Elisa’s Secret, Subdue the Green Snake (5400)

After several days of battle, the territory's warriors had earned themselves nearly two thousand gold points, and now the total had exceeded three thousand.

Cao Xing exclaimed in admiration, "Not bad. With so many gold points, it's more than enough to redeem that Sovereign-level recruitment scroll."

"Calculating it this way, there are still three days left, which should be able to get me another seven or eight hundred gold points."

"In other words, after redeeming that scroll, I'll still have about a thousand points left."

This was quite a significant number.

After all, in the Gold Point Shop, a full set of Level 50 Epic equipment only costs seven or eight hundred gold points!

That is to say, besides that scroll, Cao Xing could also redeem a set of Epic equipment.

However, he wasn't in a rush to redeem them because he had matters to handle right now.

Soon, he arrived at the territory's residential area.

Then, he walked straight over and pushed open the door to Elisa's room.

At this moment, the little girl was squatting by the head of the bed, furtively hiding something inside the cabinet.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing called out.

"Elisa."

"Eek!!!"

Elisa let out a startled cry, then quickly stood up, eyes widened as she looked toward the doorway.

Upon discovering it was Cao Xing, she gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, it's you, Lord. I thought it was someone else; you scared me to death!"

Cao Xing stared at her back and asked, "What are you hiding?"

Hearing this question, the little girl's gaze immediately darted away, and she shook her head, saying, "I'm not hiding anything, hehehe."

"Hm? You're not even telling the truth to your Lord now, are you?" Cao Xing asked with an unfriendly tone.

Elisa hurriedly replied, "Absolutely not! Elisa always listens to the Lord."

"Then tell me, what are you hiding?"

Under Cao Xing's pressing, the little girl had to compromise, then said, "Alright—I'll show the Lord."

After saying that, she fidgeted as she squatted down and pulled open the wooden cabinet.

Cao Xing saw at a glance that inside lay a white…"

Let's call it a hat for now…"

The hat was only half-knitted so far, the stitches were quite messy, and the shape was rather abstract.

If you could call it a hat; it looked more like Lazy Sheep's hairstyle. "Did you make this yourself?" Cao Xing asked.

Elisa grabbed the hat in her hands and replied somewhat shyly, "Yes! I was planning to give it to you as a gift once I finished making it."

"Although, it is a bit ugly. If the Lord dislikes it, never mind."

Cao Xing took it to examine it, then commented, "For a beginner, the craftsmanship is actually not bad."

Then he returned the 'hat' to her.

"Continue finishing it. I'll accept this gift."

Hearing this, the little girl beamed with joy.

"That's great! I'll keep working hard!"

"Once I'm done, I'll put it on the Lord myself."

Cao Xing's mouth twitched. Putting it on wouldn't be necessary—

Then, he got to the point and asked, "Tell me, Elisa, what happened during the last Fog Disaster?"

"And how did you get targeted by the creatures in the fog?"

Hearing this question, the smile on the little girl's face gradually faded.

She replied somewhat seriously, "I don't really know exactly what happened—"

"That day, I had just come out of the cowshed when I heard someone calling my name from the dense fog. But I remembered your warning not to run outside the territory, so I thought I would hurry back to my room."

"But before I had taken a few steps, that mass of fog suddenly expanded and swallowed me whole, and then I lost consciousness—"

"Later, in a daze, I seemed to hear some voices."

"They said something about there being the will of some great existence inside me, and that they wanted to awaken it from within my body—"

Hearing this, Cao Xing's gaze immediately became grave as he asked, "Do you know who this great existence they spoke of is?"

Elisa shook her head.

Thinking for a moment, Cao Xing changed the question: "Then, over these many years, have you discovered any abnormalities in your body?"

The little girl raised her head and looked at Cao Xing with a blank expression.

Then she shook her head and said, "No! Elisa has always been just like everyone else. Father and the people in the village all praised me for being a healthy child!"

Cao Xing gazed at Elisa.

Her eyes were as pure as ever.

After a moment, he said, "I see. You don't need to worry."

"Just keep living as you have been."

Having said that, Cao Xing changed the subject.

"Of course, if you really undergo some change in the future and no longer acknowledge me as your Lord, then—"

Elisa first looked at him blankly, then a strange smile appeared on her face.

"Hehehe—what would happen?"

Cao Xing replied, "That would be your own choice. Even if you don't acknowledge me anymore, it doesn't matter."

Hearing this, the little girl immediately giggled, "Hehehe, so the Lord cares about me this much!"

"Don't worry, no matter what Elisa turns into, you will always be my Lord!"

"I hope so—"

Cao Xing shook his head, turned around, and walked toward the outside of the room.

Just then, Elisa suddenly took a running start, made a fierce leap, and instantly jumped onto Cao Xing's back, hanging onto him like a koala.

Cao Xing instinctively reached out and supported her thighs.

Before he could speak, Elisa pressed against his ear and asked, "Lord, do you not believe in Elisa?"

Cao Xing didn't speak.

Obviously, the secrets on Elisa were not simple; even the fog that could cover the entire continent had actively targeted her.

And if it were truly as she said, and one day the will inside her awakened, it would definitely take over all of Elisa's thoughts.

However, seeing Cao Xing like this, the little girl seemed to get a bit anxious.

"Eek! You really don't believe me!"

"You hateful Lord, how can you not believe in loyal Elisa!"

The little girl said this while rubbing back and forth on his back.

The small, soft flesh on her chest bumped against him repeatedly.

Cao Xing didn't feel much and said helplessly, "Alright, I believe you, I believe you."

"Get off me first."

But the little girl said indignantly, "I won't get down, Elisa is angry!"

"I want the Lord to keep carrying me for half an hour before I'll stop being angry!"

Cao Xing smiled, "Alright, no problem."

Thus, he carried the little girl and walked around the room.

As he walked, Elisa's murmurs rang in his ears.

Then, less than five minutes later, the voice began to fade, and eventually, she completely closed her mouth.

Cao Xing listened to the soft breathing sound in his ear, and the steady, rhythmic heartbeat from Elisa's chest.

He turned his head to look and discovered that the little girl had actually fallen asleep on his back.

He smiled and shook his head, then placed her back on the bed.

At this moment, Cao Xing stood by the head of the bed, gazing at the glowing moon on Elisa's forehead, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"A moon?"

Shaking his head, Cao Xing stopped overthinking it.

He covered Elisa with the quilt, then quietly exited the room.

Then, he arrived at Ilena's room again.

At this moment, the vines on the Green Snake named Lana had already been loosened.

She was lying on her side on the bed, recovering from her injuries.

Ilena was taking care of her on the side.

Seeing Cao Xing enter, Ilena quickly stood up and saluted.

And in the eyes of the Green Snake Lana, there was still a look of hatred.

"Hmph—hypocritical human!"

Cao Xing glanced at her.

Ilena, who was next to her, quickly stopped her, "Lana—you cannot speak to the Lord like that."

After saying that, she looked at him apologetically, "Sorry, Lord."

Cao Xing waved his hand, then asked, "Ilena, do you know what's going on with your sister's condition?"

During the previous battle, Cao Xing had already noticed that besides her extreme hatred for humans, the Green Snake Lana's physical condition was a bit off.

It was as if a violent aura was shrouding her, giving people a feeling of ferocity.

Ilena nodded, then said, "You are right. Lana's body indeed has some problems; she wasn't like this before."

The Green Snake Lana snorted coldly, "I don't have any problems, and I don't need to say anything more to this human!"

Cao Xing was speechless and glanced at her, then looked at Ilena, "Tell me specifically, what happened."

"Very well, Lord."

Ilena gathered her thoughts and then slowly said, "It's like this—"

"Back then, after Lana was captured by that hunter, she was quickly resold to a human slave trader. After changing hands several times, Lana was finally sold to a human noble. After that noble bought Lana, he locked her in a dungeon."

"There were many captured slaves in that dungeon, from all kinds of races, specifically used for those nobles to seek pleasure at their parties."

"Every party, quite a few slaves would die miserably, or even be cannibalized by them—"

"When they wanted to drag Lana out, she resisted with her life, and during the fight, she activated the power of her bloodline."

"That is the power of another Legendary Great Serpent: 'Green Scale'."

"And so, Lana transformed into a Green Snake, bit all those nobles and their guards to death, released all the slaves, and fled into the wilderness."

"But because she killed too many nobles, Lana became wanted by the kingdom, and a large number of mercenaries and bounty hunters were hunting her down."

"Later, a powerful human wizard captured her. However, this wizard did not hand Lana over to the kingdom to claim the bounty, but instead used her Snake Person constitution to conduct some evil research, wanting to force out the power of the Legendary Great Serpent within her."

"At that time, the wizard would feed Lana strange potions and cast evil magic on her every day, and she lived in agony every single day."

At this point, a look of heartache appeared in Ilena's eyes as she looked at her sister.

She continued.

"After the experiment had been going on for almost three months, the wizard's research succeeded—"

"He used a vicious curse on Lana to completely activate the bloodline power within her, allowing Lana to borrow the power of the Legendary Great Serpent 'Green Scale' at any time."

Cao Xing interrupted upon hearing this: "A curse?"

"Yes."

Ilena replied: "This kind of curse is quite ancient and also very evil."

"It constantly instills evil thoughts into Lana's mind, making her want to kill and destroy everything, thereby continuously stimulating the bloodline power within her."

"This curse greatly increased Lana's strength; even the wizard was no match for her and was bitten to death by her directly."

"Later, in order to control her bloodlust, Lana ran alone into that primeval forest to keep herself in check."

"But even so, that curse continued to entangle her, transmitting all kinds of crazy thoughts to her 24 hours a day, filling her mind with evil voices, making her want to destroy everything!"

"So Lana herself didn't want to be like this—"

After hearing her story, a look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

He seemed to understand something and looked at the Green Snake on the scene.

"So, you stole the Elf Clan's codex back then to find a way to break this curse?"

The Green Snake snorted coldly and turned her head away, seemingly not wanting to answer this question.

Ilena, who was beside her, replied softly: "Yes, Lord."

"The Elf Clan's codex records a vast amount of secret arts, among which there might be a way to break this curse."

"But to find such a secret art, it takes a lot of time to browse through the ancient texts and find the corresponding solution."

"Lana hasn't found it yet."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then glanced at the status of the Green Snake.

[Status: Voice of Omen (Legendary curse, instills a large amount of evil thoughts into the mind, keeping her in a constant state of chaos, attack power increased by 20%)]

"A Legendary curse? This effect is indeed quite terrifying!"

"However, Buoyancy should be able to solve it."

So, Cao Xing looked at the two Snake People and said: "Don't worry, I have a way to deal with your sister's status."

At this moment, a glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in Ilena's eyes.

She asked tentatively: "Is this true? Lord!"

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "Of course, when have I ever lied to you?"

Upon hearing this, Ilena said excitedly: "That's great, I knew the Lord would have a way!"

"Lana, did you hear that? You will soon be able to get rid of this curse!"

The White Snake Ilena appeared very excited.

Hearing this, the Green Snake on the bed still maintained a suspicious look.

"This is a Legendary level curse, even some Legendary powerhouses can't do anything about it, are you sure you can?"

Cao Xing couldn't be bothered to explain to her, so he just called out directly, "Buoyancy, come here."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of wings flapping and "cluck cluck cluck~" chirping came from outside the room.

Soon, a white figure, carrying pure white feathers, "bang" crashed open the door!

It was the Light Feather Chicken that had already reached level 70.

Although it was only Master-level, thanks to its innate ability and Commander-level skills, it already possessed the ability to dispel Legendary-level negative status effects.

Cao Xing said quickly: "Buoyancy, now try casting Purifying Light on this woman."

"Cluck!!"

The Light Feather Chicken understood Cao Xing's order and immediately flapped its wings, floating into mid-air.

Then, sacred light radiated from its body.

The next moment, a ball of Purifying Light fell directly onto the Green Snake's body!

Instantly, the woman felt a surge of sacred power within her body, beginning to purify the cold power inside her.

A look of pain gradually appeared on Lana's face, her complexion instantly turned pale, her pupils were filled with bloodshot veins, and her whole body was filled with a violent aura!

She clutched her head in pain and said in a low voice: "Damn it! Stop screaming, get out of my head!"

"Damn it! Damn it! I want to kill you! Kill all of you and devour you all!"

Lana appeared somewhat hysterical; obviously, this was the curse erupting.

Ilena, who was beside her, held her tightly and kept patting her back, comforting her: "Lana, don't be afraid—Sister will be by your side."

"Don't be afraid—sister—"

As her gentle voice kept sounding, the Green Snake gradually calmed down.

Her fists were clenched tight, her shoulders were trembling, and her nails were even digging deep into her flesh.

Blood flowed from her palms, as if she was forcing herself to endure that pain!

A moment later, a puff of dark purple smoke drifted from her fair skin—

The Green Snake seemed to have suffered some heavy blow; her pupils suddenly widened, and then she opened her mouth.

"Pfft—"

A mouthful of blood sprayed out!

Ilena, who was beside her, hurriedly wiped it for her.

It could be seen that this curse was already deeply rooted in her body.

The Light Feather Chicken's [Purifying Light] had an effect on this curse, but it could not be completely removed in one go.

According to Cao Xing's estimate, it would take about 4 more times to completely clear the negative status from her body.

Besides this, Cao Xing also discovered that the Green Snake's level had dropped by 2, and now it had become level 88.

"Does the removal of the curse cause a decrease in strength?"

"However, as long as it doesn't drop below level 70, it won't have much of an impact."

Then, he continued: "Ilena, I'm going to have Buoyancy continue to remove the curse, remember to hold her down."

The Snake Person priestess immediately straightened her expression and held Lana tightly in her arms.

"I understand, Lord!"

Meanwhile, the Light Feather Chicken Buoyancy floated into mid-air again.

"Cluck~ cluck cluck~"

Then, it began to continuously release [Purifying Light].

Every time a burst of pure light fell on Lana, it would make her extremely painful, causing her to struggle and writhe wildly on the bed.

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, her level also dropped by 2.

But correspondingly, her complexion also improved slightly.

After five consecutive 'Purifying Light' casts, Lana's level had dropped to 80.

Cao Xing took a glance, and on her status bar, the [Voice of Omen] curse had completely disappeared.

Lana, who was in a frenzied state, gradually calmed down, staring blankly at the scene before her.

Because she suddenly felt that the voices in her mind had completely quieted down.

That voice which had troubled her for who knows how many years, constantly making her want to kill and destroy everything, had completely dissipated!

After many years, she felt a long-lost tranquility.

Even the baleful aura and ferocious air in her eyes had dissipated a little.

She muttered: "It's gone, that voice, it's gone—"

"So this is how quiet the world is?"

As if experiencing the normal world for the first time, Lana couldn't help but reach out her hands, touching the air in front of her.

Ilena, who was beside her, heard this and wept with joy, hugging her into her arms.

"That's great, Lana! You've finally returned to normal!"

Even the Green Snake Lana, as if waking from a dream, hugged her sister into her arms.

At this time, Cao Xing asked with interest: "How do you feel now?"

Lana didn't speak, but lifted that bewitching face, looking at him with a complex expression.

Ilena, who was beside her, persuaded her: "Lana, the Lord helped you remove the curse, you must thank him properly, do you understand?"

Hearing this, the bewitching woman hesitated for a moment, then spoke somewhat stiffly: "Tha—thank you."

And Cao Xing had a smile on his face: "I helped you dispel the curse, just saying thank you isn't enough, is it?"

The gratitude on the Green Snake Lana's face instantly disappeared, replaced by a look of disgust.

"Sure enough—humans are all like this."

"What do you want?"