Bizarre Realm-Chapter 457 - 56: Devouring the Great Detective—Morty Laine! The True Ultimate Move

Chapter 457: Chapter 56: Devouring the Great Detective—Morty Laine! The True Ultimate Move

The monsters in the reading room have been cleared out.

The Ugly Monkey was rummaging through the reading room for something, not interested in the magic books, as Shawn was the only one who needed them.

"For you!"

The Ugly Monkey carefully opened a hidden compartment, about to toss a ring glowing with a faint silver light to Shawn, saying: "It looks like a Wizard’s Ring."

Shawn reached out to catch it and immediately cast the Identification Skill once it landed in his palm.

— Ring of Spell Insight [Legendary Wondrous Object]: Relic of the Great Reader - Brannif, while possessing this curios, you can perceive all spells cast within thirty meters and enhance your spell recognition ability. If you successfully execute spell recognition, you can use this ring to counter an enemy’s spell."

— Extra Ability [Strong Spell Counteraction]: Your spell counter ability is greatly enhanced.

— Extra Ability [Spell Reversal]: Once a day, upon activation, you can reflect a targeted spell back to the enemy; the spell cannot be above level 8.

— Extra Ability [Spell Absorption]: Once a day, upon activation, you receive a spell absorption shield; absorbed spells will be converted into extra mana stored within this ring."

Good stuff.

This is Shawn’s third legendary ring, engraved with silver runes on the surface in ancient Elven language, bearing the name of the Great Reader - Brannif.

Shawn prepared to pack up and take all the magic books from the reading room.

He already felt the bottleneck of breaking through the legendary level loosening after acquiring the indescribable illusory activated knowledge; he now had two paths to take, one was to condense the Art Domain, which could be achieved at any moment, the other was to forsake the Art Domain and transform all resources into a higher Knowledge Domain. If he walked the Art Domain path, Shawn estimated he’d soon be able to condense the Divine Art Law, as this divine position’s upper limit is only around weak divine power, likely between demigod and weak divine power, the threshold being relatively lower compared to other divine positions.

If it were a normal world, Shawn might seek ways to obtain an art-related divine position, enjoying days alongside beautiful girls, as that was also a good choice.

But, unfortunately, this was the Bizarre Realm; merely advancing through the Art Domain meant he could not even endure the divine investiture ritual.

"Teacher."

"I’ve already acquired the Sculpture and Painting Domains."

After tidying up in the reading room, Shawn began arranging the ritual to summon Lady Hecate’s imaginary avatar, simultaneously transferring Sealed Object No.1 through the half-plane to Candlefort.

The final hunting target.

— The Great Detective - Morty Laine.

This was the only enemy Shawn couldn’t rely on his abilities to solve, requiring external aid. The Great Detective - Morty Laine was an angel rank evil entity, without a physical form, its soul was amassed by countless activated knowledge, possessing eerie abilities to erode the brain and perform parasitic possession. This ancient evil existed since before the Old Era; reportedly, it originated from an incredibly popular novel, originally meant never to be activated, but its author was devoured by an unknown ancient force, rendering the Great Detective - Morty Laine into an indescribable illusion."

It was sealed after the Dark Era ended, having already created numerous cults in servitude on the real plane."

Lady Hecate’s calm whisper resounded: "I understand."

A rift in space tore open, utilizing the spatial waypoint Shawn provided, Lady Hecate’s form appeared in the reading room, not as an imaginary avatar, but her true self had descended.

The Butcher bowed his head respectfully: "Lady."

The appearance of Lady Hecate caused the previously nonchalant Ugly Monkey to bow humbly as well; a wizard with a casting level of forty stood atop the food chain, only one or two such casters in each world, almost reaching the human limits."

The Insectoid Empress dared not lift her head to gaze upon Lady Hecate, for even a demigod is unworthy before a god, and even though she was no longer a demigod, the Insectoid Empress did not dare to show any disrespect."

Lady Hecate calmly said: "Draw it out."

Shawn had long been shrouded beyond the reach of the Divine Eye; now, seeking the Knowledge Domain required confronting the Great Detective - Morty Laine, who was itself a mass of activated knowledge that Shawn needed to consume.

Shawn nodded slightly: "Yes, Teacher."

He indicated to the others not to intervene; after digesting knowledge from two illusory creations, he reached the threshold of a legendary level, only lacking the final step."

Either Shawn would consume the Great Detective - Morty Laine, or he would be possessed by Morty Laine!

No other choice.

Shawn took a deep breath and began releasing his aura, hiding the Divine Eye obscurations bestowed by Aemon’s true name; he had always been under the protection of Lady Hecate and others, even when just a mortal, with the Butcher perennially guarding him. Perhaps Shawn didn’t realize that, before his promotion, the Butcher discreetly dealt with more than a dozen soul-sucking monsters attracted by his high inspiration. Afterward, Lady Hecate took over, Shawn’s dreamscape remained stable; ordinarily, individuals with high inspiration in the Bizarre Realm frequently dream of things they shouldn’t.

Lady Hecate was followed by Aemon, whose protection was even more comprehensive, as by that time, Shawn had entered the Bizarre Realm; his high inspiration naturally attracted illusionary entities, yet during his ascension, Shawn encountered almost no formidable illusionary beings.