The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 189: ?Curse: Moth’s Knot

"...something's not right."

Si Anke narrowed his eyes slightly.

He vaguely noticed something was wrong. Although he was only a quick-achieving transcendent, Si Anqi had already reached the silver level, and his perception attributes were not too low.

It's not as simple as someone following you.

After he left the team, he vaguely felt a strange malice. He didn't go far when he felt a sense of discomfort gradually coming from his body.

To describe it, it’s like having a cold or a fever. But this discomfort came so violently... In less than a minute, he felt that his body was shaky and his head was dizzy.

He even felt that his chest was becoming more and more heavy, and his breathing became difficult and sluggish. The limbs became heavier and heavier, and the nerve pain became more intense all over the skin.

...Wrong.

Si Anke suddenly reacted and glanced at his status bar.

Health: 85%

After about three or four seconds, the number dropped by 1%.

The moment he realized that he was really losing blood, Si An immediately became vigilant.

He stood there and counted quietly.

After ten seconds, he lost 1% of his health; after another ten seconds, he lost another 1%.

...Is it accurately controlled to a dot that jumps every ten seconds?

Related to the number ten.

This should be the curse of the moth mother's domain.

But what is the medium?

Why are you cursing me... No, don't worry about this problem for now.

Si Anke quickly calmed down and began to look around, looking for things related to the number ten.

At the same time, a thought emerged in his mind and he began to calculate:

——If we push back at this blood loss rate, it would have started almost five minutes after he left the main force...

Thinking of this, he immediately stopped walking and started to return the same way despite the increasingly strong feeling of illness.

He tried his best to keep his movement speed consistent with when he came over.

The moment his health dropped to 67%.

Si Anqi clearly saw something unusual - a soaked hemp rope was thrown into a fish tank.

And this hemp rope is tied with ten knots.

"... knot?"

Si Anke murmured in a low voice.

He remembered-"knot" seemed to be a medium for curses.

After Yummy Wind Goose shared many ritual theories, Si Anke discovered that there were strange similarities with some ancient ethnic customs on Earth. So he bought some folklore books some time ago to look up information.

The natives of the East Indies believed that "tying a knot" could bind the fetus inside the mother's body. This means that it can prevent her from giving birth and cause difficult labor, or her body will recover very slowly after giving birth. So they believe that neither husband nor wife can "tie the knot" during pregnancy.

In some places in Southeast Asia, when a mother gives birth, she will untie everything that can be untied inside and outside the house - such as hair braids, shoelaces, cables, and also remove the gunpowder from the gun chamber and lower the bow. You can't even sit cross-legged because of the arrows, because cross-legging is also a "knot".

Russians will also use nets full of knots to fight wizards... This is why Russian brides wear a veil full of knots when they get married. This head net full of knots is believed by the Russians to be resistant to magic.

There are some wizards among the Ho people in West Africa who will use straw ropes to tie knots to curse their enemies. If they cannot find the knot and untie it, they will die of illness; the Quran also mentions "those who blow on the knots" A person who refers to a wizard who curses others by tying knots. Even Muhammad was almost killed by this method. In the end, the archangel came and directly helped him find the hiding place of the knots. The French believe that they can use knotting to curse others for unhappy marriages and make couples fight... The specific manifestation is to make men unable to get hard.

Although this is a fairly common witchcraft, in this world, among all the types of rituals taught by Delicious Wind Goose, none of the rituals about "tying knots" appear.

So Si Anke didn’t care about this kind of thing at that time.

But now when he saw that the knot was still in the fish tank in a very unnatural way - you know, there are still live fish in this fish tank. If such a thick knot is still in the fish tank, the water will be contaminated.

But the shop owner didn't respond at all and turned a blind eye.

Either he is in the same group as the person who attacked him; or he is already under someone's control.

So Si Anke ignored the shopkeeper at all and directly fished the hemp rope out of the fish tank.

...How to solve this problem?

Should I open the knot, or just cut it off with a sword like Alexander did...

Let’s just be on the safe side.

"——Hey, what are you doing?"

At this moment, the shopkeeper wiped his hands with a towel and shouted in a bad tone: "Don't touch that rope - put that thing back!"

That was a big man with dark skin and a thick body.

His eyes glowed a bright brown - a testament to his status as a pureblood underground.

"...Oh?"

After Si Anqi heard this, he suddenly felt much calmer.

He thought he might be looking in the wrong direction...

But if you say that, then I will feel relieved.

So without thinking, he reached out and opened the knots one by one. With each knot untied, he felt his body relax.

"Hey!"

When the shopkeeper saw this, he rushed over to stop him.

But he didn't wait until he took a few steps forward.

The ground in front of him suddenly exploded—viscous orange flames spewed upwards in bunches.

Amidst the miserable wails, the man was burned to ashes by the raging fire in four to five seconds. Then the flames on the floor gradually dissipated.

——This is [Flame Trap].

One of the Destroyer's exclusive skills, it appears as a very thin milky white card, which will gradually turn black after being activated. Being pressed by a heavy object will accelerate this process extremely quickly.

Once it turns completely black, it will emit a scorching beam of flame equivalent to the bronze-level destructive spell "Jet Flame", which is hot enough to burn people into coke; if you want to remove this trap, you must use hot blood to kill it. The card is soaked. Then rip him apart before it dries.

Otherwise, even if you cut it off with a sword, the trap spell will be triggered immediately.

Before Si Anji rushed over, he threw it in front of him with his drooping hand. The moment the man came over, he immediately triggered the trap——

At this time, Si An Ke had already untied all the knots.

He suddenly felt his body light up, and all the sudden discomfort was gone.

This is really the problem.

Si Anhe breathed a sigh of relief and threw the knot into the fire remaining on the body without thinking.

——Suddenly, a line of blood-red, somewhat scrawled characters suddenly appeared in front of Si Anke’s eyes, which frightened him:

【Curse has been cut off - Moth's Knot】

The next moment, the rope burned by the fire suddenly disintegrated into countless gray moths. They flapped their flaming wings and flew to the sky. But they didn't fly very far before they crashed to the ground one by one and turned into piles of ashes.

And the burned hemp rope~IndoMTL.com~ seems to have something in it...

Si Anqi ignored the passers-by who fled in panic because their boss was suddenly killed. Instead, he squatted on the ground and took out the hemp rope after the flames went out.

He peeled off the black ash covering the hemp rope, revealing the thin golden threads inside.

It seemed like hair, but also like extremely thin copper wire...

When Si Anji came into contact with it, the system panel appeared in front of his eyes:

【Young hair (remaining)】

[Type: Material/Miscellaneous (Blue)]

[Description: The hair of both old and young people has been treated with special chemicals. Has been destroyed, but still has usable charm]

[Effect: The holder will be cursed to "accelerate aging"]

[Accelerated Aging: The holder’s aging speed is doubled]

... After it is destroyed, can there still be blue-level magical materials?

Si Anqi's first reaction was "Shouldn't I use the **** fire to burn it?", and then he felt a little distressed. But he quickly realized that the temperature of the flame was no longer high, and it was said that it was unlikely to burn it down.

It is estimated that part of the curse was damaged because the "Moth's Knot" was destroyed.

...But he is a player?

He doesn’t know anyone here at all, so there can’t be any grudges...

"Who... wants to use such a big deal to kill me?"