Once upon a time there was a huge forest, and nightingales lived happily among the dense branches and leaves, singing the most beautiful songs in the world at night.
But one day, countless humans broke into the forest with a strong attitude. They cut down trees and built grotesque nests; they slaughtered animals and peeled off the king of the forest's fur just for pleasure; they poured water into clear streams. The black liquid withered the flowers on the shore and killed countless fish.
Faced with all this, the forest chose to retreat. Most of the territory of the trees was taken away, and the animals no longer approached humans.
The nightingales only dare to sing softly in the middle of the night.
But human beings are greedy and they never know satisfaction. Finally one day they picked up their axes and walked towards the only remaining forest.
The nightingale's home is gone.
They were forced to survive under the roof of humans. Because they drank stained water, the nightingales lost the ability to sing.
Late one night, the only nightingale that could still sing stood on the top of the human nest. From a distance, it saw the former king of the forest being pinned to the ground and beheaded by humans. It finally couldn't help but sing a sad funeral song.
Half a month later, several strong humans cornered Nightingale, and the exhausted Nightingale could only let them ravage her.
The next day, the nightingale, whose flight feathers had been clipped, was pushed in front of a young man, and the humans flatteringly called him the Duke.
The nightingale wanted to live, so it stepped onto the Duke's open palm and "voluntarily" returned to the manor with him.
But it doesn't know that the nightmare has just begun.
The Duke is cruel. His favorite thing to do every day is to whip the male servants and bully the maids. As long as someone displeases him, he will use the most brutal means to force them to commit suicide.
After returning to the manor, the Duke asked the nightingale to sing day and night, but fortunately it was just a flightless bird and was not harmed by the Duke.
The nightingale's song can cure the Duke's headache, which is his only talisman.
But the good times didn't last long, and a businessman from a foreign country presented the Duke with a singing diamond bird. The diamond bird could sing more beautiful songs than the nightingale.
So the Duke, who was tired of the nightingale, threw it into the cage without mercy and threw it into the darkest corner of the manor.
"Come on, little nightingale." Just when the nightingale was about to die of thirst, the maid covered in blood used her last strength to open the cage door and used her blood to revive the nightingale.
"Little Nightingale, look at the outside world for me, and please tell my sister that I miss her so much." This was the girl's last will before her body became cold.
The nightingale fluttered its wings and found that its clipped flight feathers had grown back, so it spread its wings without hesitation and flew to freedom.
The nightingale didn't know who the maid's sister was, so it could only carry a lock of the poor girl's hair and run away.
Six months later, the Duke issued a reward worth ten thousand gold to find the singing nightingale.
When the nightingale saw the reward and rushed back to human territory, the dead birds had formed a thick wall.
Greedy humans hunt birds for bounties, not caring whether they are nightingales or not.
The blood gathered and flowed like a stream, and Nightingale stood on the ground and closed her eyes in despair.
At this time, a black robe suddenly covered its head, and the witch rescued the nightingale.
"I want revenge, can you help me?" Nightingale looked at the witch in pain.
"Of course, but this will come at a high price." The witch also looked at the nightingale with sadness.
"I don't care, I can give everything I have." The nightingale shook its head, and a strand of the girl's long hair was twisted into a thin rope and tied around its neck, swaying slightly with its movements.
"I am willing to share the responsibility with Nightingale." A weak voice sounded, but it came from nowhere.
"I do too."
"I am willing to sacrifice my soul."
……
Wisps of white souls rose from the ground, and the mutilated animals gathered around.
"We are willing to exchange our souls for them to suffer eternal torture."
"O dead souls, use blood as a contract and soul as a guide. I will chant the oldest spell to cast a curse." The witch closed her eyes, leaving two lines of blood tears, dripping into her pure white soul.
*
The Duke is dying of illness.
The nightingale landed in front of the window, and he quietly looked down at the dying Duke and the diamond bird in his hand.
But you cannot die. If you die, who will pay for your sin?
So the nightingale spread its wings, stood beside the Duke's pillow, and sang the funeral song.
Hearing the long-lost song, the Duke, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed the nightingale with a greedy expression.
Buzz... The ancient curse pattern wrapped around the Duke's body in an instant, directly locking the Duke's soul into the bird made of diamonds.
"Ha...is this a human body?" After singing the song, the nightingale controlled the unfamiliar body to hold up the little bird on the pillow.
Suddenly, a wooden box was automatically generated in the air. It contained the bird made of diamonds. There was a crunching sound and the box was locked.
"Congratulations, you have entered another cage. You will be trapped in this manor forever, unless..." The witch appeared in the sky, and she took away the nightingale's original body.
"...Kill the Duke's soul."
..."...But only outsiders who know everything and are willing to open the box are qualified to open the box." The Duke, who was sitting in the main seat, smiled and looked at the players opposite.
"My dear guests, this is the last test. You all know the password of the box, so please, can you help me open this box?"
"Your Excellency, I have a question." Mu Chen broke the silence.
"Please speak."
"Of course we are willing to help you open the box, but we still have four nightingales. This is the last test, so how can you choose the best nightingale?"
"Leave here, Nightingale shouldn't be trapped in a cage."
"Then can we discuss it?"
"Of course, you can go to the room next to it. It is very soundproof. I swear in the name of the Duke that I will not disturb you."
*
"Ha...he's stuck in a bug." After the glasses were blocked with cards, Liu Ruoyu sneered and leaned against the wall.
"The story he told is true and can let us know why we opened the box. And the mistakes are all human. Of course, we can side with the weak Nightingale willingly. But he concealed the consequences of opening the box. Fortunately Now the box is in our hands, and the initiative is still with us.”
"We have four people left, which is just right."
"Those male and female servants also have animal souls in their bodies?" Mu Chen asked. He had not forgotten that there were other animal souls involved in the curse in the Duke's story.
"The maids are, and the male servants are still human beings. It's just that because of the curse, they are immortal, but immortality does not mean immortality. Being old and not dying is the most tortured thing..."
"What do you mean when you say four people are just right?" Yun Chuan interjected.
"Four people. The one who opened the box was possessed by the Duke, one was possessed by the Nightingale, one was possessed by the maid, and the third one took them out. No one can survive." The tone of the glasses was a little irritated.
"Getting on top of a maid?"
"I just want my maid sister to not be in so much pain."
"I'll go...you said you wouldn't disturb me!" Liu Ruoyu was startled.
"Dear guest, because I am a nightingale." The Duke smiled and leaned behind them with his arms folded.
"It's impossible...the card has no warning..." Glasses clenched his fists and looked at the card floating in the air, safe and sound.
"Those little cards?" The Duke tilted his head and asked, pointing to the cards next to his glasses.
"I don't want to either...but you all already know that, so you will definitely not help me open the box willingly. When you say that you want to be alone, there is no turning back." The young man pursed his lips. , his blue eyes were covered with a layer of mist, looking extremely aggrieved.
"But there is actually another way to open the box. I think these two should already know it." He put away his aggrieved expression and replaced it with a smiling expression.
"Blood sacrifice." Liu Ruoyu gritted his teeth and spit out two words.
"Yes, smart guests, blood sacrifice." The Duke nodded, "Now that we have the blood and souls of six guests, we still have two more to go before we can invoke the blood sacrifice. In this way, the result will still be the same."
"We won't let you succeed!" Liu Ruoyu shook one hand, and the blazing flames suddenly formed a ring of fire, surrounding the Duke.
"We are not talking about cooperation, I am just informing you." The Duke remained unhurried and repeated Liu Ruoyu's words with a smile.
Snap. The Duke snapped his fingers crisply.
"Uh..." The glasses suddenly staggered and almost fell to their knees.
"What did you do?" He suddenly felt that his body was extremely heavy, and before he could struggle to get up, he heard Liu Ruoyu's exclamation.
"You...your faces, your bodies!"
Body... Glasses Suddenly, his mind felt a little confused. He raised his hand, and dense red bloodshot threads protruded from his cuffs and covered the back of his hand.
What's going on... He raised his head with difficulty and saw that the exposed skin of Mu Chen and Yunchuan was covered with dense bloodshot eyes just like his.
However, compared to him, the symptoms displayed by Mu Chen and Yunchuan were much milder.
"Ha..." The Duke chuckled and walked towards them. Liu Ruoyu was about to resist but was tightly bound by vines that suddenly sprang out from the wall.
"The blood sacrifice has already begun. When you are digested, we will naturally get enough strength to open this box. There is still a lot of time, don't worry, dear." He kicked down his glasses and took away the heavy bag from his waist. box.
Puleng
The sound of birds flapping their wings sounded, and the four nightingales that were originally huddled in the player's clothes flew up at the same time and fell into the Duke's arms.
"Thank you for your hard work, good boy." The Duke's voice was as gentle as if he could pinch water.
"Chirping..." The birds stood in his palm and chirped twice, then shrank smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a strand of slender hair.
"Spine... What you planned from the beginning was a blood sacrifice! You deliberately let Nightingale lead the way!" Glasses suddenly understood. He covered his heart and gasped for air. Wave after wave of suffocation made him breathless. The more difficult it is.
"You followed the nightingale yourself, you can't blame me." The Duke's smile became brighter.
"It is your honor to be a sacrifice..."
(End of chapter)
The author said: Duke (surface): It is your honor to be a sacrifice!
(Actual): It’s so exciting to torture the boss. If you start recording in advance, you can definitely make a lot of money if you go back and sell it to other bosses!
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