"I heard about you." The queen on the throne summoned Lin Yuan to her side. "Child, there is no need to be too gentle with those sentinels."
Lin Yuan shifted his attention from the corner, "Too gentle to the sentinel?"
These days, the queen often teaches her fighting skills as a guide.
But Lin Yuan didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence. The sentinels were the guide's companions and friends on the battlefield. Wasn't it right to be gentle to friends
"They are just fragile creatures. There is no need to expend too much energy on them."
The pale queen spoke in a gentle voice, like an elder admonishing the younger generation.
She stood up and walked down the long corridor with Lin Yuan.
The two of them walked through the white stone pillars covered with murals as if taking a walk, and came to the dark corner, in front of the huge cage.
"It's actually a very easy thing to make them dormant."
Several sentries in the hall strode over, knelt on one knee in front of the queen, and pulled open the curtain in front of the iron cage.
In the damp and dark iron cage lay a half-orc sentry.
His form is very strange.
Half of its blue butterfly wings were spread on its back, and its head and arms looked like those of an adult male, but below its abdomen was a bulging insect body that glowed in the dark like a firefly.
It looked like a half-human, half-beast creature, and it emitted low, painful sounds from its mouth. It was already on the verge of going berserk.
Lying in the dark cage, he looked miserable after having been tortured, with half of his broken glasses still hanging on his straight nose.
He was a very handsome and strong sentry. Torture could not erase his sharpness. When the curtain was opened, he struggled to grab the railing, and his eyes in the dark looked through the cage with deep hatred.
The queen reached out and held Lin Yuan's hand.
In the past, this hand once gave Lin Yuan a warm and soft feeling.
Now, as if the disguise had been removed, the palm was cold and damp, and the skin was sticky.
The queen held Lin Yuan's hand. Lin Yuan could clearly feel a cold force spreading across the hall like frost, heading straight for the imprisoned sentry.
The angry sentry fell down immediately.
Lin Yuan captured a very strange emotion.
In that dark cage, it was like grass wet by rain and dew, night cats were scratching, and butterflies were sticky together.
The sentry had his sharp teeth and claws removed, and he collapsed to the ground, turning into a pool of water and a ball of burning charcoal.
He managed to control himself at first, but soon began to struggle without caring about his image.
Sweat soaked the ground, and my body was like a dried-up fish, lacking oxygen. I struggled to open my mouth, but no sound came out.
The fluorescence in the lower half of the insect's abdomen lit up, flickering rhythmically in the darkness.
Although Lin Yuan had never seen it, she knew that this was the induced binding fever of the sentinel.
This state is induced only when the Sentinel and the Guide become soul mates and are closest to each other.
The queen simply tapped her fingers and made the powerful sentinel surrender in the hall.
It induced his union fever and at the same time corroded his strength, leaving him unable to resist. He could only lie on the ground and let his sweat soak through his clothes, uttering tiny, hoarse sounds in despair and pain.
Around the hall, several armed guards stood tall with calm expressions.
They watched indifferently as their former colleagues and partners lay on the ground struggling in pain.
The palace on the top of the tower has always been empty, with only the queen living here alone.
Now, perhaps to guard the prisoner, several armed sentries were dispatched.
The sentries stood calmly, watching the person twisting and struggling in the cage, without even a trace of emotion on their cold faces.
Lin Yuan pulled his hand away.
The hand that held hers had only previously made her feel cold, but now it made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
The food in my stomach seemed to be churning, and I felt like vomiting.
"What's wrong? Are you not used to it?" The pale queen looked at her, her face covered with a white veil, so that her features could not be seen.
Behind that thin layer of white gauze, there seemed to be countless pairs of open eyes.
Cold eyes looked over from the distant void, staring straight at Lin Yuan.
It was as if there was a thousand-pound force pressing on Lin Yuan's shoulders, asking her to be more docile, to lower her knees, and to be taught to watch this good show of bullying and pleasure.
Lin Yuan could feel that the queen's attitude towards her had always been strange.
She could not understand the Queen's ill will towards her, and Her Majesty's love for her was even sincere.
But that feeling of love always made Lin Yuan feel creepy and his back felt cold, as if he would be happily eaten alive in the next moment.
Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and looked back at the cold emperor beside him.
The young Kraken saw a strange and huge creature in the vast sea of spirituality.
It was in a very far away place, with a blurry appearance, many eyes, countless arms and all kinds of weird limbs, like a monster made up of countless lives mixed together.
The abnormally huge and strange, powerful mental fluctuations were like a solution that could corrode everything and pollute everything in the world, slowly coming across the water.
"You are still young, you don't understand the fun of this."
The Queen sighed gently and waved her hand good-naturedly, releasing the restraints.
The sentry in the iron cage collapsed from the painful sobs, completely paralyzed in the damp and dark cage. His body twitched slightly, his eyes were scattered, and he shed tears and saliva uncontrollably, no longer having the sharp eyes full of hatred just now.
"Child, the strong control the weak, this is the law of this world." The queen's voice was very soft, coming from the netherworld, subtly and silently corroding people's hearts.
"You are just young. You will understand it all sooner or later."
Lin Yuan began to think about this sentence seriously.
Today, she has come to realize that she holds great power, and most of the guides and sentinels in this world may not be her match.
She should also be able to get a lot and control many people easily like Her Majesty the Queen.
With just a flick of your finger, you can invade forcefully, make the strong surrender, and control the joys and sorrows of others.
Being able to get the likes, fear and passionate love of others at will.
Not difficult, very tempting.
Many familiar faces flashed through Lin Yuan's mind: Xiao Niao, Rachel, Guo Suo, Xun Hua, Nicole, Yun Luo...
She thought about how she had gradually developed a spiritual connection with those lovely people.
How I slowly went from being a lonely freak to someone with so many friends.
Those processes are slow, difficult, not easy, and require dedication of one's heart.
She thought of the fish at the end.
He tried carefully, slowly opening up the beautiful and mysterious underwater world to himself, and trying to get closer to him little by little. After going through a lot and spending a long time together, two people could become so close and trusting.
The Queen's spiritual pollution was silent, but a lamp lit up on the surging sea, its clear light clearing away the thick fog.
Lin Yuan found his true self.
The lights came on in the darkness, and Lin Yuan's will became firm at that moment.
Everything around her was rotten, filthy, hideous and weird. Even something as strong as a huge wave could not corrode or shake her, making her feel afraid.
Lin Yuan looked at the pale and indifferent queen in front of him. At this moment, he felt that she was not as powerful and invincible as he had imagined.
She could even detect the Queen sighing slightly in disappointment.
At this moment, there was a slight vibration from the White Tower.
Like a violent explosion, the powerful impact shook the rock-solid white tower.
Even standing in the palace on the top of the tower, one could feel the slight vibration caused by the explosion.
At that moment, everyone in the White Tower showed a look of confusion and surprise.
Being attacked, this has never happened before.
The White Tower is huge, solid, towering into the clouds, and shrouded in holy light. It is the symbol of the empire and an unshakable thing in everyone's heart.
The interior of the White Tower is not only heavily guarded, but also staffed with elite Royal Guards, equipped with the most advanced security systems, and blessed by the Holy Light.
Since the appearance of the White Tower in human history, no one has ever invaded the White Tower, and no one has ever desecrated this holy place shrouded in holy light.
The soft-spoken queen turned her head at that moment, and looked down with a gloomy gaze through the white veil covering her face.
Those cold eyes were like the frost in winter, as if they could penetrate through layers of space and look directly at the bottom of the white tower.
At the bottom of the White Tower, thick smoke from the explosion filled the air and shrill alarms rang out.
The two girls who had caused the explosion walked through the fire with their heads down in the hot wind whipped up by the flames and gestured to each other.
"Retreat immediately."
They are agile and powerful sentinels, like two swallows flying over a cold pond, passing through the roar of huge fireworks.
Before the guards could react, they had already escaped along the pre-planned route under the cover of smoke and explosions.
Rushing out of the white tower through the thick smoke, they were just one step away from the bright sunny world outside the tower. One of the girls had already made a gesture of success to her companion.
The next moment, a cold consciousness came from the top of the tower like a rolling avalanche, instantly capturing her.
The girl opened her mouth, took two difficult steps, and stood stiffly at the dividing line between light and shadow.
Seeing this, her companion immediately pulled out a syringe and stabbed it into his own neck without hesitation.
The next second, her eyes lit up with the strong fluorescence of a sentinel, and she grabbed her incapacitated companion and ran away quickly.
She ran as fast as lightning, without hesitation, and with the help of drugs, she blocked out all emotions. Even the powerful consciousness like a snowball could not catch her.
A pick-up vehicle drove up from a distance, and the two sentries who had detonated explosives on the bottom floor of the White Pagoda jumped into the vehicle and drove away far out of Kyoto.
"Detonation mission completed. Avengers, be safe." In the vehicle, the fleeing sentinel sent a text message to a secret personal terminal.
The entire White Tower was in uproar from top to bottom amid the roar of the explosion.
Whether at the Guide Academy, Sentinel Barracks, Research Institute, Agricultural Base at the bottom or at the Imperial Officials' Office at the top, everyone was looking around in surprise and asking each other what had happened.
The Royal Guards rushed past.
Finance Minister Victor stood up uneasily from his soft and luxurious chair.
"What's going on? Why is there such a vibration? What happened?" he asked in confusion.
He shouted a few times, and the sentries outside seemed to have all run away. No one answered.
His house was in the best location, quiet and independent, with ample space and luxurious decoration, enough to highlight his noble status.
There were too many incense sticks lit in the room, and Victor felt weak and unsteady on his feet.
At this moment, a tall figure walked into the fragrant office against the light.
Victor squinted his eyes for a while and found that it was a sentinel he knew.
A member of the Royal Guard, his name seems to be Ni Ji.
"It seems there was a thug attack. It's not a big deal. Chief Luther is already handling it."
The sentry said this as he slowly walked in and closed the heavy door inlaid with gold and gems.
The sentry's voice was gentle and reassuring. He walked forward, and a handsome face appeared in the swirling smoke.
The dim light cast a steep silhouette under his nose and brow, making his face look half in light and half in darkness, with a sharp and bright beauty.
Like a thin blade unsheathed, it was bright and dazzling, something that these nobles who were addicted to wine, sex and fragrance would never possess.
Victor liked dazzling things and liked to dirty beautiful things even more, so he smiled and waved to the sentry to come over.
"Luther can handle it, you come... come here."
The sentry was very docile, like all inferior people in his presence, with a nice smile.
The next moment, a white light flashed before my eyes.
Victor looked at his hands in disbelief.
The hand that had once controlled the life and death of countless people appeared in his sight, covered in blood.
The fat, jeweled hand fell to the rich carpet, along with his head.
He opened his eyes wide, not understanding why he would have such a day. He was obviously a superior person, the most noble royal family.
Ni Ji kicked the bloody head away and moved the heavy chair that was shining with golden light.
A long and deep hole appeared under the ground where the chair was.
He shook off the blood on the black knife and walked towards the slanted cave entrance.
On the top of the White Tower, the place closest to the Imperial Palace, under the desk of the imperial minister, there is such a secret place, who knows what is hidden.
Inside the palace, Her Majesty the Queen, who was sitting high on the throne, withdrew her gaze, as if she had noticed something, and a rare sneer appeared on her thin red lips.
"Ah, it's amazing, an ant actually crawled in."
She turned to Lin Yuan and said, "Looks like I have to go down there myself. Will you just stay here?"
(End of this chapter)