my pokemon player.

Cliff clenched his hands tightly and immediately turned to look at Priest Kalina. Sure enough, he saw that her eyes were fixed on this man.

Priest Kalina has always been fickle, and if she takes a fancy to this man, she will definitely lose her favor.

No! I can't just sit there and wait for death!
Clive's knuckles cracked as he looked down at the man at the bottom of the stairs. The smile on the man's lips pierced his eyes like a thorn.

"How dare you!" He took a half step forward and was the first to challenge: "How dare you not greet the High Priest!"

Karina seemed to be disturbed by Cliff's voice. She gradually came to her senses, but she was still reluctant to look away. She scolded without turning her head:
"Shut up! Did I ask you to talk?"

"But."

"call out--"

Just as Cliff was about to speak, he was interrupted by the sound of a whip breaking through the air.

He staggered to the ground, ignoring the pain on his left face, and looked up at Karina in disbelief, only to see the whip wrapped around the woman's fingertips still trembling.

Although Karina was moody and would whip her subordinates for fun from time to time, as Karina's confidant and male favorite, he was still somewhat decent in the past and was rarely beaten in front of other members.

Now he was going to be whipped for just asking this man a question. This made Cliff's heart feel as if it was being bitten by a poisonous snake, and was filled with jealousy and anger.

Karina ignored Cliff's reaction, her eyes still glued to Li Xiang's face.

A gust of sea breeze suddenly blew past, lifting the strands of hair on Li Xiang's forehead. The sunlight shattered into golden powder on his eyelashes, reflecting the smile in his memory.

Karina's pupils suddenly contracted, as if she saw the man buried deep in her memory, his smile was so warm.

When he was abducted by the Shadow Church to participate in the Blood Prison Trial, he almost died on the first day. It was he who came against the light and saved him.

The smile on his face at that time was more dazzling than the summer sun, and was deeply imprinted in my heart.

Karina seemed to see the man reappear in front of her in a trance, smiling and saying to her:
"Karina, long time no see."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Karina murmured to herself, a look of nostalgia and sadness in her eyes.

"Master Priest?" A clear voice brought Karina back to reality.

She looked up and saw the man below smiling.

"Lord Monroe said that you ordered my rescue, so I wanted to express my gratitude to you in person."

"Save?" Karina suddenly laughed, and the gold chain jingled around her ankle.

She walked down the stairs, came in front of Li Xiang, and lifted his chin with her bright red nails.

"My subordinates should have already told you our identities and the reason why we captured you on board."

"Ordinary people like you go to Blood Prison Island to die. Even so, do you still want to thank me?"

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief:
"Of course, no matter what, you have given me a chance to live. As for whether I can grasp it, that is my own business."

Looking at the smile on Li Xiang's face, Karina was stunned for a moment.

She couldn't help but touch Li Xiang's cheek. There was vitality under his warm skin, which was completely different from the gradually cooling palms in her memory.

"You must live!"

Karina seemed to hear a familiar voice ringing in her ears again. Her palms trembled slightly, and her nails slowly dug into Li Xiang's cheeks.

"When you smile," Karina's expression was particularly complicated, "it's an eyesore."

Li Xiang felt the pain on his face and frowned slightly.

But the corners of his mouth were still stubbornly raised, and he tried hard to maintain his sunny personality, trying to win Karina's favor.

"Then you can look at it more often in the future. Once you get used to it, it won't be an eyesore anymore." Li Xiang said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cliff let out a loud shout.

"How dare you! Who do you think you are? How dare you speak to the High Priest like that!"

After saying that, Cliff drew out a dagger and rushed towards Li Xiang. He wanted to seize the opportunity to eliminate this threat!
As a result, before he could rush to Li Xiang, the whip wrapped around his neck like a vine and then pulled him to the ground.

"Didn't I tell you to shut up?"

Karina retracted the whip with her right hand, and held Li Xiang with her left hand and spun around, as if she was protecting Li Xiang.

Although Li Xiang is taller than Karina, the scene does not look out of place at all.

Karina raised her head slightly and saw the other person's red ears, and her heart was touched again.

She recalled the way the man looked when he hugged her for the first time. He said he would take her out of Blood Prison Island, but he broke his promise in the end and was buried on the island forever.

Karina suddenly pushed Li Xiang away and subconsciously took two steps back. The fingers holding the whip suddenly tightened, and her nails dug deeply into the flesh.

Li Xiang looked at Karina, who protected him one moment and pushed him away the next, and felt a little confused.

How come this woman changes her attitude faster than turning the pages of a book?
Why does she look at herself as if she is reminiscing about an old friend?

Li Xiang couldn't figure it out in a short period of time, so he simply stopped thinking about it. The most important thing at the moment was to gain Karina's favor.

So he lowered his eyelashes, casting a fragile shadow under the sunlight, and apologized softly:

"I'm sorry, please forgive my offense. I just want to thank you. If you don't like my smile, I won't smile anymore in the future."

"Oh, that's not right." Li Xiang seemed to suddenly remember something and said in a casual tone, "It seems that I have no future. This may be the last time I see you."

When Karina heard this, her heart suddenly tightened, and she felt a strong sense of sourness and annoyance.

It's strange. The person in front of me is just similar to that man in appearance and temperament. Why do I feel reluctant to leave him?
This is clearly a blasphemy against that man!

But I really don’t want to experience the feeling of loss again. That feeling is a hundred times more painful than the abuse I have ever suffered!
Karina took a deep breath, forced herself to look away, turned her back and walked towards the stairs.

Cliff was overjoyed when he saw this, he knew that Karina would not fall for a pretty boy!
But I still have to be on guard against this kid and find an opportunity to cut his face.

If Karina hadn't required that the number of people participating in the trial must meet the standard, he wouldn't have let this kid see the moon tonight!

Thinking of this, Cliff gave Li Xiang and Monroe a ferocious and complacent smile.

Monroe shook his head helplessly and sighed silently.

It seems that my plan has failed and my life will be difficult in the future.

As for what to do with Li Xiang? That was none of his business. He couldn't even protect himself, so why would he care about Li Xiang's life or death?

Li Xiang also felt a little disappointed. He had wanted to sacrifice himself and take a shortcut to increase the success rate of the mission.

Who would have thought that instead of taking the shortcut, they offended a powerful person, and the difficulty of the task increased instead of decreased.

In fact, when he saw Cliff, he felt that Karina might look down on him.

After all, his image is very different from Cliff's. Cliff is a burly man, but he has a baby face and looks like a teenager.

To use a term from the real world, he and Cliff are one puppy and one muscular man, and their images and temperaments are completely opposite.

Since Karina chose Cliff as her male lover, it means that she prefers muscular men.

If he had the physical fitness of the real world, he would still have a chance. Just based on his small body in the game, it was normal that Karina didn't like him. It was a pity that this task might be difficult to complete, but he would not give up easily.

Just as Li Xiang was thinking about what to do next, Karina's voice suddenly came to his ears.

"What are you doing standing there? Come on, hurry up!"

Li Xiang looked in the direction of the voice and saw Karina standing on the stairs, waving at him.

"Ah? Are you talking to me?" Li Xiang pointed at himself.

Karina asked back expressionlessly, "What else?"

"Then where are you taking me?" Li Xiang asked subconsciously, and then he wanted to slap himself.

If someone asks you to go, just go. Why are you talking so much?
Li Xiang was about to explain when he saw Karina turn her head slightly and said in an unnatural tone:

"I'll take you to the captain's room to change your clothes. Your clothes are dirty and smelly. They pollute my eyes."

Perhaps realizing that her explanation was a bit redundant, Karina immediately raised her neck and glared at Li Xiang:
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Why don't you come up quickly? Do you want me to go down and invite you in person?!"

"No, no, I'll go with you now."

Li Xiang hurriedly trotted up the stairs and followed Karina happily.

Cliff and Monroe listened to the conversation between the two, shock written all over their faces.

Li Xiang didn't know what the captain's room meant, but how could they not know?

The captain's room is Karina's private space, and no one else is allowed to enter. Even Cliff, the male favorite, can only enter the captain's room when he is receiving training.

Now Karina actually wants to take Li to the captain's room to change clothes. Could they be hallucinating?

Looking at the two people who were about to leave, Cliff shouted in a hurry:
"Lady Karina, I just want to change my clothes, why should I trouble you?"

"Shut up!" Karina turned her head and looked at Cliff, her eyes full of coldness.

"Including this time, I have ordered you to shut up three times. You should know that my patience is limited."

As Karina spoke, she took out the whip from her waist and threw it to Monroe.

"Monroe, right? Give him ten lashes for me to teach him a lesson!"

"As ordered!"

Monroe took the whip and tried hard to hold back his smile, fearing that he would laugh out loud.

"Next time, I won't whip you with an ordinary whip, but with the Flame Queen Lizard's flaming whip."

"Also, don't call me by my name anymore. Call me High Priest!"

Kalina snorted coldly, then took Li Xiang to the captain's room.

Looking at the two people's backs as they left, Cliff was so angry that his back teeth were almost broken.

Unexpectedly, Karina was really fascinated by that boy and didn't even let herself call his name.

"Don't look at it. There will be many more scenes like this in the future. You have plenty of time to watch them slowly."

Monroe's words stabbed Cliff in the chest again, and he shouted angrily:
"Impossible! Lady Karina is just trying to have fun for a while, she will get bored soon!"

"You also know that the High Priest loves new things and hates old things, so why don't you think about how old you are?"

Monroe's tone was calm, but it sounded particularly harsh to Cliff.

"I am different. Lady Karina loves me!"

He said this as if he was both refuting Monroe and comforting himself.

"Oh, your brain is filled with stinky mud, right?" Monroe sneered, "How could the priest be moved?"

He took out Karina's whip and whipped Cliff hard.

"what!"

Cliff was already weak, and the whip made him wail.

"This is a whipping of your own will. Your predecessors may have had the same idea, but they all disappeared in the end." Monroe said sinisterly.

"No, I'm different from them. Lady Karina is..."

Before Cliff could finish his words, Monroe whipped him again.

"I'm whipping you for not obeying orders. The High Priest told you not to call her name anymore, but you're still yelling!"

After two consecutive whippings, Cliff could no longer sit still and lay on the ground in a mess.

But he still said stubbornly: "Even if Master Ka Priest is temporarily deceived by that kid, he still has to participate in the Blood Prison Trial."

"Besides, that kid's body can't stand the training of the High Priest. Maybe he will be beaten to death by the High Prisoner before he lands on Blood Prison Island!"

Monroe paused what he was doing when he heard this, and thought to himself.

"What Cliff said makes sense. Although the priest will definitely help that kid secretly in the Blood Prison Trial, he may not be able to hold on until the Blood Prison Island."

"If there is no new male favorite to replace him, Cliff may regain the favor of the High Priest, and then my good life will be ruined. I might as well take the opportunity to beat Cliff to death."

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Monroe's eyes, but he quickly dismissed the thought.

Priest Kalina just asked him to teach Cliff a lesson and had no intention of killing him.

If he killed Cliff without authorization, it would undoubtedly be a slap in the face of Priest Kalina, and his end would not be good.

Besides, Cliff is not an ordinary person. If he is forced into a corner, he will summon monsters to resist.

So Monroe could only suppress his surging murderous intent and continue whipping Cliff, while praying silently in his heart.

"Xianyu, you better hold on for a while longer!"

At the same time, Li Xiang followed Karina to the captain's room.

He looked around the room and found that it was not quite the same as the ancient captain's room he had imagined.

The room was not dirty or messy. All the furniture was arranged in an orderly manner. There was no unpleasant smell, but instead a special fragrance could be smelled.

The only thing worth noting was that there were various items similar to torture instruments hanging on the wall, such as iron chains and shackles, spiked leather whips, and a large candle on the cabinet beside the bed.

This candle should not only be used for lighting, right?

Li Xiang was amazed in his heart, this priestess was really good at playing around!

With so many tricks, it’s no wonder that Cliff, who is obviously strong, walks so unsteadily.

If nothing unexpected happens, Cliff will soon be unable to hold on, and no one knows who will replace him.
and many more!

Li Xiang reacted suddenly.

Isn't this unlucky guy me? (End of this chapter)