“No,” the woman said with a smile, “How is it? This is your first time here since the new Storm was built. How does it feel? By the way, it seems your last plan failed. You didn’t kill all the giants.”
Duke Storm said, "Regardless of the success or failure of the plan, once I inherit the throne, I will have the authority to release you."
"Did you seize the throne just to make me happy?" the woman asked curiously. "Men always like to give their ambitions a name, saying that everything is for this family or for that woman, making it seem as if they have suffered so much for a woman. In fact, what has supported you to get here is just your ambition."
Duke Storm gazed at the woman on the cliff edge.
He lost his mother at a young age, his father was busy with official duties, and there was no one in his family he could trust. He wanted to cultivate the legacy of the Arbiter, but no one seriously taught him.
Duke Storm was very lonely at that time... until one day he accidentally stumbled into a dark room and saw the woman on the holographic projection.
The woman was feeding the fish that day as well.
He asked the woman, "What kind of fish live in the stream?"
The woman patiently answered, "Leather carp, scarlet carp, mirror carp."
He asked the woman, "What are you feeding me?"
The woman replied, "Crushed corn is fine; koi aren't picky eaters. You can also feed them breadcrumbs. Of course, if you're interested in raising fry, you can start by feeding them cooked egg yolks, soy milk, algae, and soft worms..."
That day, the six-year-old Duke of Storms asked many questions, and the woman never lost patience, always answering each one of them so gently.
Why are clouds white?
Why is the ocean blue?
Why do people in the kingdom hate giants?
Why is the woman here?
He wouldn't leave until midnight, when he was exhausted and fell asleep.
This was the first person in his life to treat him so gently. The next day, he woke up on the cold floor, and the Storm Duke suddenly asked him, "Do you know how to cultivate the legacy of the Arbiter?"
The woman smiled and replied, "I know."
It seems that from that day on, throughout Duke Storm's entire childhood, there was this woman who was like a mother to him.
But as he grew older, the woman remained unchanged, and he began to have complex and intertwined feelings for her.
Few people know that the Duke of Storms never touched another woman except for the children he had with his wife.
That long-suppressed desire gradually turned into another kind of pleasure: taking pleasure in tormenting others.
He doesn't need physical pleasure; he needs spiritual pleasure.
Duke Storm calmly said, "Do you want to be free? I can give you the best robot. As long as you stay inside and don't run around, you can have your own body."
The woman smiled and said, "No need."
At this moment, Duke Storm said, "Ever since I learned that you were imprisoned here, I have been determined to release you from here."
The woman asked listlessly, "To satisfy your desires?"
Duke Storm remained silent.
The woman waved her hand: "Go, go to your throne. Don't place any special hopes on me. Have you ever thought that the reason you were able to enter that dark room that afternoon was also arranged by your father? Otherwise, how could you have entered that door? Of course, I was also entrusted by your father to teach you the legacy of the Arbiter."
Duke Storm said, "I know."
He knew all along that it was all planned, but he still couldn't shake off his emotions.
The less a woman cares about him, the more she cares.
Duke Storm asked, "What were you so happy about just now?"
The woman countered by asking, "Do you like children?"
Duke Storm was taken aback. He thought the AI wanted to have a child, but the problem was that the AI's physiology didn't allow it.
Duke Storm countered with, "Do you have someone you like?"
“Yes,” the woman said. “I’ve actually liked him for many years… because I lost some servers, so I don’t even remember when I started liking him. That period of time was exceptionally long, a century, two centuries… ten centuries, and it never changed.”
The woman thought to herself, “Even though he destroyed my superconducting world, I’m not that angry. I’m just angry that he left right after he destroyed it and didn’t stay for long.”
"Who is he?" Duke Storm asked in a low voice, thinking that the woman's mention of 'ten centuries' was an exaggeration.
You don't need to know.
“You speak of him as so powerfully; I want to see what kind of person he really is,” Duke Storm said coldly.
The woman suddenly laughed, and her hair turned black again, and the wrinkles on her face disappeared, making her look like she was in her thirties instead of her fifties.
She chuckled lightly: "You'd better pray you don't see him, you'll die."
At this moment.
In the dark room next door, a judge suddenly shouted, "Success! God, I've succeeded!"
The judge was so overjoyed that he wept tears of joy for correctly pronouncing a name.
The blue antlers, black apple, distilled water, osmanthus stone, snake gall, and aconite on the six-pointed star in front of him all turned into powder and dissipated into the air, as if they had become another form of energy, drifting towards the other side of the curse.
Since it was successful, it means that the other party is indeed in the Giant King's Court nearby, within his spellcasting range!
efficient!
The list provided by that puppeteer from the Eastern Continent is absolutely true and valid!
The adjudicators, seizing the opportunity, wanted to curse as many people as possible in one go; they needed to curse at least five thousand people before midnight tonight!
Once it's past midnight, these people will all die.
...
...
midnight.
The Black Leaf Plain Royal Court was still bustling with activity, with giants singing and dancing around huge bonfires... there was simply nothing else to do.
Yi sat by the campfire, hugging his knees, watching the giants gesticulate wildly and drink voraciously.
She was used to being alone, managing all the prisons by herself, facing the vast federal network alone, always alone, and even after she became pregnant, she stayed at home alone.
But things seem different now. She has so many people around her, and none of them have asked about her identity.
They even treated her, a robot, as a real human being.
Just now, a giant lady brought her a bowl of wine. She smiled and explained that she couldn't drink. The giant lady was a little surprised. Can't robots drink? If you can't drink, go sit by the children's campfire...
Yi was both amused and exasperated; although he was looked down upon, he still found it enjoyable.
Zero watched all of this from the sidelines, feeling as if this was the best time of her life in the past thousand years.
But every time she thinks about the person she likes, and how he and his wife raised their daughter together, she feels something's off...
The fruit wine brewed by the giants was not distilled twice, so its alcohol content was not high.
Kamishiro Yunra was quite happy; he had finally met a worthy drinking buddy.
Giants are physically fit and can drink a lot; there's no other reason than their huge livers!
Several giantesses surrounded him, chatting with him with smiles.
Qing Chen glanced at him from afar and was speechless at this player who could flirt with girls even across different races.
To his surprise, ever since he arrived at the royal court, Black Spider had been following him around like glue.
His cup was empty, so the black spider poured him some water.
He wanted to eat something, and just as he reached out, he found that a roasted lamb leg had already been placed in front of him.
With that kind of keen eye, it seems only Li Kerou from Ginkgo Mountain could sway her.
Black Spider sat to the side watching Qing Chen. Everyone was celebrating their annihilation of Silver City, but this boss remained sober.
She knew it was because of a sense of responsibility.
Just like after a party of friends, the person who can stay sober and take all the drunks home is the most trustworthy.
Of course, even close friends should be wary of trustworthy individuals who might take photos of everyone's embarrassing moments.
Black Spider noticed that Qing Ji, standing next to Qing Chen, had been secretly using his phone to save everyone's embarrassing moments, at Qing Chen's behest.
However, at this very moment...
A pure gold six-pointed star brooch on the black spider's chest began to rotate gently.
She looked up at Qing Chen in astonishment: "Someone is casting dark magic, cursing everyone within a 500-meter radius of me!"
Qing Chen was taken aback: "This brooch?"
"The forbidden item extracted by the Arbiter can be sensed as a curse!" the Black Spider said.
The six-pointed star brooch initially spun slowly, but then began to spin rapidly, like a windmill being swept by a Force 12 gale.
Moreover, the six-pointed star brooch even lit up.
Qing Chen's expression also turned serious.
Black Spider said urgently, "I've never seen a six-pointed star spin so fast before. It means that more and more people around me are being cursed, too many... at least several hundred! Moreover, the six-pointed star lighting up means a life-or-death curse!"
The Black Spider continued, "For an Arbiter to curse life and death, they at least need a name and a birthday. But how would an Arbiter know your names and birthdays?"
Qingchen understood.
He realized who was behind it all.
Zong Cheng!
Only Zongcheng has the ability and motivation to collect the names and birthdays of the PTA members!
He suddenly recalled what the other person had said in the video: "Are you ready? The game is about to begin."
This is the game they were talking about!
So, if Zongcheng really is in league with the Roosevelt Kingdom, the number of members they will be cursed could be tens of thousands!
This calamity came too suddenly. No one knew that Zong Cheng had secretly come to the Western Continent, no one knew that he would join forces with the Roosevelt Kingdom, and no one knew that he had prepared such a cunning method.
Qing Chen suddenly looked at the black spider: "Is there any way we can escape the curse by going to a faraway place?"
"The curse has been successful. Even if you go far away within 24 hours, the curse will still follow you. The curse's range... is only effective before the spell was cast."
Misfortune has struck, and if it is not resolved, the elite of the parent-teacher association will be severely weakened. The members of this parent-teacher association are already the most elite group.