While Chen Heng was busy in the laboratory, in a corner of the Hechi Star System, a meeting was being held.
"Mallikdo did not die in the mutation. He's still alive and active in his base …"
"He looks fine. He's alive and well."
"Has he controlled the Orlier family's curse?"
Within a large room, a meeting was being held.
At the center of the room, there was a large round table, and there were many people sitting around it.
One by one, they sat there, all dressed in the same uniform, and all of them began to speak.
What they were talking about was none other than the incident that had happened to Mallikado.
If Chen Heng was here and saw their robes, he would immediately be able to tell who they were from the insignia on their robes.
This group of people was none other than the members of the Red Lotus Association.
A year ago, it was this group of people who had been negotiating with Mallikdo to take Gunali from him.
A year later, they were still discussing this matter.
"Looks like we made the wrong choice back then."
"I thought that without our help, Mallikdo would definitely die, and it would be much easier for us to do anything."
"Who would have thought that he would be able to suppress the curse through some unknown method …"
"He must pay the price for deceiving us!"
Within the room, cold voices continuously sounded out, giving off a trace of killing intent.
A year ago, when Mallikdo had cut off all contact with them, they did not pay much mind.
After all, they knew Mallikdo's situation very well.
If Mallikdo did not hand over Gunali, he would not be able to last for long.
They could wait for Mallikdo's curse to erupt before going to the Orlier family and taking Gunali away.
When that time came, they would be able to achieve their goal.
Because of this, they did not pay much mind at first and coldly watched Mallikdo's actions, waiting for him to disappear.
However, as they waited, they suddenly found that something was off.
As the curse's power erupted, Mallikdo's situation should have become worse and worse.
However, the situation was completely different.
As time passed, Mallikado's condition did not worsen. Instead, it gradually improved. His strength was still increasing, and his condition was becoming more and more like a normal person.
Now, they had unknowingly waited for an entire year.
Mallikdo was still alive and kicking. He was still alive and well.
Faced with this situation, even a fool would have come to his senses by now.
Mallikdo had fooled them.
He had obviously found another way to suppress the curse and had long since solved the problem with his body.
Since the curse on their bodies had been resolved, they naturally had nothing to do with it anymore.
After figuring out this problem, the members of the Red Lotus Association immediately reacted.
"No matter what, that girl must fall into our hands!"
Inside the room, a man wearing a red robe and a mask stood in the middle and said loudly, "Such a pure bloodline is the best offering to our king!"
"Our king's revival requires the contribution of this pure bloodline."
"Since I can't get along with Malick, I'll speak with my strength."
At this point, the members of the Red Lotus Association stood up one after another and said fervently, "For our king!"
"For our king!"
They shouted. Their voices covered the entire room and penetrated far into the distance.
Standing in the middle of the room and looking at the fervent scene before him, the High Priest of the Red Lotus Association nodded in satisfaction.
"Get ready."
He waved his hand and said, "After a while, we can hold a grand sacrificial ceremony."
"When the time comes, we will add Mallikdo's daughter as the best offering to our king."
As soon as his voice fell, another burst of fervent cheers erupted from all around.
Behind the High Priest of the Red Lotus Association, as the surrounding cheers resounded, the huge statue of a warrior slowly opened its eyes. There was a hint of intelligence in its eyes, as if it was alive.
Time passed slowly.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
In the past few days, there were no more abnormalities around Gunali.
Before this, the strange aura that appeared around Gunali had never appeared again.
Everything around her seemed very calm.
Gunali went to school as usual and returned home as usual. It was just like before, very calm.
One night.
At night, the sky outside was already dark. A silver moon hung in the sky, shining in all directions.
Under the faint moonlight, many lives were surging within the black moon.
On such a night, Gunali got up in a daze and subconsciously opened her eyes.
Then, she suddenly woke up.
"Where am I?"
She looked in front of her.
Around her, she was no longer in the room she was familiar with, but in another place.
This place seemed to be a huge palace, and there were stone slabs everywhere. It looked extremely strange.
Gunali turned around and looked behind her.
She was lying on the bed behind her.
However, that bed was not hers. It was a very unfamiliar bed.
"What is this place?"
A strong sense of unfamiliarity surged in her heart. At this moment, Gunali felt a little afraid, but she still forced herself to stay alert.
She looked around cautiously, wanting to observe the situation around her.
Under her observation, the scene around her unfolded.
Within the palace in front of her, massive stone slabs appeared.
These stone slabs were all very exquisite, and there was a demon god statue carved on each of them. They looked quite unique.
Some of these demon gods were humanoid, but most of them looked quite strange. They all bared their fangs and brandished their claws, looking quite terrifying.
Gunali looked at these stone slabs with some fear.
As the pearl of the Aurel family, Gunali had the ability to sense the malice of others.
At this moment, she could only sense it deeply.
Waves of dense malice surged from the stone slabs in front of her, and all of them rushed towards her as if they wanted to swallow her whole.
Sensing this feeling, Gunali felt fear in her heart, and she had a bad feeling.
"Are these stone slabs alive?"
In the past, she had sensed malice from others.
This was quite normal.
Even though she was the pearl of the Aurel family, the malice hidden in people's hearts could not be concealed.
There would always be people who looked respectful on the surface, but in reality, they were dissatisfied with you and even had malice.
It was just that in the past, Malick had protected Gunali very well and rarely allowed such people to get close to her.
Those who harbored malice were often wiped out as soon as they were discovered.
But even so, he had experienced what he should have experienced, and he had experienced it.
But compared to the malice emitted by these stone slabs, the malice that Gunali had sensed in the past was nothing.
The malice emitted by these stone slabs was so turbulent that it felt as if it wanted to devour her alive and not leave a single trace of her flesh behind.
Such a terrifying killing intent caused Gunali's body to tremble.
After a while, she moved again and tried to walk towards the outside world.
However, she was very careful during this process, afraid that she would accidentally touch something and attract the attention of something.
And in this process, more things were reflected in her eyes.
In the palace in front of her, apart from the stone slabs, there were also many strange runes and a large number of eulogies.
Those eulogies seemed to be dedicated to the same person called the Black Monarch.
Black Monarch?
Gunali was quite unfamiliar with this name and did not understand what it represented.
However, from the eulogies around her, she could tell that this person was most likely an incredibly great figure.
As he continued forward, a series of faintly discernible screams could be heard around him, echoing out at this moment.
Hearing these sounds, Gunali's body trembled and she looked in that direction.
Under her gaze, there seemed to be a figure waiting in the corner. At this moment, there was a faintly discernible shout, as if he was calling for something.
Was there someone else there?
Following this, Gunali thought to herself.
Then, she looked at the curled up figure in the corner. After hesitating for a long time, she made up her mind and started walking forward.
She walked very slowly, step by step, afraid that she would encounter something terrifying.
After a while, she walked behind the figure and maintained a certain distance from him. Only then did she manage to stabilize her emotions and try to speak.
"Excuse me …"
Outside the window, the faint moonlight shined in, making it possible to see some things.
However, because the figure's back was facing her, Gunali could not see what that person looked like.
As her voice fell, the figure that kept shouting seemed to have reacted and started to turn around slowly.
Gunali's voice stopped.
This was because a malevolent face had appeared in front of her.
One could vaguely tell that the face belonged to a boy, but at this moment, the flesh on it had all rotted away. There were even maggots wriggling on it, rolling up and down.
A sour smell of rotting flesh spread out and reached Gunali.
Her mind went blank, and she instinctively wanted to shout out.
A pale arm suddenly stretched out and covered Gunali's mouth, dragging her to the side and pressing her against the ground.
"Don't make a sound, got it?"
A low voice sounded out in the darkness.
Using the faint moonlight, Gunali could clearly see the person in front of her.
It was a young girl who did not look too old, around 15 or 16 years old. She wore black robes and was currently holding Gunali as she quickly left that area.
The young girl looked quite agile, and in a short period of time, she took Gunali away and quickly arrived at another place.
This was a dead end, and there was faint moonlight around it, making it seem quite bright.
After coming to this area, the dense malice that had shrouded Gunali's heart and made it difficult for her to breathe began to fade.
Without the invasion of malice, Gunali's emotions gradually stabilized.
The young girl looked at Gunali and put down her hand before saying, "Are you alright?"
"I …"
Gunali opened her mouth and looked at the young girl in front of her, wanting to speak.
"This is the Red Lotus Association's base."
The girl glanced at Gunali and immediately knew what she wanted to ask. "The reason you're here is because you've been chosen."
"I was chosen?"
Hearing the young girl's words, Gunali felt quite confused.
"Yes."
The young girl nodded and continued, "Those who come to this place are all sacrifices chosen by the Red Lotus Association."
"It's the sacrificial offering to the Black King."
"An offering to the Black King …"
Gunali's mind went completely blank.
Gunali didn't really understand the meaning of offering, but she instinctively knew that it wasn't a good word.
The young lady glanced at Gunali and wasn't surprised by her reaction.
"I've been here for half a month, but I've never seen you before."
"You should have been captured today, right?"
"It should be … I guess …"
Gunali nodded and said somewhat uncertainly.
She did not know how she had come here either. She had just slept for a while, and after waking up, she was here.
It was just that she did not know whether this counted as a capture or not.
She asked the question in her heart and received an affirmative answer.
"Aside from a small number of people who came here voluntarily, most of them are like you. They woke up here the moment they woke up …"
"Voluntarily?"
Gunali was a little confused. "Is there anyone else who came here voluntarily?"
Judging from the current situation, this place was very strange. No matter how one looked at it, it was not a good place.
Becoming a sacrifice didn't seem like a good thing either.
Under such circumstances, would there still be people willing to come over?
Gunali was confused and couldn't understand.
"There will always be people who are willing for various reasons …"
The girl sighed and said tiredly, "For power and wealth, those who were kidnapped by their parents and relatives, and those who were deceived …"
"You can do that?"
Gunali blinked as this thought flashed through her mind.
"The person you saw before was sold here by his parents …"
In front of Gunali, the girl sneered and said, "Just for two gold royals."
Two gold royals …
Gunali was puzzled.
She was willing to sell her child for two gold royals?
For Gunali, who was born into a wealthy family and was the beloved daughter of the Orlier Family, even 200 gold royals was nothing to her, let alone 2 gold royals.
As such, she couldn't understand.
"After being sold here, those people did something to him, causing him to go crazy and become like this."
In front of Gunali, the girl sighed and said, "Your situation just then was quite dangerous.
He has already gone crazy, so if you get close to him, it will be very easy for things to go wrong. "
Here, the two of them slowly conversed.
Perhaps it was because there were not many normal people here, or perhaps it was because Gunali was still young and was quite cute, but the girl talked to Gunali about many things.
As for Gunali, she trusted the girl quite a bit.
This was because she could sense that the girl in front of her had good intentions and did not have any ill intentions.
In Gunali's experience, this meant that she could be trusted.
As they conversed, Gunali found out the girl's name and identity.
The girl's name was Mary, and she was from another Kingdom. However, she was just a commoner.
As for why she had come to this place, she did not say. However, she did not seem to have been kidnapped.
"My father is very powerful and will definitely come to save me."
Gunali was quite optimistic about the current situation. "Also, my big friend will definitely come to save me."
She was very confident in her father and big friend. Even though she had come here, she believed that they would definitely come to save her.
In response to Gunali's confidence, Mary only shook her head and did not say much.
After staying here for more than half a month, she had met many people, including some people of noble birth and powerful backgrounds.
In the beginning, these people were like Gunali in front of her, believing that their relatives would come to save them.
However, as time passed, these people ended up being placed on the altar and became sacrificial offerings.
As for the father and teacher that they spoke of, they did not appear in the end.
With her past experience, Mary did not think much of Gunali's words.
But even so, she only smiled and did not say anything to refute.
Since the situation was already like this, why should she add to it?
It wasn't a good thing to die with hope in your heart.
At the very least, waiting in hope was much better than suffering in despair.
However, what Mary and Gunali did not know was that someone was already standing at the side.
"Is this the place?"
Within the spacious palace, Chen Heng slowly walked through this region and looked around.
As he looked around, the surroundings appeared before his eyes.
There were large and exquisite stone slabs, large amounts of runes, and words of praise.
"Black King … is this the ruler behind the Red Lotus Association?"
Walking through this region and looking at the contents of the words of praise, Chen Heng thought to himself.
In this palace, the subject of the eulogies was the same. They were all praising a person called the Black King.
The stone slabs around him were also quite unique.
Just like how Gunali could sense the malicious intent within these stone slabs, Chen Heng could also sense the existence within these stone slabs.
Within these stone slabs, there were remnant mental marks.
These mental marks were incredibly chaotic, and most of them could not maintain their consciousness. In fact, they had already been destroyed, leaving behind only a bit of their instincts.
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