To Lynch's surprise, the Dark Bible remained sealed!
The Dark Bible, bound by thin silver chains, was stained with blood and white slime because it had been placed under the two of them, but the seal remained intact!
"Snapped!"
"Could it be that I'm doing something wrong?" Just as Lin Qi was questioning his life, suddenly, a crisp cracking sound came from one of the six silver chains, and the next moment, one of the six chains snapped.
"Dark Bible [Sealed 5/6]: Tier 6 Epic. Charm +20, Intelligence +15, Stamina +13, Agility +3. Attached Skills: Charm, Mind Suggestion, Modification, Dark Pact, Contract Space, Dark Shuttle."
When I looked at the Dark Bible again, I found that its attributes had indeed changed. Not only had the additional attributes increased, but it also had three more skills!
"The Dark Scripture has broken one seal. Since the first seal was broken with the blood of a virgin, the remaining seals can only be broken with the same type of blood. Breaking the second seal requires the blood of three different women and a single tear of sincerity."
"Contract Space: A contract space used to store contracted creatures. Current contracted creatures: 0/3."
"Was the special blood mentioned in the description of emotions previously undirected? But I still feel that directed blood is more exciting... But what is 'Tears of Sincerity'?"
What left Lin Qi somewhat speechless was that it turned out that other blood could be used to break the seal on the Dark Bible. However, due to the Dark Bible's nature, Lin Qi mistakenly thought that it required the use of... that kind of blood to break the seal. But any normal person would have thought of the same kind of blood first.
Moreover, even if Lin Qi were given the choice, he would not hesitate to choose to break the seal in the current way. The process was very enjoyable, wasn't it? However, Lin Qi did not expect that breaking the second seal would require another item. Although it was given a name, Lin Qi was completely confused.
Lin Qi chose not to think about things he couldn't understand for the time being. After all, there were still too many questions in this game world. Lin Qi turned his attention to the three new skills in the Dark Bible, and his eyes immediately lit up!
"Dark Contract: Sign a contract with a female character in the game scene on your own free will. After the contract is established, the character's rank will be reduced to the player's level and she will become the player's permanent contracted creature, which cannot be betrayed."
"Contract Space: A contract space used to store contracted creatures. Current contracted creatures: 0/3."
"Darkness Shuttle: Allows you to move freely in dimly lit places with shadows. It consumes 10 mana per meter when moving and 20 mana per second when stationary. Cooldown time is 180 minutes."
The Dark Bible truly lives up to its name as a dark holy book! The combined skills are practically designed for subjugating female slaves—no, female heroes! The Dark Contract sounds nice, claiming it's based on free will, but only a brainless woman would sign such a contract of servitude. However! Don't forget, the Dark Bible comes with charm and mind control! If the other person becomes your worshipper, then whatever you say goes!
As for the final Dark Shuttle, it's practically a god-tier escape technique, but unfortunately, it consumes a lot of energy. With Lynch's current magic power, he can only move 25 meters, and the cooldown time is too long.
With his new skill, Lynch naturally wanted to try it out. The only thing that frustrated Lynch was that the Dark Queen's attributes were weakened by 80%! (MISSING) However, her attributes were still higher than Lynch's. The success rate of charm depends on the difference in attributes. Lynch exhausted all the magic crystals he had before he finally managed to get Orica Disklentia into the charm's worshipper state.
"As the holder of the Dark Scripture, I, in the name of darkness, forge an eternal and unchanging pact with you, Orica Disklentia. Do you willingly and voluntarily enter into this pact with me, for eternity?"
Lin Qi immediately used the Dark Pact on the Dark Queen. A black magic swirled at Lin Qi's fingertips, forming a special magic symbol, which he then held up before her. Although the Dark Goddess had become Lin Qi's worshipper, she still showed a hint of struggle as she formed the pact. Lin Qi immediately cast a mental suggestion.
"I am willing."
The Dark Queen then raised her head, allowing Lin Qi to place the magic symbol on her head. Instantly, the magic symbol entered the Dark Queen's head, and the Dark Queen suddenly disappeared from Lin Qi's sight. A purplish-black light shone on the Dark Bible.
Open the Dark Bible, and the first page reads: "The night does not signify the end, but rather a new beginning."
The second page features an image of the Dark Queen, Orica Disklentia, with detailed attributes marked next to her. Following that are two blank pages, which are clearly the remaining two contract spaces.
"I feel like I've seen a bright future, and suddenly I'm filled with hope and passion! The world of the Black Beasts isn't just about the Dark Queen; the Seven Shields Alliance has seven nations... Damn! I only have two contract slots left! I need to choose carefully! But what if I want all seven girls?! What exactly is the Tear of Sincerity?! Wait! Something's not right! My mission objective is to collect ten beginner badges... How did it turn into collecting girls?! Oh well, I'll complete the badge collection mission while I'm collecting girls..."
Chapter 7 7
The world of the Black Beasts is called the continent of Ostia. The north of this world is a barren desert, where most of the evil alien races have been driven. The rich continent is occupied by seven great nations, which act as a defensive line to block the southward advance of the alien races. However, occasionally, cunning alien races will still break through the defenses and commit evil deeds. The warriors of the seven nations have no time to deal with every escaped alien race, so mercenaries gradually began to emerge among the seven nations. As time went by, more and more warriors who did not want to join the seven nations joined mercenary groups. The Black Beast Mercenary Group, founded by Bolt, is considered one of the best in the entire mercenary ranks.
With the rise of the Black City and the appearance of the Dark Queen, more and more alien races were influenced by the Dark Queen and gained powerful strength. The alien races, which were originally scattered, began to gradually unite together.
Organized and planned invasions began to spread south time and again. However, under the prophecy of the High Elf Goddess of the Elf Kingdom, the seven kingdoms had already formed the Seven Shields Alliance and hired a large number of mercenary groups to help defend the fortresses. Therefore, even though the attacks of the alien races became more and more intense, the Seven Shields Alliance was still able to resist the alien races' attacks with the help of the mercenary groups.
During the century-long resistance war, the most dazzling mercenary was Usain Bolt. With his personal charisma and powerful strength, Bolt won over countless mercenary warriors. One mercenary group after another was swallowed up by the Black Beast Mercenary Group. Gradually, he became the behemoth among all mercenary groups and was even called the "King of Mercenaries" by everyone!
During the years of resistance war, Bolt had witnessed life and death. He originally intended to continue fighting for the Seven Shields Alliance until one day he died on the battlefield like other mercenaries!
Until one day, the High Elf Goddess made a new prophecy: the Dark Queen of the Black City's magic had begun to decline. The high command of the Seven Shields Alliance decided to launch a surprise attack on the Black City, intending to eliminate the root cause of the increasingly fierce attacks by the alien races once and for all, and wipe out the Black City in one fell swoop!
Bolt clearly approved of the news; ending the protracted war was something everyone would be happy to see. However, to Bolt's surprise, the Seven Shields Alliance council actually ordered him to lead all the mercenary groups as the vanguard—cannon fodder in the conventional sense! He was to directly attack Black City!
The reason for this decision is quite simple. Although the High Elf Goddess made a prophecy, neither the invasion of the alien races nor the Black City showed any signs of weakness. Therefore, the council was afraid that the prophecy would be wrong, or rather, they were afraid that a direct attack on the Black City would cause losses to their own subordinates. Even if the Dark Queen had weakened, the alien races surrounding the Black City were still powerful.
After a lot of wrangling and bickering, mercenary groups that didn't belong to any country naturally became the first casualties!
Bolt naturally refused the request without hesitation, but to his surprise, the council used the mercenaries who were severely wounded on the battlefield and the families of the mercenary groups as threats to force Bolt to compromise. In the end, Bolt chose to compromise, but this also planted the seeds of rupture and rebellion in his heart!
Undoubtedly, the mercenaries suffered heavy casualties during Bolt's attack on Black City! But even so, everyone still firmly believed that Bolt could lead them to final victory!
What the group didn't know was that the Seven Shields Alliance's army was following them not far behind, but showed no intention of providing support. Instead, they were waiting to reap the rewards of the mercenary group's victory!
In this situation, Bolt's Black Beast Mercenary Group encountered a large force of ogres. To his surprise, the ogres were in the same predicament as him!
The Inhumans aren't a single race. Like the human world, the Inhumans are rife with intrigue and backstabbing. While the ogres are intellectually inferior, they are unwilling to be cannon fodder. It must be said, Bolt is indeed a man of great talent. After a fierce battle with the ogre leader, they developed a deep mutual respect and became close friends—truly unprecedented! However, Lynch maliciously speculated that Bolt was probably the one on the bottom…
Through the ogre leader, Bolt learned many secrets unknown to the Seven Shields, such as that the Dark Queen had never actually launched any invasion; everything was orchestrated by the Inhumans' royal family. Moreover, over the seven years, the Inhumans themselves began to harbor rebellious intentions, and the Dark Queen's influence grew ever stronger. Her magic not only put pressure on the Seven Shields but also instilled fear in the Inhumans, who dreaded the day she would become a ruler superior to them.
Recently, the Dark Queen's magic has inexplicably weakened, so they only sent ogres for symbolic defense, wanting to deliberately let humans attack the Black City to test whether the Dark Queen was truly so vulnerable.
Upon obtaining this crucial intelligence, Bolt and the ogre immediately reached an agreement and formed an alliance! They even planned to establish a beautiful kingdom where Inhumans and humans could coexist!
Ultimately, no one expected that Bolt, in alliance with ogres and other cannon fodder races, would storm Black City! With the help of the ogres, they even slaughtered all the self-proclaimed royalty among the Inhumans, and swiftly seized control of the entire Black City! They captured the weakened Dark Queen and her followers! The Seven Shields warriors, who were originally serving as overseers among the mercenaries, were all captured, eliminating any possibility of information leaks.
What Bolt hadn't expected was that just as he had seized control of the entire Black City and was preparing to reap the rewards of his victory over the Dark Queen, the imprisoned Seven Shields Alliance overseers broke out! Although they reacted quickly, a few still managed to escape! Even more unbearable for him was that his most loyal mage was ambushed and killed by the Dark Queen's followers! Not only that! Even the Dark Queen herself was rescued amidst the chaos!
"Attack! Attack before the Seven Shields Alliance can react! For the Servant Nation where humans and aliens coexist!"
After a long silence, Bolt immediately issued the next action order! He was going to take the initiative! To let those selfish bastards understand the true terror of mercenaries!
Chapter 8 8
"Hey, you! Stop wandering around! We're preparing for a counterattack! It's time to show those bastards what we're made of! They've reaped what they sowed! Hey, I don't think I've seen you before!"
After discovering that someone had escaped and the Dark Queen was nowhere to be found, Bolt decisively issued the order to attack the Seven Shields Alliance. Immediately, the mercenaries who were plundering Black City began to assemble. Lin Qi, dressed in mercenary clothes and with ash smeared on his face, walked in the direction the mercenaries were heading, looking somewhat bewildered.
Lin Qi's abrupt movement was immediately stopped by a mercenary squad leader. However, the indignant squad leader had just finished speaking when he realized that Lin Qi looked very unfamiliar. It seemed that there was no such person in the mercenary group.
"I'm a newbie. I just joined before the attack on Black City, but I'm the only one left in my squad."
Lin Qi, a skilled actor, deliberately exposed himself to the sight of the second-tier green-vested squad leader in order to infiltrate the Black Beast Mercenary Group.
This squad leader is no ordinary person; he's one of Bolt's confidants, and in the original story, he's one of the few minor characters who makes it all the way to the end—and by "make it," I mean in every sense of the word...
"Ugh, it's all because of those damn council members! My name is Hicks, you'll be joining my squad from now on, it just so happens that my squad isn't full."
Lin Qi's sorrowful expression immediately made the squad leader sigh deeply. Although Bolt ultimately turned the tide of the war, a large number of peripheral mercenary groups were still wiped out. In the squad leader's view, Lin Qi was obviously one of the mercenary groups that were wiped out. Full of sympathy, he patted Lin Qi's shoulder and then let him stay with his team.
“Thank you, Brother Hicks! Brother Hicks, have you seen this badge before? It’s my father’s keepsake. Before he died, he said that I had several lost brothers and sisters. Each of us has a badge like this. It’s a token for us to recognize each other. I want to find them. My father’s greatest wish before he died was to reunite all my brothers and sisters.”
Lin Qi immediately showed a look of surprise, then took out his newbie badge and started making up a story.
After taking the Dark Queen into the Dark Bible, Lynch had already planned his next move. He would disguise himself as a mercenary from the Black Beast Mercenary Group and see if there were any players around. After all, Bolt eventually led his mercenaries to establish a brand new kingdom... Following the future big shot is always the right thing to do!
“Hey, I’ve actually seen that badge before! Before we set off, a madman who was spouting nonsense also had one, but he was arrested by the security team and locked up in jail in Twin Cities. Could that lost madman be your brother? By the way, we’re about to launch our attack on Twin Cities. If we get the chance, you might be able to find your brother. Let’s go, let’s get together. We’re about to leave.”
Lynch hadn't held out much hope, but to his surprise, Hicks actually provided a clue. However, his words made Lynch's eye twitch; clearly, that player wasn't very bright, having been captured by an NPC...
"Okay! Thanks, Hicks!"
After obtaining crucial information about the Twin Kingdoms' prison, Lin Qi became even more determined to join the Black Beast Mercenary Group, hoping that he might even get involved with the princess someday...
At the gates of Black City, all the mercenaries stood together. On the other side of the mercenaries were a large number of ogres, orcs, unicorns, and other alien races. Bolt stood on a boulder, loudly giving a pre-battle pep talk.
"Brothers! I believe I don't need to say anything more about what happened! The Seven Shields Alliance was the one who acted unjustly first! They used our wounded brothers and our families to threaten us and force us to submit! I cannot tolerate this no matter what! We have risked our lives for the Seven Shields Alliance for seven whole years! But how did they treat us?! And look at these aliens!"
"These aliens may look terrifying, but they're willing to work alongside us for a better tomorrow! I never imagined I'd be fighting alongside my former enemies, but it turns out these big guys are actually very kind and simple people! They're our comrades now! So now I've decided to rebel! I'll never fight for anyone else again! I'll fight only for ourselves!"
"The Seven Shields Alliance is corrupt! I will build a brand new nation! A nation where humans and other races coexist! No war! No killing! A nation where profit reigns supreme! A nation where you can buy anything with money! Including the queen and princess who once ruled you! For ourselves! For the ideal nation we serve! Attack!"
"Roar! For ourselves! For the nation we serve!"
There is no doubt that Bolt still has the potential to be Hitler. He immediately aroused everyone's desire and fighting spirit. Even the aliens roared and shouted loudly. The allied forces composed of mercenaries and aliens marched in a mighty manner toward the Twin Cities Fortress, the closest one in the Seven Shields Alliance.
Lin Qi disguised himself as an ordinary mercenary, blending into the crowd and remaining completely inconspicuous.
"What?! Bolt has betrayed us?! He's planning to join forces with the Inhumans to attack the Seven Shields?! How is that possible?!"
At the same time, the Seven Shields Alliance also received news of Bolt's betrayal, plunging the entire alliance into shock!
P.S.: I never expected that the book review section would be filled with voices saying that my pure work would be banned!
This makes my innocent self very unhappy! It's time to show you my real driving skills!
PS2: Um... just in case, I mean just in case, if things really go wrong, then the fault isn't mine, it's the world's!
Chapter 9 9
When news of Bolt's betrayal spread, the entire population of the Seven Shields Alliance, as well as the scattered mercenaries, were filled with doubt. How could the King of Mercenaries, who had protected the Seven Shields Alliance for seven years, betray them so easily?
"I knew these mercenaries were up to no good! Now they're even colluding with alien races! Why aren't these damned bastards dead in Black City?!"
Inside the First Fortress, also known as Twin Cities Fortress, Beardsley, a member of the council and the Twin Cities' Minister of State, is cursing Bolt and his mercenaries. Wearing a green felt hat and sporting a small mustache, Thomas Beardsley was one of those who voted in favor of using the mercenary group as cannon fodder during the council's resolution.
"Enough! It's all because of your council's actions that all the mercenaries have lost heart!"
Princess Alicia, one of the two princesses of Twin Cities Fortress, has long golden hair and wears a neat warrior's armor. Although the armor doesn't cover up the parts that should be covered, it is still a symbol of her status as the general of this fortress. That's right, Alicia is not only a princess, but also the general of this fortress.
The eldest princess was not present when the council voted; she only learned of the matter afterward. Alicia expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the council's use of the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled to threaten mercenaries!
"Princess Alicia! Watch your words and actions! You are challenging the authority of the Council!"
Another council member, who was not affiliated with the Twin Fortresses, immediately reprimanded Alicia with a cold face. In the council's view, the true master of the Seven Shields Alliance was the council itself, and people like Alicia were merely puppets they had pushed to the forefront.
“We must find a way to salvage this situation. Bolt is not like those aliens; he understands us much better…”
The eldest princess snorted coldly, clearly not intending to delve into the issue of the council. She was more concerned about Bolt's attack. Bolt's mercenary group had spent seven years resisting the invasion of the alien races, so they knew the fortress's layout and tactics inside and out. If he led the alien races to attack, the fortress might really fall!
What everyone needs to do now is to win back Bolt's heart and make him stop helping the aliens!
"It's terrible! A large number of mercenaries have broken out of the prison! More than half of the wounded mercenaries and their families who were imprisoned have escaped! And... many residents helped..."
However, before the eldest princess could finish speaking, a soldier suddenly burst in, looking disheveled.
News of Bolt's betrayal had already spread within the fortress. Those mercenaries who had not been forcibly taken away realized that the situation was unfavorable to them after receiving the news. Someone, I don't know who started it, actually broke out of the prison at the first opportunity, and forcibly rushed out of the city with the old, weak, sick, disabled and their families from the mercenary group.
"Damn it! These mercenaries dare to rebel! Keeping them alive is a disaster! Execute them! Execute everyone else! If any of those foolish residents help, execute them all!"
Upon hearing the news, the two council members were furious, and Beardsley immediately issued an execution order, intending to make an example of them to deter others.
"Wait! We can't do that!"
The soldier felt a chill and instinctively prepared to pass on the order, but the eldest princess stopped him.
"Hurry up and go! Do you want to rebel too?"
However, Beardsley went up and slapped the soldier who had stopped, yelling at him!
"Yes!"
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