novelraw Chapter 399-1: The World of Omniscience’s Healer, the Star Cantor (1)
Chapter 399-1: The World of Omniscience’s Healer, the Star Cantor (1)
Lin Xun Possessed the Shell of the Starlight Priest and quickly left the cell, hurrying along the dark corridor toward the prison exit.
While putting on an act of fleeing for his life, he opened the Shell Panel to take a look.
[Shell – Polar Star Society Starlight Priest Who Gazes Upward]
[True Name: Mann]
[Compatibility: 131% (+65%). Compatibility has exceeded the threshold, Shell quality has increased.]
[Shell Quality: Epic+ grade]
[Shell Level: 110 (+40 )]
[Shell Equipment: None]
[Shell Skill: Thermal Star Ray (Epic grade skill): …]
[Shell Skill: Starlight Veil (Epic grade skill): …][Shell Skill: Starlight Baptism (Epic grade skill): The radiant starlight possesses an incredible healing power. Starlight Baptism can soothe all wounds.]
[Using this skill, you can restore a certain amount of HP to a designated Shell.]
The Starlight Priest’s strength was not as great as he had imagined. In terms of Shell quality, it was about the same level as the Multivision President and Direct Vision President of Sophia City back in the fourth chapter.
Stripping away the factor of monsters having higher levels as the chapters progressed, this Starlight Priest’s actual combat power was still far inferior to those two presidents.
“Huh, a healing skill, so the World of Omniscience has healers too?”
Lin Xun could not help feeling a bit surprised. Back in the fourth chapter, none of the Scholars he had encountered possessed any similar healing skills, so why had a healer Shell suddenly popped out now?
Since the World of Omniscience had pushed spellcraft to its limit, and healing spells were also a type of spell, they should logically have developed HP recovery magic as well. Yet in reality, aside from this Shell, he had never seen one before.
“Could it be because the Starlight Priest has a rare talent for healing magic that he was locked away in the deepest part of the prison?”
At the top of this Shell’s panel, a negative status was listed.
[Shell Negative Status: Anti-Magic Runes (Legendary): The scars formed by countless runes appear to be carved only into the surface of the skin, yet in truth they have already sunk deep into the flesh and blood. The arrangement and combination of runes have formed a negative state that forbids spellcasting.]
[This negative weakening state cannot be removed by conventional means. All skills not higher than Anti-Magic Runes in quality cannot be cast.]
By ‘conventional means,’ it probably referred to dispelling-type skills like Kagura Dance of Eight Maidens, or healing skills like Bounty of the Harvest Goddess that carried a secondary dispel effect.
Since the wounds caused by inscribing the anti-magic runes had long since healed into scars, using a Resting Page to refresh the Shell would, in all likelihood, be treated the same way as with the Head of the Ogiwara Clan, judged as an inherent special trait of the Shell and thus not repaired.
“Tsk, so it really is a completely crippled Shell…”
Just as Lin Xun sighed inwardly, a game prompt suddenly popped up.
[The Cursed Serpent Whip (Immortal grade item) you carry has taken effect.]
[You can now ignore all curse/debuff effects below Immortal grade. (Does not include control-type and movement-slowing effects).]
[With the Cursed Serpent Whip taking effect, the scarred runes on your skin do not vanish, yet you can now ignore Anti-Magic Runes and freely use all Shell skills.]
Right then, all the skill names that had been gray and dim on the Shell panel lit back up. They clearly could now be used.
“Immortal grade items really are something else. The Three Goddesses of Vengeance treat me well. I really need to repay them properly next time…”
All of a sudden, Lin Xun thought of a cheeky little trick.
“If these runes are carved into flesh and blood, then can I use Flesh Authority to erase them permanently?”
No sooner thought than done. He activated the Supreme Authority residing in his soul and tried to wipe out the deeply entrenched anti-magic runes embedded in the Shell’s flesh.
[…]
[Under the influence of Supreme Authority – Flesh Authority, the flesh on your body writhes. The scarred runes on your skin fade and vanish one after another.]
[Not only are the anti-magic runes on the skin erased, even the runes that had already sunk deep into the flesh and fused with your body are gradually removed by Flesh Authority…]
[Your negative status Anti-Magic Runes has been completely dispelled.]
“…”
“If it is not off, then it must be on.”
Lin Xun narrowed his eyes.
Since this world had healer Shells, and this one was even a radiant stars faction healer, then could he not just slaughter his way into the Polar Star Society and seize an even higher grade healer Shell?
[…]
[You wield Supreme Authority – Flesh Authority once more and restore the dense, ugly scars on your skin.]
[You can still cast spells. This is merely a disguise created by Flesh Authority. Even if Anti-Magic Runes takes effect again, it will be nullified by the influence of the Cursed Serpent Whip.]
[You stagger along as if exhausted, frantically fleeing down the passageway…]
[As you go, many cell doors are already wide open. The corridor is strewn with the corpses of guards and prisoners…]
[This is the scene Valkyrie and the Nine-Tailed Fox carefully arranged according to your orders.]
[…]
[A figure suddenly rushes out from around the bend ahead. The black-robed figure holds a short staff in hand, faint points of starlight at his feet lifting him off the ground so that he floats forward swiftly…]
[A layer of Starlight Veil shimmers around him. Though it looks only like a thin veil of light, it possesses extremely powerful defensive strength.]
[You have discovered Polar Star Society Star Cantor Who Gazes Upward.]
[The Star Cantor sees you fleeing and freezes for a moment. He is just about to speak when you cut him off…]
[You made way too much noise. This is not the place to talk. Get out of the prison, quick.]
[On his way here, the Star Cantor saw many corpses and knew that this chaos had most likely been created by the infiltrator inside the prison to cooperate with the rescue.]
[However, he had seen no sign of that infiltrator as he fought his way in. That person was most likely in dire straits…]
[He says nothing more. Raising the short staff in his hand, he rapidly expands the Starlight Veil around him until it envelops you as well.]
[Starlight gathers at your feet, making your body feel suddenly lighter as you float off the ground…]
[With the starlight supporting you in rapid motion, you and the Star Cantor fly side by side. Whenever a guard rushes in to bar your path, he raises his staff and kills them swiftly with starlight magic.]
[…]
[At last, you fight your way out of the encirclement and see the wide-open prison gate not far away…]
[It is nearly dawn. The first light of day ought to illuminate everything clearly, yet the lingering mist cuts off your vision, making it impossible to see anything outside.]
[Compared to the Veil of Knowledge in Sophia City, the mist near the Imperial Capital Saint Etienne is far denser.]
[The moment you reach the prison gate, a refined copper carriage bursts through layer upon layer of mist and rumbles toward you.]
[Without a word, the Star Cantor grabs you and quickly hauls you into the closed carriage compartment…]
[As the carriage door slams shut, the mouths of the refined copper horses vent hot steam. The carriage speeds away toward some unseen point within the mist…]
[The shock absorbers within the compartment are very well made, allowing you to hardly feel any jolting or bumping at all.]
[The Star Cantor beside you seems to relax as well. He pulls back the hood covering his face, revealing a pair of bulging, strange eyes.]
[This is your first time seeing the Star Cantor’s true appearance. Your Knowledge stat increases by 2000. Current Knowledge: 24800/37800.]
[He gives you a gloomy smile, then raises his staff. Starlight gathers at the tip, power coiling and about to burst forth…]
[A sense of danger instantly envelops your whole body. You know with crystal clarity that using the Starlight Priest Shell, there is absolutely no way you can withstand this spell attack.]
[Do you want to switch Shells immediately?]
Lin Xun raised an eyebrow and immediately chose ‘No.’
This Star Cantor had gone through so much trouble just to pull him out. There was no way it was just because he disliked the prison’s feng shui and wanted to kill him outside instead.
If he really wanted to kill him, he could have done it back inside the prison.
[The starlight spell at the staff tip continues to build, but does not unleash its mighty power. The Star Cantor speaks calmly, yet the threat in his tone could not be more obvious…]
[Tell me the location of the star map you know of honestly. Do not try to resist. Even if you were not bound by Anti-Magic Runes, you would still not be my match.]
[If you know what is good for you, then hurry up and talk. That will save me the energy of torturing you…]
The star map… Lin Xun still had two incomplete star maps in his Inventory. Once pieced together, they would reveal the hidden coordinates of some star god.
At the end of the fourth chapter, after the Hermit Progenitor’s reminder, he had learned that the Servant of Knowledge was a despicable servant who had usurped the main god’s authority.
Back then, if he had assembled the star map, he would have received a summons from the Servant and entered the Temple of Knowledge…
At the time, Lin Xun had decisively chickened out, choosing life preservation first and simply ending the chapter.
Now… now was still not the time to meet the Servant of Knowledge.