I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 178 - 115: Curse! The Tainted Sword of the King

Chapter 178: Chapter 115: Curse! The Tainted Sword of the King

"The curse has deepened!" Gu Shanhai looked at the black pattern on his left hand that was gradually spreading towards his body.

The phenomenon had already shown signs yesterday when Gu Shang took away the Stone of Destiny and the Sword of the King, Golden, and at that time he had been mentally prepared and had attempted to suppress it.

"It seems that the curse on the Fiona Knights was indeed related to the Stone of Destiny, but the one I have seems to be from that unborn lord?" Gu Shanhai’s expression remained unchanged; the curse on him might as well have appeared out of thin air, anyway, it appeared once he left a certain range of the Royal Capital.

This curse was identical to the one in the Fiona Knights’ camp, with the difference that it had not yet turned him into a cursed monster.

"It seems, lord, that nature’s will and destiny are perhaps one and the same." Gu Shanhai narrowed his eyes; before, he had always considered these entities as entirely new individuals, but now it seemed highly likely they were the same entity.

"But this method is rather cliché." Looking at the curse on his left hand, Gu Shanhai sneered; this curse might be cunning against the natives, but to him, it felt almost like running out of tricks.

The reason he still kept it in his body and didn’t remove it was, first, as a disguise, and second, he knew that if he stayed in this world, the curse could be applied twice or even multiple times, and might also provoke unwanted attention.

"Just why would the curse harm the Stone of Destiny itself? That doesn’t make sense." After being cursed, Gu Shanhai made a startling discovery that if the curse could be conducted through the Sword of the King, Golden, it could exacerbate the cracks in the Stone of Destiny.

If there were enough curses, it was possible to completely shatter the indestructible Stone of Destiny.

"Perhaps... is this in itself an assault on destiny?"

Gu Shanhai pondered for a moment; he had not attacked the Stone of Destiny itself but instead polluted the Sword of the King.

The curse likely came from destiny/the lord, so its priority must be very high, belonging to an entity capable of harming the Sword of the King, Golden.

If one traced back the cause of everything in Atilis, it was because he had drawn the Sword of the King, which had set everything in motion, although now without the Sword of the King, Golden, the adversaries were still successful, but that did not mean it was worthless.

Once the adversaries conquered the entire world and then drew the sword, it might seem like a superfluous act, but the symbolic significance would be all the greater.

As the Sword of the King, its symbolic meaning naturally outweighed its practical significance.

Even destiny itself was more of a symbol, in reality, it was just an elusive existence.

"So essentially what I’m doing is polluting the Sword of the King, Golden, thereby indirectly destroying the Stone of Destiny," Gu Shanhai quickly concluded.

"No wonder I decided to go to the camp of the Fiona Knights, it must be the positive choice made by the inherent luck within me that seeks fortune and avoids disaster."

"With the power of my own curse, I am not sufficient to pollute the entire Sword of the King, Golden, which is why it led me to the most cursed region."

The power of the curse on Gu Shanhai’s body was not up to him; it was imposed on him by destiny/the lord, with just a strand being suppressed by him.

As for the strand used for experimentation, it was obtained last time through the Fierce General from the camp.

"Tsk, even Little White has it, did it transfer through its talent as an animal companion?" After reconvening, Gu Shanhai also noticed that Little White had a curse as well, although much smaller, seemingly transferred from him, currently only about one percent of what was on him.

Fortunately, Little White was suppressed by Gu Shanhai’s methods as well, sharing the boost from his Magic Domain, so there were no concerns about defense.

Suppressing a mere strand of curse was nothing, but if not for the fate behind this curse, it would indeed be trivial.

Correspondingly, Gu Shanhai found the curse quite interesting and planned to turn it into a curse halo after dealing with the Stone of Destiny; the effect would definitely be very strong, stronger and probably more potential than ordinary curses.

He had once studied for a while the idea of extracting the immortality within the curse to replace the lifespan consumed during his Prophetic Divination.

With immortality, lifespan naturally becomes irrelevant, but as a cursed type of immortality, Gu Shanhai didn’t dare to install it directly onto himself for fear of problems, hence he considered using the curse’s immortality to offset the Prophetic Divination’s consumption, a strange exchange like spending worldly money for Joss Paper.

Gu Shanhai had never worried about his lifespan due to his extravagant use of Prophetic Divination; as a reborn individual, once a big shot, even without the corresponding memories, if he couldn’t maintain that level of self-confidence, what was the point of his rebirth.

It was precisely because of this confidence that ever since his rebirth, he had no interest in seizing others’ fortunes or precious resources.

Of course, the main reason was that he didn’t fancy those chances; the good things were either not there or not suitable for him, so why waste the time.

"Currently, the curse should be at its first tier; the second tier would cause problems with my sanity, the third tier affects the body, the fourth tier would be like a zombie, wandering in confusion, and the final, fifth tier would turn me into a cursed monster."