Chapter 386 Black Magic
Inside the castle, in a huge room, rows of human captives were kneeling, tightly bound with iron chains.
They are men and women, young and old, and judging from their attire and aura, the majority are wizards. This is not surprising, after all, this is a country where almost everyone learns magic.
In addition to the wizards, there were also some strong people. Kira saw special tattoos on their bodies and guessed that they were treasure hunters; finally, there were some just ordinary people.
Without exception, those who are tied here will face something that will change their future - being used as sacrifices for transformation by black magic.
Those who were tied up could not break free of the chains; even if they broke free, they could not escape from the hands of those strong orcs; even if they escaped, there was still a small town outside where countless orcs lived; outside the town was a hidden valley; most importantly, even if they got out, there was no guarantee that they would not be attacked and captured again.
The place in front of him was undoubtedly the place where black magic transformed orcs. Dozens of ferocious and terrifying orc guards stood around the room. They were holding weapons and wearing armor, and one could beat ten orcs!
In the center is a high platform with a strange and mysterious magic circle painted on it. There are thirteen black iron pillars lit with blue phantom fire, and rich magic energy fills the entire space.
At this moment, a figure stood in the center of the magic circle, holding a dark magic book, as if waiting for something. They were very familiar with this figure, it was the finance minister who was most likely to inherit the throne of Bosk in the future!
"It's time! Let's get started!"
Suddenly, the Minister of Finance opened his eyes abruptly, waved his hand, and immediately his men carried thirty humans onto the stage.
The obvious intention of the operation caused the ten people to panic immediately, and they shouted loudly: "Damn it... let me go... what on earth are you going to do?!"
I was brought here inexplicably, and all I saw were devil-like beings. I was tied up like many others, with no freedom at all. Now I was brought here to participate in this seemingly abnormal ceremony. Anyone would be scared.
As soon as the prisoner knelt on the magic circle, his knees seemed to be glued and he could no longer break free.
The Chancellor of Finance opened the magic book and began to chant the spell: "Ka...ba...da...ga...gan..."
Weird sounds came out of his mouth, the flames on the iron pillars suddenly grew stronger, the magic energy was highly concentrated, and the magic circle emitted a blue-purple strange light.
“Ughhhhhhhh!!!”
Amid screams, dozens of black lights burst out from the magic book and fell on the captives in the magic circle at lightning speed.
In an instant, the captives' bodies began to change into those of wild beasts. Features such as manes, hooves, horns, scales, stripes, and sharp claws appeared on their heads, bodies, hands, and feet.
“What…what is this…?!!”
"Wow, wow, wow... I don't want to become like that..."
Everyone below was stunned, they had never thought that they would witness such an incredible thing with their own eyes, some of them even started crying out of fear, no one was an idiot, even if they were fine now, but in this situation, they were afraid that they would not be spared.
Seeing humans turning into beasts one by one, more and more people began to make noise, but at this moment, no one was willing to pay attention to them.
"roar--!"
A roar interrupted the noise in the field. Everyone looked and saw that more than half of the captives who had been turned into orcs had begun to go crazy and kept pulling at the chains on their bodies. Only a small number of orcs still maintained their sanity and stood there in a daze watching the changes in their bodies.
The Chancellor counted briefly: "Hmm... only eleven people are still sane?"
"Wait... wait a minute! What on earth is going on?!" an orc who was transformed into a tiger asked, "Why did we become like this?! What on earth did you do?!"
There was silence for a few seconds, and everyone looked at the legendary amiable and kind Chancellor of the Exchequer, waiting for his answer.
"You'll know after seeing this, right? You will be my subordinates from now on!" The Finance Minister's eyes were filled with indifference, "Orc subordinates with powerful combat capabilities!"
"Of course, you are different from those irrational failures. You belong to the real orc army!"
Not far away, Kira, Jura, and Princess Emerald, all wearing invisibility cloaks, stood in a row, watching the scene quietly.
"Damn it! How could that guy treat his own people like this!" Princess Emerald gnashed her teeth and wished she could rush up and cut the Minister of Finance into pieces. If the other two hadn't held her back, she would have rushed up and given herself a head.
" Kirasan , did you see anything?" Jola asked in a deep voice.
"Dark magic, with a certain conversion rate. The converted data is related to the original magic power in the body and is subject to the user. It is basically the same as the information I got before!"
Kira originally thought that orc transformation should be like the demonization of humans by 'Gate of Hades', injecting the biological factors of wild beasts into humans and then changing genes. Now it seems to be completely different!
"The soldiers of the escort are there too! Should we attack now?"
"Let's see first, no need to rush!"
Just as the three were talking, the situation on the stage suddenly changed.
“Are…are you kidding me?! I don’t want to become like this!!” The tiger man roared, his body suddenly swelled up, breaking free from the chains and running towards the person in front of him, with his tiger claws raised high, about to fall on the other person.
But the next moment, he suddenly fell to his knees again uncontrollably. No matter how hard he tried, he was still unable to move. He was horrified, "How could this be...?!"
The Chancellor of Finance seemed to be used to it and said contemptuously, "It seems that even if you remain rational, your IQ is not high! Do you think you are the first one to resist? No! I have converted so many people, and they are still safe and sound because I have absolute control over you! Hahahaha!!!"
Amidst the wild laughter, the thirty orcs on the platform who had just been corrupted by the black magic, regardless of whether they were sane or not, all did the same thing - they knelt down in front of him!
The more he laughed, the more frightened the orcs who were kneeling with their heads down became, and the more terrified the captives below became.
Jura frowned and asked again, "Where is the magic that controls the orcs?"
"Ancient control magic, like the magic that controls human nature and dragon magic that controls dragons, is a type of beast magic." Kira stared at the magic book and analyzed, "It's probably the method recorded in the book to control orcs! But they should only obey the caster, otherwise he wouldn't perform the transformation ceremony here in person!"
Jura's face suddenly changed when he heard this: "Is it magic similar to Shirley's puppet show?! How terrifying must his magic be to be able to control so many orcs?"
"No!" Kira looked at the finance minister on the stage, shook his head and said, "That guy doesn't have much magic power, it's just that the control effect of that magic is too strong!"
"Besides, those orcs are not under control all the time. Apart from following orders to fight, I think they live quite freely in this town."
"Do you think the King of Bosque knows about this?"
"Uh... I think..."
The tiger man on the stage suddenly shouted, interrupting Kira's words: "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the king if you do this?!"
As soon as these words came out, the others perked up again, and hope appeared on their faces: "That's right ! As long as the Kingdom Army knows the situation here, they will definitely..."
"Haha?! Do you think my brother doesn't know about these things?"
The Finance Minister thrust his face in front of the tiger man, his brows full of mockery : "How is it possible? Who do you think paid for the construction of this base? Who do you think delivered daily necessities here?"
He seemed unsatisfied and continued to criticize me, producing evidence: "Oh, yes, yes! When you were arrested, you should have seen that robot giant, right? That was sponsored by my brother!"
