Miss Witch’s Devotion Has Gone… Twisted-Chapter 74: Rank 9 Magic Potion, A Swan Song

"Master Mentor, these are the items you requested. It is our honor to be of assistance to you. There's no need to rush to repay the money;
we trust your credit."
The person sent by the Falling Star Merchant Guild was a woman. She excitedly shook Loren's hand and had her people carry several crates into Loren's home. Inside were the cauldron and materials Loren needed for potion brewing.
"Thank you for your trust."
The curse of the God of Vows and Wind was useless against Loren, even having a positive effect, but Loren didn't want to be blacklisted by the Falling Star Merchant Guild or ruin his own reputation. So, he would still repay this money properly.
After sending the guild members away, Loren moved everything into an empty room, intending to turn this room into his laboratory.
"Don't disturb me today unless something major happens."
After giving these instructions, Loren locked himself in the laboratory and began brewing the magic potion.
Ninth-tier magic potion, [Swan Song].
At this level, ordinary distilled water wouldn't have much effect. Moreover, Swan Song was a special potion to begin with, so Loren chose to use his own blood as the base.
While letting blood, Loren drank blood-replenishing potions until the blood filled the entire cauldron.
"Blood Tears of the Thorn Bird."
This was the most crucial material. Thorn Birds were not uncommon, but collecting their Blood Tears was extremely difficult.
When the Blood Tears dripped into the cauldron, the blood inside immediately began to boil and hiss.
"Stardust of Extinction..."
When this multicolored powder was poured into the cauldron, the blood inside instantly calmed down, began rotating rhythmically, and finally transformed into the appearance of a starry sky.
"Crystallized Obsession of the Deceased."
Undead creatures existed in this world. Some people turned into undead under specific circumstances. Those with extremely strong obsessions would become more powerful undead and, upon death, would also condense into crystals.
Loren ground the crystal-like crystal into powder and placed it into the cauldron. It was at this moment that he finally shattered these obsessions.
What came next was the most important material, the one that had almost completely depleted Loren's assets.
"Condensed Tear of the Starry Sky Whale."
The Starry Sky Whale was the strongest native creature in this world and also the longest-lived. It had been wandering the skies even before the gods appeared.
However, by the time players encountered it, it was already almost completely rotted. It began rotting when the gods descended and the starry sky was polluted, and it had been rotting ever since.
The fact that they could obtain the Condensed Tear of the Starry Sky Whale was enough to demonstrate the capabilities of the Falling Star Merchant Guild. They really could find anything.
When the final material was added, the starry sky within the cauldron immediately began to collapse, leaving behind only a dead silence. [Swan Song] was successfully brewed at this moment.
Basically, no one in this world could brew Swan Song, but Loren could achieve it with the help of the Tear of Condensed Wishes.
The Tear of Condensed Wishes came from the Goddess of Love. Even among the Outer Gods, the Goddess of Love was one of the strongest.
Loren carefully poured the brewed Swan Song into a bottle and stored it away meticulously.
The effect of Swan Song was simple: for three minutes after drinking it, all attacks made would be completely undefendable.
No defense would work, including physical defense. Even an Angel could be directly cut down by a kitchen knife. It was essentially equivalent to raising attack power to infinity.
But the price was equally heavy. Three minutes later, the user would also die.
However, that was fine. Loren knew the formula for the antidote. He just needed to drink the antidote within those three minutes.
The effect of Swan Song was worth such expensive materials and cost. If not for the fact that deities had the protection of their Authority, the effect of Swan Song would be sufficient to kill a god.
Brewing Swan Song and its antidote didn't take too much time. When Loren emerged, it had just gotten dark, right at dinnertime.
He had started brewing in the afternoon, so it really hadn't taken long.
"Master Mentor, people from the Church came looking for you earlier."
"Oh? Something new happened so quickly?"
After washing his hands, Loren shook the water off and then sat down at the dining table.
"The new King has taken office, but on the very same day, the new King was assassinated."
"By the Blackened?"
Although Loren had left the Royal Capital, the impact he caused was still significant. The Blackened were still being born continuously.
After being purged by the Angel, the birth rate of the Blackened had greatly decreased, but that didn't mean they wouldn't be born at all.
"No. The King encountered a meticulously planned assassination attempt. But at the critical moment, the assassin's hand slipped. The poisoned dagger fell to the ground, allowing the new King to escape. The poison on the dagger was potent enough to cause instant death upon contact with blood.
"Afterwards, the guards searched the assassin's home. He was just an ordinary person, with nothing in his home except for a strange box. They came to ask you about that box."
"A box?"
Loren searched his memory and easily guessed what it was.
The assassin was an ordinary person. He couldn't possibly have devised any meticulous plan, let alone obtained a poisoned dagger.
"It's an Anomaly. Anomaly 3-163 [Box of Sin]."
This was the first time Loren had encountered an Anomaly since transmigrating. So-called Anomalies were things that could not be understood by science or even theology. Their effects were unique, and most had certain side effects.
The Box of Sin was a relatively low-level Tier-3 Anomaly, only threatening the safety of individuals.
However, its effect was very powerful. Once the Box of Sin was opened, everything the user needed to commit a crime would appear inside.
Plans, tools, information... even motivation.
Once someone opened the Box of Sin and looked at its contents, they would inevitably commit a crime. It would even provide the user with a motivation they couldn't refuse.
However, success wasn't guaranteed;
it depended on the situation. For example, if Loren wanted to assassinate a Nun, the Box of Sin would only provide a pistol. Pulling the trigger would ensure success.
But if Loren wanted to assassinate an Angel, the Box of Sin would provide a series of meticulous plans, such as a method to summon an Outer God, a way to isolate the Angel, and then eliminate the Angel through hundreds of interlinked traps.
There was always a possibility of success, but it remained difficult. This was also why the Box of Sin was ultimately only a Tier-3 Anomaly.
Moreover, a person could only open the Box of Sin once in their lifetime. Even without this restriction, the user would most likely not survive to use it a second time. The Box of Sin's plans did not consider the user's consequences.
I can enable you to kill the King, but I don't care if you get chopped into mincemeat by the guards afterwards.
"Let's go take a look after dinner. This thing could be somewhat useful to me."
Loren's primary combat method was through setting up situations, preparing targeted measures in advance, and ultimately killing enemies whose strength far surpassed his own.
Looking purely at stats, whether it was Valentina, Eldrin, or even that follower of Pluto whom Loren killed at the very beginning, all had the ability to instantly kill Loren. Yet, they all ultimately died by Loren's hand.