Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 234 Curiosity Killed the Cat

"Mr. 'World,' when do you need to use it?"

As Fors asked questions, he began to think about what benefits he could gain from this deal.

First, losing "Lemanor's Travel Notes" has almost no impact on Fors, who is already a Sequence 6. She only needs to use the "Healing Tears" recorded in it on the night of each full moon.

Secondly, when a member needs a similar item to temporarily boost their combat power to deal with certain situations, they can rent "Lemanor's Travel Notes" from her. The rental fee is divided into two parts: one part is cash, which is not too expensive, and the other part is in lieu of the extraordinary abilities recorded. In other words, the renter must promise that when the magic book is returned, there will be a few more pages written on it!

Fors was undoubtedly the biggest advantage of this deal. Because with the "Lymanor's Travel Notes" in her hands, she couldn't make the most of it. Her abilities completely overlapped with the "Lymanor's Travel Notes," making it impossible to record enough extraordinary abilities for it.

However, if this travel journal is given to a member of the Tarot Club, they can help record powerful and extraordinary abilities of different sequences. For example, Mr. "The World" has a magical item at the demigod level, which means he can record extraordinary abilities at the demigod level!

With enough extraordinary abilities, "Lemanor's Travel Notes" will become extremely powerful!

Of course, as the provider, Fors will record the "opening of doors" by the "apprentices" and the "teleportation" by the "travelers." Although these two abilities do not possess great destructive power, they are quite useful for extraordinary individuals of any kind.

In other words, renting "Lemano's Travel Notes" to other members is entirely beneficial to both parties!

The most problematic aspect of this transaction is that the lessee might not return it, but with Mr. Fool in the Tarot Club as a witness, Fors believes that no one would be greedy and foolish.

The death of the renter and the loss of "Lemano's Travel Notes" are rare occurrences, and with everyone knowing that they can ask Mr. Fool for help in times of crisis, the probability is even lower!

"In the next day or two."

"I will inform Mr. Fool in advance if necessary," the voice of "World" said hoarsely.

The Hermit's eyes flickered slightly as he wondered what abilities this so-called "magic book" possessed that could make the "world" actively request to borrow it...

A hint of curiosity lingered in "Justice's" eyes. Everyone knew that Miss Fors was backed by the Abraham family. But even so, no one would dare to pry into Miss Fors's background, so she didn't actually know what magical items Fors possessed.

Fors noticed the gazes of the others and spoke up:

"Gentlemen, I have a magical item here. It has 38 pages, and each page can help the user record the extraordinary abilities he has seen and release them when needed, although they are weaker than the originals."

"Each page can be repeatedly recorded, and each record can only be used once... Among them, three pages can be used for demigod-level extraordinary abilities, but the probability of successfully recording is very low; it might not happen once in ten attempts..."

Fors briefly explained the characteristics and negative effects of the "Lemanor Travel Notes," which made Audrey and the others from "Justice" gradually brighten their eyes.

Having long since ceased to be novices in the realms of mysticism and the extraordinary, they could easily discern the value of the travel journal in the hands of the "Magician" lady, without needing to communicate, and regarded it as a semi-divine artifact!

This is somewhat similar to "The Shepherd" and "The Crawling Hunger," both of which allow the use of various extraordinary abilities through multiple means, but without such significant negative effects, and also offer the opportunity to record the abilities of demigods!

However, its usage is also strictly limited. Without recording new extraordinary abilities, it can only be used a maximum of 38 times. But since it can be repeatedly recorded, this limitation isn't significant, as not every battle requires that many extraordinary abilities.

As for the side effects, having to draw her own blood... "Justice" Audrey thought about it and suddenly withdrew her hand in fear.

As the daughter of a noble family, she had hardly suffered any injuries growing up, so she had a strong fear of pain caused by the unknown.

Taking advantage of Fors' pause, she raised her hand slightly and said:

"Miss Magician, may we rent this magic book like Mr. World did?"

Audrey believed that her father, Earl Hall, would also recognize the value of "Lemanor's Travel Notes" and would not refuse to reimburse her, so she intended to fully satisfy Fors's request.

The Hanged Man and the others also exchanged glances, clearly all considering borrowing the spellbook. After all, Mr. World wanted to rent this travelogue, and since the Magician had offered to introduce it, it meant they might have a chance...

"certainly."

Fors nodded slightly and said naturally:

"When you need it, you can rent it for a short period of time, witnessed by Mr. 'Fool'."

"However, I have two conditions."

"What are the conditions?"

"The Hanged Man," Alger asked somewhat impatiently.

"First of all, about ten pages of this magic book record a certain special ability, so only 28 pages are actually usable. And I hope that these ten pages of special abilities will not be used lightly, even during the rental period, unless absolutely necessary."

The hermit frowned slightly and asked:

"What kind of ability?"

The Hanged Man remained silent. This condition was undeniably harsh, but not entirely unacceptable.

"The Magician" Fors explained:

"These ten pages occupy the 25 pages recording extraordinary abilities below Sequence 6, the ten pages recording extraordinary abilities of Sequence 5 and Sequence 6, and the three pages recording 'demigod' abilities are unaffected. As for the specific functions of these abilities,"

The magician paused for a moment, then hesitated before speaking:

"It can cure all abnormal conditions; simply put, it purifies all surrounding pollution and curses."

The Hermit's expression shifted slightly, a hint of excitement in his eyes. This "special ability" had extremely strict limitations, yet it was incredibly useful. He just didn't know its limits when it came to healing abnormal statuses…

The Hanged Man, however, didn't think it was a big deal. Extraordinary abilities below Sequence 7 rarely played a crucial role. He mainly used the ten pages recording Sequence 6 and Sequence 5 extraordinary abilities and the three pages recording demigod-level extraordinary abilities. Moreover, even if ten pages were unusable, the remaining fifteen pages were more than enough!

Seeing that no one else had any objections, Fors then spoke up:

"Secondly, this magic book cannot be lent out on the night of the full moon each month, as I need to use the ten pages of special abilities recorded in it."

"What about the rental price?"

"Justice," Audrey asked, raising her hand.

She didn't care about those requirements; she only cared about the price.

In fact, if Fors were willing to sell, she wouldn't mind buying it, even if it cost twice the market price... well, that's not much money. 'Lemanor's Travel Notes' corresponds to Sequence 6, and normally costs around 5000 pounds, for example, the 'Lies' she bought from Mr. 'World' cost about that price.

However, given the special abilities of "Lemanor's Travel Notes", it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it's worth 10,000 pounds, and even if it were doubled, it would only be 20,000 pounds.

"The Magician" Fors considered for a moment and said:

"The basic rental fee is £300 per rental, with an additional £50 for each additional day. When returning the travel notebook, you must ensure that there are two more pages of extraordinary abilities than when you lent it out. If there is only one blank page or no blank pages when you lent it out, you can fill in the entire notebook."

Two more pages don't mean two more types. In other words, you can freely use the extraordinary abilities in "Lemano's Travel Notes," but you'll need to fill them in at the end. They don't need to be the same type; only the page count matters.

The Hanged Man was eager to try, almost instinctively wanting to speak up and rent it. But he held back, turning his gaze to the "world" at the end, because he was the first to speak and therefore had the right to rent it first.

The Hanged Man asked:

"Mr. World, how long do you need to rent it for?"

"It could take a week, or it could take half a month."

"The World" replied, still in a hoarse voice.

Klein felt somewhat helpless. Although he had a "wriggling hunger" that seemed to overlap with "Lemanor's Travel Notes," the two were actually completely different.

"The Crawling Hunger" has a high lower limit but a low upper limit, while "Lemano's Travel Notes" has a high upper limit but a low lower limit.

Take the simplest example:

While the creation of "Lemanor's Travel Notes" is more difficult than "The Wriggling Hunger," with the right combination, overcoming challenges of higher levels will become commonplace. And most importantly, it can record the abilities of demigods! If they wish, demigods can demonstrate them again and again!

While "Crawling Hunger" can utilize the extraordinary abilities of a soul's pathway and sequence by herding it, it is highly unlikely to devour a demigod. Even for a true "shepherd," herding a high-sequence being is extremely difficult, firstly due to lack of resources, and secondly because it is prone to losing control.

Elder Lovia of Silver City was extremely lucky to be able to herd an evil spirit that was roughly equivalent to Sequence 4...

As for Klein, although he possessed several magical items at the demigod level—

Riviel's desperate scream, the Cross of No Darkness, the Scepter of Neptune.

However, the side effects of these magical items were somewhat unbearable for Klein.

The bullets fired by Rivel's Desperate Scream can cause the target to suffer from Rivel's Desperate Scream, resulting in different states such as pain, dizziness, and confusion. Even demigods at the Saint level have a certain impact on them.

The side effect is that the holder will also hear that desperate roar, which is an unbearable pain for Klein, who is only Sequence 6. He felt his spirituality was about to completely spiral out of control if he held it for even a little longer.

Perhaps by the time he reaches Sequence 5, he can get used to the side effects of this magical item, but not now.

The Scepter of Poseidon is an advanced version of 'Revel's Desperate Cry', and it has three side effects:

First, it makes the holder irritable, easily angered, and prone to overreacting.

Secondly, it periodically freezes the consciousness of all living beings within a certain range and drains their blood, including the holder. As for the size of the range and the specific value of the period, Klein, who is not a professional researcher, could not give a precise description, but could only make a rough estimate, believing that the range is 600 meters to 1 kilometer and the period is 20 minutes to 35 minutes.

Third, it gathers and presents the prayers of believers, with both sound and visuals, which can easily cause non-demigod holders with insufficient spiritual strength to collapse and lose control.

Apart from the first one, the other two have significant limitations that Klein finds unacceptable, so they can only be used on the Gray Fog.

The remaining side effects of the Dark Cross are equally noticeable; it repels contact with other magical items, meaning Klein cannot use "Crawling Hunger" or other magical items while using the Dark Cross.

He couldn't even pick up loot after defeating enemies, because the Dark Cross also rejected contact with extraordinary traits.

Most importantly, the Dark Cross will also reject the extraordinary characteristics of the holder! Wearing or holding this verdigris cross for more than an hour will cause an extraordinary person's sequence to drop by at least one level, and if held for more than three hours, they will completely regress to an ordinary person!

Therefore, it has always been used by Klein as a tool to separate extraordinary properties from the gray fog.

These three magical items are each more powerful than the last, but their side effects are also each more severe than the last.

But if there were "Lemano's Travel Notes," the situation would be completely different—

He could use these three magical items to record his demigod-level abilities above the gray fog, and then use them in the outside world through "Lemanor's Travel Notes," while only having to bear the side effects of a Sequence 6 magical item.

Of course, there are limitations: its power will be reduced, and it can only be used three times.

But for ordinary combat, it's more than enough.

His extraordinary abilities at the demigod level are enough to instantly kill any extraordinary being below the demigod level!

Besides that, Klein had another reason for borrowing this magic book...

He needs to use the ten pages of special abilities that Miss Magician warned him not to use casually.

He knew that the ten pages contained healing tears, and that they were provided by Ember to prepare for Miss "The Magician" to heal the curse on the Abraham family.

But Klein felt that he might also need to use this thing...

After all, he may have been targeted by someone during this period.

It's not that he felt guilty, but he was, after all, a respectable Mr. Fool. He couldn't be spied on every day, could he?

"Tsk."

Klein clicked his tongue, once again regretting his excessive curiosity.

(End of this chapter)