Chapter 173: The Ritual

Chapter 173: The Ritual

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Chapter 173: The Ritual

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In a still dark room hidden somewhere in the black whale specifically constructed under Natsubi's orders just for a specific purpose. Natsubi stood in the middle of the room with another person right next to him.

Camilla who took a long shower she dearly needed after being held prisoner in a room for a week and she couldn't do a thing, her Nen proficiency was too low to break the cuffs, and she wasn't an enhancer in the first place.

She's just too weak, her physical strength and her Nen and she realized that though a bit too late. In the end, the only reason she's alive and actually won the succession is luck, her ability of course also contributed a bit.

She was still confused about how things turned out this way, 'just what happened when I was away' She wondered frowning, an expression that couldn't leave her face.

Spending a week in a darkroom could do that to someone. She cried and pleaded in desperation to the darkness before her. She slept in a puddle of her own piss and crap.

She didn't expect Benjamin would try to kill her but even when he did and died as a result, in her view, it was self-defense. However, she also didn't expect that his loyal subordinates would ignore that and do such a thing to her.

'The world is truly unjust.' She thought standing behind Natsubi and looking around. She looked at the coffins surrounding them forming a circle around them, fourteen coffins to be exact.

"There is a price for everything." Remarked Natsubi while stroking his long strangely shaped mustache.

He continued, "And there is a price for the state of our homeland today. There is a price for the power we hold and the power our next generations will hold.

There are also benefits but for too heavy of a price. In every coffin here lies what remains from your brother and sister. There lie their souls and guardian beasts that can function no more.

That is the price we have to pay for our power and for your power to be permanent. Most importantly, this is a necessary step to make the seed urn work again, to allow our next generations to flourish, you understand right?"

Camilla frowned even more looking at the fourteen coffins. There are fourteen princes that participated in the succession contest yet here lies fourteen coffins.

She questioned cautiously. "I understand. But what is the extra coffin for? There is supposed to be a winner of the contest, right?"

Natsubi let out a small smile hearing that as his guardian beast appeared beside him. "It's for me. The next ritual will make you much stronger and decide the future of our home. However, there are a few things that need to be done before that."

And here is Yasuo reaping the benefits without the respective consequences and responsibilities. His already obedient Medusa became even more obedient, more under his control.

A portal opened not far from him with Illumi walking out from it. He seems to already know what to do as he walked directly to the coffin where Camilla's body is placed.

He opened the coffin and lifted Camilla's head slightly before bringing three pitch-black needles from his clothes and focusing his Aura into them.

They appeared like a monster whose hunger knows no bounds as they continued to devour his Aura endlessly. He only inserted them in her head once they seemed satiated.

After which, Yasuo who was focusing his Aura on his hand forming a dark purple explosive orb walked next to her and used negative rose on her until she was completely healed.

Only then did she stand up looking extremely normal like nothing happened though her guardian beast could no longer be seen next to her which could be excused as her gaining more control over it and retracting it after the ritual.

Yasuo's restoration allowed her memory to remain even after destroying her brain, memories that can help Illumi a lot as his ability is quite strange, "Act as you'd normally act after what happened today. Also, everything happened normally, we were never here."

That was just one of the orders he gave her and as long as she has the necessary abilities and memories, she will be able to deliver though Yasuo will need to keep his eyes on her to make sure everything goes as planned and Nugui don't notice anything.

And so, the Zoldyck family took over an entire nation without anyone else knowing. They teleported directly after that without Nugui noticing anything due to Yasuo using his control domain to make sure nothing goes out of the room during the process.

Yasuo disappeared afterward with no one knowing where he went. The hunters on the ship had to deal with a lot for the past week, so much death and casualties.

It was certainly an interesting week with the number of deaths surpassing 40 thousand people, most died in the fifth tier where the strangest incidents happened, an incident they still couldn't find who's responsible for it.

The Zodiacs had a lot to deal with, that was too much for anyone to take, an abnormal week. The same couldn't be said for the Dark Continent Expedition Team, a team comprised of Beyond Netero's assembled team of Temp Hunters and mercenaries for the expedition towards the Dark Continent.

They only have their own job so they didn't interfere in the happenings around the ship at all, they remained hidden not bothered by the scent of blood around.

Except for Ging who couldn't help but frown after getting the shocking news. He joined the team because he thought Yasuo would also join and to keep an eye on Pariston.

So imagine his surprise when he found out Yasuo didn't join the team. He was only able to let out a sigh of relief after knowing that he will join them later and he also wanted to explore the dark continent with a capable team.

He dreams of exploration and of having a goal he can go after all the time and well, he's always after something. The dark continent was a dream of his for a long time, this is his primary goal and exploring Yasuo's goals is a side quest.

Yasuo wouldn't appear anywhere near the ship until it reached its first destination, the new continent, an island located in the Untamed Waters of Lake Mobius, and thus outside of the territory colonized by mankind.