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Chapter 2: The Neophyte

【Title Acquired: 'Novice Life Sacrificer'】

【Divine Title】

【Title Description: So young yet with such a bloody heart, this child must be removed, or he will become a great threat to the Church and a giant of the demonic path in the future.】

【Title Effect: Wearing this title increases the sacrifice return rate by ten percent.】

Indeed, the title system of this world still exists.

Ansu thought to himself.

The so-called title system means that once you achieve a certain accomplishment, the deities in charge of titles above in the realm of gods will grant you a corresponding title.

To enjoy the bonus of the title, one needs to wear the title, and once worn, the title and its description will be displayed to everyone.

Next is the magic bestowed by the Life Mother Goddess.

According to the esoteric system, the Mother Goddess decides the reward based on the quality of the sacrificial offerings.

The twenty-one esoteric cultists sacrificed by Ansu were of decent level, both in quantity and quality, so he received a mid-tier magic book. Above it, there are high-tier, legendary, and even divine magic books.

Using magic of different tiers will also consume different amounts of magic points.

That is, mana.

Furthermore, the amount of mana consumed by using magic of different attributes will increase or decrease depending on the user's respective attribute talents.

The base mana of Ansu's body is 3 points.

That's the lowest level of a first-tier mage.

Second-tier mages have 1020 points, third-tier has 2030 points, and so on.

Additionally, a first-tier mage can only equip four magic books in battle, meaning four memory slots.

To change the magic in the memory slots, one must wait until the battle is over.

Second-tier has six slots, third-tier has eight, and so on.

Because of his exceptional talent in dark arts and lack of talent in light arts, the mana consumed by using dark deity magic is halved, while the consumption for light magic is doubled.

Naturally born to do evil deeds!

Perhaps for this reason, the original owner was forbidden from practicing magic since childhood.

The Life Dark God is a chief deity of the dark gods, possessing many powers.

The magic books related to the Life Goddess are dazzling in variety.

Since it is a mid-tier blessing, apart from the unique magic of the dark god series, there are also common magic of other attributes, such as earth, fire, etc., which Ansu will not consider for the time being.

There is one dark god magic that Ansu is particularly interested in.

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【Gift of the Life Goddess】

【Blessing Magic】

【Mid-Tier】

【Each use consumes 4 magic points (originally 8)】

The Gift of the Goddess sounds holy and normal, but this magic is extremely disgusting. In the previous world, it was the level everyone would want to beat. It's the kind that you don't need to use, but you must have, and the opponent must not have.

The Gift of the Light Goddess is the healing light, the Gift of the Forest Goddess is to grow trees, and so on. What can the Gift of the Life Goddess be?

Of course, it's life.

【Magic Effect: Those hit by this magic will receive the grace of the Life Goddess. The blessed will start to bear a void life in their belly, their abdomen will rapidly swell, and they will experience the feeling of childbirth, reducing their movement speed by twenty percent for ten minutes (Note: regardless of gender)】

【Magic Introduction: Children are the best gift from the Life Goddess!】

The Gift of the Life Goddess—this magic book in Ansu's previous life was known as 'Whoever I Stare at Gets Pregnant', also called 'The Water of the Daughter Country'. It's the most cancerous magic of the Life Goddess sect, and at one point was considered a banned card.

The debuff of reducing movement speed by twenty percent is acceptable, but the disgusting part of this magic is unbearable. Players watching their characters, painstakingly created, sporting a big belly, felt as if they were violated!

And, male characters are equally violated!

A male character sporting a big belly, how does that look?

Ansu of course wants this magic book, but unfortunately, his magic points are not enough, and he can't use it yet.

He'll have to get it later.

However, apart from this book, there's another good mid-tier magic book in the Life Goddess system.

A very unpopular magic book.

He was searching through the dazzling array of magic books when suddenly his eyes lit up.

Found it!

Ansu was in a good mood. This card had not yet been blessed by the Life Mother Goddess to other followers.

【Magic Name: Bloody Baptism】

This name is very unfriendly, straightforward, and sounds like something a cultist would use.

【Auxiliary】

【Mid-Tier (Upgradeable)】

【Mana Cost: 1 point (originally 2)】

【Magic Effect: Can be used twice a week, can modify the name and introduction of any magic or title of mid-tier or below. But it can only reduce content, not add text, and the reduction cannot exceed two-thirds of the original text】

【Magic Introduction: The Life Mother Goddess names your child!】

In short, it's a renaming card.

It can change the name of magic or titles, but it can only delete text, not add.

It seems like a wasteful magic,

After all, it can only delete, and not completely.

A mid-tier blessing is precious to ordinary followers; no one would waste the rare opportunity to choose such a powerless auxiliary magic.

So, this magic book is quite unpopular.

But Ansu knows the hidden property of this renaming card: this is the only renaming magic book in all of Netherworld, and it's upgradeable.

In the world of Netherworld, cultists are universally resisted and killed by the whole society. If Ansu carries the title of 'Life Sacrificer', he might be chased across the whole map.

It's most important to keep a low profile and grow in strength.

"Use 'Bloody Baptism' on the title, reducing the title's description," Ansu thought to himself.

【'Novice Life Sacrificer'】

【Title Description: So young yet with such a bloody heart, this child must be removed, or he will become a great threat to the Church and a giant of the demonic path in the future.】

Ansu was pondering how to modify it to deceive everyone.

The reduction cannot exceed two-thirds of the original content.

Remove bloody, remove great threat, remove demonic path.

【Title Description: So young yet with such a heart, this child must be removed, or he will become a giant of the Church】

Well done, the title description is settled.

It looks promising.

He had a smile at the corner of his mouth.

As for how to change 'Novice Life Sacrificer'... with a reduction of two-thirds, only three characters can remain.

It needs to be credible, elegant, and not obvious that the title has been modified... It should lean towards a positive and uplifting feeling.

Got it.

After a brief thought, Ansu boldly decided,

【Neophyte】.

Neophyte! Such a precise and elegant adjective, just like the rising sun, fresh and full of vitality, symbolizing the birth of a new star on the righteous path! Who could doubt a sun that has just been born? Who could doubt a neophyte? Ansu revealed a satisfied smile. The modification was successful, and he could still use Bloody Baptism once more this week. At the same time, regarding the magic 【Bloody Baptism】, there was another tricky way to exploit it. That is— "Use 【Bloody Baptism】on the magic 【Bloody Baptism】." Change its original name! Bloody Baptism, at first glance, is something a cultist would use, and being scanned by a detection magic would instantly give it away. Remove 'bloody', remove 'Life Mother' from the magic introduction. Thus, it became—【Magic: Baptism】, 【Magic Introduction: God names your child!】 This magic instantly became sanctified.