Chapter 185 Chapter 184 Fulfillment of the Oath
George carried Ji Ma to the battlefield, with the ribbon on the hilt of his sword fluttering in the wind.
Just then, Eve Frostleaf was returning on the wind, and upon seeing this scene, the wind swirling around her became a biting winter breeze.
Ji Ma, noticing the long legs, was in a good mood and waved to her. The all-white Eve Frostleaf radiated a wave of painful power, which made Ji Ma feel pleased.
Since she couldn’t satisfy her desires, taking advantage of others was still good.
The battlefield was nearing its end, and the knights were boasting about their bravery while having to personally stab the corpses on the ground with their knightly swords.
It was said that a horned beast, having lost its head, was still pondering its last moments before dying, asking, “What does roasted leg of lamb taste like?” and then let out a bleat before passing away.
The only one still somewhat alive was the Shaman Chief. George’s deadly ambush had taken away both his arms, one leg, and one wing, and during the interrogation, he had lost two horns, which had been brutally broken off, with uneven, bloodstained stumps that made Ji Ma’s horns ache subtly.
Despite having so many limbs broken and wounds all over, the extraordinary vitality of the Shaman Chief still kept his mind clear.
He spat with remarkable precision, sending saliva flying from below directly towards Ji Ma’s face, but under the influence of “extraordinary charm,” it curved in midair and landed on the ground.
Ji Ma constructed a “Secret Tranquility Barrier,” stepped on the only remaining thigh of the Shaman Chief, and said:
“You are the leader of those wild beastmen? You look rather foolish.”
“You… aren’t you that monkey’s pet succubus? A real piece of work.”
“You understand the language of the demons; during the last blessing, your intelligence must have been boosted a bit, but with creatures like you, standing up and walking, there’s still a fundamental lack.” Ji Ma pointed at her head, “Even a ten-year-old could guess where the curse medium is. How can you be so stupid?”
The Shaman Chief was so angry he sputtered, spitting out several filthy words and cursing Ji Ma viciously.
“He seems to lack sense and cannot communicate,” Ji Ma turned to George and said, “To be honest, the demon race also doesn’t like to deal with wild beastmen; they’re too foolish and silly. Should we change to another one?”
George said, “It’s up to you.”
Ji Ma picked up the “branch spear,” which transformed into an axe-spear under her intent. The black-haired succubus gripped the axe-spear tightly, and the blade glowed faintly with white light—painful power, fresh, just drawn from Eve Frostleaf.
The axe blade merely grazed the Shaman Chief’s neck, and a cut appeared, with blood splattering abnormally and merging into the axe blade.
Then, the pain spread like needles at the wound, causing the Shaman Chief, who shed not a single tear, to tremble all over, his goat eyes reddening with tears, even letting out sobs.
Ji Ma enjoyed his suffering: “Little lamb, crying like that.”
As she spoke, she rubbed the edge of the axe blade against the wound on the Shaman Chief’s neck, and not a drop of blood spilled; it all entered the axe blade. Black patterns spread from the wound outward.
“My delivery of pain can ignore the limits of nerves. Many tortures are useless against those with strong will, because their nerves have long before grown numb to pain,” Ji Ma said, “And there’s a curse included.”
The Shaman Chief started to cry; big tears welled up, pleading, “No, no, don’t do this, I’ll tell you everything.”
“If you say it, then I’ll do it?” Ji Ma said in the demon language, “I haven’t had my fill of fun yet.”
“Please.”
George frowned slightly, turning his gaze away.
“Alright then, who told me to be so generous.” Ji Ma moved the axe blade away, and the Shaman Chief still trembled from the pain, “Look at him; he can confess directly. Must I explain everything to him like a villain?”
“I made a pact with him.”
“Well, it sounds like you two have a secret love affair.” Ji Ma stood up, pointed at the yellow flag fluttering on the flagpole, and said to the tearful Shaman Chief, “It’s simple, the curse medium is this flag.”
“How can that be?” the Shaman Chief exclaimed, “If it were, I would have discovered it long ago.”
The range of physical curse mediums is always quite small; even if expanded, able to spread the curse to the entire beast horde, theoretically, the Shaman Chief’s staff should have turned red by the time he took it out.
“If you pressed the staff against the flag, it should change color.”
“Impossible… it has been torturing all of us beasts.”
“Talking to an idiot really takes brainpower. Let me put it this way, all wild beastmen know the origin of this flag.” Ji Ma continued to refer to the beastmen with contempt, “So every time you see this flag, you are cursed by me.”
The Shaman Chief felt a chill in his heart: “What’s going on? You must be using some whisper, some voice I cannot fathom, stealthily driving that… that vicious curse… into our bodies.”
“Such a waste of brainpower. You know I’ve used a rumor to curse the phrase ‘roasted leg of lamb,’ right? Only those who know the concept behind those three words will be cursed.”
“You’re lying, lying… it must be sound, definitely sound.”
George couldn’t stand it anymore, speaking up: “Ji Ma, if you replaced roasted leg of lamb with written words, could it still spread the curse?”
“Of course, it’s just a change from a sound medium to a text medium.”
George pointed at the yellow flag fluttering in the air: “Evil beasts, is there any difference between this flag and words?”
The Shaman Chief finally caught on, hesitatingly saying, “That bright yellow silk… was placed by you.”
“Exactly, I stuffed it into your spoils.” Ji Ma said, “To ensure you could make the silk into a flag, I even disguised myself as a beastman and suggested making it into a flag.”
“I understand, I understand…” The Shaman Chief breathed heavily, “I actually fell for such a small trick.”
“By the way, given your good luck in being chosen as my test subjects, I’ve also buried three curse mediums within your ranks.” Ji Ma said, “But you only found one.”
The Shaman Chief turned pale, lowering his head, the two broken horns on his head pointing towards the two of them.
George said, “According to the agreement, you should confess the sins of the Mother of All Beasts in detail.”
A sinister laughter came from below.
“Haha, I will not betray the Mother of All Beasts…” Just then, an irresistible force surged into his forehead, pulling forth the secret he had tried so hard to hide.
His mouth began to move uncontrollably:
“The Mother of All Beasts instructed us not to eat or kill the monkeys living in stone circles and wooden circles, but to send them to the rear, to her offspring. She also gave each leader of the beast horde an order.”
Having said that, the Shaman Chief opened his mouth in anger, stretching out his tongue to bite it off, but strangely, he couldn’t bite through, even as blood flowed freely.
It seemed that, after making an agreement with George, it wasn’t so easy to renege.
Ji Ma was secretly shocked, relieved that she had not lost the gamble concerning childbirth with him. She resolved never to make a bet about childbirth with George again.
“Mm.” George nodded, “So you know what the Mother of All Beasts collects all those innocent people for?”
“I certainly know; it’s for…” The Shaman Chief rolled his eyes back, his goat head and wings drooping, his tongue hanging out loosely with a smile on his face.
Ji Ma could tell at a glance: “He took poison before; now the poison is acting up, and he’s done for.”
George observed calmly, “I can see that.”
“Ah, I told you to torture me for information, and now I’ve revealed how many breasts the Mother of All Beasts has?” Ji Ma teased, “You really are too young.”
George responded with action; he raised his hand, his palm glowing faintly, and said, “Fulfill your oath.”
As if casting a necromancy spell, the Shaman Chief suddenly lifted his head, his eyes glowing white, his mouth opening by itself, speaking like a ghost with an echo:
“The Mother of All Beasts said she can turn that group of monkeys into a large army.”
Even death and loyalty combined could not stop him from fulfilling the oath.
Ji Ma scoffed, “So swearing to you means even dying must fulfill an oath.”
“Yes. As long as the responsibilities of the oath are reciprocal, not even death can stop it.”
“What if he were blown to bits?”
“Isn’t there still the soul?”
“That’s terrifying, more terrifying than my curse.” Having said that, Ji Ma was startled, “Wait, does that mean that my promise to marry you is also a form of an oath?”
“That’s right; you are indeed bound by the oath.”
“That’s clearly an oath of bondage, isn’t it?”
Ji Ma felt somewhat powerless; it seemed that marriage was no trivial matter. George was serious about it, and no wonder he was so confident he would definitely marry her.
George asked another question: “How does the Mother of All Beasts turn people into a large army?”
“I don’t know.”
“Is it said that the Mother of All Beasts looks like a human?”
“Nonsense, how could that be? She has a womb capable of bearing an entire horde of beasts.”
George continued to ask several questions, learning that the Mother of All Beasts was unfathomable and very skilled at breeding.
She enjoyed “communicating” with various biological entities, and the offspring born became her elite guards, loyal to her. There were even rumors that the Mother of All Beasts had no qualms about her own descendants.
“Where are you escaping to?”
“To meet an army capable of crushing weak humans.”
“How far from here?”
“I don’t know, but it’s very, very close.”
After that last sentence, the white light in the Shaman Chief’s eyes dimmed completely, his head drooping, the mocking smile still lingering at the corners of his mouth.
Ji Ma sighed internally; even in death, he didn’t know that not even death could stop him from spilling secrets.
What a pity, she couldn’t tell him. If only she had necromancy to inform his soul, his expression would surely be splendid and filled with pain.
Ji Ma looked at George and said, “Do you think the Mother of All Beasts has eighteen breasts?”
“She should have blood-related professions, just like the lord of Shalin City.”
“Did you hear what he said? **, birthing an army.” Ji Ma said, “It would be better if the Mother of All Beasts were a great beauty.”
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Wishing everyone a Happy New Year, may all your wishes come true, and may you receive many red envelopes.
