Chapter 154: Lady of Calamity
2014-12-28
Author: Floating Tower (诸生浮屠)
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This is a very clever response.
While the Goddess of Misfortune cannot bring luck to people, she can indeed bring calamity. Therefore, many people worship and try to please this goddess out of fear, praying that they will not be troubled by misfortune or asking the Goddess of Misfortune to punish their enemies. In ancient times, there was a goddess of luck who simultaneously governed both fortune and misfortune, but this powerful deity fell for certain reasons. However, from her dismembered body, two new goddesses were born.
These two goddesses are the Goddess of Luck with medium divine power and the Goddess of Misfortune!
It is said that the Goddess of Luck inherited all of her predecessor’s capricious nature, which is why good fortune arrives unexpectedly and is often unpredictable. The Goddess of Misfortune inherited the stunning beauty of her predecessor; legends say that all the men who have seen the Goddess of Misfortune either d*e from their own lust or desperately try to fulfill her every whimsical demand. There are even tales that any woman who sees the true form of the Goddess of Misfortune will immediately fall into madness.
Hence, this goddess is also referred to as the Lady of Calamity.
Priests of the Lady of Calamity often double as thieves, assassins, and bards, and can advance to become special Luckbringers.
Among the troublesome female deities, the most famous are the Twin Goddesses, referring to the Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Misfortune. A notable counterpart is the well-known Spider Queen. Overall, the most difficult to deal with is still the Spider Queen because only the combined unpredictability of the Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Misfortune can qualify them to stand alongside the Spider Queen.
The Goddess of Misfortune is equivalent to half of the Spider Queen.
Thus, the current misfortune priest is equivalent to half of the Rose Priest.
Soren took a quick glance. He looked at the slender waist of the other party. The favored weapon of the Goddess of Misfortune is the artifact, Unlucky Fate, which is a special nine-tailed whip. Therefore, many priests of the Lady of Calamity are proficient in using whips. Soren couldn’t understand why each of these goddesses seems to be obsessed with whips.
The Succubus Queen wields the artifact, Lover’s Whip (unknown), the Lady of Torment wields the artifact, Tormentor’s Messenger (nine-tailed whip), the Lady of Calamity wields the artifact, Unlucky Fate (nine-tailed whip), and the Spider Queen wields the artifact, Wrath of Destruction (Snakehead Whip)!…
If there’s a goddess wielding a whip, you better watch out.
They are combat-oriented among the goddesses, and many gods have died at their hands. The Succubus Queen has killed two generations of Abyss Lords, and the Lady of Torment has taken out numerous weaker deities. The Lady of Calamity killed the God of Wanderers, and the Spider Queen has bl**d on her hands, with the number of gods who have died at her hands nearing double digits!
Soren was very wary of the priest before him.
He does not believe in fate but does believe a lot in luck.
A single stroke of good luck can pull you from the brink of d*ath, while a single stroke of misfortune can plunge you into the Bottomless Abyss!
So he quickly offered a sacrifice and then recited his prayer; during chaotic times, the Twin Goddesses were known for fighting amongst themselves. Generally, no one was foolish enough to provoke them, as these sisters would decide their own fates. If the Goddess of Misfortune had not started seeking allies, it’s likely that other gods would not have been dragged into this battle concerning luck. Anyway, these two goddesses possess very peculiar divine powers, and sometimes even those with strong divine power can have their luck affected.
However.
In any case, these two goddesses are famously desirable allies; despite their capricious nature, it’s still wise to gain favor when the opportunity arises.
Even if it doesn’t improve luck, it’s still a way of spending money to avert disaster!
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The woman with somewhat enchanting eyes gazed at Soren. She lowered her head to look at the Gind in her palm, slightly parted her lips. Then she placed the emblem representing the Goddess of Misfortune on Soren’s forehead. With a playful tone, she said, “The goddess has taken away your misfortune, but you need to offer more sacrifices to express your sincerity and gain the blessing of the Goddess of Misfortune.”
The blessing of the Goddess of Misfortune!?
When Soren heard these words, he froze momentarily, looking up in surprise at the other party.
A priest bold enough to say such a thing is not simple!
The blessing of a deity is a special augmenting power, requiring at least a bishop-level priest to represent a deity in granting blessings because they possess a specialty in Divine Power. Bishops are nearly legendary level priests, while legendary priests can also invoke minor divine power, so it’s astonishing for this misfortune priest to dare say such a thing. Doesn’t she have a status equivalent to that of a bishop in the church of the Goddess of Misfortune?
But she doesn’t look like a legendary priest?
The enchanting woman continued to look at Soren with an amused expression, seeming to find it interesting. When she saw Soren hesitate, she appeared displeased as she began to withdraw her hand, preparing to move on. Soren paused, then quickly grabbed her, grit his teeth, and pulled out various gemstones and gold coins from the dimensional bag, at least more than ten pieces of gemstones, all set aside for alchemy purposes, worth at least a thousand Gind in total. Upon seeing these sparkling gems, a smile returned to the enchanting woman’s face.
She naturally accepted these offerings and threw a glance towards Soren, but he was still feeling a bit pain from the loss and failed to notice it.
Helplessly.
The enchanting woman had to tiptoe; there was a slight height difference – she was only about 1.65 meters tall. This woman kissed Soren’s forehead first, then the side of his face, and then leaned close to his ear and whispered in secret, “The Goddess of Misfortune has begun to pay attention to your enemies! You have earned the goddess’s blessing with your sincerity!…”
The emblem shimmered with a faint light.
It was a spiritual light that was invisible to the n*ked eye, but Soren still caught a glimpse.
The enchanting woman seemed to have no intention of lingering; after collecting all the gems, she satisfaction walked ahead, inexplicably glancing at Princess Anna before she left.
She left directly without anyone daring to stop her.
The name of the Lady of Calamity is not to be taken lightly!
Perhaps out of fear of misfortune, others did not dare to approach Soren; the guards didn’t even stop him and let him pass without questions. The Lady of Calamity is notoriously vengeful; her priests are already few. Anyone daring to act against her priests would surely face retribution, and now even Soren had benefitted slightly from that; the guards were less willing to question him.
Princess Anna’s expression was fairly calm.
She blinked her beautiful big eyes, came closer to Soren, and whispered, “It looks like she’s really a high-level priest of the Goddess of Misfortune! You definitely won’t encounter misfortune in the future!”
“Our luck is really good.”
“The priests of the Twin Goddesses are quite rare! I was blessed by a priest of the Goddess of Luck when I was very young! But I never encountered them again afterwards!”
Soren couldn’t help but pause for a moment.
Then he furrowed his brow slightly, grabbed Princess Anna beside him, and walked forward while speaking in a low voice, “You’ve been blessed by a priest of the Goddess of Luck?”
“Yeah.” The girl nodded matter-of-factly, then smiled, “It seems like my sister specially invited her. What a coincidence. And now you’ve also been blessed by a priest of the Goddess of Misfortune.”
Wait a minute.
Princess Anna’s slightly delayed brain finally caught up. She murmured, “Goddess of Misfortune? Goddess of Luck?”
The two quickened their pace.
In this world, there are some customs that are nearly ubiquitous, such as when a newborn reaches adulthood, there’s usually a prayer to many deities for blessings. These deities aren’t just benevolent beings; there are also evil existences like the Goddess of Misfortune. Parents will offer sacrifices to seek blessings for their children to gain good fortune while praying that misfortune does not befall them. This is a faith filled with awe. However, if a priest of a certain deity is present during such a ritual, the other parts of the ritual will be canceled, as the domains of deities overlap.
Therefore, if a priest of the Goddess of Luck is present, there absolutely will not be a ritual to offer sacrifices to the Goddess of Misfortune.
They could no longer find any trace of the enchanting woman ahead. Soren and Princess Anna couldn’t locate her at all; she just walked into the crowd and quickly disappeared.
“Um.”
Princess Anna’s expression was a bit hesitant, murmuring, “That shouldn’t mean anything, right? It could just be a coincidence?”
“Though the Goddess of Misfortune isn’t considered benevolent, she can indeed grant blessings…”
Soren seemed a bit silent.
If all of this was merely coincidence, he himself couldn’t determine that. Because so many people just happened to stop right in front of him. The Goddess of Misfortune and the Goddess of Luck have fought for thousands of years. If Princess Anna had indeed been blessed by the Goddess of Luck, then she definitely possessed a spark of lucky aura, which Soren could not see. But that priest of the Goddess of Misfortune could certainly see it. Perhaps it was merely a coincidence that she happened to pass by here, but her action of granting Soren a blessing seemed more than just a whimsical coincidence.
What is her ultimate goal?
Heroic luck, lucky aura, misfortune blessing…
Soren checked his status data and indeed found that a new specialty had appeared; it was a special background-type specialty.
——Blessing of the Goddess of Misfortune!
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“Blessing of the Goddess of Misfortune [Special Specialty]: You have received the blessing of the Lady of Calamity; your luck will not drop below the average level, and you will be immune to any spells that bring misfortune, such as Calamity Spells, Misfortune Spells, and so on. At the same time, your enemies will fall under the gaze of the Goddess of Misfortune; they will suffer a 1-point misfortune penalty on any checks they make. These checks include attack rolls, hit rolls, dodging, saving throws, and so on.”
[Note: You have entered the most unpredictable sight of the Goddess of Misfortune, pray for your fortune! Good luck, unlucky guy!] (To be continued ~^~)
