Chapter 260 Mithra Worshipers
If this curse were cast on an ordinary person, it might significantly reduce their ability to think.
But for Sherlock, it was just right—he felt his mind become clearer. In fact, because the noise in his head had disappeared, he was able to mobilize more resources.
"...How could you curse me in front of me?"
Sherlock frowned. "This is the first time I've seen a curser let the cursed person watch the entire process..."
"no?"
Aiwass asked confidently: "Just tell me if it's cured."
"really……"
"Teacher Iben taught me."
Aiwass smiled and said, "Including the ceremony."
“Tsk.”
Sherlock smacked his lips, his expression noticeably relaxed, the alcohol slowly starting to take effect. "I knew you, a seductive person, must have the adaptability to transcend the Dao..."
"She really did seduce the master. What? Are you not convinced?"
Aiwass narrowed his eyes and chuckled.
"There's nothing to be dissatisfied about, Mr. Minister Moriarty." Sherlock said expressionlessly.
"It seems you are indeed dissatisfied, Mr. Secretary Hermes."
Aiwass couldn't help laughing.
Sherlock was obviously much more interesting after drinking too much - he was usually a dull person, and although he could be sarcastic, he lacked flexibility. He was too lazy to say anything if you just said a few words.
But Aiwass actually quite enjoyed being teased like this. After all, that was how he interacted with his friends in his past life, and it made him feel nostalgic. It was just that this world lacked the art of saying strange things… Of course, maybe that was just the lack in staid Avalon.
"How long will this curse stay with me?"
Sherlock asked, "How long can this spell last?"
"Two weeks."
Aiwass said casually, "Of course, it doesn't mean it will be effective for two weeks... but two weeks later is the night of the new moon. That night, the curse will be more potent and may harm you. So before that, I have to remove it once, and then add it again after that night."
"...You mean, I have to keep it hanging?"
Sherlock's expression turned grim.
"What else?"
Aiwass asked in return, "Then you exercise? It's because your body is too weak that you are being countered by the power of the Tao."
"...Then how long do I have to exercise?" Sherlock hesitated.
"It will take at least three or four years."
Aiwass said with a smile: "So actually you don't need to exercise anymore, because it's too late - your promotion speed will definitely be faster than exercise."
It's a pity that he has no muscles now.
Otherwise, he would have to lift up his clothes to show Sherlock his proud abdominal muscles, and then tell him that he had to at least train to be like him. If he did that now, Sherlock would probably laugh at him.
But Sherlock was obviously very angry about what Aiwass said - he drank the hot apple cider in the cup directly.
"What should I do then?"
Sherlock frowned. This time it wasn't because of a headache, but because he felt that this matter was a bit difficult to handle. "Did I really take the wrong road..."
"Indeed."
Aiwass nodded and explained in terms Sherlock didn't quite understand, "Or rather, this is the price you pay for choosing two magic classes and leveling them up simultaneously. Using double mana pools for the same color is unacceptable... but also suffering debuffs is normal."
The mana pool of a lawyer is mainly wind and secondary light, while the mana pool of a wizard is earth, fire, water and wind.
Classes in the Path of Wisdom gain twice as much mana upon leveling up, evenly distributed across the four attributes. Furthermore, the Mage class, starting at the third level, possesses the ability to convert mana between the four attributes of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind. Simply spending twice as much mana allows for conversion to adjacent attributes.
For example, earth can be transformed into fire or water, but not into wind. If you want to transform from earth to water and then from water to wind, you need to spend four times the mana.
This means that if a Law Mage multi-tasks as a Mage, he can basically obtain nearly three times the mana of a normal Law Mage. He can also use the mana pool obtained by the Law Mage to cast wind spells or convert it into mana of other attributes.
This strength is very high, and it is also the fundamental reason why the mage can be used as a universal plug-in profession.
However, when both spellcasting professions reach the third energy level, they will receive a "Spiritual Disorder" debuff. Its effect is "Reaction Dodge -10%, Spellcasting Success -20%, and gain [Mental Fragility] after waking up every day, which lasts for one day."
[Mental Fragility] means that when experiencing negative mental states like Charm or Drowsiness, you must roll two dice each time and use the lower chance of saving throw. Fortunately, this state can be dispelled, unlike "Spiritual Disharmony."
The treatment that Aiwass gave Sherlock before was to relieve this negative state.
Even Aiwass cannot eliminate the "spiritual body disorder".
However, Aiwass can put a mental retardation curse on him to temporarily prevent this effect from being triggered.
[Curse: Mist of Ignorance] can reduce Sherlock's intelligence by one third and invalidate all of his "super-intelligence" skills.
Superintelligence is a skill within the Path of Wisdom, similar to a curse. Simply put, it overclocks the brain, making it a very dangerous skill. Using it for too long could potentially burn the brain.
Or, in player terms, this is the burst skill specifically for the mage class. Mages can only cast multi-elemental spells by activating at least one super-intelligence state. Activating a super-intelligence state causes them to either lose health, mana, stack vulnerability, or experience a reduction in movement speed... in short, become vulnerable.
The reason why "Spiritual Disharmony" cannot be removed or dispelled by a priest is because it is essentially a super-intelligence skill that cannot be removed by oneself and is useless. Its greatest significance is that it is useless.
"If you were someone else...even Bishop Mathers, he would never be able to cure you."
Aiwass spoke with conviction, "So you have nothing to lose by thanking me. I'm the only one in Avalon who knows how to cure this disease."
This is true.
Because this symptom is considered a terminal illness even in the Narcissus Principality, only the ancient Parthian Empire knows how to use curses to suppress this disease—they even have specialized techniques for using curses to amplify or heal the disease. Many players even go out of their way to learn these techniques.
For example, there is a curse called "Reckless Axe", which turns the person holding the axe into a mentally retarded fool, reducing intelligence to proportionally increase strength and increase physique.
If it lasts long enough, it can drain your intelligence completely—to the point where it's lower than a dog's. And once your intelligence is drained, you won't even be able to use your martial arts, let alone fight calmly.
However, through the "Iron Rationality" ritual, one can mechanize their logical thinking and lock in their lower limit of intelligence. In this way, they become calm and absolutely rational, yet possess twice the strength and physique of their peers of the same class and level.
A spellcasting profession that mainly uses the four-element mana pool, works part-time as a third-level wizard, and then casts the "Curse of the Mist of Ignorance" - this is the standard inheritance of the ancient Parthian Kingdom.
Aiwass warned, "The Fog of Ignorance will reduce the power of your spells, probably by less than one-third. But the good thing is that the backlash from a failed spell will also be reduced by one-third."
"If you need high-intensity combat but don't care about spellcasting stability, you can try to remove the curse. I'll prepare a simple hint for you to remove the curse. If you remove the curse, the stability of your spellcasting will decrease, but the power will increase significantly—"
"And most importantly, you no longer need to activate the 'Super Intelligence' skill to use compound spells. Because in this state, you can use compound spells at any time."
Aiwass added.
Sherlock was a little stunned: "How do you know super-intelligence skills and compound spells?"
Even ordinary mages don’t know!
He must have read enough books to know this... Aiwass knows so much and has such a wide range of knowledge, does he actually have the leisure to read the mystical books on the path of wisdom?
Aiwass said meaningfully: "I know everything.
"I even know that the reason you were delayed in coming down from your previous promotion was because you were ill."
"Sick? What could possibly be wrong with me? Rabies from you, a slutty fox?"
Sherlock scoffed, unconvinced.
But Aiwass's next words made him tense: "Of course it's a hypocritical literary disease.
"You dare not continue on the path of wisdom. On the one hand, it's because Avalon has no inheritance, and on the other hand, it's because of Isabel and me.
"You didn't expect Isabel to be so talented, able to advance from the second energy level to the third energy level in less than a month. You also didn't expect me to be even stronger than you... So you think your talents on the path of wisdom aren't enough to sustain you, and you want to turn back to the path you dislike but are more adept at."
After hearing what Aiwass said, Sherlock's eyes gradually became clear.
——He sobered up.
"...So what do you think?"
In a rare moment, Sherlock showed confusion in front of Aiwass: "Which path should I take? The right path, or the path of my dreams? The longer and smoother sandy road, or the path in the forest?"
"Is that even necessary?"
Aiwass smiled confidently, "Of course, it's the path I chose for you—a completely new path, but the one that suits you best. This profession is called 'Mithra Worshiper.'
"Oh, yes. You probably don't know what happened to Ms. Meg, right? Let me tell you from the beginning."
As he spoke, Aiwass told Sherlock the whole story of how Meg became Ligeia.
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