Chapter 16

Ren's face was not very good-looking.

No one likes being spied on secretly, and their every move is exposed, even if Roger doesn't seem hostile.

The most frightening thing is that he didn't notice the existence of Roger at all, and the eye of the soul didn't see any traces. He didn't know how Roger did it.

This is the strength of the legendary demon hunter?

Seeing the change in Ren's expression, the corner of Roger's mouth moved, as if there was a hint of a smile. He walked to the side of the altar, his eyes fell on the open book on the sacrificed corpse, and he looked at it seriously.

Ren followed and wanted to read the contents of the classic, but Roger raised his hand to make him stop, and said, "This is the 'Book of Roxi', you can't read it."

With that said, he closed the tome.

"The Book of Roxi?"

Ren noticed a pattern on the cover of the classic, a black skull mask surrounded by blood-like rays of light, with a strange red light shining from the eyes.

Roger explained: "Roxi is the evil god of the Shadow Blade belief, and he is respected as the 'God of Murder', but except for his believers, we generally call him the 'Trickster'."

"The Deceiver is a very powerful god, with the priesthood of 'murder', 'trick', 'lie', 'conspiracy', 'dispute' and so on. The book of Roxi is a tome written with his teachings, used for The sacrificial ceremonies and prayers of believers have a little bit of divine power attached to them. If people other than believers read this book, if their will is not strong enough, they will be bewitched to become His believers."

"Even if the will is strong and you are not bewitched by it to become a believer, watching it a few times will lead to insanity and become a lunatic."

Ren felt awe in his heart, but luckily he didn't watch it.

Roger seemed to know this evil god very well, and continued: "The cheater can secretly develop many followers and become a powerful god, partly because of the bewitching of the book of Roxi."

"This book of Luoxi should have just been made, and it has only been sacrificed a few times. The effect is not that strong, and the number of times it can be used is also limited."

"The few people you killed should all be bewitched by this book of Luoxi and become believers of the fraudster."

When Ren heard this, he couldn't help being a little puzzled.

At the beginning, Esberg took himself to kill people, trying to recruit himself into the gang, and tried his best, why didn't he just show him the book of Luoxi?

Roger seemed to guess what Ryan was thinking, glanced at him, and said: "The Book of Roxi can change a person's belief, but the effect is also different, and it is related to the previous belief. Especially the believers of the goddess, Before reading the book of Roche, it is best to break your mental defenses and do some behaviors that are consistent with the teachings of the fraudster, such as murder and deceit, all of which can please the fraudster.”

"So that's the case." Ren suddenly realized.

As for why I was not forced to read the book of Roche and was not used as a sacrifice, this may be the work of Ramsay, not Esberg's instruction.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly realized that Roger had been following behind secretly, and he had heard Ramsay's words, so he could guess his own experience.

Roger walked around the altar, his pupils dilated slightly, as if checking something.

Finally, Roger looked at Ren, shook his head and said, "You may have caused a big trouble."

Ren was confused, "Master Roger?"

"The shadow fighter 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 got a response from the fraudster." Roger pointed to a place on the altar that was scribbled with blood "This is the trace left by God when he responds to believers."

"Not long after that shadow fighter received a response, the fraudster's attention to him may not have gone away, and he was killed by you in the end."

Ren finally understood, and shouted in his heart.

He was so frightened that he took a few steps back, wanting to stay away from the altar, for fear that a bolt of lightning would descend from the sky and kill him directly.

Seeing Ryan's frightened appearance, Roger rarely showed a smile on his face, "Don't be so nervous, you are a mortal, and you are not as good as an ant in the eyes of God. Even if you kill a few of His followers, it is just a little How could a big ants waste their divine power for you."

"And this is the territory of the empire, with the protection of the goddess of magic, fraudsters dare not show their tracks easily."

Ren was a little relieved, but Roger changed his mind again, "But..."

Can't you finish the sentence in one breath? Ryan suddenly discovered that Roger, who had always shown himself to be ruthless, was actually a very sullen guy who liked to tease people and became very talkative.

"But what?" He asked cooperatively.

"God will not do anything to mortals, but His believers will."

Roger pointed to Ren, "When the shadow fighter was killed, the remaining divine power breath on him was transferred to you. Because you are not a believer, a mark of dispute was formed. If other believers of the fraudster approach you, If you can sense this mark, they will do everything possible to kill you and please the gods."

"Where is the mark of dispute?" Ren searched for himself, but found no mark.

"This imprint is invisible, we can't see it."

Ren was speechless. When he killed Asperger, he kept his eyes of the soul open. Apart from absorbing the soul, he didn't see anything transferred to him.

There were no abnormal visions in Asperger's soul either.

From this point of view, the eyes of the soul are not omnipotent, at least they cannot see the breath of divine power.

"You don't have to worry too much, the mark of dispute will not last forever, it will disappear after a while." Roger said a rare word of comfort.

"How long will the imprint last?"

Roger replied: "It depends on how much divine power you have. It usually lasts for a few years, or it may dissipate in a few months. It depends on your luck."

"A few months, or even a few years, this is too long! Master Roger, do you have a way to remove the imprint in advance?"

Roger shook his head, "Only gods can manipulate divine power, and I can't do anything."

Ryan felt a headache.

He is still an ordinary person now, not even an extraordinary person. If he encounters a follower of evil gods or a shadow blade killer, how should he deal with it?

None of these believers and killers are easy to provoke, and they are hidden around people, so they are hard to guard against. At that time, they may not even know how they died.

But right now, there happened to be a group of shadow blade killers in Longshande City, plotting big things.

Ren felt anxious, and suddenly his desire for power became urgent.

I must become an extraordinary person as soon as possible, and at least have a little self-protection ability. I don't want to be assassinated for no reason.

"Master Roger, what should we do here?" Ren pointed to the altar. This place has something to do with the gods, so he didn't dare to move rashly.

Roger, however, looked indifferent, and replied casually: "Just burn it, or you can also notify the church to solve it."

Rennes chose to burn it without hesitation.

He turned around and walked out of the basement, found a pile of wooden furniture and sundries from upstairs and piled them up next to the altar. Barrel of lamp oil.

Ren took off the oil lamp on the wall and threw it in through the entrance of the basement, and a fire quickly ignited inside.

Before leaving, he did not forget to take the bag of banknotes with him.

Roger saw the money bag in Ryan's hand, but said nothing. After the two left, a raging fire broke out in the manor soon, and the whole house was burning, which could be seen from a distance in the dark night.

Ren returned to the city as fast as he could, but he found that no matter how fast he was, Roger could always easily follow him, he could hardly hear the footsteps, and he still had the energy to speak.

"Ren, what are your plans now?"

"I want to be an extraordinary person." Ren said truthfully.

"It's not easy." Roger sighed, as if remembering his past, "But from my point of view, you have a good chance of passing the soul transformation ceremony. If you prepare well, it shouldn't be a problem."

Ren didn't speak. In fact, he was already considering holding a soul transformation ceremony.

Passing the soul transformation ceremony is the prerequisite for becoming an extraordinary person, and unlocks the fusion ability of the soul.

The ceremony is very simple, just inject the soul-devouring potion through the neck artery.

Soul-devouring potion is a kind of alchemy drug, which is expensive. The main raw material is the soul-devouring grass that once helped human beings fight against the curse of blood and soul. It is essentially a kind of poison.

In the early days, the sages of mankind took the Soul Eater Grass directly, and if they failed, they would die, and the mortality rate exceeded 90%.

People now use soul-eating potions for soul-changing rituals, which are not that dangerous. Even if the ritual fails, they will only lose about ten years of life, and the soul will be weak for three to five years.

Although this is cruel, it is better than dying on the spot.

Injecting the soul-devouring potion, the effect of the medicine will directly act on the soul in the brain, which is extremely painful, comparable to the most terrible torture in the world, and it depends on one's will to persist until the soul is completely transformed.

During the ceremony, the soul-devouring potion will be injected continuously, the longer it lasts and the more doses are injected, the better the effect of soul transformation will be, and after becoming an extraordinary person, you will have more career choices.

However, most of the people in the branch could not persist until the soul transformation was completed, and only a few people could pass the ceremony, with a success rate of less than 30%. Among the people who passed the ceremony, more than half had only preliminary soul changes, unable to choose extraordinary professions that could cast spells.

Renn hasn't thought about which profession he wants to become. Before that, he needs to do a soul test first.

The so-called soul test is to touch a kind of alchemy creation called "soul-grinding stone" with your hands, simulating the effect of the soul-eating potion, causing severe pain.

If you can bear the pain of grinding the soul stone, then you can proceed to the soul transformation ceremony.

Soul grinding stones are available in many alchemy shops, and they are all free to use. I will test them tomorrow.

In the middle of the night, Ryan and Roger returned to the Basil Hotel smoothly. There were still people playing cards in the lobby, and they didn't care when they saw them coming in.

Ren was about to go back to his room, but Roger stopped him and said in a low voice: "Ren, after you pass the soul transformation ceremony, if you are interested in demon hunters, you can come to me and join my school , I can guarantee your safety before the imprint is eliminated."