Super Righteous Player-Chapter 151 - 149 Hello Skeleton Duke, You’re So Trashy_1

Chapter 151: Chapter 149 Hello Skeleton Duke, You’re So Trashy_1

Annan was slightly startled at the remark.

"...Why did Amos steal your Curse Bearing item?"

He found it rather strange.

Even if Amos managed to get Joseph’s Curse Bearing item, he wouldn’t be able to inherit his level or use his spells, would he?

The greatest significance of a Curse Bearing item is to activate Transcendent abilities above the silver rank.

If you steal someone’s Curse Bearing item, you can temporarily seal all of their active abilities above silver rank—of course, passive abilities still can’t be sealed.

Generally, this method is used for transporting and detaining Transcendent prisoners.

Only the professions in the Hunter line can effectively convert the Curse Bearing items into their own combat power.

But clearly... Amos couldn’t possibly be a Hunter.

He wasn’t even a Transcendent.

That is to say, Joseph’s silver bracelet was of no value to Amos. If he wanted to subdue Joseph... the best method would be to shoot him again.

"I’m not very clear about it either..."

Joseph just shook his head.

His expression was somewhat weary: "But he indeed didn’t kill me, and that’s what piques my curiosity the most.

"Moreover, I was wounded by his Dirty Blood Bullet and placed under the ’Curse Binding’ of inability to travel far. This curse isn’t really a big deal for me... I have ways to remove it."

Joseph explained to Annan, "I’m not from Noah, I come from Gemstone Island.

"My lord, I think you should also be aware... I am a Wizard of the Decree. And I was once one of the instructors of the Decree School at the Azure Diamond Tower. Our Azure Diamond Tower has a good relationship with Yawen’s church, so if I could contact a high-ranking Priest of Yawen, it would be completely possible to remove the curse from that person."

Annan suddenly realized.

That made sense... the Heath Tower of Black didn’t seem to teach the Decree School.

He did know where Gemstone Island was.

The full name of the United Kingdom was the Kingdom of Dennisiowa and the Feld Archipelago United Kingdom. Gemstone Island was part of the Feld Archipelago, famous for producing various gemstones.

Although the people of Noah would call them "United Kingdomers," those who really came from the United Kingdom tended to refer to themselves as "from the Kingdom of Dennisiowa" or "from such and such island."

Now in the Kingdom of Noah, jewelers would claim "100% of the goods are from Gemstone Island" or "handcrafted by master jewelers from Gemstone Island," to raise prices. Of course, whether that was really the case was another matter...

Those emerald nameplates used for checking names are special products from the Azure Diamond Tower.

Although it surprised Annan that Joseph came from the Azure Diamond Tower, what concerned Annan more was another piece of information.

"Yawen’s Priests can remove the curse from that person?"

Annan didn’t dare to utter the name ’Skeleton Duke’.

He also feared that if he accidentally became dizzy and passed out while speaking.

After all, he told the two players guarding the door that he was going to find an acquaintance nearby to pick up "something agreed upon" and then return. If Annan really carelessly fell into a nightmare... it would drive the players mad to realize Annan was missing.

"Yes."

In response to Annan’s question, Joseph gave a very clear answer: "Yawen is the god of nobility and art. And that person, before ascending to godhood, was indeed a Duke... so he falls under Yawen’s jurisdiction."

"And he hailed from the once-great Dirge Principality, which worshiped the god of death and earth, ’Grave Mother’. So he was also governed by Grave Mother... Both of these True Gods could dispel his power."

Seeing the confusion in Annan’s eyes, Joseph added, "This was a matter of the previous era. At that time, the undead war had not yet ended, and the church of Grave Mother was the vanguard against undead amongst the twelve True Gods; the Dirge Principality was also among the most frontline nations—after all, the undead originated from the south, and the Dirge Principality was the southernmost nation then.

"Later... The great barrier shattered, and the Mist spread. In the scramble for the limited supply of the Order Fire Seed, a brutal war broke out, which is known in history books as the ’Blood Service’.

"Actually, the Dirge Principality had a chance to survive the Blood Service... if their location was more towards the interior. But they were precisely on the edge—within less than half a day, the Mist had enveloped the entire Dirge Principality.

"They had no time to flee, let alone prepare for war and seize territory. But the people of the Dirge Principality had the most open-minded view of life and death. Therefore, they made a final decision..."

Joseph spoke slowly, "All the Transcendents who worshipped Grave Mother used their last strength to kill the Transcendents of other faiths within the principality, absorbing all the curses upon them... then immediately took poison and, before dying, sealed their skeletons with the unique Divine Arts of Grave Mother.

"Because Transcendents are different from ordinary people. As soon as we embark upon the transcendent path, our souls mutate to bear the power of curses. So if we die in the Mist, our souls would instantly be filled with endless curses, turning into undead, trapped within our bodies and wandering aimlessly in the Mist... Only if we happen to drift into a barrier and are killed there can we be purified."

Reaching this point, he looked at Annan and gave a bitter smile, "I think you mustn’t know about this, my lord."

"...Yes."

Annan admitted honestly, "I always thought the undead existed only in stories."

After all, the term "ability to bring the dead back to life" used by Lord Skeleton sounded too convoluted, not like any professional jargon...

If there were undead, why not simply say "transformed into undead"?

"That’s because the undead from the south were completely annihilated by the Dirge Principality," Joseph nodded and explained, "They once resounded the funeral song for the transcendent dead throughout the nation for a month, which is why they were named the Dirge Principality.

"And the undead that arose after the collapse of the great barrier... all served as consumables in the war, depleted entirely before the end of the Blood Service. Now, except for some border regions, the undead are rarely seen."

Having said that, Joseph added, "Except for... him."

"Is he also an undead?"

Annan was somewhat surprised.

"The divine office of His Grace is that of the skeleton and God of Betrayal."

Joseph said slowly, "Because His Grace never actually obtained the throne of truth. He became divine... because he bore the power of an entire nation.

"All Transcendents killed others and then committed suicide to prevent the rise of the undead. That was his suggestion... or rather, his final decree.

"People thought he had suicided and cleansed his own remains. But that was just the scapegoat he found. He’s been hiding underground, commanding an army of the undead to excavate tunnels.

"For ordinary people, the Mist is also poisonous. Just not as swiftly lethal. Therefore, aside from some people in the north who escaped to the Kingdom of Dennisiowa, those who could not escape had already taken poison and climbed into their prepared coffins.

"He initiated a great ritual underground once there were no living people left in the Mist. As a Gold-tier Decree Wizard and Transformation Wizard, he used the Transcendents of the entire nation, as well as the corpses of half the population, to perform a national-level transformation ritual, twisting and confounding the cause of their deaths, attributing all of their ’deaths’ to himself; then dragging their bodies and curses into his own body... With the concept of ’a Nation of the Undead in one person,’ he forcibly ascended to divinity."

——Which is why he is the Lord Skeleton.

This title of "Duke" means that even to this day, he is still a true Duke. And only when he is the "Duke of the Dead" will his divine office be sustained.

Because all of his subjects have become skeletons just like him.

He himself is a walking Principality.

Annan blinked.

This Lord Skeleton...

Sounds kind of lame?