Chapter 761 The Wretched Crown (2/2)

It was the Crown of Beyond Depravity

The one and only artefact which was created using leftover defunct dungeon cores via soical technique Such a method which even the Church of Afterlife was ada Baal had not been using its powers at all as 'huested by Kiva since it would create suspicions and ents from the Church of Afterlife to co Baal requested for such an artefact to be er threat as he had never forgotten how it had taken away his parents as well as the lives of uncountable others Still, it was not until Kiva introduced his fa the person who used it, turn into a power-hungry tyrant

Not many people could handle the 'coood reason Those cores had once been the property of other owners, and h severe bloodshed

By not going through the proper eon cores, those metal balls were haunted by the souls imbued by the previous owners Without Kiva's family jewel to act as a conduit between the souls and the wearer, itartefact

The user ore the crown literally had to pass a 'sanity' check each and every day to assert control on the artefact Even when Kiva first modified the enhanced Crown of Beyond Depravity, he had troubles controlling it and nearly lost his life per to use its powers as the voices kept telling hirief

At the tiood way to kill the reigning King and also designed an overtly ridiculous excuse to n a couised with a lot of hidden clauses

Stating vaguely that if King Baal was ever gone, Kiva would take over the Demon Metropolis and Moloch who at the ti Baal actually trusted had ed to notice it

Unfortunately, it had been a little too late As when the Minotaur Lord entered the royal cha Baal had already donned the crown before Moloch ever had the chance to caution hiranted immediately captivated Baal's attention, and he treated Moloch's advice as a sign of jealousy The yearning for strength had o for a series of reckless conquests and slowly it caused the once logical and fair te to turn for the worse

Eventually, Moloch saw no other choice but to steal the Crown of Beyond Depravity He devised a devious plan, hoping that his King would wake up froone

Unfortunately, the Minotaur Lord was unaware that the crown had grown into a living parasite, calling out for its ht that he had successfully tricked Baal into releasing the artefact

And guess where it happened? At the ned specifically to steal the croay

Moloch thought that the highly dangerous prisoners he released would have an effect against King Baal, but he later found out that the crown still transmitted power to itsBaal to catch Moloch red-handed running aith the crown

Ironically Archduke Kiva took the chance to re hi the crown to hi Baal's heart was not yet fully corrupted by the Ravenous Lord of Hunger He was lenient enough to transform and demote Moloch for his act of treason However, with Moloch out of the picture and forbidden froeon, Kiva took the time to pour ideas and deceitful words of hatred in hopes of re Moloch permanently

For he knew that the cottonup from the bad dream