Chapter 474: Chapter 284: Blood-sucking Rose—Paying the Debt (Double-Length)

This Favored of the Extreme Night Stars is named Calabro, and he has a profound connection with Luther.

He was originally an alchemist studying Extraordinary Magic Potions, acquainted with both Luther and Gaisinya, and they all hailed from Rose Town.

Although they didn’t grow up together, being from the same hometown suggested that their relationship shouldn’t have been too bad.

Initially, that was indeed the case.

Calabro, though not fond of Gaisinya, was very good to Luther.

But with the occurrence of a certain event, he and Luther found themselves on opposing paths.

The reason, however, stemmed from the alchemist’s studies.

The essence of Extraordinary Magic Potions was essentially to merge the extraordinary bloodlines of different races with the human body through specific methods, thereby granting humans powerful extraordinary powers.

But in this process, there was an unavoidable problem, which was alienation.

Generally, alienation is a sudden condition caused by the conflict of extraordinary bloodlines, a particularly troubling situation.

Calabro was obsessed with researching this mystical mutation.

Initially, Luther supported this, for as alchemists, they naturally needed to research all directions of Extraordinary Magic Potions. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

But gradually, Luther noticed that something wasn’t quite right.

Calabro seemed to have conducted some experiments on himself.

This made him somewhat peculiar.

At first, it was only in terms of personality.

Until one day, Luther suddenly realized that Calabro had actually begun to try to come into contact with even more uncontrollable powers, causing some of his human traits to start to disappear.

Luther tried to stop him from going further down the wrong path.

The two had a fierce argument, which even erupted into conflict at one point.

However, Calabro seemed to have long lost any intention of turning back; he defied Luther’s attempt to stop him and left.

...The next time they met was on the battlefield.

Calabro chose betrayal, submitting to the Extreme Night Stars and becoming a Favored, at their mercy.

But he indeed gained formidable power, effortlessly defeating Luther.

Yet he did not kill Luther; instead, he planted an extremely malicious "Blood-sucking Rose Curse" on him.

At first, the curse did not manifest.

Gaisinya even once felt that Calabro might have retained a shred of sanity.

But over time, as Luther returned to Rose Town to recuperate, both he and Gaisinya realized something was amiss.

Luther began to become mentally disoriented, frequently lapsing into a stupor.

And with each stupor, he was greeted by a series of terrifying nightmares.

Moreover, with each stupor, the nightmares would gain another layer.

Meanwhile, while Luther was in a stupor, his body involuntarily started to sprout thorns, which embedded themselves deep into Rose Town.

Until one day, the curse suddenly erupted.

Blood-red thorns burst from the ground, covering the houses, and on the thorns bloomed bright red roses, shedding wine-red pollen.

The people of Rose Town fell into a stupor, enveloped by the rose thorns, which siphoned their blood.

In what seemed like a hellish nightmare, Luther could perceive all this, but he was powerless to act.

Gaisinya was equally incapable of changing anything.

And the curse continued to spread relentlessly; if not stopped, it would surely affect broader areas.

However, the rose thorns had already spread over the entire island, deeply linked to Luther, and what he could do was to influence it, leading the entire island into the border fog.

Luther and Gaisinya originally thought this would cause the entire island to be devoured by the border fog.

But strangely, the border fog instead encircled them automatically.

They were completely isolated.

"I don’t know what exactly the curse is."

"But Luther’s condition has deteriorated to a point unimaginable for me..."

"He has an extremely complex connection with this island teeming with thorns, roses, and nightmares, I... I can feel his presence... at times."

"He’s been protecting the cursed townsmen, allowing the organisms made of rotting petals to deliver nutrients to them, but he cannot free them from the curse..."

"This situation has persisted for decades... or perhaps even longer..."

She gazed at the thorn tree at the center of the town, her voice tinged with unbearable pain.

"I’m not interested in these things."

Yas interrupted her with a frown: "I just want to know why the curse appeared on my sister?"

As he spoke,

Rogel suddenly noticed some strange patterns appearing on Mira’s neck and forehead.

Understanding Yas’s feelings, Gaisinya sighed and turned to Rogel: "You just mentioned that Doyle he..."

She paused, let out a heavy sigh.

"...I’m truly sorry, Luther and I have been here for many years and don’t know why Doyle would plant the curse on this girl..."

"He plucked a few rose flowers and took some of Luther’s Magic Potion books, telling me he was going to find a way to break the curse... I never expected..."

"Sigh... the last time he came, he seemed quite normal... I don’t know why he would do this, it completely contradicts his character..."

At this point, Gaisinya hesitated, unsure of what to say next.

Hearing this, Rogel thought for a moment, then couldn’t help but ask: "Are you sure this is the same Doyle who was burned at the stake by the Church?"

"The stake?" Gaisinya turned pale with shock: "The last time he came, he never mentioned anything about this to me."

"Alright, I see."