novelhk Chapter 512 The Black Serpent Knight Who Lost His Mind
Chapter 512 The Black Serpent Knight Who Lost His Mind
Nameless ruins...
Not far away…
"Hey bro, I have to remind you, it's not too late to run away now, but you probably won't agree anyway, since you're already here."
Araki Ichito stroked his chin and said with a smile, while Xiao next to him rolled his eyes in slight annoyance.
This guy talks way too much, it's endless.
If it weren't for concerns about the energy expenditure, he would have disappeared long ago!
Xiao, holding the kite, walked at the very front without even glancing at Arataki Ichito.
Araki Ichito, having been turned away, shrugged innocently and followed slowly.
Xiao's patience seems to be nearing its limit; it's better to slow down a bit.
"Hey buddy, wait for me! We're a team!"
Arata Ichidou's shouts arrived late, but they did.
elf:………
Twenty minutes later...
咚…
咚…
咚…
Having activated his Observation Haki, Arataki Ichito's heartbeat became increasingly clear with each step he took.
Until... you completely enter those ruins...
despair……
The military boots stepped on the broken, sloping stone pillars, and a few pebbles fell with a thud. The two stood there, gazing into the distance.
Xiao frowned deeply, while Arataki Ichito's face was grim, his gloomy gaze sweeping around.
Although he was mentally prepared, Araki Kazuto still had to admit that the scene before him disgusted him.
At first glance, a sea of sludge, resembling fleshy tentacles, dominated the entire land, and the ravings of evil gods echoed in my ears.
Most of the nameless ruins hanging upside down in the sky were stained with black and purple. A vast black mist enveloped all the void. Huge mud tentacles swirled and intertwined within the ruins, as if they had transformed into a bloody and fleshy ruin. Countless dark purple light spots lit up in the mud, constantly spinning and shrinking.
It's like... a real eye...
"Brother, I really feel like throwing up."
Araki Kazuto pinched his nose with a look of disgust, while fanning himself in front of his face with his other hand.
"The evil spirits and sins in this place are beyond measure!"
Xiao gritted his teeth and almost unleashed a full-screen wipe with his Wanji Jiufengshang.
"Young man, don't act rashly. We should think this through carefully. This situation is not only deadly, but also very strange..."
Xiao glanced sideways at him. "So what do you mean?"
Araki Ichito held up one finger. "Go up there."
Xiao looked up, his golden eyes narrowing slightly. "That ruin?"
"Yes, it seems there's no other way now, since we don't know where to start."
Araki Ichito sighed and said, "Of course, if you insist on fighting me, I'll risk my life to accompany you, you gentleman."
"No need. Since there is no better solution at the moment, then we will do as you say."
Xiao shook his head and flew towards the ruins like a gentle breeze.
With a powerful leap, Araki Ichito soared into the air and headed straight for the ruins.
With a thud, Araki Ichito landed safely.
Looking at the ancient stone bricks that had been smashed and cracked, Xiao was quite suspicious that they might fall straight down.
"Hey buddy, let's look for clues here first."
Araki Ichito clapped his hands, kicked the mud gushing from the stone bricks, and looked around.
Gulu gulu...
On the stone wall above, dark purple eyes stared intently at the two people who were coming up, their emotionless gaze sending chills down one's spine.
Xiao didn't even look, ignoring all the surrounding factors, and walked with firm steps.
Araki Ichito followed behind Xiao, and as they passed the eyeball, he suddenly gave it a mocking smile and raised his middle finger to provoke it.
……
"Roar!!"
A black snake-man sensed the creature's movement and roared as he charged out.
boom!
Just three seconds after the roar, a battle blade pierced through his chest, dragging him straight towards the wall behind him.
The blade sank deep into the eyeball in the wall, and the mud flowed like blood, impaling the Black Serpent Knight on the wall.
"This is the seventh attempt. Although it's been somewhat fruitless, let's ask anyway."
Arataki Ichito walked over from afar, looked up at the Black Serpent Warrior in the sky, and reached out to ask, "Are you still conscious?"
"Roar! Roar!"
All that responded to him was meaningless shouting and roaring.
Araki Kazuto sighed, "I understand."
[Volatility]
hum-
An invisible shockwave suddenly spread out, shattering every inch of the Black Serpent Knight's body tissue and causing him to dissipate on the spot.
Arataki Ichito lightly jumped, reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword, then gently landed back on the ground.
"You seem...to be very familiar with them?"
Behind him, Xiao suddenly asked.
Araki Ichito turned around nonchalantly. "Yes, I do know a little bit of the secret, but not much."
He pointed to the spot where the Black Serpent Knight had just been, "For example, all I know is that he is a Kyrian, and I don't know anything else."
“Karia…”
Xiao chewed on these three words carefully. How many years had it been? These were words he had only heard hundreds of years ago.
"Where did you get this name from?"
There were no questions, only doubts.
Araki Kazuto smiled happily, “Many sources: stone tablets, ancient books, enemies, ley lines. Don’t think I only know how to fight. In Inazuma’s Adventurers’ Guild, I’m a well-known adventurer, the kind with a nickname.”
“Let’s get back to them.” Araki Ichito turned his gaze back. “You should have noticed that the Black Serpent Knights are different. The knights born from the mud can only be considered an extension of it, as evidenced by their dark purple veins and black wounds.”
"Although the real Black Serpent Knight has lost his mind, you can still tell the problem from his movements and roars."
"They weren't warning us, but rather sending a message behind us."
The greatly diminished Observation Haki scanned the area several times before finally settling on a corner.
There were a few Hilichurls lying there.
“The people of Kyria—” Araki Ichito drawled, “I don’t understand them, I don’t know their sins, I don’t know if they truly deserved their fate or if they had their own reasons, but—”
He stopped in front of that corner, where several Hilichurls were huddled together, their bodies covered in black mud, with fleshy tentacles sprouting from all over their bodies, and black gas leaking out, a truly gruesome sight.
"From a purely human perspective, their punishments should have ended."
Clang!
The blade flashed past with lightning speed, and the numerous Hilichurls in front of him perished, turning into black ashes that drifted everywhere.
"May this death bring you a moment of peace."
"Ichidou Araki" he thought to himself.
That's fine. Acting requires a balance of tension and relaxation; you can't really treat yourself as a great philanthropist.
The many Hilichurls before me... no, I should say the Kerians, were all cursed with immortality; even if they died, they would be resurrected.
I just don't know if the contaminated state will also be revived.
In short, life is worse than death, and death is unattainable, so it's better to be put on a show by Araki Ichito.
In this way, one side gains a moment of peace, and the other side gains a touching story. Why not do it?
That way, when you meet Daines Reeb in the future, you might be able to improve your relationship with him.
Don't blame him for being hypocritical and pretentious; a gentleman judges by actions, not intentions.
He wasn't a traveler, so he couldn't be universally loved and admired; he could only rely on his own methods to gain potential assistance in the future.