The Shaman Wants Transcendence

60 – Offerings, Flames, Rituals

Bone metamorphosis.

This term, used in Chinese Taoism, refers to the process by which humans shed their wombs in order to become immortals.

Round bone.

Change the bones

Metastasis.

Change the posture

‘Hwangol metamorphosis, a shaman who is not an uninhabited metamorphosis?’

At first, this expression, which was used only in Taoist training techniques, spread widely to people with the appearance of a warrior who was so strong that it was recorded in history. .

This happened when the training technique was downgraded from a secret technique to become a freshman to a simple pharmacy and medicine.

There are several conditions for this metamorphosis, but there were three representative ones.

And…

‘No. That’s not a metamorphosis.’

Jinseong did not fit even one of the three.

‘The bones haven’t changed, the skin hasn’t developed, and it doesn’t seem like the genes have been altered.’

Phenomenon of metamorphosis.

To be precise, there are three distinct changes that can be seen with the naked eye due to metamorphosis.

First, the skeleton changes.

A person who undergoes skeletal metamorphosis is transformed into a skeleton optimized for the martial arts he or she is learning. It doesn’t stop at simply growing taller, it really transforms the skeleton itself. The number of bones increases or decreases, the number of joints increases, and the size of the bones themselves change.

In addition, the skeleton is strengthened with tremendous strength, to the extent that ordinary metal cannot even scratch it.

The second is the peeling of the skin.

It sheds its skin, just as creatures with exoskeletons or scales do. And after the skin is peeled off, you will have muscles and skin optimized for the martial arts you are learning.

Finally, genetic change.

This is known in modern times, but the genes of a warrior who has undergone metamorphosis change. And that, too, in a very positive way for unmanned people.

All existing genetic defects disappear, and the body is changed to be optimized for the martial arts that it is learning. And this genetic change has a fairly radical tendency, so it is always revealed in the appearance.

An ancestral regressive change, such as the development of a tail or the growth of long canine teeth.

Adaptive changes to the environment, such as the color of blood becoming blue or the formation of new organs.

Mutant-type changes, such as the development of an exoskeleton or scales on the body.

However, no change was seen in Jinseong, who was rising from the fire.

You can only see the wastes coming out of the body, and the ugly burned skin returning.

It would be more accurate to describe it as a detox using superpowers rather than a metamorphosis.

It is also very radical and dangerous, but one effect is definitely detox.

The captain calmed his surprise and took a closer look at the process taking place in Jinseong’s body.

‘The skin that was burned is recovering, and all the toxins in the body are getting out. Perhaps the organs in the body are also being regenerated. A strong regenerative effect and toxin elimination make the body clean…’

It was like making the body pure.

Just as pure as a baby’s body before being exposed to all sorts of filth.

‘It makes the body pure… Hmm. Good thingBut…’

The captain looked at the altar, licking his lips as if he was covetous.

Being pure has many advantages.

For example, in the case of a wizard, it will be a little smoother when using mana, and in the case of an unmanned body, the performance of the body will improve, and the efficiency of the axis will increase depending on the martial arts. In the case of witches, their physical age will be remarkably young.

Besides, if the body is clean, the life expectancy will naturally increase.

For a moment, a thought flashed through his mind that if he entered that fire, he might be able to see the same effect.

But then he shook his head slightly.

‘… I don’t want to go through the pain of burning my body.’

He didn’t have the courage to put on oil and run into the fire like Jinseong.

No, it might not have taken courage to enter there in the first place.

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It is madness, not courage, to become human firewood in order to gain a little lifespan. It is an unimaginable madness that even the mercenary who has seen all kinds of crazy people in the battlefield sticks out his tongue.

‘That employer is crazy. After all, there are only magicians or madmen.’

And, as if to say that his judgment was correct, there was a booming sound.

hahahaha!”

Jinseong, who walked out of the fire, laughed like a madman.

Jinseong laughed for a long time, then he suddenly grabbed the air and floated the fainting woman in the air.

Then he motioned for Rise to come.

‘What else is the employer going to do?’

The mercenary’s eyes widened when he saw that, but he soon turned his gaze back, as if he had judged that it was not his job.

‘I’ll have to go through torture.’

Where he was looking, there was a priest with his eyes wide open covered in blood.

* * *

“Come over here.”

Rise couldn’t come to her senses.

It was a terrible thing for Jinseong to set fire to and raid the shrine with mercenaries, but Rise even played an important role. She used her divine power to subdue the warriors, and even subdued the body of the gentleman and handed it over to Jinseong. That alone would have put her off halfway…

‘Just, just…’

The man to whom she had sworn to give her all suddenly lit a fire on her altar, anointed her with oil, and went in there. And I don’t know if it didn’t catch fire, but as soon as I went in, the fire burned roaring, feeding on the oil poured on my body as if I had waited.

Even more terrifying is that her eyes, strengthened by divine power, witnessed Jinseong’s skin melting and baking.

It was a nightmare to see people, especially the people she was supposed to serve, being burned alive. And it wasn’t just a nightmare, it was a nightmare that was worse than the nightmares that the new Tani had haunted her, and that she would never be able to escape from for the rest of her life!

However, Jinseong, who had been burning like that, suddenly became clean and floated Narumi into the air. Then, as if she had no intention of wearing anything on her, she called her as she was naked.

‘This is what it is.’

What the heck does this mean?

Lisse felt like her head was going to spin around.

Assault, arson, nudity, burning, self-immolation…

“Lise.”

Just as Rise was confused by the countless unorganized words running through her head, she heard a voice calling her name once again.

The sound of her distinct, piercing voice lifted Risse’s mind.

‘Okay. Whatever happens, as long as you follow… All you have to do is follow.’

Inside her tent, she relived the thoughts she had and moved toward her true nature.

However, I couldn’t help but pay attention to her body, which was quite muscular for a shaman.

“Come on, Lisse. I’ll give you a present.”

“A gift, huh?”

Jinseong sat down on the altar where the flames were burning and looked at Rise and her eyes.

“Before that, I have something to ask you.”

He paused for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“What would you like this shrine maiden to be like?”

Asked what she would like to be.

She had a hunch that Narumi’s fate would be decided by her answer.

Rise looked at Narumi.

Hateful face.

A woman with a fox-like face and a fox-like personality.

“Narumi Kishimoto… The person who ostracized me and ostracized me at gatherings since I was young.’

When Rise looked at Narumi’s face, she remembered each and every thing she had experienced in her childhood.

She took her to play in the woods and left her alone.

The thing that Rise approached the shrine maiden who was trying to get close to her and interfered with her.

When we all prepared a meal together, I made it except RiSe’s share.

The fact that she made a chat room only for herself and didn’t include Rise.

The thing that Rise thoroughly ignored her words and treated her as an incompetent person.

To say she was a prank, she was a person who had done something close to bullying (イ ジ メ).

‘… What would you like…’

RiSe was in front of her eyes, the instigator and culprit of all the annoying things she had experienced since childhood.

Gentleman, family, power, divine power.

All of the conditions that prevented Risse from hastily fighting back had been lost, and he was floating in front of her like well-prepared food ingredients.

If she told me how to dispose of her, she would disappear from the world in an instant, so insignificant.

Reese was troubled.

What to do with the ugly person in front of you

She then picked up a pen and wrote the answer down on her notepad.

“Please save my life. 』

Her sincerity stared at her as if it were her surprise.

“It seems like a bad relationship, but please give me your life?”

『I’m an annoying person, but I don’t think I’ve committed a crime to death. 』

“It’s wonderful.”

He got up and grabbed Narumi’s hair.

“I will. I will make sure that this sacrifice will keep you alive.”

As Jinseong said that, he took fire from her hand and set Narumi’s body on fire.