Chapter 143: Tracking Sherek! [Seeking Recommendation Votes]
This night.
Soren felt something in the darkness.
It was a wonderful feeling, a resonance brought by the divinity of death and slaughter, and at the same time, Soren sensed a sense of crisis. This indicated that someone with a similar source of power to his had descended.
“Is it Sherek?”
Soren stood at the top of the Arcane Tower, the cold wind of the night blowing his long hair. He hadn’t taken care of his hair for a long time; deities do not need such things. However, due to his saintly form, his body still maintained human metabolism. A true divine form would transform the body into an energy-based existence. Sherek’s descent was different from other deities because he had been sealed for too long and had lost his church. His arrival would be quieter, and his initial power would be weaker than that of other deities. However, the nature of slaughter easily increases power; as long as Sherek is given a little opportunity, he can quickly recover.
The power passed down from the three death deities now only has a few remaining sources.
The first source is Sherek, who was once the greatest victor but unfortunately played himself into ruin.
The second source is Klanvor, who inherited part of Sherek’s power and has existed for a long time with the assistance of Ye Ge. However, Ye Ge may not be very satisfied with him now because the outbreak of the Plague represents a significant conflict between his doctrine and those of other Undead Lords. Ye Ge’s position is very delicate; what he cares about is unpredictable.
The third source is the Demon God of Fear, who created the Demon Son of Fear and has now been completely replaced by Vivian and Lilian.
The last source is Soren’s bloodline.
That is, the unnamed hero who killed the God of Slaughter—Baal, but ultimately gave up inheriting the divine office and lived his life as a mortal. This person is the most terrifying existence, having killed countless legendary creatures, but it is hard to imagine that he would give up becoming a god at the last moment and choose to live his life as a mortal.
The divine office of slaughter was thus taken by Sherek; otherwise, the struggles of the three death deities would certainly have added another player.
The bloodline of this existence is very weak; Soren should be the only heir, and this inheritance is more due to the convergence of other powers. His initial abilities were very thin, but as death and slaughter continued, the divinity of slaughter on Soren became more and more condensed, which is itself a terrifying power derived from plundering.
“According to the trajectory of history, Sherek’s first target should be deities related to death and slaughter.”
Soren silently pondered, recalling everything from the past, muttering, “But history has already been changed by me. I am now Sherek’s number one enemy, but he probably won’t come for me so soon; thus, the number of targets he can choose from is limited.”
Although Sherek is weak, he still has the foundation of medium divine power.
If it weren’t for his own self-destruction, this evil guy would surely be a child of destiny. However, since he read the true scripture of Sherek himself, his luck plummeted. He was originally the strongest with strong divine power, but creating the true scripture of Sherek consumed a lot of his strength. It is an evil book that even a true god would be affected by reading; yet he foolishly read it himself and ultimately fell into endless self-worship. Although he later managed to recover, madness had already seeped into Sherek’s soul, and since then, his luck resembling that of a protagonist has vanished.
First, he suffered defeat repeatedly in his struggle against the God of Tyranny—Bane, then was deceived by Klanvor and Midnight, and ultimately sealed for over a thousand years, causing his church to dissipate.
“Right!”
Soren seemed to have thought of something, muttering, “The Goddess of Magic! Midnight! King of the Dead! Klanvor!”
“These two are definitely Sherek’s most hated enemies!”
“Perhaps Sherek dreams of killing them, and now while the Goddess of Magic is missing, the news of her severe injuries will surely be recognized. Klanvor is in trouble now as well; given Sherek’s hatred towards them, he will definitely find ways to deal with these two. So as long as I reveal a little trace, maybe I can find something.”
Sherek hates Klanvor most; he is one of his fated rivals, followed by the Goddess of Magic—Midnight, a being he very much wishes to take revenge on.
“If I were Sherek, what should I do now?”
Soren was accustomed to thinking in reverse. At this moment, he assumed the role of Sherek and spoke to himself, “If I were Sherek, having just broken the seal and escaped, my power would definitely be very weak. The church is essentially annihilated; under such circumstances, my strength would be at most high-level legend or above. Therefore, my first course of action would be to hide and find a way to recover my strength.”
“Well.”
“At such a time, what method should I use to recover my strength?”
“Blood sacrifice!”
“This is the most direct and quickest way to recover, allowing one to rapidly become a demigod and return to saintly form. However, to restore my current level of power, ordinary biological blood sacrifices won’t suffice. At the very least, high-level legendary beings or beings with divinity would be required.”
“If it’s such a being, then the target range shrinks significantly.”
Sherek is an evil god.
The kind of orthodox evil god.
So Sherek is different from Soren; he accepts and enjoys blood sacrifices.
To allow him to recover his power, high-level legendary beings are necessary; preferably divine beings. If the scope is narrowed down to this scale, then the targets Sherek can act against are greatly diminished.
“How to find him?”
Soren fell into deep thought, speaking to himself, “Currently, the most numerous high-level legendary beings in the material plane are liches, undead, devils, and demons. Almost all high-level legends among mortals occupy important positions; such existences are too difficult to kill and are too obvious, making it easy to expose oneself.”
High-level legends are not few in the material plane, but their statuses are very special.
Like the Eye of the North, a high-level legendary witch, but her position is the ruler of the Northern Tower. Other high-level legends are similar; either they hold important positions within divine churches or are powerful figures ruling over realms, or they are real power players within their races.
“Elves, dwarves, orcs, humans.”
Soren continued his line of thought, muttering, “These four races can be excluded. The risk of exposure is too high. Given the current environment, the most suitable are undead, demons, and devils.”
“The traces of devils are too hard to find; demons have already retreated to the Bottomless Abyss.”
“Then the undead are the biggest possibility.”
“Sherek possesses portfolios of murder, conspiracy, lies, deceit, and illusion. Murder is the evolution of death, so the likelihood of him acting on the undead is the highest.”
He suddenly became clear-minded.
Soren continued to deduce, “With Sherek’s abilities and divine office, the first step of blood sacrifice has probably succeeded. If he wants to conspire to kill a lich, there should be no one who can stop him. Therefore, he should have already at least restored his demigod strength.”
Mortals find it hard to stand against Sherek.
Currently, the material plane has many undead, and both demigod liches and divine undead are not uncommon; as long as Sherek finds one to kill, he can restore a significant amount of power.
This is something Soren could not prevent either.
Moreover, due to the portfolios of illusion, lies, and deceit, Sherek is very adept at deception and hiding, making it highly unlikely to find him.
“If he recovers to demigod strength.”
Soren continued to ponder, speaking to himself, “Then the next part is restoring true god strength. This requires more blood sacrifices, more divinity, and also a church.”
“Sherek’s church has already dissipated.”
“Then, having regained a certain level of power, he will undoubtedly recreate a church. Thus, the options available for him to choose from will decrease.”
“Either kill a certain deity and disguise himself as that deity to receive worship.”
“Or rebuild the church, which is extremely difficult; without a few hundred years, it’s impossible. Even my church was initially established through the church of the God of Half-Elves. The Spider Queen once killed a deity and then impersonated him to receive worship, only revealing the truth after completely taking control.”
“Sherek is very likely to do this.”
Divine power cannot be possessed without reason; Sherek also needs to recover step by step.
“If that is the case.”
“Which deity would Sherek choose as a target? First, this deity must not be too powerful, and secondly, he must have some connection with him, preferably related to one of his divine offices! The target of the Spider Queen’s killing was a deity of the Underdark. Hence, the range of targets Sherek could select would be much smaller.”
“With his current strength, even with schemes and tricks, he can at most kill weak to medium divine power deities.”
“Then.”
“Narrowing the range, the targets left for him to choose from are only these.”
With a wave of his hand, the map of the gods appeared before him. Currently, the gods of all races in the material plane were in his knowledge, and after excluding those who absolutely cannot be provoked, the available range was very small.
………………
At the same time.
In a dark basement, a lifeless lich shell was at the center of the altar.
Joyful light surged in Sherek’s eyes, the radiance of divinity shone upon him, and he grimaced, “What a foolish guy! Thinking that a life box can resist a deity? Truly a naive fool!”
The power of the soul was plundered, and the flames of divinity merged into his body.
Sherek absorbed the power with satisfaction, restoring himself to a demigod state. The battle against a lich is easier than imagined, especially dealing with a deity related to death, who can directly destroy the lich’s life box upon killing him. The flame of the lich’s soul turned into Sherek’s power, rapidly restoring his strength while he thought of the next target.
However, for some reason, he suddenly felt a bit uneasy at this moment!
……………… (To be continued ~^~)
