Chapter 1112

After a long silence, Maha Zoldyck continued to demonstrate the Zoldyck family's killing techniques, no longer mentioning the previous topic.

"It's something from the Dark Continent, right?"

Su Xiao broke this silence. He was testing. He learned from the Reincarnation Paradise prompt before that there was a chance to trigger hidden quests within the Zoldyck family.

After thinking about it, those that could reach the level of hidden quests within the Zoldyck family would definitely involve two people: one was Maha Zoldyck, and the other was Alluka Zoldyck.

Hearing Su Xiao mention the Dark Continent, Maha Zoldyck's hand paused. He had traveled to the Dark Continent when he was young and brought back something from there.

"How much do you know about that place?"

Maha Zoldyck's expression was normal. He seemed to have been prepared to say something to Su Xiao before, but Su Xiao's origin was unknown, leading to Maha not trusting Su Xiao. There was no most basic trust.

"I know general information, but I haven't been there personally. It's all information obtained from V5."

Su Xiao continued to test. If it were other Contractors, they might fear the terrifying martial power of the Zoldyck family, but Su Xiao wasn't afraid at all. If the talk collapsed, it would be a fight at most. The Zoldyck family couldn't do anything to him.

"Kid, do you know about the 'calamities' of the Dark Continent?"

Maha Zoldyck was hesitating—hesitating whether to cooperate with Su Xiao. Although he didn't trust Su Xiao, there were too few humans as powerful as Su Xiao. He had wanted to cooperate with Hunter Association Chairman Netero, but the other party refused. The other party pursued individual strength.

"The 'calamities' of the Dark Continent."

Su Xiao immediately thought of what Maha was referring to. The so-called "calamities" of the Dark Continent were not plagues or natural disasters, but several special creatures, plants, or even elemental aggregates.

If the hidden quest involved this aspect, then Su Xiao's interest in this hidden quest would drop sharply, because the "calamities" of the Dark Continent were too dangerous and not something he could touch now.

"I know some. If your secret of not dying is related to those 'calamities,' I'm not very curious about this matter."

"Listen to me slowly."

Maha sighed. He felt Su Xiao's attitude was very similar to Chairman Netero's.

"I once... traveled to the Dark Continent, and then died there."

Maha sat under a tree, his old eyes a bit confused.

"When I opened my eyes again, the people who traveled with me looked at me with a very strange gaze. From their mouths, I learned that a mass of darkness entered my corpse, and then I came back to life. They once thought I was parasitized by some creature."

Speaking of this, Maha paused.

"After a period of observation, I did indeed come back to life, and there was no difference from the past. Although this was wonderful, on that magical continent, it wasn't unacceptable.

We continued to explore there. After something happened, we returned along the original path, returning to the continent where humans lived, that is, the continent we live on now. Compared to the Dark Continent, our natural environment here is simply heaven."

Maha briefly narrated his exploration in the Dark Continent, and Su Xiao just listened silently.

"After returning to this continent, I returned to the family, married, and had children. Everything was normal until... I discovered that my lifespan was very long."

Maha Zoldyck looked ahead with dull eyes, seemingly recalling something.

"I once witnessed my grandson Zeno grow from childhood to old age. I was even fortunate enough to accompany my great-great-grandchildren to grow up strong until... the changes that occurred when Alluka was young."

Speaking of this, Maha's gaze became fierce.

"After that freak was born, I finally knew why I wouldn't die of old age. I had tried to kill that freak many times. He wasn't my bloodline at all. No, he had half of my bloodline, and the other half... was 'darkness,' a kind of darkness similar to the 'calamities' on the Dark Continent."

For some reason, Maha's body was shaking, trembling with anger.

"If it weren't for really not being able to find anyone to cooperate with, I wouldn't tell you about this. Zeno's time is running out. Before that, I must solve this matter."

Maha's words were very strange. He actually said Zeno's time was running out. Compared to Zeno, his age should be more terrifying.

"The matter I'm about to say, regardless of whether you agree or not, don't reveal it to outsiders. Actually, even if you reveal it, it doesn't matter. Just treat it as the price that needs to be paid for cooperation. This secret must be kept."

Maha stared at Su Xiao, and in those turbid old eyes, a trace of spirit finally appeared.

"Can."

Such a simple request, Su Xiao certainly wouldn't refuse.

"Then I'll continue. You asked me before why I could live to now..."

Maha's withered fists clenched, making a cracking sound.

"The reason I can live to now is because I am depriving my closest relatives of their lifespan! Since that freak was born, I confirmed this point. It can't be wrong. I will deprive every generation of relatives of about 50 years of lifespan. My son died in an accident. At that time, I didn't notice this point.

And my grandson Zeno, he actually had an older brother. His brother died of old age very early. At that time, everyone in the family was very confused. An Enhancement-type Nen user actually died of old age at 57.

As for my other grandson Zeno, he should have only been deprived of a very small amount of lifespan by me, at most no more than ten years. Although so, it also caused no small impact on Zeno. He is only 67 years old now. For a Nen user, this isn't too old. Nen ability would be at the peak to sliding stage, and there would never be a situation of white hair and beard. Zeno's appearance now is like an 80-plus-year-old Nen user."

Maha's expression was a bit numb, and also a bit painful. One could imagine that living by depriving the lifespan of his closest relatives was by no means a beautiful experience for him.

"My black Nen actually represents that I have already died."

Maha released Nen from his palms. Black Nen had the stickiness of liquid and the ethereal feeling of gas.

"Depriving relatives of fifty years of lifespan, I can continue to live for ten years. No, this doesn't count as living; it should be continuing to drag out a miserable existence for ten years. I once tried to end it myself, but at that moment I clearly felt that if I died, all my descendants would suffer extremely terrifying things.

Netero can live to today because he broke through the 'shackles' of the body. He realized the power of the 'heart' and maintained his current strength at the advanced age of 110. I couldn't do this. I am the curse of the Zoldyck family. From that resurrection, this curse began."

The matter Maha described was very astonishing. He could live to today by depriving his descendants of their lifespan. For an elder who valued family, this was a very painful thing.

"The birth of that freak initially made me despair, and not long after, I saw hope again. One of my descendants can actually make unconditional wishes with that freak. He is the hope, the hope for me... to die."

Maha said this, looking at Su Xiao.

"Generally understand."

"..."

Su Xiao's calm attitude made Maha stunned. Maha didn't know that Su Xiao had personally experienced things dozens of times more fantastic than this. This could only be considered a drizzle.

"You said so much, generally speaking, you hope to use my combat power to help you do something. Then I'll ask back, what can I get?"

Su Xiao felt that the hidden quest was not far from him, and this hidden quest seemed to have nothing to do with the Dark Continent, but related to the plot protagonist Killua Zoldyck.

In Su Xiao's view, there were two destiny children (fake) in the Hunter World: one was Gon Freecss, and the other was Killua Zoldyck. When the two little brats combined, they were the true destiny children.