Gerald made sure to repeat Old Flint’s message just to emphasize how dangerous it was to even touch the treasures in this place. While human greed was near endless, self-control was key in surviving, especially in their current situation… Regardless, after nearly half an hour of transferring all manner of treasures out of that room, Lech and his men had compiled enough riches to fill at least two large cars… Seeing how much treasure there was, it was no wonder why Lech and his men had been drawn to this place… Either way, once Lech got out of the secret room for the final time, he then walked toward Gerald before smiling as he said, “These are the treasures we got from that secret room, Gerald! Since both parties have contributed a lot to get this far, I’m willing to share some of our spoils with you!” Smiling subtly in return, Gerald then replied, “I appreciate the consideration, Mr. Zak, but we didn’t come here for the vampires’ treasures. With that in mind, you’re free to keep
“So what you’re saying is that the spiders will only attack those who touch the treasures?” asked Gerald. Watching as Old Flint nodded, Gerald and his party were instantly shocked. To think that the spiders would actually select their prey… Meanwhile, Lech and his remaining team members were being swallowed alive by the gigantic spiders! It was truly a gruesome sight… Staring at Gerald—who was still standing by the door—the pitiful Lech who was getting devoured could only plead, “B-brother Crawford…! Please, save us…!” “H-Help! Please…!” screamed the other agonized members of Lech’s team as well. Even so, there was nothing that Gerald could do. All of them had taken the cursed treasures due to their immense greed. In other words, they had brought all this upon themselves. With that in mind, Gerald could only watch helplessly as they continued screaming and getting eaten… Lech himself was torn clean in half before being tossed right into the abyss… As for the rest of his t
Soon after, Gerald and the others returned to the chamber once more… However, once inside, they were suddenly greeted by odd knocking sounds… Now feeling vigilant, Ray couldn’t help but look at Gerald as he asked, “…Do you hear that, brother Gerald?” Nodding, Gerald then replied, “I do.” With that, all five of them immediately began looking for the exact source of the sound… until eventually, Gerald realized that it was coming from the very center of the round platform in the chamber… “…The sound is coming from over there!” said Gerald as he pointed at the platform. Hearing that, everyone quickly gathered around the platform before pressing their ears onto it… True enough, now that their ears were directly on the platform, the constant knocking became even clearer! Upon closer inspection, the knocking sounded almost rhythmic as well. “…Do… you think someone could be trapped inside, Gerald…?” asked Ray. “…Judging from the rhythmic knocking, that may just be the case!” re
Imprisoned at the bottom, appeared to be a strong, long-haired, ape-like creature… “…What’s down there, Brother Gerald?” asked Ray in a whispery voice. Looking at them, Gerald then quietly signaled for them to come over to have a look for themselves. Seeing that, the other members of Gerald’s party then crept over before peering down as well. Looking at Old Flint, Gerald then asked, “…Do you have any idea what that is, Old Flint…?” After seemingly thinking for a while, Old Flint then replied, “…If my eyes do not deceive me, that should be a black gibbon. I recall a tale about the vampires raising a black gibbon and using it to help them catch humans… Perhaps this is the one!” As Gerald’s eyes widened, Ray quickly said, “Then… this black gibbon must be a fierce beast! It’s best that we keep it locked under the platform!” True enough, such a vicious black gibbon couldn’t be allowed to run free. Otherwise, it would surely spell trouble! Unfortunately, Ray had said that a bit
“Indeed. Countless people have attempted to locate the casket of the first vampire ancestor in order to obtain the vampiric pearl within it…” replied Old Flint with a nod. “The vampiric pearl? You came here looking for that, right?” asked Gerald. “It is. The vampiric pearl is a treasure of the vampires that’ll allow me to obtain a new body!” explained Old Flint. Upon hearing that, Gerald simply nodded. While the treasure certainly sounded intriguing, he wasn’t all that interested in it. After all, he had only come here to help Old Flint out. Regardless, after properly inspecting it, Gerald then said, “…Well, it seems safe enough. Let’s open the casket!” Hearing that, Old Flint then nodded, eager to finally be able to get his hands on the vampiric pearl. Seeing no objections from Old Flint, Gerald then turned to face Juno and Nori before saying, “You two, stay a distance from us! If anything goes wrong, run for it, understand?” Naturally, Juno and Nori obeyed. Quickly walk
Naturally, Nori, Juno, and Ray agreed to that without a second thought. As they quickly gathered their things to prepare to leave, Ray couldn’t help but notice that Old Flint was still standing in the same corner, though he was now trembling for some reason… Finding it slightly odd, Ray then called out, “Old Flint, we’re about to leave now!” However, the second his sentence ended, Ray’s eyes widened when Old Flint turned back to glare at him, his eyes now fully crimson… Shivering in fear, Ray then yelled, “Um, G-Gerald? Something’s wrong with Old Flint…!” Hearing that, he turned to look at the old man and quickly found himself shocked to see Old Flint’s state as well. “…Old Flint…? What’s wrong?” asked Gerald in a serious tone, his eyebrows furrowed. Unfortunately for them, this wasn’t the Old Flint they used to know anymore. While his appearance remained the same, the red-eyed being before them was now nothing more than a blood-craving monster… “Gerald, look at his thr
“…Don’t tell me… You don’t remember anything at all?” replied Gerald. Shaking his head in his slight confusion, it truly appeared that he had no memory of what had just taken place. “…Tell me, why did you swallow the vampiric pearl?” asked Gerald. After all, had the old man not swallowed it, he wouldn’t have entered that maddened state. “I… What? I… swallowed it…?!” replied Old Flint, his eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Gerald. “You did! After swallowing it, you turned into a madman and started attacking us!” explained Gerald. After hearing everything that had happened from Gerald, Old Flint couldn’t help but look at the pearl—that was still on the ground—as he muttered in his bewilderment, “…I… The last thing I remember was you giving the pearl to me… I had no idea I did all that after that!” Staring at the old man, Gerald had a feeling that he wasn’t lying. Call it a gut feeling, but Gerald chose to believe Old Flint’s point of view. However, if Old Flint trul
As the two glints came closer, it was slowly revealed that they were the eyes of a huge white bear!Since Gerald and the others were currently fast asleep, none of them knew how dangerous their current situation was! Regardless, after looking at the five people who had dozed off at the cave’s entrance, the bear seemed particularly interested in Ray. The fact that Ray was snoring only attracted the bear’s attention even more! Slowly moving toward Ray, the bear quickly began licking his face! “…Five more minutes… What is it Gerald…? Has the snow stopped…?” mumbled the sleepy Ray as he began patting the bear’s face… The second he felt how unnaturally furry ‘Gerald’ was, Ray instantly froze. This… This wasn’t Gerald, was it. By the time he opened his eyes, Gerald and the others were already staring vigilantly at the bear. To think that such a dangerous creature would be living in this cave! With how close the bear was, all of them could smell it and even feel the warmth its body
Watching in fury as his black air blade dissipated, Daryl roared, “W-what power…!” As Daryl was too shocked to move, Gerald took the chance to yell, “Attack…!” And just like that, a blazing light momentarily lit the entire sky…! As surges of energy shot out in all directions, Daryl’s devilish formation was reduced to dust in a matter of seconds! “No…!” howled the anguished Daryl as the earth beneath him cracked and clouds of dust flew everywhere! It was chaos incarnate… yet moments later, everything fell deathly silent. Gerald himself had already vomited a pool of blood by now, and as he fell unconscious, he could feel his body freezing up… Fast forward to three years later, Mayberry Commercial Street was as lively as ever… “Darling, it’s your brother’s wedding day today… Shouldn’t we head over earlier? You’ve been dolling yourself up for ages!” “Fine, dad… Though, isn’t Second Uncle already there to help set things up? That aside, my brother’s gone through so many hardsh
‘Daryl’s been possessed by the Supreme Devilish Lord for ages, and the lord himself has been using your grandfather’s body to attempt his resurrection! This cycle has been repeating for years, and the Supreme Devilish Lord has already captured many people with Yin physiques but thankfully failed! This grew so out of hand that the Soluna Deus Sect, or Sun League as you call them, have actively been trying to force the Supreme Devilish Lord to show himself!’ ‘In order to further deter the Supreme Devilish Lord’s efforts, they’ve even been kidnapping people with Yin physiques! Do you see the entire picture now, boy?’ explained Finnley. ‘…So that’s the truth… Then, how’s Mila?’ asked Gerald. ‘She’s fine, but your reunion depends on whether we can destroy him this time!’ replied one of the white-robed ladies. That was relieving to hear… Still, as it turned out, the Sun League weren’t villains at all! They had simply been abducting people like his second uncle, Mila, and Leo for the
His chest felt like it was exploding, and it didn’t take long for blood to spurt out of his mouth. What immense devilish power…! Following a sneer, the Nirvadevil sect’s master scoffed, “I know you raised your cultivation level this high because you want to learn more about the Sun League, but you should understand that devilish cultivators will always be stronger! Did you really think that acquiring the angelic inheritance would give you absolute power? How laughable! Your Herculean Primordial Spirit won’t save you this time!” Furrowing his brows, Gerald retorted, “…Who on earth are you? How do you know me so well? In fact, how do you know about my Herculean Primordial Spirit?” Laughing in response, the master then said, “Oh, you’ll know who I am soon! But before that, allow me to snatch your Herculean Primordial Spirit! I need to destroy it so that the sacred Primordial Devilish Internal Pellet can reign supreme…!” Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but frown even more.
“…This formation. It feels… familiar,” muttered Sanchez. “Same thought here. I think it’s the Septelic Perishment Formation of the ancient Black Dragon Sect!” replied Gerald. “Ah, no wonder it felt so familiar… Though, wasn’t this formation lost to time ages ago? How did you learn of it?” asked the surprised Sanchez. The formation had been a legendary one that, as Sanchez had said, had been lost at the end of the ancient era. Just from its name alone, one could imagine that this immensely powerful formation had been used against the people of the Deitus Realm. In the end, however, the allies of the Deitus Realm still managed to destroy the Black Dragon Sect, thus leading to the destruction of all the sect’s other mysterious and bizarre formations… Naturally, they had made sure to obliterate all of them to ensure that nobody in the future would be able to threaten them like that again in the future… Whatever the case was, Gerald was quick to reply, “I read about it somewhere. Ho
Upon hearing Gerald’s question, Lord Ethern was prompted to reveal a few samples of the herbs they were locating… and it wasn’t long before Gerald felt his eyes twitch. After all, those samples were herbs inherited by the ancient witches… In other words, they were the ones he was for as well! Naturally, Marcel recognized them as well, and he was quick to say, “…These…” Noticing how the two were looking at the herbs, Darkwind muttered, “…I take it that the herbalist they’re looking for really is Ms. Phoebe, Mr. Crawford?” “…Well, it’s hard to say if she is since Marcel already said that the timing wasn’t right… Regardless, this is an important clue. Lord Ethern, was it? Could you elaborate a bit more on your master?” muttered Gerald as he turned to face the man again. “I really can’t say…! Look, Master always appears before us in a shadowy form, so none of us have ever seen his face!” replied Lord Ethern while shaking his head. “…Is that the truth?” “I swear on my life!” exc
“Flaxen, you bloody traitor…!” roared the three other lords who grew so angry that their faces went red!However, they had no time to remain angry since the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez had already made their move! As one would expect, it only took a single round for all three of the lords to crumble to the ground.With his eyes wide open, Lord Ethern stuttered, “Who… Who the hell are you people…?!”“You don’t need to know that information. That aside, tell us what you four are planning to do already,” scoffed Gerald as he slowly approached the three defeated men.“…Who the hell do you think you are? What makes you think I’ll comply so easily?” growled Lord Ethren.Upon hearing that, Gerald raised his hand… and within a split second, Lord Ethern let out a bone-chilling wail. The Blancetnoir Double Lords had just snapped both of the poor man’s arms!“If you want your other limbs intact, don’t make me repeat the question,” growled Gerald.Now terrified, the agonized man replied,
From what Gerald could tell, all of them were devilish cultivators. After all, their auras were way different compared to regular cultivators like Gerald and demonic cultivators like Sanchez. Though he had read about devilish cultivators before in one of Uncle Zeman’s books, this was his first time actually coming across them. It was a while later when the frowning Sanchez muttered, “So, they want to ambush some herb lady… Is she the one we’re looking for?” Sanchez, for one, had pretty much been frowning throughout his journey with Gerald. His only hope at the moment was for Gerald to find the person he was looking for as soon as possible. Otherwise, who knew how long that boy would continue controlling his life! Regardless, Marcel was quick to add, “I had the same thought, Mr. Crawford. After all, Phoebe excels not only in pharmacology, but also in all sorts of special techniques and formations!” Watching as Gerald nodded, the Blancetnoir Double Lords couldn’t help but scoff,
There were two straightforward purposes of the trip. The first was to find Phoebe, the descendant of the ancient witches. Only by finding her would Gerald have a chance to locate Daryl’s hideout… Hopefully the Yinblood pellet—that was now in his hands—would aid with that effort… As for the second goal, he was hoping to retrieve the inheritance according to the Zearl’s instructions. After all, he’d only stand a fighting chance against Daryl and the Soluna Sect after getting the inheritance. While it was true that Gerald’s cultivation level was currently one of the highest in all of the cultivation realm, the fact remained that Daryl practiced devilish cultivation, and those from the Soluna Deus Sect were already in the Deitus Realm. In other words, he was merely an ant to them, which was why he was making sure to fully prepare himself before confronting them. Though he now had Sanchez and the Blancetnoir Double Lords under his command, he still felt that he was underprepared… Re
Now that all three of them had been subdued with the Nineraid Band, the other big shot cultivators couldn’t help but stare enviously at Gerald, knowing full well that they’d never be able to obtain his angelic artifacts. After all, if he could take down the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez, then what chance did they have? By this point, Sanchez had managed to get to his feet, albeit with quite a bit of difficulty. Naturally, he no longer dared to make any rash moves on Gerald. Instead, he was prompted to resentfully say, “You’re really something else, Gerald…! It makes me wonder why you still need our help. After all, not only are you the sole person who knows the secrets of the general’s tomb, but you also possess those angelic artifacts!” “Oh, don’t you worry about that. With how powerful you three are, I’m sure you’ll become indispensable assistants as we head to the North Desert in search of a certain someone! Speaking of which, if you’re already thinking about killing me t