Super Righteous Player
Chapter 589 - 130 Sadako plus_1

Chapter 589: Chapter 130 Sadako plus_1

"Blueprints, huh? This nesting doll of a nightmare."

Husky, who realized belatedly, exclaimed with admiration, "There’s even a mechanism for multiple people detection."

Shi San Xiang, who had just finished speaking and was parched, nearly spat out his tea.

"Damn multiple people detection mechanism... This is clearly a nightmare detection mechanism," he retorted.

According to the information provided by players on the forum, the higher-ups of this world did not all choose to become Transcendents in a rash decision—precisely because of the ’nightmare’ mechanism, which could potentially leak critical secrets after death.

—But this particular nightmare was something else.

A big shot had predicted beforehand that after "someone" died, the experiences in the coal-gray wastelands would become a nightmare.

So he directly set up this ritual involving "mirrors," "Cycle," and the "Philosopher’s Stone"—

"The ritual creates a symmetrical mirror relationship through the rooms on the left and right sides, as well as the two dreams Frederick had. It’s a ritual related to the domain of ’mirror.’ Before a person becomes a deity of the mirror domain, it is a ritual belonging to the public domain, similar to that of ’blade,’ and thus is usable by everyone," Annan explained to Delicious Wind Goose.

If Delicious Wind Goose could advance further on the path of being a Ritualist, it would be a good thing for him and the other players as well.

"However, in the next step... the ’circular’ architectural shape forms a ritual plate that signifies ’Cycle.’ Frederick’s two dreams are like a ring, which is both ’symmetrical’ and ’cyclical.’ By this ritual that spans time, it can likewise borrow power across time.

"Because he had prepared the Ritual Plate in the ’past,’ and completed the ritual in the ’present.’ Following the rules of the cycle, he could borrow the power of the future mirror person.

"To achieve this, he had to be certain that in the not too distant ’future,’ there would be a deity governing the domain of the mirror. Otherwise, by the rule of ’Cycle,’ the ritual would fall back onto him—he would have to pay the curse required to create this overlapping nightmare himself.

"But because he saw the future, or simply guessed right, according to the principle of the cycle, a portion of the mirror person’s power was drawn into him.

"’The Philosopher’s Stone’ is immutable. It does not produce ’force’ of the mundane when in contact with any material but returns it to perfect form. Hence, nothing can destroy it... but any attack on it becomes stronger.

"In other words, this ’perfection’ is flowing from a higher place to a lower place, from the perfect to the imperfect."

This nightmare, named "Phantom Heat" by Annan, was essentially a siphon.

It itself was a ritual—as long as the nightmare was not terminated, the power of the mirror person would continuously be lost.

"Rituals to steal the power of deities aren’t particularly rare; it’s just that you wouldn’t normally use them, so it’s normal that you don’t know about them.

"All rituals that use the ’Philosopher’s Stone’ as a symbol and are directly connected to a certain deity are borrowing power directly from that deity."

And it wasn’t just the concept of the "Philosopher’s Stone."

Annan had mentioned before—almost all rituals are essentially "illegal prayers," it’s just that they ask for different things.

If one compares followers to acquaintances, and clergy to close friends and family, then a Ritualist is like someone who, although completely unknown and never before seen, crashes a stranger’s wedding feast and eats and drinks lavishly.

As long as they keep quiet and don’t overdo it, deities typically don’t bother. And usually, Ritualists would offer up, paying a "share" with cursed materials as toll money for paving the way.

But a deity with a quick temper, or one who happens to be in a bad mood, or if the Ritualist borrows too much—deities can track back through the connections formed by the ritual and directly attack the soul of the Ritualist.

—That is also why, even when the ritual is executed correctly, it can still fail.

Naturally, "using the ’Philosopher’s Stone’ as a symbol to channel curses from the relatively perfect deities into the relatively imperfect humans" is something deities can refuse or outright counter.

In the False God factions, this would be a high-level Divine Art under the category of invocation of Divine Arts.

But Tricino knew the deities all too well.

He built the ritual from the past, transferring the power of the future deity to the person of the past—at that time, the mirror person had not yet been born, and naturally, could not refuse.

Thus, after the ritual was completed, Tricino could be regarded as a saint of the people in the mirror. And he was the kind that could freeload.

This meant... after the people in the mirror became gods, they must first repay the overdraft bills accumulated over the past decade using Pope Tricino’s "credit card."

"The Ritualist can actually achieve this extent!"

Seal away the Dream Purifier from the future or directly borrow... or rather, steal power from the gods.

The eyes of Delicious Wind Goose sparkled with a thirst for knowledge.

Annan immediately stopped his suicidal intent, "It’s not a question of whether you can do it, but whether you should do it—’Dream Eater’ Tricino Seti can maintain his autonomy and wasn’t killed on the spot by the people in the mirror because he has another identity, the Pope that belongs to the Tragic Writer."

What is called "identity", what is called "position".

Although Tricino is a Pope always ready to rebel.

But after all, he hasn’t rebelled yet.

The Tragic Writer may be powerful, but His personality makes Him utterly untrustworthy.

—"Someone who can cheerfully watch their own house burn, what are they incapable of doing? Tricino has been planning to betray for more than a decade, yet He has never stopped it."

Annan was certain that if the Tragic Writer threatened Tricino with a word or two, he would most likely immediately abandon his plans.

But it was precisely the Tragic Writer’s tacit consent that made Tricino complete the ritual to steal divine power but hesitate to act.

Therefore, Pope Benjamin personally came here.

If you dare not act, let the original master come and do it.

The people in the mirror were once the strongest Wizards, capable of creating a top-tier cursed item like the Stilled Time’s Gramophone even before the sublimation ritual. In the realm of the Transcendents, it was undoubtedly the true peak.

But as gods, without the Book of Truth and the holy relics, They were still lacking in some ways.

Although the rank had indeed risen, and attributes and skills were all there, the lack of one or two talent trees had a significant impact.

Especially "Tragic Writer," who, despite clearly belonging to the domain of Yawen, could still maintain autonomy and not become a top-tier False God under Yawen... even the people in the mirror would not want to have a direct confrontation with Him.

But the people in the mirror did not plan to continue letting Tricino freeload indefinitely—

"Tell that lad."

At that moment, Benjamin’s voice suddenly came from Delicious Wind Goose, "The exit of the first layer of the nightmare is in room 206. If you both go there and sleep in room 206, you can wake up from the first layer of the nightmare."

Annan and Delicious Wind Goose were both momentarily stunned.

Then they realized that Benjamin’s voice was coming from the eyes of Delicious Wind Goose.

Using the "pupils" of Delicious Wind Goose as mirrors, he was spying on the things reflected in Delicious Wind Goose’s eyes.

Delicious Wind Goose was immediately startled.

All the players who saw this scene realized... if Benjamin wanted to.

Could he even come out through anyone’s "eyes"?!

"Holy shit!"

The Wandering Child blurted out:

"—Sadako plus!"