Ring of Fate

Chapter 1040: Fountain of Temptation
Ms. Magician means:

The girl in the coffin mutated at the moment she gained the powers of the "Disaster Witch" and the "Undead" through a strange ritual. Now, this corpse with angel-level power was a monster at birth.

Lumian, in witch form, frowned and said:
"Doesn't the gift have no effect on the spirit, but only gradually alienates the mind and body?"

It won’t directly create a monster, right?
Moreover, at present, it seems that the power of the "Witch" path and the "Death" path are not so contradictory and can be integrated to a certain extent.

"What I just talked about is the gift under normal circumstances." The "Magician" lady pondered for a moment and said, "The essence of the gift is actually closer to controlled and recyclable pollution. The superior who gives the gift will generally try to restrain his own spirit, consciousness, and emotions within the power of the gift, so that the recipient will not be unable to bear it on the spot and cause problems. That goes against the original intention of the gift and cannot achieve the intended purpose."

Mr. The Hanged Man added:

"In the cases of the evil god's gift that we know of, if there are not enough sacrifices and too few people, even if the passage is opened with the help of the ritual, some of the recipients at the scene will not be able to withstand the power, and their bodies will collapse on the spot, or die, or turn into monsters."

Janna confirmed with some understanding:

"The high-ranking person targeted by the strange ritual of the Blood Emperor did not control and restrain the spirit, consciousness, and emotions within the power when granting the gift, allowing them to continue to exist as usual. Naturally, this girl, as the recipient, could not bear it and turned into a monster?"

Mr. Hanged Man nodded slightly and said meaningfully:
“It may not be a gift, but it may be stolen.”

“Amon played a role in this ritual?” The power of Lumian’s gift came from stealing.

Mr. Hanged Man smiled.

"Another kind of stealing. For example, we can use the power of many sealed objects to a certain extent, but we have to be careful to avoid the corresponding dangers and find the most appropriate method. Because they have no wisdom, you can't negotiate with them to make them obey and not harm you.

"In this case, the right exploit is equivalent to a relatively safe means of theft."

Lumian recalled his experience after lighting the corpse oil candle and nodded thoughtfully:

If he had not possessed both a male and female body in the dream city, his body would have collapsed and he would have become a monster.

"The 'Blood Emperor' is indeed bloody and crazy..." Janna couldn't help but sigh.

It is highly likely that the girl in the coffin did not volunteer to participate in such a special ceremony.

"Not necessarily." Franka whispered.

Seeing everyone looking at her, she cleared her throat and said:

“Based on my experience before I traveled through time, if this matter is related to the Western Continent, the entire ceremony may not be what you imagined.

"It's possible that they selected a girl who was born on a certain day and time in a certain year, killed her in a special way at a specific time, treated her in a special way, and then placed her in a pre-made coffin. They also made some other arrangements, and finally held a ceremony to allow her to gain power and open her eyes as an 'undead'."

"Why do you do this?" Janna asked puzzledly.

Franka smiled and said:
"That's just my guess. Maybe this is the only way to please the higher-ups, or maybe this is the only way to avoid the influence of the spirits and consciousness within the gifted power. But for some reason, maybe the Blood Emperor made a mistake when interpreting the secret harvest and missed some key points. The ritual seems to have failed in the end.

"Well, maybe that's not a ceremony to pray for blessings at all, but a method of refining corpses..."

Janna was silent for two seconds:

"Then you said that the 'Blood Emperor' is not necessarily bloody and crazy."

This is even more cruel than previous speculation!
Franka explained:

"I'm not saying that the 'Blood Emperor' is not necessarily bloody and crazy, but I'm saying that it's not necessarily just ordinary bloody and crazy, it may very well be 'extremely'."

The Magician turned to look at the female corpse wearing a phoenix coronet and bridal robe and said:
"She has no extraordinary characteristics. Let's go to the next room."

"Okay." Lumian had no objection.

After the "magician" lady made the coffin lid fly up by itself and closed it again, they returned to the deep and spacious corridor.

Lumian raised his right palm, looked at the dimming dark red spots, dark "pinholes" and pale skin, and reached his palm into his "traveler's bag".

Maintaining this posture, Lumian walked forward again.

He felt that his right palm was most likely responsible for the encounter with the female corpse, so he had to try his best to eliminate its influence.

After more than ten seconds, Lumian opened another door made of starlight.

At the same time, he saw a spring and a spring with water gushing out.

The spring water had a holy feeling and exuded an alluring scent. It was clear and pure, making Franca and the others, whose mouths had been dry due to the female corpse, suddenly feel thirsty.

Shouts echoed in their minds:

"Drink it, and you will regain your youth..."

"Drink it, and you will gain great power..."

"Drink it. It will extend your life by thousands of years..."

"Drink it, and you'll become a heartthrob..."

"Drink it, and you will be immortal..."

Lumian, who was also tempted, laughed when he heard the whisper:
"Don't worry, I will drink it. I am here to drink yours..."

Before he could emphasize that he was a man with a sense of ritual, the "magician" lady had already taken action.

As the layers of void were peeled away, the clear and pure spring water suddenly receded, revealing the situation inside the spring.

There was a female corpse that was highly decayed but had not yet turned into bones. Yellowish green pus continued to seep out of the disgusting flesh and blood of the corpse, combining with the air, becoming holy, attractive and clean.

This is the source of the spring.

Ms. Magician immediately raised her hands.

Glass-like fragments and yellowish blood immediately flew out of the female corpse and fell into two containers that had been floating in the air for some time.

After doing this, the "Magician" lady made two containers fly towards Lumian:

"They can replace the two auxiliary materials, Mirror God Fragments and Gorgon Blood, and are enough for four promotions."

When Lumian put away the container, the starlight condensed in the void suddenly pressed down, completely crushing the highly decayed female corpse, allowing the charming, holy gray-white light to quickly precipitate out and condense into a fist-sized, spring-like crystal.

Illusory streams of water kept flowing out from the surface of the crystal and then falling back.

With a push of the "Magician" lady's right hand, this group of "Immortal Witch" extraordinary characteristics quickly came in front of Lumian and was initially sealed.

The light emitted from the female corpse has not completely dissipated, and the remaining part has recombined to form a transparent eye filled with tears.

"Your 'Desperate Witch' extraordinary characteristic." The "Magician" lady gave her beautiful and sad eyes to Jenna, "As for auxiliary materials, there should be some left in 'Chariot' and 'Two of the Holy Grail'."

"Thank you." Janna breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put the sealed Beyonder Characteristics into the Traveler's Bag.

The "Magician" lady nodded slightly and walked out of the current room:
"Go find the next batch of materials. You will be in charge of opening the door this time, Holy Grail II."

Just as Franca was about to take a step forward, she suddenly saw Lumian handing her a piece of parchment.

There were rusty words in ancient Feysac on the parchment:

“Potion name: War Bishop;

“Sequence: 3;

“Main materials: the heart of a two-phase centaur, the core of a war comet;
“Supplementary materials: 100 ml of biphasic centaur blood, fragments of the war comet, 1 bloody Tudor iris, 8 grams of the bark of the giant flaming tree;
“Promotion Ceremony: Lead your own team and defeat a powerful enemy force in a war.

“Note 1: The aura of an impending war will attract a comet symbolizing war through the spirit world. It will streak across the sky at night and bring revelations. Among these comets, only a limited number are truly physical and can enter the real world.

"Note 2: In the promotion ceremony, the stronger the enemy force, the better the effect of the ceremony."

Seeing this parchment, Franca was stunned for a moment and said:

"Where did it come from?"

"Promotion is a promise from the big names, and Mr. Fool gave me an extra reward." Lumian smiled and said, "What I want is the potion formula of the War Bishop."

Without waiting for Franca's response, Lumian smiled and added:

"I want you to have a choice."

Franca opened her mouth and then closed it again, seeming to be a little emotional.

After a moment, she glanced to the side and whispered:
"I didn't say I wanted to be a 'War Bishop'. I still have a mission..."

Lumian did not try to persuade him and put the parchment back into the "traveler's bag".

Jenna secretly breathed a sigh of relief with a slightly complicated expression:

It's fine now, it's fine now...

She doesn't want to change, she's afraid of change.

Because Ms. Magician and Mr. Hanged Man were present, Franca was too embarrassed to say to Lumian, "You usually just make people angry, but I didn't expect you to be such a good person sometimes," to ease her emotions. She had to quickly walk forward and casually pushed open a door that was filled with starlight.

As soon as the door opened, a delicate and beautiful human skin suddenly fell from above.

The human skin suddenly covered Franca.

Franka's body turned grayish white, and she seemed to have turned into a stone statue, making it difficult for her to dodge in time.

At this moment, the surrounding darkness instantly bent and folded, quickly sealing the white and elastic human skin inside.

Then, Ms. Magician clenched her hands.

The dark sphere suddenly collapsed, the corresponding void completely disintegrated, and the human skin inside was quickly torn into pieces by the space-time storm.

"This is also an extraordinary characteristic of the 'Immortal Witch'. The 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Original Witch' had indeed worked closely together in secret." Ms. Magician smiled at Franka, Lumian and Janna while crushing the characteristics.

Franca was stunned for a moment, then smiled brightly:

Hey, I’m lucky today, I succeeded in one go!
(End of this chapter)