This Lich Requests More Remuneration
Chapter 640 - 562 Parurier Can Do Anything

Chapter 640: Chapter 562 Parurier Can Do Anything

Hearing Parurier’s voice and seeing that familiar face, Amberser felt not the least bit sentimental as when he saw Salvador, only a tingling sensation across his scalp.

Especially when he saw the Soul Currency that Parurier was holding, Amberser’s complexion turned even uglier.

Parurier kicked away the Little Demon that had been scared silly, and slowly walked up to the huge Magic Mirror, reaching out to touch it.

Melina, having heard many warnings, knew that the Succubus before her was extremely dangerous, and instinctively drew her longsword from her waist, trying to prevent this devil from getting close to her father.

The sword flashed, and Melina’s Flaming Longsword had already struck at Parurier, but ultimately stopped atop the Succubus’s head, because her wrist had already been tightly bound by Parurier’s tail.

Parurier glanced at Melina and said, surprised, "This sword has Zariel’s power on it. Weren’t you just a small character who was deceived into being cannon fodder?"

Melina kept her mouth shut as branches from the Whispering Tree grew from beneath her feet, rapidly entwining towards Parurier’s body.

Parurier was shocked this time, as the unique ability of the Whispering Tree also had an effect on Her.

But Parurier, after all, was no longer a mortal.

A curved knife appeared in Parurier’s palm, the blade gleaming like snow, severing several sections of the Whispering Tree branches, causing Melina to cry out in pain as though the blade had cut into her own flesh.

The cut was covered with a faint glow that even stopped the Whispering Tree from regenerating.

Although Melina was wounded and the Whispering Tree’s magic-nullifying effect seemed ineffective, she showed no intention of retreating, but rather, her desire to fight was ignited.

Putting aside the power of the Whispering Tree, Melina fought with all her strength against the Succubus.

Curved knife clashed with longsword, creating a brilliant display.

Amberser wanted to call a halt, guessing that Parurier, just like Salvador, was no longer a mortal, but had received the "Class God Power" from Hell Law, making the Whispering Tree ineffective against her, while Divine Power indeed had an irresistible effect on mortals.

But upon closer inspection, it seemed Parurier was only using pure combat skills to spar with Melina.

Remembering this woman’s habits, Amberser closed his mouth, letting Melina have a proper fight.

Since birth, Melina had only known two types of opponents: the weak that she could easily crush, and the strong who could easily overwhelm her.

She hardly ever encountered evenly matched fights, which left Melina, a Death Knight born for battle, often unsatisfied.

This time, Melina found an opponent that was her equal.

The two fought tooth and nail in front of Amberser, Melina unleashing all the combat techniques taught to her by Gareth, moving as if her body had no bones, every joint disassembling and flipping at will, making the direction of her attacks unpredictable. Parurier also refrained from using any magic, fighting with a nimbleness akin to a falling leaf.

After three full minutes of combat, with innumerable clashing of blade and sword, even Amberser felt his head buzzing from the noise.

After one final, clear clash, Parurier’s curved knife finally snapped in two, and Melina’s Flaming Longsword swung towards Her neck.

But this time, the blade was caught between Parurier’s two fingers. Parurier snapped Her fingers, and a magical light fell upon Melina.

Undead Immobilization Technique, a very common spell that typically didn’t have a high hit rate. With full Magic Equipment, Melina would normally have no difficulty resisting such a spell. But when cast by a Deity, a mortal’s resistance was essentially non-existent.

Melina was immobilized by the pillar of magical light, and Parurier curiously walked around her, then turned to Amberser and said, "This is an interesting little one. What do you say I take her with me?"

Amberser decisively refused, "Don’t even think about it. Melina is my daughter."

This time, Parurier showed a shocked expression. However, She wasn’t surprised that Amberser, a Mirror Spirit, could have a child. What shocked Her was, "You, of all people, have someone willing to have a child with you? You, of all people, are willing to raise a child? If you really raised a child..."

Parurier looked at Melina and then back at Amberser, asking, "She’s not your biological child, is she? She doesn’t resemble you at all."

Amberser: ...

Seeing Amberser’s bizarre expression, Parurier couldn’t help but laugh out loud, then said, "Alright, no more jokes. I came because you invited me. Now let’s see, should I destroy this place first, or kill you first?"

Another Soul Currency appeared in Parurier’s hand, continuously flipping between Her fingers.

Amberser looked at the soul coin and couldn’t help saying, "Even now, are you deceiving yourself? You have never mastered the power of destiny, tossing the coin is just an excuse."

With a snap, the soul coin was crushed to pieces by Parurier.

Seeing this, Amberser knew that Parurier had not let go of the past.

Amberser remembered their first encounter.

It was in a tavern of Impure Chant, where Parurier and Amberser, neither of them being Tiflin, felt somewhat kindred in an environment where everyone had horns.

Back then, Amberser was still young and was drawn to such a beautiful, well-shaped big sister. He even took the initiative to strike up a conversation with her, showing off the fact that he had just become a Diviner Mage, whether intentionally or not.

But this was the beginning of Amberser’s tragedy.

He shouldn’t have let Parurier know about the profession of a Diviner Mage.

To brag about his skills, Amberser performed a coin toss in front of Parurier that was bound to win, successfully eliciting an exclamation of amazement from the exotic beauty.

However, after her exclamation, she was not interested in Amberser as a person, nor was she ready to go back to his room for a more intimate conversation; instead, she was very interested in the profession of a Diviner Mage.

The two talked all night, and though Amberser didn’t really gain much, chatting with a beautiful woman was still a pleasant thing to do.

However, as they talked, Amberser found that Parurier’s attention was completely captured by the power of destiny, incessantly inquiring about everything related to Diviner Mages. In the end, Amberser could only show her his half-written "Prophet Mage Introduction."

But Parurier read it intently all evening, and even when the tavern was about to close, she still didn’t fully grasp it.

Amberser tried to console her, saying that the introduction to the power of destiny was very much about talent and fate, and that no matter how smart one was, sometimes they just couldn’t understand it.

However, Parurier firmly said, "I don’t believe there’s anything in this world I can’t learn."

At the time, Amberser didn’t grasp the true meaning of her words, not until Parurier kidnapped him. Only then did he realize he’d encountered a true madwoman.

To master the power of prophecy, Parurier kept Amberser tied to her side, and Amberser found he had no power to fight back.

This woman seemed to truly be as she claimed, there was nothing she couldn’t do. Her magical prowess surpassed Amberser’s, her combat skills could easily crush a group of Elf Rangers, and her alchemy was far superior to Amberser’s.

What made Amberser even more helpless was that this woman wasn’t human and had an extraordinary ability to sense the emotions of all life, meaning Amberser couldn’t lie in front of her because she could easily sense the hostility and malice he hid, and no linguistic trap could escape Parurier’s perception.

He was kidnapped for three months, during which Parurier didn’t mistreat him but instead kept asking him for guidance, hoping to become a Diviner Mage.

"Heads up, this one dies, tails up, the one beside him dies... Is that how it’s played?"

Parurier pointed to a group of short-sighted thieves, tossed a coin, and controlled the life and death of others without a care. Amberser explained over and over that this wasn’t the power of prophecy; it was like setting up your own target to shoot at, while the true power of prophecy was about seeing the target that would be hit in the future.

Parurier could understand the literal meaning, but she couldn’t see the future.

So, in her anger, she killed everyone, including those merchants who had been robbed by bandits and were originally grateful to Parurier.

Amberser knew this woman was a complete madwoman.

The memory abruptly stopped because Parurier again took out a coin and tossed it into the air.

Parurier slowly said, "Heads up, I’ll kill your daughter first, tails up, I’ll kill everyone here. I know you can control the coin’s outcome, now you choose."

Amberser sighed, and before the coin fell, he said to Parurier, "I can no longer use the power of destiny."

The falling soul coin passed through Parurier’s fingers, landed on the ground with a ding, was bounced off, and then started spinning on the ground.

Parurier said in surprise, "You really didn’t lie. You gave up that power?"

Amberser nodded and said, "That’s exactly why I invited you here. Parurier, it was you who kidnapped and tortured me, and in the end, I used the power of destiny to kill you, so our grievances are settled. Now, I want to shatter the shackles that destiny has put on me, and I want to ask for your help.

"Aren’t you able to do anything? I want to end the blood battle, can you do that? Perhaps, when I free myself from the shackles of destiny, it might be the time when the Goddess of Fate favors you."