Living in the darkness, imagining that he was a stone, his breathing became long, slow, and gradually stopped. Even his heart beat slowed down.
Gong Hao felt like he was a part of this darkness. It was silent and silent, like a shadow.
Not only did his aura change, even his skin changed.
Originally, after entering the Bronze Rank, his skin would show a faint green color as he circulated his Battle Energy. However, at this moment, the green color gradually faded, and the color of his skin deepened.
If Lancelot was here, he would definitely exclaim in shock because that was the sign that he was about to enter the Black Iron Warrior Stage.
Merely hiding and concealing allowed him to advance. This kid was indeed a genius.
However, this was mainly because Gong Hao's current actions were in line with the principle of taking advantage of the situation.
The ten ranks of warriors represented ten different levels. The initial level was to strengthen one's body. To put it bluntly, it was to make one's strength stronger. It was just like how the stronger workers would do more work, so they were naturally more popular than the weaker ones. Entering the second stage was to follow the flow. The so-called following the flow was to begin to understand the rules of how things worked and learn to act according to the rules. It was just like how some of the quick-witted workers began to understand how to do things according to the rules. This was obviously much more promising than selling their strength.
Hiding himself in the darkness was in accordance with the Dao of Heaven and Earth. Gong Hao was afraid of being discovered by the people in the valley, so he held his breath and calmed down, which met the requirements of this stage. In the past year, he had been conscientious and cautious in everything he did. He had a thorough understanding of the way of going with the flow. That was why he could break through to Level Two so quickly in just a year, even when he had less cultivation time than other warriors.
As the saying goes, twice the result with half the effort. If one grasped a good method and followed the requirements of cultivating the heart and body, the speed would naturally be much faster.
However, Gong Hao wasn't in the mood to be happy about his advancement.
Because at this moment, the castle in the distance suddenly cried out in alarm.
"Lord Pierre!" "Look!" an apprentice shouted, pointing at the castle.”
The people in the valley turned their attention to the castle outside the valley. It could be seen that the castle seemed to be under some kind of attack at the moment.
This was the first time something like this had happened in the twenty years of history of Purgatory Island.
The wind carried Pierre's anxious words,""The few of you, follow me back to the castle immediately. Neil, you stay here and guard this place. I'll give you the token to command the puppet warriors. Before we return, don't do anything. Just guard this place.”
"Yes, my lord." The apprentice named Neil replied.
A few figures hurriedly passed by Gong Hao, but Gong Hao was in no hurry to appear.
Five sounds were heard from the sound trap. It was caused by Pierre and the four acolytes passing by.
The number was correct.
Gong Hao smiled slightly before revealing himself in the darkness.
He was like a traveler, walking in the valley openly.
"Shuiglaire? Why are you here?" Neil, who had stayed behind, cried out in shock.
"Wizard Neil, nice to meet you.”Xiu Yi was as polite as ever.
"Xiu Yi, Xiu Yi! I'm here!" Not far away, Finkle shouted for help."You really came, you really came to save me!”
"What a pity." " I see." Neil shook his head helplessly." Looks like you've discovered our secret."”
"That's not hard to guess, is it? Wizard Neil."
"You're absolutely right, Glaer. You're much smarter than I thought, but I don't understand why you don't continue pretending.”
A beautiful smile appeared on Gong Hao's face."My good friend is here. I have to save him.”
"This is really stupid. Smart people would always do stupid things. It seems that the chaos in the castle was also caused by you?”
"I only released a few magical beasts. They crave freedom too much.”
"It was indeed planned by you. Shuiglaire, you're dead." Neil confidently took out the talisman that could command the puppet warriors.
Gong Hao looked at the shattered flesh and blood on the ground. Just during the day, these youths were his work partners, but now, they had already lost their vitality.
Except for Finkle, everyone else was dead.
Then, he looked up at the apprentice and said,""No, Neil, all of this was planned by you.”
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In the dark valley, an apprentice and a head servant stood facing each other.
"Shuiglaire, I have to say that you are the smartest and stupidest servant I have ever seen.”Neil's tone was filled with regret. He waved the talisman in his hand."Andrew admires you very much, and we like you too. You are even protected by that little princess. If you had kept silent like this, you wouldn't have died so quickly. But you just couldn't wait to stand out, which made me have no choice but to kill you. Even if he made the princess sad, there was nothing he could do.”
"But sooner or later, you'll die, right?"
"The Spirit Seed has been planted, so there's nothing we can do about it. However, we originally planned to let you be the last person to have the Spirit Seed taken out.”
"Well said. It's like a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. The master's kindness is to kill the one that produces the most milk last.”
"You should learn to be content, Glaer.”
"Then can you tell me why you did this?”
"Why?" " Why?" Neil asked in surprise." Why?" Was there a need to ask? You have to know that everything we are doing now is the greatest invention! Do you think you can use humans to carry out all kinds of experiments? You are wrong! They were all great experiments! Each of them represented the greatest achievement in alchemy! Do you know what magic patterns are? Do you know what a Soul Seed is? You don't know anything. Think about the flesh puppets and undead puppets made from their flesh, blood, souls, and bones. These are just by-products of experiments. Can you understand that we are building glory? This was a contribution to the empire! A great contribution! You actually asked me why? This is ridiculous."
"So you killed him? And they're all underage?"
"Oh, don't talk to me like an adult. Are you an adult? One had to know that a Soul Seed required a healthy and energetic life, and a youth was indeed much easier to manage than an adult. Their sacrifice was a necessary contribution. They should be proud that they could become one of the Empire's most powerful weapons.”
"I don't mind letting you become a part of those weapons. I hope you can be proud of it.”
" You're not sure?" Neil chuckled." Glaer, you still don't understand the current situation." Do you think alchemists are easy to deal with? No, you're wrong. Perhaps I should show you that even an apprentice is not someone a servant can easily deal with.”
As he spoke, he waved his hand lightly.
Not far away, a few puppet warriors strode over. Neil said proudly.
With the puppet warrior here, Neil had every reason to believe that he could deal with this kid who was secretly causing trouble.
"Glaer, if you have any last words, hurry up and say them. Before Lord Pierre returns, I hope to settle everything.”
"There are just a few small problems.”
"Then you're in luck. I'm in a good mood.”
"What exactly is a spiritual seed? I don't believe that alchemists can create such an evil life.”
"We didn't create it, we just discovered it. That was after we came to Purgatory Island. We accidentally discovered a Dimensional Gate in the center of Purgatory Island.”
"Dimensional Gate?"
"That's right." "You didn't expect this, did you?" Neil chuckled. Purgatory Island had a Dimensional Door that led to the Abyss World. It was a terrifying world filled with destructive storms. The entire world was a scorched earth, and the lives inside were all incomparably powerful. The Soul Seed was found near the Dimensional Gate. We believe that this thing is most likely a monster from the Abyss. They were cold, cruel, bloodthirsty, and most importantly, they were powerful. However, they could only grow through parasitism. It just so happened that flesh puppets and death puppets needed fresh lives, and mageweath experiments could only be carried out on humans. Therefore, Master Heinz personally formulated this plan. Let the empire send a batch of young servants over every month. We will secretly place the demon seeds into your bodies through your diet and let them grow in your bodies until they are taken out one day. One had to know that they were even more powerful than the flesh puppets. They were born with the strength of a third-grade warrior, but the important thing was that they could cultivate.”
"You can cultivate it?" Gong Hao was shocked.
"That's right. I've already said that they're not magic puppets that we created. They're life forms unique to the Abyss. We call them Mo Ling. Since Mo Ling is an intelligent life form, they can naturally cultivate. They were cruel by nature and loved to fight. With a little training, they could become the best killing machines. They had a natural ability to resist battle energy, and were good at hiding and close combat. They were extremely fast and were the best assassins. As long as they were willing, even a Constellation Warrior would not be able to detect their existence.”
His battle energy couldn't find them? An assassin who was good at hiding. No wonder he couldn't find the existence of the spirit seed no matter how hard he tried to use his inner vision. It turned out that they were born with this kind of talent.
But most importantly, according to Neil, every Soul Seed was a Level 3 Warrior from the moment it was born. After further training, it would become an even more powerful existence.
A team of assassins with the strength of a fifth to sixth-tier warrior... Gong Hao knew what that meant. The entire continent did not even have a large-scale army that could be formed by warriors above grade-6. Now, the Lance Empire had one, and it had assassins that were stronger than ordinary warriors of the same grade.
No wonder they could sweep away everything!
"But it's a pity." "There aren't many spirit seeds left. The energy storm of the Dimensional Gate was too powerful. No life could easily enter and exit. Back then, he had only collected the Spirit Seeds scattered around the Dimensional Gate. If he could enter the Abyss, he might make even greater discoveries.”
"Then how did they appear near the door? Did he come here on his own?"
"No one knows. There were too many mysteries in this world that humans needed to explore. To the Lance Empire, these spiritual seeds were the gifts of the gods, and they were the leverage to make the empire stronger. Otherwise…Glaer, do you think that the Lance Empire can easily defeat the surrounding countries with just a few ordinary puppet warriors? No, it was because there were better weapons here.”
"Then, there is another problem. Why don't you let anyone live here for more than a year?”
"Is there a need to ask?" Neil shrugged and laughed. After living here for a long time, there would always be people who would suspect. At first, they were just suspicious, but later on, they would act. You have to know that there were smart people before you. Therefore, Andrew later made a rule that no one was allowed to stay here for too long to avoid unnecessary losses. You're the only exception, Theuiglaire, but you'll be the last. After I kill you today, I believe that neither Master Heinz nor Lord Andrew will show mercy to any servant.”
As he spoke, Neil waved the token in his hand.""I've already said what I need to say. Now, you can go die with that kid Finkle. What a pity. Before tonight, I still liked you very much. Especially since you helped me get out of that annoying clerk job. But now, I can only kill you. I hope Lord Pierre won't make me return to the library because of this. That place is so boring.”
"Kill him." Neil ordered.
To his surprise, the puppet warrior did not move.
"I said kill him!" Neil shouted at the puppet warrior beside him.
"Don't waste your energy. They won't do as you say.”
Neil suddenly turned around and glared at Gong Hao."Glaer, what did you do to them?”
"You know I can't come here without any preparation.”Gong Hao replied indifferently. He walked over and untied Finkle's rope.
As soon as he was put down, Finkle threw himself into his arms and cried,"Oh my god, it's too scary. They were demons! They killed Kip, Bowman, Fisher, and everyone else! Everyone is dead."
"Yes, everyone is dead, including Saker, Caesar, and many others. All the people they took away were dead. Finkle, do you now understand why I want you to do your job well?”
"You should have told me earlier." Fanner looked at Gong Hao with tears in his eyes.
"You're only twelve years old, Finkle. I don't want you to experience all this too early." This was too cruel for a child.”
Although he was not old, it was only Shuiglaer's body. To Gong Hao, his mentality was already that of an adult. Gong Hao gently patted Finkle's back."I didn't want you to know. At least you wouldn't have to be as careful as I am in this year's life. To you, that will be a very painful torture. I just want to protect you."
Finkle hugged Gong Hao, unwilling to let go for a second.
Gong Hao said softly,"Alright, Finkle, don't be nervous. You're hugging me until I can't breathe." Since you didn't die just now, you won't die now. Listen to me, I'll take you away from here in a while. I've built a raft in the forest not far from the port. The raft was simple and could only fit one person. I also put in some water and food. You can go there to find a raft and push it into the sea. Then, you can row as hard as you can in one direction. Remember, as long as you don't give up, you'll always find land. As long as you reach land, you will be able to survive.”
Gong Hao had originally prepared it for himself. If Andrew didn't plan to make an exception for him, the raft would come in handy. However, there was no need to stay now.
"What about you?"
"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about me.”
"How did you do it, Glaer?" Neil shouted from not far away.”
He couldn't understand why he couldn't control those puppet warriors.
Gong Hao turned his head slightly and glanced at Neil."Strange, right? I'm clearly not an alchemist, so how can I make you unable to control the puppet warrior?”
He gently pushed Finkle away and walked towards Neil.""Do you still remember the time the little princess came? I was once fortunate enough to temporarily obtain the command of the puppet warriors. I really wasn't an alchemist, so I didn't know how to make puppet warriors, nor did I know how to make those command tokens. However, this did not stop me from studying its composition.”
"Damn it, so you planned this all along! I knew I couldn't give you lowly servants any chance!”"But I don't understand how you did it." Neil roared crazily. You don't understand alchemy at all. Even if I gave it to you, you wouldn't be able to crack it! Even Lord Pierre couldn't do this!”
"That's right, I really can't crack it, but why do I have to crack it?”Gong Hao smiled and asked,"I discovered that the command talisman is made of a special material. I've seen this material in a book. It can establish a connection through energy." Then, the specific orders were transmitted through the magic array on the token.”
Gong Hao looked at Neil with a smile in his eyes." Thus, I realized that other than copying command tokens, seizing control, or directly destroying the puppet warriors, there are other ways to achieve my goal. I chose the simplest method, which was to use an item with strong energy to interfere with the energy fluctuations in space. This way, I could directly cut off the connection between the token and the puppet warrior. If your orders can't be delivered, of course they won't make a move. Look, it's not hard, it's always easier to destroy than to build, right? To make an invention, one needed to put in a lot of effort, but to destroy an invention, one only needed to destroy one of them. It was just like a machine with a compact structure. It might not work to hit it with gravity, but removing a screw could make it fall apart…Although the method of energy interference was not perfect, for example, it could only be used near the controller. It was not suitable for the battlefield, and it was not suitable for people who were prepared, but it was enough for the current situation.”
He flipped his left hand slightly, revealing the bright red agate-like thing.
"Look, this is a very precious ore that I asked my friend on the Freedom to bring to me. It's called Blood Agate.”
After Neil summoned the puppet warrior, Gong Hao used it to release a strong spatial energy disturbance. Unless Neil and the puppet warrior were a certain distance away from him, he would not be able to command the puppet warrior.
"I knew I shouldn't have made an exception for you. You're a genius, Glaer. You can even think of such a simple method.”" You've never learned alchemy," Neil praised." You actually invented a method to deal with puppet warriors." If you were given the chance, you might become the greatest alchemist.”
"It's a pity that you didn't give it to me, so I came to take it myself.”
"You want to learn alchemy?" Neil was stunned. Didn't you want to save Finkle and escape?”
"Who said…my goal is to escape?”
Gong Hao raised his head slightly, and his eyes revealed a cold killing intent. In the next moment, Dou Qi filled his entire body.
"My goal is to kill all of you.”he said coldly.
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