"As long as we can restore the glory of our ancestors, we will sacrifice everything!"
"You will all become undead creatures anyway, so why not use them as my food?"
""Don't blame me. Your death is not in vain. If you want to blame someone, blame Rusty Crow. It was Rusty Crow who sold this ritual to me. I will help you avenge it in the future - kill Rusty Crow.""
Seeing Zuvendas in the video, who seemed to be crazy and was killing his relatives, everyone moved a little further away from him. "Crying Red Riding Hood" Cleos even raised the muzzle of his gun slightly, as if ready to aim at any time.
Like Annan, Zuwendas's ceremony was also skipped by Gospel, and it went directly to the celebration after the ceremony was completed.
"Zuwendas was sitting in a strange blood-patterned magic circle, with the bodies of the Kesri people surrounding him. They were cut in half by Zuwendas, with their upper bodies outside the magic circle with their hands clasped together and their lower bodies kneeling in front of their bodies with their legs together. There was not a drop of blood in the dried bodies, and all the blood gathered on Zuwendas' forehead, forming a diamond-shaped blood mark."
""Destiny... I see it..." Zuvendas's eyes glowed with light: "Everything will inevitably come to an end.""
"Zuvendas Kesri received the reward 'Blood Mark'."
"Blood veins: 100 ml of Kesri blood can activate the blood veins. Once activated, the blood veins last for 10 minutes, and during this time the magician's thinking ability is increased by 15%."
The video has ended, but the aftershocks continue.
"Kesri," Mercury said carefully, "This is your family's internal affairs, I will not comment on it. But you can no longer represent the Kesri family, so you cannot participate in the distribution of spoils - but I assure you in the name of the Mercury family that all the information Mercury obtains will be shared with Kesri."
Mercury's soft and hard tactics were also very thoughtful. The future list actually clearly pointed out Zuvendas's future evil deeds. If Mercury didn't take the opportunity to kick him out, it would be a waste of Gospel's assist. But he still had to rely on the combat power of the Kaesri magician, at least to stay by the side to deter Sennheiser, so he gave Zuvendas enough face.
"Oh."
Zuwendas suddenly chuckled: "I don't think so. You can go ask Kesri. The tribe leader still trusts me."
"You are very confident," Qinna raised her eyebrows. "If there is a traitor who harms his compatriots in Sennheiser, I will definitely turn him into a firework. Or do you have the confidence to convince your people that the ranking of the "Trickster List" is a blessing to frame you?"
“No, I’m sure this is my future.” Zuvendas said, “I really admire Ancestor Cross. If I have the chance, I will definitely get involved in Ancestor Cross’s destiny faction at all costs… I don’t even need any external pressure. I will do this just to break through the Holy Land and become a legend. After all, I have no other way.”
When Zuvendas said "there is no way", the sanctuary magicians fell silent. They had all been immersed in the sanctuary realm for many years, and were frequent visitors to the distant space. They had also achieved achievements that were admired by countless people in the secular world. However, the anxiety of "no way" still tortured their hearts all the time.
Some of them devote themselves to their families, like Qinna; some devote themselves to their careers, like Aina; some pursue rankings, like Cleos... Almost all Sanctuary magicians are gifted with extraordinary talents, so they are the ones who find it most difficult to accept that their talents have reached this point, just like people who thought they were free, only to find out that they were just living in a relatively large cage.
When Zuvendas said that he would go to such extremes for strength, everyone believed him immediately. They would not do that, not because they did not want to, but because there were more important things in life than strength.
“But the truly dangerous person in the Trick List is not me.” Zuvendas said: “After a trick, there is still a trick.”
Everyone was slightly startled and looked down at the "Trick List" which continued to be updated.
"No. 8 on the Trick List: Morgan's Understanding Fusion Ritual"
"Introduction: Morgan Dawn is a legendary magician of the Psychic Faction, who is good at love miracles. During his lifetime, all men, women, young and old, and Silver Legends were enamored of him. In order to obtain Morgan's power, on April 10, 1678, Joel Hopkin decided to murder another male Sanctuary magician, a female Sanctuary magician, 100 men of different ages, and 100 women of different ages as sacrifices to initiate the Understanding Fusion Ceremony."
"The Man Behind the Scenes: Joel Hopkins"
"Joel Hopkin is a two-winged magician from Modora," Mercury said with a serious expression, "He is very talented and is considered a seed of the Saint Realm. It is not surprising that he will achieve the Saint Realm within ten years."
But no one paid attention to Mercury's intelligence, and everyone noticed the strange information revealed by the future list.
"Number 7 on the Trick List: Naples' Mercy Purification Ritual"
"Introduction: Napoli Dejiel was once a legendary magician of the Truth Faction, and was regarded as the 'legend closest to angels'. In order to inherit the power of his ancestor Napoli, on April 10, 1678, Jeremy Dejiel destroyed the Abyss Seal, causing the Abyss Riot, allowing the monsters of the Deep Abyss to ravage the city, in order to launch the Mercy Purification Ritual."
"The Man Behind the Scenes: Jeremy De Geer"
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"No. 3 on the Trick List: Columtina's Glory Casting Ceremony"
"Introduction: The ancestor of the Mercury family, Corentina Mercury, controls the gods in a mortal body. His great power has been difficult to dilute for generations, so every generation of Mercury has the talent of the shadow faction, but is also afraid of light, short-lived and fragile. In order to inherit the power of his ancestor Corentina, on April 10, 1678, Ryan Mercury dragged the entire city into the shadow and used 7,853,454 people as sacrifices to initiate the Glory Casting Ceremony."
"The Mastermind: Ryan Mercury"
Noticing everyone's gazes towards the Shadow Sanctuary Warlock, Ash knew his name was Ryan without even asking.
Compared with these Sanctuary Warlocks who would kill their entire families or sacrifice the entire city at will, An Nan, who only killed everyone at the banquet, seemed relatively pure and kind at this time.
But compared to the crimes that Ryan, Zuvendas, and Annan will commit in the future, everyone is more concerned about the information revealed by the future list -
"Who is Rusty Crow?" Cleos couldn't help but ask, "Why do all the rituals seem to be performed by him?"
In all the images that have appeared so far, although the masterminds behind the scenes are different, there is one person who connects them all - Rusty Crow!
The advent of the crown, the reappearance of wisdom, the fusion of understanding... These costly and extremely evil sacrificial rituals are all from the hands of the Rusty Crow! Although Anna and others are the masterminds behind the scenes, they are also consumers. The Rusty Crow who provides the ritual knowledge is the real source of all evil and the scourge of this world!
And not only that, the eight tricks and eight rituals that have appeared so far all happened on the same day: April 10, 1678.
This was definitely not a coincidence, but it was impossible for the eight of them to get together and make big news - at least An Nan couldn't have any connection with them.
Moreover, it is strange that the future list would provide such specific time. This is not a past list. Why would the future list lower its tolerance like this?
"Ash," the purple moth suddenly leaned close to the cult leader's ear and whispered, "Have you noticed... these eight tricks, although incomplete, are all related to resurrection."
"Well." Ash's face was serious: "And then?"
"Nothing, but don't you think I'm smart?"
"If you were as old as Liz, I could still touch your head, but you're this big now..." Ash stretched out his finger and scratched the tip of An Nan's nose: "I will reluctantly allow you to hug me."
An Nan hammered at his waist, and it was obvious that the young lady was very happy. Now that everyone's attention had shifted to the list and Rusty Crow, Funeral Ceremony received much less attention. If Qinna was a little tougher, they might all be able to return to Fanmula, but this time they might never escape Qinna's clutches...
At this time, the list was updated again, and another familiar name came into view.
"No. 2 on the Trick List: Everton's Basic Cohesion Ritual"
"Introduction: The ancestor of the Beldette family, Everton Beldette, was a five-winged magician and a demigod angel who once commanded several gods. In order to control the undead form of his ancestor Everton, on April 10, 1678, Elyne Beldette burned the spirits of all those she controlled to initiate the basic cohesion ritual."
"The Mastermind: Elaine Berdette"
Damn!
Everyone exclaimed in their hearts and felt a deep admiration for Yifalin.
This is the biggest move ever seen - according to Yifalin, he did not resurrect his ancestors or inherit their legacy, but directly controlled his ancestors!
Only Belldette can play like this. After all, the ancestors of other people have completely returned to the virtual world, but Belldette's undead angel is still lingering in a mausoleum. It happens that Belldette's ancestral magic is to dominate factions, and all the key elements are complete. It would be a waste of fate if he doesn't try to dominate his ancestors.
Yifalin, who had been watching the show from a distance, also frowned slightly.
She didn't expect that the Beldette family's years of planning would be revealed like this.
Yes, this was not her idea alone. Many generations ago - perhaps starting from Everton's son - Beldette had been thinking about how to control this angel of death.
However, because there was no pressure to survive, this plan had been constantly being perfected but had never been put into practice. In addition, it contained many major flaws that could not be ignored, and Yilin himself had never considered this plan.
But after watching the video, Yilin understood how clever the ritual that Rusty Crow sold her was: she burned a huge amount of mental energy to distort reality, weaving a body from scratch, and then summoned a trace of the consciousness of the angel of death through the blood ritual, imprisoning the angel of death in the body. Because every cell of this body was under Yilin's control, this cage completely trapped the angel of death, achieving the effect of indirect control.
Yifalin was instantly attracted and couldn't wait to try it.
But everyone has the same question as her: Who is Rusty Crow?
Soon, the Gospels will completely answer all their questions—
"No. 1 on the Trick List: Ash's Kingdom Resurrection Ceremony"