Super Righteous Player
Chapter 666 - 207 Reversing the Path of Degeneration_1

Chapter 666: Chapter 207 Reversing the Path of Degeneration_1

"The Dorgoruki family?"

Annan murmured in a low voice, "Are they the only ones involved with the fallen?"

"To be precise, they are the only ones whose evidence we have obtained,"

Longjing Tea explained calmly, "Of course, it doesn’t rule out the possibility where the Northern Union has chosen to have only them come forward. If that’s the case, then I believe they’ve prepared themselves to be cut off. Striking at this point might not spread to the entire North Lands."

"Scapegoats, huh..."

Annan sneered, "I’m not going to care about that."

In his right hand, he held a scepter, sitting in front of a floor-length mirror.

In front of him danced a feather pen, which was taking notes on the "meeting content" by itself. It was similar to the Decree Spell once used in Joseph Backer’s bakery, which worked under the presumption "You are already a bag of ripe flour, you should think about how to bake yourself into bread."

This spell was called "Echo Servant," a basic-level Decree Spell, which even a wizard apprentice could use.

Its former name was "Action Replay," which was as easy as Longjing Tea’s spell that could be used to cosplay Ash’s "Dodge away!"

—In fact, this spell was originally created for investigation purposes.

It can bypass the limitations imposed by the School of Prophets and Schools based on idols towards retrocognition abilities—that is, it doesn’t try to peep into "what happened in the past," but directly has the items at the crime scene repeat the recent events themselves.

But later, with further development in Ritual Studies, this tricky problem was also solvable with simpler rituals.

It was slightly modified—the underlying logic was changed to "repeat the actions of the item’s owner." For instance, Backer only needs to perform a series of actions once; immediately using this spell afterward, they would mechanically repeat the work following Backer’s logic.

This spell was applied to industry, and that’s why the prices of firearms and glass are relatively low today—the effect of an "assembly line" was indirectly achieved using this spell... Only a few wizard apprentices are needed to repeat the same set of actions all day.

Though the Holy Nation has invented the concept of a "machine tool," hiring wizard apprentices is still cheaper for factory owners in other countries—and even within the Holy Nation itself.

Becoming a Transcendent isn’t easy.

But if one only aims to be a wizard apprentice—or to learn just one or two spells, that is not so difficult. If one is smart enough, it could even be possible to learn quickly within a few months.

Because they aren’t planning to study spells in depth.

Principles, Transcendents... they don’t care at all, just learning a specific spell is enough for them.

The Wizard’s Tower certainly wouldn’t recruit such apprentices.

But formally trained wizards who graduated from the Wizard’s Tower do have the capability to take on apprentices—as we could see from the students murdered by Benjamin, many come to the Wizard’s Tower to study simply to earn money.

Therefore, it’s entirely possible that "the money he offers is just too much" scenarios occur.

For the Winter Principality that lacks labor force, many local factories and farms maintain operation through this method. Although this spell can only replace the simplest mechanical labor, it boasts of high precision.

And the Winter Principality has further developed this spell—using golem technology for optimization.

For example, the magic pen in front of Annan that "carries the soul of a clerk" and the magical armor made with the "soul of a guardian."

Of course... the real Transcendents would know that it’s just a gimmick to fool nobles.

—Because mortals don’t have souls to speak of.

In actuality, it is a curse object created by a complex logic optimization. It can transform "designated conversations" into text.

In some ways, it could be considered a primitive form of programming... its effect is similar to an artificial intelligence that converts speech to text.

It can be said that the technology tree of this world is frighteningly skewed. On one hand, the internal combustion engine had just been lit up—and it was Annan who did it in person—while on the other hand they had already developed programming, artificial humans, artificial intelligence...

This thing was also a gift that Annan had prepared for Salvatore and Kafney.

It was considered a specialty of the Winter Principality.

At least only the nobility of Winter could afford it.

Longjing tea was flipping through his notes while reading slowly so that Annan could jot it down, "The organization that the Dorgoruki family is part of... which is the Northern Union you mentioned... they refer to themselves internally as the Brotherhood of the Far North."

"Hmm, keep going," Annan said heavily.

"You can speak a bit faster if you have something to say."

"The thing you wrote on the document... they chose the path of the fallen because there is a clear method to break away from it. What does this refer to?"

Annan lay curled up in his chair.

Longjing tea had also used the "Reflecting Mirror of Friends" ceremony.

Annan had taught it to Longjing tea as an advance payment.

Although Longjing tea, who had studied at the Heath Tower of Black, could also perform Salvatore’s "messenger ritual," directly sending a letter through the ceremony to Annan,

Considering the possibility of information being lost in transmission, he still chose to use this ceremony and then explain it carefully to Annan by voice, to ensure that Annan received the intelligence they had interrogated accurately.

—There’s no denying it was a very leader-like move.

Just sending a "text message" or an "email" didn’t seem reliable enough for Longjing tea. He had to make a phone call or summon people to converse face to face to ensure accuracy.

And even when he himself became a corporate slave, serving other leaders—like Annan—Longjing tea still held this belief...

However, this time, Annan could choose to disable the visual and auditory permissions of the other party.

Even though Salvatore could see Annan when using this ceremony... that was because Annan knew that Salvatore, having not seen him for a long time, missed him.

He did not believe that Longjing tea wanted to see him.

You guys don’t really miss me, you’re just craving for the missions I post.jpg

And when Longjing tea had called, Annan had already changed into his pajamas, half-asleep and half-awake—he was too lazy to get dressed and simply turned on audio permission, using the "Tyrant" to wake himself up.

Longjing tea could only hear the rustling sounds of writing from his end, completely oblivious to the fact that Annan hadn’t lifted a finger...

"In simple terms, the Brotherhood of the Far North learned a key ceremony from them—a ceremony that could completely reverse the path of corruption."

"...Hmm?" Annan suddenly woke up at this: "Reverse the path of corruption? That’s impossible—"

He thought of Kafney.

If there really was such a technology...

Longjing tea replied, "It’s a brand-new technology, currently still in the experimental stage.

"Simply put... if a sufficient amount of gold can purify the curse within a soul; then it might be possible to purify a soul that has fallen if one could create gold with a purity exceeding 100%."