[Prologue] Chapter 3 – Exposed (2/2)
On the other hand, Wan Qiang let out a terrible scream, his eyes bulged out by nearly a centimeter, the veins on his neck also popped out, it looked like the blood in his entire body was boiling, as if he would explode any second! His hand furiously grabbed at the air, as he said in gasping pain,
“Wait… Wait!”
A cold voice with a hint of a metal’s hardness, pa.s.sed out from the darkness,
“You broke the rules, so you should be punished!”
The moment the voice pa.s.sed out, Wan Qiang roared with all his might,
“I didn’t! This person can see the Nightmare Brand!”
His roar pa.s.sed through the mysterious s.p.a.ce, and echoed through the air. The white light from afar suddenly brightened, then dampened, however, at this moment, the feeling it gave Fang Lin was more gentile. Gradually, that light spread around like mercury spilling on eh ground, like a s.h.i.+mmering white path, and like a carpet, it directly extended in front of the two’s eyes.
Feeling excited, Wan Qiang quickly dragged Fang Lin along towards the white light, as they got closer, Fang Lin noticed that a giant outline gradually appeared in front, when they got even closer, he noticed that it was a copper color. Above it was a huge arched door at least over a hundred meters tall, on which many sorts of fangs grew. Just looking at the arc standing indomitably there would cause a person’s heart to feel some sort of great respect, and even an impulsion to kneel down.
Underneath the door, sat a person.
That person wore a mask on his face, which was exactly the same as the oni tattoo on Wan Qiang’s chest. Although he was just sitting there, Fang Lin would feel the arm Wan Qiang was clenching him with shaking, he didn’t know it was due to fear or excitement.
“Is it him? The one that can see your Nightmare Brand?” That oni-masked person spoke.
Wan Qiang quickly replied,
“For sure!”
The oni-masked person turned towards Fang Lin, his gaze swept over him, Fang Lin immediately felt all of the hair of his skin stand up, as if some sort of electric pulse pa.s.sed through him. However, he still stood calmly in place, silently watching the other person.
“En,” The oni-masked man said slowly, “You didn’t lie, No. 13778. He can certainly see your Nightmare Brand. According to the laws of the world, you can raise a request suitable for your ident.i.ty.”
Wan Qiang swallowed, then said dryly,
“I-I request to leave this place! And resume a normal life!”
The oni-masked person paused for a moment, clearly a bit surprised, then said with a cold tone,
“Do you know the price?
Wan Qiang’s face tense, a crazy look appeared in his eyes, Fang Lin have seen this sort of gaze on gamblers madden with lost many times!
“I… know!” As long as I can successfully pa.s.s through that door behind you, I can be completely separated from this d.a.m.n place!” Wan Qiang clenched his teeth and said. “Since other people can walk out, why can’t I?”
Hearing this, Fang Lin sighed in his heart. There are a lot of things in this world that others can do, but you can’t do.
The oni-masked person’s voice said calmly without any intonations,
“Enter the door!”
Behind him, a broken down wooden door that was beyond normal appeared all of a sudden, if you must point out something irregular, it was that on the handle of the door was a faint red light that caused people’s heart to waver!
Wan Qiang’s face twisted, then he suddenly roared, grasped the handle and entered into the door, the door open and closed extremely quick, but Fang Lin could still see the hint of blood right light from within, the room was suddenly filled with weird noises, as if a sinister beast was munching on bones, or like seventeen or eighteen people forcefully pulling a saw to cut wood. Yet after a minute… More precisely, when Fang Lin counted to fifty-five, a terrible scream suddenly sounded out!
“Kill me! Kill me quickly!”
As the sound ended, that very loud meat cutting sound pa.s.sed, black ooze splashed out from the edges around the door, hurting Fang Lin’s face, then slowly flowed down. Fang Lin didn’t wipe it off, instead he thought back to the voice that sounded at in the end in the room with interest, then couldn’t help but say,
“So, the sound of human bones being crushed is exactly the same as the pig bones getting crushed.”
The oni-masked person looked quietly at him for quite a while, then said emotionlessly,
“Come over.”
Fang Lin thought about it and said,
“Since I came here, and saw so much unbelievable things, then if I don’t join, I think the consequences must be severe.”
“The consequences are the same as him,” The oni-masked person said calmly. When he spoke, his eyes were fixated on the stream of blood on Fang Lin’s face.
“Then, what benefits are there for joining?” Fang Lin smiled, at this moment he could actually still smile! “It’s like a very petty owner wanting to employ someone, you have to at least show the benefits first right.”
The oni-masked person didn’t think that the young man would actually be so calm, he momentarily blanked and said,
“If… You can successfully pa.s.s ten golden main missions, then you can make a request.”
Fang Lin suddenly took a deep breath, he dipped his head, people on the side couldn’t see the expression on his face clearly, they could only feel that the young man was having an intense mental battle, after quite a while, he spoke using very cautious language,
“Then… Can this request fulfill something that modern science cannot… Or even imagine? Such as… Letting someone who has died and already been cremated come back to life?”
“Yes,” The oni-masked person only replied with a word. It was clearly that it’s not the first time he encountered someone asking this question.
Fang Lin clenched his fist, this wasn’t the sign of attacking someone, it was due to the muscles in his entire body tensing up in excitement, his lips were also bit through uinconsciously, there was a very salty taste that spiraled in his mouth.
———————— That is the taste of blood.
“I’m in,” Fang Lin regain his calmness very quickly, “What do I need to do?”
“You’ve kill someone?” The oni-masked person suddenly asked a completely irrelevant question. Yet Fang Lin knew, he saw this from his (Fang Lin’s) calmness after seeing someone died, thus answered very tactfully,
“It’s a thing of the past, I don’t want to talk about it anymore.”
The oni-masked person look at him meaningfully, then suddenly flicked his fingers.
All of a sudden, the huge eerie and majestic copper door that connected the heavens and earth let out a faint light, the color of that light was very terrifying, it was as if blood was splashed onto that giant door. The oni-masked person ordered,
“Walk over.”
Fang Lin took a deep breath, then slowly walked over, when he was a meter away from the giant door, the noticed that there was actually countless tiny holes and weird patterns on the door, just as he was about to examine it more carefully, a sudden suction force appeared at the front of his body, a searing pain appeared on his chest, then he fainted!
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