NOVEL NEXT Chapter 25
Chapter Twenty-Five: Alpha (Seeking flowers, seeking evaluation votes)
“Truly, you don’t give me a chance to show off at all.”
Xue Ji didn’t know what happened over there.
But from the tone of these people speaking, she could judge that these people were absolutely despicable and detestable individuals.
The reality was also just as Xue Ji had thought.
In the distant dilapidated village, old stone houses stood in abundance. The area was overrun with weeds, clearly abandoned for many years.
A gang of bandits had taken up residence here, using it as their base.
They did not survive by killing, but rather specialized in the trafficking of children, frequently abducting talented children from various countries and selling them to those in need.
Boys and girls with good looks, rare Pokémon and Beast People, or even those of noble lineage—anyone who could fetch a high price would be targeted without hesitation.
Besides, these people were not worried about retaliation for their actions.
Behind them lay numerous buyers.
Huge profit relations protected this group.
All traces, along with those who came to investigate, would vanish under the power of the protection umbrella.
“Oh oh oh!”
A man in a white coat, disheveled and unkempt, pressed his face against an iron cage, shouting wildly at its contents: “Fantastic, this is simply a miracle!”
“To have undergone such magical transformation and still survive!”
“Incredible, truly incredible!”
“Such a concentrated vitality, it’s simply the best experimental material!”
Seeing the neurotic behavior of the man in the white coat, the leader of the thieves became impatient: “Alright, you’ve seen the goods, so shouldn’t the final payment be given to us now?”
“Of course.”
The man in the white coat completely ignored the thieves, his attention fully captivated by the lump of flesh before him.
“You’ve done well; this is the agreed-upon compensation.”
Accompanying the man in the white coat was a group of black-clothed swordsmen, with their leader being a towering figure whose strength would rank among the elite Magic Swordsmen of the kingdom.
Thus, box after box of gold coins was carried out by the black-clothed people.
The golden gleam, illuminated by the dawn’s first light, caused even the wealthy thief leader to stare wide-eyed.
“Gold, so much gold!!”
“Boss, it’s true, we’re rich!”
“Hahaha…”
The subordinates rushed forward. They had been in this trade for many years, yet encountering such extravagant dealings was a first.
The thief leader remained calm.
He kept his eyes on the group led by the man in the white coat, cautious of any ill intentions they might harbor.
Luckily, the group led by the man in the white coat had no intention of double-crossing them.
The existence of human traffickers was necessary.
The Diablo Sect needed more test subjects.
Compared to precious test subjects, gold coins were merely numbers.
“Is this the butterfly effect caused by my appearance?” Bai Luo muttered, standing on a nearby rooftop. Despite the presence of so many people, none noticed his existence.
“If everything goes according to plan, this should be the original Alpha from the story, right?”
“I see.”
Looking at the cage used as a trading item, Bai Luo identified the mass inside as Alpha, the one destined to be saved by Ying in this world.
Alpha, the leader of the Seven Shadows and direct descendant of the Pokémon Hero, held a status comparable to that of a Pokémon Princess.
That someone like Alpha could be abducted and sold to the Diablo Sect revealed how deep the corruption went.
Though cursed children were taboo in every country, Alpha’s situation in the Pokémon nation would undoubtedly be dire, likely imprisoned in a dark place, waiting to die.
Yet, the reach of the Diablo Sect was astonishing.
“They’ve infiltrated every country thoroughly.” Bai Luo shook his head helplessly, unsure how to comment on the governance of this world anymore: “It seems I’ll have to avoid dealing with these people in the future.”
“The nobility, corrupt and incompetent.”
“Watching anime gives me this feeling,” Bai Luo recalled the plot of the anime: “Those noble offspring are all arrogant, despite attending the same academy, the living conditions are divided into different classes.”
“However, typical medieval noble traits, I suppose there’s nothing strange about it.”
As he spoke, Bai Luo lightly descended to the ground.
Faced with such a situation, regardless of whether it was Alpha or anyone else, Bai Luo would intervene to save them.
As for the Diablo Sect and the traffickers,
“Not worth pitying!”
With a mere thought from Bai Luo, before anyone present could react, they all turned to ash and dissipated in the morning light.
No battle, no provocation or posturing.
The Black King wielded the authority of destruction.
Once within Bai Luo’s Sacred Domain, the life and death of all things rested solely on his whim.
Should he wish it, these people would instantly be obliterated!
“Crack!”
Destroying the cage imprisoning Alpha, Bai Luo placed his hand before the girl whose face was unrecognizable due to her magic power going berserk.
“Are you in pain?”
“Don’t worry, it will get better soon.”
As Bai Luo spoke gently, silver-white light transformed into threads of silk.
They entered the girl’s body, calming her magic power and healing her damaged organs.
Unlike Cid, who required further research,
Bai Luo’s mastery of magic allowed him to analyze Alpha’s condition, turning demonic possession into an opportunity to enhance her bloodline and elevate her magic growth level.
“Hummm~”
Soon, when the light faded entirely, the original lump of flesh had vanished.
In its place stood a naked Pokémon girl.
The girl lay within the broken iron cage, her pristine white back glowing tenderly and delicately under the faint light of dawn.
“Ugh…”
Groggily, the Pokémon girl once again felt the cold.
Opening her eyes, she saw a pair of fair and delicate hands, along with the golden hair hanging in front of her.
Cold, very cold.
But instead of curling up, the Pokémon girl marveled at the sensation of coolness she once again experienced.
“I, I am…”
Raising her head, the girl saw the man standing before her.
She wasn’t shy about her current state.
Instead, her heart was filled with confusion and gratitude.
There was no doubt that the man before her had saved her.
The lingering warmth of magic in her heart was proof enough.
“Was it you who saved me?”
The girl’s voice was slightly choked, knowing the answer but unable to resist asking personally.
“Yes.”
Bai Luo nodded, then conjured a thick coat with his magic, draping it around the girl.
“Thank you.”
The Pokémon girl was not unaware of what had happened to her.
Despite the pain, she knew she had been captured and was about to be sold to strange people.
And just then, Bai Luo appeared.
He walked toward her through the light, and everyone around him turned to ashes.
At that moment, the Pokémon girl felt as if she had encountered a god walking among mortals!
“What’s your name?”
“I…”
The Pokémon girl initially wanted to say her real name, but remembering her abandonment by family and country, her expression immediately darkened.
Clutching her tender fists tightly, she endured the torment of memories: “I, I have no name.”
Past names only brought her pain and suffering.
That kind of family, that kind of life, from the moment she became possessed by demons, had already become irrelevant to her.
“It seems there’s something you can’t talk about, huh?”
Bai Luo sighed softly: “Since that’s the case, let me give you a new name.”
“Can I?!”
The girl looked up, her eyes full of joy.
Bai Luo had saved her and healed her.
This favor was equivalent to giving her a second life, impossible to repay even with death.
Her past had ended, dying along with the decay of her flesh.
Now, she wanted to repay the man before her!
“Alpha.”
Bai Luo chose not to change anything, revealing the name originally meant for the girl: “From now on, you’ll be called Alpha.”
“Alpha?”
Alpha didn’t know the meaning of the name, but she knelt down on one knee, placing her hand on her chest: “Thank you for giving me a chance to be reborn.”
A new name.
This was a farewell to the past and a new future granted to her by Bai Luo.
“If you don’t mind, I wish to follow you closely, whether wielding a sword as a shield or serving as a slave, with no regrets!”
“Ahem, that’s unnecessary, you know.”
Bai Luo laughed, patting the girl’s head and helping her up: “And all that ‘slave’ nonsense is a bit excessive.”
“Rescuing you was effortless for me.”
“Your willingness to follow me is an honor.”
Bai Luo gently raised his hand, and the invisible Sacred Domain enveloped Alpha, lifting her into the air.
“This?!”
Alpha had never seen such miraculous power before.
Flying, using vast magic power, some strong individuals could achieve it.
But effortlessly hovering and lifting her too was beyond Alpha’s comprehension.
“Just a small trick, nothing unusual.”
Thus, Bai Luo took Alpha back to where Xue Ji and others were.
Their speed was fast, covering five kilometers in the blink of an eye, and even upon landing, Alpha remained in awe.
Too fast! Too fast!
At this moment, Bai Luo had become synonymous with mystery and power in Alpha’s eyes.
That incomparable mighty magic power and such divine skills.
Alpha didn’t know Bai Luo’s identity, but one thing she was certain of: ‘Lord Bai Luo must be a powerful warrior beyond my imagination!’
Perhaps because of Bai Luo’s appearance, Shadow never encountered Alpha.
‘Looks like I need to pay more attention to this aspect.’
Bai Luo thought of the Shadow Courtyard from the original story: ‘Cid got beaten by me, with his Voldemort-like personality, he probably won’t wander around for a long time.’
‘The girls cursed by bloodlines cannot be left unchecked.’
For Cid, Bai Luo had already disregarded him.
Speaking of strength, even when Bai Luo was at seven digits, he could defeat Cid.
Now at six digits, crushing him was effortless.
In a few years, when Cid grows stronger, Bai Luo doesn’t even know what level he’ll reach.
“Lord Bai Luo!”
Seeing Bai Luo return, Xue Ji hurriedly approached to inquire.
She had already sensed that Bai Luo wasn’t alone, but seeing Alpha still amazed her with the enchanting beauty of this young Pokémon girl.
“Xue Ji, this is Alpha.”
Bai Luo didn’t mention the girl’s previous situation, only saying that he had saved her from the torment of a curse.
“Those damn black-clothed people again!”
Xue Ji had long wanted to ask Bai Luo about the origins of these black-clothed individuals.
But considering Bai Luo came from another continent, now another world, she refrained.
“You, aren’t you also…?”
Alpha thought Xue Ji was like herself, a commodity being sold by the black-clothed people, and couldn’t help but feel a sense of mutual understanding.
“My situation is different from yours, Alpha.”
Then Xue Ji recounted how her village fell into chaos due to the machinations of the black-clothed people and was subsequently destroyed by the eastern and western factions.
Though their circumstances differed, both were used as pawns by the mysterious organization, thus harboring deep hatred towards it.
“Who exactly are they?”
“Instigating conflicts between the east and west factions, selling the cursed children of the Pokémon race—it’s all too suspicious!”
Xue Ji and Alpha both looked at Bai Luo, who paused briefly before replying: “Do you know about Diablo?”
“Diablo, the legendary demon god defeated by the three heroes?”
Both women glanced at each other and nodded.
The Demon God Diablo was vanquished by the ancient three heroes, and Alpha was the direct descendant of the Pokémon hero.
Humans and Beast People do not live as long as Pokémon, so the bloodlines of the ancient heroes of those two races had already branched out extensively.
But for Alpha, this was merely something her ancestors had experienced.
“The three heroes were afflicted with Diablo’s blood curse during their battle with her.”
“Their descendants experience magic power surges.”
Bai Luo explained: “And those black-clothed people belong to an organization called the Diablo Sect.”
“This organization is led by twelve Round Table Knights, lurking in the shadows, orchestrating plans across the entire continent to achieve some unknown evil purpose.”
These matters were top secrets on this continent, and the true history had already been erased by the Diablo Sect.
The girls were unaware of the truth, believing that the magic power surges were curses, whereas in reality, it was the inheritance of Diablo’s bloodline.
As long as the internal magic power could be organized, they could control this force.
Not only would it be harmless, but it would significantly enhance their potential.
In the reinforcement system, it would be R-level magic growth, firmly placing them in the elite class of a world.
“So it’s like this?”
Alpha had never considered such a possibility. She was defamed as a demon-possessed individual due to the curse.
Girls like her were certainly not isolated cases across the entire continent.
Throughout history, countless people had suffered because of this.
“If that’s the case,”
Xue Ji understood this point, indignantly arguing for the demon-possessed: “Then so-called demon-possessed individuals are not cursed, but rather should be regarded as symbols of the heroes’ descendants and celebrated accordingly.”
As a matter of fact, Xue Ji herself was also a demon-possessed individual.
Only in the original story, Xue Ji luckily met Cid, who helped regulate her internal magic power.
Otherwise, Xue Ji wouldn’t have risen so quickly later, becoming the White Tower Master of the Lawless City.
“Diablo Sect!!”
Alpha gritted her teeth at the organization, wishing to grind its bones to dust.
If it weren’t for their deception, demon-possessed individuals wouldn’t be viewed as evil witches but as the offspring of heroes, receiving proper care.
Unlike now, where they are abandoned once signs of demonic possession appear.
People say there’s no cure for demonic possession, but Bai Luo cured her.
Therefore, if people persistently strive, over centuries, perhaps demonic possession isn’t unsolvable.
However, the Diablo Sect has obstructed all progress.
“The Diablo Sect is researching elixirs that grant eternal youth, and the blood of demon-possessed individuals is the best experimental material to improve the quality of these elixirs.”
“So they persecute the descendants of heroes while ensuring our lineage continues?”
Alpha immediately understood, wow, they were treating them like crops to harvest.
“Damn!”
Realizing this, Alpha’s hatred for the Diablo Sect reached its peak.
There had only been a few generations since the Pokémon race began, which meant there must have been more than one demon-possessed individual among Alpha’s parents and grandparents.
This could almost be considered a hereditary disease in their family.
“Would you like to join us?”
Bai Luo smiled and extended his hand to Alpha: “I plan to gather all the possessed individuals and thoroughly eradicate the pests of the Diablo Sect.”
“Please allow me to join!”
Without hesitation, Alpha grabbed Bai Luo’s hand directly.
She was determined to repay Bai Luo, vowing to follow him until death.
With this clear goal now, Alpha naturally wouldn’t miss the opportunity.