Chapter 425
425 Story behind the two Cults
Jeslyn suddenly jolted awake with sweat all over her. She looked almost out of breath. Seeing where
she was, she took a deep breath to calm her racing heart. (1)
She just had a bad dream that someone she couldn’t see his face broke her family apart, killed her
husband, son, and married her. She grabbed her phone and called Yellow, who assured her that Valen
was fine. Then she called Rex, who was also doing great at the hotel.
Even though Jeslyn was told that her family was okay, she still couldn’t feel rxed or sleep anymore,
so she got down from bed.
ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .
A whileter, she was seen strolling around the Hwang’s–garden, allowing the cool breeze to blow
away her uneasiness. The fresh smell of flowers assured her that it was just a dream.
Lost in deep thought, she was startled when a weight was ced on her shoulders. She touched it and
simultaneously looked back. It was a white–furred coat that was ced on her.
“You’ll catch a cold.”
“You aren’t wearing much either. You should take it. You haven’t fully recovered yet.” Jeslyn was about
to take the coat off when Nancy walked away from her and sat on the bench under a tree. “Thank you.
You also can’t sleep?”
“Sleep?” Nancy looked into space. The full moon was just too beautiful to look at, “I smell trouble in the
air.” She returned her gaze to Jeslyn. “The world’s power is about to change, and I don’t know how this
trouble would affect me.”
“What do you mean?” Jeslyn took a seat beside her.
Nancy ignored her question and asked, “Where is your husband?”
“He traveled for some urgent work,” she replied.
Nancy nced at her but only shook her head. “Your husband is missing, the Yu family’s unpopr
son, Reuben, is missing… His brother also went missing. It’s been over a month, yet none of these
missing people have returned.” she tilted her head, “It seems a lot of powerful people are missing these
days.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Hwang Min left in a hurry over a month ago, and I also don’t know where he went… meanwhile, after
everyone disappeared, Davis started amassing power–stealing people’s territories and forcing smaller
gangs in other cities to join his faction. Whichever gang refused got destroyed… a few days ago, the
President released Feng’s oldest son, who almost sacrificed Brian.”
She paused momentarily before continuing like she couldn’t believe his audacity. “The President did it
without my consent, and suddenly, there was gossip from different parts of the country of people
missing…”
“Gossip?”
Nancy nodded and exined. “The cries of those people are never aired, and those who try to fight the
government and the power behind them end up being used as fertilizer for the nts, so the
others rather moan and gossip amongst themselves.”
Jeslyn incredulously asked, “You mean to say that the Fengs are kidnapping people and the President
is taking orders from a power greater than you?”
“You are smart. But don’t you want to know how this is connected to your husband’s disappearance?”
Jeslyn stayed silent for a moment. After a serious thought, she shook her head, “He didn’t tell me
before leaving and I have a hunch that everyone is lying to me. Maverick doesn’t want me to know his
whereabouts because he knows it’s dangerous. Instead of making him and the family worry, I’d rather
not know what is happening.”
Nancy smiled, “You are indeed the obedient one.” Since Jeslyn didn’t wish to know, Nancy stopped
talking.
A few secondster, she looked up at the sky and sighed. “The moon is full today and a lot of souls will
be wailing under the sparkling knife of the bloodthirsty monsters. I wonder when this will stop.”
Jeslyn frowned. “What is that about?”
“It’s a ritual…” Nancy nced at her. “The Dark Age believes that in order to maintain the control they
hold a pool of blood is needed as a sacrifice for their idol. So, every full moon, cases of missing people
are reported in every corner of the city, but it never gets to the world because your father
controls arge part of the media and satellite.”
Jeslyn cringed. “That’s barbaric!”
Nancy chuckled lightly. Jeslyn is fun to speak with. “You want to know what’s barbaric? It’s the story
behind the Dark Age and Half–Heart.”
Jeslyn’s ears perked up. It would be beneficial for her to know the story behind those evil cults, she
thought.
Seeing her interest in the story, Nancy smiled faintly.
“The half–heart started the ritual of killing. They sacrifice infant males and promote the agenda to
reduce men into waste just to seek revenge on men for what happened to their deity.”
“Deity? She was a human?” Jeslyn was stunned.
Nancy nodded. “Zhini was in love with a man whoter became the deity of the Dark Age. The man
broke her heart on their wedding day and chose power over her. For that, Zhini died of grievance.
“Zhini’s maid, who loved her the wrong way, refused to ept the oue of her master and
thought to seek revenge. Thedy had rtions with a hunted Witch, which was why it was easy for
her to ask the witch for help.
“The Witch epted to help the Maid on the condition that the Maid sheltered her from the hunters,
who happened to be Zhini’s ex–fiance and his family.
“The Maid didn’t reject, so she hid the Witch in Zhini’s beloved tree–house. The Witch then
suggested for the Maid to create a shrine where she would always summon Zhini, who would in
turn tell the Maid what she wanted her to do.”
“The Shrine was built…it was where Brian was rescued.” she paused to gauge Jeslyn’s reaction.
“What happened next?”
“Zhini or whatever was summoned cried that she wants revenge and a ce to bememorated.
With the help of the Witch, who had an ulterior motive, Zhini’s image was carved as a seductive
woman. Then they tried to kill Zhini’s ex–fiance, but they couldn’t because he was a hidden
Magician.
“Then an idea, or a revtion, as they call it, came to the witch. “To kill the Magician, they needed the
wailing of ten thousand women.’ so she said.