Chapter 724 - An Unfamiliar Country (2/2)

“In other words, death is the only end?”

Frederick muttered in disbelief. Sara shook her head.

“That isn’t true, Sir. Even though one can’t fulfill their master’s request, many of them continued to live on as humans. After all, masters need slaves to reproduce the next generation, so there are many human ethnic groups and towns in the masters’ territories. The humans will live within and serve their masters by reproducing. Those who perform well will be rewarded with honor and status.”

Sara pushed out her chest rather proudly.

“My mother has given to a dozen children with over 20 men and was awarded with supreme honor from Sir Cullen. This is also the reason why I was fortunate enough to serve Sir Cullen and become his Corpse Slave.”

“Over 20 men? Tsk tsk tsk!”

Frederick shook his head.

“I admire your mother. Her husband must be so generous. If it were me, I can never accept that. If it’s my wife… Hey, why did you kick me? Serena?”

“Husband?”

Sara tilted her head curiously.

“What’s that?”

“That is… a form of address used by a woman to the man after they marry each other.”

“What’s marry?”

“Marry…”

Frederick was at a loss for words. He scratched his head and turned to the other young ladies around him, but their minds seemed to have shut down like a computer that crashed. After pondering for a few moments, Frederick braced himself as whoever started the trouble should rightfully end it.

“Simple speaking. A pair of loving man and woman marry, form a family, live together, and give birth to children… Don’t you have such customs over there?”

“No.”

Sara shook her head firmly.

“It is the duty of all females to give birth in our territory. As soon as we reach adulthood, we will need to give birth as much as we can. In fact, if I didn’t serve Sir Cullen for a long time and become a Corpse Slave, perhaps I would be working hard like my sisters.”

Marlene and the others felt as though they had returned to the world where they belonged upon exiting the underground prison and feeling the dazzling sunshine pouring on their faces. As humans and females, they felt as though they had fallen into the darkest abyss after hearing Sara’s story. Serena didn’t take it well. She covered her mouth all the way while exiting the underground prison and finally threw up. Just imagining the scary scenes was enough to make her faint.

“Oh my goodness… I’ve never thought that… the humans living in darkness are leading such lives.”

Lize clutched her hands before her chest and looked down on the ground. Even though they had heard of rumors regarding the Country of Darkness, most of them were unfounded and altered to satisfy the listeners’ ears. But now, the harshest truth was presented to them. If they didn’t witness how Sara returned from the dead and confirmed that she was one of the Undead Creatures who they had fought, perhaps they would never believe that her words were true. Compared to her confessions, the rumors about the evil, scheming Undead Creatures were nowhere close in reality.

No. At this moment, they hoped that the young lady was lying to them, which was shameless fun to the Undead Creatures. They rather believed that the young lady was exaggerating on purpose because it would be horrible if such things existed in this world

Perhaps it wasn’t this situation that was frightening. Instead, it was how Sara behaved as though everything was inevitable and right when she spoke. The moral values, social order, and common sense in the Light Mainland were non-existent. Even though social order existed on the land of darkness on the other side, they were that twisted, evil, and fearful.

“…”

Marlene appeared to have accepted it much better than the rest. Rhode noticed that she placed her hands on her chest and calmed down after taking a few deep breaths. Just this determination was a world of difference from the pale, miserable Serena who seemed to have taken a huge hit.

“Rhode. That young lady… what do you intend to do with her?”

Marlene knitted her brows and asked worriedly. Rhode put Sara alone in the cell and wasn’t concerned that she would escape since her spirit was in his possession. Manipulating spirits was a profound strength. No matter what the other party was thinking or doing, Rhode was well aware of them. Whenever he gave an order through the spirit, he could make the other party abide obediently. Although he knew that Sara wouldn’t leave the cell even if he didn’t lock the gate, he had chosen to lock it to make others feel at ease. Sara was a Undead Creatures and didn’t need to survive on food and water. Besides, she also wasn’t fit to roam around in this situation.

“Lock her up for the time being and talk about it when the time is right. She has given us valuable insights albeit the lack of information. I’m sure we can obtain a more specific number on the Undead Army after she thinks over it,” Rhode said.

In fact, Rhode knew that the difference of opinions between the Country of Light and Country of Darkness weren’t that simple. Twisted Order was still Order, which was one of the reasons why the Country of Law wasn’t concerned about this situation which Marlene and the others treated as insane. The second reason was that in the Country of Darkness, this traditional and ancient rule had lasted for millenniums, where it could also be said that even though the humans residing in the Country of Darkness were humans in appearance, their moral values and views on life and death were entirely different from the Light Mainland. It was just like how Marlene and the others were baffled by what Sara felt proud of living to reproduce. But… this was the truth.

“Organize a battle meeting. We have to inform others of this information. The Undead Army are coming in aggressively this time. We need to strike them back and tell them that this isn’t the place for the skeletons like them to stay… Not in my territory.”

Rhode lifted his head and gazed into the distant sky which presented an azure brilliance under the protection of the Light Dragon Soul. But he was clear that the situation wasn’t this simple.

“——!”

At this moment, a crisp warble rang in their ears. Everyone witnessed a homing pigeon descended and landed on Gillian’s extended hand. She took over the letter from its feet and scanned it through. Then, she revealed a meaningful smile.

“Master, there’s good news.”

“Hmm?”

Rhode retrieved the letter and read. He puckered his brows and displayed an obvious smile.

“Those Parliament idiots. I didn’t expect them to fall this quickly.”

“What’s wrong, Rhode?” Marlene said curiously while he shook his head slightly.

“It’s nothing, Marlene. It’s just some idiots who are looking for a scapegoat.”