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Chapter 58 Cardenas's bad luck continues (Part 2)
"Awakening Absorption?"

Seeing that he had piqued the ghost's interest, Cardenas deactivated his invisibility and spread his hands.

“I have made a vow to God, swearing to restrain my soul. For the next 24 hours, I will not lie whenever I speak to you. Similarly, Lord Ghost, please swear not to kill me for the next 24 hours.”

Kaspel is the angel who governs oaths, and Kadenas wants to use mystical oaths to restrain Lin An's behavior.

After a moment's thought, Lin An smiled.

"Alright, I swear that any attacks I launch against you during this time will not be fatal."

Cardenas felt that Lin An's oath was strange, but he had no time to worry about the trap. Taking advantage of the ghost's loosening of its grip, he bent his index finger, and holy light, like a transparent curtain, fell from above Lin An's head.

"You must keep all the promises you have made."

The curtain had no physical form; it floated lightly through Lin An's body and disappeared beneath his feet.

A strange change is quietly taking place.

Lin An tried to use the [Hittite Ritual] on Kadenas, but the system reminded him that killing him now would attract a certain medium and increase the level of contamination.

“Let me explain ‘Awakening Adsorption’,” he said.

"As far as I know, 'awakening adsorption' is one of the theories for reducing pollution levels."

Forced by his oath, Cardenas had no choice but to confess.

“Lord Ghost, do you know that when a Mystic awakens, he will generate a ‘divine medium’? It is the ‘point’ linking the Titans and ‘Comers’, that is, the source of radiation. As long as the star orbits have not separated, the medium attracts the energy of the other world like a magnet, whether good or bad.”

“When the ‘medium’ awakens, ‘Commerx’ generates a corresponding tangible mystery based on the individual’s past personality, behavior and cognition. The two steps are separated by about one second; this moment is when the individual and ‘Commerx’ are most closely connected.”

"Through the rules of energy overflow, individuals, with the medium as the support point, receive a certain amount of initial radiation from 'Comer' to support the generation of 'mystery,' similar to the permeation of water molecules."

But when I awoke, the radiation level was 0%.

Is it because my upper limit is too high that the decimal point is reset to zero?
Lin An continued, "So, the medium built a channel from 'Commerx,' and energy flowed from that dense world to the barren Titan?"

“That’s right. Those people used secret techniques to push highly polluted energy toward newly born, less polluted mystics,” Cardenas said. “This method only works on mystics of the same medium.”

"Same medium..."

Lin An frowned slightly, which meant that he had given an example.

"If I were the 'Lord of Dreams' and wanted to reduce the level of contamination, I would have to stay by the side of an ordinary person who is about to awaken as the 'Lord of Dreams,' never leaving his side, until he awakens and absorbs some of my contamination through fluctuations?"

"This is all the information I have."

"What are the restrictions?"

Forced by his oath, Cardenas answered truthfully.

"There is an upper limit to the level of pollution that can be transferred. The higher the Mysterious One's time rating, the stronger the attraction; conversely, the lower the Mysterious One's level, the less pollution they can tolerate."

Lin An thought for a moment, then asked, "Theory is just theory. How exactly does the transfer of pollution levels work?"

“I don’t know… I am not a true member of the ancient dynasty.”

"Leaving aside the fact that this is essentially killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, its efficiency is far too low. How am I supposed to know who has recently awakened and what kind of medium they have attracted? Surely the powerful families have ways to force others to awaken using a specific medium?"

"This is not my responsibility, I'm sorry, Lord Ghost."

Listening to Cardenas's hesitant information, Lin An suddenly remembered Ampur, who had awakened [Lana Rona] at the pool party.

The person who pushed her step by step to the edge of awakening was Kim Ji-eun, but that guy was a mysterious person who was a "prophet" medium. What did he want the "Mother of Desire" to awaken?
Was it a miscalculation?

No, the fact that April's pollution level skyrocketed as soon as she woke up indicates that besides Kim Ji-eun, there was another mysterious person who was the medium of "Mother of Desire" at that party.

This person somehow transferred the level of pollution to April.

Is the medium of aristocratic families the "mother of desire"?
No wonder there have been so many mysterious figures in Dietrich lately using the medium of "Mother of Desire"...

Glancing at Cardenas, who was secretly making a fuss, Lin An calmly pinched Zomo's ear.

When he was the Minister of Logistics, everyone in the foundation treated Cardenas as an ordinary person, and even Lin An didn't recognize that he had already awakened.

His subordinates all know how to hide themselves, let alone the powerful family that directs him from behind the scenes.

As Lin An recalled the various suspicious points of the pool party, a name came to mind.

"Is the family you serve Doris Wood?"

"Miss--"

Cardenas blurted out the truth and quickly covered his mouth with both hands. Even so, Lin An could still hear a few indistinct syllables through his fingers.

I left home for...

Lin An was deeply shocked.

That member of the prominent family in Dietrich is none other than Doris Wood!
No wonder she smells sweet like fennel seeds!

Lin An had some doubts about her identity before, but since Doris was just an ordinary person without any power, he didn't continue to think about it in that direction.

The truth came to light, and a thought flashed through Lin An's mind.

The system's new "source tracing" function...

Could we combine Canaanite magic and Hittite rituals to piece together the supreme god who was torn apart by the two races?

However, I am still no match for her. Lin An thought. Even though their mysteries both belong to the B-level source, Doris can create materialized stone tablets, which, according to the captain, is an ability that comes with reaching a certain radiation threshold.

His only advantage was that he knew Doris's identity, while she knew nothing about Lin An.

Moreover, judging from what Cardenas said, what Doris did in Dietrich seemed to have nothing to do with the mystical family she was born into.

Did she have a conflict with her family?
Realizing he had let something slip, a flicker of regret and fear crossed Cardenas's eyes.

The ghost actually called out the young lady's name in one sentence!

Who is he?

If Ghost were merely a free-spirited mystic, his intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities would be terrifyingly powerful. Not to mention the Foundation, Cardenas would be eager to report to Doris and list Ghost as their number one enemy.

As long as this person lives freely, he is a silent threat to the three major factions in Dietrich!

With his power restored, Cardenas saw the ghost lost in thought, unaware of his transformation. He brought three fingers of his right hand together, spread his left hand flat, and holy white light spiraled outwards.

"Brush it!"

The ciphertext, like two wings breathing in and out, gathered on Cardenas's back, his entire body covered by a pure white robe.

Flesh and blood heal, and bone grows flesh.

Cardenas pulled at the collar of his white robe, his face hidden in shadow.

He suddenly stood up, but unfortunately, his punch landed on cotton.

The moonlight fell coldly on the windowsill. There was no one in front of Cardenas. The ghost was like a cool evening breeze, melting into the cold winter night of Dietrich.

The next moment, a low, hoarse roar came from behind, and the silk curtains were torn in two by a pair of giant claws. Wendigo's ferocious face reappeared, and he opened his blood-red maw to bite at Kadenas.

"Die, ghost!"

The curtains fell to the floor, and Wendigo heard a disdainful snort.

Cardenas, his face grim, held a branch laden with fruit in his right hand and made a vow gesture with his left, slowly pushing it out.

"Woo!"

The speed that Wendigo was so proud of suddenly became useless, and a bright white light filled every corner, leaving Wendigo nowhere to escape.

The holy light swept across his body, but nothing had actually happened. Wendigo let out a shrill scream, his swift movements suddenly freezing, as if he had been paralyzed and unable to move.

Cardenas took a step forward and met Wendigo's gaze.

His right hand, raised high, swept across Wendigo's vulnerable neck.

"Crack!"

The seemingly unsharp branch severed Wendigo's head, which rolled to the ground with a thud, while at the same time, Hebrew ciphers swept through like a blizzard.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

Like countless sharp knives, they pierced Wendigo's limbs and bones. His eyes were shining, and before he could react, he was torn to pieces. The only intact part was his head, which had been decapitated with a single blow.

The headless corpse paused for a few seconds, then gushed blood, staining the ground a pure red.

“Gaga, gaga…”

Wendigo's exposed throat trembled, emitting a strange, leaky sound, before he collapsed to the ground, leaving only a lump of minced meat.

"Phew, that feels much better. Tonight, one bad thing after another has happened."

Cardenas wiped the blood off his hands with the curtains, picked up Wendigo's antlers, and prepared to smash the window and leave.

"Crack-!"

The sound of shattering glass rang out, and the escape exit was just a stone's throw away. But before Cardenas could even enjoy the natural breeze blowing from the courtyard for a second, the entire window suddenly shattered, and four thick tentacles attacked him.

Shoggoth!
Cardenas' pupils contracted sharply, and a burst of white light caused the tentacles to freeze in mid-air and retreat into the corridor behind.

Witnessing the murder of its companion, the Free Mystic was blinded by rage. Due to the distance, it was powerless to stop it and could only seek revenge for the dead Wendigo.

Two more tentacles reached out and wrapped around the partition below the windowsill.

"Bang!"

Moonlight shone behind the approaching creature, casting a disgusting, eerie, and nauseating shadow over Kadenas.

Not only that, as he got closer to the wall, he heard faint footsteps approaching. He turned his head sharply and saw a group of menacing mysterious figures rushing in from the other side of the corridor.

They were the control team summoned by Vanessa!

Wait, there are more than four people?!
Cardenas's pupils dilated in shock as he saw several figures following behind the group of four.

They are directly facing the new employees in the department...

“You are… [The Ghost]…” Shoggoth whispered in a buzzing voice that echoed throughout the corridor.

“I’m a ghost?” Cardenas was stunned.

"He's Ghost!" Lin An, who had blended in with the others, shouted. "Quickly, grab this vicious bastard!"

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