The Curse of Knowledge chuckled, raising its voice proudly. "It's not as if no one has made that choice before. Guess what happened to them?"
Hearing that tone, Lorry immediately pictured a white-bearded old man smugly stroking his long beard in his mind.
He played along and asked, "What happened?"
The Curse of Knowledge fell silent for several seconds before giving its answer. "We-gained-eternal life-from then on-we no longer-needed to worry-about life slipping away-we could exist-forever-
"Do you-want to-come in-and keep-us company-"
At least seven or eight different voices appeared in those two sentences. Some were male, some female; sometimes they sounded aged, sometimes clear, sometimes cheerful.
In an instant, every hair on Lorry's body stood on end, and his scalp tingled.
He suddenly understood where the White Bone Ring's other name, the Curse of Eternal Life, came from. It referred to the negative effects of using this Mystical Item!
No wonder eternal life was called a curse. So this was the form it took-something like an artifact spirit naturally wouldn't die-
Lorry silently grumbled without letting it show.
He could sense the changes in the White Bone Ring just now.
Every time the voice changed, the fluctuations of spirituality within it shifted faintly as well.
They were all Beyonders who had been devoured!
Lorry sighed softly. "I choose the third method."
"A wise choice." The Curse of Knowledge instantly became kindly again, saying with a smile, "I knew you wouldn't make a foolish decision."
It coughed twice to clear its throat, then said solemnly, "Next, I will tell you the relevant information about your first examination.
"Category: history.
"Scope: the Loen Kingdom.
"Required books: History of the Kingdom, History of the Nobility of the Loen Kingdom-"
A string of book titles poured from the White Bone Ring's constantly writhing