Synthetic Wizard-Chapter 170 - 124: The Machine That Converts Faith Power_2

Chapter 170: Chapter 124: The Machine That Converts Faith Power_2

This is the terrifying aspect of the Divine Spirit!

Even if most of the Divine Body is destroyed and only a small part remains, as long as there is sufficient faith power and time, it can still be resurrected.

A crucial point is that the Divine Spirit can gradually twist the will and cognition of creatures that come into contact with the Divine Remains, turning them into its followers who strive for the revival of the Divine Spirit.

In this regard, all Divine Spirits can be considered Evil Gods.

"What a sinister thing."

"I wonder what the Eternal Life Association’s Wizard Apprentice wants this for?"

"Could it be they also have a means to purify divinity energy?"

Thinking it over yields no answer, Sunan shakes his head and refocuses on the corpse before him.

He grasps that Divine Remains’ finger, gently pulls, and immediately feels the Divine Grace within the Pontiff’s body rapidly surge, quickly gathering as if alive to the ring finger.

Sunan seizes the opportunity, forming a silver knife, decisively slicing toward the connection between the Divine Remains and the Pontiff’s body, successfully separating the two.

Divine Remains Finger acquired!

Sunan concentrates, sensing that there isn’t much Divine Grace in the ring finger, perhaps due to Ovijou extracting some of it.

Yet even so, it’s still ten times more than the Divine Grace contained in the Book of Stars, enough to increase his Spiritual Power by two or three points without issue.

Snapping out of his joy, Sunan immediately stores the finger into the cube.

Though it has life vitality, it lacks autonomous consciousness, so the cube can accommodate it.

As for the Pontiff, with the Divine Remains detached, his body rapidly decays visibly, revealing ghastly white bones, ultimately disintegrating into fragments along with flesh and bone.

Before long, only a shallow gray imprint remained on the ground.

"It’s over," Sunan murmured.

Without the tool to convert faith power, even if the Starfire Sect has remaining members, they can’t create Holy Artifacts and Divine Blood.

Without means to quickly enhance strength, this sect will soon fall apart, posing no further threat.

After today, the Starfire Sect will become history.

Having done all this, Sunan leaves the secret room and separately heads to the storeroom and Ovijou’s residence.

These two locations were interrogated from the mouths of Starfire Sect believers.

If there are any good things left in the Starfire Sect Headquarters, they are likely in these two places.

Sure enough, Sunan found a large amount of gold coins and jewels in the storeroom, with an initial estimate of total value at least over fifty thousand gold coins.

Though not a huge sum, for a developing church, having such a cash flow is quite good.

"Enough to manufacture two or three Tier Two Legend-level Dual-bladed Spiders." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Unfortunately, there isn’t much harvest at Ovijou’s residence, only finding some secret record-type documents.

Sunan had hoped to find one or two Holy Artifacts.

After doing all this, Sunan hurriedly left Junan City.

With the Starfire Sect obliterated, his mission this trip is basically complete.

Next, he should return to properly handle the Divine Remains.

...

Red Leaf Province, Starry City.

Deep within the palace, the Starry Duke walked down a silent, empty corridor, his expression weary, his head full of graying silver hair making him appear increasingly old and haggard.

The unfavorable news from the front line was growing more frequent.

The army dispatched by the royal family has been unable to defeat the Marquis of the White Tower’s forces, dragged into a stalemate.

The rebels, however, are making rapid advances on the battlefield in Purple Bamboo Province, unstoppable.

Appeal letters from the Marquis of Purple Bamboo came one after another, but the royal family had no extra forces to send in support.

If this continues, Purple Bamboo Province likely won’t last a month before falling into the rebels’ hands.

The situation has deteriorated to an extremely dire degree!

"Why has it come to this?"

The Starry Duke sighed wearily, recalling the wizard named Sunan once mentioned by the Starfire Sect.

He understands wizards better than most.

After all, the royal family used to worship a wizard.

But while that wizard was also powerful, he wasn’t adept at crafting golem puppets, let alone organizing a strong force like the Golem Legion and the Black Rock Cavalry Legion.

He had never heard of a wizard able to influence the outcome of large-scale wars single-handedly!

This misjudgment led the situation to its current state.

Pondering, the Starry Duke arrived at the door of the secret room at the end of the corridor.

He paused, tidied his appearance, then gently knocked on the door, respectfully saying:

"Uncle Grandfather."

Silence.

Long after, a deep voice came from behind the door.

"Come in."

The Starry Duke sighed with slight relief, pushed open the door, and entered.

The secret room was sparsely decorated, with only a bed, a table, and a chair.

There wasn’t even a single picture hanging.

A plain-looking man, appearing around forty, dressed simply, sat on the chair, gazing over calmly.

Seeing the familiar face unchanged for decades, the Starry Duke’s heart trembled slightly, an uncontrollable surge of jealousy rising up.

Looking at the Starry Duke, the man’s expression grew complex, sighing as he said: "You shouldn’t have cooperated with the Starfire Sect."

"There’s no free lunch in this world, let alone benevolent Divine Spirits. Seeking immortality through the Divine Spirit’s grace carries a huge hidden cost. Even if you succeed in prolonging life, you might become a puppet among those lunatics."

"You handled this affair poorly."

A bitter smile spread across the Starry Duke’s face, he said in a choked voice:

"Uncle Grandfather, everything is my fault. My mind was clouded by greed."

"But now the Starfire Sect is destroyed, the rebels are aggressive, soon reaching here. I truly have no solutions left, I can only come to you."

The man calmly asked: "What do you want me to do?"

The Starry Duke quickly replied: "I beg Uncle Grandfather to kill Sunan. As long as Sunan dies, I’ll have a chance to defeat the rebels!"

After long silence, the man asked again: "If Sunan is killed, can you guarantee a hundred percent success in suppressing the rebels?"

The Starry Duke’s expression froze, and after a long pause, said through gritted teeth: "Even if I don’t win, I’ll fight till the end, and never disgrace the Kessler Clan!"

The man remained silent much longer this time.

Just when the Starry Duke grew uneasy, the man finally spoke.

"Alright, I’ll go find Sunan."

"Thank you, Uncle Grandfather!"

The Starry Duke was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Uncle Grandfather was a Tier Three Legendary Knight fifty years ago, with his intervention, there was great hope of ending Sunan.

In fact, had it not been for the damn Starfire Sect enticing with immortality, with Uncle Grandfather around, he wouldn’t have bothered with the Starfire Sect’s threat, let alone cooperated with them.

Who could have imagined the Starfire Sect being so pathetic, always acting high and mighty, posing as shepherds, yet proving so feeble?

Before even running out of support, the Starfire Sect got annihilated by Sunan first!

Truly contemptible!

No matter what, since Uncle Grandfather was willing to help, there’s hope in resolving this crisis.

Seeing Uncle Grandfather wave his hand, the Starry Duke wisely bid farewell and left.

Yet turning away, he failed to see Uncle Grandfather casting a meaningful glance in his direction.

...

Starlight Calendar 1254, Autumn Moon (October).

The Flashing Army conquered Purple Bamboo Province, entirely incorporating it into its domain.

Then advanced north, merging with forces led by Baron Stali in his command, swiftly capturing the entire Hulan Province within a month.

Thus, among the seven major provinces of the Starry Duchy, four provinces have fallen into the hands of the Flashing Territory.

Another, the White Tower Province, remains an ally of the Flashing Territory.

Remaining under royal family control are only the Red Leaf Province and the Ranshuang Province.

Of these, the Ranshuang Province is still recovering, its combat power near negligible.

The only province retaining a potential battle force is the Red Leaf Province.

The war reaching this stage, even the most optimistic individuals don’t believe the royal family can turn the tide.

Starlight Calendar 1254, Frost Moon (November).

The Flashing Army and White Tower Army gather at the border of the Red Leaf Province, with war imminent.