Chapter 472: The Messenger of Revenge

The night was quiet, and the faint candlelight flickered in the room, illuminating Katarina's pale face. Her expression was still empty, as if she had sunk into an unfathomable sea of despair, unable to struggle, and unwilling to struggle.

Xie Ling looked at her quietly, his eyes deep and with a hint of pity.

He sighed softly, and his tone slowed down a little, like the night breeze blowing across the lake, gentle and low: "Katarina, your experience... I can probably understand."

Katarina didn't react, not even a flutter of her eyelashes.

Xie Lin didn't care, and just continued: "The betrayal of the family, the pursuit of the organization, the death of loved ones... Everything you thought you had suddenly collapsed, and even escaping became a luxury."

He paused, his eyes locked on her face: "You must be in pain, right?"

Katarina's fingertips tightened slightly, but she still didn't speak.

Xie Lin showed a smile, a sigh, and a meaningful gentleness: "But it's not your fault, Katarina."

Katarina's pupils contracted slightly for a moment, and her lips trembled slightly.

"You gave everything for the family, but they kicked you away when you needed them the most." Xie Lin whispered, with just the right amount of sympathy in his tone, "It's not your fault, it's their fault. They are ruthless, they are selfish, and they betrayed you."

Katarina's breathing became disordered for a moment. Her nails dug deep into her palms, her eyes still downcast, but that slight fluctuation had already betrayed her.

"As for Walpurgis... did they ever really trust you? That attack on the bottom of the lake, huh." Schelling smiled disdainfully and continued to guide her emotions: "Let alone you, anyone else would be doomed to fail - you don't understand my strength at all, to be honest..."

Katarina's fingertips trembled.

"They only treat you as a chess piece that can be discarded at any time. Once you lose your usefulness, they will not hesitate, they will ruthlessly wipe you out." Xie Ling sighed, "Walpurgis is an inhumane organization, it is not worth your service at all."

"They did it. I am now... no different from death..." Katarina finally spoke, her voice low and hoarse, like the trembling sound of an ancient string that has been covered in dust for a long time when it breaks.

There was finally a hint of emotion in her eyes, an indescribable pain, anger, and hatred hidden in the deepest part.

Xie Ling caught this, smiled slightly, and a deep light flashed in his eyes.

He slowly stood up, walked in front of her, looked down at her, and spoke softly, yet with a certain unquestionable power: "Katarina, do you still want to continue living like this?"

Katarina raised her head suddenly and looked at him in a daze.

Xie Ling's eyes were as deep as the abyss, like a blue flame burning in the darkness, captivating.

"Do you want to give up everything just like that?" His voice echoed in the air like a spell, "Or... do you want them to pay the price?"

Katarina's chest heaved violently, and something began to burn in her eyes.

Xie Lin smiled slightly, his voice low and seductive: "Do you want revenge?"

--revenge.

This word hit her soul hard, stirring up countless emotions. Her thoughts seemed to go back to that day, the scene in the family hall, the elders indifferently issued the expulsion order; the scene of her parents falling down on the way to escape, the scene of blood staining the ground; the sneer of the Pirate King family, the scene of magic falling...

Her world was destroyed. Everything was taken away from her.

She once thought she was dead, or rather, she no longer cared whether she was alive or not.

But Xie Ling's words were like a sharp knife, cutting through her illusion of self-paralysis and causing the hatred buried deep in her heart to burst out crazily.

She stared at Xie Ling intently, her lips trembling slightly, and her eyes were so complicated that they were almost indistinguishable.

Xie Lin stretched out a hand and gently placed it on her shoulder, saying in a gentle but firm tone: "Your hatred is your strength."

His palm trembled slightly, and an invisible mental magic quietly penetrated into her consciousness, gently amplifying her emotions, and guiding her hatred, anger, and pain little by little in the same direction - revenge.

"You have no family, and no sense of belonging." His voice was low, like a whisper of fate, "But you can have a goal."

"You can be an Avenger."

"Your life will no longer be about escaping, but about finding those who have ruined your life and returning your pain, your despair, and your anger to them—"

"Let them be afraid, let them regret, let them see you standing in front of them again with their own eyes - and then destroy them."

Katarina's body trembled slightly, her pupils constricted, her breathing quickened, and her heartbeat roared in her ears.

Xie Lin looked at her, smiled, and slowly stretched out his hand: "I can help you."

Katarina raised her head and looked at him with complicated eyes.

At some point, Xie Ling's pupils had turned into a breathtaking red, and his pupils also stood up and turned into cold and ruthless snake pupils. When Katarina's eyes met Xie Ling's, she froze.

The imperceptible mental force quietly penetrated into the depths of her consciousness. Xie Ling constantly teased her emotions in an extremely aggressive manner, digging out the darkest and deepest hatred in her heart.

"Your family betrayed you." His voice was low and bewitching, like a poisonous snake, slowly entwining her heart, "They abandoned you without hesitation and treated you as a discarded child, just to save themselves." Katarina's fingertips trembled slightly, and a hint of darkness appeared in her eyes.

"Your parents died on the road to protect you, and it was the Pirate King family, the Walpurgis, who killed them." Xie Lin's voice slowly penetrated into her consciousness, and every word was like a needle, accurately piercing the deepest wound in her heart. "They took away your home, your future, and everything you have."

Katarina's body began to tremble and her breathing became more and more rapid.

Her anger and hatred had always been buried deep in her heart, suppressed by herself and swallowed by despair. But now, Xie Ling was digging them out bit by bit, amplifying them and igniting them.

revenge.

This thought began to take root in her mind and heart, growing wildly, and slowly extending to every corner like a black shadow, leaving her unable to feel any other emotions or any other thoughts in her heart - all the pain, despair, and confusion were replaced by blazing hatred, which swept through her soul like a burning flame and became her only obsession.

She once did not have the courage to face reality, and she once lost the purpose of her life, but now, she suddenly realized that there was one last meaning in her life——

revenge.

She wants revenge.

She wants to make the family regret, to make Walpurgis feel fear, and to make the Pirate King's family pay with blood!
Her eyes suddenly changed, and a cold light ignited in her dead pupils.

Xie Ling saw this scene and smiled with satisfaction.

"I..." Katarina's body trembled even more violently. She opened her mouth with difficulty and said hoarsely: "I want revenge... I want back everything I lost... I want them to pay the price!" When she said the last sentence, she almost shouted, but the room had been soundproofed by Sherin a long time ago, so she was not worried about the sound being transmitted to the next door.

"Very good." Xie Ling said softly, stretching out a hand, his eyes deep as the abyss, "I will grant you the power of revenge." His voice suddenly became low, like the whisper of a devil: "But you must pay the price."

Katarina was stunned for a moment, then looked up at him and whispered, "What's the price?"

Sherin whispered, his tone seemed to carry an irresistible magic, "I will be your master, and you will be my maid. You will fight for me and live for me - until your revenge is complete."

Katarina was silent for a long time, her fingertips slightly tightened, and her eyes changed from struggling to determined, and finally became extremely cold.

She knew what this meant.

She would no longer be free, her life would belong to Schelling.

She slowly stretched out her hand and placed it on Xie Ling's palm. Her voice was low but firm.

"I am willing."

Xie Lin raised a wicked smile. He stretched out his magic wand and slowly stirred the air. An ancient and mysterious magic surged in the air. As he chanted in a low and majestic voice, a faint blue magic light gathered at his fingertips and condensed into a contract scroll floating in the air. The contract seemed to have been passed down since ancient times. The edge of the scroll was engraved with obscure runes, exuding a majestic atmosphere that did not belong to this era.

Katarina looked up at the contract, her heartbeat quickening. She could feel that it was not just a contract, but some kind of deeper oath, and once sworn, there would be no turning back. However, she had no way out, and only revenge could keep her alive.

Xie Ling closed his eyes slightly and chanted the ancient spell in a low voice. Every syllable carried a magical echo, reverberating in the room:

“The Dark Pact was made with the burning will.

In accordance with the eternal oath, the Demon Lord and his Demon Servant became one in spirit.

I will give you power, and you will live in my shadow."

This was the new curse magic he had learned from "Abatail: Curse" - the Servant Curse. Schelling recited the first half, which was to open the ancient contract with his personal will, while Katarina had to recite it word for word according to the text on the contract in order to complete the contract.

Once the spell is successfully performed and the contract is established, Xie Ling will become the so-called "Demon Lord" and Katarina will become the "Demon Servant". The Demon Lord has absolute majesty and power over the Demon Servant.

Sure enough, as Sherin chanted the spell, the contract scroll unfolded by itself, and a blank oath text appeared in the center, waiting for Katarina to swear.

She took a deep breath, looked determined, and swore loudly:

"I am Katarina Grindelwald-Monroe,

Today I abandon my old name, my past, and light the flame of darkness.

I offer my blood and soul to Shaylin Malfoy as my Lord.

The Lord's will is my will; the Lord's enemy is my enemy.

I wish to become the shadow of my Lord, live for Him, and fight for Him!"

As soon as the words fell, the scroll suddenly burned, turning into a ball of blazing blue flame, rising into the air, and then transformed into a dark and complex double snake rune, winding and moving like a living thing, and finally imprinted on Katarina's white neck.

The rune seemed to have life, emitting a mysterious dark glow, slowly winding around and finally taking shape, like two intertwined snakes wrapped around her neck, symbolizing that she had completely surrendered to Xie Ling.

"Master-slave contract—established!" An unclear voice came from the void, making the two of them suddenly feel as if there was something extra in their bodies.

A strange connection rose from the depths of his soul. Sherin could clearly feel Katarina's presence, and she could also sense a certain resonance between herself and Sherin.

Katarina gently stroked the mark on her neck, her eyes were complicated, with awe and a hint of fanaticism. She raised her head, knelt on one knee, lowered her head, and said softly: "Magic Servant Katarina, I pay my respects to my Lord."