"Young Master..."
"Young Master..."
In the basement, after a few days apart, Roy met again,
and the one-eyed Scarface waiting by the iron gate placed his right hand on his chest, bowing in greeting.
He pulled open the gate from the left and right, revealing a dark passage leading to the secret chamber...
"Hmm." Roy nodded briefly at the two without expression, resumed his steps, and disappeared into the passage, soon treading under the dim yellow light, pacing towards the airtight door.
A pot of yellow chrysanthemums placed before the door was well-tended, thriving through spring to summer, right in the flowering season...the petals bloomed in full glory, just like life, withering and blooming again, repeating ceaselessly, with no end in sight.
"Step..."
Roy paused, gently stroked the back of his hand, the "Curse," and took a deep breath, saying, "Grandfather, I'm here to see you."
"Boom~" The airtight door made of refined steel suddenly opened, a tentacle from the "Demon Eye" swiftly reaching out, as usual, wrapping around him and dragging him into the secret chamber... his consciousness falling into a trance, hearing the familiar sound again... ["re: Game of the Dead"] activated!
The young man was momentarily bewildered, opening his eyes again to find himself in a different world, standing in a forest of towering trees lush and boundless to the eye...
The Great Forest of the Fourth Moon...
It's been a long time...
A gust of wind swept through, carrying the fragrance of the earth...
Roy closed his eyes, inhaling deeply the fresh air rich in negative ions, reminiscing about the past... [Fortress] Frank Beqi and the [Storm] archbishop behind him... after Benjamin's [Divine Descent], the thunder spear he hurled seemingly still in sight...
The young man turned his hand to gather tiny glows, using the "Anti-Conjuration" method, manifested the ['Strategy' Map] given by Silva in his hand, his feet moved, leaving behind ghost-like afterimages, each step containing a trace of the rhythm of [Dark Step] mastered towards the "settlement of exiled"...
"House of the Colorless" Bandler City sped away,
With the "Curse" present, countries and territories like the Samir Principality and Hoin Kingdom controlled by the seven great rightful gods were obviously places he couldn't go, coupled with...
Roy still didn't know which existence he had offended, or perhaps... what his grandfather Jager had done, implicating him... the young man felt that given the current situation, staying hidden in the land of the exiled, while gathering intelligence and preaching covertly, gathering power in secret, was the best strategy.
"Whoosh..." He was like an arrow, piercing the wind, holding the map, marking as he relied on "Magnetic Field Control" to determine his direction...
He dealt with some magical beasts along the way... adding to the [Bestiary], panel hinting...
["Life Energy" +10 +15 +20.....]
[Bestiary recorded complete...]
[One, Plague Bat: D-grade Magical Beast. (Note: Rating based on ant standard. Elite Squad Leader as D, Master General as C, Three Guards as B, Ant King B+)]
[Manifested Nen Amount: D+ (9741/10000)]
[Potential Qi Amount: C- (1250/100000)]
[Innate Telekinesis: "Plague" (Note: When attacked, Plague Bat can spread plague, inducing the enemy to fall ill, thus escaping their grasp)...]
[Hint: "Plague" has been analyzed... suspected to highly match with the toxin from Lower Moon Five "Rui"... host's "Poison Resistance" +10... "Poisonous Seed" ability +10.....]
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[Two, Earth Eel: C-grade Magical Beast. (Note: Rating based on ant standard. Elite Squad Leader as D, Master General as C, Three Guards as B, Ant King B+)]
[Manifested Nen Amount: C- (4715/ten thousand)]
[Potential Qi Amount: C (72540/ten thousand)]
[Innate Telekinesis: "Laser" (Note: Earth Eel... habitually moves along the surface, resembling a snake or eel, when attacked, reflexively stimulates its compound eyes, forming a laser to harm its enemy...]
[Hint: "Laser" has been analyzed... suspected to highly coincide with the [Eye of Truth]... now upgraded to [Laser Eye]... [Yang Escape] +10....]
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Three, Cannibal Vine, innate telekinesis "Camouflage," highly coincides with [Deceit]... four, Howling Lobster, innate telekinesis "Sound of Despair," Note: A pincered magical beast feeding on "sound," capable of howling, intimidating humans or magical beasts, or any life form with reproductive consciousness, forcefully invoking the depression buried in their morale, leading to lethargy or even despondency... losing hope of survival until... committing suicide.....
'In this aspect, it somewhat resembles [Mindworm] that inhaled and exhaled negative emotions......'
"Ding ding ding......"
The continuous prompt sound echoed as Roy approached the "House of the Colorless" Bandler City, and the young man eliminated one peculiar magical beast after another, extracting their "Nenryoku" to supplement himself, focusing on the [Laser] skill evolved from the [Eye of Truth], giving it an extra look.
Unlike the Sharingan... relying on numerous negative emotions like [Evil] [Twisted] as stimuli to trigger [Yin Escape], further upgrading.....
[Laser] is purely [Yang]... just like... the sun that cannot be directly gazed upon,
Roy's eyes faintly revealed a burning red glow, savoring it, feeling this skill incredibly suited him, especially his "visualized image"... the sun!
"Whoosh..." With a sword in hand, one grotesque magical beast after another fell at Roy's feet,
The young man shuttled through the towering forest, continuously harvesting "Life Energy," pausing at a moment, unfurling over two hundred meters around him [En] clearly capturing a hair-raising scene——
It was a magical beast with a body resembling a fierce tiger but having an extra lion head, relentlessly biting an old woman...
Half of the old woman's body was already gone, with the remaining hand eerily held by another old man... this old man was skin and bones, almost reduced to a living skeleton, witnessing his spouse being eaten with numb silence, not fleeing, not shouting, and without tears, as if... like a dish being served on the table, quietly awaiting the "fate of being eaten" to descend....