Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 718 The Ugly Past

Knowing that these desolate, mummified corpses couldn't do anything to them, they still deliberately tried to mess with their mentality.

This guy who got to shore really has a strange birth.

Amidst the angry curses of the desolate corpses, the two arrived at the temple gates, where they saw Kenara waiting for them for a long time.

She seemed to have seen what the two were doing to the desolate corpse, and couldn't help but chuckle.

“Nass is not a bad person by nature... Please, both of you, stop provoking him.”

Kenara still spoke up and said something kind for the useless, desolate, and dried-up corpses outside.

After all, although Enus became like this because he lusted after her body and didn't restrain himself, he still guarded outside the temple for so long. Even if he didn't get any credit, he still deserved some credit for his hard work.

However, Kenara's feelings for him were limited to that, and she quickly shifted the topic to the two of them.

"I sensed that Lord Wuxiang has passed away again. The two trial participants should have passed the trial by now."

"Is there something you need from me again?"

Kenara smiled gently.

"Nothing much, just came to see you." He chuckled as he went ashore, "and maybe get some fun out of that guy at the door."

Li Miao rolled her eyes: "Don't listen to his nonsense. Actually, we just want to talk about your thoughts on the Long Night's Flame... Of course, if you'd like, you can also share your own experiences."

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Kenara's beautiful eyes.

To be honest, she didn't initially think that the two of them coming to see her was anything good.

After all, she had seen far too many trial participants, and she knew very well what human nature was like.

Therefore, in her view, the two men were either there to vent their anger on her or to kill her.

But to her surprise, the two men just wanted to talk to her.

This caused Kenara to fall silent for a moment.

"...Since the trial seeker only wants to chat, then Kenara has no reason to refuse. Please come in."

After leading the two to sit down in the temple.

Kenara answered their questions in a soft voice.

The trial was over, so she no longer needed to hide it from the two of them. The time of extinction had passed for a long time, and no new trial participants had come here for a long time, so she naturally had the desire to talk to them.

Soon, she cradled her fair face and recounted her past in her memories.

Compared to Ava and Dolana's rather happy love story.

Kenara's past appears to be quite tragic.

She was abandoned as a child and is an orphan.

As for the reason, Kenara knew very well that... before receiving the blessing of the Long Night's Flame, she was extremely ugly.

Short and fat, buck teeth, facial deformities, cysts, abnormal black hair, skin diseases... While not all of these are unsightly, at least seven or eight out of ten are present.

How ugly is it overall?

To put it simply, in the war-torn era in which Kenara lived, most women, regardless of their looks, were eaten by desperate men who would cover their faces and hold their noses.

They simply couldn't bring themselves to eat Kenara; they'd rather find a ewe.

Abandoned children generally do not survive.

But Kenara is different.

She's frighteningly ugly.

This made her valuable to a loathsome demon who lived by feeding on feelings of disgust. In order to use her to frighten people, the demon raised her up.

Therefore, in Kenara's past memories, all she saw was people fleeing in terror, turning away from her with hatred and disgust. Even the demons who despised her only did so because they saw her value.

If Kenara were not intelligent or even born mentally challenged, she might not have felt so much pain.

But fate played a cruel trick on her; she was not only not stupid, but also very smart.

The sapling of inferiority received the best nourishment, sprouting from the ground in her heart, blocking out the sunlight and casting large shadows.

She wanted to look better.

Even if it's just an ordinary appearance, an ugliness that makes it bearable to talk to her, that's fine too.

At that time, she was so insecure that she even hoped a man would force himself on her...

After all, that at least proves that I'm not as bad as I thought...

Kaina went out less often; she didn't want to scare people or see their disgusted looks.

This made the demon increasingly irritable, torturing her countless times with blood and gore, and threatening to kill her.

Kenara had no way to refuse, nor could she escape.

All of this continued until the appearance of a man.

To be precise, he was a wandering, blind knight.

Upon arriving at Kenara's location, he immediately slew the abhorrent demon that was coercing Kenara.

Furthermore, he did not dislike talking to Kenara.

This made Kenara ecstatic. She wanted to follow the knight indefinitely, since he couldn't see her ugliness anyway, and her voice was quite pleasant.

The blind knight did not refuse. He took Kenara on a journey to fight for justice and also sought out a doctor to treat her.

The Meteor Shower also occurred during this period, but they were fortunate enough to be in a small, safe area and were not greatly affected.

But it was at this moment that the blind knight bid her farewell, for he was going to the realm of the gods in the long night to seek greater power.

"...When we parted, he told me that perhaps I could also pursue a more powerful force, which might change my appearance."

At this point, a bright smile appeared on Kenara's beautiful face.

"Although he is blind, he can actually sense my face, but he has always pretended not to see it, just to give me hope to live..."

"And then he died during the trial?" he wondered as he reached the shore. "That's why you stayed here..."

"This blind knight is actually quite good..." Li Miao couldn't help but sigh.

"No."

Kenara shook her head.

"In my subsequent pursuit of power, I was fortunate enough to receive the blessing of the Long Night's Flame, and the first thing I requested was naturally to seek news of him..."

"But the truth is, he did not participate in the trial. Instead, he returned to his hometown, married a noblewoman, and inherited a vast territory."

"The reason he brought me along is simply because he practiced a secret technique called 'Self-Discipline.' Each time he overcomes his inner emotions, he gains corresponding power, which is why he becomes stronger so quickly..."

At this point, Kenara chuckled softly, a hint of sadness and loneliness lurking within her laughter.

"...No one has ever been truly sincere to me."

After saying that, Kenara suddenly composed herself and regained her composure.

"Then, the Long Night's Flame bestowed upon me a gift, making me beautiful and part of the trial, to bewitch those who came to take the trial."

"Of course I agree."

(End of this chapter)