Chapter 371: Tampering

Freddy's body under the sweater trembled slightly as his gaze avoided the black-robed figure before him.

The black-robed figure was not human but a black insect with a face resembling a Sacred Beetle, its hands and body replaced by tentacles, yet it could speak like a human and was even well-versed in human etiquette.

Freddy shivered not because of fear but because he was forcefully suppressing a devouring desire within him.

The insectoid before him was a messenger from the Lord of the Black Abyss, here to collect Crystal Stones from Amusement City.

The Lord of the Black Abyss, being the most powerful entity in the Dream World, tolerated the existence of Dream Lords like Freddy only for the purpose of periodically collecting a quota of Crystal Stones.

In Xu Yi's view, the practice of Isoson, the Lord of the Black Abyss, was not particularly clever, but it was a sustainable way to harvest crops repeatedly.