked corpse.
--But this monster, the size of a three- or four-year-old child, stretched out its "hands," which hadn't even grown all its fingers yet, and thirteen or fourteen mouths on its arms and hands simultaneously emitted mournful howls!
Jason's sanity plummeted at the sight. The twenty-four Lapis Lazuli on his wrists were covered in cracks. He almost fainted from the shock of the psionic energy and could only watch helplessly as the celestial embryo scraped its way out of the golden-masked corpse and devoured its foster mother's remains.
Strange chewing sounds emanated from the demon child's limbs, and bloodshot red eyes flickered on its body, fixing their gaze on Jason Megan the moment they found their focus.
That's too fast! It's incredibly fast!
In just fourteen or fifteen seconds, it grew from the size of a three or four-year-old child to over 160 centimeters tall, entering puberty.
Jason mustered his courage, determined to bring up Berloberg again to eliminate him completely, and transformed back into his giant wolf form!
He summoned his spirit back to maintain the unity of body and soul, gripped the greatsword tightly, and plunged the blade of light fiercely into the monster's heart.
When the sword blade, heated to over a thousand degrees Celsius, pierced into the body of this celestial embryo, it seemed as if it were coated with a layer of flexible glue, or covered with a rubber coat. The sword blade pierced into the celestial embryo's chest and spine, but did not cause any damage!
On the contrary, Jason had more than a dozen bloody wounds all over his body, all of which were teeth marks left by this deformed creature with a mouth when he lunged forward into the enemy's arms!
Hehehehe! Hehehehe!
Strange laughter emanated from the lips and teeth of the celestial embryo.
It might even start speaking.
"--Dad? Mom?"
Hehehehehe!~
"Tasty."
"Jason Megan!"
"Hehehehehe!"
The monster's hands and feet were bound by thorny vines formed from its golden face, making it appear unable to move, yet every inch of its skin was twitching!
A nose twitching on its arm, and a mouth with a foul-smelling tongue that occasionally sticks out from its neck and shoulders.
The eyes on her chest, densely packed with beautiful eyelashes, possess an inexplicable charm!
Its belly and thighs were covered with strange and unusual eyes, ears, mouths, and noses; they laughed, cried, and roared angrily.
Berloberg's assassination attempt left no wounds; instead, it caused a giant eye, the size of a human head, to grow from the heart of the celestial embryo. It resembled a four-petaled flower with its skin peeled back, revealing two eyelashes made of bony spikes. The pink sclera within slowly writhed, gradually returning to its normal observational posture, and a blood-red pupil locked onto Jason Megan once again.
The half-wolf could no longer resist the terrifying spiritual pressure. Mr. Jason knelt on the ground, clutching his wildly beating heart. He felt that he would die at any moment. Forget about summoning his soul power, even raising his sword to fight had become a luxury.
Daniel returned to the central courtyard with his companions, and went back to Xiao Min and Katusha.
"Where's my husband?!" Katusha, not seeing Jason, immediately realized something was terribly wrong. "Didn't he come back with you? Didn't you bring Berloberg back either?"
"I don't know how to explain it," Daniel. He didn't understand Origin Magic and couldn't describe the brewery's situation in a few words. "Uncle Jason wants us to escape!"
Just then, a chilling and terrifying spiritual pressure emanated from the direction of the palace area towards the rear garden, along with the loud bang of a grenade detonating!
Hao Bro and Kaycee vomited on the spot. They had just fought against the Golden Mask and drunk some Universal Elixir to cure the complications of the Vita Imprint on their bodies. However, this evil aura damaged their very bones, and their faces and bodies were covered with dense red rashes.
"How could this happen?! I'm going to find him!" Katusha picked up her gun and walked in the direction Daniel had come from.
Before she could take a few steps, five or six soldiers from the Governor's Guard rushed out of the bathhouse window in a panic from the side of the courtyard. They didn't even bother to put on their clothes and fled for their lives towards the front gate.
Then, several fresh human skeletons emerged from the bathhouse window. They quickly coalesced into a powerful, fleshy deformity, transforming into apostle hounds that wagged their tails, arched their backs, barked low, and pawed at each other!
"An apostle?! An apostle?!" Katusha was terrified.
A series of shrill screams echoed from the bathhouse. A group of worshippers poured out of the main entrance, followed by a dozen or so male and female servants from the dressing room. The unlucky ones who were slower to run were suddenly poked in the back by a pale finger.
The celestial embryo has completely transformed into the form of Flash Butterfly. Thirty-two slender arms grow from its back, which resemble wings when closed. When it gently flaps its wings, the wing membranes are a thin layer of human skin.
When these limbs touched a mortal, the pitiful and helpless prey deflated like a punctured balloon, instantly losing the strength to scream. Immediately, its face lit up with joy, and it began to chuckle wildly. The sap and broth from its body were devoured by the Flash Butterfly, leaving not a single drop, which transformed into layers of scarves and robes on this terrifying monster, becoming a heavy human flesh cloak. The golden thorns that formed from its dark face became bracelets and leg rings, making this Flash Butterfly with its distorted features look like a sage straight out of a history book.
"Good"
Katusha stood frozen, unable to believe what she was seeing.
The right hand, Flash Butterfly, lifted Berloberg—
--The moment it saw this natural spirit born from the great god Mimir/Mim, it regarded it as its mother.
Holding a human head in his left hand, Jason Megan's large wolf head, along with its entire spine, is made into a lantern.
Twenty-four broken Lapis Lazuli were inlaid into the spine of this lantern.
--The second time it saw this blood-bearing demon wolf, and tasted its flesh and blood full of wisdom, it regarded it as its father and wanted to keep it by its side as a beacon of wisdom.
Jason Megan's tongue was crooked, and her face was covered in pockmarked, mangled flesh; she had suffered numerous shrapnel injuries while desperately trying to detonate the grenade.
He lost most of his limbs and organs, leaving only his head and spine, but he still did not die—his spinal center was connected to the Flash Butterfly, becoming the Flash Butterfly's external brain, and through the five fingers of this demonic fetus, he was kept alive on the verge of death, which was worse than death.
Katusha was almost driven mad.
"--Good sir?"