Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 212 The extraordinary price has disappeared?

Zeus looked straight at Chloe, his orange-red eyes as deep as the bottomless abyss. He exerted force lightly with his hands and wanted to say something else, but was surprised to find that the "Chloe" he was holding suddenly flattened.

This... seems to be her extraordinary ability?
Before Xius could react, the girl's clear voice rang in his ears: "Look, what do you think?"

"What's going on?" Zeus grabbed Chloe's clone, frowned and was about to say something, but suddenly his heart moved.

The clone in his hand seemed as light as a balloon, but no matter how hard he pulled, it would not burst.

"This is the skin. More accurately, the cocoon. What do you think?" Chloe said, her hands behind her back, pacing slowly beside the table. "It's light, tough, waterproof, and fireproof. More importantly, I can shape it to any shape. After much thought, I can't think of anything better suited for an airship."

Xiu Si looked down at the [Cocoon] in his hand, then looked up at Chloe and said helplessly, "So that's what you meant. Well, I misunderstood you."

Chloe's eyes were a little mischievous: "Can't I be inhumane?"

"Of course not," Xius said without hesitation. "I know you're a Transcendent. All Transcendents are distorted to some degree. Besides your appearance, you have almost no similarities to humans. But you were still human before you became a Transcendent, right? Becoming a Transcendent was a decision you made as a human. Are you going to betray your past self?"

"I gave up all this in pursuit of knowledge. Giving up the pursuit of knowledge would be a betrayal to myself."

Hughes shook his head. "I heard you often gave candy to children before I came here. Is this also for the pursuit of knowledge?"

"That, that's just to win people's hearts! Nuns are supposed to preach." Chloe defended herself with her eyes wide open.

Hughes remembered the shabby and simple church. He almost knocked the door off when he first came in, and Chloe got angry at him.

Unfortunately, the church has been demolished. She personally led people to demolish it, and heavy reinforced concrete was rebuilt on the ruins of the church. The church only exists in memory.

"Miss Sister, if you're not ready to give up your humanity from the beginning, then I advise you to cherish it. Humanity may be a stumbling block in your pursuit of knowledge, but you can only abandon it once."

Xiu Si rubbed his forehead and felt a headache coming back. "It's just a personal thought. By the way, what are the costs of making this [cocoon]?"

Chloe smacked her lips and began to bite her fingers unconsciously again. "This is what I find most strange. Normally, when I use [Cocoon]... No, using any supernatural power... there will be a cost, some big, some small. But recently, this cost seems to have disappeared, and I can use supernatural powers at will."

"All the extraordinary people on the island no longer need to pay the price of their abilities."

Her tone was a little anxious.

For extraordinary people, any mutation of extraordinary abilities is extremely dangerous. Extraordinary power itself comes with a huge price, so it is called the extraordinary curse.

But now, these powers don’t require any cost?

No, Chloe preferred that the price paid for these powers had changed, and she didn't know what she would have to pay.

There's a saying among the Rhine nobility: If you don't know where to pay when you sit down at the table, you're the next dish. Chloe felt like she was lying on the table, with unknown diners ready to reach for their knives and forks.

In Blood Harbor, the "Prince's" residence, in the spacious reception room, the servants nodded slightly to the three people and then left.

Jeremiah, Ken, and Josh looked at each other and sat side by side on the sofa.

The "Prince" will be here soon, and they need to wait for a while.

Jeremiah's eyes were red, and he didn't dare to sleep all night. Fortunately, sailing on the sea often required him to go through storms without sleep, and he was used to it. He thought it would be no big deal to stay up all night.

But he still felt a little uncomfortable without his scimitar and musket, not to mention that he had taken a special shower and now he just felt uncomfortable all over.

Ken carefully examined the furnishings in the room, then leaned over to Josh's ear and whispered, "Are you serious? The furnishings here are very simple, and the servants are very polite. Is the 'Prince' really that bad?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Qiao Xi looked around to see if there was anyone around before whispering, "Those people were deceived so badly by him before. He's just like that. He looks selfless and speaks righteously, but when something goes wrong, he runs away faster than anyone else."

Ken frowned, still finding it hard to accept.

It is said that when this "prince" was still a real prince, he had many loyal followers, and everyone who met him would be impressed by his temperament.

Perhaps he is naive, but he is indeed a pure idealist who strives to uphold fairness and justice. People worry whether he is a good lord, but never doubt whether he is a good person.

But soon, everything was exposed.

As the war began, his father, Grand Duke Tis, was tricked by the Queen into being executed in the Rhine. His followers found him, the only descendant of Grand Duke Tis, hoping that he could lead the Duchy of Tis to take revenge on the Saint Mir Empire.

There was a huge disparity in power between the two countries, and no one thought he could succeed. Even if the prince abandoned his country and fled on the spot, no one could say anything.

In fact, those followers did not really think that the restoration of the country could be successful. They were just preparing to use this as an excuse to go into exile abroad. There would always be other countries that would accept them for political needs. Although they would become puppets, they would still have a glimmer of hope for the restoration of the country.

But this prince turned around and denounced all his followers. During those days, there were not enough guillotines in the Rhine, and heads were hung in a row on the city walls.

The prince completely surrendered to the queen and became the most loyal member of the royal party. The queen even transferred the territory of Tis to him and would go to the Rhine to hold a ceremony in a few days - of course, he would only be the nominal master.

The angry people began to call him "Prince", and Grand Duke Tis's former subordinates became disheartened and returned to their fiefdoms. No one mentioned the restoration of the country anymore.

As for the "prince" himself, although his reputation was completely ruined, being the Queen's dog was obviously much more comfortable than being exiled abroad. His life was not much different from when he was a prince before. He had no worries about food and clothing, and even no foreign threats.

Now, he is also an imperial citizen.

(End of this chapter)