Book 11 Chapter 259 (1/2)
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Gettingsburg, the capital of the Norton Kingdom.
The next successor to the throne, Prince Gahaz, was in the middle of conducting a secret ritual with his mother, Queen Montana, and a few priests.
“In order to have an immortal body, you must understand and awaken the secret, Gahaz. Nakron, the Lich King who reigned here a long time ago, was able to do just that,” Montana instructed.
“I want to become a G.o.d! The Lich King is less than that!” Gahaz cried out.
“It’s impossible to sit on a Divine Throne from the beginning. First of all, you have to escape the bondage of being a human and reign over others,” she continued.
The Norton Royal Family had long been researching Liches.
Their efforts had finally paid off, as they were now able to use some of the Lich’s evil magic.
“I will kill all those who dare compete with me for a Divine Throne seat! Even if the Hero King comes, I won’t be scared!” Gahaz said with increasing fervor.
“Right, right. I wish for you to do whatever you set out to do. Our secret process can’t be completed without desire,” she continued.
The black sphere floating above the magic circle began to grow in size.
Watching this, Queen Montana ordered the black-robed priests to bring out a naked brunette-haired virgin.
“Heup! Heup!”
The brown-haired maiden had her arms tied around her back with chains and her mouth was stuffed with cloth.
As she was carried over to the magic circle, evil energy emanated from her black sphere and settled down closer to the floor.
“Today’s offering looks a little weak,” Gahaz murmured with dissatisfaction.
“It’s not easy to get virgins these days. Still, she’s fresh,” Montana replied.
The Norton Royal Family’s secret ritual required virgin’s blood.
They would gain the power of evil magic by offering sacrifices.
The purpose of this secret ritual was to cast an evil magic curse on Woohyuk, who was popularly known as the Hero King.
“She’s the last of the thirty virgins that we’ve sacrificed over the past 30 days, so I guess she’ll do. The Hero King will definitely die, right?” he asked.
“Of course. No one has ever survived this curse,” the Queen replied with confidence.
In the Norton Royal Family, Woohyuk was a constant thorn in their side.
With him out of the picture, they’d be able to regain control of the Norton Kingdom and attack the epic dungeon.
Now that everything was ready, all that was left was to watch the results.
While Queen Montana and Prince Gahaz were basking in their lofty expectations, a white cat came through the window into the interior of the stone chamber.
“Meow~~”
It gave out a long cry that was peculiar to cats.
Queen Montana frowned and glanced towards one of her black-robed priests.
Seeing her glaring at him, the priest went over to the white cat…
SAh!
Suddenly, the white cat was engulfed in black mana before taking form. It was Woohyuk.
Surprised, Queen Montana stuttered as she took a few steps back, “H-H-Hero King…!”
“I knew I’d have to take care of you guys at some point. Thanks for reminding me,” he responded casually.
He knew early on that the Norton Royal Family had been carrying on forbidden research.
However, there was always better use for his time, so he had left them alone.
This was a good opportunity to tie up his loose ends.
‘It’s not a bad tactic to transform into a cat and sneak in.’
Using Song Anna’s ability, it was possible for him to transform into an animal or plant for a certain period of time.
If one succ.u.mbed to a fatal attack, one would return to his/her original state.
Woohyuk organized his thoughts and then quickly subdued the priests who had surrounded him.
Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam!
The gap in strength was so overwhelming that the scene devolved into a one-sided a.s.sault.
There was no one in the Norton Kingdom that could stop this DemiG.o.d bully.
Subsequently, when he summoned Leifina and Song Anna, Queen Montana hastily tried to complete the ritual.
Seu-Reung!
She pulled out a dagger and tried to stab the heart of her offering, the brown-haired virgin.
However, her attempt failed. Leifina had made her move.
Pu-Wook!
Argent, the Oath of Loyalty sword, protruded out of Montana’s back.
Seeing this, Prince Gahaz stepped toward the entrance door to quickly escape.
Hu-DDak.
He was only 16 years old, so his movements were quite agile.
However, at the entrance, Undine, the Water Spirit, was already waiting for him.
“Give up. You won’t be able to escape,” Undine said with an ethereal voice.
Prince Gahaz’s ankles were soon frozen over with ice as Undine used her freezing magic spell.
The immobile Gahaz started raving like mad, screaming at Woohyuk with an angry expression.
“You a.s.shole! Do you know who I am! You dare to do this to a prince!” he snarled.
“I know who you are. You’re just a stray dog that knows nothing about the world,” Woohyuk calmly replied.
No matter how young he was, there was nothing good that could come about by keeping Gahaz alive.
Woohyuk rescued the brown-haired girl from the magic circle and then put Prince Gahaz in the very same spot.
“No! I can’t be sacrificed!”
“Karma’s a b.i.t.c.h, silly little boy.”
Up to now, countless innocent virgins were sacrificed for Gahaz’s selfish motives.
After a while, Prince Gahaz was covered with evil energy that emanated out of the black sphere…
“That’s disgusting,” Leifina said from Woohyuk’s side.
Gahaz’s body took a mummy-like shape as the swirling evil energy revolved about his body.
“It’s not over yet. Most of the royal family is involved in these rituals,” Woohyuk stated.
“Are you going to kill them all tonight?” Leifina asked.
“Sure. Might as well.”
He had to finish the purge before dawn to save himself some trouble.
If he quickly took control of the capital, Gettingsburg, the rest of the surrounding cities and their military could be captured without difficulty.
The Norton Kingdom’s Royal Armed Forces, which had left to prevent the incoming undead troops, could also be circ.u.mvented, lowering the chance of any loss on his side.