Hollow Knight: Hallownest

"Master, you said the king has not been in the palace these days. Why has he been there?"

Ida disappeared from the spot holding the double spikes, only to see a blue shadow flash past, carrying a strong wind and slashing towards the tall figure on the opposite side.

The man didn't seem to be in a hurry, until the bone nail hit it, but passed through without any hindrance, and then he realized that it was just a shadow.

But seeing that Ida kept moving, twisting her body and spinning her arms at the same time, the two bone nails seemed to draw a full moon in the sky, and she slashed behind her again.

"Ding~"

He didn't know when a figure actually appeared behind him, and he slightly moved his forearms to draw a full moon, which collided with Ida's bone nails and neutralized his attack.

The two moons appeared together, leaving only the bright moon.

"Why don't you report to me specifically where the king is going? Practice your martial arts well day by day. Even the dummies in the martial arts training field don't have time for you."

It was Delia who was playing against Ida. Today was the day to randomly check Ida's training results. She came here specifically to test how much progress he had made.

"Hey, don't I care about the king? Master, what do you think of my progress in martial arts?"

"It's just average. It can't be said to be a huge improvement, but it can be said to be better than nothing."

"Master, if you didn't attack people like this, wouldn't I have seized the opportunity to attack you?"

"If you can hurt me, practice hard. If you still behave like this next time, you will lose your vacation this month."

"Huh? Don't, Master..."

Before Ida could finish speaking, Delia disappeared from the spot, leaving Ida alone in the martial arts training ground.

Ida looked at the dummy not far away, twisted her body and attacked it, muttering:

"What's the point of fighting a dummy? You won't stand still like it..."

After the guard selection competition, Delia brought him into the palace. He originally thought he would be sent to patrol somewhere, but Delia took him directly to the martial arts training ground without saying a word. give him.

"Practice your martial arts, and I will come to check you regularly."

After saying that, he ran away. Poor Ida didn't know where to eat or sleep that day. There was a huge training ground, and he had to wait until other guards arrived to find out.

Later, when Delia came to randomly check him, he learned through questioning that he was different from the other guards. Delia trained him in the direction of the queen's guard and asked him to become her teacher.

Who knew if she was drawing cakes for herself? Ida didn't even think about it and just...knelt down.

He wouldn't dare to dream of becoming one of the Five Knights as his disciple, and if he didn't agree, he wouldn't agree.

As for the queen's guards, he doesn't really care. After all, guards are guards. Who is a guard?

......

In the dark abyss, a tall tower with an architectural style that was very different from the surroundings rose from the ground. A dazzling white light emitted from the top, illuminating most of the dark abyss.

"Your Majesty, your body..."

"Don't worry about it. These things can't do anything to me. Just do your job well."

On the top of the tower, there are two white figures, all emitting white light, but one of them is obviously brighter, which is no different from the light emitted from the huge tank next to it.

This is the Pale King who has disappeared from Ida's mouth for many days.

The retainers on the side looked at the black spots on King Bai's body and were very worried.

He has been stationed here since the lighthouse was built shortly after it was built, overseeing the operation of the lighthouse.

Because of the black lake outside the lighthouse and the air outside the house, it was turbid and disturbed people's minds. When he was first sent here by the White King, the journey in between cost him half his life.

The black substance seemed to be pervasive. Once it got on his body, it was difficult to remove. Not only that, it would also arouse the anger in his heart.

He didn't even understand how this thing was done. He had only been absolutely obedient since he was born, and the emotion of anger had never appeared before he came here.

The reason why he was so worried about the king was because at the moment, the king's body was covered with black spots. He was afraid that if he continued, the black substance would soak into the king's body.

"Oh, I still can't feel it."

After a while, the White King sighed, stood up slowly and walked out the door. If the retainers on the side could describe his appearance at this moment, he looked more like the King of Darkness.

The white king's body outside the house was filled with brilliant light, and the black substance slowly came out of his body and dissipated in the air.

I don't know if it is because of this environment, but he has never been able to find and decipher the mystery while being penetrated by void matter.

If she wants to completely solve the hidden danger of this ancient god in her body, I'm afraid she still has to rely on the power of her old enemy.

Feeling the void material surrounding him, he walked to the lake, took out a jar, stretched out his hand and collected the material in the lake together.

"Does it mean that we can only use the method given to Somas for experimentation?"

A trace of doubt appeared in his indifferent eyes, and then he disappeared like the figure of King Bai in the abyss.

Feeling that the king's aura gradually faded away outside the house, the retainer also breathed a sigh of relief. He looked out the window at the black lake illuminated by the lighthouse on the side. It was calm without any ripples, and then turned to look at some glowing cans next to it. .

In fact, he has always been curious about what is in this giant jar, and why it can emit such a bright light once the king's power is injected into it.

If you look closely at the creatures in the jars, you will see that each one has three pairs of wings, dancing gracefully in them.

......

"Welcome the king back to the palace!"

It wasn't until the pale figure disappeared from everyone's eyes for a long time that he could stand up and start doing his own thing.

The throne was still empty, but in a hidden room inside the palace, the figure of King Bai appeared.

There were a lot of documents piled up on the table nearby, with a big cross drawn on the top one.

The minds of the mushroom tribe are connected as one, and if they are infected, they can jointly bear the negative effects it brings. If this is applied to people, will it also have significant effects?

Note: The experiment failed. Injecting multiple souls into the body will coerce the individual thoughts of the injected souls. Although there is a chance that the negative effects of the plague can be resisted through this method, there is a high probability that the individual thoughts of multiple souls will destroy the person's mind, which is far harmful. For profit, it is not feasible.

King Bai walked to a stone egg-like object not far away. The stone egg was split in the middle. From the depressions on both sides, a four-handed and two-legged human figure could be seen, with strange patterns carved around it. When King Bai approached, it and the stone tablet beside it lit up at the same time.

“Void, you have the opposite power.

But your power has potential, eternal potential, against the power of time.

Void, you will be mastered. "

King Bai took out the void material, closed the stone egg and slowly poured it in. Then white light appeared in his hand, wrapping the stone egg. After a tremor, everything was as usual.

"Alas, the threshold for controlling the amount of soul injected is really strict. No wonder Soumas has only succeeded once so far."

"Should we capture him and study him..."

King Bai gave up the idea. Even if he captured Mo Rong, the soul injected into his body was different from the experiment and could not be used as a data reference. He still had to explore it over and over again.

A pool of black water flowed out of the pebbles, turning into particles and dispersing in the air.

"You have to ask Nois to get some more void matter. This jar won't last long."

As he spoke, he injected the liquid into the stone pebbles for the second time. This time the trembling lasted longer, but the result was still a failure. King Bai was not annoyed and repeated the experiment again and again until the liquid in the bottle was used up. .

"It's coming soon, it should be done soon."

King Bai sat on a chair in front of the table and gently rubbed his head.

Void matter cannot be exposed to it for a long time, and even he is no exception. As a product of the ancient gods, its effect is as domineering as dream liquid.

Not only that, they can resist the erosion of time. Even in the past few decades, their effectiveness will not be reduced at all. This is why he found void matter to fight.

After resting for a while, King Bai stood up and walked out. Although the matter was urgent, he could not be reckless.