I, Viego, conquer Terra!

The losers should pay the price.

Will you die?

Or will I be...

A slightly chilly and eerie feeling came from his wrists and ankles, as if he had touched solid ice, which brought Shining back to his senses.

She raised her head and looked at Viego, whose Ruined King Sword in his hand turned into black mist and dissipated back into his body.

"...I seem to have overestimated my own abilities." He even said something like he would use all his strength and asked people to be careful... Thinking about it now, it really seems a bit ridiculous.

He was completely defeated by Viego before he could even last five moves. Even the sword that the swordsman regarded as his second life was knocked out of his hand.

If Viego wanted to kill her, she would have been dead just now.

"It's okay, you almost beat me." Viego walked towards Shining.

Shining looked at Viego who looked calm and seemed to have defeated her effortlessly, but still said "You almost beat me": "..."

The modesty of the strong really makes the losers uncomfortable.

Now it seems that even if he had released the Originium technique without hesitation, he would probably have been easily defeated by this man with one sword.

But what Viego said was the truth that couldn't be truer.

Although he only swung the sword once just now, under the feeling of extreme danger, Viego actually used most of his strength to bless himself and the Ruined King Sword.

But even so, most of the originally condensed black mist on his body was dispersed by the power of the sword, and he almost lost the fight. The subsequent black mist was retracted, and its condensation was far less than before.

It was obvious that too much of his strength was consumed by the light in the previous sword fight.

However...although the strength was consumed, this battle also successfully captured a prisoner with fragments in his body.

At least it was more worthwhile than the fight with that red-haired Sarkaz girl.

Viego controlled the black mist to condense and wrap around the Shining's body, imprisoning it like shackles.

"Uh..." Viego looked at The Shining and quickly dispelled the memory of "watching a movie" that suddenly flashed in his mind.

Damn, I almost put into practice what I learned from the "Rope Art Teaching Encyclopedia" in my previous life.

Fortunately, I reacted quickly.

Otherwise, your reputation will be ruined.

He bent down to pick up the straight sword that fell beside him, put it back into the sheath, and with his other hand, he picked up the Shining who was imprisoned by the black fog by the waist and carried it directly on his shoulder.

Shining bit her lip subconsciously, with a complex emotion in her eyes.

He wouldn't really want to...



Chapter 58: One is too much, and two?!

Viego returned to the camp carrying his sword and Shining.

Mostima, who had been sleeping, had woken up and was sitting by the campfire, holding a gun and keeping watch.

The bonfire was protected by the black fog left by Viego. Mostima must have noticed this, so she wisely chose to stay by the bonfire to avoid being caught by the Pardoner.

"Are you woken up?" Viego put the Shining bound by the black fog aside, and put her sword on the other side.

"Well, after all, the noise was so loud that it was hard not to wake up - when I first opened my eyes, I thought it was daybreak." Mostima smiled and glanced at the Shining who was carried back by Viego like a sack:

"This is... the Pardoner? Are you going to capture prisoners?"

"To be precise, she came to me on her own. She came to me alone, and I had a fight with her. Luckily I won, and I brought her back."

"But I see you don't seem to be injured or tired at all?" Mostima raised an eyebrow. "Isn't it some kind of 'luck' or some other humble expression?"

"Of course not." Viego shook his head. "In fact, I used up a lot of my strength. If this woman hadn't insisted on fighting me head-on and lost her focus at the last moment, it would be hard to say who would win or lose."

"Well, I see." Mostima nodded and asked, "Is there anything I can help you with? Or, do you need to rest for a while, Viego?"

Shining at the side widened his eyes slightly: You really believe it? !

She is indeed a heart-warming angel girl!

Look at this, look at this!

Mostima is so sensible and well-behaved.

If W was here and said that he consumed a lot of energy, the crazy woman would definitely just sneer and say, "Why, do you want me to touch your legs and give you nutrition?"

In comparison, Mastema is like a little angel... No, she is indeed an angel.

Viego was secretly moved.

"No need to rest, but speaking of helping, there is one thing I need your help with."

"What's the deal?"

"I need to prepare a... Originium technique for torture? Anyway, the preparation time may be a bit long, and I will be completely immersed in concentration, so I need you to be on guard during this time. If someone comes, shoot to wake me up."

Viego did not avoid the Shining when he said this.

I also wanted to tell her about it and see how she would react.

However, Shining was just tied there silently, with her eyes slightly lowered. She did not beg for mercy, nor did she say that she would tell the truth as long as Viego asked her.

——The Shining is not a naive person who has been a pardoner for the first time, she knows that.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Viego to trust her, let alone give up his original plan because of her few words.

The Originium skills that need to be prepared... and you must be able to guarantee that you will tell the truth, otherwise there is no need to deliberately go through such a big detour.

Is it something similar to the torture techniques used by the Pardoner that directly target and destroy the human brain?

I never expected that one day this would happen to me.

Perhaps this is the retribution for pointing the sword at one's compatriots, Shining thought. He was not even qualified to pray to God for less pain - because those who were tortured by the Absolver were all in extreme pain.

"Well, okay, I get it." Mostima responded with a smile and saluted Viego playfully. "I promise to complete the task!"

"Then I'll leave it to you, Mostima." Viego nodded to the angel girl, sat down, and finally glanced at the Shining who was trapped beside him.

Then, he closed his eyes and began to recall the memories of the "Ruined King" that had been deliberately sealed away in his mind.

...Just the memories before and after the big event, and after waking up again a thousand years later will be enough.

All we need to do is find the method by which the Ruined King uses the black fog to control those heroes... no, it would be more appropriate to say "recall" them.

Viego's consciousness gradually sank.

Then, he saw it.

I saw myself awakening from the vast black fog, and I saw Thresh and Hecarim, whom I found, conquered, and brought under my command after I woke up...

Looking at "myself" with a heart full of grief and longing, he let the black fog sweep across the entire Rune Continent, just to find Isold's body and soul.

The power accumulated over thousands of years and his love for Isolde made the Ruined King invincible and no one could stop him.

Even Karma, who can communicate with the spirit of Ionia and inherit the ancient wisdom and will, cannot resist the erosion of the black fog and can only be used by him.

And then, then...

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Viego forced himself out of the deep sea of ​​memory, just like waking up from a nightmare.

His heart had stopped beating long ago, but at this moment he still couldn't help but feel excited that he woke up in time.

If we recall further, it is time for the Sentinel of Light, Gwen, Isolde and others to appear.

By that time, the obsession of the Ruined King was aroused, and it would not be so easy to pull himself out of the deep sea of ​​memory.

If I had the awakening and self-control I had just now in my previous life, I would have become a master of abstinence who no longer "watches movies"...

Unfortunately, the women on the screen will not deceive you, but the bad women in reality and in your memory will really kill you.

However, even though it was thrilling, this trip down memory lane was rewarding enough.

——Unlocked a new way to play Black Mist. Putting it into the game means gaining new main skill points, directly unlocking a whole new skill tree. This gameplay alone can last for a year!

Even though Viego's current power is not as strong as that of the Ruined King who had accumulated power for thousands of years and had truly plundered the lives of hundreds of millions of creatures from the Rune Continent and killed their way out of a sea of ​​blood, it is still no problem for him to use the black mist to control just one Shining.

If there were more people, they would probably be squeezed dry.

——This is a pain that only middle-aged men can understand. You can’t even handle one, and you want two?

"Shining, do you have anything else to say?"

Shining was stunned. She didn't expect Viego to ask such a question.

She thought of the blonde Sarkaz girl who was suffering in the Absolution Masters’ camp and was “used” as a “medical tool” by the Absolution Masters.

"I do have a request - in the Absolver's camp... there is an innocent Sarkaz, blonde, female, who possesses a rare healing type Originium skill, and because of this, she is imprisoned by the Absolvers and used as an object without scruples..."

Shining raised his eyes and met Viego's gaze. "If possible, I beg you..."

——"Save her."

"Oh?" Viego had no expression. He just looked at Shining without comment. He reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to raise her head.

He lowered his head and pressed his forehead against Shining's, looking directly into her deep brown eyes at a very close distance.

He asked with interest:

"So, Absolver, what price are you willing to pay for this?"

Chapter 59: Master?!

Beside the crackling campfire, the Pardoner who was bound by the black fog and the white-haired man pressed their foreheads together and looked into each other's eyes.

The hand that was pinching his jaw felt slightly cool, and the force was strong and overbearing, yet it was well controlled, perfectly giving Shining the feeling of being shackled and held in someone's hand, but without any pain and without any desire to resist.

——Viego.

This man is unexpectedly domineering.

She had only seen that kind of look in his eyes, in the Regent King Theresis, whom she had met once.

That was a look of contempt that belonged only to a king, the look of a superior looking down upon his subjects who bowed their heads beneath the throne.

Even...Viego's power is far greater than that of Tresis.

It was as if he had really been the king of some prosperous country.

He didn't care at all how he would answer or what price he was willing to pay.

He was just expecting an interesting answer that would please him, that's all.

Shining understood.

"...my everything." She said, "I am willing to give you everything I have, just asking you to save that innocent Sarkaz girl."

"Okay." Viego let go of her hand and looked at Shining. He seemed not surprised by her answer at all. He just said calmly: "Then, let me use your body first."

Mostima's eyes widened: Is this what I should see? !

Shining's breathing became slightly heavier.

"...I understand." She closed her eyes, hiding the complicated emotions in her eyes, and answered with a trembling voice: "I won't resist, I just hope you can...keep your promise."

"You don't have a choice." Viego's voice came from above her head. "Besides, I'm not so tasteless as to go back on my word."

The next moment, thick black fog surged out like a wave, wrapped around Shining's body, and wrapped it like a silkworm cocoon.

Viego was still squatting there, staring down at the rolling black fog that was enveloping the Shining.

Strictly speaking, this was his first attempt to use the black mist to "brand" a person's body.

According to the information obtained from the memory, as long as the black fog - that is, the power of the Curse of Ruin successfully leaves a mark on someone's body, then everything about this person will be controlled by Viego.

Mind, ideas, actions...

As long as Viego wanted, he could completely transform the branded person into a plaything that would only obey his orders.

But this was not his purpose.