My setting is above yours!

Chapter 99 The Saint's Power: Ron's Solution to Break the Stalemate (5k1)

[Illusion Dissolution], [Omniscient Domain - Pseudo], [Vector Manipulation]...

Start, start, start everything!

Ron had already raised the Bloodthorn high, and as he gripped it tightly, the dense thorn patterns on the intricately patterned longsword immediately lit up with a scarlet light.

This time, [7] did not write a prophecy on the [Trickery] Seed that would allow Ron and Idrila to use [Blood Thorn] without any restrictions, so this time the cost of using [Blood Thorn] for Ron was much greater than last time.

As the blade of [Blood Thorns] shone, one slash after another instantly appeared on Ron's body. Chaotic [War] magic raged across his body, as if it would soon slice him into a skeleton stained with blood and flesh.

Fortunately, even if the side effects of [Bloodthorn] are powerful, they are ultimately a kind of "mystical influence"...

In an instant, the damage that had appeared out of nowhere disappeared after only one or two minor cuts were made on Ron's body.

A notification immediately popped up on the Dimensional Update Manual:

[The "Setting: Fantasy Dissolution" is being eroded by excessive "occult influences."]

[Performance impairment: 35% → 55%...]

The doubled durability loss compared to last time pained Ron, but thankfully he wouldn't need to use [Bloodthorn] for as long this time.

He knew that this incarnation of [7] seemed to have no ability to resist, and now that the Silver Knight had become an ally, he only needed the power to reach the incarnation of [7]...

So, one second is enough!

Ron slashed down fiercely with the Bloodthorn, and crimson light bloomed like flowers on the avatar of [7], instantly cleaving him in two and causing him to vanish like a phantom bubble...

The next moment, Ron skillfully tossed the [Blood Thorns] to Idrila, and with equal ease, caught the falling [Trickery] spark in his hand—

Then he spoke to Idrila, who was rushing towards him and hurriedly taking the [Blood Thorns] from him:

"Don't use that sword... Prepare the 'Military Priest's' extraordinary abilities; I need to restore my spirituality!"

Restoring spirituality?
Does Mr. Ron also need my abilities to restore his spirituality?

A moment of confusion flashed through Idrila's mind, but she knew this was not the time to hesitate.

The opportunity to fight is fleeting, and as a former soldier, Idrila knows that the most important thing on the battlefield is obedience...

We must not miss this opportunity!

Thinking of this, she hugged the [Blood Thorn], which had gradually dimmed due to the loss of its user, to her chest, then immediately clasped her hands tightly, closed her eyes, and murmured a prayer for [war]—

She poured out her spirituality, and the pearl earring on her right earlobe shone with a luminous glow.

The next moment, a drop of illusory, shimmering golden liquid dripped from her earring, hovering in her palm and transforming into a holy dewdrop.

A [Blessing Dew] that almost exhausted her spiritual essence... Although it was only at the Sequence Eight level, it was enough if it was only for restoring spirituality!

Without hesitation, Ron used [Vector Manipulation] to control the airflow, drawing the fist-sized golden droplet towards him and drinking it down in one gulp.

Then, he immediately switched to the [Potion Sequence] and gripped the quill pen holding the [Trickery] spark...

All of this happened in a flash, within half a minute, and no one could stop Ron's actions.

At this moment, upon discovering that his avatar's vision had faded and that he had suddenly lost the [Trick] Seed, [7] was as still as water, and his face immediately darkened.

'I got scammed...'

He immediately realized what had happened.

Ron is neither a Chosen One of Time nor a true Observer of Time from the Hall of Memories... His power is far from reaching that level!
Ron only exhibited the spiritual fluctuations of a mere "medium" at the seventh sequence of the "death" level!
A Sequence 7 "medium"? Just a Sequence 7 "medium"!!

'This guy must have someone backing him... How could I not see through the lie told by a transcendent being from the [Death] sequence?'

'Could it be that the control of the [Trick] sequence in [Puppet Town] is gradually recovering...? Have I lost this power?'

The doubts in my heart vanished in an instant, [7] and I did not think too much about these things that had already happened.

As a renowned saint and the assassin number 7 of the Secret Courtyard, He never makes any excuses for his failures.

All the assassins in the Secret Courtyard know that no one will understand their failures during missions; if they want to get what they want, they can only rely on their own efforts!

Even at this moment, as a saint, he inexplicably lost to Ron, a Sequence 7 superhuman,[7] he did not feel any shame, but immediately thought of a solution to the problem.

Because after a mistake, no matter what the reason is... as long as the history of failure is removed from the concept of existence and the desired reality is restored, then it cannot be considered a failure!

And for those extraordinary individuals in the [Mysterious] sequence, this is precisely what they excel at!
Therefore, without hesitation, He immediately used all His strength to possess a corpse with His own personhood—

Father Suer's body, which had been confused by the power of the "mystery" and was completely dead and powerless, suddenly emitted a deep gray mist and was instantly transformed into His incarnation by "7".

He opened his eyes, his swirling gray mist ignoring the silver knight who had once again plunged the spear into his chest without hesitation. His gaze shifted to Ron, and the gray mist in his eyes instantly transformed into a rapidly reversing vortex—

But before He could even use this now ownerless body to make a move, the Silver Knight had already dispelled his wonderful fantasy of temporarily changing the ending of the script.

Before anyone knew it, a delicate earring had appeared on the Silver Knight's earlobe. The translucent gem, like a snake's eye, shimmered with a crystalline light, instantly dispelling the gray mist that filled Father Suer's body...

This is the eye of true knowledge!
A mass-produced extraordinary item that does not possess any extraordinary properties...

He is an angel from the [Society of Truth], a top genius who has already climbed to the top of the [Tower of Truth]—

In order to stop the assassination missions of the Secret Courtyard, He specially developed this extraordinary item that can forcibly erase the extraordinary abilities of the Mysterious Sequence.

The Silver Knight obtained this extraordinary item by chance. For him, who was only a [Mysterious] Sequence 5, it was poison, but now it has become the best way for him to temporarily stop the arrival of [7]!
The gray mist inside Father Suer's body immediately dissipated.

In an instant, this temporary battlefield lost every body that [7] could take the opportunity to descend upon.

The only one who could be somewhat utilized, Idrila, had her influence erased by Ron's [Illusion Dissolved], so manipulating her now [7] is a pipe dream...

The story of "Dragon Quest" in Evening Bell City has truly come to an end at this moment!
At the moment Father Sull's death was confirmed, in the mystical sense of this script, the Silver Knight had already echoed all the previous foreshadowing, killing the "evil dragon" as the "hero" and completely taking over the position of "protagonist".

At this moment, seeing everything unfolding as he had anticipated, Ron couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth into a smile.

"The protagonist's mask should be drawn like this... This is your final step to becoming a demigod, so don't draw it wrong!"

As Ron spoke, he tossed a prepared draft to the Silver Knight.

On the manuscript paper was the "protagonist" mask that Ron had copied from the magic book...

With this item, the Silver Knight's path to advancing to Sequence Four of [Trickery] is now completely clear and will be a natural progression!
Without hesitation, the Silver Knight flicked the tip of his spear, and a basin of pure water suddenly leaped out and landed on the ground.

He then took out a pure white fruit the size of a thumb, threw it into the basin, and watched as the fruit melted into a pure white liquid. He immediately used the pure white liquid to wipe away everything on the mask, and then used his brush to redraw the "protagonist" pattern on the pure silver mask...

In an instant, sensing the changes in the script [7], he finally understood why Ron had done all this.

'This is insane... This guy actually wants [42] to advance to demigod status!' 'Why is [42] connected to this person? Is this guy some friend or relative of [42] who didn't all die before [42] entered the [Secret Courtyard]?'

The moment he realized that the Silver Knight was about to truly advance to Sequence Four, [7]'s face darkened even more.

What he found hardest to accept was that he could no longer use the ritual to create a masked dancer, and the arrival of [Puppet Town] was now impossible... He had lost his chance for advancement.

And what's even more terrifying is that.

Even more terrifying is that after the Silver Knight realized he had been deceiving him all along, he was absolutely filled with hostility towards Him...

Now, the Silver Knight has completed the proper promotion ceremony and is heading towards becoming the fourth in the [Trickery] sequence.

So, in this way, [7] not only lost the opportunity for promotion, but also faced a life-or-death threat—

You must understand that in his current state, although he is not afraid of a Sequence Four, once the Silver Knight truly becomes a Sequence Four, he will have no way to control the Silver Knight!
In this situation, even if the Silver Knight, who knew His condition and circumstances, simply reported His situation to the other top ten assassins of the [Secret Courtyard], it would already be enough to cause Him serious trouble.

Not to mention that after the Silver Knight becomes part of the [Trickery] sequence, there's even a possibility he might directly defect to the Church of the True God...

'We must stop him!'

Thinking of this, [7] I felt no fear, nor any hesitation—

Inside the tower of the Scorched Earth Sanctuary, all the prisoners froze instantly, their eyes filled with gray mist.

In an instant, everyone tore open the cage in front of them with their own hands, silently and quickly rushing out, merging into the deep fog that had appeared out of nowhere, sacrificing themselves to bring a more abundant spirituality to this gray fog...

After these spiritualities finally reached a certain concentration, [7] I myself also took a step towards the present world.

He descended from a higher dimension outside Evening Bell City, falling from the spirit world into reality, hastily stepping into this script whose ending had already been written, becoming incredibly crude—

The sky was torn apart; the once-normal sky suddenly cracked open with a huge fissure, and a curtain of deep gray mist enveloped the entire Evening Bell City. From within it, countless translucent threads fell, piercing the heads of everyone in Evening Bell City...

Or rather, it wasn't just that it fell out...

Rather, these threads had remained hidden in a higher dimension, and only with the arrival of their master in the mortal realm did their true nature come to be revealed, showcasing the power belonging to a saint to the world—

In fact, this was just a result of him limiting himself, not using the abilities of Sequence Three, and only using the abilities of a demigod!
But now, [7] there is no reason to restrict oneself anymore...

The Silver Knight's threat was enough to threaten His fundamental interests, and He was prepared to go all out!

The next moment, Ron saw an old figure emerge from the countless translucent threads. At first, it was just a phantom, but it gradually became more and more solid until it finally took on a real form.

[7] was still the same hunched old man with glasses, but this time, compared to every [7] seen in [Fleeting Light and Shadow] before, he seemed even more suffocating—

Because within Him, a dense magical power had transformed into mottled patches of color, which were continuously eroding everything around Him.

The air around Him alone has become distorted and polluted, so chaotic that it is impossible to see clearly!

The hazy gray mist began to dissipate from His body,[7] coldly watching Ron and the others standing in front of the Scorched Earth Sanctuary, watching the Silver Knight who had put on the Protagonist mask, whose spirituality was boiling and rapidly transforming, and gently took off his glasses.

Then, it opened a pair of eerie, seven-colored eyes that looked as if they were stained with murky, mixed-colored paint, making them difficult to understand!
At this moment, [7] truly went all out without hesitation or regard for the cost...

Despite his severely wounded body and the fact that his faith was not firmly anchored, He forcefully used the power of a saint!

He spoke softly, his voice calm and cold, yet it struck everyone's hearts like a resounding bell—

"Confusion".

He spoke in Old Rodland.

The next moment, Ron realized that the world had changed.

In his mind, air became water, reason became madness, blood became poison, and life became death—

All the knowledge and concepts he understood suddenly became chaotic at this moment, words turned into riddles, and concepts twisted into a jumbled mess...

Ron immediately felt himself choking on water, gradually becoming extremely manic. His blood burned his body like sulfuric acid, and his body was rapidly losing temperature.

Although it was just one sentence.

But that is the saint!
A single word is enough to plunge someone into a world of chaos, to drown in the deep sea of ​​disorder, to die inexplicably from a complete conceptual confusion...

However, after only glancing at Ron,[7] he no longer paid attention to this Sequence Seven who was, in His opinion, doomed to die, and instead focused his gaze intently on the Silver Knight not far away.

Taking down the Silver Knight is the most important thing for Him right now!

Thinking this in his heart, [7] the turbid, oil-paint-like light in his eyes grew brighter and brighter, and the infinite spirituality turned into a surging wave that rushed towards the Silver Knight, instantly extinguishing the dim light of the snake eye pendant.

Even the Eye of True Knowledge, created by that genius, couldn't easily withstand the extraordinary abilities used by a saint personally descending to earth...

The protagonist's mask on the Silver Knight's face is becoming confused and distorted, the patterns drawn on it are twisting and becoming chaotic, gradually turning into the shape that [7] desires—

It is being forcibly twisted into a crying face with upturned corners of the mouth and downturned eyes... It is turning into a clown's mask!

The rapidly evolving spirituality within the Silver Knight began to stagnate, and twisted, protruding marks appeared beneath his skin, as if countless insects were crawling and gnawing at it.

Everything about him began to twist and contort at that moment, emitting a high-pitched, painful moan...

This is the Saint... Even if the Silver Knight has completed the ascension ceremony and taken the potion step by step, as long as [7] is willing to pay the price and use the Saint's power, he can still be interrupted at the moment of his ascension!
Even now, [7] it is possible that the Saint's power can be used to forcibly confuse the concept of ritual, making the correct outcome of the Silver Knight ritual appear as wrong, and inevitably distorting it into a masked dancer!
But, right now.

In the understanding of [7], Ron, who should have died completely due to the confusion of concepts and was unable to resist, grinned.

He looked down from his "omniscient perspective" at the person high above who was completely indifferent to him [7], and forcibly manipulated his hand using formula-based control [vector manipulation], doing the only thing he could do now that he was practically a cripple—

He opened the notebook in his hand, gripped the quill pen tightly, and with all his might wrote a prophecy on it in ancient Rodland!

As a [mysterious] saint, [7] can indeed confuse many concepts...

But He cannot confuse the spark of [trickery]!

The quill pen drained Ron's spiritual energy like a bottomless pit, emptying him completely in an instant.

But Ron was already prepared. The [Blessing Drip] he had just drunk instantly transformed into spiritual energy, filling this terrifying bottomless pit and barely satisfying the quill pen's needs...

Ultimately, this boundless inspiration was transformed into ink and paper, barely managing to write out a few crooked and awkward numbers in a notebook—

[Yal Austin has successfully been promoted to "theatre actor".]

This is the only means by which a mere Sequence Seven, an existence no more than an ant to a Saint, can influence the course of the battle...

It was also Ron's last and only way to break the deadlock, which he had temporarily taken from [7]!

(End of this chapter)