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"Chapter 761: Cannot Survive Without Battling
The Assassin, whose senses were connected to Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, simultaneously felt the endless pain the moment Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts was killed by Insect Queen. It felt as if poison and digestive fluid were also injected into his own body.
Even compared to Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, whose nerves were dissolved in an instant, the pain the Assassin felt was much more conscious.
Amidst the wail, the Assassin, whose Spirit had been killed, powerlessly fell, dropping directly from the platform into the Deep Pit, where he was pierced by the sharp blade at the bottom of the pit and died in pain.
Witnessing the death of another, the Shorty who had killed his opponent instead laughed even more excitedly: "Jijijijiji, as expected, my Insect Queen is the strongest! Another perfect victory!"
Glancing at Aknadin, who sat on the High Platform, coldly watching this group of Prisoners slaughter each other, the Shorty remembered the promise Aknadin had made before. Aknadin had sworn on the life of the Pharaoh he served and his own glory as a Priest that if these Prisoners could successfully win ten consecutive Duels in the life-and-death, torture-like battles he arranged among them, he would grant that winner freedom.
Because Aknadin had even included the Pharaoh when making the promise, adding considerable credibility to his words, the Prisoners, including the Shorty, believed Aknadin. It was for that enticing freedom that they fought so seriously and desperately, offering Aknadin one bloody slaughter after another.
"More power, I need more power!"
Amidst the Shorty's laughter, the body of the Insect Queen in front of him grew slightly in size. This caused Seto to widen his eyes, and a guess surfaced in his mind: "Could it be—!?"
"Moth Wing's crimes were fraud, damaging others' property, and gambling cheating. Compared to the Assassin who attempted the Pharaoh's assassination, his committed sins were insignificant. But in the end, with his inner desire and malice continuously expanding, it turned out to be his victory." Sitting on the High Platform, Aknadin's mouth curved up,
"No, perhaps the premise was wrong from the start. From beginning to end, Moth Wing's malice was greater. Was it just that he had that evil heart but lacked the courage to commit corresponding evil deeds, which is why he only committed sins of that degree?"
"Lord Aknadin, what is this?!"
Although he already had a guess in his mind, Seto still found it difficult to conclude, or perhaps he was somewhat unwilling to believe that the idea in his heart was true. With an expression of disbelief, he looked at Aknadin sitting on the High Platform, hoping he could give him an acceptable answer.
However, Aknadin admitted it without reservation: "It's just as you thought, Seto. This is the idea you had before, to gather the Prisoners, make them slaughter each other using the Gu Method, and finally determine the strongest Spirit to obtain power that surpasses a Divine-Beast."
Aknadin's hand rested on the handrail as he looked at Seto below the platform. Noticing that Moth Wing on the Deep Pit was taking the opportunity to rest, he ordered again: "What are you doing? Do you think you have time to rest? Arrange the next battle."
"Remember, if you don't battle, you cannot survive!"
For an instant, Seto almost thought that Aknadin, sitting in the seat, was King Aknamkanon, the Previous Pharaoh he had met once when he was a child. Looking from this angle, Seto suddenly noticed that Aknadin's face bore some slight resemblance to King Aknamkanon's, and their names were also somewhat similar.
But, it must just be an illusion.
With a serious expression, Seto looked at Aknadin and said: "But Lord Aknadin, Hayato Kobayashi has already found us other means to bring power without sacrifice. It's truly absurd to still make the Prisoners continue to slaughter each other."
As he spoke, Seto glared with fierce eyes at the Guards watching over the Prisoners in the other cages in the Dungeon: "What are you doing! Make them stop!"
The Guards were reprimanded by Seto and looked at Aknadin with some hesitation, unsure whether they should follow Seto's instructions. In terms of status, they were all Aknadin's confidantes, but Seto, as a Priest, also held power over their lives and deaths. Emotionally, they, like Seto, did not want to see the bloody scene of humans infighting.
They didn't understand why Priest Aknadin, who had always been kind to others and even treated Prisoners with a benevolent heart, would suddenly undergo such a drastic change in temperament today and make them do such cruel things.
The Millennium Eye stared at the slightly hesitant Guards nearby. Aknadin also spoke seriously: "Quiet, Seto! Isn't this also what you wished to see? Compared to Spirits awakened within the heart, Spirits born from malice are much easier to grow. What makes their Spirits grow is the will to survive in the hearts of these Criminals right now."
"I heard that the Pharaoh was attacked again today, right? Even with Shada, who has awakened Spirit Power, accompanying you to protect the Pharaoh, it didn't change the result that the Pharaoh almost died, right?"
"If the Pharaoh were to die like this, it would be like a gentle push on a plate hanging precariously on the edge of a table; the Kingdom would be easily destroyed. I, who deeply love this Kingdom, do not want to see such a result. I believe you feel the same."
As if Aknadin had seen through what Seto was thinking in his heart, his words went straight to the core: "So, Seto, you don't want the Pharaoh to be in danger again, right?"
"To achieve this, what we need is not a strong heart, but power, more power!"
Aknadin's line of sight returned to above the Deep Pit. Seto followed Aknadin's line of sight and saw that Moth Wing, who had won before, had achieved victory once again during this time. The size of the Insect Queen had grown larger again, and the aura it possessed now was somewhat close to the strong Stone Tablet Monsters Seto held.
Furthermore, due to the change in viewing angle, Seto also saw a faintly glowing mark of the Eye of Udjat on Moth Wing's forehead. The will to survive that allowed his Spirit to grow through consecutive victories seemed to come from the power of the Millennium Eye held by Aknadin!?
Isn't the Millennium Eye only capable of seeing a Spirit's attribute and considered the most useless among the Millennium Items? How does it also have the ability to influence others' minds? Seto, who didn't know that Aknadin had always been hiding his capabilities, thought this was strange.
As Aknadin watched Moth Wing win once again, he glanced at Seto beside him and completed the unspoken latter half of his sentence in his mind: "And, after the Pharaoh dies, a new Pharaoh!"
Another Chapter, Moth Wing's Death (lol)
Seto and Hayato's Determination Chapter
(End of Chapter)
The Assassin, whose senses were connected to Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, simultaneously felt the endless pain the moment Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts was killed by Insect Queen. It felt as if poison and digestive fluid were also injected into his own body.
Even compared to Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, whose nerves were dissolved in an instant, the pain the Assassin felt was much more conscious.
Amidst the wail, the Assassin, whose Spirit had been killed, powerlessly fell, dropping directly from the platform into the Deep Pit, where he was pierced by the sharp blade at the bottom of the pit and died in pain.
Witnessing the death of another, the Shorty who had killed his opponent instead laughed even more excitedly: "Jijijijiji, as expected, my Insect Queen is the strongest! Another perfect victory!"
Glancing at Aknadin, who sat on the High Platform, coldly watching this group of Prisoners slaughter each other, the Shorty remembered the promise Aknadin had made before. Aknadin had sworn on the life of the Pharaoh he served and his own glory as a Priest that if these Prisoners could successfully win ten consecutive Duels in the life-and-death, torture-like battles he arranged among them, he would grant that winner freedom.
Because Aknadin had even included the Pharaoh when making the promise, adding considerable credibility to his words, the Prisoners, including the Shorty, believed Aknadin. It was for that enticing freedom that they fought so seriously and desperately, offering Aknadin one bloody slaughter after another.
"More power, I need more power!"
Amidst the Shorty's laughter, the body of the Insect Queen in front of him grew slightly in size. This caused Seto to widen his eyes, and a guess surfaced in his mind: "Could it be—!?"
"Moth Wing's crimes were fraud, damaging others' property, and gambling cheating. Compared to the Assassin who attempted the Pharaoh's assassination, his committed sins were insignificant. But in the end, with his inner desire and malice continuously expanding, it turned out to be his victory." Sitting on the High Platform, Aknadin's mouth curved up,
"No, perhaps the premise was wrong from the start. From beginning to end, Moth Wing's malice was greater. Was it just that he had that evil heart but lacked the courage to commit corresponding evil deeds, which is why he only committed sins of that degree?"
"Lord Aknadin, what is this?!"
Although he already had a guess in his mind, Seto still found it difficult to conclude, or perhaps he was somewhat unwilling to believe that the idea in his heart was true. With an expression of disbelief, he looked at Aknadin sitting on the High Platform, hoping he could give him an acceptable answer.
However, Aknadin admitted it without reservation: "It's just as you thought, Seto. This is the idea you had before, to gather the Prisoners, make them slaughter each other using the Gu Method, and finally determine the strongest Spirit to obtain power that surpasses a Divine-Beast."
Aknadin's hand rested on the handrail as he looked at Seto below the platform. Noticing that Moth Wing on the Deep Pit was taking the opportunity to rest, he ordered again: "What are you doing? Do you think you have time to rest? Arrange the next battle."
"Remember, if you don't battle, you cannot survive!"
For an instant, Seto almost thought that Aknadin, sitting in the seat, was King Aknamkanon, the Previous Pharaoh he had met once when he was a child. Looking from this angle, Seto suddenly noticed that Aknadin's face bore some slight resemblance to King Aknamkanon's, and their names were also somewhat similar.
But, it must just be an illusion.
With a serious expression, Seto looked at Aknadin and said: "But Lord Aknadin, Hayato Kobayashi has already found us other means to bring power without sacrifice. It's truly absurd to still make the Prisoners continue to slaughter each other."
As he spoke, Seto glared with fierce eyes at the Guards watching over the Prisoners in the other cages in the Dungeon: "What are you doing! Make them stop!"
The Guards were reprimanded by Seto and looked at Aknadin with some hesitation, unsure whether they should follow Seto's instructions. In terms of status, they were all Aknadin's confidantes, but Seto, as a Priest, also held power over their lives and deaths. Emotionally, they, like Seto, did not want to see the bloody scene of humans infighting.
They didn't understand why Priest Aknadin, who had always been kind to others and even treated Prisoners with a benevolent heart, would suddenly undergo such a drastic change in temperament today and make them do such cruel things.
The Millennium Eye stared at the slightly hesitant Guards nearby. Aknadin also spoke seriously: "Quiet, Seto! Isn't this also what you wished to see? Compared to Spirits awakened within the heart, Spirits born from malice are much easier to grow. What makes their Spirits grow is the will to survive in the hearts of these Criminals right now."
"I heard that the Pharaoh was attacked again today, right? Even with Shada, who has awakened Spirit Power, accompanying you to protect the Pharaoh, it didn't change the result that the Pharaoh almost died, right?"
"If the Pharaoh were to die like this, it would be like a gentle push on a plate hanging precariously on the edge of a table; the Kingdom would be easily destroyed. I, who deeply love this Kingdom, do not want to see such a result. I believe you feel the same."
As if Aknadin had seen through what Seto was thinking in his heart, his words went straight to the core: "So, Seto, you don't want the Pharaoh to be in danger again, right?"
"To achieve this, what we need is not a strong heart, but power, more power!"
Aknadin's line of sight returned to above the Deep Pit. Seto followed Aknadin's line of sight and saw that Moth Wing, who had won before, had achieved victory once again during this time. The size of the Insect Queen had grown larger again, and the aura it possessed now was somewhat close to the strong Stone Tablet Monsters Seto held.
Furthermore, due to the change in viewing angle, Seto also saw a faintly glowing mark of the Eye of Udjat on Moth Wing's forehead. The will to survive that allowed his Spirit to grow through consecutive victories seemed to come from the power of the Millennium Eye held by Aknadin!?
Isn't the Millennium Eye only capable of seeing a Spirit's attribute and considered the most useless among the Millennium Items? How does it also have the ability to influence others' minds? Seto, who didn't know that Aknadin had always been hiding his capabilities, thought this was strange.
As Aknadin watched Moth Wing win once again, he glanced at Seto beside him and completed the unspoken latter half of his sentence in his mind: "And, after the Pharaoh dies, a new Pharaoh!"
Another Chapter, Moth Wing's Death (lol)
Seto and Hayato's Determination Chapter
(End of Chapter)
