"Have you considered giving it a name?" Reina glanced at the new monster around Hero that had been transformed by Zhuo E and could no longer be described as a "pack beast."
Seeing that the man in black opposite her didn't answer her, as if she was expecting it, the succubus chuckled lightly, and then said in a regretful tone to the transformed monster:
"It's really pitiful. Others forcibly modify your destiny without giving it a new meaning of existence. In the end, you are still a tool, a tool for others to gain self-satisfaction."
"What do you think, Senator Hollow?"
The voice of the succubus always seems to have a magical power that can touch people's hearts and make them shaken, not to mention that the person standing opposite is one of "them".
Hero raised his head, revealing his still calm and calm eyes under the brim of his hat. He did not answer Lena's words, but went straight to the topic:
"The Lord of the City has come to find me now. Can I understand that our transaction can begin?"
"Of course, I have already helped you get the thing you want. Originally, I was thinking to see how your progress was going and if you needed some friendly assistance from me. By the way, I could also use this as an excuse to give you some help. Add a little weight to the transaction, but now it seems that you are a little more powerful than I thought."
Reina said as she looked around the battlefield, looking at the Kyle technology troops that were completely wiped out in the smoke, and Charlotte who turned into a mummy at the feet of Helo, and sighed.
Then, as if she was showing off a reward for Holo, the succubus flipped her wrist, and a piece of stone jade exuding a strange and ominous aura appeared in her palm, spinning and floating.
This was exactly the core of the skeleton altar that Baer had carefully operated for many years deep in the restricted area of the Ancient Wolf Clan, the cursed skeleton jade in the middle of the black mud pool.
It can be said that it contains the accumulation of the huge disaster caused by slavery and governance corruption in the Dragon Kingdom for hundreds of years.
However, this cursed jade had been drained of all the power by Liao Ji with the help of Annuo, and turned into the most ordinary stone. Later, it was still worried about it, adhering to the "last strike" The principled Liao Ji was smashed into several pieces.
The reason why it appears in Reina's hands now is that after the succubus provided Liao Ji with an "improved" ritual method, Manual quietly moved the torn cursed jade away from the altar before leading the ritual. .
As for after acquiring the Cursed Skeleton Jade, rejoining it and injecting some camouflage spells into it to at least make it look the same on the surface is a piece of cake for Reina.
On the other side, after seeing the cursed jade in Succubus's hand, Hero's eyes finally changed a bit, and he became excited in his heart.
From using the jackal demihuman Loba to provide auxiliary support so that he could trigger a "blood sacrifice" in the sealed city so that the empress could come to the throne, and then later, in the council of the temple, deliberately delaying and making Baer relax his vigilance. , he did so much to delay the investigation of the empress, just for this cursed jade that condensed huge evil.
Holo had no doubt that the cursed jade in Reina's hand was fake. After all, in his opinion, except for "Mother," even Reina had no way or reason to absorb the evil inside.
After all, more misfortune is by no means better. No one can bear the terrifying amount of misfortune in the cursed jade at once.
Seeing that Reina has already taken out the trading items, what about his side?
Holo put his hand into the side pocket of his tuxedo, and soon he took out a small sealed wooden bottle. After uncorking the bottle in front of Rena, the first thing he saw was the liquid blooming from the bottle. The dark green light makes people feel the strong vitality.
After that, Hero carefully poured the contents into his palm. It was a seed.
I said before that killing Charlotte was just a gift, but the "seed" now was actually the real deal.
"The seed of the world tree."
"City Lord, do you still need to check?"
The World Tree is said to have existed in the wasteland for five hundred years, and is even older. It is regarded by the elves as the source of life that connects all things together, and is the cornerstone of the world. Five hundred years later, the forest will The alliance was built around the World Tree as its absolute core. It is rumored that the research on "magic" in the Forest Alliance was derived from the purification power of the World Tree to transform the evil.
It is already difficult to enter the Forest Alliance, which is very exclusive and shrouded in illusion magic. If you want to get close to the heavily guarded World Tree, even Rena has to put in a little effort.
That's why we have this deal now.
"No, I believe you."
"Then Lord City Lord, can we trade?"
"Don't be so anxious. Councilor Helo is so busy in the Magic City on weekdays and can't even show up for a few times. As a boss, I don't even have the opportunity to care about my subordinates. So I'm taking advantage of this opportunity. It's not as good as ours." How about we chat for a while?”
Looking at the smiling succubus opposite, Hero frowned, with an unhappy expression on his face, but Rena didn't care whether Hero wanted to or not. She pointed her finger on her chin, as if thinking about which topic to start with. Soon her eyes lit up and the corner of her mouth raised an inexplicable smile.
"For example, how is your "Mother"? Is there anything strange lately?"
Hero originally planned to follow the principle of saying as little as possible in front of the supreme succubus opposite him, but Rena hit his pain point.
Upon hearing Rena's words, Hero no longer even called him the "Lord of the City" he had perfunctorily called before, and asked with a somewhat anxious tone: "What do you mean by this?"
The reason why he reacted so strongly is that his "mother" has been doing something strange recently.
They were suddenly called to the church for an emergency meeting, but during the meeting, they seemed to be suffering from physical illness, and even their voices became intermittent and a bit slurred.
And I don't know if it was Holo's illusion, but he felt that "Mother" at that time seemed to be trying her best to endure something. What was even weirder was that when he wanted to step forward to show concern, Mother stopped him. Don't let anyone get close.
If that was the case, it would be okay, but who would have thought that later, her body seemed to suddenly deteriorate again, and it was so serious that "Mother" had to cover her mouth with her hands, and her whole body was bent over the table and twitching.
Now, when Hero recalled that scene, he still felt scared, let alone him who was there at the time.
He had never seen "Mother" like this before. He was so frightened that his mind went blank and he stayed there at a loss. He almost thought that he was going to lose his mother.
Fortunately, the mother seemed to have gradually recovered on her own. Although she still looked a little weak, at least her voice no longer trembled, her breathing stabilized, and everything returned to normal.
Hero wanted to know what happened to his mother, but his mother kept silent about the matter. Even if he asked, he couldn't get an answer. Instead, his mother became very angry with him, which was rare.
Therefore, the reason why Hero is so eager to get the "cursed jade" in Lena's hands is actually to dedicate it to his mother as a tonic to restore his body. Even if his mother doesn't tell him anything, he still hopes to use this method. Do your part.
As a result, now, from the mouth of Reina opposite, she also asked about her mother. Hero never believed that this was a coincidence. The other party must also know something, so he was so impatient.
After all, the mother's appearance at that time was so scary, as if she was about to die or leave. Maybe her mother kept hiding it because she wanted them not to worry, but Holo didn't care, he had to find out the reason. No matter how difficult it is, he is not afraid. He just wants to protect his mother.
On the opposite side, seeing Hero showing such an impatient look, he had actually already given the answer, so the smile on Rena's face became wider. It seemed that she was one step closer to her "Succubus Victory".
She did not answer Holo directly. How could she expose such an interesting thing? That would betray her belief. Reina just seemed to deliberately stimulate Holo again and said with a smile:
"Speaking of which, in fact, your mother and I have a good relationship. We are like sisters. So, how about you call me auntie and I will give you some pointers on how to help your mother?"
Rena said in a playful way on a whim, but looking at the stern expression on the pale and delicate face of Holo across from her, it seemed that this was impossible, so she sighed regretfully.
"Forget it, since you worked so hard with the gifts, let me help you eliminate your worries. Don't worry, your mother will accept this cursed jade, and this jade should make her very happy, right? "
very happy?
Does it mean that it is helpful for the mother's hidden illness? This is how Hero understood Rena's words.
As the "Supreme", the other party had no reason to lie to him. Hero was relieved in his heart, and he also felt a little happy, because he could help his mother and share her worries.
Maybe it was because the hanging stone was loosened, or maybe it was because Rena's "aunt" sentence was outrageous, but it did show that the other party had a good relationship with her mother, which reduced Holo's hostility a bit.
After he paused for a moment, it was Hero who took the initiative to ask: "What are you going to do with the World Tree seed, Lord City Lord?"
"You must have taken the seeds to plant another tree, right?"
Hero looked at the succubus across from him and saw that there was no hint of joking on his face. He frowned and said bluntly, which was probably a reminder.
"The world only allows one World Tree."
The implication is that no matter how much Reina plants, it is impossible to get results. The Forest Alliance has tried this many times, so most of the seeds of the World Tree are used to process other uses, but it has never been done before. "seed" essence.
But Reina still didn't care, her face always seemed to be so strategizing and relaxed.
"Well, of course I know this, so I plan to plant it in a very special place, not in this real world."
Holo couldn't understand what the succubus said at all, and Lena had no intention of explaining further. She seemed to be still interested in Holo's mother, so this time it was Lena who took the initiative to end the chat. After exchanging trading items with Holo, she only gave Holo a "playful" look of unknown meaning, and just like she had appeared mysteriously when she came, she teleported away and disappeared in a trance.
In the end, Hero, who was left where he was, always felt weird and there was something in Rena's words, but the succubus race was like this. They were very good at disturbing people's hearts. The more he thought about it, the more he might have gone too far.
So after that, the blood flowed out of Holo's eyes again, the pupil seal appeared again, and a blood gate opened in front of him. The principle was the same as how he chased Charlotte before. In the Old Alliance Inside, he deliberately let a member "hurt" him, so that he could provide coordinates for Holo and conduct teleportation tracking. Over the past few hundred years, he had already developed various new uses of his abilities.
Just when Holo was about to step into the Blood Gate, he suddenly paused again. Holo turned his head and looked at the mutated beast that he had left alone. Lena's words at the beginning seemed to be... rang in his ears.
In the end, Holo's figure disappeared here, but this time, the mutated beast of burden also disappeared together.
Alliance of the Old Ones.
Behind the church.
In a dark dormitory room, the black-skinned elf, who appeared in his true form, was conducting an experiment at the moment.
She recalled the last time she humiliated Liao Ji in the Zhue space. In fact, the humiliation was secondary. It would be better to say that she even discovered the problem with the body she "occupied".
Dozens of tentacles behind him were squirming in the room. The black-skinned elf made up his mind, picked up the knife on the table, and then brought one of his tentacles closer.
After the black-skinned elf took a deep breath, he raised the knife and lowered it. The cold light flashed, and he actually swung the knife directly towards her tentacles.
And the result comes naturally
"Uh-huh."
pain.
It hurts!
The black-skinned elf in the room sucked in a cold breath, and severe pain came from the tentacle that she had just "self-mutilated". For the sake of experiment, she showed no mercy at all. This knife left a big hole on the tentacle. The wound was so painful that she almost fainted, making her grin.
so.
what happened!
(End of chapter)
