Hollow Knight: Hallownest

The black particles did not all gather on Mo Rong like in the game, but instead poured into the mask.

The originally white mask became extremely dark after being covered by particles, but it had an alternative beauty.

Mo Rong put the mask back into his body, silently picked up the snail shell on the ground, and stared at it for a long time.

He still couldn't change the outcome.

Kui Ruo witnessed the whole process from the side. Although he didn't know the reason, he could feel the depression on Mo Rong at this moment.

"He didn't leave, he just turned into a mask and stayed with you, didn't he?"

Kui Ruo walked to Mo Rong and looked at the snail shell and said softly.

"I could have saved him, I just had to be earlier, earlier..."

Mo Rong murmured, the holes in his eyes filled with sadness.

"You've done your best."

"Nothing can be expected by a person. The world is full of changes. I believe that brother, you have made the best choice amid these changes."

Mo Rong remained silent. After a moment, he carried the snail shell behind his back and looked at the garbage pile in front of him, as if he had made some kind of determination.

"Soul Master, those who care about human life should live with filth!"

......

Noais looked at the short guy in his hand, his big eyes staring at her blankly, obviously without any emotion, why did she feel cute?

Sending the container to the abyss was the new task assigned to her by the king.

"Your Majesty, why are you sending the container to the abyss again?"

Madam Bai was puzzled. According to what the king said, wasn't the container just now in its final form?

King Bai continued his work and whispered:

"Although I have wrapped the power of the void with the soul source, I am not sure that the void material in each container can remain stable when exposed to other powerful forces."

"So they were sent to the abyss for screening?"

"Yes, the abyss is filled with void matter. If the container can resist this force and successfully ascend, then our creation plan will be considered a complete success."

When Mrs. Bai heard this, she felt something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, where is the container that failed to ascend?"

King Bai did not answer immediately, and spoke slowly after a while.

"Death. A container that fails to ascend will die directly."

After hearing this, Mrs. Bai felt a little sad, but she had to feel relieved.

The container used to seal the ancient gods really shouldn't be created as casually as they did, and it looked like it had gone through such hardships and dangers.

Fortunately, the container died directly without any unnecessary pain, otherwise Mrs. White would not know how she should accept it.

The container also contains her soul. In other words, isn't this her 'child'?

"Your Majesty, how many containers do we need to create to make it ascend?"

After hearing this, King Bai felt a rare trace of confusion in his eyes.

How many containers do you need to create to ascend? Why doesn't he want to know the answer to this question?

"I don't know. We can only let nature take its course. I believe the containers will give us a satisfactory answer."

He can sense the current situation of every container. If any container has the possibility of ascending, he will immediately rush to the entrance of the abyss to greet it.

For a truly pure container, no mistakes can be made in any step.

Nois went down to the bottom of the abyss and placed the container on the ground. The next moment he saw the container starting to climb nearby.

This was the first order the White King gave them.

Soaring.

Noais ignored it and turned around to head towards the palace. Her task was not as easy as one container a day, but as long as King Bai and the others made it, she had to put the container down, so she didn't have much time to rest. .

But she doesn't complain. As one of the people involved in the container manufacturing project, she knows the significance of the container's ascension, which is related to the fate of the entire Hallownest.

Fortunately, the palace was not far from the abyss, and soon Nois returned to the abyss with a new container.

As soon as she landed, she kicked something and made a crisp sound.

With the light from the lighthouse, Nois could clearly see what was at her feet. It was the mask on the head of the container she had just sent.

But now it was empty.

"So fast?"

She thought she could still see the figure of the container climbing hard when she came, but who knew that in just such a short time, it had already disappeared under the abyss.

Nois lowered the new container and left again. At this time, a pile of black particles slowly rose from the ground, forming a human shape in the air. It looked at the retreating figure, and then turned to face the new container. After a short while, it turned into black particles again and dissipated into the abyss.

......

Murong followed Quiruo, and the two of them walked all the way from the Royal Sewer to the vicinity of Mantis Village.

"Phew, you don't have to be afraid of them anymore when you get here."

Quiruo breathed a sigh of relief. Mantis Village was not within the jurisdiction of the White King. Any sentry who dared to break in would have to pass the Mantis Warriors first.

"Do you usually enter the royal sewers from here?"

Quirrel nodded and proudly said that he had defeated the Mantis Warriors before, so they did not stop him from passing through the Mantis Village.

Mo Rong looked at his arrogant look with contempt on his face.

If I take out the Mark of Pride, how should you respond?

"By the way, why did you suddenly come to the sewer?"

He had wanted to ask when he met Quirrel earlier, but he only remembered it now.

"It's not sudden. I come to the sewer regularly to help my teacher pick up things."

"what?"

Mo Rong looked at Kui Ruo, who was completely clean, and said with a bad smile.

"Of course this...I'll go! Where's my jar?!"

Quiruo raised his hand and touched his waist, only to realize that he was too hasty when he saw the sentry and left the jar with the sewer worker.

"Ha ha ha ha......"

"You're still laughing! I forgot about it just to help you."

"Okay, okay, in the worst case, we can just go back and get it."

After saying that, Mo Rong turned around and looked at the sewer and walked away, but was held back by Kui Ruo.

"Forget it, the teacher doesn't use that thing much anymore anyway. There is a lot of inventory in the archives. Besides, I don't know if the sentinels inside are gone. Let's talk about it next time."

After hearing this, Mo Rong also knew what Kui wanted to get.

"What you want to get is acid?"

"Huh? Do you know this thing?"

How could Mo Rong not know that many places in the game have been harmed by acid.

"I've seen it before, that thing is not a good thing..."

The two of them were talking about the acid and walking on the road passing by the entrance of Mantis Village. Many nearby Mantis warriors looked at them in surprise when they saw the two of them. To be precise, they saw Mo Rong.

Three of the mantis warriors walked towards the two of them, bowed and saluted, with a lot of sadness on their faces.

"See the proud man!"

Kui Ruo saw this battle and hurriedly waved his hands and said:

"The elder brothers recognized the wrong person. We are just passing by."

The three Mantis warriors did not respond until Mo Rong looked at Quiruo with a smile and said slowly:

"Please get up, please. No need to be polite."

After Mo Rong finished speaking, the three of them stood up, the respect in their eyes undisguised.

"Are you the proud person they say?!"

"if not?"

Mo Rong took out the pride mark and waved it in front of Kui Ruo's eyes.

Humph, who is more pretentious than me?

Kui Ruo looked at Mo Rong's shameless look and was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth for a long time. He also knew the meaning of this title, so he was so surprised.

Remembering how proudly he had pretended to be with Mo Rong just now, Kui Ruo felt embarrassed and wanted to get into the mushroom bush next to him.

Mo Rong stopped teasing Kui Ruo and said seriously:

"Has something happened in Mantis Village recently? Why do you look so ugly?"

One of them glanced at Kui Ruo, and Mo Rong signaled that there was no problem with him, so don't worry.

"Alas, you don't know something. An uninvited guest came to the village a few days ago and made Mantis Village very restless!"

Mantis Warrior said angrily.

"Although that man is short in stature and has low fighting ability, he is extremely fast and has ghostly movement skills. He always comes to the village to pick up a few things and leave."

"Did he steal your valuables?"

The Mantis warrior shook his head.

"The things are not expensive, but you know, isn't his behavior just provoking us?"

"How many lords didn't take action?"

Speaking of which, the mantis warrior paused for a moment, scratched his head with his forelimbs, and said sheepishly:

"The lord said that there is no need to tell them about this small matter, let us solve it ourselves, so we can't solve it."

Upon seeing this, Mo Rong understood roughly what was going on and asked Kui Ruo who was standing aside:

"Go to Mantis Village to visit?"

"Yeah!"

Quiruo nodded repeatedly. He had not been to Mantis Village yet, and he must go in and take a look now if he had the chance.

"By the way, do you know that person's name?"

After listening to the Mantis Warrior's description, it seemed that such a person did not exist in Mo Rong's game memory. If he knew his name, he might be able to recognize him.

"Print."

"He said his name was Print."

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