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Chapter 119: Chapter 25: Abilities Limited by Soul Quality_2

This feeling was many times more shocking than when she had seen Ahtal deftly cheat the dwarven master in helping him craft weapons.

Others might not understand the influence of a witch, but as a creation of the witch, she understood very well that it was an existence almost divine.

No... it was even stronger than gods in charge of narrow concepts, like a goddess in charge of desserts, a god in charge of rain.

Usually, they are not as powerful as a witch.

"Is that your steed?"

Suddenly, Hecate glanced at the little mare, seemingly noticing something special about her.

Xi Mu shook his head and said to the little mare with a smile:

"It’s a partner, not a steed."

"Is that so?" Hecate nodded slightly, looking at the touched little mare, and couldn’t help but chuckle. It really was quite a cute little horse.

She withdrew her attention and said to Xi Mu, "Apprentice, perhaps in some time, your teacher will be able to teach you the magic of fate."

"Now, there’s not much difference between a teacher and a deity." Xi Mu said with a smile, "You both can grant others your own powers."

In effect, gods can grant followers powers of the corresponding Dao, just as he used the Healing Prayer to restore himself.

And witches can also grant followers the corresponding prayers,

"If there were no gods in the world, then we would be no different from gods," Hecate explained with a smile, "However, the two cannot be mixed up, gods represent aspects of the world, while witches represent the manifestation of the "self"."

She pondered this.

"The Prayer of Life you are currently using essentially communicates with the world through the Goddess of Life as a relay station, thereby affecting the world."

"And the power of death you use comes from the innate power of the Witch of Death."

Xi Mu nodded as if he understood.

According to the game’s official setting, deities originate from aspects of the world, and believers gain the authority to interfere with the world through the existence of deities.

So when a deity dies, this relay station would disappear, and believers can no longer gain authority to interfere with the world through the deity.

However, beings that transcend the realm of humans, namely demons and witches, are somewhat different; believers communicate directly with the essence of witches and demons.

Although in his view, there wasn’t much difference.

It was just a matter of a highfalutin explanation, waiting to earn more experience points when knocking them down later on.

"Sounds quite interesting," he remarked, "I wonder if I’ll have the chance to become a demon in the future."

"Your teacher does not know for the time being." Hecate could not give Xi Mu a definite answer now, although she had become a witch and had the experience.

But she could not be sure if her apprentice would definitely be able to transcend the human realm, as it seemed to be related to the quality of a person’s soul.

Before Xi Mu tried to transcend the human realm, it couldn’t be confirmed.

After all, so many talents had been stuck in the human realm in the past, even turning into vampires or revenants using special methods, relentlessly studying for centuries.

Yet, they ultimately failed to transcend the human realm.

This was a barrier, an invisible lock on potential progress, confining one to the human realm for a lifetime.

"If I can’t become a demon, then it’s like I’ll never be able to graduate." Xi Mu laughed, and Hecate smiled lightly at his words and stood up, smoothing her gown.

"Wait until you awaken your abilities, then think about graduating." Her apprentice was already within reach of awakening his abilities.

There are many powerful magics in this world, like the Ten Shadow Magics that the apprentice used, which are stronger than most abilities.

But the power awakened in each person can bypass spells, and with less Magic Power, achieve better results.

The prerequisite is that the awakened ability is strong enough.

If the awakened ability is to increase grip strength, or say, rolling one’s eyes back for internal vision and such, it’s basically useless.

Of course, she believed that Xi Mu would not awaken an overly useless ability, as the better the Talent, the stronger the awakened ability usually is.

If one were to give an example, it would be like someone who firmly believes they can fly, and this conviction is etched deeply in their heart.

Then the awakened ability might be related to flying; someone with poor Talent might awaken an ability for extremely strong jumping.

While someone with good Talent might awaken the ability to control the wind.

In terms of the outcome, it all draws nearer to the obsession of self-flight, yet the abilities it manifests differ to some extent from flying.

It seems to be somewhat related to the soul’s quality.

"Hopefully my abilities aren’t too poor," Xi Mu chuckled, seemingly not too concerned about his own abilities.

After all, the strength of his abilities was not something he could control, nor would it hinder his speedrunning of the game.

"My disciple of Hecate will definitely not be weak," Hecate shook her head, raised her hand and gently rubbed Xi Mu’s head, "Even if it’s not to your liking, it’s no matter. I can lend you my power to use."

Her figure gradually blurred.

"Remember, after awakening your abilities, come to the Magic Castle, I have prepared a gift for you."

"..."

Xi Mu touched his forehead, then stood up and walked into the forge, retrieving an extravagantly designed spear.

Mission item: Spear of Impaling the Immortal.

This weapon, forged to kill the Human-faced Serpent, had extra effectiveness against the creature and was a weapon that could be used into the later stages of the game.

"Partner, this spear is pretty cool," he twirled the spear and smiled at the little mare not far away, "I can already imagine the scene of subjugating the immortal serpent."

"..."

The little mare, observing the handsome knight’s smile, recalled Xi Mu recently duping the dwarven master and the scene of him sitting intimately with a witch.

She once had a mistaken belief about Xi Mu’s life, thinking it tragic, infected with the Sulter’s Fire and soon to depart from this world.

But now, seeing Xi Mu backed by a mysterious and unfathomable witch, one couldn’t relate him with tragedy in any way.

Given the witch’s fondness for Xi Mu, she would certainly find a way to cure the Sulter’s Fire infection.

Now, it would probably be hard for Xi Mu to die even if he wanted to. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"What’s wrong, partner?" Xi Mu showed a perplexed expression, looking at the little mare who seemed to have the look of "emotional betrayal."

After contemplating, he explained:

"The matter of my teacher being a witch, it’s really not something I should tell outsiders. If it were accidentally leaked, it would endanger my teacher."

"..." The little mare glanced at the forge, as if to say that the bearded dwarf also knew that your teacher was a witch.

Seeing this, Xi Mu added, "The teacher has already manipulated his fate; if the master harbors any thought of leaking information, he would immediately die from an accident."

The sound of forging within the forge ceased, as if the bearded dwarf had heard what Xi Mu said. A moment later, the pounding sounds recommenced, this time with more force.

Little mare: "..."

Poor dwarf, but there’s nothing that can be done when dealing with a ’magic second generation’ like Xi Mu; resistance is impossible.

Otherwise, death would seem like a release, but rebirth might not even be possible.

"Let’s go, to subjugate the immortal serpent." Xi Mu expertly mounted the horse and set off toward the city where the immortal serpent resided.

And shortly after they left,

The blindfolded nun crossed her hands in front of her lower abdomen, walking out gracefully. She arrived at the bench where Xi Mu had sat not long ago.

"First time meeting you, Lord Hecate," she said softly, as Hecate’s figure emerged by her side.

"Nun serving fire, why approach my disciple?" Hecate’s voice was cold, devoid of the warmth she had in Xi Mu’s presence.

Chasing the ultimate in the path of magic, ruthless, and without a trace of compassion, this is the Hecate that people knew.

Not some so-called gentle teacher.

"Because Lord Ash is the one I serve," the blindfolded nun said softly, then she felt... her heart being tightly grasped.

Death was so close.

"Nun serving fire, remember your current words," Hecate’s figure disappeared from the spot, leaving behind a chilling sentence.

The blindfolded nun sighed reluctantly, feeling a bit surprised she remained alive, especially given the witch’s fondness for her disciple.

There was no reason to let her live any longer.