"Aiyaya, I can't get motivated at all against such an opponent."
By the time this mysterious battle was over, I had more or less figured out what was going on with my opponent.
Looks like in the end, it seems that it is my fault. I accidentally walked into the forbidden zone of the capital at an untimely time. Not only that, I thought that I was infallible with numbers, and in the end, these nervous spies made their move.
By the way, I only learned about this after asking these ten or so secret agents. When I interrogated the first few, they either went crazy and tried to take me down with them, or they were killed by darts or arrows that came out of nowhere. This was just like a third-rate, outdated period drama.
Now that I knew what was going on, of course I wouldn't stay in this area any longer. On my way back, I saw all sorts of black-clothed people on the roofs on both sides of the street. Although I felt that it was quite comical, I also felt like something was fishy.
"Is the Crown of Thorns here?"
The Mist Kingdom's inherited God Equipment, the Roland Sacred Sword and the Crown of Thorns. The former had been given to Renée, while the Crown of Thorns had been lost to the world.
Previously, when I was doing my System Quest, my System had clearly told me that I had given the Crown of Thorns to a certain member of the Bardi royal family. However, I had intentionally forgotten about it. Since there hadn't been any major changes in the royal family, nor had I heard about any God Equipment appearing on the market, it was highly likely that the Crown of Thorns was still in the Mist Kingdom.
[Crown of Thorns, a God Equipment ranked mystical item.]
[Blessing of the Undying. The user of the crown will never die. Even if their body is shattered into pieces, they will be able to reconstruct themselves.]
[Curse of the Undying. The user of the crown will lose all senses and become just like the walking dead.]
[Destruction of the Undying. The moment the user takes off the crown, all the pain the user has ever felt will come upon them. Before the user is reduced to ashes, they will enjoy all the pain in the world.]
It seemed like a super powerful effect. Anyone who wore the Crown of Thorns would truly have an undying body. The user would even be able to transform into a berserker that didn't know fatigue or pain. However, according to the Mist Kingdom's ancestors, rather than calling the Crown of Thorns a powerful God Equipment, it would be more accurate to call it an incredibly frightening cursed item.
Indeed, the user wouldn't die, nor would they feel any pain. However, even if their shattered limbs had already turned into rotten flesh and bones, they would still barely be able to piece together a human form. However, a physical body that had lost its vitality would begin to rot and rot. No ordinary person would be able to bear seeing their own physical body turn into rotten bones.
And that 'Curse of the Undying' was even more true to its name. An unconscious Berserker? Losing their senses also meant that they had lost their desires and pursuits. The food they ate had no taste, and the women they touched had no warmth. Over time, even if that person was not yet an undead, they were close to one.
As for the last special effect, it was said that the person who took off the crown could howl in extreme pain for three months. The pain was not repeated, and then the person would shatter into pieces amidst the most miserable howls.
What? This thing is a Divine Artifact? This was indeed a Divine Equipment. Divine Equipment were just that powerful yet useless. They either had ridiculously disgusting side effects, or they were basically unusable by any God. In the mortal world, the only God Equipment that I had seen so far was the Roland Sacred Sword. And this sword had been gradually upgraded through the Concept of Protection. Back in the day, it had no other strong points apart from being incredibly hard.
For a God, a Divine Equipment was usually half of their soul. And when other Gods obtained a Divine Equipment, they would be able to analyze its secrets. Even if a God had already perished, their Divine Equipment would still be worth searching for.
And out of all the God Equipment that still existed, the Crown of Thorns was the weirdest of weirdest. You could say that it wasn't strong. If a SemiGod wore it, they would be able to trade injuries for injuries and easily kill four or five enemies of the same power level. But if you said that it was strong, no ordinary person would wear it.
And in that despairing battle, the Mist Kingdom's strongest Knight, Kaiser En, wore the Crown of Thorns. However, as he was only at the Myth rank, he managed to cause tremendous damage to his enemies. But in the end, he was still sealed away, and the crown was taken off. Judging from how his soul didn't respond to my summons, perhaps he had already entered an eternal slumber.
And as for why I wanted to retrieve the Crown of Thorns, it wasn't actually because I wanted to use it. This God Equipment was mysterious to the core. But since it was left behind by my ancestors, my descendants still hoped to be able to retrieve it.
And in order to search for my ancestors' relics, we had our own methods as well.
"Broken Thorn isn't reacting at all."
Broken Thorn was a part of the Crown of Thorns that had been torn off. When Kelly learned that I was looking for the Crown of Thorns, she told me to carry it on me at all times. As long as I got close enough, the Crown of Thorns would react and guide me.
But unfortunately, I had already circled around the Crown of Thorns once, yet there was no reaction. In that case, either the Crown of Thorns wasn't here to begin with, or someone had already worn it.
"It seems that no matter which one it is, it won't be a good result."
I thought about this as I walked. Soon, I left the troublesome royal palace district and entered a brightly lit commercial district. This was probably the district that Halent had mentioned Cher was in.
The next instant, I became certain of this as I instantly ran into an alleyway.
A pitch-black horse-drawn carriage was traveling down the street, with countless rotten eggs and fruits following closely behind it. Aunties and uncles who were shouting and throwing things were also running behind the carriage. The only reason the carriage was still intact was because a blue magical barrier was protecting it from the attacks. Meanwhile, the person who was currently casting a spell and giving a middle finger to the Mage Country's new ambassador to the Bardi Empire was none other than Cher.
"If I recall correctly, she's a lady, right?"
"Yep. Actually, before I got to know you, I was a lady as well."
The silly cat's comment was far too reasonable. I didn't know how to deny it, so I carefully shrunk my body to avoid being seen by Cher.
It was obvious that Cher's pressure and accumulated grudges were quite significant for her to be able to force the formerly iron lady into a madwoman who didn't care about her image. It would be quite troublesome if I was caught.
Right after that, I saw a familiar sight. A muscular man wearing an eagle mask ran past me with his naked body chased by a group of guards chasing after him.
"It's the King of Storms …"
"He's just a pervert passing by."
Actually, I felt that my international image could still be salvaged. But if everyone around me was like this, and it was even reported, then I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to save myself. And so, just as I was about to pretend that I didn't see anything, my System suddenly came to cause trouble.
[It's been a long time since I last saw you, Daily Quest: Face Your True (Naked) Heart!]
[Quest Requirement: Let's throw away our boring clothes and return to nature. This Quest will be completed if you kill more than 100 people. You will be rewarded with 200 Fate Points. Every increase in the number of people you kill will double the reward.]
[Quest Punishment: Princess Peach's naked running show. System Notification: This is a chance for you to farm Fate Points. Hurry up.]
"If it's 200 points per 100 people, then it's 400 points per 1,000 people, 800 points per 10,000 people, 1600 points per 100,000 people, 3200 points per 1,000,000 people, 6400 points per 10,000,000 people … It's said that the capital has a population of nearly 10,000,000 people."
I made some calculations in my mind and immediately came to a decision. Of course, this wasn't because I was tempted by Fate Points. It was simply because I wanted to take revenge for my cute "daughter", little Cher.
"Foolish commoners, you actually dared to harm my Fate Points … My daughter, have a taste of the Oni Father's anger. Harloys, do you still have any original samples of Greed's Spawn Body? I know you have some. If you don't, then make a copy for me right now. I need a lot. "
Cough, from a certain standpoint, Roland had once again created history. And, all the citizens of Bardi had once again witnessed the insanity of this visitor …
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