Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 174 Retribution Mission and Scarecrow Sacrifice
Chapter 173

"Finally finished..."

Rosen collapsed into Li Shiqing's arms, not wanting to move at all.

Although these past few months have been tough, there has also been a lot of good news.

First, the Gate of Heaven was truly born. Second, the Angelic Beast absorbed the devout gratitude of countless patients, causing the extraordinary artifact, Angelic Blessing, to undergo a certain evolution. Although it did not advance from Sequence 4 to Sequence 3, it was only a matter of time before it surpassed the previous level.

Finally, Li Shiqing returned after completing her studies, and now she is the number one goddess chef in the virtual realm of the movie "Golden Jade Hall".

She had memorized all the recipes from that world using extraordinary artifacts that aided her memory.

Now we're just waiting for him to finish his work so we can try to see if we can meet the World Government's special genius clause.

Li Shiqing looked at Luo Sen, who was so tired he was almost drowsy, with heartache. Just as she was about to advise him to rest, he suddenly tackled her to the ground.

Under the power of the charm, Rosen quickly regained his full energy and was fully restored.

However, some things just can't be stopped once they start, and by the time they finally stopped, Li Shiqing had already fainted.

It was only then that Rosen realized that the seemingly limitless energy of the Enchanting God's power had some significant negative effects.

While in a riding state, the body may have unlimited energy, but the spiritual consciousness will still feel dizzy.

Rosen escorted Li Shiqing to the master bedroom of Ash Castle and took out the painting "Gates of Heaven" from the castle terrace.

Tear the painting to shreds, and you'll find a door frame the size of your palm in your hand.

The Gates of Heaven: Extraordinary Architecture

[Level: Sequence 6]

[Attribute: After death, the souls of the lord's devout followers can be reborn in the divine realm through the Gates of Heaven.]

[Divine Trait: Life Transformation - Reborn devout believers can be transformed into territory subjects]

This Gate of Heaven is not of a high level and has a single characteristic, but it can give devout believers the opportunity to live a second life.

This means he can gain more faith and more followers.

The more subjects a ruler has, the stronger the power of the professional ruler.

Rosen placed the Gate of Angels in a corner of his territory, so there shouldn't be any devout believers dying anytime soon.

This is a territory building whose value increases over a longer period of time.

When Li Shiqing woke up, she looked out the window and saw that it was already afternoon.

In the castle hall, Rosen was studying new spiritual runes.

As soon as he saw Li Shiqing come downstairs, the space around him folded and twisted with a thought.

It was still the castle hall, but it was no longer the castle hall on the surface. Instead, it was a castle hall located in an overlapping space, protected by layers of locks. There weren't many decorations in this hall because Rosen's sequence of ancient trees was located here.

The sequence of ancient trees is composed of the essence of spirituality; damage to this is equivalent to a fundamental injury to spirituality.

The vast majority of extraordinary sequence ancient trees reside in the sea of ​​consciousness; attacking the spiritual realm will essentially destroy the sequence ancient tree as well.

However, the sequence of ancient trees of the God Realm Lord exists synchronously in the God Realm territory, so killing the God Realm Lord would normally be very troublesome.

Rosen took out various materials and quickly set up a spiritual awakening ceremony for Li Shiqing.

Li Shiqing eagerly entered the ritual array. At the moment the awakening ritual was activated, she began to absorb the power of the spiritual crystals within the ritual, which in turn caused a spirituality that was more fundamental to life than the soul itself to be born little by little within her soul.

Rosen approached Li Shiqing and summoned his magic brush, placing it on Li Shiqing's forehead.

The creative power obtained from drawing the painting of the spiritual realm was separated from a point and instantly entered Li Shiqing's sea of ​​consciousness.

Without the power of creation to transform, those who emerge from the Spirit Realm can transfer to the ordinary job sequence, but cannot become nobles recognized by the World Government.

Only by creating divine power can the beings of the Spirit Realm be granted a human identity that is fully recognized by the World Government.

The moment her spiritual awakening ended, Li Shiqing naturally communicated with the spirit world through her spirituality.

In just a few seconds, Rosen could clearly feel that Li Shiqing's spirituality had suddenly increased a little.

This means that the recipes she submitted to the Gourmet Sequence Ancient Tree have successfully gained the approval of the Golden Ancient Tree.

That's how you get the Noble Sequence 9 professional authority and bloodline glory, which in turn increases the growth limit of your spirituality by a little.

Rosen breathed a sigh of relief; there were no obstacles to his transition to becoming a gourmet.

As time went by, Rosen increasingly enjoyed his life.

Every day I can enjoy the spiritual food cooked by Li Shiqing, and every day I can learn new spiritual runes.

Until this day, Rosen's peaceful life was shattered.

While his true self was studying spiritual runes, his self-portrait clone was not idle at home.

Instead, he continued hunting Ash Life in the Blazing Shadow Duchy, and finally accumulated enough merits that he no longer needed to go to the front lines.

In fact, for a normal sequence 6, you don't need to go to such lengths unless you're on the front lines.

However, since he is a hereditary duke, the greater his power and status, the more responsibilities he must bear.

However, after more than a year of relentless hunting, they finally got rid of one of the troublesome ones.

However, before Rosen could even rejoice, he received a mission from the World Government through the Star Crest.

In the Dungeon Kingdom, he killed Count Fritz; in the Thunder Empire, he killed Marquis Ford.

The Marquess Ford's death did not cause any trouble, because what truly killed Ford was the stage of fate he himself had orchestrated.

Moreover, Ford is not a hereditary nobleman, and the World Government's protection is not very strong.

But Count Fritz was different; he was a hereditary nobleman.

So after killing Count Fritz, Rosen also took on a Sequence 6 disciplinary mission.

Because he chose to hunt down Ash Life to offset his merits on the front lines, the World Government's punitive mission was also in the Principality of Blazing Shadow.

After reading the mission details, Rosen was somewhat troubled by the task.

A World Government employee recently stole an important document from the World Government. He must find the person who stole the document and retrieve it. If the mission fails, he will have to go to the front lines.

This task is a bit strange; normally it shouldn't have fallen into his hands.

Unless it was intentional, we just don't know who's behind this trying to harm him.

Apart from a photograph, there were no other valuable clues.

If he didn't have the power to decide the death penalty, finding this defector would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Rosen opened the Void Sketchbook and quickly sketched a portrait of the defector, Gila Hinton.

The self-portrait clone, draped in the cloak of death, has already entered the sea of ​​consciousness located between Gila's eyebrows in the painting.

However, the moment the self-portrait clone entered Gila's consciousness in reality using this medium, the self-portrait clone, along with the Grim Reaper's cloak and scythe, was instantly shattered by the power of a demigod.

Gila is not a demigod, but his sea of ​​consciousness contains demigod-level counterattack power.

Although the self-portrait clone died almost instantly, Rosen still managed to roughly determine the direction and distance.

The Gila people are in the Principality of Blazing Shadow, but they seem to be located inside some kind of spiritual realm.

Thanks to the concealment of the spiritual realm, they were able to evade many tracking methods.

……

The coastal fishing village of the Principality of Blazing Shadow is an unknown and destroyed fishing village.

Rosen did have a vague recollection of this place; it seemed to be one of the coastal fishing villages destroyed by the Black Shark pirate crew.

Because everyone was dead, the fishing village was shrouded in ashes.

Moreover, the ash contamination seems to have caused some unusual changes, with the scarecrows in the fishing village appearing to come to life.

Rosen looked at the scarecrow in front of him. If this continued, the scarecrow would turn to ashes in a few days.

These scarecrows were originally used to scare away seabirds, and were also thrown into the water as substitutes when encountering storms at sea. This is a somewhat superstitious custom. How could such a place hide a spirit realm with a minimum sequence level of 6?
Rosen's spirituality activated the power of the Sloth Foot, which allowed him to perceive hidden spiritual realms.

Sure enough, the abandoned fishing village had a hidden spiritual realm, located inside the only scarecrow carved from stone in the village.

Rosen approached the stone scarecrow, where it appeared that someone was offering sacrifices.

He slowly walked towards the stone scarecrow, the power of his lazy feet enveloping him as he passed through the barriers of space, forcibly entering the spiritual realm bound to the stone scarecrow from the real world. The moment he passed through the spatial barrier, he arrived at a bustling fishing village.

Women gathered in small groups along the roadside, some weaving nets and others making scarecrows.

A few hundred meters away at the fishing village pier, a fishing boat was unloading its cargo.

This is an extraordinary ship, of Sequence 8 quality.

This should be the most precious treasure of the entire fishing village, because only extraordinary ships can catch fish in the sea.

You should know that the shallow sea is permeated with ash, and there are no fish to catch here.

If you want to catch fish, you can only do so in the deep sea.

Another area is the seaside area on the edge of the fishing village. Because the ashes were dispersed by the fishing village, there is a relatively clean area of ​​seawater that is not covered by ashes. The coastal fishing village will carry out coastal aquaculture here.

The reason it's called a fishing village instead of a town is because there aren't many suitable environments for fish farming along the coastline.

Towns can't support that many people; only fishing villages are just right.

Fishing villages are not as safe as cities, but the income here is actually quite good.

After all, with sea fish difficult to catch under the shroud of ash, it's not easy for the Principality of Blazing Shadow, surrounded by the sea, to enjoy seafood.

Through spiritual perception, Rosen quickly determined the spiritual values ​​of the surrounding environment.

The higher the level of the spiritual realm, the stronger the spiritual energy of its internal environment.

Unless it's something like the Time Dragon's Nest, where the spiritual energy of the entire Spirit Realm is drained by the Bronze Dragon, it's unlikely that a misjudgment could occur.

"Sequence 4..."

Rosen's pupils contracted sharply.

How could such a small fishing village, after being destroyed for two or three years, form a Sequence 4 spiritual realm?
After calming down, Rosen noticed something amiss.

There were many villagers around the stone scarecrow, but they all ignored him.

He tried to move his body, but found he couldn't control it.

Not far away was a small puddle. Rosen looked at the puddle and saw that the reflection in the water wasn't him at all, but a scarecrow. He had turned into a scarecrow after entering the spiritual realm; no wonder the people around him ignored him. Rosen transformed his spirituality into golden divinity, and then the ancient god's sacrificial artifact within his heart began to vibrate.

His spiritual strength instantly increased to 50 points, reaching Sequence 5, and he finally felt that his body could move again.

However, when he moved his body, the villagers around him looked at him in horror.

The scarecrow has come to life; this is beyond reason and signifies danger.

The surrounding villagers scattered and fled, and the two Sequence 9s responsible for guarding the village quickly arrived.

Two people, a knight and a doctor, were present. The doctor manipulated a scalpel, levitating and slicing towards Rosen, while the knight pulled out several harpoons and threw them, piercing Rosen's heart and skull. Helpless, he could feel his life slipping away.

"interesting!"

Rosen thought to himself.

With fifty points of golden divinity and the Dragon King's blessing, he could barely control his physical movements.

Rosen activated the Star Emblem, instantly boosting his Golden Divinity to Sequence 4.

He was finally free from the restraints targeting him. Terrifying spiritual energy surged up like a volcanic eruption. His eyes looked up at the sky and the ash curtain projected images of meteorites falling to the ground. In the blink of an eye, these meteorites would fall on the fishing village.

At this moment, the knight and the doctor were terrified, so much so that they could not even breathe due to the pressure from the spiritual energy.

"Stop it!"

A dark-skinned young man, clutching his chest and looking very weak, emerged from a two-story building by the roadside.

"Gira!"

Rosen looked the dark-skinned youth up and down.

"I never expected that arresting me would alarm a hereditary duke."

Gila smiled wryly.

"I have no interest in stalling for time."

Rosen made his move instantly as he spoke.

Nightmare Shackles pierced through the air and directly bound Gila, causing Dragon King's Wrath, which was ready to finish off Gila at any moment, to cease firing.

Gila did not resist, which suggests that his injuries were indeed very serious.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the power enhanced by the Star Emblem would only last for a maximum of nine seconds. Gila should have at least put up a fight. Now that she has completely given up all resistance, I can't think of any other possibility besides that she is seriously injured.

Rosen stepped forward and pried open Gila's right hand, revealing a scarecrow the size of a thumb in his palm.

"Can I offer my explanation?"

Gila pleaded.

Rosen nodded, and the Void Gallery that appeared beside him swallowed Gila whole and sent him into the Void Prison.

It's clear that Gila may have had his reasons for betraying the World Government.

But what does that have to do with him? He doesn't want to become a scarecrow.

Through interrogation in the Void Prison, mind reading through the Ash Curtain, and entering Gila's nightmare, Rosen quickly figured out what Gila was trying to deny.

Gila was born in this coastal fishing village and grew up eating food from many families, making her the pride of the village.

However, after he completed a mission for the World Government and lost contact for several years, he discovered that he could no longer contact the fishing village. Upon investigation, he found that the village had been attacked by pirates and no one had survived.

Gila originally intended to find the pirates and take revenge, but he discovered a secret in the fishing village.

For generations, the fishing village has worshipped a stone scarecrow. Legend has it that when the village was founded, it faced the danger of being wiped out. At that time, a villager who possessed a special extraordinary sequence transformed into a scarecrow in the face of desperation and repelled the danger.

Since then, the villagers have carved a stone scarecrow and woven ordinary scarecrows for psychological comfort.

Gila discovered that the stone scarecrow contained the spirits of all the dead villagers, and that it had evolved into a special spiritual realm. He immediately thought of becoming the Lord of the God Realm, controlling this spiritual realm, and then using the extraordinary dwelling to bring the villagers back to life.

However, with Gila's power, it is impossible to control a Sequence 4 spirit realm.

Gila wanted the villagers to come back to life; she had no greed for the spirit realm.

So after considering it, he decided to report it. However, at the time, he did not know that greed knows no bounds.

Gila's superior wanted to monopolize this spiritual realm and had no interest in using the extraordinary dwelling to transform a group of fishermen.

They even tried to kill Gila to silence him, but Gila miraculously revived in the Spirit Realm after being killed.

However, Gila also became extremely weak. Fortunately, after being resurrected, Gila gained partial control of the Spirit Realm, which allowed her to use its power to imprison Rosen, who had broken in.

As for the thumb-sized scarecrow in Gila's hand, that was something that appeared in his hand after his resurrection.

Rosen tossed the little scarecrow into the miracle pocket, and the results were quickly determined.

This is the control core of a sacrificial vessel; the stone scarecrow not far away is the so-called sacrificial vessel.

Sacrificial vessels are things that arise from faith, but not everything can become a sacrificial vessel.

The stone scarecrow was just a stone carving made of ordinary stone by the ancestors of the fishing village. The villagers' faith in later generations was actually negligible and could not meet the conditions for the creation of sacrificial objects, because the core condition for the creation of sacrificial objects is relics of ancient gods.

Rosen speculated that the fisherman who had turned into a scarecrow must also possess the bloodline of an ancient god.

Moreover, the ancient god bloodline was activated for unknown reasons, which is why he was able to repel unknown dangers. After the fisherman died, the power of the ancient god bloodline in his body was probably entrusted to the stone scarecrow because of his faith.

This stone scarecrow was arguably the second thing he encountered related to the ancient gods.

Rosen summoned the ancient god's artifact from his heart and then tried to touch the stone scarecrow.

The stone scarecrow instantly came to life. A straw pierced his finger with a whoosh, and after absorbing a drop of blood, it turned back into a motionless stone scarecrow. However, the suppression of Rosen by the entire spiritual realm vanished instantly.

Rosen attempted to use his spiritual power to contact the stone scarecrow and surprisingly, he easily refined the ritual artifact.

It seems that the ancient god's sacrificial artifact is superior to the sacrificial artifact. After all, the former is likely a treasure of the ancient god civilization that transcends Sequence 0, while the latter is just a sacrificial artifact that was born by chance after the death of an ordinary person who has the bloodline of the ancient god civilization.

After truly refining the stone scarecrow, Rosen discovered that the level of this spiritual realm was somewhat inflated.

It looks like sequence 4, but it's actually just sequence 9.

The key to demonstrating the power of Sequence 4 lies in the fact that the Stone Scarecrow itself possesses the power of Sequence 4.

Once you leave the stone scarecrow by 100 meters, you will immediately discover that the Spirit Realm is actually only Sequence 9.

The stone scarecrow can absorb faith and gradually evolve its Sequence 9 spiritual realm to Sequence 4. The stone scarecrow can also seal intruders into scarecrows within a hundred-meter radius, and finally protect those who believe in it, allowing them to be resurrected in the spiritual realm.

Finally, the stone scarecrow also possesses the power of substitution and curses, especially having a higher level of counter-curse ability.

After leaving the Spirit Realm, Rosen moved the stone scarecrow's original form to his own divine territory.

This is equivalent to having an additional Sequence 9 subordinate spirit realm, and it's also a fishing village that can provide some seafood.

In addition, at crucial moments, the Stone Scarecrow can also be transferred to the Void Gallery. Without the strength of Sequence 4, it is almost impossible to break free from the Stone Scarecrow's seal. However, the most valuable abilities are the power of substitution and curse.

Rosen tried it out, and the fishermen in the Stone Scarecrow Realm were able to weave scarecrows.

Consuming a large amount of spiritual energy can be used to exchange for special substitute scarecrows and cursed scarecrows.

The substitute scarecrow can negate one instance of damage when fatally injured, and the cursed scarecrow can enhance curse-type abilities. Moreover, if the curse fails, it can take the backlash instead. Upon closer examination, the value of this function is actually quite high.

【Fishing Village Spiritual Realm: Spiritual Realm】

[Level: Sequence 9]

[Area: Within a radius of ten li]

【Population: 560】

【Special Feature: Sequence 4 Sacrifice (Stone Scarecrow)】

[Specialties: Various seafood, substitute scarecrows, cursed scarecrows]

Rosen used his spiritual energy to exchange for two different scarecrows, and then refined the two scarecrows to integrate them into his sea of ​​consciousness.

You can never have too many things that can save your life, especially when you're about to face big trouble.

Gila did not betray the World Government or steal important documents; it was clearly a frame-up by his superiors.

However, they couldn't find Gila's whereabouts, so they discovered a Sequence 6 hereditary duke nearby with a disciplinary mission and hoped to use him to find Gila. But why did Gila's superior think he could find Gila?
Rosen's intuition told him that there might be more trouble behind this.

In the deep web of the spirit world, Rosen chose to submit a mission.

He waited at the beach for less than half an hour before he sensed something entering reality from the spirit world.

Not far from the fishing village, visible ripples appeared in the air, revealing a masked assassin.

"I'll be in charge of receiving Gila."

The masked assassin walked calmly toward Rosen and explained.

"ID?"

Rosen looked the masked assassin over and asked.

The masked assassin produced a metal card-like identification document, the identity information of which could be read by his spiritual senses.

Then log in to the Spirit World Deep Network to verify whether the identity certificate is real or fake.

Rosen received the identification document remotely using his spiritual energy; the document indeed belonged to a World Government employee.

"Take it off..."

Just as Rosen was about to have the masked assassin remove his mask, he suddenly felt dizzy and almost collapsed.

He was already on guard, but he still fell for it without realizing it.

If it were a normal Sequence 6, it would probably be at the mercy of others by now.

However, he possesses the divine power of gold and the blessing of the Dragon King, and he also has an exceptionally large life force.

He possesses unimaginable resistance to both physical and spiritual methods.

However, after a moment's hesitation, he pretended to be unconscious and fell to the ground.

He won't lose anything if he doesn't fall for it now; if the assassin comes forward to finish him off, he can launch a sneak attack and kill him; if the assassin is going to capture him alive, he can follow the assassin to Gila's superior and solve the problem in one fell swoop.

The masked assassin took out a palm-sized pouch, stepped forward, and used the opening of the pouch to suck Rosen into it.

He then retreated back into the spirit world, wondering how much he could gain by completing this mission.

(End of this chapter)