NOVEL NEXT Chapter 50
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“My body hurts so much…”
In a carriage wrapped tightly, the Pokémon maiden knelt inside a cage. She had a head of jet-black hair and a face as delicate as a porcelain doll.
However, the wriggling demon-possessed flesh on her shoulder and the half-eaten side of her body ruined this beauty.
Chaotic magic power continued to consume the girl’s vitality, bringing her immense pain.
“Huff~~”
The cold wind seeped through the cracks in the cage into the girl’s body, freezing her hands and feet numb, making her shiver uncontrollably from the cold.
She wanted to cry, but her tears had dried up long ago on the road.
Shouting loudly, pleading bitterly—these were no less than the most beautiful music in the world to those inhumane slave traders.
No use, nothing could be done; she could only become more numb as time passed.
“Ding!”
“Ahh~~”
“Pfft!”
Suddenly, sounds of clashing metal accompanied by the cries of the slave traders came from outside the cage.
The originally desperate Pokémon maiden slowly opened her dim eyes.
“Swish~~”
When the curtain covering the cage was lifted, along with the light, a silver-haired maiden who looked like she stepped out of a fairy tale appeared before the girl’s eyes.
The exquisite features, pointed ears—these were the symbols of a Pokémon.
“Are you okay?”
Beta recognized the figure in the cage—it was another Pokémon like herself.
“Don’t be afraid, I will save you right now!”
Beta channeled her magic power into her sleeves, whereupon black slimes immediately transformed into several sharp blades, slicing the cage that held the black-haired Pokémon into pieces.
The black-haired Pokémon said nothing.
She stared blankly at the silver-haired Pokémon who saved her, and before she could speak, everything went dark, and she fainted.
“Ah!”
Beta did not disdain the black-haired Pokémon and quickly embraced her: “You, are you alright? Wake up!”
While saying this, Beta touched the forehead of the black-haired Pokémon.
“So hot!”
As soon as they made contact, Beta felt the heat radiating off the skin of the black-haired Pokémon.
She had a fever, and it was already very severe.
“How is she?”
Alpha’s figure appeared behind Beta. She had already dealt with the bandit group at this outpost.
Within the temporary camp, numerous bodies lay sprawled everywhere, blood pooling all over the ground.
Beta casually glanced around, feeling no pity whatsoever.
Slave traders deserved their fate!
“She has a high fever, and it’s quite serious.”
Lacking experience in taking care of others, Beta handed the black-haired Pokémon over to Alpha.
“Let me check.”
Alpha approached and took the girl, placing her hand on the other’s forehead. She quickly completed an examination of the black-haired Pokémon.
“Due to demonic possession, her body is already on the brink of collapse.”
“After being enslaved, both physical and psychological blows have caused her vitality to rapidly decrease.”
After speaking, Alpha first released emerald life energy, replenishing the essence lost by the Pokémon girl over these days all at once.
But, this wasn’t enough.
“I’m going to perform a clan transformation on her and then enhance her constitution using the superpowers associated with the Golden Sacred Domain.”
The sacred domain of the Authority Holder possesses a method to convert people into Ability Users.
Once becoming a member of Alpha’s clan, under the protection of the Sacred Domain, all diseases would stay away from her.
Of course, such conversion isn’t without limits.
At least coercive conversions like forcing someone against their will wouldn’t work.
However, the black-haired Pokémon, like Beta and Alpha, belonged to the Pokémon race.
This greatly narrowed the distance between them and made the conversion ritual less rigid.
The black-haired Pokémon didn’t actively agree, but her Pokémon bloodline continuously emitted goodwill upon coming into contact with Alpha.
Alpha’s bloodline was now comparable to that of a Pokémon Queen.
Ordinary Pokémon faced natural suppression when encountering her.
“This is all I can do for now.”
Alpha regretfully handed the black-haired Pokémon to Beta, instructing her to take the girl back to the base: “With my current level of magic manipulation, I cannot yet treat her demonic possession, so we must rely on Bai Luo.”
A healthy body within the Golden Sacred Domain isn’t absolute.
Especially when facing chaotic magic power of quality equal to or better than the Power of Authority, merely being able to barely counteract it is already reaching its limit.
“I’ll go back first; please be careful with the matters there, Alpha.”
“Yeah, leave it to me.”
Beta bid farewell to Alpha and immediately sprinted toward the Ancient Capital, carrying the girl on her back.
“The Diablo Sect, truly detestable.”
Watching the two figures disappear, Alpha’s hatred for the sect grew stronger: “Over the years, how many people have they abducted from the Pokémon Kingdom?”
Pokémon have a country in the Shadow World.
Besides that, Pokémon villages of various sizes are scattered all over the world.
From this perspective, the population of Pokémon in the Shadow World is not small.
Perhaps they don’t outnumber Beast People, and they certainly fall far short of Humans, but considering the scale needed to sustain the sect’s trafficking for so many years, it indicates a significant racial base.
However, the issue lies here:
Over the years, Cid could rescue hundreds of possessed individuals within just a few years, indicating that the sect trafficked hundreds of Pokémon maidens annually.
Calculating this way, after so many years, the continuous loss of Pokémon maidens, while the Pokémon race showed no action, raises concerns.
Just thinking about it gave Alpha chills down her spine.
“There are members of the sect within the upper echelons of the Pokémon Kingdom.”
And they weren’t ordinary upper echelons either; they stole descendants of heroes like herself and Beta.
Their authority was such that saying they covered the sky with one hand wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
Bai Luo had told Alpha that there were twelve members in the upper ranks of the sect, known as the Round Table Knights.
In the original story, the Round Table Knights included both Humans and Beast People.
Following this logic, there must be members of the Pokémon race among them, and there’s a high probability that they are top-tier experts occupying the top few seats.
“Unfortunately, Bai Luo doesn’t have any intention to rule this world.”
With Bai Luo’s strength, conquering the entire world would be as easy as pie.
Moreover, ruling the world benefits the world itself rather than Bai Luo.
“But…”
“The current situation seems not bad either.”
Alpha privately pondered how to help Bai Luo: “Possessing absolute power without interfering with the development of the surface world, maintaining stability, and eradicating rats like the sect hiding in the shadows.”
“Whoosh!”
As the thought crossed her mind, Alpha’s magic also detected that wild magical force.
“Is it over there?!”
Her figure disappeared from the branches, leaping several times, traversing hundreds of meters of forest.
Without Beta slowing her down, Alpha’s speed instantly increased several times.
About half an hour later, Alpha finally found the target she had been tracking deep in the mountains.
“Damn!”
“Be careful with this guy!”
“Do not make rash moves, suppress bit by bit, her magic won’t last long!”
“…”
At this moment, the target was surrounded by a group of black-clothed swordsmen.
She was a young girl with black hair and wolf ears atop her head. Her figure darted between the black-clothed swordsmen, and her claws easily pierced through the heart of one man.
“Ha ha ha!!”
“Come fight me!”
The wild battle excited the wolf-eared girl.
She was like a pure beast, despite being at a disadvantage and heavily wounded, still fighting fiercely against her prey.
There was no fear of death or pain in the girl’s eyes.
What existed was the desire for blood and slaughter.
“Interesting.”
Alpha stood on the tree branch, overlooking this scene, unable to determine which side needed help.
“Fighting without any strategy, purely relying on instinct and the intuition of a beast.”
Alpha commented: “However, this growing ferocity is commendable.”
Having inherited Pokémon swordsmanship and receiving guidance from Bai Luo, Alpha was clearly advancing towards the path of a sword master.
If Alpha’s swordsmanship was the artistry and refinement of human skills,
Then the wolf-eared girl was the ultimate expression of a beast’s ferocity.
There was no distinction of superiority or inferiority between the two.
It depended on which suited oneself better.
“I am a Pokémon, this child is a Beast Person.”
Alpha watched more and more intently, realizing that the two represented their respective races perfectly.
Pokémon valued art and technique,
while Beast People pursued ancient ways and primitiveness.
“Pu~”
Blood splattered, flesh and internal organs fell to the ground, the scene before her eyes resembled a painting of hell.
“Gulp~gulp~”
When the last enemy fell, the wolf-eared girl’s body reached its limit.
She was bathed in blood, breathing low like a wild beast.
Suddenly, the girl turned her gaze toward the direction where Alpha was located.
“Discovered?”
Alpha was somewhat surprised, as she had hidden her presence: “Should I say, indeed worthy of a beast’s intuition?”
“Prey!! Ha ha ha!!”
Without any intention of communication, the wolf-eared girl shook off the blood and flesh on her hands and laughed wildly as she lunged at Alpha.
“Bang!”
Alpha saw the attack coming from the wolf-eared girl. She neither dodged nor used slime-like weapons. She simply raised a finger and blocked the girl’s falling hand.
“???”
The wolf-eared girl obviously didn’t expect this situation.
Her beastly intuition told her that the Pokémon in front of her was extremely dangerous, far beyond what she could handle.
Yet, the hunting desire cultivated since childhood supported her, causing her to repeatedly attack Alpha.
“Can’t hit?! “
“Why can’t I hit her?!”
However, in response to the wolf-eared girl’s storm of attacks, Alpha remained calm.
Just that one finger.
Either pressing against the palm of the girl or lightly tapping it.
Alpha used a compressed point of magic power to repeatedly repel the wolf-eared girl’s claws.
“Monster!”
This composed posture, even for the wolf-eared girl whose mind was consumed by wildness, evoked thoughts of retreat.
“What?”
Seeing the wolf-eared girl stepping back some distance, Alpha smiled and asked: “Do you want to run away?”
“Grumble grumble~”
Hearing this obviously provocative statement, the wolf-eared girl, who originally intended to flee, immediately let out a growl from her throat.
The wolf-eared girl still possessed considerable combat ability.
But Alpha could see that the girl’s internal organs had already been eroded by demonic possession.
She was enduring excruciating pain at every moment.
Hunting desires, instincts for killing, seemed like the only way for the girl to forget the torment of her body.
“Well, never mind.”
Alpha, feeling compassion, decided to end the girl’s suffering quickly: “I’ll just take you back directly.”
“!!!”
Seemingly sensing Alpha’s intention to act, the wolf-eared girl immediately assumed a defensive stance.
“Dogs need to behave to be likable, understand?”
“Whoosh!”
After finishing her sentence, Alpha’s figure disappeared from the wolf-eared girl’s sight.
The next moment, the girl only felt a pain in her neck, followed by darkness enveloping her vision, and she fainted in Alpha’s arms.
K.O!
An effortless knockout!
“Poor child.”
Alpha didn’t know the background or identity of the wolf-eared girl. She carried the girl on her back and flew toward the Foggy Forest like a golden meteor.
Flying through the air was a high-level magic skill Alpha had recently learned.
“I wonder how Beta is doing.”
Beta couldn’t fly; to return to the Ancient Capital, she had to climb mountains and cross rivers.
However, Alpha apparently forgot something.
Bai Luo’s magic could cover the entire planet, although lacking precision, he still instantly sensed the presence of Beta and the black-haired Pokémon.
Thus, the unique spatial ability of the Shadow World, the Black Rose, activated, instantly teleporting them to his presence.
“Lord Bai Luo?”
Beta was seeing Bai Luo use such astonishing skills for the first time.
Under normal circumstances, she would surely ask about it, but given the black-haired Pokémon’s condition, she couldn’t afford to waste time.
“Please save this child quickly!”
Beta placed the black-haired Pokémon on the sofa, her expression filled with concern.
“Let me take a look.”
Bai Luo wasted no time, quickly sorting out the chaotic magic power within the girl’s body.
“Ugh~”
As the magic power stabilized within her, the strange phenomena on the girl’s body quickly disappeared.
At the same time, the black-haired Pokémon dazedly opened her eyes and, seeing the youth surrounded by silver star magic power, asked:
“Where am I…?”
“Wait.”
Before the girl could inquire further, she noticed changes in her own body: “I, my body, is it healed?”
Next, a flood of memories surged into her mind, and the intelligent girl quickly understood the cause and effect of the events.
“Did you save me?”
“Thank you, thank you…”
Tears streamed down the girl’s cheeks as she spoke.
Her body no longer hurt, a sense of ease she hadn’t dared to hope for since contracting the curse.
“It’s over now.”
Beta pitied the girl, hugging her gently. The silver-haired Pokémon caressed her long hair, offering soft comfort.
And when the girl’s emotions completely calmed down, Bai Luo began asking about her situation.
“What is your name?”
When Bai Luo asked this question, he actually already anticipated the possible outcome.
Indeed, as Bai Luo expected, the black-haired Pokémon, like Alpha and Beta, refused to recall her past.
Therefore, under Beta’s suggestion, Bai Luo gave the girl a new name—Gamma.
“Gamma…”
Gamma muttered, looking at Bai Luo with increasingly admiring and respectful eyes: “Thank you, I really like this name.”
“That’s good.”
Upon contacting Gamma, Bai Luo had confirmed her identity.
She was precisely the third seat among the Seven Shadows of the Shadow Court in the original story.
As for how he judged that…
“Oof!!”
In the bewildered gazes of Bai Luo and Beta, Gamma performed a spectacular face-plant right there.
Looking up, the girl revealed a streak of blood dripping from her nose.
That awkward expression was truly hard to contain.
“What is this?”
“I, I’ve always had poor motor nerves.”
“Could it be too exaggerated to be this bad?”
Beta, just meeting Gamma, clearly didn’t expect someone like this.
According to Bai Luo’s statement, Gamma’s magic growth talent was even higher than Beta’s.
Powerful magic meant powerful combat abilities.
But looking at Gamma’s current state, it was hard to imagine her fighting. Just avoiding hurting herself was probably a miracle.
“Ha ha.”
Bai Luo picked Gamma up, laughing as he patted the girl’s dress: “With your talent, you’d actually suit the role of a mage.”
“Mage?”
Gamma cupped her hands to her chest, looking at Bai Luo with anticipation.
“Ah, it’s a highly noble profession.”
Bai Luo didn’t neglect Beta, pulling the two girls into the study to introduce them to the knowledge of mages.
There were no mages in the Shadow World.
Despite possessing magic power, the strong individuals of this world leaned more towards martial arts in their application of magic.
So Bai Luo wondered if there was any way to explore new uses for magic.
Beta and Gamma listened attentively as Bai Luo described the elegance of mages from another world.
The two women focused intently, quickly becoming immersed in Bai Luo’s story.
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