Duke Garryson patted his belly, feeling waves of scorching heat brought on by the Desperate Gambling Match.
He pulled open his lips and used his fingers to pinch out the live worm between his teeth before giving his assessment:
"Even after throwing out such a dangerous score as 11, you still dared to attempt something like this.
"It's clear that this dark memory hidden deep within your brain has had a profound impact on you. I'm also very interested in learning how your Death Attribute was awakened."
Even someone like the Duke was unable to clearly see a memory hidden in the deepest, darkest depths while peering into Yi Chen's memories.
Or perhaps that memory had already been shrouded by death,
like a dismembered corpse buried in pieces throughout a graveyard. External observation could not reveal its true form. Only Yi Chen, the subject himself, could actively recall it and piece those limbs together to restore the memory.
The image of this memory shrouded by death corresponded perfectly to the final moment when Yi Chen escaped the Orphanage.
The Duke became interested as well and beckoned toward the darkness of the Ancient Castle.
Immediately, an arm reached out from the shadows, bringing with it a "chain" that was being sold as merchandise.
The Duke held the chain before his eyes and examined it for a while before saying with some dissatisfaction:
"Don't bring out this ordinary junk to make up the numbers. Hurry up and bring out the chain stolen from the monastery last time."
The merchant hiding in the darkness immediately began rummaging around. In the end, he found a special chain covered in a structure of spikes and stained with blood,
When the Duke took the chain,
his body's adaptive properties immediately gathered a large amount of fat