Wren's face was not very good-looking.

No one likes to be spied on and their every move exposed, even if Roger doesn't seem to be hostile.

The most terrifying thing is that he didn't notice Roger's existence at all, and he didn't see any trace of it in his soul eye, so he didn't know how Roger did it.

This is the strength of the legendary witcher?

Seeing the change in Wren's expression, the corners of Roger's mouth moved, as if there was a hint of a smile. He walked over to the altar and looked at the open book on the corpse that had been sacrificed.

Wren followed, also wanting to read the contents of the book, but Roger raised his hand to make him stand and said, "This is the 'Book of Lothi', you can't read it." ”

As he spoke, he closed the tome.

"The Book of Lohi?"

Wren noticed that there was a pattern on the cover of the tome, a black skull mask surrounded by blood-like light, and his eyes glowed with a strange red light.

Roger explains, "Loshi is the evil god of the Shadowblade faith, revered as the 'God of Murder,' but we generally call him the 'Fraudster' except for his followers. ”

"The fraudster is a very powerful deity with priesthoods such as 'murder', 'trickery', 'lies', 'conspiracy', 'strife'. The Book of Lohi is a text containing His teachings, used for sacrificial rituals and prayers for believers, with a faint hint of divine power attached to it. People other than believers who read this book and are not strong-willed enough will be tempted to become His followers. ”

"Even if you are strong-willed and not be seduced into a believer by it, watching it a few more times will lead to insanity and becoming a madman. ”

Wren was awe-inspiring, but fortunately he didn't look at it.

Roger seemed to know the evil god well, and continued, "Part of the reason why fraudsters have been able to secretly develop many followers and become powerful gods is because of the demagogy of the Book of Loshi. ”

"This Book of Lohi should have just been made, and it has only been sacrificed a few times, and the effect is not so strong, and there is a limit to the number of times it can be used. ”

"The few people you killed should have been deceived by this book of Roch and became believers in fraudsters. ”

When Wren heard this, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

At the beginning, Asperger took himself to kill people, wanted to pull himself into the gang, and tried his best, why didn't he just read the book of Loch to himself?

Roger seemed to guess what Wren was thinking, glanced at him, and said: "The Book of Loch can change a person's beliefs, but the effect is also strong and weak, and it is related to the previous beliefs. Especially for believers in the goddess, before reading the Book of Loshi, it is best to break through the mental defenses and do something consistent with the teachings of the fraudsters, such as murder and deception, which can please the fraudsters. ”

"I see. Wren was stunned.

As for why he was not forced to see the Book of Loch and was not sacrificed, it may have been Ramsay's doing, not at Asperger's behest.

At this time, Wren suddenly reacted, and Roger really followed secretly all along, and heard Ramsay's words, so he could guess his experience.

Roger circled around the altar, his pupils dilated slightly, as if checking something.

Finally, Roger looked at Wren and shook his head, "You may have caused a big problem." ”

Wren was confused, "Master Roger?"

"The Shadow Warrior you just killed, he must have been murdered many times recently, fulfilled his teachings to please the gods, and performed a sacrificial ceremony, so he got a response from the fraudsters. Roger pointed to a symbol scrawled in blood on the altar, "This is the mark left by God when he responds to believers." ”

"Not long after the Shadow Warrior got a response, the fraudster's attention may not have moved away from him, and you killed him. ”

Wren finally understood, and shouted in his heart.

He was so frightened that he took a few steps back, wanting to stay away from the altar, for fear that a bolt of lightning would fall from the sky and kill him directly.

Seeing Wren's frightened appearance, a rare smile appeared on Roger's face, "Don't be so nervous, you are a mortal, in the eyes of God, you are not even as good as an ant, even if you kill a few of his believers, you are just a slightly larger ant, how can you waste divine power." ”

"And this is the territory of the Empire, under the protection of the goddess of magic, and the fraudsters dare not easily show their traces. ”

Wren was a little relieved, but Roger changed his tone again, "It's not ......"

Can't you finish the conversation in one sitting? Wren suddenly discovered that Roger, who had always presented himself with a cold image, was actually a very sullen guy who liked to play tricks on people, and he had become very talkative.

"But what?" he asked, cooperatively.

"God doesn't do anything to mortals, but His followers do. ”

Roger pointed at Wren, "When you killed that shadow warrior, the residual divine power aura on his body was transferred to you, and because you are not a believer, it formed a strife mark. If the followers of other fraudsters get close to you, they will be able to sense this mark, and they will do everything they can to kill you and please the gods. ”

"Where is the mark of strife?" Wren searched around his body, but found no mark.

"This imprint is invisible, we can't see it. ”

Wren was speechless, he had been opening the Eye of the Soul when he killed Asperger, and he didn't see anything transferred to him except for absorbing the soul.

There were no abnormal visions in Esperger's soul.

In this way, the eye of the soul is not omnipotent, at least it cannot see the breath of divine power.

"You don't have to worry too much, the strife mark won't last forever, it will disappear after a while. Roger gave a rare word of comfort.

"How long will the sigil last?"

Roger replied: "It depends on how much divine power aura there is, it usually lasts for a few years, or it may dissipate in a few months, it depends on your luck." ”

"Months, even years, that's too long!Master Roger, do you have a way to remove the mark in advance?"

Roger shook his head, "Only God can manipulate divine power, and there is nothing I can do." ”

Wren had a big headache.

He is still an ordinary person, not even a transcendent being, if he encounters an evil god cultist or a shadow blade killer, how should he deal with it?

None of these believers and killers are easy to mess with, and they are hidden around people, and they can't be guarded against, and they may not even know how they died when the time comes.

But now there happens to be a group of Shadow Blade Killers in Longshande City, who are plotting big things.

Wren became anxious, and his thirst for power suddenly became urgent.

I have to become a transcendent as soon as possible, at least a little bit of self-preservation, and I don't want to be assassinated for no reason.

"Master Roger, what should be done here?" Wren pointed to the altar, this place had something to do with the gods, and he didn't dare to move rashly.

Roger looked indifferent and replied casually: "Just burn it, or you can also notify the church to solve it." ”

Wren did not hesitate to choose to burn.

He turned and walked out of the basement, fetched a pile of wooden furniture and miscellaneous items from upstairs and piled them up next to the altar, and on the way outside the manor, he brought in Esperger's corpses and poured half a bucket of lamp oil he found from the kitchen.

Wren removed the oil lamp from the wall and threw it through the entrance to the basement, where a fire soon broke out.

Before leaving, he did not forget to take the bag of banknotes with him.

Roger saw the money bag in Wren's hand, but didn't say anything. Soon after the two left, a raging fire broke out in the manor, and the whole house was on fire, which could be seen far away in the night.

Wren returned to the city as fast as he could, but he found that no matter how fast he was, Roger could always follow him easily, barely hearing footsteps, and still had the strength to speak.

"Wren, what are your plans now?"

"I want to be transcendent. Wren told the truth.

"It's not easy. Roger sighed, as if remembering his past, "But in my opinion, you have a good chance of passing the soul transformation ritual, and if you are well prepared, it shouldn't be a problem." ”

Wren didn't speak, in fact, he was already thinking about holding a soul transformation ritual.

Passing the Soul Transformation Ritual is a prerequisite for becoming a transcendent, unlocking the ability to fuse souls.

The ritual is simple, just inject the Soul Eater potion from the artery in the neck.

Soul Eater Elixir is an alchemical medicine that is expensive, and the main raw material is the Soul Eater Grass, which once helped humans fight against the Blood Soul Curse, which is essentially a highly poisonous.

In the early days, the sages of mankind all took Soul Eater Grass directly, and if they didn't succeed, they died, and the mortality rate was more than ninety percent.

Nowadays, people use soul devouring potions for soul transformation rituals, which are not so dangerous, and even if the ritual fails, they will only lose about ten years of life, and their souls will be weak for three to five years.

It's brutal, but it's better than dying on the spot.

Injecting the Soul Eater, the effect of the medicine will directly affect the soul in the brain, which is extremely painful, comparable to the most terrible torture in the world, and it is all up to the will of the individual until the soul completes its transformation.

During the ritual, the Soul Eater will continue to be injected, and the longer it lasts, the more doses it is injected, the better the effect of the soul transformation, and the more career options you will have after becoming a transcendent.

However, most of the people in the branch insisted that the soul transformation could not be completed, and only a few people could pass the ceremony, and the success rate was less than thirty percent. And more than half of those who passed the ritual were only preliminary soul transformations, unable to choose a transcendent profession that could cast spells.

Wren hadn't thought about what class he wanted to become, and before that, he had to take a soul test.

The so-called soul test involves touching an alchemical artifact called a "soul grinding stone" with your hands, simulating the effect of a soul eater, causing severe pain.

If you can withstand the pain of the Soul Grinding Stone, then you can further perform the Soul Transformation Ritual.

Soul grinding stones are available in many alchemy shops, and they are all free to use, so I'll test them tomorrow.

In the second half of the night, Wren and Roger returned to the Basil Hotel smoothly, and there were still people playing cards in the lobby, and they didn't care when they saw the two coming in.

Wren was about to go back to his room, but Roger stopped him and said in a low voice: "Wren, when you pass the soul transformation ritual, if you are interested in witchers, you can come to me and join my school, I can guarantee your safety before the mark is removed." ”