NOVPUBChapter 47: Chapter 47 – Did you curse a Demon God??_1
Chapter 47 -47 – Did you curse a Demon God??_1
The priestess, who was in the midst of a killing spree, suddenly turned her head to look at Ivita.
The reason was that Ivita was the main culprit for exposing the Sons of the Forest. But for the time being, the priestess couldn’t come over as three human knights stood in her way, trying to defeat her.
The Hearthstone Grand Witch said, “I see that the priestess has you in her sights, your Majesty?”
“We should not engage in battle with someone who is burning her own life.”
“As long as we delay for a few hours, she will not be able to take it anymore, so fighting her is unnecessary.”
Ivita nodded in agreement.
Attacking the enemy’s weak points is the best strategy.
And the biggest problem with the profession of a priestess is its lack of sustainability.
They planned to move away from the battlefield first, but to their surprise, the leader of the Sons of the Forest, holding a knight sword and clutching his chest wound, stood in their way.
The leader of the Sons of the Forest, Ji, said harshly, “Don’t think about leaving, you bastard!”
The old witch paused for a second before saying, “Weren’t you previously affected by a damage curse?”
Upon hearing this, Ji also paused. “So what if I was?”
The old witch sighed a breath of relief. “Then it’s nothing. Let’s go, your Majesty.”
“The effect of the damage curse isn’t like a cut from a normal sword, it’s a very vicious spell that makes the wounds turn into a kind of rotten substance called ‘human pus’ under the influence of malicious magic.
Typically, only those with profound ill intent can wield this spell.”
“But it seems your magic is inherently malicious, and has therefore caused the power of the damage curse to rise to the level of a spell cast by a professional wizard.”
“This guy is as good as finished.”
Only then did Ivita realize that the leader of the Sons of the Forest who had been affected by her damage curse had long lost his ability to fight.
The two of them had reached the entrance of the hall and were about to escape, but the Treant leader, who was supposed to block them, wanted to give chase.
However, the moment he exerted his strength, he found that a viscous yellow-black fluid was oozing out of his wound, giving off a stench.
He suddenly collapsed on the ground and was nearly killed by a knight attendant who took advantage of the opportunity.
There was nothing he could do, it was a chaotic battle.
Chaotic battles are not one-on-one. You might die from a stone flying over, or by a sword from an inconspicuous minor character nearby.
If it weren’t for a Treant that noticed the situation and promptly rushed over to rescue him, Ji would have died under a Knight’s sword.
Meanwhile, the three Knights blocked the priestess of the Sons of the Forest, who was trying to catch up. She sent one knight flying with her giant fists and stomped on another. However, another knight managed to sneak behind her and wildly hacked and stabbed her with his knight sword.
He was constantly bleeding the priestess of the Sons of the Forest.
She turned around and punched the knight, but she was already too late to catch up with Ivita.
As she saw Ivita was about to disappear through the door, a flash of urgency crossed her eyes. “I prophesy that the human named Ivita~”
Ivita paused for a moment. A prophecy?
She remembered the Duke of the Forest she had met earlier.
No way, is this person going to curse me to death?
The old witch was also taken aback, then she lit up with joy, almost laughing out loud.
“Your Majesty, we have a way to deal with her.”
“She is actually going to prophesy about you.”
Someone is actually going to prophesy about the Demon God.
Although witchcraft and priesthood divination and prophecy are two different systems.
Witchcraft divination is guessing the future, while priesthood prophecy is more akin to a curse.
Their way of shaping the future according to their likes is essentially a type of cursing technique.
But there’s one thing that’s the same.
A divination or prophecy should never be made about a being of great spirituality.
Otherwise, there will certainly be a huge problem.
The priestess of the Sons of the Forest was obviously afraid that Ivita would run away, so she was desperate and directly used her cursing power.
“I prophesy~the man named Ivita will die in front of me.”
“His heart will not be able to bear the burden, his blood will coagulate, until it becomes putrid.”
In fact, the priestess of Sons of the Forest was gambling that Ivita’s profession level was not high, because the curse can’t be used on entities of the same level.
Even if it is used against knight apprentices, it can only make them temporarily ill at best.
However, all she desired was for the curse to affect Ivita.
Even if it only temporarily weakened him, preventing his escape, it would suffice.
The reasons the Son of the Forest Priest did this was first, she recognized the immeasurable potential of Ivita as a human and feared that his continued growth would pose a formidable threat to her kind, the Children of the Forest.
Secondly, she acted out of pure indignation, wishing to kill him first.
Thirdly, she had just observed Ivita holding the Forbidden Book of Ambros, in the company of a witch.
Humans absolutely should not have access to that book.
Thus, she proceeded to cast the curse, or perhaps, one could call it a prophecy.
In an instant, her malicious gaze turned into shock.
Because the spirit used in that instant was just too much.
“No, cursing a child, why does it require such a high cost?”
Disbelief brushed past the pupils of the Son of the Forest Priest. She tried to stop the curse, but too much spiritual power had already been spent in that moment.
It was like a dam breaking its banks; the ensuing torrent cannot be controlled.
She could not stop the prophecy.
Normally, the prophetic capabilities of a low-level priest were quite safe.
Because the level is too low, the price paid is limited.
It wouldn’t risk immediate death, at most it would truncate their lifespan.
However, in an instant, the robust body of the Son of the Forest Priest shriveled, transforming her titan-like figure into a pitiful, skeletal form.
Furthermore, she continued to become more emaciated.
In the blink of an eye, she was reduced to skin and bones.
Her bones became frail with age and started to fracture.
The titan form the priest transformed into now only remained as a skin – as if she was completely drained.
This was the price she paid to curse Ivita.
The aura mist she had summoned also disappeared at this moment.
The knights present got spirited and started a counterattack. After losing the cover of the mist, the Treants became dispirited with their powers significantly reduced.
For a moment, most of the Treants present were killed.
The remaining Treants saw that the situation was hopeless, and fled.
The treant who had replaced Anger sneaked over to support Ji, the leader of the Treants, jumped out of the window, crashed onto the lawn downstairs, and then ran away like a frightened dog.
As for the female priest, she maintained her pitiful, skeletal form of the giant, knelt in the hall, and said to Ivita in a failing breath, “You are not a human.”
The very next moment, she died.
The triangular altar under her feet shattered. The Ancient Tree Spirit seemed to wail for the death of its priest, cursed all humans present with a profound grudge, but without a priest, it could not retaliate, and could only disperse helplessly.
The battle was over.
Many were relieved they had survived the catastrophe. Some thrust their swords into the bodies of each of the Children of the Forest, in case any of them were pretending to be dead. Others strictly examined every human to prevent any Children of the Forest from hiding among them.
Many knights present looked at Ivita.
They were pondering; what did the dying giant female priest mean when she said, “You are not human”?
Ivita shrugged. “Folks…I need to tell you something important.”
Everyone immediately became tense.
Are there still enemies here?
“Don’t worry.” Ivita said, “I mean, get someone to put out the fire, quick!”
“And immediately call for backup in this castle. Although the Children of the Forest have retreated, we still need to guard against their counterattack. I don’t know if there are large troops of the Children of the Forest within the Baron’s territory. But they seem to be particularly keen on seizing this place.”
Ivita was worried that the Children of the Forest, seeing that they couldn’t seize the territory through conspiracy, would directly launch an attack.
Some knights really did as he suggested, while some old servants of the Moro family were confused.
Why should they take orders from an outsider?
Has he taken over here?
And Bran didn’t even utter a word!
