Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 700 Congregation of the Divine Senses! Part 7

"Fip~"

With the little mobility that she still had, Alina painstakingly drew out a paper talisman out of her right pocket, which she immediately brandished against her incoming foe.

"Hula~"

This talisman had a symbol of an eye engraved in it, with three pupils present and written in an archaic form. Lines and lines made up black ink decorated the other parts of talisman, leaving only a little space for the paper to present itself.

"Hom~"

At the moment that this talisman appeared, Alina immediately felt the tell-tale signs of power leaving her body, all which were absorbed by the talisman. The eye on the talisman glowed after the absorption, a result that made Alina nod inwardly.

"Hah!"

She then threw the talisman above her without any hesitation, with her throwing force only enough to make the talisman soar above the head of her opponent.

Such height might be deficient for some abilities, but for the talisman that Alina had just used, this height was more than enough.

"Talisman of Deprivation: Knowledge Steal!"

"Hum~"

Long tendrils as thin as human hair extended out from the talisman, which then shot straight towards the heads of Beatrice, her two allies, and even the invisible angels. Each tendril seemed to have a life of their own, as they wiggled and dodged the attempts of Beatrice and her allies to block the said tendrils.

"Hey! Scoot over!" Beatrice in particular was seemingly pissed because of these tendrils, but no matter what she did, the tendrils were still able to reach her body.

More specifically, the tendrils were able to attach themselves on her head, which had also happened on her two allies and the angels.

"Ah!" Once the tendrils had attached themselves on their heads, Beatrice, the robot, the fairy, and the angels began to tremble as they tried shrug the tendrils off. But no matter what they did at this point, the tendrils stayed attached on their heads, with their attempts to remove these object seemingly worsening their situation.

Each attempt by Beatrice and her allies to remove the tendrils just made the tendrils go deeper, creating a scene that even Alina found hard to stomach.

By the time that 10 seconds have passed by since Alina activated her talisman, the tendrils had fully ’fused’ themselves to their targets.

"Ah!!!!"

Now, instead of seeing a field where there are fights happening, what Alina and her allies saw was a myriad of tendrils hanging in the air, with Beatrice, the robot, the fairy, and the angels all floating on their spots with pissed expression on their faces...

The targets by the talisman looked extremely angry about their situation, which is rightfully so, since they seem to be trapped by the weird power of these tendrils.

Such anger is enough to make these target lash out to Alina and her allies, with Beatrice extremely raring to make another move against Alina again.

"....."

Because Alina had left herself open earlier, she became defenseless and vulnerable to an attack from Beatrice. In fact, if Beatrice were to attack right now, Alina won’t have any time to defend herself, as Alina had just used her body and energy to activate the talisman.

But instead of taking advantage of this opening, Beatrice did not show any indication of attacking Alina, especially after her head got latched on by the tendrils.

Instead of making a move, Beatrice only floated with a dazed look on her spot, with her body language showing no signs of hostility or even desire to attack anyone.

In fact, Beatrice seemed to be more confused right now, as if she does not know what to do.

"Why... why can’t I use my attack anymore? I just had to activate my Sword Will against Alina, and this is my win already. Come on Beatrice, you should know how to use your power! Come on, just activate it!" Beatrice shouted as her whole body shook, with her panicked tone displaying the emotions that she had regarding her situation.

She seemed to be trying to attack Alina again at this time, but Beatrice’s body did not follow her instruction. Instead of her body making a punch, Beatrice’s arms only flopped down to her sides, with their slight twitches the only indication that they tried to move.

"Really, what the hell? What is going on here?" Beatrice’s panic only increased as she now tried to move her legs and head, actions which all failed for some kind of reason. "Argh! What the f**k is this? Come on, just activate!"

Beatrice tried to look at her hands and then at Alina, but instead of realizing something, Beatrice just became more and more confused.

"You, this must be your doing, right? You damned holder of the All-Seeing Eyes! Tell me what you did!"

"...."

Beside Beatrice, the robot and the fairy shared the same confused expression, as if they also were unsure of what they should be doing.

Both of these creatures also tried unleashing attacks of their own, which just like Beatrice had also failed.

The Machine Army created by the robot were not moving at this time, while the fairy was unable to heal herself anymore from the lazy attacks by Queen Mother.

This strange scenario forced these two panicking creatures to stare at Queen Mother and Professor Frances too, but this did not let the robot and the fairy feel enlightened about their situation.

Even the invisible angels were at loss too, as it appeared that even they had also lost knowledge about what they should do. These angels had already stopped releasing golden dusts on their bodies, and they could only be seen floating around the area with expressions of only befuddlement on their faces.

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The over-all confusion of all these people created a hilarious scenery, which was already enough to make the nearby Alina smile.

"Hehehe, since you used the power of the Holy Order Church to boost your power, then I can also use the power of my Church to boost my chances of winning. That’s the rule in this place, so don’t look that angry." Alina said with a smile as she crossed her arms, with her eyes now looking at Beatrice with a mocking light.

This mocking look became much more prominent as time passed by, as the struggles and confused shouts by Beatrice seemed to have pleased Alina more.

"The talisman that I used against you is one that the Church of Wisdom developed. It is the Talisman of Deprivation, a talisman that only the higher-ranked members of the Church of Wisdom can use..." Even with the struggles and curses released by Beatrice, Alina still continued to talk in a calm manner.

"By activating this talisman, I can steal my opponent’s knowledge about his skills and abilities. This renders that opponent unable to use his skills and abilities, since I just stole the knowledge on how to use it...."

"Do you feel like attacking, but you don’t know how to attack? That was caused by my talisman, and you will stay that way until the energy inside my talisman gets used up."

Alina suddenly relaxed her body as she talked this time, as if she was not worried about defending herself at all. She just treated Beatrice as if she were a decoration, one that is extremely harmless at this point.

"The Talisman of Deprivation is said to be created from the Divine Essence of Elwon himself, making it extremely rare and important. In fact, from what I know, there are only 10 of these talismans left inside the church, but now they are only 9 since I had just activated one..."

"Because of this rarity and its special effects , the Talisman of Deprivation can only be used in special situations, and quite frankly, the situation today is not that special. So technically speaking, I should have never used this talisman against you, Beatrice."

"But you have forced my hand, Beatrice. You dared use the power of the Holy Order Church in this palace, when you should just be using your own abilities to fight me. That blasphemous action of yours had angered me and the Church of Wisdom, so I have no qualms on using this talisman against you."

"Just blame your luck that you met me here. Unlike others who might spare you, I am not someone that is willing to let you live."

"So cherish your life now, Beatrice. Because I am about to end it already."

"Schwing!" With just a flick of her wrist, Alina nonchalantly buried the blade of her katana on Beatrice’s heart. She then swung her sword upwards, creating a cut that divided Beatrice’s head into two.

Such action should be impossible for Alina before because of the Omniscient Skin, but because of the effects of her talisman, the Omniscient Skin only became a paper armor in face of her sword.

"Argh!" Blood splattered in the air as Beatrice’s body shook from pain, with her brains spilling out of her head like a slurry pudding. Her throat then gurgled with bubbling blood as her arms flailed around like a broken fan, creating a sight that was too gory to be watched by any innocent person.

"Grah...." It was obvious that Beatrice was still trying to do something about her wounds, but her actions were still unable to assist her.

The assistance of the invisible angels could help her, but since they were also affected by the Talisman od Deprivation, they could only watch as Beatrice suffered from her wounds.

"Argh!" This situation was already bad by itself, but it actually continued to get worse, as this latest attack by Alina was not just a normal sword attack.

Alina’s latest sword attack was infused with her Dark Magic, which is extremely effective against souls of living creatures. Since this Dark Magic was combined with Alina’s sword attack, its effects against the wounded Beatrice was already obvious

"No!!!!" Even though it was not visible, Alina could feel that Beatrice’s soul was being eroded by her Dark Magic already.

Each small part of Beatrice’s soul was being ’destroyed’ by Alina’s Dark Magic, creating holes in her soul that made Beatrice panic more. Aside from this, some part of Beatrice’s soul were also being stripped out of her body, turning into spiritual energy that the nearby Alina seemed to be devouring.

The combination of these effects naturally led to the inevitable shrinkage of Beatrice’s soul, a scenario that was obviously way worse compared to Beatrice’s current head injury.

"No!!!" This effect continued to persist as time went on, and the frightened Beatrice could only watch as her soul got closer and closer to its end....

Beatrice tried her best to resist the erosion of her soul, but in the end, her efforts were not enough.

"No!!!" By the end of another 10 seconds, all of Beatrice’s soul had disappeared, which of course led to her sudden death.

"Wooosh~" What was left of Beatrice at this point was only her body, one which had no more soul that can control it. This meant that Beatrice’s body was nothing more but an empty shell, something that is of no use to anyone.

Well, Beatrice’s body is of no use to ’almost’ anyone, as there is actually one person here that is interested on acquiring her body.

"Ok... now that I have killed the holder of the Omniscient Skin, maybe I can perform some kind of ritual so that I can take this Omniscient skin for myself. Wait, is that even possible? Yes, it could be possible..."

With a look of greed on her eyes, the excited Alina caught the falling body of Beatrice before it could hit the ground. Once caught, ALina hugged Beatrice’s corpse to herself, as if she was treating it as a treasure that she does not want to share to anyone.

Alina even ignored the blood spurting out of Beatrice’s body as she kept a tight hold in it, creating a grisly scene that is enough to scare many.

"When should I perform the ritual to obtain the Omniscient Skin? Should I do it later? No... I should do it now!"