The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 36: The man who gambles with God
——Ghirlandaio David Buonaro.
Yes, Dmitri has heard of this name.
From the mouth of Mary.
That was a few years ago, not long after Dmitri's accident...
In that bet with God, Dmitry, who lost the bet, was forced to lose his ability to have offspring... He also lost the right to inherit the Principality of Winter.
Although this matter was kept strictly confidential, the public statement was that he was cursed "because of the plot of Fufu".
Of course, this is not considered deception. Even the command spell can only judge that it is the truth. Because Dmitri's failure was indeed the result of Fufu's plot - in the end, his "bet" was also taken away by Fufu.
Others may wonder why Rofu dared to directly attack the direct descendants of Shogami.
But they can only hide this doubt in their hearts.
After all...that's a rotten husband!
Although everyone knows that we should be more respectful to the gods. But even among gods, there are obviously differences...
It’s not surprising that Fu Fu would do anything.
They will only see Dmitri as a poor man who was attacked. No one knows what great deeds he performed when he was young——
But he failed in the end.
As a result, he was forced to hand over the responsibilities that originally rested on his shoulders to his younger brother.
Of course, he doesn't blame Annan.
Dmitri knew very well that Annan’s plan was indeed correct and effective——
His abilities are simply not comparable to his father.
Even the precocious Annan is completely inferior to Ivan Winter.
Despite the interference of [Heart of Winter], he is still able to show compassion to others. He is able to exercise the power in his hands rationally and prudently, but he never misjudges any crime. He is a king with clear rewards and punishments, caring for the people, and always rational. At the same time, he has the love and trust of the common people and the recognition and awe of the nobles. . This is also the reason why only one-third of the young people left when the Winter Principality fell into winter.
With only one and a half legions still able to participate in the war, they were able to rely on geographical location and command superiority to fend off Noah's invasion many times... Although Dmitri didn't know exactly what the king of Noah was. They wanted to invade Winter, but why did they suddenly reconcile in the end?
In the end, a peace treaty was signed without paying any price except for the frozen water port - even this frozen water port made the Noahs a little uneasy... but it drove a nail in the opposite direction.
Lin Dong paid almost no price, but the Kingdom of Noah was left in a state of confusion.
Even when he took over the Principality of Winter in the "Winter Year", Ivan did not complain at all. It even managed the country in an orderly manner, created the lowest winter death rate in history, and even for the first time, immigrants returned to their country before the winter was over.
But Ivan may be so good that he is jealous...
He has an incurable terminal disease.
The reason why it is said to be untreatable is because the "disease" itself was acquired because Ivan was too good... It was more like a gift than a disease.
His natural ability [Heart of Winter] has long since evolved to its final form [Blood of Winter], which is at the same level as his grandmother.
This is the core mystery that remains from the beginning of the world.
It is the ultimate meaning of truth carried in the blood of the old grandmother.
If Ivan was a gold-level transcendent, he might be able to use this power to transform himself into a dragon.
——But the problem is that Ivan is not even a transcendent.
Because he knows himself very clearly and knows that he does not have such strong desire and obsession at all, so he will definitely not be able to set foot on gold; since he knows that he cannot reach the limit, Grand Duke Ivan has not embarked on this road from the beginning. .
But it is simply not a force that a mortal body can bear.
As a result, Ivan became ill and suffered from sudden hypothermia every three days. This is still the relatively mild winter blood in Ivan's body... If Ivan's blood is splashed on his body, it will immediately cause severe frostbite like washing his face with liquid nitrogen.
The Winter clan can withstand almost all types of damage, but only "frost" damage can kill them.
...However, as long as the old grandmother wakes up, Ivan may be saved.
Grandma's "Dragon Sleep" is a sacred contract made when He ascended and cannot be violated.
But each time the dragon sleeps, it cannot last more than eighty years.
As long as Ivan can live another thirty years, he may be saved.
But obviously he couldn't bear it anymore.
Grand Duke Ivan's mobility is getting worse and worse, and he occasionally vomits blood, with ice in the blood; he experiences hypothermia once every two days on average - his speech becomes slurred, his body shakes violently, and his thinking suddenly becomes confused. , just like Alzheimer's disease.
It was only possible to recover by relying on the immediate treatment of the accompanying ritual master.
But the Grand Duke who was able to go to the front lines and supervise the battles with high spirits could not come back.
Annan judged that this was because Ivan possessed extraordinary power at the level of truth, but his mortal body could not contain it...
Among the many gods, the Cup Girl can keep a person's memory and regress back to a newborn baby; the Pale Princess can transform a person into a sane ghost; the Moth Mother can make another person inherit all the person's memories; Fufu can make mortals obtain "immortal bodies"... These are all ways to solve the problem.
The first target they chose was Fufu.
This is also the most complete solution - as long as you can win the bet.
In order to officially complete his ritual, Fu Fu must find seven sacrifices. He dare not touch the people of the Principality of Winter, and there is no king in the Underground Federation. The "King" of the Theocracy is the Pope of the Seven Righteous Gods.
Even if Fufu completed the ritual in the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Noah, the number would still be far from enough.
He had to accept the bet made by Dmitri:
He used his "royal blood" to summon the **** of immortality and heirlessness, and bet with him.
If Dmitri wins, then Fufu will give the best Duke of Winter "Ivan III" the power of immortality, and use the power of immortality that is also at the truth level to resolve this power;
And if Dmitri loses, then the rotten husband will take away Dmitri's fertility.
If you lose the bet, only one undead will be added. This is equivalent to adding an undead of the same level as himself - the last step of the rotten man's sublimation ceremony is to kill all the undead except himself, but for now, with each additional undead, his power There will also be an increase. So it can be considered a win-win situation.
And as long as you win the bet, you can directly help Fufu complete a sublimation ceremony.
It’s no loss either pros or cons.
It's just that Dmitri's own ability was insufficient, so he hesitated for a moment at the last moment... and lost to Fu Fu.
Originally, Dmitri had to consider other methods.
Can I negotiate with other righteous gods in exchange for this miraculous power?
Although he does not know any rituals~IndoMTL.com~, his younger brother Annan does.
Annan has always understood everything.
He just needs to pay the price.
Whether it is fertility or life span, kidneys, hair or skin...if you want to take it, feel free to take it.
Why so free and easy?
Because Dmitry Winter is never afraid of "giving".
He is not a transcendent person...nor a ritualist.
——He was my grandmother’s bishop. In the future he will be a Cardinal, and if the bishops believe him, he will also be Grandma's Pope.
Ever since Dmitry was a child, he had sworn to devote his entire soul to all living beings.
The flesh and blood body that belonged to him... there was no room for it in the path that Dmitri was destined to take.