Chapter 94: Desire

"It's right here!" Leimengduo led Kenuo and the priest to a house deep within a slum.

The environment here was already quite wretched; various domestic wastewater and trash submerged the muddy road, emitting a nauseating stench.

"This is the place where the 'Coachman' and his family stayed. Half a month ago, he was completely eliminated and had no choice but to move here. Afterward, he was seduced by a Desire Cultist and fell, becoming a slave to desire and launching a sacrifice of desire," Leimengduo said concisely.

"There is a power of turbulent Fate here; someone has betrayed 'Fate' here!" Father Kosite'er's expression became extremely ugly.

He reached out his hand, clutching a badge engraved with black thorn patterns; the badge was trembling slightly, as if resisting and struggling.

"I see Fate fluctuating..." Father Kosite'er's eyes were suddenly clouded by a mist, and he chanted an incantation, "'Fate' is unique!"

A strange power surged from that badge, giving one the feeling that a predetermined fate is hard to resist and bound to be realized.

"The Desire Cultist is still nearby!" The mist faded rapidly; the priest seemed to have received a revelation from Fate.

In the world of "Fate," anyone who breaks free from "Fate" is conspicuous enough; their fate is like a fish swimming in the sky, extremely abrupt.

"What!" Captain Leimengduo and Kenuo became alert instantly, watching their surroundings vigilantly.

"Let me handle it; purifying those who betray 'Fate' is my duty."

"Priest" is also a profession, and it is the profession closest to the "Circle of Fate."

"'Fate' above... my contracted creature, go and eliminate all heretics outside of Fate!"

The priest's pupils became dark, and he chanted in a low voice; a strange power radiated from his body.

The priest's shadow under the sunlight suddenly twisted, as if a living being had been summoned and crawled out from within it.

Kenuo could only vaguely see a black shadow flash by, and he felt an extremely powerful force from it—that was a Beyonder ability more powerful than the "Desireless Badge"!

"Go!" Father Kosite'er soon made a discovery and sprinted toward the distance.

"Follow!" Leimengduo and Kenuo equipped their "Desireless Badges" and followed, holding weapons similar to firearms.

"Where does this kind of power come from..." Amon and Bethel, who had only seen the Potion System, were both astonished.

When Father Kosite'er summoned that "spirit," their Spirit Vision saw through everything, but that feeling was vastly different from the Potion System.

"There are no Characteristics in their bodies; the fundamental source of their power is the Bestower." Chumen's eyes lit up; the power obtained through a "Gift" would not be much worse than a Sequence Potion!

"The battle has begun!" Chumen suddenly sensed something, brought the other two to descend upon the scene, found the best position, and watched the battle of that Outer God cultist.

The level of both sides was not high, roughly at the Sequence 7 level.

Among them, the abilities displayed by Father Kosite'er were numerous: Shadow Possession, mental attacks, invisibility, and so on.

This already exceeded the limit that many Sequence 7s could reach.

And the priest's opponent was a young lady wearing a maid outfit; her light blue pupils seemed to have radiance flickering, and her loose maid dress outlined her beautiful figure, full of feminine grace.

"Mina Leideman! You betrayed 'Fate'! And you caused your father's death!"

Father Kosite'er's expression was solemn, his gaze piercing as he looked directly at Mina Leideman.

This was the daughter of that "Coachman," and her destined profession was "Maid."

But clearly, this lady who could be called naturally beautiful was not content with being just a "Maid" for her whole life.

This was also the biggest drawback of the "Fate" civilization that Chumen could think of, a contradiction even deeper than those of the eliminated professions.

People are never satisfied with the present.

Unless the "Desireless Badge" is popularized, erasing everyone's desires and turning everyone into machine-like existences, otherwise, this human desire can keep "Fate" from being at peace.

This was likely the reason why the power of the "Mother Tree of Desire" was particularly strong here.

Desires suppressed by "Fate" will always erupt.

"You have been bewitched by 'Desire'." Pity rose in the priest's eyes.

"It is you who have been tamed by 'Fate'." Mina puffed out her chest, wearing the black and white maid outfit with the flair of a fashion show.

She sarcastically mocked Father Kosite'er and the others without a care, "You are 'Enforcers,' you are 'Priests,' born this way!"

"I am a 'Maid,' my father was a 'Coachman,' also destined by fate!"

"Everything is 'Fate'!"

Mina's pupils were already flickering with a crimson light, causing Father Kosite'er's expression to change drastically.

"What have you done!" Father Kosite'er shouted sternly.

"I am only going to awaken the longing in your hearts."

"Take a look at the choice in your hearts: is it 'Fate' or... freedom!"

Mina suddenly smiled, the crimson light in her pupils becoming increasingly intense; the air in this slum seemed to be filled with some kind of substance.

All the slum dwellers nearby were affected by this power, and the desires in their hearts began to surge and swell.

They also wanted to become "Priests," for that represented wealth, power, and even the most important right of definition, the qualification to communicate with gods...

"Fate!"

Father Kosite'er threw the badge engraved with black thorn patterns from his hand; this badge seemed to transform into a thorn ring made of mist, correcting the path of "Fate."

At this moment, all those whose inner desires were growing began to fade due to the power on the badge, about to return to their own destined paths.

"'Desire' is indelible!" Mina suddenly tore open her clothes; the well-fitting maid outfit ruptured, revealing the fair skin beneath.

She had a pink mark under her collarbone that pulsed faintly like a heart, pointing toward the "Mother Tree of Desire"!

"I sentence you: those who betray Fate shall have their fate extinguished and repent to the great 'Circle of Fate' in endless loneliness!" Father Kosite'er pronounced sacredly.

The sacred power of judgment erupted from the Fate badge, pointing at the Desire Cultist.

"'Fate' can no longer control me! I have transcended my fate!" Mina suddenly went mad; her body began to grow larger, and the limbs and faces of certain people began to appear within her body, bursting through the wrapping of the maid outfit.

Even under the crimson light, her body began to grow tumors; the tumors exploded, blood splattered, and flowers and tentacles grew from within.

She could no longer be called a Beyonder; she did not belong to the Sequences, but was more like a vessel for the "Mother Tree of Desire" to corrupt.

All of this was just as she had thought; she wanted to awaken the desires in the hearts of everyone here.