Tome of Blood

The return trip went smoothly.

Three days later, Charlotte, who was eager to return home, returned to her own territory.

After "escorting" Charlotte back to Northport, the black dragon Eudocia set off again.

Her mission in the Principality of Romania has been completed, and she will follow the forecast of Nice's model to find other ancient temples that have not yet been excavated.

Charlotte is quite satisfied with this trip to the Principality of Romania. Although the process is a little different, she has almost completed several of her goals.

Leaving aside the treaty with the Ness clan, with Ulster as the guarantor, Charlotte reckoned that after she was promoted to Chi Yang, it would be no problem to have the title of Duke Roman on top of her head.

According to previous experience, she is likely to fall asleep again after being promoted.

Maybe when she wakes up again, the Duchy of Roman has already been brought under the control of the Castel family, and she herself has become the Duchess of Roman.

Charlotte is still looking forward to it. Even without mentioning the benefits of status in the human world brought about by a higher title, a larger territory is also conducive to her secretly accumulating strength.

The search for the Ancient Temple in Roman Duchy has been completed.

After obtaining Roman's Sword, Charlotte has already received confirmation from the spirit of this artifact. Nice speculates that the ancient temple that has not been excavated by the Principality of Roman is the place where Roman's Sword is sealed.

As for the faceless statue that Charlotte was thinking about, it has naturally been "swallowed" by Roman's sword.

"This... When I was brought there by Romanus, I was just a sacred weapon. In the end, I became a real divine weapon by merging with the idol."

"True...Your Majesty the True Ancestor, you really won't melt me ​​down and then separate out the statue again, will you?"

Roman Sword asked cautiously.

Obviously, even with Charlotte's guarantee, after knowing that one of the main purposes of her trip to the Principality of Roman was to find the Temple of the Ancients and the Faceless Idol, the Sword of Roman was still a little nervous.

"Okay, stop thinking about it, if I really wanted to melt you down, I would have already done so in Luo Ang, and there is no need to sign a contract with you."

Charlotte said angrily.

After finishing speaking, she took a sip of the sweet milk that the maid Shirley had poured for her, and then looked at Niss, who was happily circling around Roman's sword:

"If you still don't believe it, just ask Nice, I think...you should have a common language."

After listening to Charlotte's words, Roman Sword's attention shifted to open his big piercing eyes, excitedly looking at one of his black cats:

"Speaking of it... I wanted to ask just now, the breath of Your Excellency Nice... makes me feel a little close and familiar... I don't know what is the identity of Your Excellency Nice? Why does it make me feel that there is a power that is almost the same?"

"Meow, of course you will feel close. After all, my body, like yours, is made of Lord Charlotte's lost statue."

Nice said proudly.

After finishing speaking, it looked at Roman's sword with great interest, and its eyes were full of curiosity:

"However... I never expected that Romanus would be able to upgrade the sacred artifact to a wisdom artifact with the help of the Faceless Idol... It seems that my research on mythology is still not enough..."

"God... made of a god statue? Your body is actually made of a faceless god statue?!"

Roman Sword said in amazement.

"So... you can rest assured that the benevolent Lord Charlotte is taking good care of me, a waste. As a mythical artifact, you will naturally not be destroyed."

Niss said of course.

After listening to Nice's words, Roman Sword was completely at ease.

"By the way, speaking of it, I haven't completed the ancestral recognition ceremony of the Roman family. My body is still blooded by Roman, so it should be possible to strengthen it, right?"

Looking at Roman's sword in front of him, Charlotte suddenly remembered the half-way ancestor recognition ceremony, and said to himself.

However, after hearing her words, Roman Sword's tone was a bit strange:

"You? Ancestral recognition ceremony? This...isn't it? Are you still planning to let me purify your blood?"

"To be precise, it is the physical quality of this body."

Charlotte said.

After finishing speaking, she looked at Roman's sword:

"Any questions?"

"The problem is serious! I can indeed help mortals strengthen their physical fitness and blood power, but your body is no longer a mortal! Although the strength may not be enough, in terms of quality, it is already comparable to a holy body. Bar!"

Roman Sword said.

holy body?

Charlotte was taken aback.

The so-called holy body is exactly the body of the saint, and it is also the body inherited after the myth came into the world.

Because after being transformed by divine power, the holy body is no longer a mortal body.

After listening to Roman's sword, Charlotte looked at her white palm thoughtfully.

Speaking of which... She really feels that she has become more and more comfortable controlling her divine power recently.

Could it be... from the moment the divine fire was ignited, her body has been subtly being tempered and transformed by the divine fire?

It was also when the drop of blood was divided during the ancestral recognition ceremony. According to the past, she would have no way to incorporate divine power into the blood...

The only ones that can carry divine power are the 'Holy Artifact' and the 'Sacred Artifact'. In that case, could it be that her body has also been transformed unconsciously?

In this way, apart from the fact that the output of the blood power is still not stable, isn't she no longer different from those real recovery myths?

Don't say it, Charlotte thinks about it carefully, it seems that this is really the truth.

After comparing the records about the myth in Albrecht's memory, and Roman's sword itself's perception of the myth, Charlotte was surprised to find that the current her... is really indistinguishable from the revived myth. What a difference.

"Wait...then...doesn't this mean that the bottleneck of my main body reaching the demigod has completely disappeared?"

Seeming to have thought of something, Charlotte was refreshed.

There are also bottlenecks in the promotion of extraordinary people, and so does Charlotte.

It's just that she has the cheat of the Holy Code of Blood, and she can make a breakthrough by lighting up the tree of inheritance talent.

But there is no bottleneck in the recovery of the gods.

Thinking of this, Charlotte was a little excited.

This means that as long as she continues to fuse with the Faceless Idol and absorb more divine power of blood, she may even directly increase her physical strength to that of a saint!

With this in mind, Charlotte couldn't wait to fuse the faceless statue confiscated from Albrecht.

However, Charlotte did not act rashly.

Even if there is no bottleneck, she is not sure whether she will fall into a deep sleep after merging with the Faceless Idol this time.

No... It should be said that she had a vague premonition that she might encounter a situation similar to the last time she was promoted.

Charlotte still believes in her hunch, especially after igniting the divine fire, it may also be a qualitative change in the level of life, and her hunch is often quite accurate.

So... before merging with the Faceless Idol, she had to make arrangements to avoid problems with her territory and sect after she really fell asleep.

That’s all for the territory. After all, it’s on the right track. According to Charlotte’s various plans and arrangements, even without her in charge, Niss and Sebastian can support her. Her identity can also let Niss go. camouflage.

But on the side of the religious order... Charlotte still remembered that before she fell asleep, she had to prepare a coolie to replace her "blessing God".

Charlotte originally planned to let Nice, whose body is an "artifact", do it if he had no other choice.

But now...

She has better options.

Thinking of this, Charlotte looked at Roman's sword again, and his attitude became more pleasant:

"Roman, you often hold ancestral recognition ceremonies, so you should be quite proficient in granting mortal power, right?"

Roman Sword was taken aback by Charlotte's suddenly gentle attitude.

"Uh... It's okay, it's considered a little experience, really... Lord Charlotte, is there any problem?"

"You can pull mortal consciousness into your mental space, can't you?"

"Yes, it is indeed possible, although the maintenance time is not long, of course... I would rather call it the spirit space than the spiritual space."

"Hmm... Artifact Spirit Dimension, you can change your illusionary appearance in your Artifact Spirit Dimension, right?"

"This...it can indeed be done. I have also done the same in the ancestor recognition ceremonies of the past generations. I quite like to pull those Roman descendants into my consciousness for testing."

"very good!"

Charlotte nodded slightly.

She smiled and said:

"I am going to further increase my strength, and I may fall into a deep sleep. During this period, I need to leave behind an existence that can connect to the center of faith instead of me and bestow divine grace."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Roman's sword, and her smile became more and more warm:

"Roman, I see that your talent is unique, and your sword bones are amazing. I think you are a rare genius who is rare in thousands of years, and the most intelligent artifact in history!"

"During my deep sleep, would you be willing to replace me and help me maintain the normal operation of the belief network and the bestowal of God?"

Charlotte's wild boast made Roman's sword dizzy.

It became excited almost immediately, and replied without thinking:

"Yes! Of course! It is Roman's greatest honor to be your artifact and serve you!"

Very easy to deal with.

Seeing Roman's sword full of joy, Charlotte and Nice secretly thought at the same time.

Nice looked at Roman's sword with pity.

The hub of a belief network?

The god who ignites the fire can be lazy, and can completely block the voices of most believers and maintain the operation of the entire network at a minimum, but if it is a divine weapon...

Hey, just wait and enjoy the prayers of thousands of believers 24 hours a day and 360 degrees without dead ends!

...

Half of flickering and half of commanding, let Roman's sword take over the work of her belief center after she fell asleep, and Charlotte settled the last worry.

After she issued the "Oracle" to all the dependents except Albrecht that she would further recover her strength and once again "sleep" for a short period of time, she entered the dark room that Sebas had prepared for her.

The inner three floors and the outer three floors were sealed and bounded, and Charlotte lay down again in the luxurious crystal coffin Sebas had prepared for her.

In order to prevent the Church's God's Bell warning again and again this time, she also specially ordered Nice to prepare in advance a super-large shielding circle that could cover almost the entire North Port.

After everything was ready, Charlotte took out the Faceless Idol and placed it on her chest.

She gently closed her eyes and began to fuse.

The crimson brilliance bloomed, and the faceless statue on Charlotte's chest gradually began to "melt"...

Charlotte only felt a warm force seep into her body, into her heart.

Her heart, which had gradually been stained with red gold, was beating powerfully, and the divine fire in the center was also burning fiercely.

Abundant blood power rushed to the limbs, rapidly increasing the flame in Charlotte's heart.

Gradually, in Charlotte's heart, where the divine fire was burning, a space capable of accommodating divine power gradually formed.

And those divine powers once stored by Charlotte in the Holy Tome of Blood, as well as the divine powers scattered throughout her body and in the depths of her consciousness, were all drawn and gathered into the "divine power pool".

A golden-red radiance bloomed on Charlotte's body, a palpitating aura gradually rose, and the entire dark room faintly began to tremble.

Layer upon layer of brilliance lit up, it was Charlotte leaving all kinds of magic circles to start operating on their own, suppressing the increasingly powerful power and aura in the dark room.

But even so, with the spread of the divine power, the rich magic power began to spread around Charlotte's body, and the power of the elements became more and more restless. Gradually... There were even crystal clear red crystals everywhere in the dark room Precipitate.

It turned out to be a condensed magic crystal.

The concentration of magic power in the entire dark room is even high enough to precipitate crystals!

Even outside the dark room, Nis, who was guarding secretly, noticed the change in the magic power in the air. Its eyes widened with surprise:

"Is this... a sign of domain resonance?"

"Lord Charlotte... Is this the main body going to return to the posture of a saint?!"

Of course, Charlotte no longer knows about all of this.

The moment she merged with the god statue, she felt an unprecedented sleepiness.

Soon, she fell into a deep sleep...