Chapter 127: Sorrow of Blackhearts

Chapter 127: Sorrow of Blackhearts



Adam pulled out a dirty, brown pouch from his inventory. It was a pouch to hold Shinecoins, but he had already put all of his Shinecoins into the interface.

There were a few uses for the pouch-to give money away, deposit money through Reality Market into a real-life bank account, or hide the money in case of untimely death.

Now, he unloosened the pouch's string and started picking up the small fragments of the crystal from the ground, then carefully placed them inside the pouch.

He did it until the pouch was full and bulging like a man who had eaten away his hunger until his stomach almost bursted.

Those lightless crystal fragments had no value. They were just proof.

Adam placed the pouch inside his inventory, then felt something on his throat, as if a finger were scratching at the walls of his esophagus.

He placed the side of his fist against his mouth, coughed once, and then felt the scratchy feeling disappear.

'What was that?'

Adam looked uncomfortable.

His first thought was that it must have something to do with the curse. However, after a few seconds, he thought he was overthinking it, and it must've just been some dust in the air.

He took a long glance at the interface. The rank of his hadn't changed.

It wasn't something that the system was capable of changing.

He had to take the Ordergiver test beforehand, and if he cleared it, he would rank up.

Swoosh-the wind started picking up in the dark cavern.

This was the first time a wind blew in this wretched cavern that had no ending to it.

The ceiling opened up like a sliding roof, revealing a spiraling portal that looked like a whirlpool of deep ocean.

It started pulling Adam towards it with an irresistible force.

As soon as he got swallowed by the portal, the ceiling closed again, and the cavern collapsed in on itself.

...

Whether it was on top of a mountain, in the middle of the forest, inside a small cave, or at the beach, every black-hearted individual turned their gazes to the Black Sun with frightened gazes.

They could feel it.

"Nooooo!"

The mercenaries, spread across different parts of the island, heard the unholy screams. They also realized that something must've happened.

Arkham pushed his long-bladed axe through the chest of a black-eyed humanoid creature. Blood spewed out of the Blackheart's mouth, but then it let out a cry.

It wasn't a cry of pain; it was a cry of sadness.

"?" Arkham frowned, pulled out his axe from the chest, and then plunged it deep into the creature's beating, black heart that was open for all to see.

With the last cries of sadness, the creature collapsed on the ground in a lifeless heap. Its black heart had a deep cut that oozed dark, viscous blood.

A figure emerged from the portal, the pushing power forcing him up to the surface of the

water.

Splash!

A large splash erupted from the air, splattering water across the walls of the cave and straight at the beautiful naked woman, whose face was one of shock.

The portal disappeared, the round-shaped rocks falling back into their place with a loud plop.

Adam, with his clothes fully drenched, emerged from the water with a startled expression on his face.

The scenery around him changed so drastically. He was at the dark cavern, then was pulled up into the portal, then went through the water that felt like he was running through a tunnel of

water.

Then, finally, he arrived back at the hot spring.

He wanted to take off his clothes immediately and change back to dryer clothes, but then, with a corner of his eye, he saw a peek of soft-looking flesh that was shaped like a mound.

"Ah..." A voice exclaimed softly.

Adam's eyes turned wide, like a round moon, and he then shifted his gaze to the woman.

Her eyes were round as well, a surprise on her face.

She then saw his cheeks turn rosy, and she felt rather breezy. She then turned to look down

and noticed that she was still naked, just like when she was born.

"Kyaa!"

With a face full of embarrassment and a blush spread across her face, she covered her chest with her arms, which honestly didn't do much to cover her up.

'Why is she here...' Adam averted his gaze, feeling his face heat up as well, but he didn't want

to meet her yet. Not like this.

He climbed out of the hot spring, the clothes drenched, while having him covered in a wet hug

of cotton and silk.

Lady Yu hid herself under the water, only a little bit of her face showing. It was still clear that she was pouting and angrily looking in the young man's direction.

She expected a very big reaction from the Curse of Men. Lately, she had been feeling sick by

just getting looked at, and now, being naked and stared at, she expected a full blown curse.

Yet, as time slowly went by, the young man picked up his clothes from beneath the steam cloud, and still, not a single thing happened from the curse.

Instead, her heart started beating. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach. It was the completely

opposite kind of reaction she expected.

'What is this...'