NOVEL NEXT Chapter 17: ch 17:The Queen
In the quiet forest, birds chirped, small animals like squirrels and rabbits danced, and even flowers and plants swayed rhythmically.
All of this revolved around one person: Snow White, as pure and innocent as snow.
Everyone danced and sang together, even the usually ferocious wild wolves in the outermost circle. They seemed to lose their aggression and appeared almost cute.
In a corner, however, sat the dark knight, resembling a pitch-black metal figure, silent and seemingly out of place in the cheerful, innocent environment.
Rock in the dark knight's armor has a gloomy look in his eyes.Snow White's extraordinary charm, which made everyone and every creature adore her, is no longer something that can be described by charm alone.
"A conceptual forced favorability aura?"
His brows furrowed deeper.
This strange power surrounding Snow White made Rock reluctant to approach her without a solid plan.
However, the supernatural seed required for the mission was on her, and it was the only supernatural seed known so far.
If he left Snow White, Rock wouldn't even know what the supernatural seed looked like.
A headache. Trouble!
Rock had thought about directly attacking this weird Snow White. For the sake of profit, even if Snow White is beautiful, he wouldn't mind being ruthless.
But the problem was that Rock couldn't even have the intention to kill Snow White!
More precisely, he couldn't muster any malice.
If he wanted to act, his subjective intent would dissolve into nothingness. Without malice, he couldn't attack. If he didn't act, he wouldn't obtain the supernatural seed!
According to Rock's estimation, There are probably two ways to break Snow White's strange aura.One was to be a true pervert,someone who killed without malice, treating killing as an art, a belief, or even a sacred act. Such individuals might be immune to Snow White's effect
In addition, the second method is speculated by Rock, and the truth is unknown.
Since the queen can have ill intentions towards Princess Snow White and plotted Snow White to eat the poisoned apple, it means that Snow White's aura does not have much impact on the queen.
The queen is suspected to be a witch, and the witch is a supernatural being on the magic side. Therefore, Snow White's aura either has limited impact on the supernatural, or it can be resisted by increasing mental resistance.
Suddenly, Rock raised his head abruptly.
"This feeling?"
...…
In the palace, a pair of slender legs were put together, wearing a gorgeous palace dress. Compared with the usual charm and seduction, the queen at this moment had more majesty rarely seen before, and her majestic temperament made people palpitate.
Especially at this moment, the queen was not in a good mood. Her expression was visibly cold, and she stared coldly at the hunter below.
At this moment, this most outstanding and experienced hunter was kneeling on the ground, shaking like a sieve.
Damn it, damn it, he thought. Was I insane back then? Why did I disobey the queen's orders?
It was over for him now. His death didn't matter, but his disobedience might implicate his entire family.
Feeling the queen's increasingly cold gaze from above, despair gradually rose in the hunter's heart.
"She ran away, why did you come back~"
Her words were not a question, nor a doubt. They demanded no response.
"Guards! Drag him away. Torture him with the bronze bull!"
The hunter collapsed immediately, his face ashen.
The bronze bull torture, which involves placing a person in a bronze bull and heating him up, and finally roasting him alive, is one of the most horrible forms of punishment. One can imagine the queen's anger at this moment.
The lifeless hunter was dragged away by guards as the queen dismissed her maids with a wave of her hand. Turning to the magic mirror, she spoke.
"Magic mirror, magic mirror, tell me, where is Snow White now?"
The devilish face of the mirror slowly emerged, ugly and menacing.
"As you wish, my queen."
The ugly face disappeared, and scenes began to emerge in the mirror.
Forests, chirping birds, leaping squirrels, white rabbits, wolves devoid of aggression, and Snow White surrounded by them.
But the queen's gaze didn't focus on Snow White. Instead, her attention was drawn to something near her.
It was a figure of nearly two meters, tall, dark, and majestic like a warrior from hell. The cold metal surface reflected a heart-pounding coldness, and the whole body was filled with a strong sense of oppression.
A hint of strangeness and astonishment emerged in the queen's eyes. As a queen and a witch, her knowledge was far more extensive than 99% of the people in this world, but even with her knowledge, It's actually impossible for her to tell what this dark Knight is!
It resembled armor but it was unlike anything she had seen. The oppressive energy it exuded was far beyond that of ordinary armor.
Suddenly, the dark knight in the magic mirror seemed to have noticed something and raised his head abruptly.
A crimson light suddenly bloomed in the originally dark"pupils".
Two gazes, two lines of sight, seemed to have crossed time and space, separated by an endless distance, and connected together with the help of the magic mirror.
After a moment, the queen suddenly smiled. She suddenly developed a strong interest in this dark Knight.
.....
On the other side, in the forest.
Rock lowered his head, and the red detection and analysis function in his eyes was turned off.
"No Enemies"
"I clearly felt a strange feeling of being watched, could it be an illusion?"
Suddenly, Rock's eyes turned and he looked in one direction.
A sense of being watched, a very malicious sense of being watched! And, this time it was very close!
Without hesitation, Rock plunged his hand into a massive nearby boulder and hurled it with tremendous force.
Boom!
The boulder, weighing at least a ton, smashed through a row of trees, finally crashing to the ground with a thunderous roar.
As the dust settled, shapes began to emerge in the distance.
"Damn it… enemies… damn enemies!"
One by one, pairs of glowing eyes lit up, staring at Rock with unrestrained malice.