Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 329 The Philosopher’s Trap

The philosopher tried to move forward, feeling that his body was getting weaker and weaker.

She gasped for breath, coughed up sticky phlegm with bloody foam, and put down the package in her hand almost out of strength.

Can't lift it anymore.

She had scratched her fingers until they turned white.This thing is really too heavy for her.

Inside this simple package were the Hatter's body fragments - the ritual materials she had obtained with great difficulty.

During this ceremony, the Hatter transformed into a robust young man.The philosopher used the information he obtained to make a deal with him, explaining clearly the fact that his teammates could not be found, and expressing his willingness to form a team with the opponent.

With the help of the "Hatter", the philosopher, who had just escaped from the private room but was still weak, was able to successfully enter the secret passage.She could hardly stand up at that time, and she was almost lifted directly by the Hatter and forced into the secret passage.

After both of them entered the secret passage, they waited for the philosopher to take a breath, and then immediately used magic to sneak attack and kill him.

——There is no other reason, just that she urgently needs to heal her body and restore her strength.

There is no priest in this ritual, and even if there were, it would be difficult to kidnap the other party to heal oneself.Although the Hatter is willing to cooperate with him now, if he continues to show such powerlessness, the other party may directly kill him.

It's better to strike first.

Although as a mage of the path of wisdom, the philosopher has no restorative powers.But fortunately, as long as you know how to operate it, you can still perform some simple rituals even if you don't have a level beyond the path.

And human corpses with magical powers are excellent ritual materials——

As expected, I really don’t have any talent for the path of wisdom.The philosopher laughed at himself.

After so many years and so many resources, the path of wisdom has just reached the third energy level.

The core principles of the path of wisdom are mystery, selfishness, and rationality.A wise man who protects secrets, maintains neutrality, and maintains sanity. He is alone, ahead of his time, and not understood by everyone——

The philosopher is confident that he can accomplish the first two points, but the third point is difficult to achieve.Because she always gets angry easily.

She wanted to pursue the wisdom path part-time at the time, but she felt that she could lose her mind very easily.So I hope to use this most rational way to make up for my shortcomings.

Perhaps it was the influence from the transcendent path, or perhaps the contract demon corrupted her rationality.When she encounters any pain or setback, what she thinks about is not "remaining silent and ignoring it" or "treating it with disdain and contempt", but she immediately wants to use action to make the other party pay the price.

Because she just couldn't help it.

——I am obviously so powerful!
He has a high status, abundant wealth, and his heir is smart and capable. He is a long-established nobleman who has been passed down for hundreds of years, a powerful nobleman, and a decorated general.No one will give himself a face.

But the requirement of the path of wisdom is to laugh away the doubts and hostility of fools.On the path of pursuing the truth, all those disputes and noises are just a meaningless waste of time.

Philosophers can never grasp the feeling of being aloof, overlooking all living beings, and being genuinely disinterested in worldly affairs.

She gave herself this codename when she was advancing on the path of wisdom to remind herself to stay rational and think more about everything.

As a result, not only did she become a weak girl... she was also insulted and bullied by such an old man!
——If this was a promotion ceremony beyond the Path, she might have resonated with the Path by now.

But this is the rite of promotion on the path of wisdom.As a result, not only was she furious, her head was dizzy, her vision was black, her hands and feet were weak, but she also felt that her spell casting probability was constantly decreasing.

In the end, in the promotion ceremony of the path of wisdom, she still used the ceremony of transcending the path...

Manually dismembering a body is tiring, technical and time-consuming.

Her physical condition at the moment could not support her to manually dismember the body of the "Hatter", so the philosopher directly consumed a little more mana and quickly arranged a "decomposition ritual" to quickly dismantle the other party's body into pieces that could be carried around. Material.

She then used the Hatter's remains to perform the first "vital regeneration ritual" to replenish herself with her first physical strength.

Then she used the other person's clothes as a package and packed the materials into separate bags.

She didn't want to conflict with anyone else at this time.Because she only has a little mana left, and complete exhaustion of mana may lead to coma.

And for those who are promoted using young male bodies, she will definitely not be able to defeat them if she does not use extraordinary abilities.

So after careful consideration, the philosopher chose to use two-thirds of the materials left by the Hatter to set up the trap.

She walked all the way and arranged all the way.Because I didn’t have much material on hand, I couldn’t set up an aggressive trap.

Considering the possibility of entering the secret passage together, setting up a sleeping trap directly may lead to being awakened by your companions.So the philosopher finally chose the ritual of detachment.It was a curse ritual that would make one's limbs weak, making it difficult to move.

If the opponent is a temporary teammate, then the person who steps on the trap may be suddenly killed by others; and if they are a companion who cannot give up, then they will choose to support or carry the opponent to act together, or Just stay and try to lift the curse.

Either way, it can buy her a lot of time.

After falling into a trap once, you will probably become more cautious in the future.It's even possible to have curse countermeasures ready.

Therefore, the second ritual arranged by the philosopher is the "acid arrow" ritual made from bile, gastric juice and blood.

When the other party walks into a long, narrow corridor with nothing, when they have gone two-thirds of the way and gradually relax their vigilance, an acid arrow will fly from the front.This first-level ritual may not be able to kill a person directly, but it can cause tremendous pain and weaken the opponent's ability to move and fight.

The philosopher then removed the Hatter's spine and liver, and arranged a phantom wall that could block the light source, with several runes on it.They may think they have reached a dead end and turn away thinking it is a trap; they may also try to investigate the wall without giving up.The philosopher arranged a tripwire under the light-blocking wall to trigger the sting trap behind the wall.

When someone tries to get closer to investigate the wall, they will be stabbed into the body by the poisonous sting behind the wall. In order to allow taller male initiates to be hit, she specially lowered the height of the text so that If the other party wants to see clearly under this dim light source, he must lower his head.And her adjusted sting will pierce the opponent's eyes.

——These three ritual traps can reduce the number of at least three people, right?

thought the philosopher.

Counting the dead forge and hatter, plus myself...

If you remove three more people, basically there won't be many people chasing after you.

And the first incapacitating ceremony was to remind his companions - even though they could not be found suddenly, the philosopher still kindly left clues for them.When you see a ritual trap arranged, you should think that the trap ahead is your own, and be a little more careful.

She didn't have much material left.

I originally wanted to replenish my energy when I ran out of energy.

But now she suddenly began to hesitate.

——Because the philosopher is not sure whether there is a need to open the door at the end of this secret passage.

It would be fine if it were a password or a riddle.Through the development of intelligence through the path of wisdom, he can still figure it out quickly.But if it was a password or even a spell rune that she didn't know, then she could only forcefully open it through a ritual.

Every time a piece of material is used in the front, it may cause the subsequent door to be missing this piece of material and unable to be opened.

"...Only one corpse is not enough."

The philosopher gritted his teeth and thought it would be better to save a little more.

I won’t let myself recover.

Originally, she thought that if she couldn't complete the new moon ceremony, it would be a big deal and she would just find a place to hide it.Even if you can't pass the level, you won't be punished as long as you're alive.

...But after enduring that kind of experience, she suddenly felt that she would be at a huge disadvantage if she failed to pass the level.

But right now.

She suddenly felt a cold malice - the philosopher did not hesitate to pick up a package from the ground and threw it in one direction.

"Eat their hearts and chew their livers, and with the mighty blood of youth I command you! Show yourself to them, drunken bull!"

She chanted loudly at the same time.

The heart and liver in the package ignited flames, and then wrapped in a strong smell of alcohol, the flames suddenly grew in size.

It was as if the bull were wrapped in wine-soaked straw and set on fire—golden-red flames burst into flames.In this narrow space, a flame like a bull flashed past in the direction she pointed.

But what made her heart sink was that she didn't hear the screams.

"——Are you... Alai?"

Only a cold, dry voice sounded.

The black robe like a ball of rags shook open in the air, and there was no living person inside.

(End of this chapter)