Amber Sword-Chapter 884 - 174: Ancient People

The golden flame surged forward, and Andesa's face changed dramatically. She could even feel the terrifying heat contained within it, and the painful lessons from before were still fresh in her memory, causing her to subconsciously dodge to the side.

But this dodge also widened the distance between her and Qian. In fact, at this moment, Andesa had already forgotten about this little girl, only realizing it when she pushed away. She immediately sensed something was wrong, turned her head, but could only watch helplessly as the golden flame burned through the vines between her and Qian.

Andesa screamed in pain, enduring the agony as she reached out to grab Qian, who had already been freed from her bindings. However, a longsword enveloped in flame was faster—protruding from the fire, blocking her hand and standing in front of Qian.

Then, a path opened in the flames, and a figure stepped out—it was Brando. Though the young man's clothes were still in tatters, the injuries on his body had completely healed. He glanced at Andesa, pulled out that crystal from his chest, casually crushed it, and there was not a trace of a wound on his chest.

"This thing, is it yours?" Brando released his palm, letting the crystal powder drift away with the wind. Then, he looked up, facing the woman before him, "Andesa, or should I address you as Your Excellency, Lord Withering?"

"You recognize me?" Andesa stared unblinkingly at this young man, full of vigilance. As the Shepherd Leader, she seldom moved about, but it wasn't surprising that Veronica, who had previously crossed paths with her, recognized her. So how did this young man recognize her?

If it was from listening to her conversation with Veronica earlier, her identity as Lord Withering was an internal title within the Shepherd Tree Man organization. Not to mention the average person, even Veronica might not know.

She narrowed her purple eyes, watching Brando cautiously.

Brando glanced at Veronica, then returned his gaze to meet the eyes of the Lord Withering. He gently placed a hand on the weak shoulder of Qian, using his Militia experience to check the girl's condition. Fortunately, Qian was just unconscious, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Looking at Andesa, thanks to this woman's doing, his body had now been completely transformed by the Blood of the Dark God, making it not an exaggeration to say he was a Divine Envoy. However, the situation was somewhat unique—first, he inexplicably inherited the Dark Dragon's legacy, and second, due to that 'gift' from Odin.

It was a drop of blood.

After that drop of blood merged into his body, it completely reversed the effects of the Dark God's blood, but to Brando, it seemed more like the divine blood was completely engulfed by his own bloodline. Before this, Brando had never heard of a human bloodline that could devour divine blood.

But everything that happened at that moment was just like that.

Odin's blood, after entering his body, seemed to carry an ancient message, instantly activating a signal within his bloodline. That ancient resonance began from the soul, and in that moment, Brando felt his spirit and will grow exponentially stronger, completely absorbing the 'feeble' power within the divine blood.

Then his bloodline began a comprehensive fusion with the divine blood—not like accepting a transformation, but like absorbing the strength contained within it to self-evolve.

Ultimately, the result of the evolution is something he can now see.

Firstly, the Dark God's blood was fully absorbed, granting him the abilities of a Dark Messenger. Rapid recovery, loss of life, and tissue damage could recover at ten times the normal speed.

Brando understood clearly that this effect was even more outrageous than Qian's Thunder God's Messenger because the Thunder God's Blood was only a medium-high level divine blood, whereas the Dark Messenger was a genuine top-level divine envoy.

And becoming a divine envoy naturally meant acquiring corresponding supernatural abilities, much like Qian controlling thunder and lightning. Similarly, Brando gained the 'Power of Darkness.'

This power was somewhat similar to an element, but in essence, it was the power to manipulate the dark element, a hallmark of the Dark Priests and Necromancers. However, Brando could currently only imbue his attacks with dark element power. Though it seemed not particularly remarkable, as the strongest offensive and erosive element, merely having the erosion defense attribute was enough for any physical profession to benefit endlessly.

It was well-known that light, dark, and thunder element weapons were all exorbitantly priced; weapons with light damage ignored armor, those with thunder enchantments—like the Thunder Gun—were infamous area attacks, and dark damage weapons were renowned for erosion defense and weakening healing effects.