Chapter 26: Blood

"Let us communicate freely."

A meeting of four people, and one of such unimaginably high caliber, meant that there was very little that could be exchanged between these few.

Sasriel had already finished speaking about the Sequence Potion and fell silent, looking at the others.

In the end, it was the Goddess who asked Chumen, "Will you be staying in Deep Darkness City for this recent period of time?"

"Probably not?" Chumen was also not quite sure, "I need to make a trip to the Sun God Divine Kingdom; there is a group of believers I saved there, and I need some time to educate them."

"If the Sun God goes to war with other Ancient Gods, I will also participate in the capacity of a Dream Angel."

Wanting enough Faith Anchors is not just about having a name; one must have tangible, traceable deeds and acts of sheltering believers.

He had compiled the Night Revelation in Deep Darkness City, which counted as leaving the deepest mark in the history of the Evernight Church, but on the Sun God's side, there was only a name.

The Goddess glanced at Lilith, "You are to take her away. I will be focusing my attention on stabilizing the balance between the Characteristic and the Unique for a period of time, and the power of Concealment will weaken."

The Goddess was still waiting for the best timing to become a god.

"Good." Chumen nodded.

Lilith was silent; she was merely a Blood Clan member now.

"Alright, this Dream Council ends here. Everyone, we are creating an era."

Chumen waved his hand, and everyone left the Dream Kingdom.

After returning to Reality, the Hidden Angel nodded lightly to him, gradually becoming Concealment, as if erased by an eraser.

"I need some time." Chumen also left directly, leaving behind an expressionless Lilith.

The Ancestor of Blood suddenly felt irritable, realizing for the first time that her decision to regress to a Sequence 7 Vampire was a mistake.

Chumen found a stone room and took out the "Fate Trojan Horse" Characteristic obtained through exchange.

The Dream Kingdom was deeply bound to Chumen, even more closely than the later Mr. Fool and Sefirah Castle; accomplishing such a thing was simple.

He took out the Ancient One's Glove that the Goddess had given him and the "Miracle Invoker" Characteristic he had obtained in the Golden Kingdom.

"The Sequence 2s of the Mysterious Three Paths are all in hand!"

"Traveler", "Fate Trojan Horse", "Miracle Invoker".

As for why it wasn't Sequence 1?

Sequence 1 was too special, with a constant quantity of three portions, essential for becoming a god, and too precious; collecting them was too difficult.

"Ancient One's Glove..." Chumen rubbed his chin, feeling it was somewhat troublesome. After all, he was not a craftsman and did not know how to forge Magical Items, "Then crush it!"

Chumen drew out a streak of extremely intense Dream Phosphor from the Dream Book, crushing the Ancient One's Glove and the other two Characteristics into points of light.

Any Angel could do this, let alone him.

In an instant, colorful points of light filled the entire room.

"All Beyonder Characteristics shall condense in a magnificent and reasonable way."

Chumen made a prophecy on the Dream Book.

The next moment, these countless points of light were stirred by some force into a storm, swirling around Chumen.

"The Beyonder Characteristics finally form a glove."

Chumen spoke again.

The points of light condensed, finally becoming a glove with mysterious patterns.

"Let me see..." Chumen began to test the functions of the glove, but just as he got his hands on it, he discovered something wrong.

"The combination of the three Pathways has caused some bad changes." Chumen frowned, "It will involuntarily turn creatures within fifty meters of the body into puppets?"

This side effect was too great; standing in a crowd would make him a weapon of mass destruction. He himself did not fear these costs, but the people around him could not withstand it.

"Again!" Chumen drew down another streak of phosphor to crush the Characteristics.

This was a clumsy method, but there would always be gains. After about dozens of times, Chumen grasped the key point.

"The Beyonder Characteristics will combine with the Dream Phosphor."

Chumen said, and the Characteristics condensed, forming a glove once more.

This glove was very similar to the previous Ancient One's Glove, with a deep black base, outlined with three extremely strange patterns.

But the difference was that this glove seemed to be constantly flickering with phosphor, and Dream Symbols were condensed on the back of the hand.

The Dream Symbol was a sketch of the Dream Book, carrying dots of phosphor; looking at it for a glance seemed to make one fall into an infinitely beautiful dream.

"Sure enough, there has never been a perfect Magical Item; the rules of this world are just like this." Chumen was very satisfied holding the new generation of the Ancient One's Glove.

"But I can neutralize the essence of madness within it so that it is not so intense."

Previously, he had thought wrongly, wanting to forge a perfect Magical Item, but madness was an essence that could not be shaken off, and at the level of Sequence 2, the madness was already very intense.

After several experiments, Chumen neutralized the madness; he did not think about removing the cost, but used the Dream Book to limit it, retaining the most characteristic abilities of the three major Pathways.

Such as Historical Projection, Wish, theft, return, Roaming, Reproduction, and so on.

"Alright, the name shall still be Ancient One; it suits me very well."

Chumen put the glove on his hand, and for a moment, it felt as if the entire world was under his control.

This was because of the close integration with the Dream Book.

"Perfect!" Chumen nodded with satisfaction.

"But did I forget something?" Chumen walked out of the stone room.

"You finally came out..." A cold, eerie voice came from his ear, and Chumen looked over subconsciously.

Lilith's eyes were red, with a bestial nature erupting; that was the instinct of a Vampire!

"Hiss!" Chumen gasped.

So he had forgotten this Vampire; a Sequence 7 Vampire really needed to drink blood!

And Lilith had been regressed into a Vampire for quite a long time, having already entered a state of craving blood, and she couldn't get out of here at all...

"I want to drink your blood!" An undisguisable craving had already appeared on Lilith's flawless face.

"This..." Chumen was not prepared to feed the ghost with his own body, "How about I go find a few people to bring in? To shed some blood or something."

"No, I want to drink your blood!" Lilith refused, staring fixedly at Chumen.

This look reminded Chumen of the scene when he first met Lilith; at that time, Lilith truly had the ability to swallow him alive.

"Why?" Chumen did not refuse again, but instead asked.

"Your blood is very pure, very special!" Lilith's eyes were blood-red, and she was already about to pounce.

"Special?" Chumen was taken aback, "Could it be because of the Dream Book?"

"Or perhaps because of the so-called Pure One?" Chumen recalled the situation where the Potion flowed through his body without leaving a trace.

Even now, he still could not figure out the principle behind that, only vaguely sensing a kind of repulsion.

After confirming that the Dream Book was similar to the Chaos Sea and Sefirah Castle, he speculated again that it might be the repulsion between the Source Quality and different Pathways.