Nightmare's Call

Chapter 496: Investigation: Part 2

The Centaur Lord glanced in awe at the Night Lord and Steel Lord on the opposite side.

The lesser of the two, as he had sensed it, was probably the Steel Lord, judging by his energy of someone just achieving the rank of Palatinates. But the Night Lord was different; the energy radiating from him was very elusive. When it was at its strongest, it would strike fear in him. But when it was at its weakest, he could feel nothing out of it.

“I am Khur Warspear, the most loyal man of the honorable, supreme lord of the Sanctum and the Dark Spirit Palace, His Majesty, the King of the Holy Spirits who illuminates everything.” The Centaur Lord almost sang his name out like a poem.

Standing at the side, Sin Dragon Matriarch and the Fairy Empress nearly wanted to bury their faces in their hands, faces blushed.

“My name is Sin Dragon Matriarch.”

“Me, the Fairy Empress.”

Embarrassed by the Centaur Lord, the two briefly introduced themselves for fear of making a fool of themselves. But the Centaur Lord was too flattered by himself, thinking it must be his overwhelming force field. As if he had gotten an upper hand, he was pleased as punch and decided to up his game.

“His Majesty, I, Khur Warspear, at your service and will do my best to repay your kindness of raising me!”

While speaking, he inadvertently bit his tongue. At first, he had thought of just thanking Lin Sheng for bestowing his patronage on him. As he saw the envious look of Sin Dragon Matriarch and the rest—who, in fact, saw him as an idiot—and was too pleased with himself, he got a brainwave, twitching his tongue, trying to flatter His Majesty even more to show his loyalty. As he spoke his mind, his tongue failed to catch up and bit his tongue.

Even Khadulas, who had spaced out, could not help laughing their heads off. There were thirteen Khadulas in the hall today. One was standing beside Lin Sheng. Dressed like Sailor Moon, she was the initial independent individual. As soon as she laughed, the other could not hold back and chuckled.

The Centaur Lord blushed. Realizing that everyone was laughing at him, he flew off the handle and stomped his foot on the floor.

“Don’t you all think His Majesty is as avuncular and compassionate as a parent? How dare you all laugh before His Majesty? Have you all thought of His Majesty’s feelings? Have you all shown your loyalty? Have you all shown your respect to His Majesty? What’s wrong with seeing myself as a son? So long as His Majesty gives his nod, His Majesty will be my adopted father!”

He roared. Everyone was struck dumb at hearing the last sentence, trying hard not to laugh. Sin Dragon Matriarch blinked her eyes, finally getting a deeper understanding of the extent of the Centaur Lord’s shamelessness.

She had seen enough shameless figures in her life, but never had once she met someone like the Centaur Lord. He was just too brazenly shameless—so much so that his unblushing image had been rigidly branded in her mind.

The mouths of the Night Lord and Steel Lord twitched, unable to find a word to describe this idiot.

Khadula hugged her stomach, laughing her head off.

The Fairy Empress planted her face in her hand, ashamed of the Centaur Lord, who was representing the Dark Spirit Palace. The veil on her face could no longer hide her blushed face. It was just utterly shameless.

Lin Sheng, too, was struck dumb. His age was not even at a fraction of the Centaur Lord’s. And since the guy had made his confession, he felt obliged to respond. If he did not, the Centaur Lord might feel hurt. This guy was just too shameless. But then, it also needed balls to say something this shameless.

“Since you, Khur Warspear, are so loyal, then...”

“Father!!” Before Lin Sheng could finish his words, the Centaur Lord was already on his knees, bowing. Not just on knees, but on all fours.

In fact, Lin Sheng was thinking of declining him tactfully, but the Centaur Lord had shot his mouth off. Still laughing her head off, Khadula had to support herself by holding on to the backrest of Lin Sheng’s chair. The faces of the rest of the Palatinates were screwed, some covering their mouths, cackling non stop, some looking awkward.

Nevertheless, Khur Warspear, the Centaur Lord, had left a deep impression on the minds of the Night Lord and gangs. It was unforgettable. No matter what the reactions of others were, the Centaur Lord still looked like he meant business.

Jokes were over and Lin Sheng brought the conversation back to business.

“Since I last sent you all to find out the black mist’s nature, what did you all find?” He looked at the Fairy Empress.

The Fairy Empire was his most favored force. Its wizards and researchers were important supplementary forces to the Dark Spirit Palace. If Lin Sheng wanted to understand the black mist, the Black Tide, it would not be possible to do it alone. With so many men under his command, why would he want to get his hand dirty or even risk his own life when he had people ready to do his bidding?

The Fairy Empress stepped forward. “His Majesty, we have taken some samples of the black mist and done hundreds of analyzes. Combining the analyzes from Baine University, we have concluded that the nature of the black mist was stored in another dimension. Our current technology is still unable to break into the dimensional barrier to look at that nature.” The Fairy Empress left a gap before continuing. “We might be able to crack the deeper-level secrets if we have at least one or two holy spirits with dimensional ability. But I’m afraid that at our current level, we are still helpless against the black mist.”

It was a result that Lin Sheng had long expected. But still, he could not help but feel disappointed.

“How about the test on the living body?” He shifted his attention to the Centaur Lord. Compared to other chief commanders, the Centaur Lord had no moral bottom line. So Lin Sheng had assigned him to take care of the living body experiments.

“It has been recorded that of the one hundred living body samples—from animals to intelligent beings—attacked by the black mist, ninety-eight of them had lost their minds and festering of the skin. It was terrible!” He was also disgusted by what he said. “The remaining two survivors suffered from some sort of mental illness, mumbling to themselves the whole day and doing things that they did not understand.”

“It is a contaminant?” Lin Sheng frowned. “Have you tried purification using the holy light?”

“I’ve tried. But nothing worked. The holy power could only stabilize the condition but not get rid of it and heal the object.” The Centaur Lord said, shrugging his shoulders. He paused and continued. “The nature of this contaminant is nasty. My men are all at the rank of Six Wing. Although inadequate in attack ability, they have a body resistance higher than I am. They offered themselves for the experiments. It turned out that the black mist was highly corrosive. After staying in the black mist for half an hour, they all had to come out of it. Otherwise, they would be completely contaminated and losing their minds.”

“Even Six Wingers could only endure for half an hour?” It was something that surprised Lin Sheng.

Everyone’s heart sank. But not the Night Lord and his gangs. They knew what black mist was. They had gone through that process of contamination and fallen in the Black Tide. So when it came to the Black Tide, they were more familiar with it than everyone else.

Lin Sheng further enquired about the rate and range of spread of the black mist in the dark spirit caverns. After giving his instructions on the countermeasures, he got up and left the hall.

Since his men had tried and failed to find anything new, it was time for him to roll up his sleeves and do it himself. If a Six Winger could only stand for half an hour, then he would be fine so long as it did not exceed forty minutes.

Lin Sheng did not plan to calculate the corrosive power of the Black Tide based on proportions. No one knew if the increase of strength of the corrosion was linear. What if it was exponential? He would be in deep shit, then.