Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1290

When the King of the Dark Mountain heard the price, his expression contorted with anger. "Impossible! I can do ten thousand MysticApp points, but don't think about asking for a Dark Mountain King's Decree for a past-life record!"

The Dark Mountain King's Decree commanded all the ghosts of Dark Mountain. With this decree in Shannon's hands, it would grant her the authority to command all the Dark Mountain ghosts without question.

The Ghost King would never offer her that so casually.

Receiving his rejection, Shannon decisively took out her phone, ready to call Zidane again. "Sure. I'll recall the order."

Seeing that she wasn't interested in a negotiation, he hurriedly added, "Hey, wait! I can't give you the decree, but I can give an additional five thousand points!"

Of course, he didn't personally have 15 thousand MysticApp points on hand. As the mighty King of the Dark Mountain, he needed no points from some random app to prove himself. He had plenty of lackeys and could easily assign them to earn the points.

However, Shannon turned him down without second thoughts. "Ten thousand points and a Dark Mountain King's Decree—nothing else."

She paused and then emphasized, "This is your business, to begin with. I'm not involved in any shape or form."

The Ghost King looked conflicted, but he knew she was right. He had wanted to obtain his wife's past-life records himself, but the underworld kept a tight lid on such confidential information, making it impossible for authoritative figures like him to access it.

Amid his hesitation, he heard Shannon beginning a countdown after announcing, "I'll give you ten seconds to think about it. After that, our deal is off."

Right before she uttered the last number, the Ghost King no longer had time to think further and quickly piped up. "Deal!"

A faint smile graced Shannon's lips as she put away her phone.

If the Ghost King had watched a livestream before, he would've realized what she did just now was a typical tactic used in certain online streams.

Generating a sense of urgency by counting down with limited availability created a kind of pressure that often made people act impulsively, causing them to make decisions without thinking through.

Unfortunately, the Ghost King had never tuned in to a livestream. Though he sensed he might have acted on impulse, as a dignified Ghost King, he couldn't just back down now.

For more than ten years, the Duke showered her with extreme favor. Although Millicent's heart was torn, she gradually became accustomed to the luxury and affection of the royal household.

In public and private, she appeared deeply in love with him, and their relationship became a celebrated example of marital bliss.

However, with the turmoil of the times, the prince of a neighboring kingdom heard of Millicent's beauty and, in order to provoke war, deliberately demanded that the Duke hand her over. Otherwise, he would use it as an excuse to send troops to attack Ravenvale.

Under pressure from the monarch and the lords of the surrounding cities, the Duke was left with no choice. Millicent, unwilling to become a traitor, voluntarily ended her life by ingesting poison.

It was not only an end to her absurd and short life but also a way to sever the ties that had bound her to the Duke for half a lifetime.

Yet, just before her death, as she gazed at the Duke, who was crying for her and even willing to die for her, her heart softened.

To comfort him, she made a vow before her death—that they would be together again in the next life, growing old side by side.