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Chapter 360- Liu Wei's pain
360 Chapter 360- Liu Wei's pain
"I apologize, Liege." Even though the man was composed, the hint of his pupils' contraction was noticed by Ryuk.
This man was aware of how everyone in the battalion, being veterans, had noted that day about this but kept it hidden since they didn't notice any anomaly in their bodies.
Even though they informed their commander, she told them that their liege wanted to assure their loyalty, so they remained silent.
However, just now, due to his own mistake and understanding what exactly his leak meant, he realized that Liege was likely pointing out how his reaction had given away the truth that they were all aware of this fact—The fact that they were all infected by this black liquid.
"It's fine. I was already aware of it," Ryuk casually mentioned, not having thought that these cloaked figures would have noticed it considering he had secretly concealed the Grim Worms in their clothes that day by system's help.
His eyes moved towards the hints of reactions in the others' eyes, and as he expected, there was a slight twitch revealing that indeed his guess was correct; they were all aware of it.
Of course, they probably didn't know exactly what this Grim Worm did, but still, they were aware of being infected by it, which was assuring as they had proven their loyalty strong enough to make him decide to give them a demonstration.
After all, even though they were loyal, to keep them loyal, he needed to precisely demonstrate what would happen to them if they changed their loyalty towards him in the future.
"Wake that idiot up." Ryuk stood and moved towards his fourth grimworm container, who was Liu Wei.
Indeed, the reason he had been sparing and even carrying Liu Wei with him until now was to make him, just like these horses, a bomb.
After all, if all three horses were to fail in the mission, just considering the Heaven's halo protecting the Son of Heaven, giving him a protective layer against anything, wouldn't Liu Wei become a bomb of utmost precision?
It was like a very lucky bomb who would infect the strongest individual due to his own Heaven's favor.
So, Ryuk had wanted to use Heaven against itself, where, given the danger, the Son of Heaven would invoke Heaven's favor in the form of someone very strong for its son, like a hidden ancestor, a cultivator, or perhaps someone far stronger.
Due to the hidden Grim Worms inside Liu Wei's body, he would become a direct source of gaining a powerful slave for Ryuk.
"Yes." The cloaked figure, who was carrying Liu Wei over his shoulder, threw him onto the soil.
He concentrated mana in his forefinger and swiftly tapped several nerve points of Liu Wei to unlock his sealed meridians, which were keeping him unconscious.
[They can even sense nerves that are sealed, Host. Why are sons stronger than their fathers? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]
'....You...' Hearing the system's words that mirrored the situation, where he was weaker than these people in terms of stats—if ignoring his abilities and overall advantages—he found the casual tone being unnecessary here.
But intentionally observing it firsthand, how they were aware of which meridians were sealed, despite not knowing cultivation techniques, clearly showed that they were indeed warriors from one of the strongest divisions in the Devereaux family, already aware of the weaknesses of cultivation techniques, analyzing it at just a glance.
"Wahh—haah....Haah....wh-where—Ugh!?" Liu Wei lurched forward as his eyes snapped open.
However, due to his body's already weakened condition from poisoning and being hardly aligned due to failed cultivation, he felt intense pain and fell to the floor, clutching his chest and groaning.
As he tried to observe his surroundings, he found himself in a place filled with dense internal energy mixed with mana, heavily concentrated, while the herbs and plants around him seemed rich with spiritual energy.
It felt as if he was brought to Phoenix Order's main peak, known for its denser internal energy.
Yet, he couldn't make sense of it all before his eyes landed on a masked figure.
While scanning the area, he noticed a little kid standing beside him, completely nonchalant, with horses and several crude figures around, causing him to wince in pain.
The last thing he remembered was trying to harness external energy from the world as instructed by his master.
But he could only recall falling into key deviation and losing consciousness after intense pain, and now that he had awakened, it appeared his dantian was damaged.
"Where am I?" He winced, inquiring without understanding where he was.
Soon enough, his body was shrouded in a green light, causing him to feel warmth near his dantian and throughout his whole body.
He was clearly taken aback, unsure of what was happening, and asked, "Wh-what's th-this?"
[Your daddy system is healing you, fool. ♪～(´ε｀ ) ]
[ Now bow and offer me your ass.(~￣³￣)~]
'Gay.'
[?!—Host, weren't you not into joke stuff? ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄ ]
"Liu Wei, stand," Ryuk instructed, ignoring the system's bickering and focusing on Liu Wei. He instructed him to stand.
Concentrating, Liu Wei just remained there, turning his head to look at him, tilting his head in confusion.
"Who are you bastar—" Given that Liu Wei was overall healed and had just placed his hand to lift himself up while trying to utter those words, not understanding why this man was arrogantly telling him to do so, he suddenly felt a pain that originated from his soul.
It was fast, maybe within milliseconds, where it felt like spikes of nails or needles had erupted inside his body, torturing him like a porcupine.
As he felt his voice, which should have turned into a scream, die down even before he could make it out.
Thud
Due to the pain being so intense, he lost consciousness again, despite being healed.
The sheer pain was evidenced by the green vines that clearly popped over his skin.
His eyes widened, bloodshot, with excess saliva trickling from his mouth, revealing that the pain wasn't targeting his life.
It was just a sensation overwhelming him, which should have been enough to break the wills of several strong individuals. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
'!?!'
The evidence of this was those four cloaked figures, who were able to sense the sudden change in the body of the young man who had been healing on his own.
But suddenly he went through pain, which even their keen eyes struggled to gauge.
The intensity was such that they realized that the thing inside their bodies was not simply a seal to confirm their loyalty, but a hell moving inside them.
"He can't even bear it.... You all, take these three horses and him into battle and direct them towards lower town's edge," Ryuk said, placing his hand in his pocket while observing the composed demeanor of those cloaked figures.
He perceived from their eyes that they were aware of the situation.
He instructed them to send these three horses, including Liu Wei, to the frontlines of the battlefield, acting as his connectors to strong individuals, like Trojan horses.
Ryuk made his way towards the other two horses, placing his hand and injecting the remaining bit of Grim Worms within them before brushing past, with Sam tagging along, unfazed on the exterior but sweating beneath.
"As you command, Liege." With a swift bow, all the cloaked figures placed their hands on the horses and lay away before one after another, vanishing.
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