95: Chapter 95 Deprivation of Miracle Patterns

Ronan hadn't expected the Chairman's wish to be so reasonable.

Based on the wish analysis, it fully complied with the regulations.

The subject of the wish was clear, pointing directly to himself, unlike Shield Mountain's previous wish which didn't even have a subject.

Furthermore, the Chairman's wish was much more specific than Shield Mountain's.

It was a simple increase in lifespan, with a precise numerical value, rather than something ethereal like 'possessing power'.

Most importantly, the Chairman didn't choose to pay a price; instead, he used the feedback of the decreasing numerical value to estimate the wish power he possessed.

Ronan even suspected that he might have made a wish somewhere before.

The problem now was: should he allow this wish to be granted?

The answer was obviously no.

Ronan wanted nothing more than for the Chairman's wish to go wrong and cause a direct aberration, just like Shield Mountain's.

However, when he selected [No] to deny it, the Panel actually popped up another prompt:

[Current wish power is insufficient; unable to deny the establishment of the wish.]

This left Ronan somewhat speechless.

If I can't deny it, why even ask me?

Up until now, the Miracle Descent had always been forcibly triggered by the Divinity when wish power dropped to zero.

The Authority [Descent] could not be used actively; it could only transport his soul to the Temple Space. Ronan guessed this might be related to the damaged state of the Divinity.

From this, he inferred that the 'deny wish establishment' function was likely a process that would only appear when [Descent] was used actively.

Unable to deny the wish, Ronan didn't know what to do for a moment.

Was he really going to let the Chairman succeed in his wish after pulling him in here?

Ronan was unwilling; an enemy fulfilling a wish was harder to accept than his own inability to fulfill one.

But at this point, hoping the Divinity would twist the wish was a bit unrealistic.

Although the Divinity was in a 'severely fragmented' state, regarding wish-granting, as long as the content was reasonable and the wisher had enough wish power—

There was a high probability the wish could be fulfilled normally.

Ronan pondered for a long time, going through every solution he could think of, but he still couldn't find a way to deal with the current predicament.

Left with no choice, he could only hold his nose and select 'Allow'.

At least his Spiritual Power had fully recovered, so he wasn't completely without the ability to fight back.

[Wish Established!]

[wish power Reserves +12]

He gained 12 points of wish power; this was the commission from the wish.

Ronan had almost forgotten about this; the Divinity would directly take half of the wish power paid by others.

In other words, the Chairman himself possessed 24 points of wish power.

With these 12 points of wish power, Ronan could perform another wave of soul strengthening, taking his Spiritual Power to the next level.

Based on Shield Mountain's previous wish process, once a wish was established, one would be immediately sent back to reality to begin the fulfillment process.

Ronan had planned to wait until the Chairman was sent away before using the newly acquired wish power.

But he discovered that everything around him seemed to have stopped, and even the Chairman below had fallen into a state of time stasis.

A Panel suddenly popped up before him, prompting:

[Perfect Miracle discovered. Perform Miracle Deprivation?]

Miracle Deprivation?

Ronan quickly looked at the Panel. He saw that the word 'Deprivation' in the Authority column had turned red and was flashing incessantly.

There was nothing to hesitate about; he immediately selected [Yes] without a second thought.

The next second.

A pair of scales appeared before Ronan's eyes. The scales seemed to be an illusory projection, yet they radiated an ancient and supreme aura.

At this moment, on the left side of the scales, several light orbs floated, emitting varying degrees of faint light.

As his thoughts touched them, the information of the light orbs automatically presented itself.

“First-Circle Magic 'blood pact', Blood Mage Class (Temporary), Life Source Energy Absorption Core, class seed—”

These light orbs were all the Chairman's relevant assets.

The light orbs were roughly the same size, but their brightness varied.

The dimmer orbs were the 'Life Source Energy Absorption Core' and 'Blood Mage Class (Temporary)';

The brightest were the 'class seed' and 'One Hundred and Ninety-Nine Years of Lifespan'.

Ronan discovered that once he selected a light orb on the left side of the scale, a soul body that looked exactly like him would appear on the right side.

It seemed this soul body represented his own soul.

When he selected light orbs of different brightness, the soul body on the right would grow or shrink accordingly.

He understood; different light orbs corresponded to different portions of the soul.

It was also at this moment that he clarified the usage of the [Deprivation] Authority through the Divinity.

When a 'Perfect Miracle' appeared—one that could be realized normally without distortion and with sufficient cost—the [Deprivation] Authority could be exercised according to a formula.

The specific formula was:

Condition: A 'Perfect Miracle' is about to be realized;

Cost: Consume soul;

Result: Choose to deprive the miracle itself or an item possessed by the wisher;

In summary, Ronan could consume his own soul to directly deprive either the miracle itself or something belonging to the wisher, based on the specific amount of soul consumed.

With his current total soul volume, if he wanted to avoid affecting himself, he could only deprive one light orb.

Among them, 'One Hundred and Ninety-Nine Years of Lifespan' was undoubtedly the most valuable.

Unfortunately, he was still in the middle of a battle. If he didn't deal with the Chairman, no amount of lifespan would be useful.

Therefore, this option was directly excluded.

As for the 'Blood Mage Class (Temporary)' orb, it was actually one of the dimmest, suggesting that this 'Temporary' status carried a lot of weight.

He guessed that the Chairman might have used abnormal means to achieve a short-term breakthrough to become a Blood Mage.

After the time limit passed, he might revert to his original realm, and who knew what price he might have to pay.

This option was also directly excluded.

Ronan wanted to deprive every single light orb without leaving any behind, but his soul was far from strong enough for that.

He looked back and forth and finally selected the 'class seed' light orb.

Judging from the Chairman's previous words, his ability to become a Blood Mage might be related to this 'class seed'.

Once he obtained this, not only would he gain something, but he would also weaken the enemy.

It was like killing two birds with one stone.

He selected the 'class seed' light orb on the left side of the scale, and the soul to be sacrificed immediately appeared on the right.

The formula was established, and time resumed.

In the blink of an eye, Ronan returned from the Temple Space to reality.

He immediately noticed that a portion of his soul was missing, but since the amount was limited, it wasn't enough to cause any significant impact.

Consuming the soul was the cost in the formula and was indispensable.

As for the result of the formula, it had already landed in his mind, turning into a faintly glowing seed.

This seed was none other than that 'class seed'.

At the same time, as soon as the Chairman's consciousness recovered, he found that the vitality in his body had become exceptionally abundant, as if he had endless energy.

He could clearly perceive that his lifespan had indeed increased by over a hundred years.

However, the Chairman couldn't smile at all.

Because he discovered that the 'class seed' in his mind had actually vanished without a trace.

Seeing the glowing mark on the Chairman's brow disappear, Ronan couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

Without the 'class seed', the impact on the Chairman came faster than he had imagined.

He was no longer a Blood Mage; the drop in his Class realm caused his strength to regress as well.

Not only could he not maintain the operation of the Circle-level magic 'blood pact', but even the protective shield in front of him became extremely unstable.

The tables had turned.

Ronan used the newly added 12 points of wish power to strengthen his soul, and his total Spiritual Power intensity soared from 45 directly to 60, increasing his strength once again.

At this moment, he unhesitatingly fired a 'Scorching Ray', directly shattering the two layers of the blood-colored cage and the protective shield in front of the Chairman.

“Why? I clearly didn't pay a price—why did I lose the class seed—”

The Chairman muttered, his eyes bloodshot, looking like he was going mad.

He didn't notice at all that after Ronan shattered the shield, he immediately fired a second 'Scorching Ray' at him.

Not until his vision was enveloped by the searing white light did he look up in a daze and say with resignation, “In the end... I wasn't respectful enough to the gods...”

With that, the Chairman's figure disappeared into the white light.

Having finally killed the Chairman, Ronan felt a weight lift from his heart.

To prevent the Chairman from having some hidden regeneration trump card like the Blood Duke, he immediately activated the Soul Devouring function of the mask of truth.

To his surprise, the Chairman really didn't have a backup plan.

His fragmented soul was sucked into the soul storage area of the mask of truth.

As Ronan's thoughts touched it, intermittent memory fragments were instantly transmitted.

From these fragments, he saw the Chairman's deep memories from his youth, as well as many actions that had occurred in recent years.

It turned out that he had chosen to become a School of Life mage specifically to restore his own physical body.

To this end, the Chairman had used any means necessary, committing too many inhumane acts, including murdering teammates to seize treasures, cultivating suitable life energy candidates, performing forbidden human experiments, and screening students to obtain fresh organs.

Except for Arabella, the others who had arrived earlier in the surrounding incubation chambers had already become the living dead—walking corpses with fresh physical bodies.

Ronan browsed through the Chairman's crimes scene by scene; although they were only brief memory images, he was still horrified by the various inhuman acts.

Until he saw a scene of the Chairman shaking hands with someone.

In this memory, the other party stated they could provide the Chairman with various fresh human organs to supply the consumption of his human experiments.

The conditions were sharing the experimental results and conveniently getting rid of people the other party found inconvenient to handle personally.

They conspired that whenever someone with one of two fixed faces entered the Academy, they would find a subtle way to kill them.

These two fixed faces were a man and a woman.

Ronan was very familiar with both faces, especially the man's appearance—it was the face he was currently using as an avatar with the mask of truth.

That's right, the person colluding with the Chairman was none other than Morgan, the Administrator of the Adventurers Guild.

From the moment he handed the 'disguise mask' to Ronan under the guise of an undercover mission, he had intended to use the Arcane Arts Society Chairman's hands to eliminate Ronan.

The Adventurers Guild's preservation technology was extremely advanced, providing unique conditions for the trafficking of human organs.

One provided the materials, while the other was responsible for the experiments and helping with the killings.

No wonder the two of them were able to collude.

The memory fragments showed that these two had already killed several people the Administrator found inconvenient to handle personally through this cooperation model.

Ronan suddenly realized everything.

No wonder Higgs had reminded him to 'work hard and be careful' when receiving him—

No wonder that woman at the Ruby Dream Hall had said he 'says that every time' when he mentioned it was his 'first time seeing her'. It turned out they had all seen the face Ronan was currently wearing more than once.