Chapter 79

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Chapter 79: The Queen’s Inheritance (XVIII)

“Okay, I promise you.” Tears streamed down from Aya’s eyes and penetrated the dry blindfold. She replied in a hoarse voice.

The Holy Flame Virgins made snickering sounds, and released Aya from the beam. Covered in whip marks, she couldn’t stand. She fell to the ground weakly, trembling helplessly.

She stroked the blindfold. This thin black cloth gave her a comfortable life and caged her freedom. She also felt disgust and hatred, but in the end, she was still grateful.

Now, she was going to take it off.

Aya’s trembling hands groped behind her head, easily touching the cold metal knot. For her, it wasn’t a knot, but a sharp blade, a stinging silver needle, and an untouchable taboo. Her arms were shaking, and all her internal organs were twisted and convulsive.

The Holy Flame Virgins were impatient, and another lash whipped on her shoulder. She let out a cry and pulled hard, and the knot fell apart.

The thin blindfold fell down from her face and lightly fell to the ground. As was imposed on those who broke the rites, the piercing pain was like gangrene eating to the core of her bones, and like thousands of needles burned by flames were stabbed around her eyes, even in her eyes, severely piercing her pupils and sticking all the way to her brain. The severe pain made her wish to dig out her eyeballs and scream in agony.

She tried her best to open her eyes. With her sight blurred by tears, she saw four Holy Flame Virgins laughing in the dark room, and the little queen standing in front of her like a shadow.

Was she looking at her? Aya’s heart flashed with such an idea, and then she was knocked down by the unbearable pain, covering her face and rolling on the ground as she screamed. As a hot iron brand was pressed around her eyes, a ring pattern symbolizing betrayal appeared on her face, and she wailed in pain.

“Look, a poor honey ant. The rites can no longer protect you, you can only be slaughtered. From now on, no matter where you go, you’re a priestess to be spurned, because you betrayed the Virgin’s oath.” Priestess Nacha looked down at Aya, who was convulsing on the ground, and announced her punishment with pity.

Aya groaned and gasped while sobbing, whispering and pleading: “I didn’t… I didn’t betray the Queen… Let her go, don’t hurt her.”

Priestess Nacha giggled. “None of you are leaving.”

Saying that, she grabbed the whip again, gently flicked it, and wrung the little Queen’s neck. The little Queen was motionless, as if indifferent to what was happening to her.

“No! You can’t! You promised me, let her go!” When Aya saw this, she struggled to get up from the ground despite the severe pain, and wanted to rush up and pull Priestess Nacha away.

Nacha frowned, tossed her whip, and knocked Aya to the ground. “A broken woman, what qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?! If you don’t want to see her die, I can let you die before her.”

As she said this, she held the whip in her hand and walked to Aya in a few steps. She bowed her head and “looked"at Aya who was lying on the ground: "Do you have any last words to say?”

Aya mumbled something and murmured in a dreamy voice: “No, don’t… don’t hurt her, she… she is… she is the Dragon Ant Queen…”

The Holy Flame Virgins in the building laughed and said breathlessly, “God, this poor honey ant has gone crazy. Wake up, the Queen is dead, there will be no Dragon Ant Queen anymore, only the glory of Utopia will come in this dark world!”

With this said, Priestess Nacha raised his whip, and an evil black light condensed on the whip, attaching terrible power to it. As long as this whip was struck down, the fragile human girl who had no power to protect herself would die.

Aya opened her painful eyes and looked at the whip that was about to fall. She closed her eyes in despair…

At the last moment of her life, she remembered the traveler whom she had once met in the vast desert.

Amidst theValentine tribe’s happy bonfire festival, he had sat alone on the cliff far away from the village and watched the lively scene from a distance. At that time she, who was to be dedicated to the Dragon Ant Queen, had chosen to escape with fear and uneasiness, and then met him.

He listened to her confusion and pain softly, and didn’t accuse her of weakness as she tried to run away, but pointed out the way forward for her and brought her faith.

He said that no one should bear pain, and neither should you.

The Canon he had given to her had always been carried by her, even though now she could no longer read its words.

Where had he gone? Had he found his lover? Was he living well now?

Aya’s hand pressed on her bag, and the teachings hidden in it gave her courage and peace. Suddenly, she didn’t feel so sad. She had already done what she wanted to do, just like when she had returned to the tribe, she decided to assume her responsibility. She had sworn allegiance, so she shouldn’t feel sorry for dying to protect the Queen.

The expected pain did not come. Bang. A gunshot. Warm liquid splashed on Aya’s face. She opened her eyes after a while, vaguely seeing a figure but unable to see his face backlit by the window. He rushed in, and another shot hit a Flame Virgin’s head.

The remaining two virgins screamed. One pulled out her weapon, the other folded her hands over her chest and recited a hymn, so that the force of order belonging to the Dragon Ant Queen created a safe barrier for them—a mysterious power cut off her connection with the origin of order, and the hymn failed!

Qi Leren never gave them time to react. He squeezed the trigger again and shot through the Flame Virgins’ hearts with two bangs.

The Flame Virgin reciting the enchantment hymn collapsed in disbelief. Before she died, she was still whispering “It’s impossible” and “The hymn can’t fail”.

The little Queen looked coldly at the one-sided massacre in this room without saying a word, as if everything had nothing to do with her.

Aya was still kneeling on the ground, and the pain around her eyes made her close her eyes again. She buried her face and cried with joy at the fact that she was still alive.

Qi Leren, who had just solved the problem of the tree demon and had rushed back to save the others, was glad that he had arrived in time. He came to Aya with slow steps and squatted down: “Are you okay?”

Aya covered her eyes and sobbed while shaking her head.

“It’s okay, they’re all dead, don’t cry.” Qi Leren patted Aya on the shoulder and consoled her softly.

The gentle voice aggravated Aya’s inner pain, and she hugged him and wailed sadly against his shoulder. Tears slipped from her burning red eyes, and the young girl cried bitterly, as if to vent all her inhuman torture.

Qi Leren didn’t know what happened, and turned to look at the little Queen in confusion.

“She betrayed the oath taken by the Holy Flame Virgins and took off her blindfold. Now, she has become a contemptuous oath breaker.” The little Queen paused, “—to save me.”

The girl crying on his shoulder was shaking all over, and the physical pain and psychological pain intertwined, leaving her breathless.

“Okay, it’s okay, it’s okay, Aya, you’re a good girl, you are very brave.” Qi Leren held her shoulder and helped her stand up. He looked at the red marks of the broken oath on her face. “It’s beautiful, Aya, don’t be ashamed of it. This is proof of your bravery. You should stand up with your head held high. I’m proud of you.”

Aya closed her eyes and didn’t dare to look at Qi Leren’s face, but miraculously, the voice of this young man in her ear calmed her pained soul. She asked timidly, “Really?”

The man smiled and replied, “Of course really. You did the right thing. You’re a brave girl. Okay, stop crying. Come on, smile.”

Aya closed her eyes and showed a smile full of tears: “Thank you… thank you…”

Once, there was a strange traveler, who had saved her soul and brought her the ignorant longing and hope of a young girl.

Now today, another kind stranger saved her from despair, comforted her, praised her, and encouraged her.

It suddenly occurred to her that it was meant to be.

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