Chapter 240: The Realm of Plague and the Way Back
[This had to be overcome without a doubt.
Secondly, it seemed that Flynn’s Divine Persona had been contaminated by something, and there was a trace of madness in his mind.
I traced the source of the imprint and found that it was related to a Twilight Creature named Ashitana.
He was in charge of voodoo, destruction, trickery, sudden death, and other dark domains.
If I were to fuse with the divine persona directly, I would inevitably be contaminated by Ashitana.
Even if I successfully became a demigod, my mental state would become a worry.
This was also a problem that needed to be overcome.
It took me three months to come up with a plan.
In this plan, I needed to find an unlucky person to explore the path for me, and to face the pollution of Ashitana for me.
At the same time, I could also successfully remove the plague domain contained in the divine persona.
In order to prevent my plan from being discovered in advance, I came to Marsh Water City a long time ago.
After a year and a half of observation.
I found a near-perfect option.
It was Lawrence from the Southern Theater.
When we first met, this young man left a very good impression on me.
He was always so warm and cheerful. Even if others mocked him, he didn’t seem to mind. He just silently endured the pain and gave the audience a smile and a funny look.
But soon, I discovered Lawrence’s dark side.
In the circus, he often secretly abused animals to vent his anger.
Outside the theatre, he would pretend to be Brandon, the top actor of the theatre, and date girls. He would often get them pregnant and slander Brandon.
Poor Brandon, perhaps because he had too many women, he could not remember who was who. For every woman who came to his door, he thought that he was the baby daddy.
In the beginning, he was willing to pay some money, but soon, he was emptied out, and he became a horrible man.
Lawrence saw Brandon’s ugly change.
He was proud of this and became even worse. It was not until he was almost discovered by a girl on a date that he stopped in time.
The real reason why I chose him as my test subject was because I found out during an investigation that Lawrence had killed someone when he was very young!
It happened when he was about eight or nine years old. One night, a tiger in the circus suddenly ran out of its cage and ate people.
After the incident, there were many different opinions. No one knew how the tiger had escaped from the cage. According to the past rules, when the tiger was not training, it would be fed to its fill every day. It would not attack at night and eat people.
There was no conclusion to this matter in the end.
But there were two things we can be sure of-
First, Lawrence was in charge of feeding the tiger meat that night.
Secondly, the person who died was the vice-captain of the regiment, Jayce, who had the worst attitude towards Lawrence and was often beaten, scolded, and whipped.
Probably because of their trust in the child, no one believed that Lawrence would kill Jayce.
Only his wife, with her woman’s intuition, determined that Lawrence was the murderer of Jayce.
However, at the request of her regiment commander, she couldn’t do anything. At most, she could only mock Lawrence with words.
Of course, Jayce and his wife played a big part in the abuse Lawrence suffered in those years.
After I learned the whole story through my spells and special abilities, I took action.
I let Lawrence obtain a divine persona that I had modified after an accidental fall. It also contained a bard’s training.
I added the knowledge and ritual required to become a demigod into the divine persona.
Of course, I concealed an important part of it and also made some changes to the divine persona.
Through these means, I could ensure that he would do things in the manner I wanted.
Of course, I also gave Lawrence a chance to be kind. If he were pure enough and refused to become the Plague King, things wouldn’t have developed to such a stage.
You can laugh at me for being hypocritical, and I do have bad intentions, but I never thought of killing him.
Even if he didn’t use the divine persona, the bard’s skill that I gave him was enough to give him a new life.
Unfortunately, once a person’s desires were magnified, they could never turn back, right?
Alright, I admit that from this point of view, I’m indeed a horrible person.
In short, after leading Lawrence onto the path of the Plague King, he was very excited.
I started to look for my main character.
That’s right.
Lawrence had his demigod ritual.
I had mine too.
That day, you saw me easily take away his divine persona. This was not only because my power was above his, but also because of my performance domain.
Sorry, Matthew.
You are the protagonist and audience that I have chosen in the end.
From the first time we met.
The ritual for me to become a demigod began.
(This damn canned tangerine is too sweet! Captain Halima came to ask me if I needed water. Of course, I did. I was dying of thirst! I’ll go over now and continue writing when I come back.
(When I came back, it was already dark. That damn woman had amazing stamina. Who knew that she was not talking about literal water? I’m even more thirsty now. Forget it, and I’ll drink a mouthful of sugar water and continue writing.)
Speaking of acting, do you still think I’m a super-rich second -generation heir?
That was a lie!
Think about it carefully.. In the many days that I’ve been with you, what part of my performance has made you think that I’m especially rich?
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