The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch

Ciel opened the system panel again. This time, she directly clicked the system store interface.

Although she fainted in the last simulation, before fainting, she held those few sealed artifacts tightly in her arms.

The unconscious period might exceed ten hours, but if Tara was slightly perceptive, she probably wouldn’t take away the things in her arms.

The system interface unfolded before Ciel. After seeing the items stored inside, Ciel slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

【【Shifting Remnant Coin (Unawakened)】】

【Fate Points: 500】

【【Eye of Peering Death Omen (Unawakened)】】

【Fate Points: 540】

【【Contaminated Fate Renegade’s Touch】】

【Fate Points: ???】

Ciel frowned slightly upon seeing these sealed artifacts.

Regarding sealed artifacts, Ciel knew that the names passed down by word of mouth didn’t correspond to the system names.

The top two sealed artifacts, though expensive, were in an unawakened state.

The original name of “Strong Luck Coin” was “Shifting Remnant Coin.” From the name, it could be seen this was an incomplete sealed artifact. No idea what its complete form was.

As for “Eye of Peering Death Omen,” Ciel had a slight impression.

She had seen a sealed artifact with a similar name, and not long ago.

Ciel selected “Sealed Artifact” as the filter category in the system store. Soon, Ciel saw the familiar sealed artifact.

“Death Omen’s Gaze.”

This was the sealed artifact of the previous “Plague Doctor” Sharon, obtained from the Divine Advent Church.

Both looked very much like eyes... Could sealed artifacts have series?

What would happen if this series was gathered together?

Ciel kept this question in mind. For now, she couldn’t answer this puzzle... because her Fate Points were simply insufficient to buy these sealed artifacts.

Finally, Ciel focused her gaze on the last sealed artifact.

【【Contaminated Fate Renegade’s Touch】】

【Fate Points: ???】

This was the first time Ciel saw a sealed artifact priced with three question marks in the store interface.

Being placed in the mall indicated the intelligent spirit inside had been erased by her, now a non-sentient sealed artifact.

Although its effect was extremely powerful, even capable of rewriting the fate of third-tier transcendents to some extent, granting them great benefits and great misfortune.

But from the quill pen’s own description, its own ability didn’t seem that powerful...

Ciel clicked on “Contaminated Renegade’s Touch,” wanting to see its ability.

A new item details panel appeared before Ciel.

【【Contaminated Renegade’s Touch】: Special Sealed Artifact. Holder can see the fate lines of those undergoing major fate changes. By consuming transcendent characteristics, set rules, rewrite fate lines. Those who obey the rules gain benefits, those who defy the rules encounter misfortune. When misfortune accumulates to a certain level, three rounds of calamities will be triggered, intensity depends on the characteristics absorbed by the sealed artifact】

【Side Effect: Can only be charged using the holder’s own transcendent characteristics. Holder must continuously replenish transcendent characteristics to avoid being completely devoured】

【Contamination: This item has been contaminated by an unknown Uniqueness, significantly enhancing the sealed artifact’s functions】

【Uniqueness: Special items with Uniqueness cannot be exchanged】

So it’s a sealed artifact that can only be used by absorbing transcendent characteristics... and only the user’s transcendent characteristics.

Meaning, a third-tier transcendent could be directly drained into an ordinary person? Or driven mad?

To continuously replenish, one must constantly ingest potions or transcendent characteristics of the same path... equivalent to constantly accumulating potion side effects in the body.

The stronger the user, the stronger the quill pen.

But if the user relies too heavily on the quill pen, they will eventually succumb to madness.

Characteristics will be absorbed, but whispers and contamination won’t disappear.

Ciel had never heard of anyone being able to drink multiple bottles of potion—perhaps she had simply encountered too few transcendents—most people already exhausted their efforts just digesting one bottle.

But Ciel could confirm that normal transcendents would absolutely not drink a second bottle of potion of their own tier.

Just look at Avena.

If drinking a second bottle really brought benefits, Avena would have long drunk potions like sugar water, not being unable to digest the “Psychologist” potion.

The system’s description revealed abilities the mad quill pen didn’t mention, and also revealed things the mad quill pen concealed, or rather, couldn’t recall at all.

Contamination, and Uniqueness.

This was the first time Ciel heard these two concepts.

The system could even replicate various sealed artifacts identically for sale, but things with “Uniqueness,” even the system couldn’t replicate, showing the scarcity of such things.

Very worthy of the name “Uniqueness.”

After reading this description, Ciel gradually understood.

Her previous speculation was indeed correct.

The spirit of that sealed artifact had gone mad.

The thing contaminating it was precisely “Uniqueness.”

As for what that “Uniqueness” was, Ciel could roughly guess.

It was the scene seen in the orange light sphere when using 【Spiritual Summoning】 before.

The woman in the ruins and sea of fire, to escape the pursuit of that “Mosaic” person, had the quill pen carry the thing with “Uniqueness” and escape into a place resembling a portal.

But the raven form of the sealed artifact, after escaping, couldn’t resist the temptation of “Uniqueness,” directly swallowing it, completely losing its mind.

So, when it possessed her, the large amount of knowledge and language poured in, most of it didn’t come from the raven itself?

But carried by that “Uniqueness” characteristic?

Thinking this way, it makes sense...

Although Ciel didn’t understand what Uniqueness specifically referred to, just hearing the term, it wasn’t hard to associate it with deities.

In most people’s, including Ciel’s, stereotype, deities’ abilities or authorities were unique.

“Uniqueness” characteristic, most likely related to divine authority.

Ciel recalled the words the raven spoke crazily through her mouth when occupying her body.

“(Old Ansu) This is my power! This is my authority!”

“(Old Ansu) You are just a damned vessel!!!”

“(Old Ansu) How dare you!!!”

“(Old Ansu) I am a god!”