Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2628: Cannibalism Rune Of Devour Rule’s Gluttony Meaning, Phage Rule’s Undying Meaning

Date: Unspecified

Time: Unspecified

Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Southern Capital, Guild Association Mall, Warehouse No. 234, Limitless Celestial Domain, Gainover Manor, Unparalleled Arena

Anna’s ancestors identified the ability Gainover used to infest her body as the cannibalism rune of devour rule’s gluttony meaning.

According to them, those who forged the cannibalism rune could consume the flesh of their own race for nourishment and recovery. If enough flesh from the same individual was consumed, the consumer could gradually acquire the physique and bloodline carried within that person’s flesh.

However, they also believed that Gainover was not relying on the cannibalism rune alone. He was using it in conjunction with the bloodline possession meaning of the blood rule and the undying meaning of the phage rule.

Honestly, I was surprised by how much Anna’s ancestors had inferred purely from experience. My primordial soul pupils confirmed that their conclusions were spot on. To be more precise, Gainover was using the cannibalism rune, aided by the bloodline possession meaning and the undying meaning, to treat Anna’s body as an ingredient to upgrade his body.

The cannibalism rune allowed Gainover to devour Anna’s body and divinity, enabling him to obtain her physique, bloodline, and divinity.

The bloodline possession meaning allowed Gainover’s flesh to take deep root within Anna’s body.

The undying meaning allowed him to continue living as long as even a fragment of him remained.

That was how he survived Anna’s final death blow, which had been boosted by unparalleled glory and booster dice. The surviving fragment would infest organic or inorganic matter in its surroundings, slowly nourishing itself as it rapidly replicated, spreading and gathering energy until there was enough to reform Gainover’s body once more. However, the new body will have varying degrees of mutations based on the source of energy used to recreate the new body.

Gainover had figured out a way to use these three powers in tandem with his origin card ’Predatory Upgrade.’ They complemented one another, all in service of his goal: using his daughter as a stepping stone to ascend to a higher level. If he were successful, I believed that he would achieve more than he had hoped for as the synergy between his cannibalism rune, bloodline possession meaning, undying meaning, and predatory upgrade was very high.

Neither Anna’s ancestors nor I were surprised by Gainover’s plans. He was not the first father we had encountered who planned such a thing. There was Demigod Redfall and Devil Muth Diya; both had been willing to devour their own children to advance further in their pursuit of transcendence.

In truth, I was somewhat impressed by Gainover’s patience and planning. Everything I knew about him and his relationship with the Southern Princess suggested that he had been coveting the unparalleled bloodline of the Southern royal family from the very beginning. Perhaps Anna’s birth, and even her hatred toward him, had all been part of his design. That made him a scary enemy to show mercy to. What were the Southern Royal family thinking letting him live?

Seeing that Anna did not have much time left, her ancestors, who had been frantically questioning me about how I was able to wield a celestial rule domain, began outlining the various methods they had conceived for Anna to get rid of Gainover, who was using the bloodline possession meaning to root his flesh deep within her body.

Some of the more cunning among them used the urgency of the situation to probe me, pressing me to reveal all my means so they could tailor the most efficient method for me to help Anna. I did not understand what made them believe I would fall for that. Perhaps hearing my conversation with Anna, they thought I would be willing to sell my soul for her sake and decided to test the waters to satisfy their curiosity.

Before long, however, all of Anna’s ancestors that were present in the unparalleled arena grew confused. They saw that I was not only ignoring their soul whispers, rejecting their help, but also doing nothing to alleviate Anna’s condition. Gainover’s flesh had already spread to more than ninety-five percent of Anna’s body, yet I had taken no action. Soon, some of them lost their patience and began to question my motives, even wondering whether I was conspiring with Gainover.

What they did not know was that I had a different plan altogether. I did not merely intend to help Anna get rid of Gainover’s flesh infesting and devouring her body. I intended for her body to devour Gainover in return, and in the process, take all of his prowess as her own. I.e. I was helping Anna use Gainover as an ingredient to ascend.

I didn’t bother to seek Anna’s opinion as there wasn’t enough time for me to present all the facts to Anna and persuade her to go with my plan instead of any one of the numerous plans her ancestors came up with. Also, because I knew what her answer was going to be. She wanted to do nothing with Gainover, she hated the fact that the half of the blood coursing through her body was his. If possible, she would have removed it. Knowing all this, her answer was obvious.

Not to mention, Anna trusted me to do what’s best in the circumstances. So, in a way, it was up to me, and I didn’t have to seek Anna’s opinion.

Just as I grew slightly complacent, thinking everything was proceeding according to plan and that no enemy was in sight, I suddenly felt an immense pressure descend upon me. Anna and I reacted at once, only to realize that the pressure originated from one of the statues erected in the gallery.

To our shock, one of the statues in the front moved. It leaped down from the gallery into the arena and charged toward us, its gaze locked onto me as its will roared, demanding to know why I was doing nothing to address Anna’s condition.

’Fuck, I have had it with Anna’s meddling ancestors.’