Chapter 890: Chapter 277: Body Deification_3
From the moment he entered the door, he sensed the overflowing tier status emanating from Leonard Churchill.
Leonard Churchill responded, “However, there’s another matter.”
Indeed, it was one of the reasons he had come.
He added, “I’ve been infected with the ‘Blood Plague’. I was wondering if you might have some good advice.”
Master Merlin thought he had misheard.
Only then did he turn to look through the isolation glass at Leonard Churchill outside.
Leonard Churchill repeated, “What I mean is, I’ve been infected with the ‘Blood Plague’, and I want you to see if there’s anything wrong.”
Merlin frowned intensely upon hearing this, feeling a sense of unease, “Did you turn into a Vampire, you brat?”
Leonard Churchill knew he misunderstood and hurriedly explained, “I haven’t been contaminated by faith, just physically contaminated… and I haven’t turned into a vampire… it seems the plague is conflicting with some bloodlines inside my body. Anyway, the situation is a bit complicated.”
He wasn’t sure how to explain it himself, which is why he had come to ask this professional.
No sooner had his voice faded than Merlin had already flashed before his eyes, teleporting in front of him.
His sharp, piercing eyes carefully examined Leonard Churchill’s physical characteristics and he muttered, “Pupillary mutations, indeed contaminated, huh. Strange, the contamination level is so high, how come you haven’t turned into a vampire?”
At this sight, the top Federation scientist became greatly intrigued, “Tsk tsk, this is interesting… Just what is going on with you, lad?”
With a tone of helplessness, Leonard Churchill started explaining from the beginning, “This all started with a special experience I had… I discovered an ancient seal of the White Family ancestors, and then…”
He had indeed seen it at Flood Gang before but hadn’t gotten the chance to ask before the Divine Ruins Treasure House incident occurred.
Now that he was free, he told everything.
Leonard Churchill finished telling the entire story.
Merlin looked at him with an increasingly bizarre expression, “Are you the one the young lady is looking for?”
Leonard Churchill was now aware as well.
Merlin was one of the card masters whom Vera Williams, upon his suggestion, had sponsored from among the talented commoners.
Merlin sighed deeply upon listening.
The death of an old friend stirred many emotions.
But he said nothing more about it and got down to business, “So, in addition to the reason with the ‘God-stealing Ring’, your Werewolf Bloodline and Dragon Descendant Bloodline are the most important factors preventing you from becoming a vampire?”
Leonard Churchill nodded but was not entirely sure, “Probably.”
Upon hearing this, a gleam shone in Merlin’s eyes.
The old man seemed to have found a research subject that intrigued him even more than a dissected vampire corpse on the examination table.
He mumbled to himself, “A living sample, haha… You really gave me a big surprise, lad!”
Hearing his tone, Leonard Churchill glanced with the corner of his eye at the vampire corpse cut to pieces on the dissection table, and his eyelid twitched fiercely.
Well acquainted by now, Merlin didn’t bother with formalities and directly said, “Come, let’s take a vial of blood first, I need a sample.”
Leonard Churchill complied.
While drawing blood, he asked, “By the way, Master Merlin, where is Barre Shepherd?”
Merlin responded offhandedly, “He went to the Old Continent. He got a seventh-tier Profession Card template that fits him very well, so those guys got together a few Legends intending to find some materials in the Old Continent. It won’t be long before the Federation will have a true seventh-tier card master.”
Leonard Churchill, “Oh.”
After the blood was drawn, Leonard Churchill stayed in the laboratory.
Advancement wasn’t urgent; he would first clear up the situation with the Blood Plague.
He started with his body filled with various tubes, followed by numerous machines testing different bodily functions.
Master Merlin was extremely interested in this “sample”.
And so, he researched for three days and nights straight.
Indeed, Master Merlin was not only proficient in card making but also the Federation’s most excellent biological scientist.
Other Card Makers truly wouldn’t have been able to answer Leonard Churchill’s question.
Nor could they have solved the issues of the “Blood Plague” and “advancement” existing simultaneously and potentially conflicting.
But this one provided an unexpected answer.
Merlin, seeing the Bloody Fragments card Leonard Churchill had taken out, was also taken aback, “Where on earth did you get this ‘Catastrophe Golem’ Profession Card from, lad? To my knowledge, this is a secret Professional Sequence of the Orlan Royal Family. Not only has it never appeared on the market, even the Hunter’s Association and the Federation’s Card Master Association have no records of it.”
A Profession Card fused by the Queen of Orlan was, of course, top-tier.
This was also one of the main reasons Leonard Churchill chose this Profession Card.
But hearing this, he grew worried if the card didn’t suit him and asked, “Master Merlin, is this Profession Card not suitable for me?”
Merlin, however, shook his head, “No! Suitable? It’s one of the best options for your current contaminated state.”
He continued asking, “Do you know what a ‘Golem’ is?”
Leonard Churchill breathed a sigh of relief and assumed a posture of eager learning, “Please, enlighten me, senior.”
Merlin said, “You’ve seen the ‘Four-eyed Weird Monk’ Karan in the Mysterious Realm before, haven’t you? Were you wondering why he had four eyes and four arms?”
Leonard Churchill nodded, “Yes!”
Merlin went on, “It’s not just the arms and eyes; many different bodily organs and limbs, including your Werewolf form, are all based on the same principle – that of bodily mutation. The degrees to which they occur are just different. Have you noticed many Demon Gods have bizarre appearances? Multiple heads, multiple arms, a wild variety of weird and mixed Demon Beast bodily forms are quite common… and sometimes beyond description.”
With this hint, Leonard Churchill lit up, “Could this be the so-called ‘Golem’?”
“Exactly, the Likeness of a Demon God!”
Merlin affirmed, “After fusion with a card, the body undergoes myriad mutations resembling those of a Demon God. That’s why such Profession Cards are called ‘Golem Cards’. The ones passed down to today have become very rare. However, in ancient times, or within some civilizations that have lost their sequential lineage, these were very common and powerful choices within the High Tier Sequence.”
Now more knowledgeable, Leonard Churchill asked further, “Then what’s special about this type of Profession Card?”
Merlin pondered for a moment before revealing, “It is said… to achieve Body Deification!”