Chapter 356: An Ancient Being!

{I am sorry. I acted on instinct. But please don’t seal me. As long as you help me find my vessel, I can grant you everything you desire.}

"Really?"

Su Mo could feel a powerful illusion trying to entice him and manipulate his emotions.

Unfortunately for the strange mirror, it didn’t know that Su Mo was immune to illusions.

"Can you give me anything?"

{Yes. Fame, wealth, power, eternal life. Everything can be given to you.}

"I want my Soul Orb back."

{...Except that.}

"I want to own your vessel."

{Are you messing with me?!}

"Oh, you noticed."

Su Mo chuckled, but his smile soon turned cold.

"Trying to control me with illusions while asking for my help. That’s not very polite of you, dear Mirror."

{...Why didn’t my illusions work on you?}

"That’s my secret."

Su Mo didn’t bother explaining.

"Now, back to the topic. You want my help. Fine, maybe I can help you. But you must answer my questions first. What exactly are you?"

The text appeared almost immediately after Su Mo asked the question.

{You shouldn’t know these things.}

"Aren’t I your only hope? If you don’t answer, I won’t help you. Instead, I might even seal this mirror."

Su Mo’s threat was more of a probe. He was trying to understand more about this strange mirror and make some guesses based on its reactions.

{Will you really help me? Can you take an oath?}

"An oath, huh?"

Su Mo seemed to struggle for a moment before nodding with a solemn expression.

"Fine. I, Su Mo, make an oath with the World’s Will as our witness. If you answer all my questions and promise to never harm me, my loved ones, or my interests in the future, I can help you find your vessel."

After speaking those words, he silently snapped a card that had appeared in his hand at some point.

It was a Liar Card.

It could be used to make a fake oath once, allowing the user to remain unaffected by the World’s Will’s punishment.

The strange mirror didn’t notice Su Mo’s secret action.

It was satisfied with his promise.

{I, Nargis Vallesha, also promise to not harm this human, his loved ones, or his interests in the future, as long as he can help me find my vessel.}

{Now that the World’s Will is our witness, neither of us can break our oath, or we will die.}

"I know."

Su Mo nodded calmly.

"Now you can start. Miss Nargis."

He looked at the mirror.

"Who are you? And what’s your story?"

{Hmm.}

Suddenly, the text disappeared.

The black screen of the mirror lit up, and a series of images appeared one after another.

The first was a hazy image of a person.

Judging from the figure, Su Mo guessed it was a woman.

The image soon became clearer.

A beautiful woman appeared on the screen, wearing an elegant dress. However, the strange thing was that she didn’t seem completely human.

She had a pair of strange, inverted horns resembling those of an ibex goat. Her purple pupils gave off an evil charm, while the dark shadows beneath her eyes resembled smoky makeup.

Her slender arms were covered in translucent scales.

Behind her stood a magnificent palace. She was standing beside a pool, casually throwing golden cubes into the water.

The next moment, the water rippled, and a strange creature jumped out to eat one of the golden cubes.

The creature had the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish.

Su Mo’s pupils contracted.

A mermaid?!

But this figure seemed to be a man.

A male mermaid?

Su Mo felt a little disappointed. Why isn’t it a female?

The picture changed.

This time, the woman with the inverted horns was wearing red armor. She sat atop a strange, dinosaur-like creature while leading an army against another army.

Both armies were filled with strange creatures, most of which looked less and less human.

’What kind of place is this? What are those strange creatures?’

The picture disappeared again.

This time, the once-majestic woman was covered in wounds. Dark liquid seeped from them.

’Is that her blood?’

The injured woman was being hunted.

She quickly took out a talisman and broke it.

The next moment, she disappeared.

When she appeared again, she was standing on a grassy field, trying to find a place to recuperate.

Soon, she was rescued by some kind-hearted villagers who took her back to their village to treat her.

Their methods were ineffective on her.

However, her strong vitality allowed her to recover naturally after resting for a few days.

Once she began recovering, she decided to help the villagers with her powers as thanks for their kindness.

The miracle caused their crops to yield a vast harvest.

The villagers were overjoyed and began worshipping her.

However, when an old villager was on the verge of death, she used her power to revive him, even restoring him to his youth.

This caused the villagers to become greedy.

The power of resurrection and immortality was something they could no longer give up.

So, when the woman wanted to leave, they tried to stop her.

At first, they used a soft approach. Knowing that she wouldn’t stay, they became angry. However, helpless to stop her, they pretended to be sad and eventually sent her away.

Later, when a fisherman went to another village to sell his fish, he encountered another woman who seemed to be wearing garments similar to those of the goddess.

After discovering that this goddess was searching for the other goddess and was her enemy, he immediately gave her directions to where the other woman had left.

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The scene changed again.

This time, it was a massive-scale battle between the two women.

Space shattered. The land was uprooted. The entire landscape was transformed by their battle.

Finally, after a long and devastating fight, both women fell.

The woman in the red armor scattered into several dark particles, while the woman in white transformed into a cluster of light and disappeared as well.