Chapter 16 Fraudsters
Renne's face was not very good-looking.
No one likes to be secretly peeped at, exposing his every move, even if Roger seems to be hostile.
The most terrifying thing is that he did not find Roger's existence at all, and the Eye of the Soul saw no trace, and he didn't know how Roger did it.
Is this the strength of the legendary witch hunter?
Seeing Renn's expression change, Roger's mouth moved, as if there was a smile. He walked to the altar and his eyes fell on the opened classic on the corpse used as a sacrifice, looking serious.
Ren followed and wanted to read the content of the classics, but Roger raised his hand and asked him to stop and said, "This is the 'Book of Roche', you can't read it."
As he said that, he closed the classics.
"The Book of Roxi?"
Renn noticed a pattern on the cover of the book, a black skull mask surrounded by blood-like light, with evil red light on his eyes.
Roger explained: "Rohi is the evil god of Shadow Blade, respecting Him as the 'God of Murder', but we generally call the 'Fraudster' except His believers."
"The fraudster is a very powerful god with clergy, such as 'murder', 'trick', 'lie', 'conspiracy', 'disputes'. The Book of Loshi is a scripture with His teachings, used for sacrifice rituals and prayers of believers, with a faint divine power on it. People other than believers read this book, if their will is not firm enough, they will be destined to become His believers."
"Even if the will is strong and not bewitched by it, watching it a few more times will lead to mental disorder and becoming a madman."
Rennes felt awe-inspiring, but fortunately he didn't see it.
Roger seemed to know this evil god very well and continued: "The fact that fraudsters can develop many believers in secret and become powerful gods is partly because they rely on the deception of the Book of Roche."
"This book of Roshi should have been made recently, and only a few sacrifices have passed. The effect is not that strong, and the number of uses is limited."
"The people you killed should have been bewitched by this book of Roche and become believers of the fraudsters."
When Rennes heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.
At that time, Esberg took him to kill someone and wanted to join him, and he tried his best to do so. Why didn’t he just read the Book of Roche for himself?
Roger seemed to guess what Rennes was thinking, looked at him and said, "The Book of Roches can change a person's beliefs, but the effect can also be different from strength to weakness, which is related to previous beliefs. Especially for the believers of the goddess, before reading the Book of Roches, it is best to break the mind and do some behaviors that are consistent with the doctrine of the fraudster, such as murder and deception, which can please the fraudster."
"So that's how it is." Rennes suddenly realized.
As for why I was not forcibly watched the Book of Loshe and was not used as a sacrifice later, this may have been done by Ramsey, not out of Esberg's instruction.
At this time, Renn suddenly realized that Roger had been following behind secretly. Hearing Ramsey's words, so he could guess his experience.
Roger circled around the altar, his pupils dilated slightly, as if he was checking something.
Finally, Roger looked at Renn and shook his head and said, "You may have caused a big trouble."
Renn was confused, "Master Roger?"
"The Shadow Warrior who was just killed by you, he should have murdered many times recently, fulfilled his teachings to please the gods, and held a sacrifice ceremony, so he received a response from the fraudster." Roger pointed to a symbol scribbling in blood on the altar, "This is the trace left by God when he responded to believers."
"The shadow warrior just got the response, and the fraudster may not have been far from his attention, but he was killed by you."
Renn finally understood and shouted in his heart.
He was so scared that he took a few steps back, trying to stay away from the altar, for fear that a lightning would fall from the sky and kill him directly.
Seeing Renn's fearful look, Roger rarely smiled on his face, "Don't be so nervous. You are a mortal, not even as good as an ant in the eyes of God. Even if you kill a few His believers, you are just a slightly larger ant. How could you waste your divine power for you?"
"And this is within the empire, with the protection of the magic goddess, and the fraudsters dare not reveal their traces easily."
Renn was a little relieved, but Roger said again, "But..."
Can't you finish your words in one breath? Rennes suddenly discovered that Roger, who has always shown himself in a cold image, is actually a very introverted guy who likes to tease people and talks a lot.
"But what?" he asked in a cooperative manner.
"God will not attack mortals, but His believers will."
Roger pointed to Renn, "When he killed the Shadow Warrior, the remaining divine aura on his body was transferred to you. Because you are not a believer, a mark of dispute has been formed. If the believers of other fraudsters approach you, they can sense this mark, and they will try their best to kill you and please the gods."
"Where is the mark of dispute?" Renn searched on himself, but found no marks.
"This mark is invisible and we cannot see it."
Renn was speechless. When he was killing Esberg, he kept opening the soul eye. Apart from absorbing the soul, he did not see anything transferred to him.
There are no abnormal visions in Esberg's soul.
In this way, the soul eye is not omnipotent, at least it cannot see the breath of divine power.
"You don't have to worry too much. The mark of dispute will not last forever and will disappear after a while." Roger comforted him with a rare word.
“How long will the mark last?”
Roger replied: "It depends on how much divine power is. It usually lasts for a few years, or it may dissipate in a few months. It depends on your luck."
"It's been too long for months, even years! Master Roger, do you have any way to eliminate the mark in advance?"
Roger shook his head, "Only God can control divine power, I can't do anything."
Renne felt a headache.
He is still an ordinary person now, not even an extraordinary person. How should he deal with the evil god believer or Shadow Blade killer?
None of these believers and killers are easy to mess with, and they are hidden around people and cannot be guarded against. At that time, they may not even know how to die.
But now there are a group of Shadow Blade killers in Longshande City, who are plotting major events.
Renne felt anxious and suddenly his desire for power became anxious.
I must become an extraordinary person as soon as possible, at least have a little self-protection ability, and I don’t want to be assassinated for no reason.
"Master Roger, what should I do here?" Ren pointed to the altar. This place was related to the gods, so he did not dare to move rashly.
However, Roger said casually, "Just burn it, or you can also notify the church to solve the problem."
Renn chose to burn it without hesitation.
He turned and walked out of the basement, found a pile of wooden furniture and debris from the upstairs and piled up next to the altar, and on the way outside the manor, he also moved Esberg's bodies in, and poured half a bucket of lamp oil found from the kitchen.
Renne took off the oil lamp from the wall and threw it in from the entrance to the basement, and a fire soon ignited.
Before leaving, he did not forget to take away the bag of banknotes.
Roger saw the purse in Renn's hand, but said nothing. After the two left, a raging fire soon emerged from the manor, and the whole house was burning and could be seen far away in the darkness.
Ren returned to the city as fast as possible, but he found that no matter how fast he was, Roger could always follow him easily, barely hear footsteps, and still have the energy to speak.
"Ren, what are your plans now?"
"I want to be a superman." Rennes told the truth.
"This is not easy." Roger sighed, as if he was thinking of his past, "But from my perspective, you have a great chance of passing the Soul Transformation Ritual. If you prepare well, it should not be a problem."
Renn didn't say anything, in fact he was already considering holding a soul-transforming ceremony.
Through the soul transformation ritual is the prerequisite for becoming an extraordinary person and to open up the soul's fusion ability.
The ceremony is very simple, just inject soul-devouring potion from the neck artery.
Soul-Devouring Potion is an alchemy drug that is expensive. The main raw material is the Soul-Devouring Grass that once helped humans fight against the Blood Soul Curse. It is essentially a highly poisonous one.
In the early days, human ancestors took Soul-Devouring Grass directly, and if they failed, they would die, and the mortality rate exceeded 90%.
Nowadays, people use soul-devouring potions for soul-transformation rituals, which are not that dangerous. Even if the ritual fails, they will only lose about ten years of life, and their souls are weak for three to five years.
Although this is cruel, it is much better than dying on the spot.
Injecting the soul-devouring potion will directly affect the soul in the brain, which is extremely painful, comparable to the most terrifying torture in the world. It depends entirely on personal will to persist until the soul completes its transformation.
During the ritual, the soul-devouring potion will be continuously injected. The longer the last time, the more dose it injects, the better the effect of soul transformation, and you will have more career choices after becoming an extraordinary person.
However, most people in the branch cannot persist in completing the soul transformation, and only a few people can pass the ritual, with a success rate of less than 30%. Among those who pass the ritual, more than half are just preliminary soul transformations and cannot choose extraordinary professions that can cast spells.
Rennes hadn't thought about which profession to become. Before that, he would have to do a soul test first.
The so-called soul test is to touch an alchemy creature called "soul-grinding stone" with your hands, simulate the effect of the soul-devouring potion, and cause severe pain.
If you can withstand the pain of the Soul-Grinding Stone, you can further hold the soul-transformation ceremony.
Soul-grinding stones are available in many alchemy stores and are used for free. I will go and test them tomorrow.
In the second half of the night, Rennes and Roger returned to the Basil Hotel successfully. There were still people playing cards in the lobby, and they didn't care when they saw them coming in.
Chapter completed!