Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1023 - 81 You, Annan, Are Already Unrivaled in the World.jpg

Chapter 1023: Chapter 81 You, Annan, Are Already Unrivaled in the World.jpg

Indeed, it was true.

Annan nodded in agreement.

If this item had been made by Salvatore, it would likely be called something like "Salvatore School Storage Light Ring" or similar.

It sounded pretty rustic.

Since Salvatore had given up his naming rights, it probably meant that the ring was indeed made by his senior sister personally.

And Salvatore’s greatest effort was probably to release his senior sister...

...Indeed, that must also have been tough. After all, it would have increased his erosion degree.

Yet, this "I will go all out in slacking off" attitude, always made Annan feel somewhat strange.

"It’s not like that at all!"

Salvatore said with a forced calm, "After all, my craftsmanship might be a little inferior, but my brain works much better! Vatore doesn’t understand you as well as I do... You need to know that the specific functions and principles of this ring, I conceived afterwards and proposed to her!"

To put it simply, so you were only responsible for writing the requirements, right.

No wonder there is no trace of your involvement even in the equipment description...

"Eh?"

Annan suddenly realized something, "Have you started calling her Vatore too?"

He remembered that he himself had come up with the name "Vatore." It meant "half of Salvatore," mainly to distinguish from "Saul."

As everyone knows, no matter how long or strange the nicknames are coined, they would eventually evolve in the mouths of teammates into nicknames or abbreviations that had only two syllables...

Even if only one character from the name could be recognized, it would turn into something like ’Big A’ or ’Brother X.’

And Annan using the nickname "Senior Sister Vatore" for the shadow somewhat unexpectedly fit the original meaning of the Curse Binding—handing over everything "unnecessary" of Salvatore to the demons within the egg.

But Vatore was after all nameless shadow, a yet-to-be-hatched demon. She couldn’t possibly have a name of her own.

Even Salvatore himself only referred to her as "Shadow."

Yet, it was unknown when, but Saul had started calling her Vatore as well.

Was this an acknowledgment of her?

Or did it mean that Salvatore had finally accepted her existence... not merely as a part of some "failure punishment?"

"...Let’s not talk about that! That’s not important!"

Salvatore’s expression stiffened, and he coughed to change the subject, "This ring also has many other features... For example, considering you might not have the ability to purify curses, I added an ’Effective Curse Dispersion’ to it. It can directly dispel and release any disturbance of rituals, weakening, or control by transcendent abilities beyond resistance—such as ’Bookbind Shackles’—that bind you.

"Because the caster is not considered as you, but as the ring itself. So even if you are prohibited from casting spells, it can help you break free from control... Generally speaking, no one would specifically silence a ring.

"And before, when you told me about fighting Demon Dragon Nicholas, I thought... you seemed to lack some real offensive capability. So I spent over a dozen days rifling through the entire Heath Tower of Black’s spell archive, recording hundreds of spells with direct offensive capabilities... until I found the one most suitable for you.

"Silver-tier shaping spell ’Illusionary Shaping·Intense Heat Ray’. Although it’s only a silver-tier spell, its essence is ’converting light into heat’. The stronger the light, the stronger the invisible heat flow that can be transformed... I remember you have the Radiant Element, so through the conversion of this spell, you can also be considered to have the ’fire’ or ’high temperature’ element.

"If you encounter an enemy like Nicholas again, you won’t be as passive!"

Salvatore said excitedly.

Annan paused for a moment.

"...Scoured the entire spell storage of the Heath Tower of Black?"

"No way around it, I just started off on the wrong foot."

Salvatore was oblivious to Annan’s complex feelings and simply went on with his explanation. "Due to the ring’s size, it determines that the energy it can store inside couldn’t possibly be very much. So even if it were used to release spells, it couldn’t release extremely powerful destruction spells.

"I once considered storing transformation spells, converting light into some highly damaging material. But as I pursued this direction for nearly a week, I suddenly realized—if you lack the relevant knowledge and can’t control or reverse your transformations, then you’d be harmed by them just the same.

"Fortunately, I found it in the end. Since it’s a shaping spell, it doesn’t change the essence of the target. When released, it’s still categorized as a ’beam of light,’ which would be suppressed by your Radiant Element, so it wouldn’t hurt you... and as a Guided Spell, the ’light’ stored in the ring only serves to initiate the spell.

"You can always fill it with Elemental Power of corresponding strength depending on the situation—this can also be a way for you to release your elements.

"Considering if you encounter a barrier that even high heat can’t penetrate. Then why not try sound—if the other party chooses to stay in their defensive position and confront you, then it’s likely you’re in an argument.

"At that time, you can use ’Decree: Dissolution’ on them. This Decree Spell itself doesn’t deal damage, it doesn’t affect the body or the soul, so it can bypass many protective spells—like protection against insta-death, soul barriers, and so on.

"This is a rather niche and high-level Gold-tier spell. Its damage comes from the persona. Once this spell hits, you can temporarily inject your values into the opponent’s persona, ignoring their defenses. If you’re a good person, then under the invasion of your values, the opponent’s soul will instinctively judge their own persona as the ’foreign object’ and reject the conflicting parts.

"By the time the spell’s effect ends, the opponent’s persona will be riddled with holes. Then, your persona itself can directly dissolve them."

"...Compared to Decree Spells, it’s more like a Soul Snatching Spell."

Annan commented.

Isaac, who was nearby, explained, "This is an ancient spell. Back then, there was no distinction between the Soul Snatching School and the Decree School. So what you’re saying does make sense."

"Furthermore, the most critical point—I must proudly introduce to you the most precious aspect of this ring."

Salvatore’s voice rose with excitement. "It took quite a bit of effort..."

"It was I who expended quite a bit of effort."

His persona, Vatore, interjected.

"Alright, under my guidance, Vatore expended quite a bit of effort, and we added a Gold-tier School of Prophets spell ’Death Omen’ to this ring."

"...Hmm?"

Hugo froze in place, and Isaac’s eyes widened.

"That spell..."

"Death Omen" is one of the most powerful spells from the School of Prophets, originally exclusive to centaurs.

It consumes very little energy and once cast, it can last for seven days. The effect of this spell is to automatically trigger another effect "before the destiny of death arrives."

It’s somewhat similar to the silver-tier Prophet spell "Trigger Spells." But this spell itself cannot be nullified, and it doesn’t wait to activate after "set conditions" occur, leading to situations like "corpses falling from the sky."

Instead, it activates before the initial conditions even begin to take effect!

Simply put, if a conflict arises with someone which would eventually lead to your death—this spell doesn’t activate when you’re about to be killed, but before the conflict happens, or even before you meet the person, changing the fate itself.

This is why, once centaurs hide, they are impossible to find...

If you truly possess the ability to defeat a centaur, then the moment you decide to look for one, you won’t be able to find any of them at all.

"Of course, this spell actually works best in conjunction with Prophet spells. This way, when it triggers, you can use a Prophet spell to glimpse what would have happened... Although you haven’t mastered Prophet spells, Annan, you’re very smart, so I think you can figure it out.

"With the protection of this spell, you’ll always have the upper hand—so I believe there’s no way you could possibly die."

Salvatore declared confidently, "With this ring that I’ve carefully designed for you, no one will be able to kill you. You are invincible!"

"Thank you very much, but let’s not jinx it with that kind of flag..."

Annan said helplessly.