Before Pef could even start to feel anything, a window screen popped up.

*Your maid Sonia Tonero has died in a private dungeon. Respawn? Yes/Wait.

He let out a sigh of relief and focused on the Inquisitor. "I see you've chosen option two."

The priest waved a hand, forming a magical barrier made of blood around him. "Blood for the blood altar! Now you're next! And the other witch as well." the priest mumbled in a fervent tone, eying Lise with crazed eyes.

Pef fired his Arc Torpedo straight at the crazy priest, then jumped to the side as the priest clenched his fingers and three blades made of blood struck the ground that Pef had just been over.

His torpedo seem to have little to no effect.

"Take Sonia and retreat!" Pef told Lise as he drew his druid staff and launched forward, battering the priest and his bloody barrier. Strike after strike, empowered by his cultivation and other bonuses barely pushed his enemy back.

But it was enough. Lise grabbed Sonia's body and flew away. Pef pressed the respawn button just as his wife was leaving the underground dungeon.

It was just in time, as the priest launched his own counter-attack, a blood spear crystallized in his hand and impaled Pef right through his Holy Barrier and then his stomach.

*Steel Aura blocks 478 damage. 1200 damage resisted.

*Holy Barrier blocks 31000 damage. 1000 damage resisted.

*You have gain Blood Magic resistance at level 1.

*Sacred Blood Lance hits the gamer for 69000 damage.

Pef grunted in pain, as another blood spear began forming in the Inquisitor's hand.

-69000

*Cloaking Veil.

*Lower Resistance. Lower Resistance. Lower Resistance.

*Area Decay

*Arc Torpedo. Arc Torpedo. Arc Torpedo. Arc Torpedo.Arc Torpedo. Arc Torpedo.Arc Torpedo. Arc Torpedo.Arc Torpedo. Arc Torpedo.Arc Torpedo. Arc Torpedo.

-1000.

-1000

-1000

-1000

-1000

-1000

-1000

-1000

-1000

Even with his resistances lowered, and even with the huge Penetration of his electrified torpedoes, the priest was barely wounded.

Worse, the wounds started closing with visible speed, just as Pef's own wounds closed up and began regenerating.

"You're surprisingly durable for a mere Saint." Pef observed with a grimace.

"Only a flesh wound! Now give me all your blood, heretic!" the Inquisitor quipped in return, and began forming two more blood spears in his hands.

He was also staring straight at Pef, despite him being invisible under cloak.

*Tornado

*Acid fog.

*Winter Wail.

*Evil Eye.

*Winter Curse. Winter Curse. Winter Curse.

Cursing the priest didn't quite work, but at least he wasn't tracking Pef anymore.

Pef racked his brains to find a solution against the priest, his eyes darting around the Sacrifice dungeon.

*Yunmoon healing.

+10000

*Floating Meditation.

Finally, Pef's eyes fell on the blood pool, still bubbling happily. But the blood seemed to have decreased a little, red trails marking the previous surface level.

'The guy seems to cast his magic from the pool, instead of his own mana or blood.' Pef concluded while waiting for his own MP to recharge.

His mana pool wasn't large enough to sustain a prolonged attack, one that would be sufficient to terminate this priest. But if he could remove the blood altar from...

"Raiju, harass!"

*Incendiary cone

*Incendiary cone

*Incendiary cone

*Incendiary cone

*Incendiary cone

*Incendiary cone

*Incendiary cone

*Incendiary cone

*Incendiary cone

Pef sent the pet to annoy the priest as himself was busy torching and evaporating the blood pool with his spells.

"Nooooo! Leave the Sacred Rosarius alone!" the fat priest yelled as the lightning pet kept bombarding him with elemental spells and lightning fast claw attacks.

*Blood volume in the Rosarius altar depleted by 20 percent. Blood spells now 400 percent more effective.

*The gamer restrictions partially removed. Stats are suppressed by 40 percent.

Pef grinned widely as his tactics seemed to work now.

With every layer of blood evaporated, his own strength returned while the priest grew weaker.

*Holy Conviction has been used against you. Status ailments incurred :dazed, confused, fear, terror, slow, mind retardation.

*Your Gamer Mind has partially resisted Holy Conviction.

*Gamer Mind levels up.

"You have a strong conviction, priest! But it is not enough!" Pef yelled with a strain of willpower.

"Damn you to hell, Blood Vessel! I cannot fail." the fat priest shouted with despair in his voice.

Raiju flew back, at stream of blood darts pushing him back and pinning his body to the dungeon wall. Luckily the elemental didn't have blood, thus the blood spells were less effective on him.

Anyway, Pef canceled the summon, to let Raiju recover in Gaia's embrace. While the elemental was immortal, there was no point to let him die.

The priest looked around in panic, failing to detect Pef under cloak.

"Now I will have my revenge, crazy cultist! Your blood will serve me well." Pef proclaimed in a glorious voice, launching a final attack on the blood altar.

The priest fell to his knees, eyes bloodshot and blood and drool spilling out from his mouth. "Never! My blood...final sacrifice!"

His dagger plunged into his own heart, then flew out as a stream of blood gushed out like a fountain. In mid-air, the blood transformed into a humanoid shape while the priest fell on the floor, dead.

'Observe'

*Rosarius Blood Golem. Legendary rank. Level 350.

*HP 3 million. MP 3 million.

Status: Sanctified. Blood mist. Iron Maiden. Blood drain.

A mist of blood emerged from under the blood golems arms, rapidly filling the altar room with magically imbued blood.

*Consecrated blood mist suppresses the gamer stats by 70 percent.

*Gamer Body levels up. Gamer body now level 19.

*Blood mist partially resisted. Stats reduction at 60 percent.

Pef glanced at his own character page and then back at the golem. It seemed there was no chance to defeat the last boss.

Perhaps, if he had all his stats and 20 hours to grind down the golem. Not like this.

But this was Turin, and the Church was sure to send strike teams and reinforcements soon.

The golem turned towards Pef, mist serving as an effective detection device, not that Cloaking Veil would even work on a Legendary class enemy.

A blood spear hit him in the back as he turned. The golem could cast blood magic as well, but it had an enormous mana pool. Or blood pool.

-69000

*Blood Magic resistance at level 2.

Pef sped away, and exited the private dungeon, leaving the boss behind. As he suspected, the golem couldn't follow him outside, being bound by its creator to the Rosarius dungeon.

Instantly, his strength returned, and he once again felt the holy aura from the Turin Shroud artifact.

A faint smile passed on Pef's face, as he flew towards the final objective.

*Yunmoon healing.

+10000

Still under cloak, Pef entered the Turin Cathedral and headed straight towards the artifact.

He passed by hundreds of Church guards and priests, even a few nuns.

Then he reached a sacristy chamber, with four elite golems disguised as statues in the corners.

They appeared to detect his presence, opening their eyes but not tracking him.

Pef flew towards the middle, where a wooden stand held a sheet of linen with bloody marks on it.

*Shroud of Turin. Demigod level artifact.

*Ominous presence detected.

Thinking fast, Pef swiped a hand at the bloody cloth, while engaging his Heartstone ability.

A flash of pain, in his mind and soul at once. Then nothing.

*Stealing has reached level 10. Gaia's favor protects you from soul obliteration.

*You have died. Dying in a world dungeon has respawned the gamer in his own room in the Paracelsus Dungeon in Geneva.

*You have acquired a Demigod level artifact.

*Gamer's Mind has reached level 13. You can now resist Legendary class mental attacks.

*You gain minimal soul resistance. Charm and Karma based attacks will be reduced in strength against you.

*Gamer's Body is now Level MAX. You can live your life like a game. Any ailments of the body will be treated as status debuffs.

*Dying in any closed instances like private or world dungeons will prompt a respawn screen, where you can choose the respawn point.

Pef opened his eyes and looked around while waiting for phantom pains in his soul to disappear.

Miya and Lucia were keeping watch over him, seeming a bit worried.

"You died, hubby." Miya observed in a curious voice.

"Yeah. Now let's see if it was worth it." Pef added while opening the other screen tabs.

*The Gamer has received a new quest: Harem King.

*Obtain more wives, concubines, mistresses, lovers, maids or friends with benefits.

*Cultivate your harem.

*Become a king.

*Rescue Sonia. Complete.

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Rewards: profit, pleasure, skills, abilities, fame, undying enmity with the Holy Church, ???, ???.

-You have obtained the Unending ability:refractory period has been removed.

-You have obtained Sonia Tonero as a maid. Rescue your maid before it's too late: Complete.

*You have a maid.

*Inquisitor Darius Rosarius defeated.

*Blood altar destroyed.

*Blood golem, still active.

*You have a demigod tier artifact.

Pef changed the quest page for his inventory, to stare at his new demigod artifact in wonder.

"This is bullshit!" he heard Lucia mutter just as the door opened to allow Lise and Sonia to enter their dorm room.

Pef nodded wisely.