The Low-key Evil Wizard BOSS-Chapter 71 - 9: Sequence Enhancement: Rat King’s Heart
GLUG... GLUG... GLUG...
As he absorbed it, Zorn’s flesh and blood began to bubble and boil.
Bloody bubbles constantly burst upon his scorching-hot body.
Throughout the entire process, the strength of Zorn’s Sequence was clearly increasing.
A long, long time later, Zorn slowly opened his eyes.
’As expected of the flesh and blood remains of the Evil God Egunus. The strengthening effect is quite astonishing.’
’After digesting it, every aspect of me has improved.’
’The greatest benefits this piece of flesh from the Evil Spirit Knight Sequence gave me were to my Defense and Life Tenacity.’
’My Defense has increased by at least 80%. Combined with my Fighting Master’s Gang Qi, my defensive capabilities will be quite formidable.’
Zorn smiled faintly.
’Once my Fighting Master gets one more defensive Skill, the build will be complete.’
On its own, the abilities of the Fighting Master Sequence weren’t particularly outstanding.
But with the Evil Spirit Wizard Sequence as its foundation, it was a completely different story.
’Before, my Life Tenacity was about twenty times that of a Level 3 Sequence. Now... it’s around thirty times.’
Sensing such a bountiful harvest, Zorn couldn’t help but marvel at it.
Devouring the remains of other Evil Spirits was the fastest way to grow stronger.
But it was also the most difficult.
After all, every formidable Evil Spirit basically had its own saga, and powerful factions who had cultivated them stood in the shadows behind them.
Collecting other Evil Spirits would be a long journey; it couldn’t be rushed.
Having finished digesting the Egunus flesh remains from the Evil Spirit Knight, Zorn looked at Bucky’s withered corpse.
He opened his right palm and slowly released Bucky’s soul and will from the Evil Spirit Knight Sequence.
Although the Evil Spirit Knight, Bucky, had done many wrong things, he had also paid for his mistakes with his life.
Zorn had to fulfill the promise he made to Bucky’s uncle.
As Bucky’s soul was released from the Sequence,
a faint gust of wind stirred.
A rustling sound was carried on the breeze.
"Un... cle... I’m... sor... ry!"
"Silly... child... It’s all... your uncle’s... fault. It was I... who let you... inherit... a Sequence... you couldn’t... bear..."
"But now... it’s... all... over!"
Vaguely, Zorn saw two hazy afterimages converge and dissipate with the wind.
HUFF...
Watching the afterimages dissipate, Zorn let out a soft breath.
RUMBLE... RUMBLE...
A faint hunger gnawed at him.
’I need to eat something, or else... Isaac’s going to become my next meal.’
Zorn joked to himself.
"Mr. Zorn, now that the Rat King is dead, my teacher..."
Isaac asked in a low voice as he walked over, glancing at the three-to-four-meter-tall mountain of flesh.
Zorn patted his shoulder reassuringly.
"The Rat King is dead now. By the time we get back, the curse on your teacher should be broken and he should be awake."
After receiving a definitive answer, Isaac’s spirits were instantly lifted.
Although he was desperate to go see his teacher, judging by the fact that Mr. Zorn was already laying out an assortment of items, it was clear they wouldn’t be leaving anytime soon.
Zorn’s voice was steady as he began to explain.
"Before we go back, there are a few more things we need to do."
As he spoke, he pointed to the Rat King behind them and pulled two short knives from his black suitcase.
"I need you to carve up the Rat King’s flesh."
"Are we looking for the Rat King’s Golden Heart?"
Isaac asked curiously.
Zorn raised an eyebrow slightly and nodded.
"It seems your teacher taught you quite a bit about these things."
Taking the sharp daggers from Zorn’s hand, Isaac explained,
"Actually, the older sister Witches who came from the Spirit Witch Lady told me all this."
"They said that inside a Rat King, whose veins flow with strange, cursed blood, you can find a Golden Rat King’s Heart."
"They also said that eating a Golden Rat King’s Heart will strengthen your power and even enhance your own spiritual nature."
"But it will also saddle you with a terrible curse."
"Plus, the cursed blood flowing within it is extremely corrupting. It will drive us mad."
Zorn nodded.
"Those Witches from High Mountain are absolutely right."
"But as long as we handle it properly, it won’t be a problem."
"Alright, let’s get a move on!"
Those lunatics from the Forbidden Bloodline used a high-risk method, turning their bodies directly into vessels to connect with the bloodline.
Even if they gained power, they would descend into madness. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
The members of that Evil God Organization, the Forbidden Bloodline, were all more or less insane and bizarre.
The corruption from the Forbidden Blood was no problem at all for an Evil Spirit Wizard.
If consumed directly, it could be slowly digested over time.
Anything that couldn’t be digested could simply be expelled from the body.
But using it that way was far too wasteful.
The correct way to use it was for research: to refine powerful Exclusive Forbidden Techniques, and to strengthen one’s own Extraordinary Abilities and Evil Spirit Witchcraft.
Soon, Isaac, who had burrowed into the mountain of flesh, emerged carrying a basketball-sized heart. It was pure gold and pulsed with a golden halo.
Zorn took the heart and said,
"There should be three or four more of these Golden Hearts inside."
Isaac nodded.
"Yes! I can hear them beating. There are three more inside."
"Good. Go back in and keep digging."
"I’m about to release the cursed blood from it. While I do, you need to hide inside the corpse and not come out. Don’t emerge until I call for you, or it’ll be a hassle if you get corrupted."
Isaac hesitated for a moment.
"Mr. Zorn, aren’t you worried about being corrupted?"
"Don’t worry, I have my ways."
Zorn explained.
"Then... please be careful."
After a brief, envious glance at Zorn, Isaac quickly burrowed back into the corpse.
Earlier, when he had finished devouring Bucky’s flesh remains,
Zorn could feel that those flesh remains had already fused to a certain degree with the Forbidden Blood.
After finishing the absorption, Zorn was also able to control and guide the Forbidden Blood of the Double-Ringed Snake to a certain extent.
It was precisely because of this that Zorn was able to draw the Forbidden Blood out from the Golden Heart.
Otherwise, using a cruder method like a blood exchange would have been slower and made it difficult to purify it completely.
An impure Golden Rat King’s Heart was nothing but potent poison and a curse.
He took out a glass container he had prepared earlier.
Zorn held the Golden Rat King’s Heart in both hands, and a strange, grotesque guiding power gently surged forth.
The Forbidden Blood, fused deep within the Golden Rat King’s Heart, began to seep out like countless tiny, silver, ringed snakes, crawling from the organ.
They covered the heart in a dense mass, making it look like a silver moon.
HISS...
HISS...
The dense hissing bored into Zorn’s ears, his mind, and the depths of his soul like a nest of vipers.
The entire world seemed to shake and twist before his eyes.
"Ka... la... si..."
"Ka... la... si..."
The strange whispers were trying to guide Zorn, tempting him to submit to the terrifying Forbidden Blood.
But Zorn was only slightly affected.
If an ordinary Level Three Transcendent had been here, they would have quickly become a slave and a vessel for the Forbidden Blood.
Unmoved, Zorn swiftly guided the living Forbidden Blood into the glass container below.
After drawing out all the Forbidden Blood from the heart and sealing it away,
Zorn finally let out a small sigh of relief.
The Evil Spirit Wizard Sequence wasn’t afraid of the Forbidden Blood.
But Zorn’s current Level was still relatively low, so he wasn’t completely immune to its influence.
If he reached the Middle Rank, at Level 7 or Level 8, Zorn would be able to easily shrug off the influence of this silver Forbidden Blood.
If he ascended to the Upper Rank, reaching Level 12 or Level 13,
then Zorn could do the butterfly stroke in this Forbidden Blood.
"Alright, you can come out now!"
Zorn called out toward the Rat King’s corpse.
Isaac, his face deathly pale, slowly emerged.
In his hands, he held a new Golden Rat King’s Heart.
His steps were slightly unsteady.
Even with the protection of the Rat King’s corpse, he had still been affected.
Zorn used his Evil Spirit Authority to soothe Isaac’s spiritual nature, and his condition improved slightly.
"Eating the Rat King’s Heart will purge that corruption from you, and you’ll benefit greatly from it as well."
"Okay!"
Isaac now had complete faith in Zorn’s words.
While continuing to draw the blood, Zorn set up a pot, started a fire, and tossed the cut pieces of the Rat King’s Heart into it to stew.
By the time all the Forbidden Blood had been extracted, the Rat King’s Heart was finished stewing.
The two of them immediately gathered around the pot and began to feast on the Rat King’s Heart.
Although the meat was quite tough, they were both Transcendents and naturally had no trouble eating it.
The Golden Rat King’s Heart was what was known as a "Magical Organ."
It had magical effects, just like a Glutton’s Stomach.
A Glutton’s Stomach helps a Transcendent hold and digest more food.
The Golden Rat King’s Heart, on the other hand, could strengthen a Transcendent’s own heart.
It granted a Transcendent more powerful bursts of strength, a greater supply of stamina, and a faster flow of Energy.
The Golden Rat King’s Heart could accelerate the circulation of Zorn’s Star Trace Gang Qi and Holy Witch·Evil Energy.
This was also one of the reasons Zorn had wanted to hunt Rat King Bucky.
As he ate and digested the meat,
Isaac’s condition visibly improved, and his spirits soared.
THUMP-THUMP... THUMP-THUMP...
The pumping of his heart grew strong and powerful.
Previously, Isaac’s Growth Skill had been the one to kill Rat King Bucky.
When Rat King Bucky died,
Zorn’s Experience had increased from 14% to 19%.
And Isaac, who had dealt the finishing blow, possessed a professional hunting Talent himself.
Zorn could sense that he had likely skyrocketed straight to the peak of Level 2.
Having landed the killing blow on a major boss like the Bloodline·Lower Ranks·Rat King Knight,
it would have been easy for him to advance directly to Level 3.
But the boy had held back; he wanted to leverage this advancement to gain even more.
After eating about a quarter of the heart and sating his hunger, Zorn stopped.
Isaac also stopped after eating about a quarter of it; he was full.
"Pack up the rest to take with you. When you get back, give half to your teacher."
"The Rat King’s Heart is an excellent tonic for you Rat Catchers. It will allow Bevis to recover faster, and it will also make both you and your teacher much stronger."
Zorn’s gift brought a look of sincere gratitude to Isaac’s face.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Zorn. I..."
He wanted to say something about paying him back, but he choked up, at a loss for words and feeling awkward.
’But at his age, poor and with nothing to his name, what could he possibly offer Mr. Zorn in return?’
"Hahaha..."
Zorn laughed and patted his shoulder.
"When you’re stronger, we can teach this world a lesson!"
Hearing this, a tremor went through Isaac’s soul.
He looked at Zorn, clenched his fists, his eyes filled with a resolve he had never felt before.
"Yeah! We’ll teach this world a lesson!"
He didn’t really know what that meant, but since Mr. Zorn had said it, he would follow his lead.
For this Mr. Zorn, who had helped him more than he could ever repay,
he was willing to offer up his very soul and heart.
