This Lich Requests More Remuneration
Chapter 533 - 481: The Hero of the Kuotuo Murlocs_2

Chapter 533: Chapter 481: The Hero of the Kuotuo Murlocs_2

And in this process, the mental torment inflicted on the Kuotuo Murlocs by the Heart-stealing Demons continued.

The Heart-stealing Demons were never known for benevolence; their cruelty and malevolence were well-known across realms. When enslaving servants, they often imposed a special Mental Curse, ceaselessly torturing the slaves’ spirits. Only those servants who received the Heart-stealing Demons’ approval could be spared from this punishment for a short time.

This curse incessantly spurred the slaves to please the Heart-stealing Demons, much like training dogs.

When the Heart-stealing Demon Empire collapsed, and the Kuotuo Murlocs lost their masters, no one could help them escape this torment. As one might imagine, the Kuotuo Murlocs suffered terribly during this time.

No matter how much they prayed, no matter how they beseeched the Heart-stealing Demons for mercy as they had always done, they never received any response.

The result was that those who couldn’t endure it died, and those who survived went completely mad.

The Kuotuo Murloc Race was thus completely devoid of normal individuals, and only those whose minds were scrambled by the curse survived.

From then on, madness became a hereditary disease for the Kuotuo Murlocs.

This process seemed exceedingly cruel, but Amberser wasn’t there to recount the crimes of the Heart-stealing Demons; he was interested in the mental curse of the Kuotuo Murlocs.

The Mental Curse hadn’t disappeared; it had simply turned from painful torment into madness.

Simply put, the early Kuotuo Murlocs had the cognition of normal individuals, knowing about eating, drinking, defecating, and orienting themselves in space.

But if they behaved poorly, the curse would torment their souls, causing unbearable pain. Now, the curse still existed, but to adapt to its coexistence, the Kuotuo Murlocs even twisted their perception of pain.

Pain no longer felt like pain; it could become pleasure, but happiness might not necessarily be happiness and could also bring deep sorrow.

Though you might want to smile, you end up crying, though you might be hungry, you feel itchy all over.

The extreme chaos brought about by a distorted soul led to the Kuotuo Murlocs’ faith becoming stronger than that of other races, as those who survived this distorted curse had exceedingly resilient spiritual power.

Having figured out the nature of the Kuotuo Murlocs’ madness, Amberser gradually began to form a clearer strategy.

The Heart-stealing Demons originally used two methods to reward and punish the Kuotuo Murlocs.

The first was, of course, the most direct use of spiritual power. The Heart-stealing Demons could directly bestow pleasurable sensations on the Kuotuo Murlocs with their thoughts, pausing the curse’s torment. This was a racial ability that Amberser couldn’t learn.

The second method involved using a special artifact, a Bone Whistle, to stimulate the spirits of the Kuotuo Murlocs with different sounds, achieving the same effect.

Amberser figured this whistle was used by the underage Heart-stealing Demons in the Empire who lacked enough spiritual power to control others, thus requiring the use of such artifacts.

Now the question was, would the Kuotuo Murlocs, in their state of chaos, be affected by the whistle?

Finding out the answer was quite simple. Amberser fabricated a Bone Whistle as quickly as he could. Knowing the principle made it quite easy; even an Alchemy Apprentice could try to make one.

Then he went to the depths of the sea and captured several Kuotuo Murlocs.

Given the vast number of Kuotuo Murlocs, they were always easy to find if one searched diligently. The Kuotuo Murlocs Amberser captured all had that blank, foolish look, clearly of pure blood.

After controlling these Kuotuo Murlocs, Amberser blew the whistle according to the information he had.

The elusive tune that played was meant to soothe the Kuotuo Murlocs and relieve their suffering, a pleasure only to be enjoyed by those who had done their work well and received praise.

As the whistle sounds entered the ears of the Kuotuo Murlocs, these foolish creatures paused in confusion, then fixed their large eyeballs dead on Amberser.

A moment later, one of the Kuotuo Murlocs roared at Amberser, "You damn brain-eating bastard! You’ve finally come back! I’ll kill you, I’ll kill you all!"

The other Kuotuo Murlocs joined in with the same furious roar, struggling frantically.

Amberser, surprised, set down the Bone Whistle. This whistle had actually brought back the rational thinking of these idiot-like Kuotuo Murlocs?

But as soon as the whistle sounds ceased, the eyes of the Kuotuo Murlocs once again became confused, their anger disappeared without a trace, reverting to their previous blank, foolish state.

The whistle sound indeed had an impact on the Kuotuo Murlocs, but the effect had changed.

"Interesting!"

This time Amberser separated the Kuotuo Murlocs and began to test the effects of the Bone Whistle repeatedly.

The effect of soothing the spirit allowed the Kuotuo Murlocs to regain their normal cognitive abilities, but the memories passed down made them harbor deep-seated hatred for the Heart-stealing Demons. The whistle sounds that used to cause torment now had no fixed effect; they directly triggered some intense emotion in the Kuotuo Murlocs, possibly extreme excitement or profound sadness.

Lastly was the whistle sound that lifted the curse.

The first two Kuotuo Murlocs calmed down after hearing this tune, and although they didn’t have any extreme emotions anymore, there were no other significant changes either.

Amberser directly examined their souls and found something interesting.

After the mental curse was lifted, the impact of the chaos on them was indeed slowly fading. However, the long-term torment and madness that had scattered their thoughts had no anchor to cling to.

Put simply, they had been thoroughly crazy before, but as the condition improved, they became depressed, severely so.