A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 1054

Chapter 1054: Chapter 725: Killing People to Seize Treasures is a Basic Skill Chapter 1054: Chapter 725: Killing People to Seize Treasures is a Basic Skill The reason why this curse is related to Yegr dates back to another matter.

That is the notorious Wall of Unbelievers.

As everyone knows, Faelun is a world with deities, where if you believe in a god, after death you go to that god's kingdom. However, if you don't have a god to believe in, then after death, you end up in Shinigami's realm, stuck onto a wall.

Of course, it doesn't end with just being stuck on the wall. Over time, the souls on the wall become increasingly ravenous, beginning to lose everything, from their memories, senses, down to forgetting themselves and finally dissolving into nothingness.

The existence of the Wall of Unbelievers is also, in a sense, a deterrent. The idea is to make everyone worship the gods; otherwise, you can expect to be plastered onto the wall after death!

Domineering, isn't it? Not everyone complied, though. During the time when Myrkul was still Shinigami, there was a rebellion for the freedom to believe, proclaiming the freedom to believe in the gods and the freedom not to. Hence, a motley legion comprised of angels, liches, and Blue Dragons invaded Shinigami's realm, attempting to destroy the Wall of Unbelievers.

And then they were plastered onto the wall by Shinigami Myrkul (spreads hands).

It proves that if you meddle with Shinigami's affairs in Shinigami's domain, there is only one outcome.

Duanmu Huai nodded in agreement silently. Of course, in his world, such a Wall of Unbelievers would be widely criticized. After all, freedom of belief is central; who are you to dictate whether one should subscribe to a faith or not?

Alas, such notions don't fly in this world.

Truth be told, Duanmu Huai would rather see these souls of the nonbelievers plastered on the wall than taken away by the Chaos Evil God, wouldn't he?

After all, the initial intent of the Black Hole Project during the God Creating phase was precisely this. The emergence of the Chaos Evil God was due to the Milky Way being battered, with countless lost souls crammed into Subspace, which then resulted in the birth of the Chaos Evil God. Since this was the case, “I'll create a bunch of gods to divert these souls elsewhere, and even if the Chaos Evil God wakes up again, it won't get any sustenance and is left with no other option but death, right?”

So, from this point of view, the Wall of Unbelievers does serve a purpose. The souls with faith are divvied up among the realms of the various gods, and the unbelievers are stuck on the wall–certainly preferable to becoming sustenance for the Evil God.

Actually, at this point, by all logic, it should have been the end, just an unsuccessful rebellion, nothing much to talk about.

However, the problem lies in the fact that after this incident, Myrkul died and Shinigami became Sherrick. Then Yegr made his move, Sherrick was overthrown, and now Shinigami is Kelanwo.

Of course, although Myrkul had died, he wasn't completely dead. It's the same for all Faelun gods; it's impossible to be completely dead, as you'll come back a few hundred years later just as alive. Myrkul naturally was also scheming his resurrection. Hence, even though his body was floating in the Star Realm, he never gave up on the idea of causing trouble.

Subsequently, Myrkul happened to witness the scene of this hero killing the Shadow King and dying himself.

Then Myrkul came up with a sordid idea. He extracted the hero's soul and stuck it on the Wall of Unbelievers, then took the soul of the traitor that he had previously stuck on the wall and crammed it into the hero's body. As a result, the hero would be afflicted with that endless hunger and craving to devour anything, the Curse of the Unbelievers, and in Myrkul's expectation, the hero, driven by hunger, would attack others and devour their souls. With this, Myrkul could spread his notoriety far and wide, letting everyone know that he had not entirely perished, and then he would have enough Power of Faith to resurrect, haha!

The plan sounded good, but unfortunately, it didn't consider the main character's halo.

Otherwise, how would this man have known about it? Because he had found Myrkul!

At first, Myrkul tried to maintain a calm facade and admitted that he had orchestrated everything, which infuriated the man. However, observing Myrkul floating in the Star Realm, emaciated, the man, also blessed with the main character's halo, suddenly came up with a plan.

“Since I can devour souls, can I now devour the soul of Myrkul?”

He is just bones now, isn't he?

And so he devoured Myrkul's soul.

“Well done!”

Looking at the triumphantly smiling man before him, Duanmu Huai couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, admitting that indeed, the man truly embodied the main character's halo; Myrkul was a former Shinigami after all, for you to have devoured him just like that…

Poor Myrkul ended up biting the dust, but it was a fate he brought upon himself. Even as Shinigami, plotting against the main character, you meet only one fate: death.

After absorbing Myrkul's soul, the man felt as if the skies had cleared, the rain had stopped, and he was back in action. He returned to Shinigami's realm to assault the Wall of Unbelievers, trying to retrieve his own soul.

That's when Kelanwo arrived.

Duanmu Huai initially thought Kelanwo would act just like Myrkul and plaster the man against the wall with one slap.

Instead, the other party started negotiating with the man, eventually stating that he could retrieve his own soul, but he must not overdo it, or else the gods would not let him off…

Well, Kelanwo isn't up to scratch.

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned slightly and said it's no wonder, that at the assembly of gods, he had personally proposed to discuss the issue of the Wall of Unbelievers with Kelanwo. However, Kelanwo had not come to find him afterward. He had thought the other party was just busy with other matters, but now it seemed that Kelanwo was too embarrassed to mention that a part of the Wall had been destroyed…

Yeah, with Kelanwo's wimpy demeanor, it's only a matter of time before Yegr takes him down. Who knows who the next unfortunate soul to become a Shinigami will be.

And so, the hero reclaimed his own soul and, by devouring Myrkul's soul, gained divine power. Along with that magical curse, he found after recovery that he had the power to devour other people's souls. And those whose souls he had devoured became his most fanatical subordinates and puppets!

As for the reason, it mostly likely had something to do with Myrkul's soul, considering that Myrkul was a Shinigami too.

Though a former one.

Next, the man obviously wouldn't let those who betrayed him off easily. He had vanquished the Shadow King before but had not had the chance to take its treasures. Now, with his increased strength, he had come to the Shadow Plane and acquired the legacy of the Shadow King. Moreover, he defeated the Geassian Yankees who came to seize the sword and forced them into an alliance to join him in conquering the main realm, devouring everything!

So that's how it is.

After listening to the man's confession, Duanmu Huai finally understood why players in the game had never seen this kind of ability. It was simply the product of a series of coincidences stacking up, the odds of which were comparable to the natural birth of an Untouchable. If anything had been amiss, this guy would not have come into existence, nor would this ability have appeared.

This shit's even more rigged than a guaranteed ten-pull.

But fortunately, he had encountered it!

At the moment, Duanmu Huai was also feeling envious, eyeing the man keenly. The Tribunal wasn't filled with kind men and ladies; naturally, Duanmu Huai wouldn't want to miss out on the ability to mass-produce Untouchables. According to the system's rules, the best way to do it was simply to kill the guy and see if he could get his abilities!

Kill people and take their treasures, what player doesn't know how to do that?

“Come, submit to me, and I will grant you unparalleled glory. You will rule this world with me, and the gods will not be my match!”

Looking at the badass man before him, Duanmu Huai raised an eyebrow. He obviously knew why the other party was so confident. As mentioned before, the Faelun Gods actually had no essential difference from the Subspace Evil God; they must use various methods to manifest in the real realm, which made it difficult. But this guy was different. Although he hadn't ignited the Divine Fire, he had devoured Myrkul's divine soul, making him akin to a deity walking in the real world.

Not complete yet, but with enough devoured souls, becoming a deity was just a matter of time for him.

Unfortunately for him, Duanmu Huai would not give him that chance.

“Just you? I don't think you have what it takes.”

Since the other party had already explained how he had gained this ability, for Duanmu Huai, what followed was the boss battle.

He suddenly swung his War Hammer, smirking as he spoke. Hearing Duanmu Huai's response, the man was not surprised at all.

“It doesn't matter. Soon, you will submit to me and become my most faithful follower and slave!”

As the man spoke, he let out a roar, and then Duanmu Huai and his companions saw a giant shadowy maw appear behind the man. At the same time, the surrounding shadows began to dance, turning into tentacles and lunging toward Duanmu Huai and the others.

“Did you think you're the only one who can do this?”

Watching the man's movements, Duanmu Huai also snorted coldly. The shadows around him began to tremble, and tentacles stretched out, confronting the man's shadow tendrils head-on, and then the two forces collided!

“Bang bang bang!!”

Their tentacles collided and entwined, and both the man and Duanmu Huai swayed slightly. They stared coldly at each other, Duanmu Huai feeling a massive suction from the man's tentacles, as if trying to completely absorb and devour his soul. The man's face darkened too, sensing the immense spiritual power bursting from Duanmu Huai's tentacles. That indescribable fear and pressure surged over like a tidal wave, crushing his spirit.

One affects the soul level; the other, the spiritual level. They were indeed evenly matched.

Now, it was just a matter of seeing who was more powerful!

“Kill them!”

Following the man's command, the army composed of Geassian Yankees and Untouchables charged at Duanmu Huai and his people once more.

“Take down these bastards!”

At this moment, Duanmu Huai also issued his order coldly and clenched his War Hammer, striding toward the man. The man too raised his Geass Silver Sword and swung it down hard toward Duanmu Huai!

A new great war had thus begun.

Chapter end

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