"No, Hero-sama, spare me!" The Second Princess's pupils contracted abruptly, struggling desperately like a fish out of water.

At this moment, she desperately wished that the "Hero" in front of her just wanted to sleep with her. Any humiliation or abuse wouldn't matter, as long as it wasn't about taking away her "Divine Factor"!

She fearfully sensed the Divine Factor inside her being stripped away: "Hero-sama, I'll tell you everything; spare me, please spare me! As long as you don't strip my Divine Factor, I'm willing to do anything!"

"Divine Factor?" Xue Dili laughed, as expected, they all knew about the Hero Gene they bore.

"Yes, Divine Factor, it's a secret medicine that breaks racial limits, the deepest secret of the Kingdom. I participated in the original experiments as an Alchemist, so I know a lot..."

"It is provided by a corpse named 'God's Child'; although that corpse is dead, it still retains vitality. While its existence is dead, each of its cells struggles to survive by dividing."

"The Kingdom's secret medicine is refined from the body of God's Child, it's the potion that allows us to break through to Mythic Level (Tier Four); it's our key to unlock the limit..."

"Oh yes, you don't know, in our world we can only reach Legendary Level in this lifetime; whether it is humans, elves, or dwarves, Legendary Level is the limit. We have no way to break through that boundary, and so, this secret medicine came into being."

"We really didn't do anything bad; we were just trying to break the shackles for means beyond the Legendary level..."

Xue Dili silently recorded this information, ignoring the twisted face of Uncle Brave, and simply ordered: "Cursed Blood, strip the Hero Gene."

"No! Don't! Please!" The Princess was hysterical with terror.

But in the next moment, a long serpent of blood slithered into her mouth.

The Hero Gene inside her was stripped by the Cursed Blood, and her body began to mutate; she grew a crust-like shell.

"No... I beg you... no..."

[Hero Gene Proportion 1%]

She lost her human appearance; her lips split open to reveal fangs as sharp as blades, every breath carrying a bloody gale.

[Hero Gene Proportion 0.5%]

Her hands gradually deformed, the slender finger bones swelling and thickening, her nails becoming like a beast's claws, glinting with a ghostly cold light.

[Hero Gene Proportion, 0]

Her body twisted and elongated, her spine bending into a grotesque angle, with each bone seemingly narrating the pain of transformation.

"A vile creature... a grotesque creature mutated by the Evil God's taint!" Uncle Brave watched the Second Princess complete a magnificent "transformation" before him, unable to fathom why this vile creature was just wearing human skin.

Moreover, this vile creature was the daughter of his dear friend Kaiya and his beloved Cattelan!

"Hero-sama, don't look at me... don't look at me in this form..." The vile creature still spoke in the crisp voice of a young lady, yet it now lacked those cherry-like red lips, instead possessing a hideous proboscis writhing up and down.

"Uncle, let me tell you a terrifying truth." Xue Dili had already gathered all the intelligence he desired, grinning widely, and began to laugh wildly.

At this moment, to him, the world no longer held any secrets; he had become Xue Dili, the informant.

Uncle Brave's expression grew fierce, his teeth chattering, his hands shaking, his heart that no longer existed seemingly ignited by the flames of agony.

"Uncle Brave! Why have your dear friends not used the emergency communication device until now?"

"Why does your dear friend's daughter turn into a grotesque creature after the Hero Gene is stripped?"

"Why do all those related to the Hero Squad possess the Hero Gene? Why must they take the secret medicine made from your body?"

Uncle Brave shook his head desperately, clutching his head tightly, his forefinger digging into his temple, blood-tears flowing from his pupils: "Stop it, stop talking... Xue Dili, I beg you..."

"Then let me tell you, Uncle Brave!" Xue Dili tore away that beautiful façade, exposing the cruelest reality in front of Uncle Brave.

"Uncle, you are not a Hero saving the world, just their prey, summoned by these monsters wearing human skins, for their 'ascension,' so that they can ascend to Tier Four, nothing but a walking Great Replenishing Pill!"

"Hahaha!" Xue Dili laughed.

He laughed at this insane world, he laughed at Uncle Brave's pathetic state, everyone scheming to no end, killing the only person in this world who genuinely cared for them.

"I was just their food..." Uncle Brave retreated in horror, "No, it can't be like this... no..."

"Not only you, if I'm not mistaken, your daughter, possessing the same gene, might become a living blood supply machine!" Xue Dili paid no heed to Uncle Brave, continuing to divulge even more devastating truths.

"Perhaps when you first encountered them, they hadn't been deeply tainted by the Evil God. But sixteen years later, they are completely tainted by the Evil God, the whole world is tainted, now only your genes ensure they still retain human form!"

He ignored Uncle Brave, who refused to believe the reality, and approached the System Panel.

The Prophetic Module, granting a chance to view history every seven days, at the cost of losing the trust of any person in this world within those seven days.

"I need, the intelligence regarding Uncle Brave's daughter." Xue Dili looked at the Prophetic Module.

This was the last piece of intelligence he lacked.

Thus, the intelligence was complete.

He never deliberately adhered to rules since rules are meant to be broken.

...

"Princess, your illness needs further examination, today we need to let two bowls of blood." The Captain of the Guard said to a girl dressed like a Princess.

"Okay... alright..."

Under the cold moonlight cast on the castle, the Princess's slightly pink hair appeared especially playful and cute, her smile blooming like a flower, the gentle breeze lightly brushing her skirt, making her bare face look sweet and elegant.

She took out a dagger, skillfully slitting her wrist, and only after filling two large bowls with blood did the wound visibly begin to heal rapidly.

"Princess, there are man-eating monsters outside the castle, please, do not leave." The Captain of the Guard bowed and reminded her, leaving with the two bowls of blood as if holding treasures.

The Princess leaned against the railing, gazing into the empty night sky.

Since consciousness, she had lived in this castle, along with a terrifying worm-like monster inside her.

She didn't know why, her father merely told her she was sick and needed regular bleeding treatment.

Just like a bird in a cage, longing for the world outside the sky.

"The world is so big..."

Although she didn't know how big the world was, she stubbornly wanted to see it.

The bird in the cage yearning for freedom in the vast sky, when can it fly out of this cage, even if just for a moment?

The dampness in the night air could still be smelled, much like her moist eyes secretly weeping.

"Is it going to rain?"

The light of the three consecutive moons was obscured by dark clouds; she prepared to pack her things and return indoors before the rain fell.

Yet at this moment, a boy wearing strange black sunglasses hung upside down behind her.

This was the third "person" she had seen apart from the Captain of the Guard; the boy seemed unlike anything existing in this world, ignoring the outer three layers of guards, ignoring the sturdy fortress, and appeared so suddenly.

"Want to go outside together? I'll take you out." Xue Dili smiled, pointing outside the castle.

"But, there are man-eating monsters outside..."

"I will protect you." Xue Dili gave a thumbs up, gesturing to himself, "Don't worry, I'm the strongest."

"It's an honor." The Princess smiled, although a voice told her not to trust this person, she only wanted to leave; the rest didn't matter whether true or false.

In the next moment, she felt herself being embraced by the boy, it was a standard princess carry, only for an instant, in a leap, she left her "home" that had imprisoned her for sixteen years.

The rain finally fell, but there was no fear in the girl's heart; she looked towards the direction of the dark clouds, which was their direction to escape.

Just take it as a small whim of hers.

"I'm Fafnir, Princess Fafnir, what's your name?" The young girl wrapped her arms around Xue Dili's neck, seemingly using all her strength to speak.

"Xue Dili, a passing Masked Rider, you better remember!" Xue Dili smiled and spread the wings formed by blood behind him in the direction of the rain curtain.

Below, countless guards realized something was wrong, at this time the highest level alarm was raised, and the sound of rage echoed through the castle on the outskirts of the Royal Capital.

Raindrops slapped against the Princess's face; she laughed recklessly, like a bird escaping a cage, completely disregarding the pursuers behind them.

Facing the storm, a grand escape.

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