World Occult Usage Guide

Chapter 189 "The Mother of Desire"

As Lin An approached Adria, he observed Joshua's condition.

The pentagram rained down on him, tearing at his soul like a meat grinder. Joshua writhed in agony, supporting himself with one hand as blood trickled from his seven orifices onto the ground.

The angels of the Old Testament stared with tens of thousands of eyes, the scrolls of scripture swirling in the wind, and countless mouths poured out accusations that were both melodious and mournful, blowing the trumpets of slaughter.

I want to cover my face and ignore them.

Let's see what their fate is;
Because they are a rebellious generation,

Unfaithful child!
The brass-colored snake tattoo hissed and flicked its tongue, coiling around Joshua and twisting from one side of his skin to the other, seemingly very anxious.

The next moment, when the pentagram formation touched the energy that Joshua was releasing due to his emotional outburst, the angel playing the trumpet suddenly changed the rhythm, and the somber atmosphere gradually dissipated.

The hymn, originally filled with the meaning of judgment, transformed into a loving and gentle song, causing Joshua's knife to falter halfway, and a soft feather to fall on his head.

Honest people do not make mistakes.

They are corrupt, not his descendants;
But you are not part of the twisted generation.

The angelic phantoms lowered their raised swords, took a step back, closed their eyes, and drooped their wings, as if telling Joshua not to be afraid, for he was a people chosen by God.

Joshua was momentarily dazed, but the brass-colored snake healed the wound in his soul, making his eyes sharp once more.

Doris was stunned and deeply shocked by the scene.

This magic is a deadly weapon that will surely kill anyone below the Source level. Once it hits, even a mystic of similar rank will suffer soul damage and mental confusion, and will have to pay a price to escape the predicament.

However, the ghost's henchmen used some unknown method to "persuade" her to surrender!

How can this be? !
As Lin An had predicted, the Tora's mystical arts were unable to harm the prophet who had performed them.

In addition, Joshua himself is a source-level A mystic with a radiation level of no less than 20%, but he does not know how to use his abilities because of amnesia.

The interconnected, mysterious archetypes indeed produced a domino effect, including suppression, alliance, or nullification...

For example, Mishi can hear the thoughts of Catsis; Simon's soul is protected by heaven and cannot be destroyed by mortal magic, so the only way to kill him is to attack his physical body.

Because Canaan magic and Lin'an's Hittite rituals share the same origin, they can sense each other when used, and the two energies will intertwine and sometimes even twist into a common energy.

"What a powerful Stand user." Joshua murmured to himself, looking at the pale-faced Doris. "So this is the enemy that Teacher faces every day..."

Having confirmed that Doris could not harm Joshua with her mysticism, Lin An manipulated the ghost to generate a line of code.

"Steve, let's kill her together now!"

"Oh? Okay, teacher."

As the battle and carnage intensified, the image of the wooden staff flashed through Joshua's mind. Without thinking, he grasped it, and a long, curved staff appeared in his hand.

When he raised his staff high, dark clouds filled the sky, and lightning flashed; when he crossed his staff, a fierce wind arose and blinding light shone.

Immediately afterward, as Joshua slammed his fist into the warehouse floor, a fissure spread outward from it, splitting the land in two, and a tsunami erupted.
Upon seeing this, Doris's pupils contracted sharply, and she let out a gasp.

"Uncle Jordan Benowitz!?"

The two Canaanite factions in the Eagle Kingdom have a long-standing relationship, and Lin An had long guessed that Doris and Joshua knew each other, perhaps even because they were childhood friends.

But Joshua's mystery was already set on Doris, unleashed without reservation, and even if he remembered something, it was too late to change anything.

"Boom!"

The pentagrams that flew through the sky fell, the Hebrew script turned stiffly into dust and scattered in a flurry. The magic of Canaan had abandoned Doris, and the power of the five stone tablets had finally chosen to submit to their contractors on Mount Sinai.

Excellent opportunity!
Just as Lin An was about to have the system use the Hittite ritual to deliver a fatal blow to Doris, an unexpected change occurred!
An unusual yet all-too-familiar fluctuation emanated from Doris.

Hebrew evolved into a more ancient, ancient, and strange script, much like Hittite and Assyrian.

Doris's long hair was tinged with a fiery red color, cascading down like a shawl, and her skin had a golden sheen, shimmering like metal.

Even more terrifying, protruding gemstones grew all over her body. Carnelian, lapis lazuli, alabaster, and Babylonian stone appeared one after another on Doris's fair arms and covered every part of her skin and organs.

The system's data shows a sharp increase in pollution levels.

The strange patterns of fern branches spread out around Doris's waist, and fleshy wings like tentacles deflected Joshua's attack, while green sap gushed out like a fountain.

But she ultimately escaped the fatal blow unscathed.

Then, Doris grabbed a semi-circular bronze weapon and hurled it at Joshua; at the same time, she held a stone spear in her right hand and stabbed the coded humanoid figure left behind by Lin An.

"Pfft——!"

Unlike the "gentle" pentagram magic, the bronze weapon's sharp tip severed Joshua's throat. Black runes spread from the wound until a brass-colored snake coiled around it, halting the corrosive advance.

The spear pierced through the empty shell of the code-like humanoid and fell to the ground with a loud clang. This was... the power of the ancient Canaanite kingdom!
It was also the tribe that truly parted ways with the Hittites!
Lin An's eyes widened, and in an instant, he roughly understood Doris's situation.

The characteristic of the "Mother of Desire" is that it forcibly attaches a mystical archetype to an individual. This archetype cannot exceed the individual's own rating, and these grafted archetypes will replace the individual's original archetype.

The grafted individual can still use its original mystery, but at the cost of enduring increased levels of contamination.

Although the "Mother of Desire" grafted Tora onto Doris, her original mystery remained unchanged.

To put it simply, her "active skills" became the five stone tablets of the priesthood manual, while her "passive skills" remained the original Canaanite deities, which could not be suppressed by Joshua.

Thinking about it more deeply, this answers a question that Lin An had been pondering for a long time.

Because "Torah" is not the prototype of the medium of the Mother of Desire, if one had to say, Lin An believes it is more like "the seeker of knowledge" or "the judge".

Moreover, Doris's magic has a pagan polytheistic flavor, making her completely different from the six members of the Enochistan group, Joshua, and Jericho.

Now he has finally seen the original, mysterious prototype of Doris.

Bronze artifacts, jewel-encrusted gold-powdered statues, a female war goddess of immense strength…

The goddess of Canaan?
At this thought, the system data suddenly flashed, but instead of giving Doris a new panel, it added a new title to the first sentence of her [Name] column.

"The Asherah Psalms; the Torah, the manual of sacrifice."

It seems that the "Mother of Desire" can not only graft the mysterious, but also "devour" the medium and cover the original tendency, similar to the cultural integration between ancient tribes to become a new nation. The "Mother of Desire" forcibly endows its own concept to other prototypes!

This is actually very similar to the seeker of knowledge, but the seeker of knowledge absorbs the ideas of all things and understands them in his own way, while the mother of desire allows her own concepts to cover the ideas of all things.

[Xi Yong] just happened to choose Tora...

Is it possible for the original grafted object to be reclaimed by its mother?
What can we do after we take it back?
At the cost of a 15% pollution level, Doris not only severely damaged Joshua, but also discovered that Lin An had slipped away and was no longer in the same place.

Having received the new intelligence, Lin An had no immediate means of response. He grabbed Adria's arm, snapped his fingers, and Zomo, who had heard the call, rushed over.

Without any intervention, the black rabbit, terrified by Doris's anger, turned and ran away, leaving Lin An in a dizzying state.

Doris glanced at Joshua, who was clutching his throat and bleeding profusely, and chased after Lin An without looking back. The pentagram magic reappeared, and her distorted ruby ​​eyes were filled with madness.

ghost!

You are doomed!
Unbeknownst to the two sides in the fierce battle, a purple-eyed fly buzzed by, and a deep blue floating hand gently wiped away the ashes from the coroner's cheek; they came from Kane, the Hell Angel who had been burned to death.

The spirits of fire whispered among themselves, discussing the memory of the deceased's last moments.

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"thump!"

A loud splash of water rang out nearby, attracting the attention of the foundation and officials.

"Someone jumped! Oh my god, who was that?"

Simon's team, who were chatting and laughing, heard the shout and looked towards Lin An's location as if they had sensed something, but there was no one in the shadows.

"Oh my god, Lin's done something stupid!" Mi Xi exclaimed. "Why did he suddenly jump into the river?"

“Could something have happened to his family…” Barry pondered for a moment. “The only two things that affect this guy’s emotions are the occult and his family.”

"No matter what, start the rescue immediately!" Simon rushed to the support staff on the shore. "The river water has just dissolved a lot of powder. Even for the Mystics, inhaling large amounts can easily cause hallucinations and unconsciousness!"

After a period of chaos, the foundation quickly launched a rescue operation to search for the missing Lin An.

At first, they thought it was just a minor accidental fall into the water, but after nearly twenty minutes, they still hadn't found any trace of Lin An.

Simon's face grew increasingly pale, while Mishi covered her mouth, her mind racing.

“Lin couldn’t have committed suicide,” Barry said, trying to calm the two down. “From what I know, he was most likely drawn to some kind of strange underwater phenomenon and went to explore it. Don’t forget, he can manipulate air currents and heal energy; he swims around as easily as a fish.”

Barry wondered what new amusement this guy had up his sleeve this time.

“That makes sense. Lin wouldn’t just disappear for no reason.” Mishi nodded. “Maybe his family is as big and noisy as mine. Sometimes I get so annoyed by my relatives’ nagging that I wish I could sink to the bottom of the sea and have some peace and quiet for a while.”

Simon let out a soft sigh: "To this day, he still faces everything alone..."

"Ring, ring ring ring!"

Suddenly, a loud and urgent alarm sounded from the communication device. When Simon answered the call, he heard Vanessa's usually calm and composed voice, which had become distorted with excitement.

"Colleagues, I've finally found it—the real [ghost] wandering around Dietrich!"

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