Novels online

Chapter 228

By the time Chromie returned to his temporary residence, the sky had already darkened.

His attention was immediately drawn to the item on the table. It was a box made of unknown material, and underneath the box was a yellowed scroll.

As he opened the scroll, he saw that it clearly stated what was inside the box.

After Negri killed the three Soundless cultists, he conveniently extracted their remnant souls.

Inside this box was the remnant soul of a Soundless cultist. If Chromie was determined enough, he could use his Spirit Vision to obtain enough clues from the remnant soul.

However, Negri was more familiar with his current Spirit Vision ability than Chromie was, so the scroll clearly stated that if Chromie used Spirit Vision to observe the remnant soul, he might suffer some negative side effects. Perhaps his rationality would collapse, or his cognition would be forcibly twisted, but of course, if his willpower was strong enough, the side effects would be much smaller.

As for how he would choose, that would be up to Chromie himself.

For the sake of revenge, would he be able to make the decision to give up everything he had, or would he retreat, give up on revenge, and marry Olga?

"Perhaps I will regret it in the future, I will hate my foolish decision at this moment, but right now, the only thing I wish for is revenge, and only revenge" Chromie smiled bitterly and picked up the box.

Slowly opening it, the invisible object began to dissipate. Chromie lowered his head and took a whiff, activating the Spirit Vision ability he obtained from sacrificing his sense of smell.

He saw the life of this Soundless cultist, the first half of his life without a name, the fear and unease he felt after awakening the blood of evil, then being found by the Soundless cult, experiencing the pain of ritual alteration, and finally submitting to the greatness of all living things.

Chromie witnessed the process of a person's personality and cognition being completely twisted, those who stared into the abyss would eventually be devoured by the abyss, and the Dragon Slayer would eventually become a new evil dragon.

Having seen so much, Chromie's thoughts were also affected. He half-crouched on the ground, cold sweat dripping down his face, his eyes bloodshot.

Various chaotic thoughts filled Chromie's mind, but he eventually calmed down. After all, he was only a bystander, although he was a bit immersed due to his Spirit Vision ability, it was still within Chromie's tolerance.

If I want to obtain something, I have to pay a price. This is the price I have to pay, but similar to the sacrificial magic, as long as I choose to pay, I will receive a reward " From this disciple's memories, he managed to obtain a few Soundless cult strongholds, as well as a bit of understanding towards that man.

"Negri, the founder of the Impure Hermit Order?" When Chromie thought of that person, he still felt a chill run down his spine. He had activated his Astral Vision many times, but this was the first time that the person he was observing suddenly came to life after activating it.

Such methods were truly frightening.

"The Secret Order. That's the organization I bought information from." Chromie shook his head. No matter how powerful the Secret Order was, it had nothing to do with him now. All he needed was revenge.

Chromie didn't notice that even though his rationality didn't collapse because of the Soundless cultists' souls, some unavoidable effects had still occurred. His originally stubborn personality had become even more stubborn, at the same time, his bottom line had also been pulled down.

Negri chuckled as he flipped through the magic ritual book in his hand. There were distorted human faces on the pages of the book, and an ominous aura emanated from it.

This magic book was said to have been created by a certain Evil God worshipper using human skin. It was called the Lester Grimoire, and it had the power to bewitch people.

Furthermore, other than the numerous spells that could cause the user to release their desires, the book itself was also a magical instrument, equivalent to a small magical altar. By holding this book, not only could the user save time, materials, and a portion of the sacrifices needed for the ritual, it also contained a unique energy that could increase the power of the spell.

However, every time this grimoire was used, the energy contained within would circulate into the user's body through mana circulation. Although it seemed like the person who obtained the grimoire's power would become much stronger, their self would also be devoured by the grimoire.

Every user would slowly be bewitched by the grimoire, then abuse the various spells and the grimoire, until their very existence was completely devoured. The human faces on the pages of the grimoire were the previous owners of the grimoire.

After Negri got his hands on this grimoire, it had been spreading a bewitching will. However, the intensity of the bewitchment was not high, and the methods used were not brilliant either. Anyone with a strong will would be able to detect the bewitchment.

After that, a kind of psychological suggestion that the legendary Lester Grimoire was nothing more than this would form. Everyone would more or less have a strange understanding, and that is, what others can't do, doesn't necessarily mean that I can't do it.

One was special, and one's will was stronger than others. After all, there were only a few people who knew their own limits. Therefore, after the previous owners had dispelled the bewitching will of the grimoire, they thought that they had mastered it, but in the end, they were completely bewitched.

Now, those who underestimated this grimoire had become the distorted human faces on the pages. Negri finished reading the magic rituals in the grimoire. He had to admit that although the spells in the grimoire were all auxiliary spells, the grimoire had achieved the ultimate in the aspect of triggering human desires.

One of the most common types of magic was the bewitchment type, which could be used to brainwash and hypnotize another person, allowing them to do whatever they wanted to them. Other than that, there were also body modification spells, as well as various other types of magic that could cause a person to unleash their desires.

Once used, the user would discover the convenience of magic, which was equivalent to a mobile game that would kill a person to death. Would a person who had gotten used to using a game like this still be willing to grind away bit by bit?

People would become more and more accustomed to using magic to solve their problems, eventually becoming completely captivated by the grimoire, losing their sense of self and being devoured by the grimoire to further strengthen the grimoire.

"Interesting," Ye Zichen said. Negri casually put the grimoire aside, stood up and asked: "How's the intelligence gathering going?"

"Reporting to Lord Negary, the specific location has been determined" Negary reported. A black shadow moved, revealing a person shrouded in darkness, who placed a map in front of Negri.

"Then let's begin, I'd like to see what kind of power the Sun Shadow church has" Negri glanced at the map in his hand, then stretched his body a bit: "Before that, I need to meet someone"