Super Righteous Player
Chapter 391 - 388 Silent Ointment and Black Widow_1

Chapter 391: Chapter 388 Silent Ointment and Black Widow_1

Although he still had questions, Annan remembered the Paper Princess’s previous admonishment to "remain silent," so he didn’t immediately ask.

In the sunshine, the "Silence Salve" continued to seep out slowly but surely. As it drained from his blood vessels, Annan could clearly feel the strange sensation in his throat, as if it were blocked by soot, gradually alleviating.

It wasn’t until about eighty milliliters of "black sesame paste" gushed from Annan’s wrist that the salve-like blood finally stopped.

After all the Oblivion’s Blood had drained, Annan’s original blood did not follow immediately, nor did it taint the liquid.

Although he could still see the fresh red scars and even the blood inside, this blood seemed to stop in front of a transparent cling film, accumulating at the edges but never flowing out.

Then, a rubber eraser materialized between the fingers of the Paper Princess’s right hand.

With the eraser in her hand, she rubbed Annan’s wrist and directly erased his wound.

By then, about two fingers’ height of Oblivion’s Blood had accumulated in the fish tank.

The liquid in the tank could no longer be called blood.

It was a mass of grey ink that seemed to have a life of its own.

To avoid the sunlight, it huddled on the side of the fish tank far from the light, still trembling with fear.

"Alright, you can speak now."

The Paper Princess let out a sigh of relief, signaling Annan that he no longer needed to maintain silence and casually asked, "By the way, could you sell me some of this Silence Oil? I could use it to paint a picture for you, which might help you recall more memories or gain some new kind of influence."

"I can, only I’d like to know what it’s used for."

Annan slightly frowned and probed, "Or what else can it be used for? It’s not that I won’t sell it to you, just to satisfy my curiosity."

"Ah, this," Alexander stood to the side, arms crossed as if in deep thought, "I have heard of it.

"I recall, Silence Salve can be used to make some sort of poison. It can make a person’s throat mute... Some followers of the Black Widow use this poison to mute themselves, to garner sympathy from others, and when necessary, take an antidote to revert to normal."

"It’s not an antidote."

The Paper Princess clarified, "It’s the ritual I just performed. It’s the only way to expel it... If Annan had spoken just now, the remaining Silence Salve inside him would have immediately turned into gas and quickly evaporated away.

"Because this salve is not a poison, but a grace from the Lady of Silence. Only by directly imploring the Lady of Silence to ’let me forget something’... and when by chance you remember fragments of that memory again, you can extract it from the slit wrists. It’s extremely, extremely rare."

As she spoke, the Paper Princess wore a complex expression, glancing at Annan.

Annan had a vague sense of realization.

Sure enough, the Paper Princess explained, "Because it is the ’denial of memory’ itself. Its appearance signifies that the memories you can’t remember have been completely dissolved by the power of the Lady of Silence inside you... The more and fuller the erased memories, the more salve there is.

"Its unique property is ’the negation of silence’ and can neutralize accumulated toxins in the blood at any time... and expel the toxins from the body over time. In this sense, it is akin to a liquid liver.

"Once diluted through a mystical ritual, this salve can be turned into ’Potion of Lost Things’. The point is, even after being diluted a hundred times, it retains one-twentieth to one-tenth of its effectiveness. That’s why it’s diluted – because it’s far too precious."

"Because after injecting this ointment, a person can’t speak, but at the same time, they won’t get drunk, and they become immune to truth serums and sleeping pills. This allows the spies to remain calm at all times. The biggest advantage is that the poison that can bypass this ointment doesn’t rely on its toxicity, but on its dosage—it must be as much as the active ingredients of the ointment to bypass it."

"Generally, the violent poisons that can kill people quickly are quite expensive. Poisoners won’t easily use a dosage hundreds of times higher than the lethal dose. These poisons’ active ingredients will neutralize with the ’Oblivion’s Blood concoction’ and lose their potency in ’Silence.’"

"Even if someone inhales a potent curse or directly injects a very strong poison, it will only cause part of the ointment to be in an inert state of detoxification for an extended period. Although the effectiveness of this part of the ointment is nullified and may even temporarily eliminate the ability to take away speech, those blocked poisons will never affect the person. In this sense, it’s even more advanced than the liver."

"—So the followers of the Black Widow don’t take Oblivion’s Blood to win sympathy, but to build up their resistance to poison. This way, they can store some poison in their bodies or remain unaffected by their own poisons."

"...Is that so?"

Alexander’s eyes widened slightly, evidently having a lot of realizations in that instant.

Meanwhile, Paper Princess was explaining to Annan who the Black Widow was:

An Evil God isn’t just a general term; it’s a specific designation.

A deity or church that’s innocent in one place might be considered an Evil God in another country or even in a different region. Take the Black Widow, for example—She is the god of poison and spiders, worshiped by many who practice stealth.

Moreover, in terms of professional strength, choosing the advancement to a "Spider Speaker" or "Spider Walker" is also a good choice.

Whether it’s the ability to silently cling to walls or ceilings with Spider Walker steps, the ability to spit out exceptionally sticky webs, or the technique to craft various potent poisons... indeed, all are quite practical abilities. Some stealth practitioners who wish to master the art of poisons, as well as wizards and wizard apprentices who have no hope of promotion, choose to worship Black Widow.

But She is also the god of Poison Kill.

The Black Widow’s true form is a huge poisonous spider. She is one of the very few deities who demand live sacrifices—She imposes a passive Curse Binding on Her followers, requiring them to kill a person every month with a specified poison granted by Her.

After poisoning the person, the followers must find a way to consume a part of the victim’s body as proof of the ritual. Since this part must contain the poison they applied, it’s usually the liver, though some violent poisons can also be the hair, neck, or fingernails.

And when the murderer is nearly killed by the poison, the Black Widow personally detoxifies them and grants the follower complete immunity to that poison. She also rewards them according to her mood—possibly with rituals, Divine Arts, holy markings, arachnid mutations, and a new poison.

—This is their "mission."

As a result, in Noah Kingdom, the Coalition Kingdom, Winter Principality, and The Holy Nation, the Black Widow is considered an Evil God.

Only in the Underground Federation is She not rejected and exists as a common worship of a False God. Therefore, the churches of the Black Widow are found underground.

However, considering that someone close to every follower of the spider cult dies every month, their density can’t be too high, or they would easily be discovered.

So even in the three shunned countries, there are many who worship the Black Widow. Because if a fellow believer inadvertently enters their "Web," even followers of the Black Widow would be poisoned and killed.

It could even be said that they would be prioritized for poisoning.

Because any spider worshipper whose origins are not known could expose the stable lives they have been leading.

And the Priest of the Silver Baron has always had the task to root out these Evil God beliefs, arrest, and execute the followers of the Evil Gods.

Upon hearing this, Annan suddenly thought of a person.

Joseph Backer...