The Demon’s Menu

Chapter 724: Findelter’s Struggle (2)

Chapter 724: Chapter 87 Findelter’s Struggle_2

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[Charles Burning Technique, having been supplemented and optimized, now has an upgraded inherent mastery option ‘Flame Transformation’:]

[Flame Transformation: You can choose the initial manner of spraying flames or change their shape. You can either attach them to your fists or shoot them out as fireballs; you can also turn them into armor that covers your entire body, with the basic power of the flame remaining unchanged. When attached to your fists, physical strength decreases, offering protection beyond that of a bullet for both hands; when shooting out fireballs, the radius cannot exceed 0.5 meters (the power of the fireball is related to its radius), the throwing distance is related to your own strength, and when you choose to turn it into armor, you will obtain protection that can withstand more than a bullet’s impact, which will continuously consume your physical strength. ]

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Length: 10 meters → 15 meters

Height: 1.0 meter → 1.5 meters

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Fireball Radius: 0.4 → 0.5 meters

Defense Strength: Bullet level → Beyond bullet level

The position of the heart occupied by the Dufol Language did not change, but it indicated that the Charles Burning Technique’s Dufol Language had become even brighter. And the requirement to upgrade to Master level has changed from 70 points of fullness and 4 points of Excitement of Feast to 80 points of fullness and 5 points of Excitement of Feast.

“5 points of Excitement of Feast?”

Jason frowned.

With the increase of his ‘hunting ability’, his fullness level could mostly be maintained at a standard level most of the time.

But Excitement of Feast was different.

Not only because it was rare, but also because Protection Against Evil itself is a major consumer of Excitement of Feast.

To elevate Protection Against Evil to the next level needed 10 points of Excitement of Feast.

And now, Jason had a total of—

[Fullness: 232]

[Excitement of Feast: 8]

After a small snack, Jason gained 31 points of fullness, and the total fullness began to approach the pass mark, while Excitement of Feast remained the same as before.

Protection Against Evil still had a gap of 2 points.

Not to mention the Charles Burning Technique.

Under normal circumstances, Jason would need to consider Protection Against Evil as the core.

After that, everything else.

Undoubtedly, the Charles Burning Technique was part of the ‘everything else’.

Even if the Charles Burning Technique’s power had caught up with his main combat level.

After all, the special power of Protection Against Evil was irreplaceable.

For instance: at this moment!

Jason lowered his head to look at the serpentine shadows covering his entire body, ready to strike with a Protection Against Evil.

Perhaps there were other ways to remove the evil curse in front of him.

But for Jason, nothing was more direct than Protection Against Evil.

Shadows, negative energy, bizarre, and strange—Protection Against Evil had an exceptional way of countering all of them.

If it didn’t work, it would only prove that the level of Protection Against Evil was not enough.

Or perhaps, one Protection Against Evil was not enough.

Then two it would be.

But before Jason could release it, he suddenly stopped.

He saw the body of Findelter.

Compared to its previous ‘plumpness’, now Findelter was reduced to a ‘withered’ body.

Not mummified.

Shriveled.

The insides—organs, muscles, bones, blood—were all drained.

And all that remained was a dry, dehydrated skin.

And what was lost of the insides—organs, muscles, bones, blood—had transformed into more serpentine shadows.

Although there was nothing obstructing Jason, he could confirm that the number of serpentine shadows on his body had increased by at least half.

They clung to Jason’s body with even greater swiftness.

They bit at Jason with even more ferocity.

Jason knew that flesh and blood could nourish an ‘evil curse’.

In his knowledge of the mystic, most evil curses could have their power enhanced by the caster’s own flesh and blood, or rather, one’s own flesh and blood is the most direct way to empower an evil curse.

Of course, under normal circumstances, a caster would never do this.

Because the lost flesh and blood would not grow back in a short period of time.

Even in most cases, it’s irreversible damage.

But when it comes to a life-and-death situation, no one would care about these things.

These casters would often fight desperately.

Living is the most important thing, isn’t it?

And if one were to die?

It’s all over.

Who would care about their own flesh and blood then?

‘Evil Curse’?

It was supposed to disappear.

But the ‘Evil Curse’ before Jason’s eyes didn’t vanish.

Far from disappearing, it became more intense instead.

Even with the blessing of Findelter’s ‘Last Effort,’ it should have disappeared by now.

It’s important to know that an ‘Evil Curse’ is not a ‘Curse.’

Both are evil and bizarre.

But the duration of an ‘Evil Curse’ is nothing compared to a ‘Curse.’

The former torments the cursed for a period of time, usually ending after a certain duration, or when the one who cast it dies.

The latter?

Although it also lasts a period of time, that period could be ten years, a hundred years, or even continue for generations through the bloodline, never changing with the death of the caster.

And now, the ‘Evil Curse’ that should have ended didn’t for Jason.

Jason also confirmed that the ‘Evil Curse’ hadn’t turned into a ‘Curse.’

That left only one possibility—

Findelter was not yet dead!

The ‘body’ present here was also a ‘Doppelganger.’

The true body was somewhere else.

"A true cunning rabbit has three burrows, huh?”

Jason muttered to himself, then turned and walked to a corner of the secret chamber, where there was a chair.

He simply sat down, quietly waiting.

The ‘Evil Curse’ on his body?

Jason had no intention of dispelling it.

The ‘Evil Curse’ brought him pain.

The ‘Evil Curse’ became a guide.

This guide was for him, but for Findelter, it was ‘bait’!

When the other party was ‘revived’ and discovered the ‘Evil Curse’ was still active, especially since one of his doppelgangers had ‘strengthened’ it, what would they do?

Given their mutual hatred, it would be difficult not to come and investigate, right?

So, what Jason needed to do was wait for the other party to come.

Thinking this, Jason stood up again, closed the door, and raised his hand to arrange a ‘Kaya Seal’ on the secret room’s door.

After doing all this, Jason sat back down in the chair and pulled down his mask.

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"Aaaah!”

With a wretched howl, Findelter awoke once more.

Experiencing the pain of beheading was a first for him.

It hurt so much!

It hurt so much that tears and snot flowed from him.

It hurt to the point of suffocating him.

However, he quickly let out a sinister laugh.

He could feel that the ‘Evil Curse’ he had cast was still in effect.

"The taste of the ‘Excitement of Feast’ must be exquisite, right?”

Murmuring such words to himself, Findelter quickly climbed out of the coffin in the depths of the suburban graveyard, shaking off his clothing that was filled with the scent of decay and on the verge of falling apart.

As Findelter’s last card.

This place had not been opened since it had been sealed.

It looked exactly like the surrounding tombs.

Both inside and out.

Without paying any mind to his attire, Findelter pushed open the tomb’s door.

Click, click.

The long unopened tomb door swung open amidst the grinding of stone.

Fresh morning air hit him in the face, and Findelter took a deep breath, quickening his pace.

He needed to get back to his previous secret chamber as fast as possible.

Even though Jason was currently incapacitated with pain, he worried that things might change if he was late.

"Wait for me, Jason.”

"Do you think everything is over?”

"No!”

"This is just the beginning!”