Chapter 140: Rotten

Chapter 140: Rotten

Before you ask, Mauser was a Vanedeni [Hero]. He came long after me. I was already nothing more than a soul in a book when he almost single-handedly ruined our people. He had the famous class, the charm, and the talent. But he was a spineless idiot. No one knows how classes are really assigned, but one thing is for sure: Mauser wasnt a [Hero].

The hope of our continent, Princess Valarith, who still had to get the class when she slew him, died with that foolish kid. Since arriving at Kome, never in our history had there been a civil war among the Vanedenis, Joey. Never. The only exception was the one caused by Mauser.

He was a great [Necromancer]. One of the greatest, perhaps. And he spread his cult far and wide before he was felled. Now, please. Let me. Ill teach you about this in the future. But for now, I need to do it myself, and Ill need to borrow your body.

maybe my Ancestor could

Antoninus, stand back, please, my voice is deeper and stronger than usual. I dont object to Lord Julers taking control as he simply moves my mouth. Ill cure your mother.

Everyone in the room turns to me, but Lord Juler has put a neutral expression on my face. Hes looking through my eyes at the womans body. Its frail and weak, barely hanging onto life. I cant imagine what her muscles must be like if she lay in a bed for an entire year. Her body is probably atrophied and decaying. How she is still alive is a mystery.

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Antoninus, I can remove both curses. But I need all of you to get out.

No one has moved yet.

Joey, Lucillus eyes me severely, and I can feel Lord Julers anger starting to mount after being disobeyed.

You know, I actually wonder how this possession thing works. If magic comes from the soul, does he need to bridge our souls and

Mauser was an expert on curses and body manipulation. He created Undeads that still haunt some countries. On Kome, our home, there should still be a lake infested with his last creations, some of the most powerful ones.

[Rottenbone] requires a physical vessel because its properties are so against life itself that it would never pass a soul-shroud. Therefore, Mauser engineered the curse himself. It was one of his most terrible Unique Skills. Well talk about that in the future. Rottebone is like a worm that eats and spawns more Rottenbone. This womans body is riddled with it. Its a curse that will leave the body debilitated and slowly kill it over a couple of years. It was meant to affect the [Dragonslayers] assets so dear to our enemies that they spent immense riches to try and heal them. But no one could. Only in very few cases, where Rottenbone had barely taken hold, was there any success at lifting the curse. And that happened by amputating the affected limb or body part.

How are we solving this, then? Didnt you just say that this woman had Rottenbone all over her body?

I dont have a solution for this. I could have done something if I had my own body here. And even then, it would have been a very crude solution.

Lord Juler, you just said you are a [Supreme Archmagus]! For Gods sake, arent you all-powerful or something? Isnt there a spell to save this woman?

Magic can do everything, but I did not expect Rottenbone here. The [Necromancer] this woman killed must have been of the highest caliber. Over level 50, maybe approaching level 60. In time, such a person could have revived Mausers legacy.

Give me a second.

Lord Juler draws a few more lines of Mana in the air.

This woman is a [Blademaster] at level 44. Thats not too bad. But she sacrificed herself to prevent a possible catastrophe. If what Ive heard is true, many should thank her for her noble deed.

What are we going to do, then?! We have to save her! You said I would save her!

We might have to give Antoninus some very bad news, Joey Luciani.