309 Thousand Souls Sacrifice (1/2)
”I heard the Charlotte Family has a True Spirit Magic Tool called the Thousand Souls Sacrifice, is this the case?”
”You, you…” The question Lin Yun asked sounded quite ordinary, but Hanson felt as if he had seen a ghost. His face turned pale as he slowly retreated, his eyes full of fear and alarm as he stared in fright. ”How did you know!?”
”Ah?” Lin Yun was surprised at first before figuring out that he misremembered the time. The Thousand Souls Sacrifice had yet to become famous in this era.
This was a secret that lasted a millennium.
It would have normally been another hundred years before that Magic Tool whose power could exceed True Spirit Magic Tools would shock the whole Noscent.
Moreover, it was also an Augment.
”Impossible, Impossible…” Hanson didn't know about any of that, but once Lin Yun said the words 'Thousand Souls Sacrifice', Hanson lost his mind. He was terrified and kept mumbling, ”Impossible, impossible, impossible…”
It made sense for Hanson to be scared like that, because after all, the existence of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice might be one of the most important secrets of the Charlotte Family. The Charlotte Family had obtained that True Spirit Magic Tool over a millennium ago.
But the Thousand Souls Sacrifice didn't bring any benefit to the Charlotte Family...
This sounded a little weird.
A True Spirit Magic Tool's power was comparable to that of an Archmage. It should be able to display frightening power even in the hands of an ordinary person, so with this kind of world-shaking power, how could the Charlotte Family not get any benefits?
But Hanson Charlotte knew that this truly was the case.
For the past millennium, the Charlotte Family thought of every possible way to satisfy that sinister Magic Tool Incarnation.
Only those who had seen that Magic Tool Incarnation knew how sinister it was. In the Charlotte Family, some were regretful while others were cursing. The regretful ones regretted having provoked that Magic Tool Incarnation, while the cursing ones were cursing that monster to go to hell earlier.
Hanson became a High Mage at fifty and gained the ability to join the core of the Charlotte Family. It was also the first time he came into contact with the Thousand Souls Sacrifice, the first time he saw that sinister Magic Tool Incarnation.
Hanson Charlotte could still remember.
At the time, he had entered the Charlotte Family Ancestral Land, a place filled with skeletons and blood, and which was permeated by a thick, bloody smell.
There, he saw a monster reeking of sulfur and iron, formed only by a skeleton and blood. It displayed a malevolent smile at him.
At the time, Hanson had been completely terrified.
A few decades later, he still couldn't remember exactly what sacrifice he had offered to the monster or how he managed to leave the bloody and skeletal Ancestral Land.
Hanson could only remember that the monster had been very pleased with his sacrifice and had let out delighted laughter from within the blood and bones.
Then, as he grew stronger and stronger, his position in the Charlotte Family rose higher and higher and he gradually gained the right to know of some secrets.
This was when Hanson learnt that the terrifying monster had been the Thousand Souls Sacrifice's Magic Tool Incarnation and that a millennium ago, the evil Magic Tool Incarnation signed a contract with the ancestor of the Charlotte Family. It agreed to serve the children of the Charlotte Family at suitable times, but in exchange, the Charlotte Family's offspring had to keep sacrificing fresh flesh to it.
For the past thousand years, that evil Incarnation had been like a black hole. The Charlotte Family had to use every kind of method to satisfy it, especially with Santon Merlin's appearance. During the last two centuries, that evil incarnation had truly been the worst nightmare of the Charlotte Family.
At the time, the Charlotte Family didn't even have time to look after themselves. How could they get enough fresh flesh? After failing to meet the quota three times in a row, the evil Incarnation was thoroughly angered and caused carnage in the Ancestral Land, obliterating most of the Ancestral Land.
In the end, the Patriarch of the Charlotte Family appeared and personally entered the Ancestral Land before having a long talk with that monster. No one else knew the contents of that discussion. They only knew that the Patriarch looked a few dozen years older when he left the Ancestral Ground. He spent an entire night in the room, and when he came out in the morning, half of his hair was white.