At least, a cardinal personally checked regularly every day, which made Victor understand why.
In such a huge black market, there is not even a wild magician selling blood.
Not wanting, but not dare.
Any wild magician would probably not dare to sell blood under the nose of the church. After all... the tolerant bishop does not target magicians, which may be due to the agreement signed by the Magicians Association. But if you sell blood, you are aiding the enemy!
In the eyes of the church, that is a blatant deal with the devil and the crime deserves death.
But now, he didn't seem to have time to think so much.
Victor raised his head slightly with a strange look in his eyes and glanced at the priest who was chanting there with great concentration. For a moment, he was unable to figure out whether the other party was really so enthusiastic and unaware, or was just pretending and deliberately trying to trick him.
The knight behind the opponent was guarding the door, about four or five meters away from him.
In other words, if he suddenly attacked this idiot in front of him with his current strength, the Holy Church might lose a cardinal forever...
At this time, Victor, who believed in never underestimating his opponent, felt that the opponent seemed to treat him as a fool - the empty goal was wide open, as if to lure him.
But the problem is that he still has to be fooled...
Because the other party's baptismal hymn was about to end.
It's not that he couldn't withstand such a baptism chant, but the baptism chant would not cause much harm to an ordinary magician. At most, it would just make him uncomfortable. However, this method created for exorcism is often filled with sacred concepts attached to chanting and reciting the Lord's name - once his current identity as a Dead Apostle is detected, it will be almost impossible to hide it!
It is impossible even with a cloak to cover up the breath!
At that time, even if the cardinal was a weakling, the knights following him were no pushovers...
Damn, it really is...
Victor's face was gloomy. Seeing that the sacred chant was about to end, he took a deep breath - you forced me to do this.
"Kuro...Kurohime?!"
He raised his head abruptly, his pupils constricted, and looked behind the crowd. At the same time - he once again launched the enhanced version of the curse bullet technique without hesitation, and the magic blast was thrown directly at the wall next to him!
Then, run!
Are you kidding? He has already practiced running away! Nowadays, being a coward is never a shameful thing!
As expected, the moment he heard the name of Heiji again, even with Ulysses's great concentration, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then quickly turned his head to look behind him. However, in just this moment, after hearing the explosion beside him, he was immediately stunned, and at the same time, he reacted without hesitation and launched an attack towards Victor's remaining back - he threw out the baptism chant!
He didn't immediately recognize Victor as the wandering ancestor, but it was certain that there was something wrong with this guy!
The residents of Serbia live in exquisite single-family houses, so the bar is only separated from the street by a wall. But because of this, Ulysses and others' pursuit was extremely fast. The moment Victor ran out, the baptism chant behind him came to an abrupt end. With a bang, it turned into a sacred light that cheered and leaped on his body, warming his body... but also began to burn his insides -
In the scattered dust, Victor didn't even have time to turn before his whole body paused. The severe pain in his body instantly spread wildly as if his soul was burning.
"Fuck..."
Fortunately, with Victor's current mystery and resistance to magic, although the baptism chant could pose a considerable threat to him, it could not endanger his life. However, his violent reaction and the bloodshot eyes revealed when the hood was blown down by the wind made the crowd watching the show slightly stunned.
After all, dead apostles were not common in the church's territory.
The female magician screamed and collapsed to the ground.
She couldn't imagine that she almost spent the night with a Dead Apostle.
In fact, if it is a low-level Dead Apostle who can only maintain a little bit of rationality, it is often difficult to restrain the desire to suck blood, and it is even more difficult to restrain oneself when enjoying the pleasure of sucking blood.
Once these dead apostles go crazy, their first choice of targets will be to attack those wild magicians who are not very powerful.
What's more, even the elegant gentleman vampires, after sucking blood, will generally transform the other party into a ghoul or their own cannon fodder in order to hide their identity. In this world, even if it is not the church's territory, the cruelty of the Dead Apostles is well known to everyone, not to mention the church's base camp that promotes the Dead Apostles as demons.
"Oh my... I won the prize..."
Ulysses was also confused, but soon he chuckled and shook his head helplessly.
This was an unexpected surprise.
He looked at Victor, who was instantly engaged in a fight with his guards, and stepped back slightly, thinking deeply.
Although the status of the Baptism Chant itself is not high, as a technique that can theoretically directly purify or even destroy low-level spirits, the only ones who can withstand it and still maintain absolute combat effectiveness are almost the senior Dead Apostles - that wandering ancestor?
To be honest, he is still a little confused.
After being questioned and interrogated by Talvis and Geserbarune, he made a decision almost immediately after receiving the report from the villagers and threw the information to the other party.
Considering the actions that the Protestant factions are about to prepare, there is no benefit in interfering with the hunting of the Old Church at this time, except to further lead to the outbreak of conflicts between the two sides. Anyway, Arteluqi has already run away, and the biggest "miracle" is gone. There is only one "Brad" left, so let them chase him.
What's more, he felt that the dead apostle's escape might not be a bad thing.
If Tarvis and Geserbarune were military officers famous for fighting, trials and extermination, then Ulysses was a typical civil servant who was good at manipulation and checks and balances.
For example, he never thought that the Old Church's tireless targeting of Altluchi was a good strategy.
It would be fine if it was just a waste of the resources of the Holy Church and resulted in the sacrifice of a large number of agents, but the most important thing was that once Altluchi died, the remaining dead apostles would become a small trouble if they were completely integrated by the White Winged Prince.
After all, there are too many sewers in the world, and if they are hidden, they are actually very difficult to find.
Therefore, considering that the dead apostle killed Brad, if he were still alive, he would inevitably arouse the hostility of Altuluchi.
If we follow this line of thought, whether the other party sets up their own camp or joins Lord White Wing, it will inevitably further intensify the conflicts among the Dead Apostles.
Hey, in this world, Dead Apostles are still necessary.
Ulysses thought, after all, with the presence of evildoers, the role of the righteous would be infinitely magnified.
And with sin, they, the priests, can better perform their duties.
Sometimes, as a sober person, he would even have a rebellious idea: if one day, there were no demons, no sins, and no suffering in this world, then God... would there still be a need for him to exist?
Ah... Every time this kind of thought came to his mind, he would quickly confess and apologize.
Of course, he was religious.
To be able to reach the position of cardinal, his piety must have been recognized by the Lord.
……
But, what to do now?
Ulysses quietly watched Victor, who suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled out a blood-red sword, and blinked.
Should we inform Talvisi and the others?
……
Exposing the ability of the Principle Blood Ring basically means exposing one's own identity.
Victor knew this, of course, but there was nothing he could do.
Whether it was a coincidence or it was directed at him.
The moment Victor was hit by the baptism chant and slowed down for a second before being suddenly bitten by the opponent's knight, he knew... simply running away was not going to be that easy.
That knight is very strong.
Unlike Liz, who had a slender figure but was covered in armor and carried a huge spear and shield, the knight in front of him was a middle-aged man with a rather sturdy figure, but dressed in leather armor and a demon hunter-style windbreaker.
And the moment he rushed over, two thick arms covered with chains stretched out from under his windbreaker that was as wide as a cloak.
Wow...
Along with the harsh sound of chains rubbing against each other, the two chains instantly lit up with the sacred seal and flew out in an instant, wrapping around Victor.
At the beginning, Victor used his strengthened body to engage in physical combat. After all, he had been with a super-strong knight like Liz in the training space for so long, so he was quite confident in his physical skills. But then he discovered that the chain engraved with the sacred seal had a damn exorcism effect.
The moment his fist collided with his, a burning sensation followed by a stinging pain began to madly corrode his pale skin.
There was no way out. Victor could only pull out the scepter with great pain, and with two bangs, he forced the chain away and then moved a little distance away.
The durability of the scepter is only 61, which is actually not very high. After all, the symbolic meaning of the scepter is far greater than its practical significance. Therefore, even with the infusion of magic power, after just two collisions, a few debris have appeared on the ancient oak wood of the scepter.
He raised his bloodshot eyes, and on the surface he looked as calm as water, but in his heart he couldn't help but curse a few words in a low voice.
In this day and age, are there really any random knights equipped with this kind of conceptual weapons that have been strengthened by secrets?
Liz's conceptual weapon was mixed with the concept of "destroying". If he had guessed correctly in the brief fight just now... the opponent's chain also had a similar concept, just like a python. Once it entangled him...
Tsk, it's over.
So, as a last resort, Victor could only shake his hands and let his blood gush out, quickly condensing into a big sword in his hand.
The Blade of Desire, this is the principle he condensed through the highest level and most proficient "fluid" magic, as well as the outsider's insatiable "greed" - the manipulation of [blood].
Although this ability was considered Victor's first use in the outside world, he had used it countless times in the training space to fight Liz and Brad.
Although the former still resulted in more losses than wins, it was impossible to win against Brad in his prime.
But his understanding of his own abilities has been improving, deepening, and repeating over and over again.
In fact, after a long period of training, Victor deeply realized that his principle was not so much blood as "blood conversion."
It may be that he has used his life force to convert magic power too many times and burned his blood in exchange for power.
It may also be that the magical property of "fluid" itself also includes the concept of "flow".
Under the influence of the principle, his control over magic improved at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye, and his control over "fluids" became even more handy.
And once the manipulated fluid turned into blood, he could clearly feel that feeling.
That kind of...
The blood, through the flow...
Transform into the feeling of everything!
Chapter 32, Procrastination
Desire Blade: Blood Sword Form:
epic.
The sword of "destruction" was forged with Victor's own blood and murderous intent.
Feature 1, destructive power, consumes one's own blood enchantment, and gives the sword blade additional destructive status (level crush, level breaking edge, level heavy attack).
Feature 2, destructive strike, consumes a large amount of its own blood, and the next strike releases an explosive attack that is enough to crush the enemy (secondary crush, primary breaking front, secondary heavy strike, automatic pursuit), the power is determined by the blood consumed and the amount of magicka.
Pursuit: The blood of the enemy killed by the destructive attack will be automatically absorbed, thus releasing the next destructive attack.
Characteristic 3 (a constant characteristic of the Desire Blade, inherent in all forms of weapons), blood sucking. After killing or injuring the enemy, it automatically absorbs part of the blood to restore its own magic power.
……
As the blood-filled sword condensed, a familiar feeling quickly emerged as the blood flowed, but it was not weakness, but... a sense of security that came from strength.
He took quick and heavy steps, swung the sword horizontally and smashed it heavily to the ground, then dragged it along, speeding all the way!
The next second, he jumped up fiercely and swung the big sword he had been dragging all the way!
Wow!
The oppressive feeling brought by the dark red sword was extremely strong. The knight's chains twitched quickly and restlessly. He quickly retracted the chains and wrapped his arms layer by layer in an instant!
moment--
clang!!!!
The pouring of blood and mithril produced a crisp metallic humming sound!
Victor's giant sword chopped down with force, pressing hard on the opponent's arms.
The calm blood-red eyes met the composed black pupils.
The power is quite strong...
Frankly speaking, Victor didn't think his attributes were weaker than his opponent's. Although he didn't know the system division of the agents, nor did he know the basic attributes of the top agents, monsters like the burial organs, but...
At least in the sparring with Liz over the past few days, he was not completely crushed.
Although, even if she has not yet grown to her future height, and the requirements for a knight are not as stringent as those for an agent, now that she is qualified to lead the Knights of the Inquisition of Heretics, it means... she has at least reached the level of a first-class agent.
And now this opponent, wearing leather armor and a demon hunter style, made Victor subconsciously think that the opponent was more agile. However, the initial fight surprised Victor.
The opponent's strength was actually comparable to his.
However, it was just an accident.
Victor narrowed his eyes slightly, and saw that in the eyes of the opponent, he quickly retracted his left hand from the air and grasped the hilt of the sword that he had originally held with one hand.
The next second, blood burst out and the knight's calm face changed drastically!
boom!
