Chapter 276: Starting the Ritual and Becoming the "Forest Wise King"
Lee Lobel
In a bustling port city, a cargo ship is loaded with supplies and preparing to set sail.
This is a merchant ship heading to the Holy Kingdom. In addition to normal merchandise, the cargo on board also includes a "regeneration potion".
Recently.
With the arrival of the famous "Free Will" adventurer team in the city, the most profitable business has already become the secondary sale of "Regeneration Potion".
The owner of the merchant ship knew very well that if he sold precious and scarce potions like the "Regeneration Potion" to the Holy Kingdom, his profits would probably double.
The value of the money earned from these potions alone is almost as much as the revenue from most of the ship's cargo.
After An Li handed over the cargo of potions to the merchant ship owner, she breathed a sigh of relief. This was the largest amount of money they had ever earned.
He held the magic leather bag tightly in his hands, which contained 100 platinum coins. If converted into gold coins, the value would be more than 2,000 gold coins.
Think of this.
Enri gripped the magic belt tighter, looked around at the crowded crowd, and hurried away.
The port was originally a chaotic place. The transaction just now was seen by too many people. The ordinary little girl with a huge amount of money was a walking piece of fat meat. However—
From beginning to end, no one targeted Enli. In fact, most people were friendly to Enli wherever she went, and many of them took the initiative to say hello and even bowed.
The cheap medicine helped many poor people during this period.
There are only three people with "free will".
Apart from the genius alchemist who rarely shows up and spends most of his time in the inn studying alchemy, there are two other people who can be seen.
One is the cold-faced, bad-tempered Green Leaf Witch, and the other is the gentle and kind-hearted Enri. The main sales of the "Regeneration Potion" are all handled by these two people...to be exact, it's Enri.
This resulted in everyone from nobles to merchants and ordinary people needing to communicate with Enli if they wanted to obtain the regeneration potion.
This led to the current situation. If anyone dared to touch Enri, the captain, who did not need "free will", would take action. The merchants and nobles who made a fortune from this and gained huge profits would turn these blind people into food for the fish.
Strength will make people afraid! But only interests will make the vested interests take the initiative to protect everything.
In front of the hotel window.
Tang was looking at the nervous Enli on the street, holding the magic purse, and rushing back to the hotel amidst a crowd of kind looks and people who voluntarily made way for her.
Even An Li herself didn't notice it, maybe no one dared to grab the money.
"Using interests to drive people is far more silent and subtle than using force to oppress, right?" Tang Zheng chuckled.
“I don’t quite understand.”
The Green Leaf Witch stood respectfully aside, with a look of confusion in her bright yellow eyes.
Tang Zheng shook his head: "The Holy Kingdom doesn't have close communication with the Kingdom. I'm afraid the reputation in the Kingdom won't be very useful there."
"It would save us a lot of trouble if we could have these merchant ships deliver the "Regeneration Potion" in advance to help us build our reputation."
"I see." A look of sudden realization appeared on the face of the Green Leaf Witch, as if she finally understood.
The corners of Tang Zheng's mouth twitched slightly. What he just said were actually two different things.
Wait until An Li returns.
Tang Zheng encouraged and praised the other party, asked the evil dog to protect Enli, and then secretly used teleportation magic to bring the Green Leaf Witch to the forest deep in the wetland.
A thin white mist filled the forest.
A stream of moist air rushed into the nostrils of the Green Leaf Witch. Looking at the familiar dark forest in front of her, her eyes were slightly dazed.
This place used to be the territory of the Twin Witches. Now they have been away for so long without realizing it, and this is the first time they have returned.
She and her sister once thought about escaping, but now they have given up the idea long ago, not just because of the strength shown by the master.
It's also because of following the person in front of me.
Their names will become even more resounding, and it may even be possible to witness the birth of figures like the "Thirteen Heroes" in the history of various races.
The master possesses such strength and talent!
Both the Green Leaf Witch and the White Mist Witch deeply believe this.
"Master." The Green Leaf Witch spoke respectfully with awe in her bright yellow eyes.
Tang Zheng nodded and brought the Green Leaf Witch to an open area that had been prepared in advance deep in the dense forest.
This was also the place where he studied the "Wild Transformation" magic ritual last time. Through the contributions of those demi-humans, he now has a clearer understanding and knowledge of this magic ritual.
The entire magic ceremony was quickly prepared.
"You stand at the center of a magical ritual."
"Yes, Master."
Without any hesitation, the Green Leaf Witch walked quickly past the magic materials and came to the center of the entire ceremony.
In the other person's hand, there was a bloody heart the size of two palms.
This heart is exactly the heart of Hamsuke, the Wise King of the Forest.
Tang Zheng walked to the front of the magic ceremony, took out several magic leather bags from his waist, and put the flesh and blood of the Wise King of the Forest that had been prepared in advance.
They were taken out and dumped on the ground, forming a pool of flesh and blood half a person's height. A strong smell of blood spread.
The scarlet blood seeped out of the flesh and corroded the magical ritual.
The smell spread with the breeze, immediately attracting wild beasts and monsters in the depths of the forest, but before these monsters could get close.
The Green Leaf Witch, who was once the ruler of this dense forest, emitted a wave of magical power and snorted coldly.
In an instant.
The restlessness deep in the jungle immediately disappeared without a trace.
Facing a pool of blood and flesh.
The Green Leaf Witch did not feel any discomfort, but was a little confused. The smell of blood was relatively fresh, indicating that the monster had died not long ago.
Are the bones gone?
Looking at the flesh and muscles of this monster, it should not be a boneless, crawling monster.
The bones of the Forest Wise King Hamsuke had long been absorbed and devoured by Tang Zheng's "flesh armor", so only a pool of flesh and blood remained.
As for freshness?
It is naturally very fresh if it is always stored in the prop box. Even if it is divided and stored in different magic leather bags, it only creates the external illusion of "recent death".
"Eat the heart."
Tang Zheng opened his mouth to remind.
The Green Leaf Witch looked at the big heart in her hand, which was dripping blood through her fingers. A hint of hesitation flashed across her bright yellow pupils, but it quickly disappeared. She opened her mouth and stuffed the food into her mouth.
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"The ritual begins!"
Tang Zheng's expression became serious. He stood outside the magic ceremony, raised his palm and pressed it on the edge of the ceremony to start the magic ceremony.
Buzz——
The light of magic power rose up, and magic lines unfolded along with the ceremony, forming a blue magic circle on the ground.
The flesh and blood of Hamsuke, the Wise King of the Forest, which was placed in the magic ceremony, was melting rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, like snowflakes in the sun.
The flesh and blood flowed rapidly in the magic circle, transforming into streams of energy that followed the lines on the magic circle and converged towards the direction of the Green Leaf Witch who was at the center of the entire ceremony.
"snort--"
The Green Leaf Witch immediately felt a pure and intense energy continuously injected into her body. Pain surged throughout her body and she let out a muffled groan.
Buzz——buzz——
The magic power of the Green Leaf Witch reacted uncontrollably with this energy, forming flashes of bright green light.
As the flesh and blood of the Forest King continued to transform into energy and be injected, the body of the Green Leaf Witch began to swell uncontrollably.
First, thick gray fur began to appear on the body surface, and then the claws on both hands became sharp, extending into long black nails, which continued to extend and grow longer.
A tail covered with strong scales like snake scales emerged and stretched out rapidly.
"A mutilated body with part of its body missing does not affect the process of change."
Tang Zheng calmly watched this scene, waiting for the Green Leaf Witch to completely transform. "The premise is that the missing part cannot exceed 1/3 of the original monster's body. Once it exceeds 1/3, it will be affected."
Through the experiments on several demi-humans that Imina had provided him with, he had completely figured out the "Wild Transformation Ritual".
The "heart" of the monster is the medium. If the heart is not eaten first, the whole ritual cannot be activated. On the contrary, if only the "heart" is eaten without the monster's flesh and blood.
Then, during the transformation, the transformer will use his own flesh and blood as energy for the transformation, and this process is bound to fail.
In order to come to this conclusion, a demi-human died three times in a row before he finally figured it out.
This is just one of Tang Zheng’s experiments.
for example.
Tang Zheng let a demi-human eat the "heart" normally, and then used the corpses of other monsters as substitutes, but the result was a failure.
Even if it is the same monster, as long as the "heart" is not the heart of the original monster, it will also fail. In this process, the body of the demi-human will explode and die.
The conclusion, to use the words of the previous life, is "rejection reaction"! It is a very interesting phenomenon that the magic ritual does not seem to be complicated, but it follows extremely rigid, or standard rules.
"Um?"
Tang Zheng was looking at the magic circle that was activated in front of him, and suddenly a light blue magical light appeared in his eyes.
“What is this?”
He found that the magic ritual suddenly became clearer under his gaze, including the flow of magic power, the changes in energy in the magic circle, and so on.
What is going on.
This was not the first time he had seen the activation process of the "Wild Transformation" magic ritual, but it was not like the one in front of him.
Tang Zheng pondered and thought, and a thought came to his mind: "Could it be that the passive "Magic Master" of [Magic Transcendence] is working?"
This passive ability seems to be "able to easily master various complex and superb magical skills"
Boom! The blue light released by the magic circle suddenly became brighter, and the vibrating magic power returned to calm and dissipated.
Smoke and dust dissipated.
It is over two meters tall and fat, covered with thick and hard brown fur, with two claws sticking out, and sharp black nails up to one meter long placed on the chest.
Under the light shining through the dense forest, even in a dark environment, it still exudes a metallic color.
Bang!!
The twenty-meter-long tail, which far exceeds its body size, swings slightly in the air, and every time it whips subconsciously, it produces a rapid roar like a sonic boom.
I saw this familiar figure in front of me.
A smile appeared on Tang Zheng's face. If he had not personally operated the whole process, he would have thought that the Wise King of the Forest, Hamsuke, was really resurrected.
"Owner."
The Green Leaf Witch transformed into the Wise King of the Forest, feeling a powerful force he had never experienced before in his body, and made a sound of surprise.
(End of this chapter)
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