Chapter 800: The Monster of Bailun Mountain (Ⅱ)

After listening to Joann's detailed account of what she saw at the top of Mount Bailun three months ago, Audrey, Holden, and Hyrule were all lost in thought.

"Among the ancient Asa poems that have been handed down to this day, one has the theme of 'Pelidon', revealing the origin of this monster through a love tragedy."

Under everyone's curious gaze, Holden continued to tell the tragic story about Perydon created by the ancient bards.

"It is said that in ancient times, there was a young Asa nobleman who met a beautiful witch when he was hunting in the forest. He fell in love and pursued the witch regardless of his family's opposition."

"After countless twists and turns, the two lovers finally became a couple, and their married life is very loving."

"It's a pity that this happy time didn't last long. The young husband soon got tired of his witch wife and fell in love with another girl who was younger and more beautiful than his wife."

"The witch noticed that her husband had moved on, and frequently went out to have trysts with his lover. From this, she became jealous and vowed to get rid of her rival."

"In order to find her rival, the witch decided to pretend to be asleep, and when her husband left the house for a tryst, she also quietly followed her."

"At first, the husband rode on the road, and the horse galloped through the forest. The witch could not keep up with the horse's footsteps only with her own legs."

"In order to track down her husband riding a fine horse without arousing the other party's suspicion, the witch cast a spell to become a strong stag, mingled with the deer in the forest, galloped all the way, and continued to track her husband."

"After chasing like this for an hour, a wide river appeared in front of us."

"The witch's husband dismounted by the river, and then dragged out a small boat hidden in advance from the reeds, and drove across the river to his lover's cottage on the opposite bank."

"Worried wife wandering on the river beach, watching her husband sail away in a boat, but can't find a canoe to cross the river."

"The witch finally had no choice but to give up crossing the river by boat. Fortunately, she cast a spell and turned into a heron, soaring into the sky with her wings spread, and flew directly across the swift river."

"The witch maintains heron form and lands on a big tree near the hut by the river. Through the window of the hut, she sees her husband having an affair with his new love. The flame of jealousy is burning in her heart, and she is almost going mad with anger. !"

"The witch silently endured the torment of jealousy and resentment, and waited patiently until her husband and his rival ended their tryst, as she did when she came here, quietly left the hut, crossed the river by boat, and rode back home on horseback before nightfall, lest she be caught by the night. A shameless affair."

"The witch waited until her husband was far away before she jumped from the tree and cast her magic again. First, she transformed into her husband's appearance and tricked her rival into unlocking the door and letting her into the house."

"After that, the witch turned into a vicious wolf, full of jealousy, threw her rival to the ground, bit off her throat, took out her heart, and swallowed it alive, in order to revenge her for seducing her husband!"

"Finishing her bloody revenge, the witch quietly left the hut, turned into a heron, and flew home before her husband arrived, pretending to be asleep."

"The witch's husband didn't notice anything unusual, and thought his wife was still kept in the dark."

"The day after she swallowed her rival's heart, the witch found out she was pregnant."

"Thinking that I regained my husband, was about to become a mother, and got rid of my rival without anyone noticing, even if someone found the corpse in the hut, it would only be a wolf who committed the murder, and she would not suspect her. Feel satisfied."

"However, after a short time, her crime was revealed and she was eventually hanged."

"The witch's body was hung on the gallows for public display, and the unborn fetus in her womb died together..."

"The souls of the mother and son, under the joint action of resentment and magic power, produced incredible effects."

"The carcasses hung on the gallows decomposed rapidly in that hot summer, attracting many carrion birds to peck at them."

"These birds, which ate the carrion of the witch's mother and child, shared the curse of the mother and child, and became the first batch of Peridons in the world of Vales one after another."

"This new monster, which has the body and horns of a deer, the wings and claws of a heron, and the head of a wolf, corresponds exactly to the three animal forms that the witch changed during the night when she tracked her husband and murdered her rival. "

"The female Pelydon has a bloody habit. During the estrous season, she must devour a large number of fresh hearts of humanoid creatures in order to lay eggs smoothly."

"The ancient poets who wrote this tragedy believed that Pelydon's peculiar habit was derived from the witch who devoured the heart of her rival."

So far, Holden's story is over.

Hyrule was deeply sympathetic to the tragic fate of the heroine of the story, and then filled with righteous indignation.

"So angry!"

"What's wrong with my wife killing Xiaosan?!"

"What is even more irritating is that heartbroken man!"

"Obviously he is the most hateful guy in this tragedy. Derailment in marriage is unforgivable!"

"If I were a witch in the story, killing my rival would not be enough. When I got home, I would kill that heartbroken man together. That would be a great joy!"

"Sister Cai Fan, this is just a story, don't get too involved in the drama, okay?"

Holden shook his head and smiled wryly.

"Of course a husband who betrays his wife is wrong, but a woman who seduces a married man deserves even more death!"

Audrey's reaction to this tragic story was a bit weird.

"Audrey, you are also a woman, why do you favor the unscrupulous? You have to put yourself in the right place!"

Hailar reminded displeasedly.

"I'm not taking sides with anyone. To be honest, I only sympathize with the poor wife in the story. The cheating man and his cheating lover deserve death."

Audrey said lightly.

At the same time, she intentionally or unintentionally glanced at her younger brother Holden.

Holden seemed to have sensed something, his face flushed instantly, he stood up abruptly, and walked out the door without saying a word.

"What's going on, this is?"

Hailaer was baffled by Holden's radical behavior.

"Little hooligan, you are not married, we criticize the unscrupulous, what is your reaction so violently?"

"Also said that I was too involved in the drama, I think you are the one who brought yourself into that philandering husband!"

"You misunderstood. Holden is angry for another reason. It's all my fault. I didn't notice it for a while. I said too much. It may make him feel that I'm mocking his mother, so it's inevitable that I feel uncomfortable."

Audrey looked at the back of her brother going away, and couldn't help showing self-blame in her eyes.

After listening to her explanation, Joan remembered that Zion's siblings were half-brothers.

What's more coincidental is that Audrey's father, Joshua VIII, the current monarch of Canaan, had an affair with Holden's mother precisely at the time when Queen Juno was pregnant with Audrey. A very disreputable extramarital affair.

Later, this extramarital affair got out of the news for some reason, and the royal family scandal once made the headlines of the gossip tabloids in Bethlehem, the capital of Canaan, and became the talk of the citizens of the capital after dinner.

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