Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 439: The Curse of the Untouchables That Only Needs to Succeed Once
The eldest prince Benjamin never thought that any prince was more qualified to ascend the throne than him.

He thought so and did it.

After the third prince, Jolai, lost power, Benjamin immediately gave him "protection".

At this time, he already understood the activation mechanism of his guardian spirit beast.

Although the ninth prince Harkenbrug also offered to shelter Jorley, Benjamin dismissed it.

He had long seen through his younger brother.

He talks a lot about justice, but he is too ambitious and doesn't know when to advance or retreat. He plans to use "reckless" means to get everything he wants without considering the consequences.

The natural ending of Harkenbrug was that he could not suppress the Ai family, which was a group of crazy people, nor could he protect his loyal private soldiers, and finally became meat on the chopping board.

He wanted to protect Qiao Lai, but how? With his morality, to move everyone?
Jolie, who lost almost everything and was terrified, had no choice but to accept Benjamin's "forced protection" and indeed survived for several days.

However, Benjamin's gift was not free. It was not only a forced sale, but also a horrible usury.

In fact, Benjamin protected Jolie from the "untouchable curse" from the second prince Camilla and from assassination by more third-party forces.

He even directed and acted out the show himself, having his own men assassinate Qiao Lai and then protect him.

In this way, the "protection fee" that Qiao Lai should pay to Benjamin became more and more, to the point where he had to repay it.

First, he entered "absoluteness" and was unable to drive the guardian spirit beast. Then, even the guardian spirit beast itself was taken away.

Finally, with his debts mounting, Qiao Lai lost his mind and chose to commit suicide to pay off his debts.

In this way, Benjamin bypassed the two rules of the guardian spirit beast and forced Qiao Lai to commit suicide.

"The first rule: Spiritual beasts will not kill each other."

"Second rule: Spirit beasts will not directly attack humans possessed by them."

Benjamin's own Nen ability - "The Heir to the Stars" - allows him to inherit the Nen abilities of his loyal private soldiers.

Now, with the "greed" of the guardian spirit beast, Qiao Lai's guardian spirit beast was also taken away.

It can be said that Benjamin has all the advantages and is sure to win.

His remaining targets were only Harkenbrugge, who was lying in a grave with dead bones, and Camilla, who he had captured alive once and who subsequently dared only hide in the dark and cast some sinister curses on her.

As long as we can take away their guardian spirit beasts, everything will be settled.

Benjamin could have eaten them alive.

But the fact is that after Harkenbrugge's death, he was defeated in the decisive battle with Camilla.

The ending was beyond most people's expectations, because under the circumstances at the time, most people thought that Benjamin would win everything.

Some were opening champagne, some were trying to curry favor, and the BW1 was in a state of restlessness.

The cold reality slaps most people in the face.

German turned around and looked at the last monster.

It looks like a jellyfish and a mushroom, with a small head on top.

Below the small head are many plump melon sacs growing together, and below that are lichens that stretch out like a skirt.

"A monster that has separated from the final winner no longer needs to rely on or parasitize others. It prefers to control, far more than being controlled by others..."

This is the guardian spirit beast of Camilla, the heir to the Kakin royal family.

When the battle of succession just began, Camilla made a huge mistake because of her arrogance.

She decided to go find Benjamin alone and eliminate the biggest threat first.

Camilla is too confident and satisfied with her own Nen ability - "Million Reincarnation Cat".

Because she can use this telekinetic ability to gain almost infinite life.

As long as the "Million Reincarnation Cat" is there, anyone who kills Camilla will resurrect Camilla at the cost of his or her own life.

Camilla, who thought she was an "invincible creature", barged straight into Benjamin's base camp.

As a result, Benjamin's side reacted quickly and saw through her plot.

Instead of killing Camilla, Benjamin locked her up.

In this case, "Million Reincarnation Cat" will not work.

He just needs to wait patiently until the right time comes, and then kill Camilla in a way that does not require any personnel, and everything will be over.

At that time, Benjamin had not yet figured out the ability of his guardian spirit beast.

Otherwise, he would do something even more drastic, which would be to first take away Camilla's guardian spirit beast and then kill her.

Only then did Camilla realize what a huge mistake she had made.

Trapped in the enemy's cage, she was sweating profusely, not knowing what to do. It was at this helpless moment that she unconsciously activated her guardian spirit beast.

Her guardian spirit beast will only activate its power when she is almost in despair.

It can manipulate the few people closest to it at will, turning them into complete puppets.

Camilla's guardian spirit beast took advantage of Benjamin's absence to control the guards outside the cage, making them open the cage and release Camilla.

This group of guards even safely escorted Camilla out of Benjamin's sphere of influence, and fought with Benjamin's private soldiers who were chasing them without fear of death.

After Camilla had escaped from her desperate situation for some time, Camilla's guardian spirit beast finally ended its control over these guards.

Of course, these guards who had become puppets had all died in order to protect her.

By this time, Camilla had returned to her territory.

It was only then that she realized her ability to protect spirit beasts.

After this, she became more cautious and focused all her efforts on the "untouchable curse".

The untouchables are the lowest class in the Kakin Empire. They come from the untouchables' own children, people who have been deprived of their civil rights, and slaves bought or robbed from other places.

Benjamin was born earlier than her and matured earlier than her, so he always obtained resources from various factions in the Kajin Empire earlier than her.

Nobles, military, capitalists... most of the people Camilla wanted to win over had already been plundered by Benjamin in advance, and she only got some leftovers.

Camilla needed a force that belonged only to her, that was loyal to her, willing to die for her, and to commit any terrible crime for her.

Finally, her eyes turned to the untouchables who were not valued.

Although they are at the bottom of the Kajin Empire, they are the largest in number, more than the people of every other class that exploits them combined.

The untouchables are eager to break their own fate and become the superior people.

But they are a group of scattered sand. They sometimes unite, but they will soon be defeated by the slightest sweet treat.

This cycle was repeated countless times.

Camilla saw her own strength in them.

So she promised the untouchables that as long as she ascended the throne, she would allow some meritorious untouchables and their families to obtain citizenship.

Then, she funded the slums where the untouchables lived, and built hospitals, schools, shops... all the facilities she could to win the hearts of the people.

The untouchables were ecstatic and embraced the "queen".

They found hope for upward mobility in Camilla.

Although the class above the untouchables were slightly dissatisfied, they had to suppress their emotions because Camilla was a prince.

At the same time, she did not overthrow the entire untouchable class, but only promoted a part of the untouchables to the table.

This is still the "Game of Thrones" that the Kajin Empire has been playing for hundreds of years, and it is more acceptable to classes other than the untouchables.

In this way, all three parties basically got what they wanted.

After gaining the untouchables' untouchable loyalty, Camilla learned about the ability of mind by chance.

Soon, a terrible thought came into her mind.

She wanted these untouchables to use everything they had as a price to curse all the princes who posed a threat to her except her.

This is the "untouchable curse".

Under the curse of the untouchables, the princes will not die immediately, but various factors of death will accumulate over time.

For example, a disease of body tissue, an unfortunate fall, the hatred of a madman...

This curse takes a long time and requires a certain probability to be successfully activated, so so far, it has never worked on the princes.

However, after Jole's bizarre suicide, Harkenbrug lost all his wings and allies, and his own will was close to collapse.

He was getting weaker and weaker.

Camilla then discovered that the curse of the untouchable had taken effect on Harkenbrug.

His guardian spirit beast absorbed most of the curse for him, and thus became weaker and weaker. In the end, the guardian spirit beast could hardly move.

Thus, during the two-month voyage, the assassination attempt against Harkenbrug, which had never been successful, finally succeeded after his guardian spirit beast fell.

The moment he saw the black muzzle of the gun, Harkenbrug probably thought that this time the bullet would be caught by his guardian beast again.

But it didn't.

The bullet hit Harkenbrug right between the eyebrows, exploded the back of his head, and splattered a stain on the wall.

(End of this chapter)