I Live on the Land in Global Games
Chapter 281 - 277: Blood-red Thorns

Chapter 281: Chapter 277: Blood-red Thorns

The King’s twisted body, riddled with scars, made a stark contrast to the flowers and grass blossoming everywhere.

On the balcony, the Queen didn’t know whether to be happy or sad. The root of the curse, it turned out, lay within her own King. It wasn’t that the royal family had offended the witch, but that the King himself had, and in the most disgusting way by deceiving emotions.

That she had married such a man, and still held hopes of finding love with him, was absurd.

As a King, even as he saw the entire Kingdom destroyed by thorns, he was not willing to reveal the truth and instead fabricated the lie of an evil witch.

Ridiculous!

He was unworthy not only as a husband but also as a King, having deceived both her and the people.

Prince Ferena was utterly stunned. He had always imagined fairies to be gentle and kind. No one had ever told him that fairies could be so ruthlessly murderous.

Now he believed that fairies were indeed witches.

Mu Ying was preoccupied, paying no attention to them as she examined the seed in her hand.

[Blood-red Thorn Seed]

[Function: Born from the curse and restricted by the blessing, this is a collection of life and will of the thorny forest, a mutation of thorns originating from both the curse and blessing magic, as hard as steel, with strong life force and recovery ability. After a magic contract is established, it grows with the host and is linked to the host’s life. It will save the host’s life in a deadly crisis, giving the host complete control.]

[Physical Transformation: 500 Source Power/per seed]

[Physical Description: The same as before transformation]

[Source Power Transformation: Non-transformable]

Mu Ying’s senses sharpened at the word "will," confirming her suspicion that the thorny forest indeed had a will of its own.

Thorns that could form a contract with the owner? Root in magic power and grow stronger with the host? An escape mechanism in deadly situations?

She was not clear about the details of this escape mechanism, but Mu Ying knew that this thing was precious.

As for how it worked, she would only know after forming a contract.

Of course, it couldn’t be used in the Emerald World. Here, as long as one did not succumb to romantic folly or misuse magic, a witch could do almost anything she wanted. Compared to using it here, it was better to transform it into a physical item.

And it only needed 500 points of Source Power, which was a bargain!

It was much cheaper than items like the Magic Hut or the Space Travel Box, of course, this was also related to the fact that the Blood-red Thorn Seed wasn’t an artificial item. The more human traces on an item, the more Source Power was needed for the transformation.

She decisively chose to transform it.

[Your trial character Mu Ying, in the Emerald World, has participated in a historical event, earning 1000 Source Power and 1 Consciousness Fragment.]

She obtained another fragment, bringing this part of her journey to an end.

Mu Ying flew over to the balcony. "The thorns have disappeared; you should be able to leave safely now. I won’t be accompanying you any longer."

"Where are you going?" Prince Ferena’s emotions were complex, and he didn’t know why he felt the need to ask. He had no right to meddle.

"I’m continuing my journey, of course." Mu Ying said, then left gracefully on her Flying Carpet, fragment in hand, so she no longer needed to trouble herself.

She had no intention of interfering in the rest of the story—it didn’t matter to her what happened next between Sleeping Beauty and the Prince.

Although she could consider herself half-sisters with the same father but different mothers, at least the other girl still had her mother’s protection!

For Mu Ying, the first touch of maternal love she ever felt was that fleeting remnant of Magic Power that brushed over her head, and with it, Catherine’s last trace in this world vanished as well.

Although the thorny forest had disappeared, the Thorny Kingdom was no more, leaving behind only a Queen and a Princess with the mind of a young child.

Even if in this world, a Princess had inheritance rights, and the Royal Palace still held considerable wealth, there was no one left to serve them. Without subjects, there was no Kingdom, and whether two women, powerless in physical strength, could safeguard this wealth was uncertain.

After all, the Queen was still the half-sister of the current King of the Rose Kingdom; clutching the Rose Kingdom’s coattails to secure the wealth was not an issue.

This vast fertile land would probably fall into the hands of the Rose Kingdom for a bargain.

In the end, the Rose Kingdom indeed emerged as the biggest beneficiary of this ordeal. Tanatos truly lived up to her name as a Prophetic Witch—such a valuable marriage contract, it’s no wonder the King and Queen of the Rose Kingdom dared to let Prince Ferena venture into the Thorny Forest alone!

Reality is never a fairy tale. Mu Ying sometimes found it quite ironic, that since graduating, all the Kings she had encountered seemed far from virtuous gentlemen, though they once were the perfect Princes of fairy tales.

In fact, even Prince Ferena, the male protagonist of the Sleeping Beauty story, was not as idealistic as depicted in the fairy tale.

Compared to these ’wonderful’ fairy tale protagonists, the evil witches in the stories were indeed too wronged.

It was as if the Witch Forest was the only pure land in this world.

Mu Ying reined in her thoughts.

Next stop, Moon Port!

Moon Port is located in the Huamei Zui Kingdom, a name that, amidst the poetic and romantic names of other Kingdoms, stands out for its simplicity.

In her previous life, she had heard a fairy tale about the King of Huamei Zui and the Arrogant Princess.

But in the story, "Huamei Zui" was supposed to be a derogatory nickname that the Arrogant Princess gave to a King with a goatee befitting the name, surely no country would name itself after such an insult, right?

She wondered if the Huamei Zui Kingdom had anything to do with that "Huamei Zui" King; if so, maybe she could find another fragment there.

Taking advantage of the little bit of Trial Time she had left, Mu Ying dialed the Dingling Flower representative on the other side, "Hello? Wen Xiaosha?"

"Yes, I’m here!" Wen Xiaosha’s voice sounded.

"The curse on the Thorny Kingdom has been lifted, I should arrive at Moon Port earlier than expected. You don’t have any travel plans coming up, do you?" asked Mu Ying.

"Nope, I quite enjoy the life here at Moon Port. It’s open-minded and bustling every day. The people here have a somewhat peculiar sense of beauty, but it’s not a big problem. My perfumes are quite popular here, so I plan to stay for a few more years. I’ve opened a perfume shop on King’s Cross Street called Water Blue Fragrance. Just come to my shop when you get here, Moon Port definitely won’t disappoint you!" Wen Xiaosha said cheerfully.

"Strange, how so?" Mu Ying asked curiously.

"Ahem, it’s a secret. You’ll find out when you get here," Wen Xiaosha teased.

Mu Ying: "..."

She regretted calling Wen Xiaosha with the last bit of Trial Time she had now!

She was nearly at Moon Port according to the surface, but in reality, she was about to return to the real world. Who knew when she would accumulate enough Trial Time to return?

Wen Xiaosha, you wait for me, even learning to whet my appetite now!

Mu Ying hung up the Dingling Flower resentfully. Trial Time ended, and she awoke on the bed within the Space Travel Box.