Chapter 63: Change
In this case, Dior is 100% sure of Fergi's choice, of course, psychological struggle is inevitable and necessary.
In this kind of ritual, the recipient must not only be strong-willed, but also mentally hopeless, have a strong dissatisfaction with his or her current situation, and have a strong desire to change completely. In addition, in the process of operation, the surgeon must dedicate 100% of his soul to the operator, and must not have the slightest resistance to the consciousness of the operator, so that it is possible to survive the pain and suffering in the process of operation, and as long as there is a step that goes wrong, it will fail.
In the first half of the requirements, Fergie has already qualified. First of all, in terms of determination, this pool of divine grace is not something that ordinary people can endure, and ordinary people will be driven crazy by the pain caused by body transformation not long after they are inside, and Phigi has obviously been here for a long time, and this kind of willpower can no longer be described as firm alone;
And the requirements of the second half depend on Fergie's own psychological adjustment, of course, Dio will also spread things out in advance to make it clear, although failure has nothing to lose to him, but if he can succeed, of course he is more willing to succeed.
"Absolute loyalty and trust are not just verbal promises, that can indeed deceive me, but definitely not your own heart, and once I start the ritual, if you can't do all this, there is absolutely no chance of success, you will only become the kind of monster you don't want to be, so verbal deception is meaningless. Think more about yourself, your family, everything you value, and tell me your decision when you really have made a choice. ”
This is also the reason why Dio is not worried that Phigi will deceive him, and if he wants to complete this ritual, he can only completely surrender to the caster on a spiritual level. In the age of the wilderness, both parties involved in this special ritual were the closest people such as husband and wife, blood relatives, or master and apprentice, and only such an identity could have the strongest bond of trust, and Phigi and he were only nodding acquaintances before, and if she wanted to reach the level of qualifying for the spell, it would only depend on how much she could give.
After listening to Dior's words, Phigi's expression changed unpredictably, especially when the word "family" was mentioned, her face was distorted, showing the unpeace in her heart. After a long time, she suddenly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened her eyes and looked at Dior sincerely, her eyes clear.
"I, Phigie Dunst, hereby vow that from this day forth I will give all my allegiance to Dio Garros, and that if I break this covenant, my soul will go to hell and be burned by the fires of purgatory forever. Fergie was sober and didn't mention any conditions in her oath.
Dio nodded in satisfaction, he could feel the sincerity of Fergi's vows. He walked up to Fergie, squatted down, stretched out his right hand to the center of her eyebrows, and warned her one last time: "Wait a minute, you will see a lot of hallucinations after you start, it may be the thing you hate the most, it may also be the thing you fear the most, but no matter what you see and how much pain you feel, don't give up, all you have to do is relax yourself, accept everything, leave everything behind, and give your body and mind completely to me." ”
Fergie closed her eyes and nodded.
"That started. ”
Dio also closed his eyes, adjusted his mental state according to the method on the data, connected his consciousness with Fergie's consciousness, and then slowly approached the oldest fundamental consciousness of human beings in everyone's body, which originated from the aggregate of the fundamental consciousness that existed since the birth of living beings hundreds of millions of years ago, and has been hidden in the deepest part of everyone's body.
When he felt that he touched Fergie's fundamental consciousness, it was a whirlwind for a moment, and then he opened his eyes, and what he saw was actually the scene of himself standing in the center of the universe, watching an unimaginable explosion appear and spread from his side, and then countless meteorites shot out in all directions, and in an instant, he saw the evolution of countless lives.
Seeing this, Dio suddenly realized that if he stayed for a few more moments, he might stay here forever and become a captive of the fundamental consciousness, so he threw down a point of light in his hand, and his consciousness immediately began to withdraw, and soon, after a violent distortion of the vision, it turned into a scene of the Divine Grace Pool.
After coming out of the illusion of consciousness, Dio staggered and fell to the ground, with a headache as if it was about to crack, and it took a while to recover.
That's when he had the heart to see what was going on with Ferge.
Compared to his discomfort, Phigie was even more miserable, she kept rolling in the pool with her head in her hands, and kept letting out a terrible roar from her mouth, as if she was being tortured in the most vicious way in the world.
Dio looked at the painful Phigi, shook his head slightly, and sat quietly beside him, if she failed and turned into a ghoul, then he would kill her at the first moment.
"That 'seed' is precious, I hope you can stick to it and don't waste it. ”
Seeing that Phigi didn't seem to be in this state for a short time, Dio's thoughts slowly turned to the information about the charismatic ritual.
The "seed" is the point of light he has invested in Fergi's consciousness, and it is the key to creating the Guardian of Divine Grace.
Among the new knowledge given by the Book of Initiation is information about the ritual of hunting between the Warriors of the Clan and the Ghostfaces. This sacred ritual called "coming-of-age sacrifice" is a sacred ritual in which the central clan participates in the candidates for the next high priest, and through this hunt to determine the final candidate for the next high priest, and the original spirit of the ghostface they hunt will all be poured into the mask and condensed into a seed, and the victor will absorb the energy in the mask as Dior did before, and then give this seed to his followers through the charismatic ceremony, so that they can obtain the special abilities that the original ghostface possessed.
Although the abilities granted by the seed will be a little worse than the original Ghostface, they will be easier to control and safer, so that followers will not lose their own nature, which is considered an optimized version.
It's like the process of getting a crop from planting to bringing it to the table. The Ghost Mask is the seed of a crop, and the Ghost Face itself is the soil, and the two are combined to become a mature crop, and the harvesting process is a rite of passage hunting, and finally processed into the final product, creating followers with special powers.
If Fergi is able to survive the ritual, then she will likely be able to gain the ability to transform into a giant wolfblin.
After an unknown amount of time, Fergi's howls finally began to fade, and Dio turned back from his thoughts, watching on guard.
The sound grew quieter and quieter, and even turned into a low moan similar to that of a dying moment, and then her body slid towards the pool as if it had lost its support, slowly sinking into the gray-white stone slurry, and a few bubbles bubbled out before gradually ceased to move.
"Did it fail? ”
After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no movement, Dio shook his head in disappointment, stood up, turned around and prepared to leave, no longer wasting time.
But before he could take a few steps, there was a sudden movement behind him, which made him stop and turn around.
The liquid in the originally calm and waveless pool suddenly began to boil and tumble, as if some terrible creature had awakened in it, and an invisible pressure began to spread around, tyrannical, cruel, and even able to mislead the people on the side to directly produce the illusion of a strong smell of blood.
"It seems that the investment has not been wasted. ”
Dior smiled at the increasingly turbulent waves in the pool, looking a little surprised, and some unexpected gains are always easy to delight.
At the moment when the boiling in the pool reached a peak, a loud sound of water sounded, and the stone in the pool split in two in an instant, and a huge white shadow jumped out and landed steadily in front of Dior.
It was a wolfblin that looked the same as the previous Versailles, with gorgeous white fur draped over its body like fine silk, and it was unusually brilliant under the light of the stone hall.
Through a mysterious spiritual connection established in the previous ritual, Dio was certain that the monster in front of him was none other than Ferge, and that there was no sign of losing control.
Phigi stood in front of Dio, more than half a body taller than him, looked around in confusion, and then raised his hands that had turned into claws to look, as if remembering something, his eyes turned to Dior.
"I ...... What happened to me?" her voice was hoarse and muffled.
"You have a whole new kind of power. Dio said with a smile.
"Brand new power?" Phigi touched her body in disbelief, "Am I going to be like this in the future?"
"Of course not, you can control this power, feel it slowly, find the key. ”
"Feeling...... Key ......" Fergie muttered, then closed her eyes.
Dio didn't look impatient at all, and even the faint sound of collapse outside didn't make him interrupt Phigi's thoughts.
After a while, Phigi's body suddenly shrunk, and her hair faded away, and after a while, she changed to her original form.
However, there are still some differences from her previous appearance, the color of her skin is fairer and ruddy, as if she has been smeared with a layer of white cream, and her hair has become softer and shinier, giving people a new feeling.
Of course, it is impossible for her to wear clothes at this time, and she is displayed in front of Dior, it looks like the girl's carcass is very well developed, and the convex and concave parts are very in line with the standard of a perfect body.
At this time, Phigi opened her eyes, touched her body again, and suddenly showed a happy smile on her face. The smile lasted only a moment, though, as she quickly realized her condition, screamed and crouched down with her hands clasped over her chest, before turning into a wolfblin again.
Seeing this, Dio Wan'er, but pretended to be okay and greeted her with a smile: "Okay, let's go after figuring it out, this place won't last long." ”
"Good. ”
Becky looked down at herself after the transformation with some hesitation, and found that there was really nothing to walk away before slowly putting down the hands that were still blocking her chest, standing up, and following Dio out.