Up to now, it seems that the plot has progressed to the point where it is about to end.
Although so many plots were skipped in the middle, Shao Ci was too lazy to care about those plots. Anyway, they have already received the inheritance of God! There is still the halo of the protagonist, so it should be fine.
It's just that there are still five monsters that have not been purified... Ah, we can talk about this kind of thing later.
However, Shao Ci always felt that he hadn't changed much except that his body was a little stronger than before. How could he feel that his force value had increased by ten times... Was it because he was too salty...
After recuperating in the temple for a few days, the Pope sent a team to set off with Shao Ci and others.
This team seems quite reliable, and even has a lot of precious items such as teleportation scrolls and space rings. This greatly boosted Shao Ci's confidence, so at least he didn't have to worry about dying before meeting the Demon King.
After that, it was directly sent to the border with the teleportation array.
This place is very close to the Demon King's territory. Except for the army stationed here, there are no residents. You can see the forest full of black mist when you look up.
Of course, there is still a considerable distance from this place to the devil's palace, and it will take at least ten days to get there. There are still many monsters on the way, so one can imagine how difficult the process will be.
After resting here for the night, everyone started to set off. Because of his physical strength, Shao Ci rode in a carriage like other weak magicians and priests. Anyway, everyone knew that he was different from ordinary brave men.
And Wendell, at the beginning, was naturally alienated by others. After all, he was once a suspect in the assassination of the previous pope, and now even if he was whitewashed by the current pope, others would not be able to believe him for a while, let alone accept such a situation. The person in question turned out to be a confidant of the brave.
But what is amazing is that in just a few days, everyone has already respected him somewhat, and everyone has a faint light of admiration in their eyes, and they think that Wendell is indeed the best talent to assist the brave.
After all, when encountering monsters, Wendell is always the first to rush forward, and his strength is strong, and his character is the standard type of brave in everyone's hearts. Such a result has been achieved in such a short period of time.
Shao Ci felt very pleased with this, and felt that the plot was on the right track...!
As for the strangeness after accepting the inheritance before, he is also very concerned, but considering that it is probably a deeper matter that is not mentioned in the original text, Shao Ci has no intention of trying to solve the mystery.
He just randomly came to this world to do missions! He doesn't care about any conspiracy or anything!
So the relieved Shao Ci fell asleep directly in the carriage—as a brave man, the carriage he was riding in was of course the best, and there was a magic circle to prevent shocks, so it felt quite comfortable to sit on it.
Then Shao Ci regretted it, regretting why he was so slack in the Demon King's territory.
Yes, he... dreamed of the Demon King.
In front of him is a tall palace, with a somewhat gloomy atmosphere, and there are dark vines climbing everywhere. There seems to be no daylight here, and a blood moon hangs in midair, making the places shrouded by the moonlight have a strange halo.
"... Ah." Shao Ci's face was extremely ugly.
He remembered that there seemed to be three tests for the devil king and himself to become a fiancé, and there were two remaining for this test.
If I had known him earlier, I would have asked the Pope to give me some amulet-like things to bring with me! It's almost the end, and I still have to encounter such a shitty thing! What should I do if I accidentally make a bento!
Although Shao Ci really, really didn't want to go in, but now there was no room for him to refuse... He could only sigh, and slowly walked up the long steps.
The boots made a crisp sound when they stepped on the ground. Shao Ci always felt that the sound was weird. Logically speaking, would it be so loud when stepping on stones? But anyway, it was just a dream, and nothing unexpected happened.
When he reached the top, he could clearly see the appearance of the hall.
Shao Ci has never seen what the devil's residence looks like, but he can be sure that the palace that appeared in the dream is definitely the palace of the real devil.
In the main hall, the handsome man with long black hair and odd-colored eyes was leaning on the throne leisurely. When he saw Shao Ci, his eyes darkened, and he said, "You are here."
"Yes, yes." Shao Ci was quite guilty in his heart. After all, he is still in the outside world, and he and a group of people are still coming to crusade against the Demon King.
"I know exactly what you are doing." The Demon King said lightly, then stood up and walked towards Shao Ci.
"Damn it." Shao Ci immediately wanted to run, but failed. The moment he backed up, he was tripped by a mysterious force, and fell to the ground in a very bad posture.
If the Demon King wanted to kill him, he should have killed him just now, and he hasn't done it yet, so there is still hope for him to leave alive. Shao Ci thought sadly.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you." As Shao Ci expected, the Demon King said: "I have said before, your power is not in my eyes at all, no matter how many people come here It's just to die."
There was no sarcasm in his tone, but an attitude close to indifference. It was indeed the same as what he said, and he did not regard other people as opponents at all.
"However, if you do this, I will still be angry." The devil's tone turned cold, and he stretched out his hand to pinch Shao Ci's chin, narrowing his eyes slightly, "What do you want to calm my anger?"
Before Shao Ci could answer, the Demon King directly pulled him up, and Shao Ci was caught off guard and bumped into the Demon King's arms. At that moment, he vaguely felt an extremely powerful force sleeping in the opponent's body, and then quickly stepped back several steps.
This kind of power... is he really able to resist it? For a moment, doubts arose in Shao Ci's heart.
"Look." The Demon King didn't care about Shao Ci's strange expression at all, and just looked in one direction.
Shao Ci followed his line of sight, and saw the delicate roses blooming beside the palace. Under the moonlight, the color was even brighter red, like fresh blood, which made people shudder and exudes a strange atmosphere.
"If you want to appease my anger..." the Demon King said calmly, "Find what I left behind."
Shao Ci: "Huh...?!" What's going on with this fairy tale-like unfolding!
"If you don't go." The devil turned his head and looked over, with a smile in his beautiful eyes, "I don't think you want to know what I will do."
"I'll go right away!" Shao Ci immediately panicked, "But, what is it?" Such a needle-in-a-haystack search might not find it at all.
The devil said: "You will understand when you find it."
"Okay..." Shao Ci had no other choice, so he walked towards the flowers.
Unexpectedly, there were no thorns on these roses, which made Shao Ci heave a sigh of relief.
He walked aimlessly among the flowers, looking for something that he didn't know what it could be, and he couldn't rest, after all, the devil had been staring at it all the time.
... Wait, he can use his mental power.
Shao Ci cheered up, but heard a sentence from behind, "You can't use other powers."
Shao Ci: "...Wow."
Damn it, because this is an illusion constructed by the devil, so he knows exactly what he wants to do
Shao Ci sighed deeply and continued to search.
Suddenly, he felt that there seemed to be something wrong around him. Shao Ci concentrated and noticed that the breath of the flowers beside him was different from the others.
"It's here!" Shao Ci bent down, trying to pick up the shiny thing on the ground, and then found that the thing in his palm was a ring.
"It's not bad." The voice of the Demon King came from behind, and it seemed to be a bit of a smile, "I found it so quickly, should I say that I am a brave man?"
Shao Ci heaved a sigh of relief. No matter what it was, it was a good thing to find it. He turned around and wanted to hand the ring to the other party, but his wrist was pinched.
Shao Ci was stunned for a moment, looked at the Demon King blankly, and was startled in his heart. Could it be that the other party suddenly regretted it and was about to punish him? !
Afterwards, Shao Ci saw that the demon king with strange-colored pupils smiled at him under the moonlight, and then he put the ring on Shao Ci's finger, "Since you found it so hard, Then I'll give it to you."
Shao Ci: "???"
The moment the ring was put on Shao Ci's hand, it burst into dazzling light. Shao Ci could feel something rushing to his body along his fingers in an instant, and there was nothing strange in the next moment.
After doing all this, the Demon King seemed very satisfied, nodded and said: "Well, it's just as I thought, it's quite suitable for you."
Shao Ci couldn't help but asked: "Wait, this thing... why do I go out, will it appear in my hand?"
"Of course." The Demon King looked at him with interest, as if he deliberately made such a thing difficult for him, "Since you are a brave man, you should handle it yourself."
Shao Ci: "..." It seems that the other party really resents the identity of the brave.
"Then, the second test has been completed." The Demon King said lightly.
Shao Ci looked over in surprise, "This is so simple?" He thought he had to do something else.
The devil said: "Don't you want any more tests, I can think about it now."
Shao Ci quickly waved his hand: "No no no no need!!"
Anyway, these tests must be what the devil is thinking now, who knows what he is thinking!
"Well, as long as you know that I am happy, it is enough to complete the test."
It's really casual... If the devil is in a bad mood, wouldn't the test be impossible to complete. But there is no one to verify this matter, after all, the only unlucky person who has proposed to the devil for so many years is Shao Ci.
The Demon King lowered his head and reached out to caress Shao Ci's cheek, but his voice suddenly became cold, "I know what you are going to do, and I won't blame you for it...but you have to think carefully."
Shao Ci: "What..." He suddenly realized that what the other party was going to say now might be very important.
"That guy is not a good person. If you help him, there will only be one ending." The devil said lightly.
"You, you mean, the pope of the holy capital... no, it's not him... it's..." Shao Ci couldn't continue. Obviously, the person mentioned by the devil's words is the god that people in this continent believe in.
Shao Ci is not ignorant of this, he just doesn't want to know more, but now things seem to be developing in some bad directions.
Seeing Shao Ci's expression, the Demon King knew what he was thinking, "It seems that you have also noticed something. Let's put it this way, if you want to escape, you can only—"
Before he could finish his sentence, the carriage jolted, and Shao Ci suddenly woke up.
The driver immediately explained that it was because he ran into a monster just now, and Shao Ci couldn't say anything.
"Why did some monster appear at this time?" Shao Ci was still thinking about what the Demon King said, feeling a little annoyed in his heart, feeling that it must be a very important thing.
I feel that this task will not be completed so smoothly.
But it's useless to think about it now, Shao Ci couldn't sleep even if he was lying on the carriage, so he had to sit up, and when he raised his hand, he saw the ring on his hand.
"Ah, there is still this trouble." Shao Ci sighed and began to study the ring seriously.
This ring looks very ordinary, it seems to be made of silver. In short, no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with the devil, and it doesn't even have a little devilish energy, but if you want to tear it off, you can't get it out... It shouldn't matter, anyway, most people can't see anything.
Shao Ci almost gave up on himself, and thought again, he didn't know what this ring represented...
But think about the previous scene, in the rose bush, and then put on the ring, and the smile of the devil.
Wait, this, if you ignore that blood moon, why is it so similar... Shao Ci didn't want to connect the devil in his heart with that word, but, but, why is this so similar to what other people would do when they propose marriage? Hello!
Amidst Shao Ci's entanglement, the sky soon darkened, and everyone was not prepared to move on, and found an open space to camp.
The strength of the monsters here is still in the range of relatively salty fish, and Shao Ci didn't make a move, Wendell and the others have almost solved the monsters.
The food they ate were dry food and potions. No one dared to eat the things in the forest that had been polluted by the devilish energy.
During the break, some older knights began to talk about high-level monsters, "After a certain distance, there will be high-level humanoid monsters, and those monsters are not so easy to deal with."
"These monsters seem to be called demons in the demon world, and their power is far stronger than those ordinary monsters, and they are shameless and cunning."
"It's even heard that some monsters will transform into ordinary people and infiltrate into the human army, and ordinary people can't detect what's wrong with them."
Speaking of this, everyone still has lingering fears. Obviously, they have heard many such examples. "Fortunately, monsters must have demonic energy, so they will expose their identities."
Shao Ci: "...but we are in this forest, there is devilish energy everywhere, can't we not notice it because of this?"
Shao Ci is a brave man, of course no one would dare not listen to his words, and someone immediately said respectfully: "Master Brave, we are all from the Holy Capital, with a holy aura on our bodies, and it is not so easy to be contaminated with demonic aura. So as long as Anyone with demonic energy must be disguised by the enemy."
"I see." Shao Ci nodded. Is this the reason why Saints don't need the help of troops and magicians from other countries...
Although Shao Ci has seen many high-level monsters, he still feels that he doesn't know much about them.
In short, he knew that they would encounter more high-level monsters in the future, which were extremely powerful existences, and they were all under the direct subordinates of the Demon King. If they were not defeated, they would not be able to see the Demon King.
After all, if you don't fight mobs and upgrade, how can you fight bosses
And over there, Wendell and others went to investigate the surroundings, and by the way, set up a magic circle around them, and finally came back.
Wendell naturally sat next to Shao Ci, smiled and told him what he did just now.
Shao Ci nodded absently, but Wendell suddenly grabbed his wrist.
"What's wrong?" Shao Ci was a little puzzled, he looked down and saw the ring on his hand, and his body froze immediately.
Oops, because everyone else didn't pay attention to this ring, he relaxed all of a sudden, Wendell didn't know if he would see something...
"It's nothing." Wendell returned to his normal expression and said, "I just remembered that you didn't like wearing such things before, so I was a little surprised."
"I just wear it casually." Shao Ci breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly changed the subject, "You didn't encounter any high-level monsters, did you?"
"If you encounter a high-level monster, you won't come back so soon." Wendell said, and stroked Shao Ci's hair comfortingly, his light blue eyes were full of smiles, "But it doesn't matter, as long as there is me Now, don't let them hurt you."
Since accepting the inheritance last time, the color of Wendell's eyes is much lighter than before. Shao Ci also suspected something, and he didn't find any problem after trying it a few times, not to mention that he thought that a protagonist like Wendell should be fine. , so I didn't take it to heart.
"Yeah!" Shao Ci nodded, and after strengthening his physique, he can now use a lot of powerful divine arts and magic... Although he can't kill the Demon King, ordinary high-level monsters are no problem.
I'm afraid that the system will ask him to purify after encountering those monsters. Hey, it's impossible to purify in such a large crowd!
Everyone chatted about the strategy for the future, and then they were ready to rest.
Of course Shao Ci didn't need to keep vigil or anything, he just fell asleep while lying in the tent.
He hoped to meet the Demon King, so that he could ask the other party what he hadn't finished talking during the day.
But after thinking about it, he knew that things would not go so smoothly, so after he fell into a dream, he did not see the devil, but had a very ordinary dream. Of course, this 'ordinary' was compared to the usual weird illusions.
In the dream, there was a blue sky and a white day, and the blue lake in front of his eyes. Shao Ci only felt that he seemed to have no body, looking down at the lake from a strange angle.
The lake looked familiar, but he couldn't remember what it was for a while.
Then his body fell into the water as if being pulled by something, and when he looked up, he could only see gurgling bubbles.
This piece of water is not like an ordinary lake, it is very clean, there is not even a little impurity, and there are no fish or shrimp.
Shao Ci was a little puzzled, but his body sank further, and suddenly, silver hair floated past his eyes.
... It's a siren!
"...!" Shao Ci opened his mouth wide in astonishment. He felt suffocated when there was nothing strange at first, and he struggled with great difficulty as large streams of water poured into his mouth.
And he finally remembered how familiar this lake is, this is the lake where he saw the Siren at the beginning!
How long ago was this, and he thought that the siren had nothing to do with him anymore! !
While struggling, he hugged him tightly with both hands. Shao Ci opened his eyes, and met a pair of cold golden pupils.
-Got you.
After that, Shao Ci's vision went dark.
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"Ha... ha...!" Shao Ci sat up suddenly, breathing in fresh air, the feeling of suffocation just now was still fresh in his memory.
"Are you all right?" Wendell immediately opened the tent and looked at Shao Ci with concern. He had been keeping vigil outside.
"No, it's okay..." Shao Ci said: "I just had a nightmare..."
"Do you need some water?" Wendell asked.
"Thank you." Shao Ci did not refuse, and finally felt calm after drinking hot water.
The dream just now was so real, Shao Ci felt that maybe it wasn't a dream, but something the siren really did. he
What the hell is going on in this world, why anyone can enter his dream casually! Or is this some kind of prophetic dream
"Hey." Things are getting more and more troublesome, it would be great if we could leave quickly.
Outside the tent, Wendell's expression turned cold in an instant. He reached out and fiddled with the knife on the side, and said in a low voice, "Sure enough, these dirty monsters shouldn't stay in this world..."
The blade accidentally scratched the fingertip, but no blood flowed down, only the light like stardust flashed away, and the wound recovered as before.