Chapter 155: Telepathy?
2014-12-28
Author: Floating Tower
Soren truly obtained the Blessing specialty.
Soren’s gaze was fixed on the crowd, but unfortunately, he could no longer see the figure of that woman.
“Who exactly is she?”
The blessing ceremony seemed far too simple, didn’t it?
Just a kiss on the forehead, then a kiss on the cheek, and saying a few words to complete it? Soren remembered when he once received the blessings from the Spider Queen and the Goddess of Wealth; both ceremonies didn’t seem that simple. The blessing ceremony from the Spider Queen was performed by Priest Rose, and there were some evil and forbidden rituals that pleased the Spider Queen. Only after completing this relatively depraved ritual would the Spider Queen bestow her blessing on the target. (She must feel pleased.)
The Goddess of Wealth was a bit simpler; either you made a corresponding contribution or devoted a significant amount of money.
Godly blessings are not as powerful as imagined, but they are certainly not weak. The most basic enhancement is the bonus to saving throws, and most deities can grant an additional +1 bonus to checks. Then, depending on their divine profession abilities, there are additional bonuses after the blessing. For example, Soren now received immunity to misfortune. The Goddess of Wealth grants trade bonuses and certain priests’ trade benefits; the Church of Wealth has significant control over trade.
The most powerful deity blessings are rare, which can additionally increase one’s attributes.
What Soren remembered most vividly was the blessing of the Succubus Queen, which could increase attributes by an extra 2-4 points and provide an additional +4 Bonus to any saving throw, including attack, hit, evasion, and fortitude due to the special [Defilement] bonus. This special blessing was called ‘Queen’s Kiss.’ However, its cost was also exceedingly high, after all, pleasing the Succubus Queen is much more difficult than pleasing the Spider Queen. The Defilement bonuses also come at a price. The Spider Queen’s blessing has Defilement bonuses, requiring evil and depraved rituals. [Holy Blessing, Defilement Ritual]
I don’t even know why!
Blessings granted by evil gods have significantly higher bonuses, while those from good gods have very few, unless they become elect or favored ones.
………..
Soren slightly suspected he encountered an avatar of a deity.
If a deity relinquishes their resistance to the energy storm and directly separates from their divine profession, they could descend to the mortal realm ahead of time. Generally, no deity does this as they know very well that it is exceedingly dangerous to come to the mortal realm. But if it were the Goddess of Misfortune, she wouldn’t necessarily have such concerns. Few legendary professionists could kill her; non-deities dealing with her are even more difficult than dealing with gods of strong divine power because a person cursed with misfortune could wipe out a large group of enemies.
Enemies suddenly coming to confront you, encountering monsters right outside the door, accidentally offending other legendaries…
Just thinking about it makes one’s scalp tingle.
Misfortune seems far too supernatural; there are not many who would willingly take the risk.
But if Soren were encountering an avatar of a deity, the blessings should be more than just this; divine blessings directly from the deity equate to the treatment of a divine favored one. Typically, there would be enhancements in additional ability attributes. That woman could be a divine favored one or an elect of the Goddess of Misfortune; there is also the possibility that she was possessed by the goddess. It’s just unclear why she would grant herself a blessing and come to the Frozen Kingdom at this time.
The chaotic alignment deities are troublesome.
Orderly alignment people still have patterns to follow, but chaotic alignment acts completely based on personal preferences, the more chaotic, the greater the deviation. Behaviors become harder to measure using common sense; she could spontaneously destroy a town or bring disaster to a location due to a whim or an annoyance. The reputation of the Lady of Calamity is accumulated this way.
Soren didn’t dwell on it for too long.
Encountering legendaries, elects, divine favored ones, or even divine avatars, saintly avatars—these will gradually become more common. Generally, every deity will have their elect and divine favored ones; every church has at least two or three legendary professionists. The unique situation in turbulent times compels these individuals to come out; typically, they would stay in their territories. For instance, liches. Unless disturbed, these liches could quietly research for hundreds of years.
As long as there aren’t other objectives or material shortages, they rarely venture out!
Speaking of liches, Soren remembered that a lich was about to emerge. It is a very powerful shadow lich that killed the current God of Wanderers’ elect and fought against this weaker god. It seems there was no clear winner; in any case, in Soren’s memory, the God of Wanderers didn’t die at the hands of the shadow lich. After this lich appeared, it was nearly the time when the Spider Queen appeared, and the crafty and powerful Spider Queen sensed this as an important opportunity.
She actively relinquished her divine profession to descend to the mortal realm, starting to lay plans ahead of time to cope with the turbulent times using the Drow she controlled in the Underdark as a foundation!
This woman is no simple character.
If there is any deity that makes Soren feel a sense of dread, it would probably be the Spider Queen!
She even left an avatar in the Abyss of Demons, making other deities think she was still fighting against the energy storm, ensuring she wouldn’t fall into the Material Plane. But in fact, she had long secretly entered the mortal realm, waiting until the turbulent times began to unfold, and only then did the other deities realize she had secretly woven a massive web in the mortal realm!
At that time.
The Spider Queen had become the hunter, while the other deities became her prey.
The seductive black widow.
This is a special code, representing the avatar mark of the Spider Queen’s descent; only her most devout zealots know of her arrival.
………..
Fortunately, it wasn’t the Spider Queen that they encountered.
Soren quickly left the town with Princess Anna, and as they got closer to Arendelle, they could feel a gentle sea breeze, and there was a faint scent of the ocean in the air. Arendelle is a large city established by the sea, and it is also the most prosperous city for trade in the Frozen Kingdom. Soren saw other crosses and fleets passing in the distance. Merchants rarely travel to the Frozen Kingdom by land; they will often perform sacrifices to the Ocean Goddess or the Lord of Storms, or sometimes conduct all the sacrifices.
Deity sacrifices are very serious matters.
A large-scale sacrifice can even attract the attention of deities; they will cast their gaze here and grant the rewards deserved for the sacrifice.
This is a divine power mark that prevents the monsters in the sea from attacking fleets.
As long as one doesn’t have terrible luck in encountering sea monsters, the journey would generally be smooth, and even encountering a storm might therefore be survivable, provided one sacrifices to the Lord of Storms.
A proper deity sacrifice usually requires thousands of Gind as offerings in quality, and the frequency it is held each year is actually not that much.
Princess Anna’s expression was a bit excited.
Perhaps after such a long time, she could finally go home.
Soren, however, became more serious and cautious, stopping to gaze into the distance and stating, “If I were a select of the Goddess of Torment, I would lay in ambush near Arendelle, monitoring the places where you might appear. After all, you will eventually need to find a way back, which means the safest place might potentially be the most dangerous place.”
These words sent a chill down Princess Anna’s spine as she murmured, “Then what should we do?”
Soren pulled her toward the side of the road and said solemnly, “Do you have any way to contact the Princess? With her wisdom, she would definitely notice this. What I worry about is if we encounter a deity’s elect, we wouldn’t have any chance to escape before the Princess arrives; we might get captured by them. To be honest, I hardly have any opportunity to take action against legendary enemies!”
There was simply no way to fight back.
A finger of death that triggers instantly, a hold person spell that triggers instantly, or even an instantly cast charm spell could all potentially bring Soren to his end right there.
Crossing this hurdle of legend is just too difficult!
Princess Anna evidently realized this as well; her face turned somewhat worried. Because in a pessimistic scenario, even if they encountered someone who came to save them, if the Princess weren’t present or if other legendary professionists weren’t around, the opponent could instantly kill both of them or take Princess Anna away and then quickly open a portal to leave.
At that time, who could possibly stop her?
Soren had always been a very cautious person, preferring to predict the worst-case scenario.
Prepared is better than unprepared.
Many things cannot be recklessly ventured with one’s life at stake.
Suddenly, Princess Anna seemed to remember something, her eyes brightening as she said: “I’ve got it! When I was little, if I felt bad, or felt very uncomfortable, as long as I thought of my sister, if she was not too far away, she would possibly feel it. Maybe this way I can let her find us early; as long as she knows where we are, she will definitely come to fetch me back!”
Telepathy?
This seems to have distance limitations, doesn’t it?
It’s true that there may exist telepathy between sisters, but that kind of vague feeling seems incapable of determining the location, right? But since the Princess is a legendary Fate Sorcerer, she might really have a way to find them. If it’s really not possible, she could pair it with divination to locate them; as long as there’s a vague direction, she should be able to easily find the two of them.
Princess Anna was determined and immediately sat down on the ground, resembling a kneeling position, and earnestly began to murmur: “Sister! Come quickly to save me!… Sister! Hurry up and take me home!… Sister!… Anna really misses you a lot!…”
This scene was so beautiful it made one want to laugh.
Soren initially felt a bit like laughing, but gradually his expression became serious because Princess Anna’s demeanor grew more solemn, her appearance even appeared somewhat devout.
This is not telepathy; it’s clearly a prayer to the deities!
………………(To Be Continued ~^~)
