Hollow Knight: Hallownest

"Master, we have made a special trip this time to ask you to upgrade the bone nails."

With that said, Ida handed over the bone nail. After Nalis took it, he couldn't help but look at it all over, and then asked:

"How much of an upgrade do you want? Is it just grooved, or is it threaded?"

"I think......"

Ida was about to speak, but Nalis paused and spoke again.

“Or do you want to just build it to perfection?”

As soon as she said this, Ida changed her answer.

"Master, what do you mean by the most perfect level?"

"Naturally, it is extremely rare from ancient times to the present. The most perfect form of bone nails, pure bone nails."

Nalis' eyes flickered. Even though Ida had never heard of it, she could feel the power of this form from his words, so she hurriedly asked:

"Then it's up to you. Please be sure to make my bone nails into the most perfect shape."

Ida bowed to Nalis and said very solemnly.

Nalis shook his head and paced slowly on the spot.

"Successfully creating a pure bone nail is a bone nail maker's lifelong pursuit. Even though I have been immersed in this art for most of my life, I have never successfully created a pure bone nail."

"I think that my bone nail casting skills, no one in Hallownest can match me, but even so, after so many years, I still have nothing, if you really want to make this bone nail to the ultimate Perfect form, then I have to advise you to be mentally prepared."

"Because of its special nature, once the creation fails, your bone nail will be scrapped directly."

After hearing this, Ida frowned and asked softly:

"May I ask, Master, how sure are you?"

"Nothing saves one."

"I'm sorry, that kid just needs you to make it into a threaded form. By the way, the success rate of this form won't be very low."

After hearing Nalis's answer, Ida quickly changed his mind. He originally thought that the low success rate was the one-in-a-hundred kind. Who would have thought that Nalis' answer to him was even lower. But thinking about it carefully, Nalis has so far failed. There must have been a lot of bone nails made. If none of them were successful, then he really wasn't exaggerating.

"No, except for the pure form, the success rate is 100%. You can just keep your heart in your stomach."

After saying that, Nalis stretched out his hand in front of Ida. He thought it was Nalis who wanted to collect money, so he quickly took out a bag of Geo from his clothes and placed it in her palm.

"Master, please take a look at it. If there is not enough, I will replenish it for you."

Nalis opened his cloth bag, frowned and said:

"Where's the ore?"

"What ore?"

"Upgrading to threaded bone nails requires two pieces of pale ore. Didn't I tell you about this?"

Ida scratched her head, but seemed to have thought of something, and then took out five or six pieces of ore that exuded a white shimmer from her body, and said to Nalis:

"Is this what you're talking about?"

Morong was listening to the exchange and gathering information between the two, but he was startled when he saw Ida take out a pile of pale ore from his pocket, and walked quickly to his side.

"You, where did you get these things?"

"These stones? I saw them in the martial arts arena where I practiced martial arts with my master. There were quite a few of them nearby. I saw some pretty ones and knocked down a few. The white stone in my hand seemed to be cast from them. "

As she spoke, Ida took out a white round stone that was only the size of an egg. It was visible to the naked eye that it had the same origin as the pale ore.

Seeing Mo Rong's eyes shining brightly, Ida also understood what he meant.

"Do you really want these ores?"

"Nonsense, don't you know these things are rare?"

"That's right, this is the first time I've seen someone take out so much pale ore at once. You guys, it looks like it's not easy."

Nalis on the side also echoed.

Ida was a little embarrassed by what she said, so she handed all the ores in her hand to Nalis and waved her hand.

"Master, you can use it as you like. If you don't have enough, tell me. I will give you more someday."

Nalis placed the ore on the ground aside and spoke calmly.

"With my skill, no matter how much you give me, I only need two pieces. One piece is the building materials, and the other piece is my fee. You can take the rest."

After hearing this, Ida took out the bone nails from Murong's back and handed them to Nalis.

"Then please upgrade my brother's weapon as well. Thank you very much, master."

......

"Your Majesty, how much time has passed and there is still no progress at all?"

The White Lady said as she created the container.

These days, she no longer remembers how many containers were born from her hands, and she doesn't know how many times Nois came, but she never felt the trend of stopping from the White King.

"Madam, please be patient. Even if you urge us, there is nothing you can do about such a major matter. The ascension of the container cannot be interfered with. All we can do now is wait."

King Bai reassured her, and Mrs. Bai had no choice but to put aside her doubts and concentrate on the matter at hand.

"But don't be discouraged, madam. I have a hunch that the container we are looking forward to will be..."

King Bai's words stopped suddenly, which made her a little confused. When she wanted to raise her head to ask what he said, she saw that King Bai, who was beside her just now, had disappeared without a trace.

Noice is still running towards the abyss, but her current condition is obviously much worse.

Not long after, when she came to the familiar observation deck, she suddenly spotted a white figure standing there, and in front of him...

Noisi looked intently, his pupils trembled suddenly, and then big tears fell down uncontrollably.

Success, success, container success!

Her long-awaited goal was finally achieved at this moment. Immediately, Nois knelt down and saluted King Bai. His mouth was obviously open, but no sound came out.

"...?"

But with a wave of King Bai's hand behind his back, Noais' figure was hidden. At the entrance to the empty abyss, only two figures, one large and one small, were left, and there was a constant sound of breaking through the air under his feet. .

"......Father?"

The container raised its head, its eyes were so hollow that ordinary people would only feel creepy when looking at it, but at this moment, King Bai's eyes were filled with uncontrollable ecstasy, but he also suppressed this emotion for a moment.

The word 'father' echoed in King Bai's mind, and King Bai also looked at the container, trying to find something on it.

After a while, he sighed secretly.

so perfect.

He couldn't find a single flaw in it, it was a perfect vessel for his plan.

"Child, from today on, you will be called 'White', do you understand?"

The White King, like the container, has no mouth, but it can also accept its own wishes. In the final analysis, the container follows his will.

"I understand, Father."

Bai nodded as if feeling something, and his indifferent words echoed in King Bai's mind.

"Then let's go, Bai."

A faint smile appeared in King Bai's eyes, and then he turned around and walked forward first.

Bai's footsteps also slowly lifted up, and the moment he stepped forward, he turned back as if feeling something.

At the observation deck, a container was struggling to pick up its edge and looked towards Bai not far away. Its pale eyes showed an expression that it could not understand. Then it saw its hands trembling and it suddenly fell into the sky. In the dark.

"brother?"

......