Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first?-Chapter 341 - 139: Interrupting the Ritual

Lingbo City was a city ruled by the Enchanting Demon Queen.

In this city, some people were indeed driven by greed to abduct Enchanting Demons from under her command?

The answer, of course, was yes. Long before the "Purgatory Invasion" mini-expansion event, Lingbo City had been a neutral Half-plane city favored by many higher-level Transcendents.

Although most of the surface city was occupied by believers and zealots, there was a part of the more spacious underground city that was an open public market for visiting tourists.

Its liveliness and prosperity were second only to the neutral Mage city of Olympia on the Sirius Peninsula, while its secrecy was even greater.

In this area, all sorts of lawless villains swarmed, not only human and exotic slaves but even Spiritual Bodies and Mind Bodies were openly taken out for sale.

Of course, Enchanting Demons were also quite sought-after merchandise because the profits were ridiculously high. Hence, there were always people taking the risk of being discovered by the authorities, secretly engaging in such wicked activities here.

Aske walked down the street with his hand on his longsword, and the pedestrians around him unanimously avoided him.

After all, he was a Weapon Master armed to the teeth, carrying a shield, long spear, swords, battle axes, and two handguns in his chest holster, clearly immensely strong in Physical Power and not someone to be trifled with.

It was said that the Enchanting Demon to be rescued had been abducted by several foreign Evil Mages to be used in some kind of sacrifice ceremony... The various Bloodlines of the Evil Technique series were notoriously bizarre and strongly controlling, and the "Revenge" Sequence, known as the bane of newcomers, originated from the Evil Mage Bloodline.

Naturally, for the experienced Aske, no matter what Sequence it was, he had ample experience to deal with it.

Aske arrived at the specified location and saw several individuals cloaked in long robes guarding the room.

With a "bang," before the people inside could react, the ones guarding the door were already breaking in and crashing heavily to the ground, rolling several times.

He then stepped through the door into a not-so-small hall, where many other individuals in black robes stood guard.

Seeing an unexpected visitor suddenly burst in, the two farthest from the door immediately raised their arms, and red band-like energies shot out from their sleeves.

The "Binding" Sequence aimed to paralyze the target’s Life Body. Aske, of course, wouldn’t fall for it, and with an Instant Step combined with two Reflex Charges, he dodged the red bands’ assault.

The two red bands seemed to have a mind of their own; after completely missing their target, they twisted in the air and continued to shoot towards Aske’s back.

Two more whistling sounds pierced through the air, and the red bands suddenly exploded mid-flight. The two "Binding" Ability holders had been stabbed in the throat by knives thrown from afar, their bodies falling backwards to the ground.

More Transcendents rushed forward. Aske drew his longsword and made a Tiger Slash at the neck of the quickest attacker, but the other man didn’t dodge or evade, instead continuing to charge at him like a crazy demon.

Ah, the Revenge Sequence. Aske could easily guess the opponent’s intention. His wrist just naturally drew back, and the sword tip swiped past the man’s neck without touching.

His right arm retracted; his left foot stepped forward and sidestepped, dodging the opponent’s charging stab, while his left hand had already grabbed the opponent’s right wrist.

Barehanded blade disarming. Wrist Lock.

The opponent’s arm suddenly bent like a twisted bread, forced to kneel on the ground. Simultaneously, Aske felt a sharp pain in his right arm as if his joints were fixed, but his expression was cold and calm, a slight vibration of his wrist pulled the opponent in front to act as a shield.

Three men behind him thrust their swords forward, but seeing their Revenge Sequence companion being used as a shield, they hurriedly withdrew in panic. Aske then released the human "shield" in front of him with a push, skewering the man on their swords.

In that instant, wounds and blood blossomed on the chests of the three sword-bearers, their bodies slumping to the ground. However, the Transcendent who had just killed his comrade yanked the sword from his body, and the wound started to wriggle and heal.

So, this guy also had a Flesh Sequence. Revenge taking care of backlash, and Flesh rapidly regenerating health—it was indeed like encountering an irritating tanky duo at the beginning of the game.

Seeing the man rushing towards him again, Aske swung his sword single-handedly to block the incoming longsword, while his left hand shot out like lightning again, twisting the opponent’s wrist once more.

Spinning around, clutching the shoulder, tripping the leg, adeptly disarming the opponent, Aske had already grasped the back of his neck and single-handedly hoisted the man into the air, charging forward as if holding a shield.

At this, the surrounding crowd instantly turned as pale as death, their hands unsteady whether holding weapons or casting spells. Those of the Revenge Sequence, striking him was as good as cutting into themselves.

For a time, no one dared to block Aske’s charge, and wherever he passed, people could only flee in panic.

Yet, he wasn’t just charging with a shield in his left hand. His right hand had already pulled out a long spear from behind, taking advantage of everyone’s reluctance to counter for fear of retaliation. Along the way, he casually impaled several fleeing individuals without even blinking an eye.

The man Aske was holding aloft attempted to struggle, but the position of being lifted by the back of the neck offered no leverage, rendering him incapable of turning around.

He could only swing his fist backward with all his might, and Aske hoisted him even higher, causing the punch to miss above his head. As he attempted a forceful backward kick, Aske had already spun around and thrown him away.

What seemed like the leader of the Evil Mages, by now, was sneaking towards the door and launched a "Curse" at Aske’s back. These "Curse" Sequence abilities took a long time to activate and their spells moved slowly, but they flew silently, typically catching enemies off guard when they were hit.

However, as if anticipating this, Aske spun around and hurled his human shield into the air, perfectly colliding with the invisible curse spell mid-flight.

The man’s flesh and blood rapidly shriveled up, and the Evil Mage leader was also aging rapidly under the influence of the Revenge Ability.

He hastily formed several hand signs, trying to immediately halt the spreading Curse on his body, but a lethal flying knife had already lodged into his forehead.

Aske stood in the center of the hall littered with corpses, surveying his surroundings. Seven bodies, apparently all Transcendents around Lv.5-Lv.6, their Extraordinary Traits exuding tangible auras.

After collecting the Extraordinary Traits, Aske pushed the door open and entered the inner chamber, only to see a beautiful female prostrate in the middle of the blood-colored Rune Array, her face full of terror.

"Save... Save me!" Tears slid down her helpless cheeks. She seemed to want to reach out for help but was paralyzed and could not move, maintaining a dog-like prostrated stance, shivering.

"One of Marquina’s Enchanting Demon underlings?" Aske asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes!" The Enchanting Demon’s wine-red hair spread over her shoulders, her clothes in disarray revealing her shoulders, exuding an air of pitiable fragility, she answered tremblingly and fearfully, "They... they bound me in the center of the Array, intending to sacrifice me to the Evil God!"

"Is there any way to destroy this Array?" Aske prodded her with the butt end of the long spear, finding her seemingly stuck to the ground.

The Array on the floor couldn’t be wiped away either. The Runes and lines composing the Array appeared to be seared deep into the floor.

"There is," the Enchanting Demon quickly said, "As long as the sacrifice ritual is disrupted, the Array will become ineffective."

"Nonsense. When I ask for a way to destroy the Array, of course, it’s to interrupt the sacrifice ritual," Aske said.

The Enchanting Demon whimpered as though wronged, her voice choking with tears, "The key to their ritual is the sacrifice of an Enchanting Demon who has never been defiled to attract the arrival of an Evil God from beyond the planes. To interrupt this ritual, you just have to kill me."

"Aren’t you afraid of death?" Aske asked, surprised.

"Of course I’m afraid of death." The Enchanting Demon’s lips trembled, and her voice gradually grew quieter, "But... I’m more afraid of the city’s destruction after the Evil God’s arrival, my sisters are still at home, I can’t let them die..."

"That’s quite touching," Aske said, squatting beside her with the long spear, "but the employer wants to take you back alive, I can’t kill you."

"Then, what..." The Enchanting Demon lifted her gaze to look at him, a face that had been resigned to death now gradually showed a glimmer of reborn hope mixed with a hint of fearful shyness, "There is actually another way..."

"As an Enchanting Demon who has remained chaste, this is the key to attracting the Evil God’s attention. If my purity is spoiled, the ritual can similarly be broken. Do you... do you understand what I mean?" she said, her voice as faint as a mosquito, her head gradually bowing down.

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