Chapter 535 [Greed - II]
The group slowly looked around in search of whatever was bothering Cloud, only to notice how there were only mountains of wealth.
"Strange, this shouldn't have this much treasure" - Kyoko said with a frown because no matter how much she thought about it, no one would have left such riches in such a poorly hidden cave, nor did she think that they had been the first to come to this place.
"This makes me think of only one answer, and that is the person who entered this place, never made it out alive" - Kyōka replied as she started to think - "According to the map, there is a village nearby, so this cave would have to have been found much earlier."
"I think the same, this is too strange and ironically I sense a huge danger in this place, so you'd better not go too far" - Cloud said seriously while putting his hand over his heart to try to calm the desire to consume blood, but the longer he was in this place, the stronger this impulse became - "Whatever we're looking for, it's close, I can feel my greed starting to get out of control"
"Isn't that bad?" - Kyōka asked with a frown.
"Yes, but at the same time it's helping me train my mind" - Cloud replied as his eyes glowed an intense emerald color before returning to normal - "The longer I'm in this place, the simpler it is to control my impulses."
"I still say it's best that we don't take any chances" - Kyōka said seriously - "If there really is a part of the [7 Sins] set in this place, then it's not any good if we let it influence you too much"
"I understand your concern, but this is a good opportunity for me to be able to increase my overall control" - Cloud replied excitedly.
"Cloud, you're letting your greed dominate your decisions" - Kyoko said with concern - "If you do everything too fast, it could end up causing huge problems for you."
". . ." - Cloud was silent for a few seconds before shaking his head - "You have a point."
"At least you can still keep a cool head" - Kyōka muttered while shaking her head - "Anyway, we'd better get on with getting this over with, we still have to prepare our meal"
"At times like this, I miss Menchi-san" - said Kyoko because her cooking talent was practically negative, although to her surprise, Kyōka was quite the opposite because her cooking talent was stupidly high, to the point of being ridiculous. In fact, all of her housewife qualities were extremely high.
"Leave that for another time, I think we've arrived at the place" - Cloud said as he looked around and noticed how they were near a strange room slightly hidden behind a pile of jewelry.
Kyoko started to sweat as she felt her lips drying up at all those beautiful precious gems, but she calmed down when she noticed how Kyōka was looking at her seriously - "I'm sorry, I don't know what's happening to me."
"It's [Greed]." - Cloud replied with a frown as he felt how he was about to "summon" the [Nidhogg's Blood] so he could drink it, before taking a breath and resisting the urge.
The group entered the room, and saw a strange pillar that in the center had what appeared to be a green sphere.
Cloud slowly walked over to the spot and took a look at it, only to check everything he had said.
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[Heart of Greed]
One of the 7 items in the [7 Sins] set.
1- [Envy]: Creates an aura that produces uncontrollable desire, doing mental damage to all present depending on the greatest desire they possess.
2- [Despair]: When affected by [Envy] for 5 minutes, the enemy enters a state of [Despair], doubling the damage received by [Envy] each passing minute.
3- [Desolation]: When affected by [Despair], the user absorbs 10% of the target's [INT] permanently, but in doing so, his mind is corrupted by [Heart of Greed]. The percentage of [Mental Corruption] increases by 1% for each victim affected by [Desolation].
4- [Mental Corruption]: When the user reaches 80% corruption by [Desolation], his mind enters a state of [Complete Corruption], causing his mind to lose all memory and turning a user into a puppet of his deepest desires. This state doubles all of the user's Stats and makes him immune to all adverse effects.
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"Ok, I admit it, it's hard to be able to breathe with that thing so close" - Kyōka said while biting her lip to resist her primal urges.
Kyoko was also making a huge effort to be able to resist her desire for jewelry, but all the precious gems around her made this almost impossible.
"Well, let's take this and get out of here because something tells me that if we touch one of those jewels, we're going to end up badly" - Cloud said seriously.
"Ok" - nodded the two women while looking at each other to keep away the bad thoughts.
Mimi and the others for their part, did not have these problems because being animals they always followed their instincts, this also happened with Shio and Sapphire despite having gained the ability to think and understand.
Cloud quickly put the [Heart of Greed] in his inventory as he watched the number of obtainments of the set increase by one.
With the disappearance of the cursed jewel, the situation for the group returned to normal, so they quickly left the place because they knew they had better get out as soon as possible.
Cloud was sure that the cause of death was the strange statues that guarded the treasures.
Kyoko gave them a glance before sighing and retreating quietly with the others.
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"I'm bored," Killua said as he watched Gon continue to perfect his technique, "How much longer will we be here?"
"Until we're ready, or at least that's what Kite Sensei said" - Gon replied as he closed his eyes to get a better grip on his body - "Although I think we won't be around for much longer in this place."
"Why do you say that?" - Killua asked as he took a chocolate bar and devoured it with gusto.
"Instinct" - replied Gon calmly as he threw a powerful punch that destroyed a huge rock to the point of leaving only dust on the spot.
"Could you let me know you're going to do that?" - Killua asked with annoyance because the dust that had come from his friend's attack, had landed on the chocolate he was eating - "You ruined my chocolate."
"Sorry" - replied Gon as he scratched his cheek - "You have to admit though, that was great, my technique is getting better and better"
"That's good to hear, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on eating my treats" - Killua said boredly.
"You should train more, Killua, not just eat sweets" - said Gon while shaking his head.
"I know, but you also need to rest, Gon, not just train without rest, that's not good for the body" - replied Killua calmly while looking at his friend - "And I recommend you to do the same, remember what Biscuit Sensei said."
"Ugh, ok, I understand, you don't have to repeat it anymore" - said Gon as he snorted in annoyance and walked to his friend, only to grab a chocolate bar.
"Hey, that's mine!" - Killua exclaimed as he rolled his eyes at his friend.
"Sharing is something friends do" - replied Gon as he gave him a smile - "What do you think if after this, we go investigate the forest?"
"Hmm, I don't know, Kite-san said not to go too far away" - Killua said while tilting his head - "Who am I kidding, let's go, this place is boring if we don't do anything."
"Ok, let's go" - smiled Gon as the two young men went into the forest, not noticing how Shidore looked at them curiously and struggled with whether to follow them or not, though he quickly ran after the young men.
"Where did Shidore go?" - Colt asked with a frown as he looked around in search of his younger sister, only to notice how she was nowhere to be found - "Did she go home, by any chance?"
"I don't know, but I'm sure she's fine" - Hina replied calmly as she gave her chimera ant companion an annoyed look - "And if I'm being honest, I still don't understand why you brought her along when this was a date, or at least that's what the humans call it"
"Ok, I'll be honest, I brought her along because I honestly don't know what to do in this kind of situation" - replied Colt while shaking his head - "My life had always been to watch over the queen's safety and worry that everything was in order, but now that I'm adjusting to a human life, I don't know what to do"
"I understand, I'm a bit confused too, that's why I'm just following my instincts" - Hina replied as she folded her arms - "You could try doing the same"
"You have a point" - nodded Colt as he sighed.
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