Rise of the Dark Witch

In the dark stone room.

Iron ropes as thick as a baby's arms were tightly tied to a thin human body.

Taylor was like a severely malnourished beggar. All his thick muscles were gone, leaving only skin and bones.

Click!

Hearing the sound of the door opening, smelling a hint of fragrance coming from the door.

Knowing who it was, his eyebrows twitched slightly, but in the end he did not open his eyes.

Da da da……

The visitor approached him with crisp steps.

She stopped in front of him and gently touched his face.

His body shook instinctively, trying to resist.

But after thinking about it, he chose to ignore it.

"...Son, why don't you open your eyes and take a look when your mother is here?" There was unconcealable sadness in the blood wolf priest's tone.

"..." Taylor was just as motionless as a dead person.

"What if the news I bring this time is related to your partner?"

"you--"

Taylor's eyes shot open.

He struggled hard, and the demon-sealing chains that tied him made a clear "swipe" sound.

But looking at the proud smirk on the face of the Blood Wolf Priest, he quickly calmed down.

"Hmph, we are all holy warriors who kill the wolf. We are already prepared to dedicate ourselves to the future of mankind. We can kill or chop you up. Don't think we will beg for mercy!" Taylor said coldly.

"Oh, thank you for your good mother coming to see you as soon as she received this good news. I didn't expect you to miss me so much." The Blood Wolf Priest covered his chest with a heartbroken expression.

"Old woman, don't be pretentious here!" Taylor said with a disgusted look on his face.

"..."

Hearing the word "old woman", the blood wolf priest narrowed his eyes slightly.

Although she is almost 300 years old, her appearance is not much different from that of a girl in her twenties and eighties.

Now she is still the most beautiful woman in the Blood Wolf Clan.

Even if we look at the entire world, there is almost no woman who can compare with her in terms of beauty, temperament, and strength.

Over the years, who has not treated her with utmost respect?

Which man doesn't look at her with sparkling eyes?

She is still charming and is actually called an old woman...

"Ha-hu-"

The Blood Wolf Priest took a deep breath before suppressing the anger in his heart.

If the person who said this hadn't been her son, she would have slapped him to death.

The angrier she felt inside, the bigger the smile on her face became.

"Mom, I have good news for you."

"...Say it, then get out of here."

"We can forgive you for this assassination. The hundreds of thousands of humans participating in this Blood Moon Ceremony can live on, and there will never be a cruel sacrifice like the Blood Moon Ceremony once every thirty years in the future."

"Are you telling the truth?"

Taylor's eyes suddenly widened.

There are a total of twelve people in their hidden assassination operation this time, and each of them is a strong person at the Saint level.

After being captured alive, no one was killed?

What makes him even more incredible is that the Blood Moon Ceremony can be cancelled?

The blood moon ceremony is related to the survival of the ancestor of the blood wolf!

Could it be said that the ancestor of the blood wolf is completely dead?

No more blood moon rituals to barely sustain life?

This is great news for Taylor and mankind.

"Things are slightly different from what you think... If you want to know what's going on, come with me."

The blood wolf priest clapped his hands, and immediately several beautiful girls from the blood wolf tribe walked in.

After Taylor hesitated for a moment, he decided to follow the Blood Wolf Priest.

He really wanted to know what was going on.

Under the service of the blood wolf girl.

He took a shower, put on makeup and changed into clean clothes, and looked much more energetic.

If it weren't for the demon-sealing device on his body, he would have looked like an aristocratic young master who had indulged too much and looked a little pale.

Under the leadership of the Blood Wolf Priest, he came to a hall deep in the ancient city of Blood Wolf.

In this vast hall, almost all the top leaders of the Blood Wolf clan gathered.

Even the few vampire elders who usually live in seclusion and are about to die of old age at four or five hundred years old, and who have to be served even to drink water, are actually here.

"It seems like something really big happened."

"But looking at the uncontrollable happy smiles on their faces, it doesn't mean that the ancestor of the blood wolf is dead?"

"Is it really like what the Blood Wolf Priest said, a good thing happened?"

His eyes passed over a senior member of the Blood Wolf.

Finally, when he saw the only three humans present, his eyes suddenly widened with an expression of disbelief.

One of them was a fat, middle-aged man wearing a crown.

He knows this man.

He is King Ion, the puppet emperor of the Koman Empire, the human puppet empire established by the Blood Wolf.

As a loyal slave of the blood wolf clan, King Yon's appearance here is understandable.

The second person was a man wearing a black robe, with an ordinary appearance, but his blue and calm eyes were impressive.

This man, who looked to be in his early twenties, was respectful even to King Arn.

As a powerful demigod, he felt a vague threat from that man.

"When did there become such a strong person among human beings?"

The third person is a sinister man with a huge cross scar on his face...

"Soman!"

"Why are you here?"

"Are you the traitor? Damn it! You actually betrayed us..."

Taylor stared at Soman and yelled angrily.

If he hadn't been forcefully pulled away, he would have already rushed forward and beat Soman severely.

This latent assassination operation was extremely secretive.

Gathered together almost all the strong men from Sha Po Lang, they will become benevolent if they don't succeed.

As a result, the operation was discovered before it even started.

They were still unknowingly intoxicated with drugs that were effective even on saint-level experts.

Although I don’t want to believe it, there is only one explanation——

There are traitors among the twelve people in their operation!

But he never expected that person to be Soman!

Soman was a friend he had known since he was a child, when his father was still alive.

After his father was killed and eaten by his mother, he was brought back to the ancient city of Blood Wolf.

Later, he escaped from the ancient city of Blood Wolf and met his childhood friend Suoman again after more than ten years.

The reason why he, who still has half of the blood of the blood wolf in his body, was able to join the Shapolang organization was because of Soman's recommendation and guarantee.

They have practiced together and grown stronger together over the years.

The two competed with each other and took risks to fight together.

He had saved Soman's life many times, and Soman had saved his life many times.

The two of them are the best of friends!

They are both willing to sacrifice their lives for each other!

There is absolutely nothing in this world that can separate the two of them!

Many people who know them even like to joke, "If one of you is a girl, you will have a dozen children," which shows the depth of their friendship.

Such a Soman actually betrayed him? Betrayed Sha Po Lang? Betrayed humanity?

"Tell me, why? Are you being mentally controlled?" Taylor asked hoarsely.

"...I think this is the best choice." After being silent for a long time, Suoman answered word by word.

"What is the best choice? I don't understand!"

Taylor stared at his former best friend Soman.

I want to hear Soman's explanation.

Even now, he still wanted to believe in his best friend.

But Soman just closed his eyes and lowered his head, and never said a word again.

"Son, don't be so excited. You will understand soon." After the Blood Wolf Priest patted Taylor on the shoulder, he looked at King Ion and motioned for him to speak.

After King Yon stood there and brewed some emotions, he said in an passionate voice:

"Dear Priest, after millions of years of research, our Coman Empire has finally found a way to resurrect the ancestor of the blood wolf under the leadership of Lord Roja, the great sage of this generation!"

resurrection?

The ancestor of the blood wolf?

Taylor's head jumped.

Suddenly he remembered what the Blood Wolf Priest said to him just now.

Why forgive them?

Why no more blood moon ceremonies?

Is that so?

The people of the blood wolf clan are very strong, but unfortunately the number of the race is too small after all.

They need humans to help manage their territories.

They need human help to conduct various research, such as resurrecting the ancestor of the blood wolf.

After hundreds of thousands of years of research, it was actually successful?

"Do you know what you are doing? The Human Emperor seriously injured the blood wolf ancestor thousands of years ago, and you actually want to resurrect it?" Taylor's voice was trembling.

"Sir Taylor, you can't say that. I'm doing this all for mankind." King Yon flattered the blood wolf clan: "The ancestor of the blood wolf is resurrected. The blood wolf clan will become more powerful and can occupy more places." Lots of territory.”

"There are only so many blood wolves. Shouldn't we humans help manage the extra territory?"

"And after the blood wolf ancestor is resurrected, there is no need to hold a blood moon ceremony every thirty years, and hundreds of thousands of sacrifices can be saved."

“This is the best of both worlds!”

"I'm doing this all for the good of mankind!"

"I am the savior of mankind!"

Seeing King Ion who really regarded himself as the savior of mankind, Taylor was so angry that his teeth were about to break.

If his magic power hadn't been sealed now, he would have absolutely crushed King Yon to pieces on the spot!

but--

What Taylor really cares about is not King Ion.

It was the great sage named Roja who was wearing black robes and having blue eyes next to King Ion.

He knew very well what was going on with King Ion and these human traitors.

It was within his expectations that King Yon could say such words and do such things.

But King Yon has no ability to resurrect the ancestor of the blood wolf!

The Killing Wolf Organization knows about the past sages of the Coman Empire and the research behind them.

In their opinion, the research that attempted to resurrect the Blood Wolf Ancestor was just a waste of time. When did it actually succeed?

If King Yon is not lying, then the reason may lie with this great sage named Roja, right?

Are there such people in the Coman Empire?

The Shapolang organization has the most comprehensive intelligence network on the continent, and it knows every move of humans and blood wolves very clearly.

But he had never heard of Roya.

Just when he was about to ask what was going on, his eyes came into contact with Roja's.

His consciousness suddenly fell into a trance.

After coming back to his senses——

He remembered.

How could he have forgotten before?

"Are you Sage Roja?"

"I didn't expect you to actually succeed?"

"When I saw the information about you, I should have killed you!"

Yes, he finally "thought" about it.

He "thought" about Roya, the great sage of the Coman Empire, his experience, intelligence, strength, etc.

A good-for-nothing who rose to power through connections and didn't even have a holy rank.

He had also ridiculed that the Coman Empire was becoming more and more degenerate and that anyone could become a great sage.

Could Taraya be the great sage?

Can any cat or dog be used next?

Unexpectedly, reality slapped him hard in the face.

The great sage Luo Ya is not only not a waste, but also a genius beyond people's imagination!

He actually found a way to resurrect the blood wolf ancestor!

Taylor was in a daze.

The meeting continued.

In the following meeting, Sage Roja became the center of attention.

Even the blood wolf elders who usually hate humans the most had their eyes shining with concentration as they listened to the Great Sage Roya explaining the principles and arrangements of the resurrection ceremony.

Even his mother, who was arrogant and never believed in men anymore, frequently winked at the great sage Luo Ya.

Taylor himself has specialized in combat all his life and doesn't know much about the enchantments, rituals, and formations.

But after coming into contact with many talents, he could see that Great Sage Luo Ya was not on the same level as others at all.

Such a human genius actually sides with the blood wolf?

If Sage Luo Ya joins their Killing Wolf organization, one of them has peerless power and the other has astonishing wisdom. If the two of them join forces to overthrow the blood wolf and revive mankind, wouldn't they be able to capture it?

He is extremely complicated inside.

Anger, hatred, sadness, despair... countless emotions are tangled together.

In the end it just turned into a long sigh.

"well--"

"Humanity is hopeless."

He felt that his life's persistence had completely collapsed.

In the days that followed, he lived aimlessly like a zombie.

Time passes day by day.

The moon in the sky exudes scarlet light, like a red eyeball suspended in the sky overlooking the world.

The night of blood moon is coming!

The blood moon ceremony that happens once every thirty years is about to begin!

In the past, every blood moon ceremony was the biggest feast for the blood wolf clan, and it was also a tragic purgatory where hundreds of thousands of humans lost their lives.

Recalling the first time he saw the Blood Moon Ceremony and the tragic death of hundreds of thousands of humans, it still haunted Taylor like a nightmare after two hundred years, causing him to often wake up from nightmares.

This blood moon ceremony was the first time in thousands of years that no one died.

Just as King Yon said, after resurrecting the blood wolf ancestor, there will no longer be a need to hold blood moon ceremonies and sacrifice hundreds of thousands of humans.

Is this something to be thankful for?

Maybe this is the best outcome for mankind?

The ancestor of the blood wolves was resurrected, and the blood wolves became the most powerful clan in the world, ruling the world with invincibility.

Then humans, as the most loyal slaves of the blood wolves, receive large amounts of rewards and live a much better life than they do now.

“Is what we, the Shapolang Organization, have been pursuing for thousands of years, wrong?”

"Being a slave to a blood wolf is the best future for mankind?"

"Humans are originally a slave race?"

"Haha, hahaha..."

"Maybe that's true."

"The power of weakness, the mentality of admiring strength, the powerful ability to reproduce, the profound wisdom that is not inferior to any race, and the servility that goes deep into the bones..."

"Isn't this a natural slave?"

Taylor cried and laughed while watching the blood moon ceremony that was about to begin.

The Holy Sword of the Human Emperor next to him was "humming" and trembling, making a mournful cry for mankind's choice.

"Hey, you're here."

A man in black robes approached Taylor from behind.

Taylor looked back and saw that the person coming was actually Sage Roja.

At this time, the eyes of the several attendants who were standing next to him, who were called guardians but actually monitored, became as blank as puppets, and they were not aware of the arrival of Sage Roja at all.

He looked at Sage Roja.

Looking at... Suoman standing behind Sage Roja?

His once most trusted friend, Soman, who betrayed him and became a traitor to humanity, is actually there too?

Soman and Sage Roja are in the same group?

He wanted to rush forward and kill Soman, and he wanted to spit harshly at Sage Roja.

If it were him a few days ago, even if his magic power was sealed and he was no match for the other party, he would still do that.

Now -

"well--"

A helpless sigh.

He turned his head and his eyes fell on the blood moon ceremony that was being held.

He doesn't even have the strength to be angry now.

This is not Soman's fault, not Sage Roja's fault, this is mankind's own choice.

It was humans who chose to resurrect the blood wolf ancestor.

It is humans who choose to be slaves.

As an alien with half of the blood of a wolf in his body, what right does he have to blame humans for their own choices?

He found Sage Roja sitting down beside him.

But he didn't react.

"Have you given up on saving mankind?" Roja suddenly asked.

"...I am neither a human nor a blood wolf. What qualifications do I have to save humanity on my own? This is the path chosen by humans. All I can do is respect and bless them." Taylor said bitterly.

"Aren't you a human and a blood wolf? In other words, you are both a human and a blood wolf. You are the one who has the deepest understanding of what the two races, humans and blood wolves, are like. Only you can be the most qualified to represent One of the races makes a decision." Roja said solemnly.

"Ha, so what? What's the use of my decision? Things have reached this point, and there is no room for recovery."

"That's not necessarily the case."

Luo Ya put his hand in his pocket.

A key appeared in his hand.

This is the key to the demon-sealing device on Taylor!

Looking at the key in Roja's hand, Taylor's breathing suddenly became rapid.

He was excited not only because he could regain his freedom, but more importantly because Sage Luo Ya did this, didn't it mean that——

Is Sage Roja on the side of humanity?

Is the Blood Wolf Resurrection Ceremony a cover?

Is it a trap?

It turns out that his friend Soman did not betray!

"Dong-dong-dong-"

His heart beat fiercely.

His dead soul revived again.

He looked up at Soman, who was standing behind Sage Roja. Seeing his best friend Soman nod slightly to him, tears suddenly filled his eyes.

Click click click.

The demon-sealing device on his body was unlocked, and Taylor was free.

However, due to his depletion of magic power, he still needs to rest for a while before he can regain his peak strength.

When Taylor sat cross-legged on the ground, slowly regaining his strength bit by bit.

The Blood Moon Ceremony has reached its most critical moment.

Tens of thousands of people from the Blood Wolf clan surrounded the altar and chanted spells.

The coffin located in the middle of the altar was constantly shaking as the blood moon ceremony progressed, as if the deceased inside was awakening.

call out!

At this time the moon rose to the highest point in the sky, directly above the altar.

A beam of scarlet moonlight that looked like substance shot out from the moon, fell straight on the coffin in the center of the altar, and was absorbed by the corpse of the ancestor of the blood wolf inside.

Because all the moonlight is concentrated on the coffin.

The night that used to be like daylight under the moonlight suddenly became invisible.

In the darkness, they heard the beating of a heart that seemed to come from the abyss.

Boom——

Boom--boom--

The beating of the heart becomes more and more powerful and intense.

The magic power emanating from the coffin continued to increase with the beating of the heart.

Unknowingly, the rising magic power was like a sky-reaching flame, capable of burning even demigods to ashes in an instant.

Feeling the rising aura of the blood wolf ancestor, some people were afraid and others were excited.

"This, this is..."

Taylor held the Human Emperor's Holy Sword tightly in his hand, his body constantly shaking.

As a powerful demigod, he is so vulnerable in front of a real god?

He felt that even if there were ten thousand of him, they would never be able to match the Blood Wolf Ancestor!

Was the Human Emperor's opponent so terrifying back then?

How strong was the Human Emperor back then!

only--

Listen to the heavy heartbeat that echoes throughout the world.

Feeling the rising terrifying magic power.

Taylor couldn't help but look at Roja and asked: "Did you really tamper with the ceremony? Why do I feel that the ancestor of the blood wolf is really going to be resurrected?"

Suoman on the side also looked at Roja in confusion, "If the ancestor of the blood wolf is really resurrected, we humans really have no hope!"

Compared to the nervous Taylor and Soman, Roya laughed.

"Don't worry, everything is under my control."

"Y-really?"

"You are a sage. Us roughnecks don't understand. As long as the result is good, that's all."

Although Sage Roja said everything was going as planned and there were no problems, Taylor and Soman's temples couldn't help but keep beating.

Their reason is constantly warning them——

The legendary ancient god, the Blood Wolf Ancestor, is about to be resurrected!

Just out of trust in Roja, the great sage, they could only hold back and watch the blood moon ceremony continue.

They could only comfort themselves in their hearts.

"If this were not the case, how could we have deceived the Blood Wolf Clan?"

"The resurrection ceremony will definitely fail, and the blood wolf will definitely pay a huge price for it."

"If Sage Roja is with the Blood Wolf Clan, does he have any need to lie to us?"

The blood moon is about to disappear.

The last bits of moon from the blood moon can be poured into the coffin.

The moonlight turned from scarlet back to bright yellow.

The darkness recedes.

The whole world looks like daylight at night under the moonlight.

quiet!

The whole world is eerily quiet!

The monsters that howled at night hid in the caves and trembled, hugging their bodies.

The figure of an insect that likes to play music at night stands stiffly on the branches.

Even people thousands of miles away who had no idea what was going on woke up from their sleep, raised their heads and subconsciously looked in the direction of the Ancient Blood Wolf City.

After finishing the blood moon ceremony, the blood wolf stood still, staring at the coffin without daring to breathe hard.

Taylor nervously pulled on Roja's sleeves and gestured desperately to Roja with his eyes. (End of chapter)