RNP Chapter 188 Sacrificing to the Demon
Chapter 188 Sacrificing to the Demon
Chapter 188 Sacrificing to the Demon
Klein, inside the "Source Castle," was completely dumbfounded when he saw the "Wriggling Hunger" on Raphael's hand.
Because "Crawling Hunger" had already been stolen by Amon in their previous encounter.
The next instant, Klein immediately became alert. He used "True Sight" to look around but did not see Amon's clone.
Why then did "the hunger of the creeping creatures" end up in Raphael's hands?
Even if he racked his brains, he would never have imagined that this was Raphael's reward for helping Amon's clone come up with a plan to take revenge on the "Goddess of the Night".
Klein regained his composure; as long as Amon wasn't around, there was nothing to worry about.
Then he recalled that Amon's original body had said that he knew Raphael and that Raphael had a talent for pranks.
The next second, Klein realized: this was Amon's prank!
When this matter was being discussed, Amon's true form realized that he, Klein, knew Raphael, which is why Amon gave "Crawling Hunger" to Raphael—not for any other reason than to scare him.
Klein quietly breathed a sigh of relief; he had indeed been frightened for a moment.
Then he listened attentively to Raphael's prayer and learned that the other man hoped to retrieve the extraordinary characteristics of that "vengeful spirit" from the ruins in the near future.
Klein is currently in the "Forsaken Land," so he definitely can't be of any help.
However, he had already planned that if Raphael needed the help of a demigod, he could issue a quest to "The Hermit" Cattleya to help Raphael acquire traits.
If a demigod isn't absolutely necessary, the members of Tarot in Backlund, except for "Judgment," are all Sequence 5 now, which should be enough.
So Klein conjured up Dawn Dantes and, in Dawn's image, said, "Fool who does not belong to this age—respected fool," sir, please tell Raphael Collins that I have very important business to attend to and cannot return to Backlund.
"But I won't go back on my promise of the reward. I can find someone to help him acquire the special ability, but I need to know more details to find a suitable candidate."
After saying that, Klein projected the image onto the star that belonged to Raphael.
Backland West.
Raphael received a response from Mr. Fool in the study. Just as Raphael had expected, Dawn Dantes was now in the "Forsaken Land" and unable to provide the promised help.
He thought for a moment and then briefly explained what he knew.
In that underground ruin, there seems to be a Sequence 4 level monster. This monster once severely damaged the family that provided the clues, but because almost everyone who explored that place died, there is no specific information about this monster, only a general idea.
Fortunately, this monster is not very active; the family explored seven times before encountering it once.
Other dangers are not as high-level. For example, frequently losing one's sense of direction may at most lead to getting lost. Or, some areas may suddenly have strange rules, but as long as you figure them out, there will be no danger. Other dangers include flames suddenly appearing or evil spirits appearing.
These dangers can be dealt with by extraordinary beings in the "middle sequence".
Raphael could probably handle it on his own now, but it would still be somewhat dangerous. It would be safer if he had a few Sequence 5s to help him.
Inside "Yuanbao".
After hearing Raphael's description, Klein decided to send Audrey and Fors to help Raphael.
Since Audrey had already informed "the world" through prayer that Raphael knew she knew Hugh and Fors, he could have easily asked them to offer help.
Then Klein was in the "Source Castle," ready to help them defend against dangers at the demigod level.
This arrangement is the most cost-effective, since it's not easy to repay favors from demigods.
This, of course, exposes the fact that Dawn Dantes, Audrey, Fors, and Hugh are part of the same organization.
But it doesn't matter. If we continue to keep in touch with Raphael, he'll find out about this sooner or later anyway, so there's no need to hide it.
Klein then created the image of Dawn Dantes again, indicating that he would ask two Sequence 5s for help, and promised to ask Mr. Fool for high-level assistance.
Backland West.
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After receiving Dawn Dantes' promise in the study, Raphael felt that having two Sequence 5 level helpers would be sufficient.
He first thanked Mr. Fool, and then finalized with Dawn Dantes that the exploration would take place after the New Year. Then he wondered if he should also find a Sequence 5 to help him, lest the two Sequence 5s that Dawn found be tempted by money.
After thinking for a while, he decided to ask Emlyn White in a few days if he had time.
Next, Raphael focused his main efforts on digesting the potion.
When Raphael returned from the underground ruins, he learned that the "Mechanic" company had received two more orders.
Therefore, he has no shortage of opportunities to take on the role.
After carefully confirming the specific information of the two targets, Raphael quickly drafted an assassination plan.
However, unlike before, before this assassination, Raphael set up an altar, prayed to the demon, and promised to sacrifice the soul of the person he was going to kill.
The altar is not complicated. In the center is a pattern with ram's horns and a pentagram. On the front and back sides of the pattern are two candles, one representing the object of prayer and the other representing oneself.
Because this is a sacrificial ceremony, two concentric circles are drawn on one side of the altar, and mysterious symbols are written between the concentric circles, which is where the offerings are placed.
Moreover, once the ritual begins and Raphael kills the target, the target's spirit will fly towards Raphael on its own.
All that's needed is to place the spirit into those two concentric circles, and the process of sacrificing it to the high-level demon is complete.
If a high-ranking demon is satisfied with Raphael's offering, it will inform Raphael of the demon or the corresponding symbol, so that Raphael will have a clear target when he makes another sacrifice.
After sacrificing himself three times, Raphael can use his own blood to draw corresponding symbols in times of crisis, and the high-ranking demon will descend in a phantom form to provide Raphael with some assistance.
The more souls sacrificed, the stronger the assistance provided by the higher-level demons.
This is some of the knowledge Raphael gained after being promoted to "serial killer".
Just as he was thinking this, Raphael realized that the "Wriggling Hunger" on his hand was going to praise the "True Creator" in Raphael's mental world. Raphael was now a divine messenger of the Aurora Society and didn't care much about such things, so he "let" the "Wriggling Hunger" go.
A black phantom appeared in Raphael's mental world.
That was the spirit of "creeping hunger," which took a deep breath and could finally praise "the Lord" to its heart's content.
Its previous two owners were a mix of two people: one often used mushrooms to scare it, and the other would steal its thoughts whenever it wanted to praise its "master".
The new owner, however, did not; instead, he opened up his mental world, allowing him to lavish praise upon himself.
The black phantom opened its arms and said devoutly and fervently, "Praise be to you, Creator of all things—"
Just then, a figure radiating holy light and with a compassionate expression suddenly appeared in front of the black phantom.
This is a remnant of "God's" spirit, who slaps the black phantom across the face: "How dare you praise such a false god before me!"
The black phantom, nearly vanished from the blow, said gratefully, "I won't do it again!"
For the spirits of the "secret prayer" path, the spiritual remnants of "God" have a natural sense of oppression.
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