Mage Manual

Chapter 1654 - 1215: Seven-winged Sword Maiden

It seems like the rain is about to stop.

Martha moved a chair to the entrance, sat down, and quietly watched the gradually thinning rain curtain. She vaguely remembered that two years ago, when her daughter set out for Jiale City, it was also on a rainy day. The neighbors left for the market at dawn, so her daughter packed her luggage and left in the early morning.

She wanted to accompany her daughter to Jiale City to report to her university, and for the first time, she was willing to spend a bit more money, but her daughter firmly refused, leaving only one sentence at the door:

Wait for me to come back.

Martha actually knew what her daughter was thinking... If future classmates found out she had a hunched-back, old-fashioned looking mother, it would be too shameful and embarrassing for her daughter. She had worked hard to leave this remote place for the big city; any blemish would hurt her delicate, sensitive heart... So Martha didn’t insist and stayed inside the door, watching her daughter get into the truck with her luggage.

The meaning of "wait for me to come back" was not to seek her out.

However, Martha ultimately couldn’t hold back. Half a year later, she cautiously asked her daughter if she could go to Jiale City to see her. Although she specified that she couldn’t tour the campus, Martha was still satisfied, taking out three silver coins from her savings at home. Her daughter hadn’t taken a penny from home to go to Jiale City, relying entirely on a scholarship, but there was nowhere else to use this money, so it would be better for her daughter to buy something she liked.

Suddenly, a lazy cat’s meow came from outside, and then a chubby gray cat walked into the house along the wall. Martha realized she had forgotten to prepare cat food in her busyness and quickly went to get some for it.

This was a community stray cat, and Martha wasn’t the only one feeding it, but it always showed up punctually every morning. It seemed to particularly dislike Linda; if her daughter approached the door, it would immediately run away, only returning to continue eating when she went back inside.

Martha saw its fur shining with a watery gloss, probably not dried off after the rain. She grabbed a dry towel to wipe it down, and the gray cat didn’t mind, letting itself be rubbed while burying its head into the food bowl, rooting around.

It suddenly sniffed curiously at the dry towel in Martha’s hand. This was the towel used on Linda, and Martha, laughing, patted its little head and said, "She went out."

Only then did the gray cat continue eating without a care.

Martha rubbed the gray cat, thinking that both times were like this. Her daughter wasn’t prepared for anything, but she ventured out into wind and rain.

And just like last time, she left only the sentence "wait for me to come back," even with the same expression, so confident, so unwavering, eyes full of hope, brimming with vitality.

The meaning of "wait for me to come back" is that I will definitely give you a good life.

Because you are indeed a mother I’m not proud of, so I must make you the happiest mother.

After drying the cat, Martha took out her glasses from her pocket, opened the Miracle Bracelet’s basic education, and like a child with innocent curiosity, seriously began learning the knowledge inside.

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Amidst the dazzling starry rain, the two Sword Law angels felt unexpected joy in their hearts. They originally thought they were going to become unworthy sacrifices on Ash Heath’s path to rise, returning to Heaven with shame and resentment. Unexpectedly, Ash self-destructed and fell at the critical moment, allowing them to return to Heaven full of honors, along with the Vice Monarch of Heaven who would accompany them.

Although they didn’t know the specific details, they vaguely guessed it had something to do with the Six-winged Trial. The Sword Law angels thought only Ash’s girls were undergoing the trial, not expecting him to be entwined as well, and at such a high difficulty. If he failed, Ash’s fate would be to become the exclusive captive of the Supreme Star, imprisoned for life on the Vice Monarch’s throne, able only to console himself with power just below everyone else.

There’s no one left to obstruct their victory; the "Realm of Suffering" isolates itself from the outside world, preventing anyone from invading. Even if the four Divine Lords descended, they could only circle around outside and chew their nails in frustration. Theoretically, that’s how it should be, but the millennia of intuition between Sword Law and Star Law crazily warned of danger, which came from the fallen Ash... As if a fierce beast hid within his bloodied shell, malignantly staring through Ash’s cracks at the angels daring to covet what’s his!

The grand sounds of slaughter subtly reverberated in the rain curtain, as a blood-red setting sun stubbornly pressed down upon the brilliant star sea illuminating the world. Below them was no longer a mountain forest swallowed by a sword rain, but a vast battlefield covered with corpse remains.

World Secret Domain · Ancient Battlefield!

In the outside World Secret Domain, it’s impossible to break through the "Realm of Suffering" to invade. But the Ancient Battlefield was released from within Ash; could he have been hiding this World Secret Domain all along?

The Sword Law angels immediately dismissed this foolish speculation: Ash’s fighting prowess was well recognized; he was not the type to hide his cards unused. Reasonably utilizing all resources suited his personality.

So there’s only one possibility... This Ancient Battlefield isn’t his, but he could borrow or allow others to release it!

Eternal Wonder · "Duel."

As Ash descended, a red-haired girl suddenly appeared before him. As the master of the Ancient Battlefield, even if Sonia was outside, she could use the Eternal Wonder, stepping directly past the "Realm of Suffering" into this battlefield!

She faced Ash, right hand resting on the hilt, as if preparing for a life-and-death duel with him. But watching the wounded Ash, the emotions in her ruby eyes were exceptionally complex: regret, reluctance, deep love, and an indefinable sense of liberation.

When she unsheathed her sword, overwhelming resentment engulfed the rain curtain entirely; her void wings extravagantly unfolded at her back, double silver, double gold, double iridescent, double sword color, double prison wings, a golden secret wing formed from the Ancient Battlefield, and Ash’s Supreme Tail Feather!

Just as Ash could borrow her void wings, she could also borrow Ash’s void wings. Even though Ash was battered because of her, he still unconditionally entrusted everything to her... even his own life.

Seven-winged Sword Maiden descends in glory.

At this moment, in front of her, the two Six-winged Secret Realm angels were dimmed.

But the Sword Law and Star Law angels did not panic too much. Having fought multiple times with the Lord of Infinite Abyss, they naturally knew the intricacies of the Ancient Battlefield, knowing it required the brewing of Battle Intent for cyclical operation. The freshly unleashed Ancient Battlefield originally held no Battle Intent, so if they cautiously controlled the intensity of the fight, they’d still be able to outlast Sonia—

Eternal Wonder · "Beast Blood Boiling"!

A dragon of calamity wrapped in purple flames emerged behind Sonia, her red hair flying high, a unity of soothing tranquility and malevolence achieved on her, being both a peerless beauty and an unparalleled Evil Ghost. She embraced the bloodied Ash with her left hand, while her right drew the sword to slash a fierce blood light soaring to the skies, sweeping away the starry rain!