Gatekeeper of Myriad Worlds Chapter 295

“A legend (gold) is about to be born!”

Good.

That’s great.

It was Big Skeleton who performed the revival spell.

And I get prestige!

Rosalia must have said something in hell.

—She thought Baxter revived her!

Shen Ye felt a little embarrassed.

It’s not my fault for causing a sensation in hell, but being too handsome is an unavoidable gift from God, there’s nothing I can do.

To be honest—

He himself was curious to see what effect the “Voodoo Boy” entry would have when it reached the gold level!

While Shen Ye was contemplating, Rosalia opened her eyes.

She got up from the ground, knelt on one knee, and saluted gratefully:

“My Lord!”

“Hmm, I need your help with something,” Shen Ye said.

“I will do my best to serve you!” Rosalia said.

“It’s not convenient for me to go to Evernight City now. You go on my behalf and investigate the strong people who have died recentlyculties, looking for any suspicious clues from their belongings.”

“—The bigger the commotion, the better.”

“Yes!” Rosalia said.

“Oh, and take this.”

Shen Ye handed her the badge of the Five Desires Guard Captain.

—He also handed over the troubles of work to this grateful subordinate.

“One more thing—if you find any information in Evernight City, tell Lord Mogakou directly.”

“Understood.”

Rosalia took the badge and immediately left the secret passage.

She used the assassin’s shadow skills to quickly leave the Human territory and head towards the direction of the Undead Empire.

“Can she handle it?” Big Skeleton said uncertainly.

Shen Ye said, “At least the direction I gave her is right, and she’s quite persistent in her work, she won’t give up easily. I guess—”

“There’s an 80% chance she can uncover the secret and tell Mogakou directly, which will make it more convincing.”

“—Mogakou needs to be wary of Jiuxiang.”

In Evernight City, almost all the strong people who died recently were due to the scattered attack of “Nest Banner” on their destiny trajectory.

Nest Banner attacked all of Tian Luo’s companions.

Even Mogakou couldn’t escape it.

Let alone Tian Luo’s subordinates?

As long as there are clues among Tian Luo’s subordinates, Rosalia, with her identity as “Captain of the Five Desires Guards,” will surely be able to track them down!

By then, Mogakou might become suspicious.

As for himself—

“Earth Mother, can you locate Carla?” Shen Ye asked.

“She is my messenger, I can sense her,” Earth Mother said.

“Good!”

—Let’s go save Carla.

Upon reflection, it’s still best to overcome all difficulties and save her before doing anything else.

He had inherited the Hun Tian sect’s legacy, and the old Daoist once said that the Jade Terrace was the strongest weapon nurtured by the planet to fight against the Emperor Species.

…He must obtain the Jade Terrace!

Shen Ye couldn’t help but recall what Mogakou said:

“When I obtain it—”

“The survival of the dead planet will be at my whim.”

—Hurry up!

He must get the Jade Terrace before they discover everything!

Shen Ye walked out of the secret passage and looked around.

On the front lines, the soldiers were sparse, and each one looked relaxed.

It seemed there hadn’t been any battles recently.

Shen Ye was about to leave when he suddenly saw a hand extend from around the corner, subtly making a “love you” gesture.

Shadow Brotherhood!

Shen Ye tapped his head and walked towards the hand.

A plain-looking man stood around the corner and whispered:

“Saint Paige.”

“Hmm, what’s wrong?” Shen Ye asked.

“His Royal Highness, with the diplomatic delegation’s motorcade, has already entered the Undead territory and should have arrived in Evernight City by now.”

“This journey is extremely dangerous. Would you like to contact His Royal Highness?”

“I’m going to help His Royal Highness!” Shen Ye said solemnly.

The man immediately beamed with joy.

“Wait a moment!”

“Anything else?”

“I have a special assassin’s action gift pack here for you!”

A leather bag was placed in front of Shen Ye, then opened, revealing a dagger and a horse whistle inside.

Shen Ye took a deep breath, showing a nostalgic expression, and softly said:

“An assassin’s kit…”

“Yes, the standard horse and dagger set for a battlefield assassin,” the man said with a serious face, again making a “love you” gesture, “This set was just produced, the tactical disguise dagger has a shelf life of two whole years, and that horse just graduated from drama school.”

Shen Ye pondered, “Forget the horse, after all, riding a human horse in the Undead Empire is too conspicuous. I’ll keep the dagger—do you have any more daggers?”

“Yes, my lord, how many do you want?”

“Four.”

“Here you go, with your assurance of His Royal Highness’s safety, we are all relieved! The Shadows will bless you!”

“Thank you.”

Shen Ye took four tactical disguise daggers, returned a “love you” gesture to the other party, and then slowly retreated.

Following the trail into the dense forest, Shen Ye placed the four tactical disguise daggers on the ground.

A faint light emerged, forming words:

“Tactical Disguise Dagger.”

“Special Category Item, Green (Excellent) Quality.”

“Usage: Lick it.”

“Death Disguise: When you play dead, you look truly dead.”

“Poison Application: Coated with a special poison, a quick lick will cause a feigned death (the poison has a shelf life of up to two years).”

It was indeed worth reminiscing.

When he first came to the nightmare world and encountered the Shadow Brotherhood, he was recommended such a treasure.

Now, it seems that for assassins, this is indeed a good thing.

Otherwise, the other party wouldn’t have brought it out at this moment.

Then—

“Fuse.”

Shen Ye said softly.

The faint light quickly condensed into more small words:

“You have activated the power of the purple entry ‘Voodoo Boy’.”

“The current four identical daggers have begun to fuse and produce an evolutionary effect.”

“Completed!”

The power of the pháp giới surged from the void, piercing through the four daggers on the ground like a tide.

In an instant.

They all disappeared.

A brand new, gray dagger appeared before Shen Ye’s eyes.

“Shadow Disguise Dagger.”

“Special Category Item, Blue (Excellent) Quality.”

“Usage: Lick it.”

“Death Shell: When you play dead, you can choose your death pose.”

“Constant Poison: The poison on the blade will not expire; a simple lick will cause a feigned death.”

Shen Ye looked at the dagger and fell into thought.

Thinking back carefully—

He could open a door and escape during battle.

While this could save his life, it had a drawback.

That was, if he left the scene, he wouldn’t know what would happen next.

If he could play dead and stay put—

“Go!”

He put away the dagger, sped up, and returned to the Human army camp.

He found the Shadow Brotherhood’s tent.

He entered.

The unassuming man was sitting inside, studying a map with several assassins.

“Saint Paige!”

Seeing Shen Ye enter, the men hastily stood up and made the “love you” gesture.

The difference was, some put it next to their faces, which meant “long time no see.”

Some placed the gesture on their chests, meaning “I always hold you in my heart.”

Placing it on the stomach meant “I’d like to communicate further with you.”

Shen Ye returned the same brotherhood gesture and said:

“Gentlemen, I need more tactical disguise daggers right now. Do you have any in stock?”

The leading man said, “Actually, most of the tactical disguise daggers are on the front line. If you need them, I’ll find them all.”

He pulled out a wooden box from under the table behind him, placing brand new daggers in front of Shen Ye.

Nine in total.

Not enough… he needed at least twelve more to fuse them.

“Do you have any on you?” Shen Ye asked.

“Yes!”

Several people drew their daggers and placed them in front of Shen Ye.

Exactly twelve.

Now it was complete.

“Lord Paige, are you organizing a team of assassins to play dead in Evernight City?” the man asked excitedly.

“Count me in, Lord Paige.”

“Yes, I’m also very good at playing dead, my Lord.”

The several men said enthusiastically.

“You’re so confident?” Shen Ye couldn’t help but ask.

“Look, my lord—”

The men took out a banner from behind the tent, which read:

“Warm congratulations on the successful conclusion of the 15th Northern Front Battlefield Playing Dead Competition.”

“Organized by: Shadow Brotherhood.”

Shen Ye gasped.

—This has become a competition?

So “playing dead” is actually a core skill in the assassin profession?

Unbelievable.

It seems I must re-evaluate this skill.

“Brothers, I appreciate your kindness. When needed, I will call upon you all to serve the country!”

Shen Ye said.

The several assassins said in unison, “We await your summons, Paige!”

Shen Ye nodded, collected the daggers, bid a reluctant farewell to everyone, and left the human stronghold.

He returned to the forest.

He divided the twelve daggers into three groups, four in each group.

All laid on the ground.

He activated the purple entry “Voodoo Boy.”

The power of the pháp giới brushed over all the daggers, and the twelve daggers merged into three Shadow Disguise Daggers.

He placed the previous dagger on top.

These were four identical blue quality daggers.

The moment of witnessing a miracle had arrived—

“Fuse.”

Shen Ye said.

The power of the “Voodoo Boy” entry erupted again, drawing the pháp giới and infusing its laws into the four daggers.

In an instant.

The four daggers disappeared.

A dull, unassuming gray dagger lay quietly on the ground.

The fusion was complete!

Faint light appeared as small characters, floating beside the gray dagger:

“Shadow Shimmering Sting.”

“Special Treasure, Purple (One in Ten Thousand) Grade.”

“Usage: Lick it.”

“Death Disguise: When you play dead, you can choose your personalized ‘death skin’ and ‘pose’.”

“Anesthesia Master: The poison on the blade will not expire. A simple lick will cause a feigned death, and you can retain consciousness and wake up at any time.”

“Reaper’s Reward: When you play dead, any damage will only act upon your personalized death skin. You will only begin to endure attacks once the death skin is shattered.”

“—Try it and you’ll die.”

Shen Ye quickly finished reading, his heart filled with doubts.

What did “death skin” and “pose” mean?

Try it!

He picked up the dagger, licked it, and suddenly fell to the ground.

Thud.

The moment he hit the ground, he transformed into a knight in ragged armor, with seven or eight arrows in his back, blood gushing out.

Faint light appeared as small text:

“Current death skin: Fallen Battlefield Knight.”

“Current pose: Died from arrows in the back.”

Interesting…

Can I choose a death skin?

With Shen Ye’s thought, he suddenly turned into a lean mage!

Still in the pose of being shot in the back with arrows!

—Change the pose!

The mage’s half-body was sliced open by a sharp blade, lying on the ground, dead beyond dead.

Shen Ye canceled the skin and pose, climbed up from the ground, and fell into thought.

Can the skin change to other races?

He grabbed the dagger and licked it again.

Clatter—

Bones scattered across the ground, and the faint soul fire in the eye sockets of the cracked skull quickly extinguished.

He could become an Undead too!

So powerful!

This dagger wasn’t strong in the traditional sense.

But when it came to playing dead, it had reached a master level!

However, all of this was thanks to—

“Voodoo Boy.”

This entry had extremely powerful pháp giới power in fusing items!

It seemed he had to find a way to make it level up further.

As Shen Ye was thinking, he suddenly felt something and pulled out the magic parchment.

A line of text appeared on it:

“I heard you were looking for me?”

Prince Norton!

Shen Ye immediately wrote, “Where are you? I’ll come meet you.”

“Evernight City, Diplomatic Mission Building.”

He’s really in Evernight City?

Shen Ye was surprised.

Jiuxiang was there, and Mogakou might be there too!

“Wait for me—I’m coming right away!”

He hastily put away the magic parchment, identified the direction, and soared into the sky.

Half an hour later.

He reached the border of the Undead Empire and landed by the creek.

“Why aren’t you moving? Are you abandoning Baxter’s identity?” Big Skeleton asked.

“Yes, Jiuxiang is in Evernight City now, and Mogakou is very likely there too. If I go directly, it’ll be too conspicuous,” Shen Ye said.

“You want to enter Evernight City as a Human? You’re not part of an external delegation, you’ll be arrested directly,” Big Skeleton said.

“So now I need your help.”

“What?”

“—I remember you Undead can also deliver messages.”

“Right.”

“Shall we send a courier?”

“What’s a courier?”

“It’s like sending something to Evernight City.”

“You can mail other things, but if you mail a living person, they might be eaten by other Undead.”

“It’s done.”

“Huh? Done?”

A few minutes later.

An unremarkable skeleton arrived at the Undead town at the border, found a messenger, and paid a large sum of soul coins.

The item to be delivered was simple.

The address was also reliable.

Nothing more to say—

The messenger looked at the pile of soul coins, stamped it “Urgent,” opened the cargo teleportation array, and sent the package to Evernight City.

Evernight City.

Messenger Transfer Station.

A package marked “Urgent” was taken out.

After careful inspection, it was put back.

Then a messenger with the package delivered it to the hotel where the diplomatic delegation was staying.

“A package from Viscount Hanging Tile for Prince Norton?”

Two royal guards and an assassin inspected the package.

Everything was normal.

The package finally reached the hands of Princess Norton’s Chief Court Archmage, Udria.

The contents of the package were too simple, so Udria only glanced at it and, without even using magic, immediately understood what was inside.

To be on the safe side, Udria still cast a scouting spell.

The package did not react.

Only then did she get up, walk to the door of the prince’s room, and knock.

Things were being discussed inside.

“What is it?”

Prince Norton’s voice rang out.

“Viscount Hanging Tile sent a package.”

“Him?”

“Yes, I’ve checked it, there should be no danger.”

“Bring it in!”

“Yes.”

The package was placed on the table.

As for Prince Norton—

He sat on a spacious and comfortable sofa, sipping coffee and looking at a piece of intelligence.

All the attendants gathered around.

“My Lord, a viscount’s package, there’s no need to look at it.”

An attendant suggested.

“Yes, it must be those fence-sitters again, seeing that His Majesty didn’t punish you, they rushed to curry favor with you.”

“No need to say more,” Prince Norton said, “Open it immediately, I want to see what’s inside.”

An assassin personally opened the package.

Before everyone’s eyes appeared an ordinary makeup mirror.

The assassin picked up the mirror, carefully fiddled with it for a moment, and said:

“Your Highness, this is just an ordinary mirror.”

“That’s strange. Come, let me see.” Prince Norton took the mirror and examined it carefully.

That’s right.

It was indeed an ordinary mirror.

“Where did it come from?” Prince Norton asked.

“Undead border city, a very small town,” Udria said.

“…What’s he doing? He really is something. Couldn’t he just say what he wanted to say?” Prince Norton sighed.

Suddenly.

A voice rang out from behind everyone:

“It’s nothing, I just came to see you.”

In the room, everyone turned around together—

“Paige!”

“Saint Paige!”

“—It’s Lord Paige, appointed by the Prince, he’s here too!”

The crowd buzzed with excitement.

Shen Ye was seen crouching on the windowsill outside the room, smiling at everyone.

—Legendary Assassin, Lord Saint Paige!

How did he appear?

Completely unknown!

A feeling of respect rose in everyone’s hearts.

—The strong are always respected.

Someone hastily got up to open the window.

Shen Ye jumped into the room.

Actually, the whole process was quite simple.

The profession of “Lord of Non-Life” allows one to exist within a mirror.

First, enter the mirror.

Let Big Skeleton mail it.

Upon arrival, reflect from the mirror onto the window glass.

Transfer oneself into the window glass.

Emerge from the window glass.

Crouch on the windowsill and say, “Hi~”

It’s that simple.

But if you don’t understand the principles of the “Lord of Non-Life” profession, you’ll be completely baffled.

—Ultimately, it’s likely that no one has ever witnessed this profession.

After all, even the Emperor Species’ cosmic worm fell victim.

“Where did you pop out from!” Prince Norton asked in surprise.

“Would you believe me if I said it was from a mirror?”

“I know you assassins have many tricks, but don’t mention coming out of a mirror, I’m not a child!”

“Alright, I didn’t know your exact location, so I sent a package and followed the messenger here.”

That’s right, that should be the truth.

Everyone nodded secretly.

Shen Ye smiled and exchanged pleasantries with everyone.

“I have something to discuss with Paige alone, you all may excuse yourselves for now,” Prince Norton said.

Everyone tactfully got up and left the room.

Only Norton and Shen Ye remained.

Norton suddenly drew a short sword and stabbed at Shen Ye.

Shen Ye swung his personal sword to block.

Norton continuously brandished his sword, stabbing, but was again blocked by Shen Ye.

“So diligent?” Shen Ye chuckled.

“I haven’t activated my true form, that’s why you’re dealing with it so easily,” Norton said.

A faint golden glow emanated from his body, pouring entirely into the short sword.

A powerful surge of energy radiated from the blade.

The next moment.

Before attracting others’ attention, Norton suddenly sheathed his sword with a “clank.”

“How is it?” he asked.

“No good, still far off,” Shen Ye said truthfully.

Indeed, his own strength wasn’t that great.

But with more experience, his vision was truly high.

“Hmph, your strength is also mediocre, how can you say I’m far off?” Norton was displeased.

Strength…

Shen Ye glanced at the void.

The frequency of the faint small text appearing was not as high as before, but every few minutes, prompts such as “Strength +0.5” and “Insight +0.7” would still appear.

The power of Tian Luo had not yet been fully absorbed!

“Your target isn’t me, but the one who killed your father—has your bloodline awakened?” Shen Ye asked.

“I used a blood-burning secret art, my bloodline is awakening, but it still needs time,” Prince Norton said.

Shen Ye understood.

—He was so eager to avenge his father.

Killing Jiuxiang was too difficult.

But he needed his help to free the Earth Mother.

“How much longer until you fully awaken?” Shen Ye asked.

“Unclear—if things go well, soon; if talent isn’t enough, there’s no hope for a lifetime,” Prince Norton said.

Shen Ye nodded.

He didn’t understand.

However, Norton must awaken.

Only by gathering the power of the three gods can the cage sealing the Earth Mother be opened.

“I have a question,” Shen Ye said.

“Speak.”

“Where did you get that death disguise cloak?”

“Is it not good?”

“It’s good, it’s actually too good, so I’m very curious about its origin.”

—When he disguised himself as a vampire, no one could tell the difference!

It was simply a divine artifact!

Norton smiled and said, “That’s a treasure passed down in our family. In ancient times, our family actually came from the divine world.”

“Why are you in the nightmare world?” Shen Ye asked.

“According to our family records, during our escape, we discovered a world suddenly appearing in this void, and it had a complete ecosystem that allowed us to survive, so the entire family stayed in this world.”

“The cloak is one of our family’s heirlooms. It is said that even experts of the nine realms of the Dharma Realm cannot see through it.”

“If things go wrong, I’m prepared to flee to the world of the Undead and become a vampire,” Prince Norton said.

Shen Ye suddenly understood.

No wonder this kid had so many soul coins and so much Undead armor.

He had already prepared his escape!

“You’re willing to let me use it,” Shen Ye said with emotion.

“It’s because you saved my life. I thought I’d take a gamble, after all, I’m more accustomed to life in the human world.”

Saying this, Norton stood up and picked up several invitations from a table.

“This time, several major Undead forces have invited me to a banquet in the Undead Empire.”

“The Earl of Pale Shadows, the skeletons of the Soul-Forging Sacred Bones, the dark Undead of the Gloomy Rose, and of course, His Royal Highness the Regent.”

“They all seem to be separate factions.”

“Paige, which faction do you think I should be closer to?”

Shen Ye walked to the window, looking out at the bustling Undead street.

The voice of Mictetikasiwa, the Underworld Lord, quietly sounded:

“The Earth Mother told me to convey to you that Carla is in the Marquise’s castle. The Marquise belongs to the Dark Undead faction.”

“It’s best to find a way to meet the Marquise and see if she is a subordinate of Jiuxiang, or even Jiuxiang herself!”

Shen Ye thought for a moment, then turned to Norton and said:

“You need to gain the Regent’s favor, otherwise, you’ll be in immediate danger.”

“Really?” Norton was a bit unconvinced. “I am a Human Prince. If he kills me, isn’t he afraid of starting a world war?”

“He is the strongest, he doesn’t care about anything in this world—Your Royal Highness, you must listen to me this time,” Shen Ye said seriously.

“…It’s that dangerous?” Norton hesitated.

In fact, he could distinguish between truth and falsehood, and at this moment, he already knew that the other party was speaking the truth.

“Exactly, don’t be careless. Even if it’s just dealing with him, you must get along well with him—this is for your own safety,” Shen Ye said.

“But what if he doesn’t accept me?” Norton asked.

“When you go, say that you are friends with the vampire Longwu Baxter, that you have a life-and-death friendship, and that Baxter recommended you to meet him. Ask His Royal Highness the Regent if there’s anything he needs, and the Human race will certainly offer its full support,” Shen Ye said.

Norton pondered.

He used the cloak to impersonate Baxter?

Even the Regent of the Undead Empire had to show respect to Baxter?

It seemed Paige had been doing a lot of work behind the scenes.

“…What if he asks how I know Baxter?” Norton asked.

“Online friends—no, it should be from pen pals,” Shen Ye pulled out the magic parchment, “After meeting offline, we gradually became good brothers.”

Norton pulled out an invitation and looked at the time on it.

“It’s almost time. Since you say so, I won’t hesitate any longer. I’ll go see the Regent first!”

“There’s one more thing I need your help with.”

“What?”

“Send a gift of appropriate standard to the Marquise.”

…

Half an hour later.

A golden sculpted mirror appeared on Marquise Châtelet’s desk.

The butler inspected the gift as usual.

—Of course, there was nothing wrong with the gift.

However, the matter of the Prince’s gift was not reported.

Because the Marquise never cared about such things.

The mirror was moved directly into her collection room, covered with a thick dust cover along with other treasures.

The door closed.

Everything became quiet.

After a while.

“Can you sense Carla?” Shen Ye asked.

“Approximately southwest of the castle.”

“Okay, I’ll go now.”

“But I need to warn you about something.”

“What?”

“This place is full of dead people—undead whose souls have gone to hell, leaving only their remains here.”

Shen Ye jumped out of the mirror, lifted the dust cover, and carefully examined his surroundings.

“Ah… I feel it…”

He gently opened the door.

A melodious flute sound immediately drifted in.

Carefully listening to the flute, one’s spirit would slowly relax, making the body and mind tranquil.

Shen Ye narrowed his eyes.

A wave of drowsiness came over him, but quickly receded entirely.

Immediately after.

He felt invigorated.

“It’s Carla—she can perceive all beings listening to the flute. She already knows you’re here, so the tranquilizing effect in the music bypassed you.”

The Earth Mother’s voice rang out.

“I’ll go find her right away!”